After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back, they noticed ________, and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a ________ in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John ________ closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be ________ work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us,” Mary ________.
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in ________. A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John ________ her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the ________,” cried the woman. “Down the hall and to the left.”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement, John ________ for the basement which was full of smoke and ________ hot. He found the door and two children. ________ he left he could hear some more sobbing. He ________ the two badly frightened children into ________ arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him ________ more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s ________! That house will fall down any second.”
________ he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the ________ stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely ________ about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the ________ and fresh air, he found that he had just ________ his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
【小题1】A.direction | B.mistake | C.danger | D.smoke |
【小题2】A.home | B.plant | C.store | D.kitchen |
【小题3】A.ran | B.walked | C.drove | D.rode |
【小题4】【小题5】A.whispered | B.nodded | C.disagreed | D.required |
【小题6】A.ruins | B.pieces | C.flames | D.silence |
【小题7】A.pushed | B.seized | C.greeted | D.stopped |
【小题8】A.basement | B.department | C.house | D.hall |
【小题9】A.went | B.reached | C.asked | D.rushed |
【小题10】A.heavily | B.slightly | C.partly | D.terribly |
【小题11】【小题12】A.comforted | B.delivered | C.recognized | D.protected |
【小题13】A.cheering | B.freezing | C.waiting | D.suffering |
【小题14】A.many | B.several | C.three | D.two |
【小题15】A.dangerous | B.foolish | C.practical | D.painful |
【小题16】A.Therefore | B.So | C.Instead | D.But |
【小题17】A.wide | B.endless | C.narrow | D.dirty |
【小题18】A.particular | B.interesting | C.familiar | D.fortunate |
【小题19】A.car | B.sunlight | C.crowd | D.arms |
【小题20】A.rescued | B.found | C.lost | D.missed |