Question

Fire-stations are strangely exciting places．The great doors are shut, and behind them, the fire-engines wait peacefully．But the moment a fire breaks out, the large doors open suddenly and the firemen come rushing． 　　But firemen are not only called out to fight fires．They are often asked to advise on fire prevention．They are also summoned(召唤)to do other work．Recently, during the cold weather, little Sandra walked across the ice of the lake in the park near her home to a small island in the middle and played there happily for a few hours in the afternoon sunshine．She did not realize that the weather had got much warmer, and when she wanted to go home, she found that the ice had disappeared and she was stuck on the island．Her cries for help soon drew the attention of the people in the park, and they called the firemen．In less than ten minutes, the firemen arrived with a long ladder(梯子)which stretched across the water to the island．Sandra managed to reach the other side without even getting her feet wet． (1) A fire station is an exciting place because ________． [　　] A． fire-engines are powerful B． fire-engines are waiting peacefully behind the huge doors C． the whole place may suddenly come to life D． firemen come rushing to the fire-engines (2) The huge doors of a fire-station are ________． [　　] A． always shut B． always open C． sometimes broken D． usually shut (3) Beside the work of fighting fires, the firemen ________． [　　] A． do nothing else B． are asked to care for the fire-engines C． are called out to do something else which they are good at D． are told to play in parks (4) The sentence“…and she was stuck on the island”means that ________． [　　] A． she was willing to play on the island B． the ice prevented her from leaving the island C． she insisted on staying on the island D． she was helpless and unable to get away from the island

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．A;3．C;4．D;
解析：

(1)	从第一段最后一句话可知，当火灾爆发时，消防站会马上行动。
(2)	从第一段第二句可知。
(3)	从第二段第二、三句可知。
(4)	从此句前后可知，先前的冰融化之后变成了水，而小女孩只能喊别人求助。