1 . A Hero in Pajamas
It was late, about 10:15 pm when Janice Esposito jumped into her car and began the 20-minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. Out of nowhere, a car ______ hers on one side, pushing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad ______. She sat in the car, injured and ______ by the impact.
Pete DiPinto, a volunteer firefighter and ______ teacher, was getting ready for ______ when he heard the loud noise and ______ glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. Without ______, DiPinto, 64, ran out of the door with his pajamas (睡衣) on. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said later. “We’re always on ______.”
The first car he came upon was the one that had hit Esposito. Once DiPinto ______ the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito’s car ______ the railroad tracks. Suddenly he heard a loud roar signaling an oncoming ______. He even saw the headlight of the train. DiPinto ran to Esposito’s car and knocked ______ on the driver’s side window. But she just looked at him, her ______ unfocused.
“Honey, you’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto ______. “We have to get you off right now!” He pulled on the handle, but the door was out of ______ and couldn’t open. The train, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was ______ toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and opened the door. He ______ the airbags, seized her arms, and pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and walked her to ______. Within six seconds, the train ______ into the car. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto said.
The next morning, a report of CBS said, “Last night, the ______ arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”
1. A.beat | B.struck | C.dragged | D.touched |
2. A.stations | B.platforms | C.tracks | D.passages |
3. A.shocked | B.surprised | C.amazed | D.panicked |
4. A.appointed | B.trained | C.injured | D.retired |
5. A.work | B.bed | C.dinner | D.help |
6. A.broken | B.harmful | C.normal | D.sharp |
7. A.hesitation | B.competence | C.confidence | D.punishment |
8. A.fire | B.duty | C.profession | D.performance |
9. A.introduced | B.constructed | C.condemned | D.concluded |
10. A.around | B.about | C.across | D.beneath |
11. A.car | B.airplane | C.bus | D.train |
12. A.quietly | B.softly | C.heavily | D.lightly |
13. A.head | B.ears | C.eyes | D.heart |
14. A.whispered | B.sobbed | C.shouted | D.suggested |
15. A.style | B.date | C.fashion | D.shape |
16. A.dashing | B.dropping | C.flying | D.floating |
17. A.put on | B.put off | C.put forward | D.put aside |
18. A.recovery | B.safety | C.happiness | D.disappointment |
19. A.crashed | B.got | C.boarded | D.hit |
20. A.police | B.hero | C.volunteer | D.teacher |