1 . It was rush hour in San Angelo. Heather Santé was driving her Mazda with her nine-year-old daughter and ten-year-old son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck ________ them off. Santé turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda ________ off the road and down an embankment (筑堤) that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didn’t ________, it would fall onto the road some 20 feet below. Then a bit of ________: As the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got ________ on the concrete lip of the embankment, stopping it ________.
The occupants, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a wall, literally (确实地) on the edge of ________. One sudden move by anyone inside could send it over.
Jacob Rodriguez watched the ________ unfold from the company where he works. Then he and four other men ran to the car. They ________ onto the trunk to balance the weight as the ________ kids in the back seat watched.
_____, Julio Vasquez and his nephew, Marco Vasquez, were driving to their jobs nearby. Julio jumped out of the car to help ________ Marco went to the shop, ________ a heavy-duty belt, and returned to the ________ car. He tied the Mazda to a truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car ________, the group carefully opened the ________ doors and helped the children out.
But their departure changed the car’s ________, causing it to tip forward. The men, still on the trunk, ________ Santé to jump into the back seat to re-balance the weight. She did and then inched out the back door. Finally, the men carefully ________ the car. Everyone was safe. Another foot, Rodriguez told USA Today, “and this would be a different ________.”
1. 2. A.leaving | B.jumping | C.sliding | D.diving |
3. 4. A.wisdom | B.luck | C.choice | D.consideration |
5. A.hurt | B.change | C.separated | D.stuck |
6. A.casually | B.suddenly | C.deliberately | D.closely |
7. A.adventure | B.disaster | C.shock | D.regret |
8. A.scene | B.plot | C.scenery | D.view |
9. A.leaped | B.escaped | C.flowed | D.slipped |
10. A.amazed | B.inspire | C.annoyed | D.terrified |
11. A.Still | B.Therefore | C.However | D.Meanwhile |
12. A.while | B.until | C.unless | D.even if |
13. A.shook | B.grashped | C.followed | D.threw |
14. A.floating | B.broken | C.swinging | D.stolen |
15. A.repaired | B.secure | C.cleaned | D.deserted |
16. A.thick | B.narrow | C.front | D.back |
17. A.energy | B.form | C.weight | D.function |
18. A.informed | B.ordered | C.challenged | D.directed |
19. A.got off | B.turned off | C.set up | D.turned up |
20. A.chance | B.trip | C.story | D.deal |