题目内容
On a bright Friday afternoon in spring, Sumeja Tulic had every reason to enjoy walking in the streets of New York, a city she'd_______nine months earlier from London to attend a journalism school. “When the weather is good, it's very hard to find a reason to be_______or dissatisfied with the city,” she said.
Yet her time in New York has coincided with endless ugliness, As she_______toward the subway station, she thought, “Please, God, I want to see something_______today.” She said, “Enough of this craziness”.
At the City Hall_______, she settled onto a bench. It was just after 2 p.m. Only a few people were there. A man___________against a pillar(柱子), the way anyone might, waiting for the train. The stillness was interrupted by a(n)___________that the next train was two stations away. Then Tulic_______the man at the pillar collapsing forward onto the tracks.
A man, who was_______waiting for the train on the platform, ran over, peered over the edge and then jumped onto the________.
The man who had________was not moving. Two more men jumped down to help.
"I don't know________these men got the wit and the quickness," Tulic said. "The man who fell was kind of jammed in the tracks. They were very________to know that the train was coming. Will it stop? Will they________pulling him out?"
On the tracks, the________man was held up to a sitting position by the three men, who then lifted him from below to________who dragged him from above and rolled him onto the platform. Then the rescuers were themselves ____________, pulled back to safety by helping hands. As soon as they were all clear, the train pulled in.
An ambulance________soon and the man was taken to a local hospital with________but non-life-threatening injuries, doctors said.
"That is the greatest thing." Tulic said," The infrastructure(基础设施)in this city of millions is the________themselves providing, being there for others."
1.A. hung out B. moved to C. passed by D. left behind
2.A. pleased B. ashamed C. depressed D. relieved
3.A. walked B. rushed C. travelled D. toured
4.A. urgent B. strange C. mysterious D. nice
5.A. station B. school C. theatre D. store
6.A. struggled B. leaned C. lay D. sat
7.A. note B. report C. announcement D. poster
8.A. remembered B. foresaw C. ignored D. glimpsed
9.A. again B. also C. never D. seldom
10.A. tracks B. road C. train D. platform
11.A. stood B. settled C. fallen D. escaped
12.A. whom B. whether C. when D. where
13.A. nervous B. embarrassed C. dangerous D. disappointed
14.A. object to B. succeed in C. put off D. give up
15.A. unconscious B. dying C. active D. discouraged
16.A. them B. us C. others D. anyone
17.A. jammed B. recognized C. affected D. rescued
18.A. stopped B. started C. arrived D. raced
19.A. careless B. serious C. slight D. unforgettable
20.A. people B. passengers C. friends D. students