2 . “Fire! Fire! ” What terrible words to hear when I _______ in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, _______ house — the sort that burns easily — and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of _______.
I began to _______, but as I was still only half awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I found it hard to _______. The floor became _______ under my feet. I ran into another room and tried to reach the window for fresh air. Suddenly, one of my feet got caught in something _______ and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a package of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my _______ from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor broke under me and I fell through to the floor below with pieces of _______ wood all around me.
__________, there was a doorway in front, so I put the package over my face and ran. My feet were terribly burned, but I __________. As I reached the cold air outside, my package of clothes gave a __________. I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I saw there were many people in the street. A woman screamed (尖叫) as she saw me and came running __________.
“My baby! My baby! ”she cried. Those people cheered loudly __________ she took the smokeblackened package out of my arms. I almost failed to see who she was — my boss's wife. I had __________ her baby, and I became a hero!
1. A.hung up | B.called back | C.woke up | D.turned back |
2. A.clean | B.empty | C.strong | D.wooden |
3. A.water | B.smoke | C.books | D.toys |
4. 5. A.sleep | B.work | C.hear | D.breathe |
6. 7. A.wet | B.boring | C.soft | D.dangerous |
8. A.hands | B.arms | C.back | D.face |
9. A.burning | B.growing | C.green | D.light |
10. A.Strangely | B.Naturally | C.Luckily | D.Recently |
11. A.gave up | B.set off | C.looked around | D.got through |
12. A.role | B.cry | C.task | D.lesson |
13. A.madly | B.slowly | C.carefully | D.patiently |
14. 15. A.hurt | B.saved | C.killed | D.punished |