Atabout10P.M.onSeptember7,2013,TommyBarberandhisfriendS...
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At about 10 P.M. on September 7, 2013, Tommy Barber and his friend Susan Laney were stepping out of the elevator of her apartment building when both of them 41 smoke. “My dogs!” Susan shouted with 42 as she ran down the hall to her apartment. Tommy, 54, who is 43 , walked toward the smoke.
“I was 44 across from Susan’s apartment door; I took four or five steps to the right, and smoke hit me right in the face,” he says. “I 45 the door, shouting, ‘Anybody home?’ 46 nobody answered.”
Suddenly the door opened, and 47 smoke came out. Tommy heard coughing and reached behind the door, waving his arm until he 48 someone. It was Diane Marshall, who lived there. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into the hall, then ran back to the 49 apartment.
Then he and Susan picked up the fire extinguisher (灭火器). While Tommy held it, he 50 Susan to use it to fight the fire. 51 , the fire finally died down.
Diane had fallen asleep with a cooking pot on the stove (炉子), and it had 52 fire. She later called Tommy to 53 him. “I could have died,” she told a local news station.
As it turned out, 54 fires was second nature to Tommy — he had been a 55 with the St. Lucie County Fire District for about a year in the 1980s. He 56 a serious eye disease in 2000 and lost his sight.
Last November, the St. Lucie County Fire District awarded him and Susan the Citizen Hero Award for their 57 actions. When asked what he 58 at that time, Tommy said, “I wasn’t 59 at all. I just knew it was 60 I had to do.”
41. A. blew B. saw C. smelled D. produced
42. A. anger B. surprise C. fear D. joy
43. A. blind B. deaf C. lost D. hurt
44. A. sitting B. standing C. exercising D. working
45. A. locked B. opened C. came into D. knocked on
46. A. So B. But C. Because D. Unless
47. A. no B. less C. more D. other
48. A. left B. felt C. recognized D. remembered
49. A. middle-sized B. well-decorated C. old-fashioned D. smoke-filled
50. A. taught B. allowed C. forced D. wanted
51. A. Sadly B. Usually C. Suddenly D. Luckily
52. A. caught B. attracted C. prevented D. used
53. A. invite B. know C. thank D. support
54. A. making B. feeding C. fighting D. lighting
55. A. doctor B. survivor C. doorkeeper D. fireman
56. A. found B. developed C. treated D. spread
57. A. free B. brave C. further D. official
58. A. did B. said C. thought D. had
59. A. interested B. worried C. excited D. frightened
60. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
【回答】
41-45 CCABD 46-50 BCBDA 51-55 DACCD 56-60 BBCDD
知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类
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