It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform (站臺). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again—this time, onto the track between the two rails (道軌). A train was coming into the station. It was a frightening moment.
But Mr Autrey wasn’t frightened. He looked at the man and the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he thought, “The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the ground and doesn’t move, he’ll be OK.” So he got an idea.
He jumped down and kept Mr Hollopeter down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn’t stop in time. The train traveled over the two men before it stopped.
The people on the platform were surprised. When Mr Autrey heard them screaming, he shouted, “We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK.”
In an interview on a TV show, Mr Autrey said, “The only thing that happened to me was my blue hat got dirty.”
小題1:Why did Mr Hollopeter fall on the platform and then the track?
A．Because he was ill.B．Because he walked so fast.
C．Because he was too old.D．Because the subway station was so crowed.
小題2:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Mr Autrey was so frightened when he saw what had happened.
B．Mr Autrey thought the space that the man was in was about one meter deep.
C．The train driver saw the two men but he couldn’t stop the train in time.
D．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter were both taken to a hospital.
小題3:Mr Autrey was worried about         when the train stopped.
A．his two daughtersB．Mr HollopeterC．his blue hatD．the train driver
小題4:Mr Autrey lay on top of Mr Hollopeter in order to        .
A．keep him calmB．keep him down
C．keep him warmD．keep him awake
小題5:What’s the best title for the passage?
A．A Sick ManB．Save One’s Life
C．Mr Autrey and Mr HollopeterD．The Subway Hero

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要記述了奧特雷先生在等火車時，看到一位病人倒在了鐵路上。火車眼看就要過來，因此他就跳起來把這個病人壓在了身下，因此救了這個人一命。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform (站臺). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again—this time, onto the track between the two rails (道軌).描述，可知選A。
小題2:根據(jù)短文第四段The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn’t stop in time. 描述，可知選C。
小題3:根據(jù)“We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK.”描述，可知奧特雷先生很擔心他的兩個女兒，故選A。
小題4:根據(jù)短文第四段He jumped down and kept Mr Hollopeter down on the ground.描述，可知選B。
小題5:這篇短文中的奧特雷先生急中生智，救了一位倒在鐵路上的病人。故選D，鐵路英雄。
點評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學(xué)生很容易把握文章中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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