题目内容
Linda was kind of late. Linda, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Linda felt weak and tired — maybe it hadn’t been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.
Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.
But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, “Oh, my God, she fell in!”Frank didn’t hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “No ! Not you ! ”his girlfriend screamed after him.
She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Linda, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where Linda briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse.
Linda thought she’d been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn’t, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40minute train ride downtown—just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die, ” she explained.
56. What was the most probable cause for Linda’s weakness?
A. She had donated blood the night before. B. She felt hot in the subway.
C. She had done a lot of work. D. She had run a long way.
57. How did Frank save Linda?
A. By helping her rise to her feet. B. By lifting her to the platform.
C. By pulling her along the ground. D. By dragging her away from the edge.
58. When did Linda become conscious again?
A. When the train was leaving. B. After the police and fire officials came.
C. After she was back on the platform.
D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.
59. The passage is intended to________.
A. warn us of the danger in the subway
B. show us how to save people in the subway
C. report a traffic accident D. tell us about a subway rescue
ABCD
Paul was dealing with a crisis. The new girl Linda in class really liked him a lot. Paul was not happy about it.
Paul's good friend, Sam, tried to comfort him. "What's the big deal? I think Linda is kind of cute and nice enough."
Paul glared at Sam. "Then why don't you ask her to be your girlfriend? There she is, sitting all by herself at the other end of the cafeteria. Go there and ask her to be your honey!"
"She's crazy about you, not me," Sam replied.
"Well, I don't want any girlfriend, especially not a girl like her! "Paul growled.
Sam wouldn't give up. "The only thing pesky about her is that she keeps writing you those notes ."
"I don't like notes at all!" Paul interrupted. He took another sip of milk.
"Did you notice those strange brown eyes? Why aren't they normal red or pink?"
Sam took another look at Linda. "I think her face is a lovely shade of green. And her dark green curly hair is quite pretty. Besides, she's very gentle and that's what really matters."
Paul stuck out his tongue. "I think I'm going to be sick! I'd better save my dessert for later." He crammed a small bag of Maggot Munchies into his even smaller shirt pocket. "The fact is, I have a problem. That girl is getting on my nerves! "
Sam followed Paul’s example and decided to save his dessert for later. However, he carefully placed the bag into his lunch box. "Do you have any ideas about how to solve your problem?" Tremor asked.
"I'm going to be mean and rude to her," Paul announced. "I'll call her names and make ugly faces at her."
"That's how you treat everyone," Sam reminded his friend.
Paul nodded. "It's time that Linda got to know the real Paul !"
【小题1】 What does the underlined part "a crisis" in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.how to get away from Linda | B.how to win Linda over |
C.how to get Sam's help | D.how to save money |
A.She didn't like him because he was rude. | B.She was annoyed by his strange appearance. |
C.She didn't have any strong feelings about him. | D.She fell in love with him. |
A.Paul pretended to be rude in order to make Linda stop liking him. |
B.Sam thought that looks were more important than personality. |
C.Sam thought that Linda was cute. |
D.Paul offered his dessert to Linda to make her sick. |
A.her eyes | B.her hair | C.her face | D.her character |
A.Linda will be Sam's girlfriend. | B.Paul has fallen in love with another girl. |
C.Paul and Linda are classmates. | D.Paul and Linda are colleges students. |