文章大意：这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了Jesse和其他孩子们在公园里玩耍时，意外掉入了污水排水道，经过12多小时的“自救”的努力和救援队的努力，他奇迹般的活了下来。
7 . California officials are praising workers for rescuing a 13-year-old boy who fell into a river of sewage(下水道) in Los Angeles. The boy, Jesse Hermandez, spent more than 12 hours in the city’s large underground sewage system. It is filled with liquid refuse and other waste materials, some of them poisonous.
Jesse had been playing at a public park with other children during a family gathering on Sunday. At one point, the children were on pieces of wood that covered an opening leading to the sewer system. One of the wooden planks broke. The boy fell about eight meters down and landed in fast-moving sewage, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The other children quickly told adults what had happened. The adults then called an emergency telephone line for help. Rescuers immediately began searching for Jesse underground. They set cameras on floatation devices, which they put into the sewage system. They finally found Jesse after seeing images of handprints on a pipe. A crew of sanitation(公共卫生) workers hurried to the area and opened a manhole. “The first thing they heard was ‘Help!’” said Adel Hagekhalil, an official in the Los Angeles Sanitation Department.
The crew lowered down a long hose (软管) to Jesse, who was in the pipe about three meters deep. The boy held onto the line while workers pulled him up. He was taken to a hospital for a full physical examination and reunited with his family. In addition to the major rescue effort, Humphrey credited the boy with being able to survive. Not only did he survive being pushed through sewage moving at speeds of 24 kilometers an hour, but also Jesse was able to find a small area of breathable air and wait there until he was found.
“Many would call it a miracle,” Humphrey said about Jesse’s survival. He added that the chances of someone surviving such an event are low.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was among those closely watching the rescue effort. On Twitter, Garcetti praised rescuers and thanked Jesse’s family for their “patience and optimism” during the frightening experience.
1. According to the text, the accident took place__________.
| A．before Jesse got to the park. |
| B．just after Jesse left the park. |
| C．right before the rescuers arrived at the park |
| D．when Jesse was playing in the park with other children. |
2. What can we infer from what Humphrey said in Paragraph 4?
| A．Jesse fell 24 meters down into the sewage system. |
| B．The park should take some responsibility for Jesse’s accident. |
| C．The consequence of falling into the sewage system is disastrous. |
| D．Jesse’s being saved was not surprising thanks to the rescuers’ efforts. |
3. Which of the following words can best describe Jesse?
| A．Careless. | B．Sensible. |
| C．Hesitant. | D．Determined. |
4. Why did Mayor Eric Garcetti thank Jesse’s family?
| A．They were tolerant of the bad management of the park. |
| B．They brought up their son in a right and respectable way. |
| C．They stayed calm and hopeful about Jesse’s being saved. |
| D．They voluntarily participated in rescuing Jesse together with the rescuers. |
