1 . The quick action of Nick helped five people escape a fire on Hope Road. Nick said he usually left his house about 5: 30 am to lift weights, but he decided to stay at home to get his daughter ready for school that day.     1    “I saw smoke and flames and ran over and started beating on the side of the house shouting, ‘Your house is on fire! Your house is on fire!’” Nick remembered it was at about 9 am that the firefighters put out the fire.

Beverly Penny and her husband, Clark, along with their younger daughters, were sleeping in the living room, next to the kitchen, when they heard Nick beating on the walls. She opened the bedroom door and black smoke rolled in.     2     Her dog tried to hide under the bed, but Penny caught it by the leg and threw it out of the door.

    3     “When we arrived with our fire trucks, there were heavy flames outside on the house,” Jerry said. He called Nick a hero, saying that without his quick response the result could have been much worse. “The firefighters were fast.” Nick said.     4    

“They did a great job, and I can’t thank them enough,” Penny said, then looked at what remained in the house and shook her head as tears rolled down in her eyes. “Everything I have is gone.     5    ” She said the fire could have been caused by an electrical problem.

A．She managed to get her kids out.

B．Luckily nobody was hurt in the fire.

C．Firefighters got the call about 7: 05 am.

D．Thankfully, Jerry helped Nick escape the fire.

E．They arrived here within about three minutes.

F．However, chickens in one of the rooms weren’t so lucky.

G．As he looked at his neighbor’s house, he realized that it was on fire.

2 . What happened to the driver?

A．He ran into a bicycle.

B．He ran into a tree.

C．He drove too slowly.

3 . ﹡After the fire, what now?

Bishop Patrick Chauvet, Notre Dame’s (巴黎圣母院) manager, admitted that the famous building would close for “five to six years” as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday. He added that it was unclear what the church’s 67 employees would be doing in the future. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he wanted the church rebuilt in five years.

﹡What are the new rules?

While tourists can’t go inside the site itself, the area still may prove popular to those paying their respects. Visitors are welcome to write messages of support in both the main and local city halls.

The island that houses the church has been closed and the people there have been evacuated since the fire. Paris businessmen who depend on Notre Dame tourism are worried about the church’s future as well as their own.

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It’s known that spring is a busy time for tourists in Paris. The travel company recommends（推荐） people visit other places, like the Basilique Saint-Denis, the Sacre-Coeur and so on. Those who tend to observe church services during Holy Week are advised to go to Saint-Eustache.

﹡Looking ahead to rebuilding

It seems rebuilding can begin, since firefighters put out the fire early Tuesday, more than 12 hours after nearly 400 firefighters had battled the flames that changed the city’s skyline. Two policemen and one firefighter were not badly injured, according to the Paris Fire Service.

A large campaign to raise money already is underway to rebuild the church. Up to Wednesday, donations（捐款） came to $1 billion.

1. How long would Notre Dame close for after the fire?

A．One year	B．Three to four years
C．Five to six years	D．Ten years

2. What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?

A．removed

B．examined

C．checked

D．ruined

3. Which of the following subtitles(小标题) can fill in the blank?

A．Saint-Eustache is favored by tourists.

B．Tour companies offer other choices.

C．Church culture develops fast in Paris.

D．The best time to visit Paris is spring.

4. According to the passage, what will happen after the fire?

A．The government will arrange work for 67 employees.

B．Visitors will be forbidden to leave messages anywhere.

C．Churches in Paris will also be examined and repaired.

D．More money will be donated for the rebuilding project.

4 . Rescue officials in Poland are working quickly to clear one of the country’s highways. The roadway is covered with a sticky brown material. It is blocking cars from both directions.

What is causing the mess? Milk chocolate. The problems began early Wednesday, after a huge truck carrying many tons of liquid chocolate overturned. Chocolate spilled out. It spread across six driveways of Poland’s A2 highway.

The liquid chocolate solidified（凝固）as it cooled, causing even more difficulties. The accident happened near the western Polish town of Slupca. Bogdan Kowalski is with the fire fighters of Slupca. He told the Associated Press that “the cooling chocolate is worse than snow”.

Videos published on social media showed rescuers and cleaners were trying to move the sticky brown mess with a bulldozer（推土机）.

The private Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported that the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital with a broken arm. The accident happened in the morning when there was little traffic. Nobody else was harmed.

The sticky situation became a hot topic on social media. Some people offered to help the clean-up workers by eating the chocolate themselves.

Marlene Kukawa is a media officer for Slupea police. She told the New York Times that rescue workers needed to remove the truck from the highway first. “The cleanup”, she said at the time, “will take a few hours or more.” She added that accidents are rare in this part of the A2 highway. And, she told the New York Times, she is sure the area has never experienced something quite like a huge chocolate spill.

1. What caused the traffic trouble?

A．A broken-down car.	B．Cars stuck on the highway.
C．Serious traffic accidents.	D．The liquid chocolate.

2. What made the situation even worse?

A．The difficulty to get rid of the chocolate.	B．Fear caused by videos on social media.
C．The chocolate becoming hard.	D．Snow falling on the highway.

3. Why did some people offer to eat the chocolate?

A．To avoid wasting the chocolate.	B．To reduce loss for the driver.
C．To play a joke.	D．To solve the problem.

4. What did Marlene Kukawa think of the incident?

A．It happened very rarely.	B．It was the most serious accident.
C．It was unexpected by other drivers.	D．It was lucky that no one was killed.