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(2021·山东省潍坊市高三期末)
The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8：15 in the morning was so loud that 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 was wrapped around the tree's base, 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 in 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 20-year-old 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 real-life heroes changing the world.
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了Damian Languell勇敢救人的英雄事迹。
1．Where was the first sound actually from？ B
A．A house on fire. B．A car crash.
C．The bedroom window. D．The basement.
解析：推理判断题。由第一段后面三句话可知，该声音事实上来自于汽车撞车事故。
2．What do we know about Quintin Thompson？ B
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.
解析：细节理解题。由第三段最后一句话“Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.”可知，Thompson被成功救了出来。
3．Which of the following best explains “empathy” underlined in the last paragraph？ C
A．Honesty. B．Wisdom.
C．Sympathy. D．Responsibility.
解析：词义猜测题。由画线词后“When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly.”可知，是同情心促使Languell救出了Thompson。
4．Which words can best describe Damian Languell？ C
A．Daring and generous. B．Caring and grateful.
C．Courageous and noble. D．Ambitious and reliable.
解析：推理判断题。由Damian Languell去救人可知，Damian Languell很高尚。由救援过程可知，Damian Languell很勇敢。
