Question

Bill Trew worked on the night shift in an old mine called Park Deep. Day and night 180 miners   1   underground there, more than 6,000 feet down. They all took their   2   of night work, but Bill always worked at night. He said he   3   it.

One day he came home as   4   at half past seven in the morning. He had his “supper”, as he   5   it, and went to bed. An unusual dream troubled his sleep. Afterwards, the   6   thing he remembered about was – a throbbing (跳動) blue light.

Bill got up in the afternoon as usual. It was as   7   getting up – because he could   8   see the blue light in front of his eyes. As the evening grew   9  , the light grew stronger. Bill got   10   for the night shift. But by eight o’clock the blue light was so bright that he could   11   see anything else. He and his wife were very   12  . Bill had never been sick before.

“Don’t go to work,” Mrs. Trew said. “If it isn’t   13   by tomorrow, I’ll have to sent for the doctor.”

Bill didn’t go to work. He sat in an armchair,  14   but with closed eyes. Even then the blueness was like a living thing. It   15   him, silent, throbbing. The family went to bed but Bill wasn’t tired: he stayed in his armchair.

At eleven o’clock a long, loud explosion   16   the ground. Bill opened his eyes and jumped to his   17 . The blue light was gone! He rushed outside. Someone shouted, “Gas! Gas in Park Deep! Oh,   18   the night shift!”

The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep. The mine was destroyed for   19  .The bodies remain to this day in their grave. And Bill has never stopped   20  .That blue light: why did it make him the only man unfit for work that night?

1．A．gathered                B．stayed                 C．had to                 D．worked

1,3,5

2．A．job                       B．bit                       C．share                  D．role

3．A．loved                    B．disliked                C．preferred             D．hated

4．A．rule                      B．order                   C．a(chǎn)go                     D．usual

5．A．described              B．said                     C．called                  D．liked

6．A．great                     B．funny                  C．big                      D．only

7．A．good                     B．strange                C．late                     D．bad

8．A．still                       B．only                    C．hardly                 D．clearly

9．A．bigger                   B．later                    C．darker                 D．blacker

10．A．up                      B．well                    C．prepared              D．ready

11．A．seldom                B．merely                 C．hardly                 D．barely

12．A．confused             B．puzzled                C．wondered            D．frightened

13．A．good                   B．normal                C．better                  D．fine

14．A．a(chǎn)wake                 B．sleeping               C．surprising            D．resting

15．A．feared                 B．surrounded          C．wakened             D．brightened

16．A．hit                      B．broke                  C．shook                 D．crashed

17．A．feet                     B．chair                   C．shoes                  D．door

18．A．bad                     B．misery                 C．pity                     D．die

19．A．that                     B．a(chǎn)ll                       C．everything           D．good

20．A．thinking             B．wondering           C．working             D．sympathizing

Answer 1

1—5 DCCDC  6—10 DBACD   11—15 CBCAB   16—20 CACDB