第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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A dog named Ace is being praised as a hero for licking (舔) the face of a sleeping, deaf 13-year-old Indianapolis boy to warn him that the house was on fire. Indianapolis Fire Department Officer Rita Reith said Nick Lamb was home alone and sleeping without his hearing aids (助听器) when the fire began Wednesday.
