1 . You never really know how you’ll react to an emergency situation until it happens to you. Many people _________ when things go wrong, but others instinctively know how to take charge. Thankfully for a group of students in Topsham, Maine, brothers Connor and Seamus fell into the _________ category. Connor and Seamus were riding the bus to school one morning when Connor saw the _________ Arthur suffer a medical emergency and fall onto the floor heavily. The bus went _________, heading to the ditch(渠) on the right. Connor who learnt how to drive knew _________ what he had to do.
“I rose and pressed on the brake and told my younger brother to call 911,” he said, recalling his thoughts in the moment. “I need to _________ this bus before it goes into the ditch.”
The teenager held the _________ while jamming his foot onto the brake. Meanwhile, Seamus dialed 911 immediately and then began to direct the other _________ to get off the bus quickly. All the while, he kept _________ and even paused to give a crying student a(n) __________.
While Seamus handled the other kids, Connor and another student had just started giving Arthur CPR when the police arrived on the scene. Using a defibrillator(除颤器), they __________ to get the victim’s heart beating again.
The brothers are being __________ for their action. The police say they kept the situation under control and prevented anyone else getting __________. “But for them, maybe we would have __________ the best chance,” said Gomez, a policeman. “Thank them for __________ and being heroes.”
1. A.complain | B.panic | C.accept | D.escape |
2. A.latter | B.later | C.former | D.first |
3. A.teacher | B.driver | C.coach | D.passenger |
4. A.out of control | B.in flames | C.out of water | D.into pieces |
5. A.directly | B.constantly | C.naturally | D.instantly |
6. A.identify | B.drive | C.record | D.stop |
7. A.seat | B.ring | C.wheel | D.door |
8. A.crew | B.students | C.customers | D.police |
9. A.still | B.calm | C.silent | D.awake |
10. A.hug | B.nod | C.applause | D.laugh |
11. A.happened | B.determined | C.managed | D.attempted |
12. A.praised | B.rewarded | C.criticized | D.promoted |
13. A.anxious | B.lost | C.upset | D.hurt |
14. A.forgot | B.ignored | C.missed | D.skipped |
15. A.showing up | B.hanging out | C.sticking around | D.stepping up |