In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 8 for the basement which was full of smoke and 9 hot. He found the door and two children. As he left he could hear some more sobbing. He delivered the two badly frightened children into 10 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him two more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 11 ! That house will fall down any second.”
But he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 12 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 13 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 14 and fresh air, he found that he had just 15 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
1. A．direction B．mistake C．danger D．smoke
【答案】D
【解析】根据in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.及which was full of smoke 可知应选D。
2. A．plant B．store C．home D．kitchen
【答案】C
【解析】根据下文That home belongs to Fred Jones可知应选C。
3. A．walked B．drove C．ran D．rode
【答案】B
【解析】根据上文As they drove into their home town可知他们是开车回家故选B。
4. A．whispered B．nodded C．required D．disagreed
【答案】D
【解析】根据He wouldn’t be off work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” It has nothing to do with us,和In spite of Mary’s disagreement可知约翰要救人救火，而玛丽不同意，故选D。
5. A．ruins B．flames C．pieces D．silence
【答案】B
【解析】根据上文They found a 2 in flames，可知整个房子都起火了，故选B。
