1 . A 9-year-old boy is called a hero after he rescued his dad when a car fell on him. Brave J.T. Parker’s ________ thinking saved his father’s life.
________ dad Stephen Parker said that last July, he and his sons J.T., 9 and Mason, 17, were in the backyard working in a Toyota car when the ________ happened.
“ We were ________ the engines out of the car and, after we got it jacked (用千斤顶顶起) up, I climbed under there to take the parts off,” he said. “The one part came off pretty ________ but the other side was not coming off.”
At that moment, Mason had gone inside the house ________ he cut himself, but the dad ________ working. Suddenly, the car fell on top of him.
He said he _______ at J.T. to jack the car up but he didn’t think his young son would ________ it.
“ I couldn’t move at all,” Parker said. “I was totally ________ , and then I passed out. It was all in his hands.”
J.T., who weighs about 50 pounds, said he, too, didn’t think he would be able to ________ the car off his father, but he started jumping up and down on the jack right away.
It took him ________, but J.T. was able to save his father ________. He then ran to get his brother out of the house. They called the ________ immediately.
Parker was then sent to the nearest hospital with 13 broken ribs (肋骨). He was ________ two months later thanks to the timely rescue from his young hero.
1. A.creative | B.quick | C.considerable | D.present |
2. A.Fearful | B.Considerate | C.Proud | D.Brave |
3. A.event | B.disaster | C.conflict | D.accident |
4. A.pushing | B.pulling | C.fixing | D.watching |
5. A.easily | B.normally | C.hardly | D.unwillingly |
6. A.though | B.until | C.before | D.because |
7. A.started | B.suspended (暂停) | C.continued | D.tried |
8. A.yelled | B.ran | C.aimed | D.pointed |
9. 10. A.buried | B.trapped | C.dead | D.covered |
11. 12. A.seconds | B.days | C.hours | D.minutes |
13. A.gradually | B.eventually | C.absolutely | D.completely |
14. A.police | B.neighbor | C.doctor | D.passer-by |
15. A.sent | B.recovered | C.energetic | D.persuaded |