Question

Robert Kohout, 39, was working outside his home last October when he heard a frightening noise. He turned round and saw Walter Graham’s car sinking into 8 feet of water of the inground swimming pool a little distance away from his yard. Kohout immediately called to Graham’s wife, Evelyn, to phone 911. Then he ran back to his house to get Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo to help, who were at work inside the house. “There was no time for second thoughts,” said Reif, a farmer’s son. “The only thing to do is to get in the pool.”

The car doors were locked. Graham, 73, was unconscious, and his mercury was rapidly filling with water. Reif struggled to break the driver’s side window with a hammer but had trouble getting it done underwater.

Finally, some four minutes after the car had fallen into the pool, the glass was broken. By then, Graham was floating at the top of the flooded passenger compartment.

The three men pulled Graham out through the broken glass. He wasn’t breathing and his heart stopped beating, so they performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The rescue team arrived in no time. Doctors supplied him with advanced life support on the way to the hospital.

“These people were getting to Graham through the glass,” said Dr. Jeff. “All three acted without regard for their own safety.” Added Evelyn Graham, “they were truly angels, watching over us”.

1.Who may Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo most probably be?

A. Walter’s wife and son.

B. Policemen.

C. Workmen.

D. Robert’s wife and son.

2.In the second paragraph, the underlined word “mercury” refers to ______.

A. another workman B. the old man’s car

C. the swimming pool D. a kind of machine

3.What does the underlined word “resuscitation” refer to in the story?

A. A way of helping people who need water.

B. A way of helping people who have heart trouble.

C. A way of saving people who have got drunk.

D. A way of saving people who have stopped breathing.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. Angels around Us B. The underwater Car

C. Rescue Team in Time D. Safety First

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了39歲的Robert Kohout, 在屋外工作時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)Graham連同汽車掉入水中，急忙撥打Graham,妻子電話告知其報(bào)警，并找助手幫助救援Graham, Graham的妻子稱他們是守護(hù)人們的天使。

1.推理判斷題。根據(jù)Robert Kohout, 39, was working outside his home last October when he heard a frightening noise. 和Then he ran back to his house to get Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo to help, who were at work inside the house. 得知39歲的Robert Kohout,在屋外工作，Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo兩人在屋里工作。推斷出他們是工人。故選C。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)He turned round and saw Walter Graham’s car sinking into 8 feet of water of the inground swimming pool 和The car doors were locked. Graham, 73, was unconscious, and his mercury was rapidly filling with water.得知Graham的汽車沉入水中，當(dāng)時(shí)Graham失去知覺，他的汽車滲滿了水，mercury指這個(gè)老人的汽車。故選B。

3.猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)He wasn’t breathing and his heart stopped beating, so they performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. 三人將Graham 救出水面時(shí)，Graham 已經(jīng)沒有呼吸和心跳。他們趕緊實(shí)施了人工呼吸。這是一種挽救沒有呼吸的人的方法。選D。

4.最佳標(biāo)題。根據(jù)“These people were getting to Graham through the glass,” said Dr. Jeff. “All three acted without regard for their own safety.” Added Evelyn Graham, “they were truly angels, watching over us”.得救的Graham她的妻子對(duì)救人事跡的描述是充滿感激的，稱他們是我們身邊的天使。因此最恰當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題是A。

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