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“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
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happened to be no one in the building when the fire broke out.
A. It B. There C. This D. That
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Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．
Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon Post:
FIRE AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors： “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed．” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：
ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp．” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．
Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?
Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?
A. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．
B.Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．
C.A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．
D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．
Which of the following are probably facts?
a.The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．
b.A cigarette started the fire．
c.An old lamp started the fire．
d.The fire broke out at night．
e.There has never been a fire in Canfield．
A.b and c B. a and d C. c and e D.a and c
The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _________.
A. hotels in Beldon often catch fire
B. hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire
C. this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel
D. Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．
A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel
B. the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place
C. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years
D. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things
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Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. We were on “evacuation alert (疏散警报)”. If we got the 1 to evacuate, we would have to leave immediately.
We 2 suitcases with some clothes and set them by the door. We didn’t 3 these things were valuable, but time was. We moved the computers, with which I wrote for newspapers and made a 4 . We took family pictures off the 5 and packed them in boxes. These were truly valuable and could not be replaced.
Then we took a hard look at all that 6 . There was a lamp that belonged to my great grandmother. It was a 7 to my family. And there was the piano my wife 8 to play when she was a little girl. Not of great 9 in itself, but another family connection. It was impractical to move everything from our home and store them for an indefinite (无限的) time. Some important items would have to stay behind.
The thought of 10 something passed down from our families saddened me deeply, 11 I’d never been much attached to things. It’s about what they 12 —family and love. They each had a(n) 13 to tell, and some of them spoke in the 14 of our parents and grandparents.
The fire 15 reached our home. We were lucky. And though I felt grateful that all was 16 , I also realized just how fortunate I had been 17 . I saw just how rich my life had been.
Someone 18 said, “There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money.” And now I 19 I was indeed rich. I was rich in family, rich in memories, rich in everything that really 20 to me. I am wealthier than I ever believed possible.
It took a fire to teach me, I wonder if there is any other kind of wealth worth seeking.
1. A．answer B．task C．chance D．call
2. A．packed B．bought C．searched D．sold
3. A．worry B．think C．care D．doubt
4. A．mark B．sign C．living D．plan
5. A．albums B．ceilings C．windows D．walls
6. A．left B．remained C．burnt D．unmoved
7. A．connection B．present C．symbol D．treasure
8. A．forgot B．agreed C．learned D．refused
9. A．quality B．taste C．sense D．value
10. A．knocking out B．leaving behind C．giving away D．picking out
11. A．even though B．unless C．but D．or
12. A．contained B．included C．represented D．gathered
13. A．idea B．lie C．right D．story
14. A．sounds B．speeds C．voices D．feelings
15. A．once B．never C．seldom D．finally
16. A．spared B．returned C．stopped D．found
17. A．at last B．in return C．in another way D．at most
18. A．curiously B．accidentally C．coldly D．wisely
19. A．knew B．promised C．announced D．thanked
20. A．affects B．matters C．helps D．desires
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When I was a child, I once went on camping with my family in summer. We decided to make a barbecue in a valley where lay in a beautiful mountain. So we collected some tree sticks to make the fire. My father ask me if I could try to make a fire. I was happier to take the job. Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, and produced only smoke. Then my father said, “That’s the right way. I’ll show you how to do it. First use the small piece of wood because they catch fire easy. Then put the larger ones on the top of them.” My father helped him make a big fire.
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