After a serious earthquake happened, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to his son's school, only to find that the building where his son studied had collapsed and looked like a pancake.
He was shocked.He didn't know what he should do for a while, then he remembered the words he had said to his son, “No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you!” And tears began to fill his eyes.He started digging through the ruins(废墟).
As he was digging, other helpless parents and the firemen arrived and tried to pull him off the ruins, saying, “It's too late! They’re all dead! There's nothing you can do!” To them he replied with one line, “Are you going to help me now?” And then he kept on digging.
No one helped, however.He went on alone because he needed to know for himself:“Is my boy alive or is he dead?” He dug for eight hours…12 hours …24 hours… 36 hours…then, in the 39th hour, he pulled back a rock and heard his son's words.He shouted his son's name, “ARMAND!” He heard back, “Dad! ? ! It's me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry.I told them that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved.You promised, ‘No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you! ’ You did it, Dad!”
“What's going on in there? How is it?” the father asked.
“There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad.We’re frightened, hungry, thirsty and thankful you’re here.When the building fell down, it made a triangle(三角), and it saved us.”
“Come out, boy!”
“No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, because I know you'll get me! No matter what hap pens, I know you'll always be there for me!”
(1)
The underlined word “collapsed” probably means “________”.
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A.
break down
B.
shake away
C.
stand by
D.
fall into
(2)
Who came to help the father when he was digging?
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A.
His wife.
B.
Other parents.
C.
The firemen.
D.
No one.
(3)
Other parents and the firemen wanted to pull him off the ruins because they thought ________.
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A.
he was mad
B.
all the children had died in the earthquake
C.
he was too dangerous to others
D.
it was not his job to dig
(4)
How many students were already dead when the father found them in the ruins?
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A.
Fourteen.
B.
Thirty-three.
C.
Forty-seven.
D.
Nineteen.
(5)
We can learn from the passage that ________.
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A.
it took the father one day to find his son and other students
B.
his wife died in the earthquake
C.
his son was the last one to come out of the ruins
D.
the son didn't believe his father would come to save him
One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains.They put up their tents(帐篷)and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it start-ed to snow.More and more snow fell.Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face.He could not find the road.Bob knew there were two roads.One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house.But all was white snow.Everything was the same.How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea.The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
It was getting late.They rode on and on.At last the horses stopped.Where were they? None of them could tell.John looked around.What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!
(1)
John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.
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A.
build their camp
B.
find their way home
C.
enjoy the mountains in the snow
D.
watch the trees in the forest
(2)
They could not find their way back be-cause ________.
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A.
there was only one road to their camp
B.
they couldn't decide which of the two roads led to their tents
C.
there were no roads in the mountains at all
D.
everything was covered by the white snow
(3)
It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to ________.