5 . White made a U-turn and was now facing in the same direction as the pickup (皮卡车), but there were four cars separating them. White ______ his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t. He tried to swing into the left lane and pass everyone, but oncoming traffic made it ______.
______, White pulled his car over, jumped out and ran up the sidewalk. The pickup was going 10 to 15 mph, White estimates. Captain Harrisburg even in loafers (懒人拖) ______ faster than a suddenly ______ pickup.
He ______ moved into the road, running around to the driver’s side. The window was down on this temperate autumn day. White ______ the frame of the window-his legs moving in step with the pickup-and with a mighty heave, leaped in.
White was now ______ the cab (驾驶室) of the truck, his legs hanging out the window. The man behind the wheel, 64-year-old Todd DeAngelis, was just conscious enough to be startled (受惊吓) by the odd sight of a stranger sprawled across his stomach, and he let out a ______.
White worked quickly. He took hold of the gear shift (换挡器) and forced the ______ into park, causing it to ______. He threw himself out from the truck window the same way he came in. By his estimate, he was in and out of the truck in about four seconds.
From outside the truck, White asked DeAngelis if he was OK. ”No,“ he replied, in a haze. DeAngelis, a diabetic (糖尿病患者), was ______ facing dangerously low blood sugar.
White flagged down a police officer. A(n) ______ soon arrived and took DeAngelis to a hospital. He kept me from a much worse accident than it could have been, and I could have lost consciousness because of low blood sugar DeAngelis said after his recovery.
White’s ______ that day was not out of character. As a teenager, he once kicked in the door of a house that was on fire to see if anyone was trapped inside. ______, the house was empty.
”I’m always trying to help, where I can, when I can,“ he says. But jumping into a moving vehicle to prevent a crash? White admits this was new field.
1. | A．sounded | B．handled | C．released | D．kicked |
2. | A．strange | B．impossible | C．obvious | D．accessible |
3. | A．Tired | B．Disappointed | C．Trapped | D．Angry |
4. | A．drags | B．walks | C．goes | D．runs |
5. | A．leaving | B．moving | C．speeding | D．turning |
6. | A．casually | B．willingly | C．quickly | D．carefully |
7. | A．lifted | B．seized | C．carried | D．opened |
8. | A．inside | B．outside | C．below | D．above |
9. | A．crу | B．groan | C．rage | D．cheer |
10. | A．car | B．pickup | C．driver | D．teenager |
11. | A．turn | B．speed | C．stop | D．move |
12. | A．occasionally | B．normally | C．frequently | D．unexpectedly |
13. | A．truck | B．car | C．ambulance | D．bus |
14. | A．action | B．bravery | C．suffering | D．attempt |
15. | A．Fortunately | B．Eventually | C．Evidently | D．Sadly |
