2 . It was rush hour in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania when Timothy White Jr., 38, was driving home. He ______ a gray Nissan four-door truck on the opposite side of the street. It was hard to miss since it was moving from side to side. As the truck drew closer, White saw the ______: The driver appeared to be asleep. If nothing were done, an accident would happen pretty soon. White made a U-turn and faced in the same ______ as the truck, but there were four cars separating them. He tried to pass them, but oncoming traffic made it impossible. He pulled his car ______, jumped out and rushed to the sidewalk. The truck was not ______, so White ran around to the driver’s side. The window was down. White ______ the frame (框架) of the window and jumped into truck.
The old man behind the ______, Todd DeAngelis, was just conscious enough to be shocked by White, and he gave a loud cry.
White worked ______. He took hold of the gear shift (换挡杆) and forced the truck to ______. Then he pushed himself out from the window. The whole ______ was about four seconds.
From outside the truck, White asked DeAngelis ______ he was OK. “No,” he replied.
DeAngelis was ______ facing dangerously low blood sugar. White phoned for an ambulance (救护车) and soon DeAngelis was sent to the hospital.
“He ______ me from a much worse accident than it could have been,” DeAngelis said.
White’s actions that day were not out of character. As a teenager, he once kicked down the door of a house that was ______ fire to see if anyone was inside. “I’m always trying to help where I can, when I can,” he says. “______ jumping into a moving truck was a new territory.”
1. A.ignored | B.hit | C.avoided | D.noticed |
2. A.challenge | B.trick | C.problem | D.sign |
3. A.direction | B.result | C.side | D.situation |
4. A.through | B.back | C.down | D.over |
5. A.slow | B.high | C.fast | D.empty |
6. A.pushed | B.grabbed | C.rolled | D.repaired |
7. A.truck | B.seat | C.wheel | D.handle |
8. A.quickly | B.carefully | C.patiently | D.confidently |
9. A.speed up | B.slow down | C.turn in | D.come to a stop |
10. A.research | B.process | C.journey | D.behavior |
11. A.when | B.if | C.unless | D.while |
12. A.unfortunately | B.naturally | C.regularly | D.undoubtedly |
13. A.excused | B.saved | C.released | D.removed |
14. 15.