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(山东省潍坊市2020届高三期末考试)The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8：15 in the morning was so loud. He assumed it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine. As he got up to investigate, he heard another sound—this one coming most definitely from outside. Looking out of his bedroom window，he noticed a tree enveloped in smoke about 500 yards away. A car wrapped around the tree's base, with its engine on fire.
Grabbing buckets of water，he and his wife ran to the crash site. Up close, the accident looked worse. The car was split nearly into two, and the tree was where the driver's seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 20yearold Quintin Thompson. His terrified face pressed against the driver's side window, in visible pain.
Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water but failed.When the flames got into the front seats, he knew he had to get the young man out. So Languell opened the car's back door and climbed in. Using a pocket knife he'd brought with him, he cut through Thompson's seat belt.Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.
It is empathy that drove Languell to help, just as he said, “My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly.” For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of reallife heroes changing the world.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。达米安早晨被一声巨响吵醒，他向窗外望去，发现外面发生了一场车祸。达米安和妻子展开了施救，成功地救出了司机。达米安也因此被列入了现实生活中改变世界的英雄名单中。
1．Where was the first sound actually from?
A．A house on fire. B．A car crash.
C．The bedroom window. D．The basement.
B [细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句可知，达米安看到浓烟笼罩着一棵树，一辆车在树下，它的发动机着火了，由此可知，吵醒达米安的是车祸的撞击声。故选B项。]
2．What do we know about Quintin Thompson?
A．He saved his car from fire.
B．He was successfully rescued.
C．He remained calm all the time.
D．He was capable of helping himself out.
B [细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句可知，汤普森被带到了安全的地方，故选B项。]
3．Which of the following best explains “empathy” underlined in the last paragraph?
A．Honesty. B．Wisdom.
C．Sympathy. D．Responsibility.
C [词义猜测题。根据最后一段中达米安所说的话可知，车祸造成的伤害太严重了，当你近距离接触时，你会有很直观的感受，结合选项可知，应是同情心驱使着达米安前去营救。honesty意为“诚实”；wisdom意为“智慧”；sympathy意为“同情心”；responsibility意为“责任心”。故选C项。]
4．Which words can best describe Damian Languell?
A．Daring and generous.
B．Caring and grateful.
C．Courageous and noble.
D．Ambitious and reliable.
C [推理判断题。根据第三段内容可知，在车快要完全燃烧时，达米安不顾个人安危爬进车内救出司机，所以他是勇敢且高尚的。A项意为“大胆而慷慨的”；B项意为“关心而感激的”；C项意为“勇敢而高尚的”；D项意为“有抱负并可靠的”。故选C项。]
