Question

“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.

She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A．at home          B．sleeping           C．sitting in bed       D．both A and B

2. The author saved the baby _____.

A．because he was very brave.

B．because he liked the baby very much.

C．but he just happened to save it.

D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3.He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.

A．was a stranger there                     B．could see nothing

C．was not completely awake                 D．Both A and C

4. He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.

A．save the baby                          B．call for help

C．protect his face                         D．run quickly

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了一个午夜时分，作者正在一个陌生的房间睡觉，突然发生火灾，作者在逃生的过程中用一捆衣服保护自己的脸不被烧伤，令人意外的是，那却是一个婴儿。

1.细节题。根据文章I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house.可知，当在午夜发生火灾的时候，作者正在睡觉。故选B

2.细节题。根据文章The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat.作者落在了感觉像是一捆衣服的东西上，然后，作者拿起它保护自己的脸不被烟和火烧到。可知，作者应该是碰巧救了她的孩子。故选C

3.细节题。根据文章第一，第二段可知，发生火灾时作者是在一个陌生的地方睡觉，而且因为他正处于半醒状态，所以他跑错了方向。故选D

4.细节题。根据文章The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat.作者捡起那捆衣服放在他的脸上，是为了保护自己的脸不被烧伤。故选C

考点：故事类记叙文

点评：文章围绕作者从火灾逃生的故事来展开讲述。内容诙谐幽默，解答此类文章需要对文章花两分钟过的时间进行浏览，把握作者写作的大意，同时将自己设身处地的融入情节中，对于第一遍做不出的题目不要急于作答，将后续题目答完后再仔细作答。