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When Rosina Hernandez was in college，she once attended a rock concert at which one young man was cruelly beaten by another.No one made an__1__to stop the beating.The next day she was__2__to learn that the youth had died as a result of the__3__.Yet neither she nor anyone else had raised a hand to help__4__.She could never forget the incident and her responsibility as an__5__bystander(旁观者)．

Some years later，Rosina saw another__6__.A car driving in the rain ahead of her suddenly rushed into Biscayne Bay.The car landed head down in the water with only the tail end__7__.In a moment a woman appeared on the__8__，shouting for help and saying her__9__was stuck inside.This time Rosina waited for no one.She jumped into the water，tried__10__to open the car door，then broke the back window__11__other bystanders stood on the street and__12__.First she__13__at them，begging for help，then__14__them，telling them there was a man dying in the car.

First one man，then another，__15__came to help.Together they__16__the safety glass and dragged the man out.They were just in time—a few__17__later it would have been all over.The woman thanked Rosina for saving her husband，and Rosina was__18__for weeks.She had promised herself that she would never again fail to do__19__she could do to save a human’s life.She had made good on her__20__.

1．A.escape         B．excuse         C．attempt           D．attention

答案　C

解析　make an attempt to do sth.为固定短语，意为“尝试做某事”。

2．A.shocked       B．frightened      C．ashamed          D．worried

答案　A

解析　Rosina Hernandez听说那个年轻人被打死了，十分震惊。

3．A.listening       B．beating        C．drinking          D．watching

答案　B

解析　年轻人死亡的原因是被“打”了。

4．A.her           B．them          C．it                D．him

答案　D

解析　him指代那个年轻人。

5．A.inactive       B．active         C．ordinary          D．extraordinary

答案　A

解析　inactive意为“无行动的；不活动的”，符合语境。

6．A.disaster       B．news         C．incident            D．scene

答案　C

解析　几年后，Rosina Hernandez又看到一次“事故”。

7．A.floating       B．showing       C．falling            D．sinking

答案　B

解析　只有车尾“露出”水面，注意floating为一种动态的“漂浮”，与车子有重量这一事实不符。

8．A.street         B．land          C．surface           D．feet

答案　C

解析　一会儿，一个妇女露出“水面”。

9．A.driver        B．husband       C．son              D．mother

答案　B

解析　从下文可知：她丈夫被困在车中。

10．A.luckily      B．unluckily      C．successfully        D．unsuccessfully

答案　D

解析　由下文“broke the back window”可知：Rosina没有打开车门，只好打破后车窗玻璃来救人。

11．A.if           B．since          C．as               D．unless

答案　C

解析　as此处相当于“when”。

12．A.laughed     B．ran           C．watched          D．jumped

答案　C

解析　路上其他人在“旁观”。

13．A.smiled      B．waved         C．looked           D．screamed

答案　D

解析　情况紧急，她对旁观者“喊叫求助”。

14．A.cursed         B．embraced           C．warned        D．helped

答案　A

解析　看到旁观者麻木不仁无动于衷，她开始“诅咒”他们。

15．A.happily        B．sadly               C．finally         D．hurriedly

答案　C

解析　也许旁观者良心发现了，他们“最终”来帮忙了。

16．A.fixed          B．repaired            C．moved         D．broke

答案　D

解析　他们“打碎了”窗玻璃，把他拉了出来。

17．A.days           B．minutes            C．weeks         D．years

答案　B

解析　在那种情况下，几分钟的时间也会关系到一个人的生死存亡。

18．A.embarrassed    B．depressed          C．surrounded     D．excited

答案　D

解析　由于她做了一件好事，好几个星期都很兴奋。

19．A.which          B．why               C．what          D．that

答案　C

解析　what引导宾语从句。

20．A.plan            B．future             C．promise       D．dream

答案　C

解析　她很好地履行了自己尽全力帮助他人的“诺言”。

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