Mackenzie Hughes had just returned from school and was waiting for her older brothers to arrive home. She was home alone  1  a man started knocking on the front door, turning the handle and trying to  2 .

She’s 12 years old and she was  3 . So she dialed 9-1-1 and reached the operator Rachelle Berry. After a brief talk, Berry  4  what was happening. “OK, hang on, OK? Can you get in a  5 ?” Berry asked. Mackenzie told Berry that her phone --- it wasn’t cordless (无绳的) --- wouldn’t reach into the cupboard. “Will the phone reach under your bed?” Berry asked  6  . “No,” Mackenzie said.

“Can you hide under a  7  and pull your bedspread over you?” That’s  8  what Mackenzie did. She hid under her blanket, holding the phone and listening to Berry’s voice.

Berry talked quietly, which  9  Mackenzie. It helped, too, when Berry told her to think of something  10  . “Try not to cry,” Berry told Mackenzie during the call. “ I know it’s  11  . Do you have something you can hold onto?” Mackenzie struggled to  12  tears. She couldn’t  13  anything without showing her hiding spot. “ It’s OK,” Berry said. “You’ve got me here with you.”

“He’s in my room,” Mackenzie  14  . “Now be quiet, OK? Just don’t talk,” Berry said. For much of the call, Berry dropped her voice to a whisper,  15  the intruder (闯入者) might hear her voice over the phone.  16 , the man came into her room, then left.

Berry told Mackenzie that the  17  were on their way. Minutes later, they arrived and  18  one man in the backyard and another man in a getaway car.

On Thursday morning, the Emergency Communications Bureau gave Mackenzie its Hero Award for her  19  . Berry also received high praise. And then it was off to school for Mackenzie. But first Berry had something to  20  to the middle-schooler: a cordless phone.

1.                A．until           B．before         C．because  D．when

2.                A．get in          B．get away        C．get around    D．get through

3.                A．annoyed        B．scared          C．curious   D．surprised

4.                A．remembered    B．realized         C．reviewed D．recalled

5.                A．bedroom       B．kitchen         C．cupboard D．bathroom

6.                A．anxiously       B．calmly          C．carefully  D．happily

7.                A．sofa           B．bed            C．table D．blanket

8.                A．ever           B．never          C．just  D．still

9.                A．worried        B．helped         C．moved   D．upset

10.               A．interesting      B．strange         C．wrong D．valuable

11.               A．hard           B．important       C．useful D．possible

12.               A．hold onto       B．hold down      C．hold back  D．hold up

13.               A．discover        B．imagine        C．reach D．invent

14.               A．cried          B．shouted        C．whispered D．replied

15.               A．assuming       B．believing       C．fearing    D．confirming

16.               A．Obviously       B．Fortunately      C．Probably  D．Certainly

17.               A．parents        B．brothers        C．police D．neighbors

18.               A．met           B．killed          C．arrested   D．found

19.               A．contribution     B．success         C．kindness   D．bravery

20.               A．lend           B．present         C．show D．mail

Below are some of the heart-warming scenes that I witnessed and heard from others after the earthquake and flood.

In the supermarket, where goods of all the shelves  36 , people were picking up things so quickly together, and then  37  standing in line to buy food. Instead of creating panic（恐慌）and _38  as much as possible, they bought as little as they  39 _.

When I was walking home, there was a lady  40  a sign that said, “Please use our toilet.” She was  41  her house for people to go to the restroom. I also saw an old lady at a bakery shop  42  free bread. They made my heart  43 _.

A boy was saved because he climbed up on top of the roof of a store during the flood. The flood  44  so suddenly that he just saw people below trying to climb onto the roof, but failed. They were  45  by the flood. To help others, he kept filming them  46  their loved ones could see.

A foreign friend told me that she was  47  to see a long queue form so neatly（整齐地）behind one public phone. Everyone waited  48  to use the phone though they must have been so eager to call their families.

The  49  was horrible（可怕的）! Only one car could move  50  at a green light. But everyone was driving so calmly. During the 10-hour  51 , which would only take 30 minutes  52 , I heard only one horn（喇叭）and that was of thank you.

When I was  53  at the platform（站台）, a homeless person gave me a piece of cardboard to sit on. Even though we usually  54  them in our daily life, they were ready to help us.

Through all of this, I felt  55 _. There is a bright future, on the other side of this disaster.

1.                A．fell            B．lay             C．sank D．rose

2.                A．noisily          B．harmlessly       C．quietly   D．seriously

3.                A．stealing         B．buying          C．making   D．folding

4.                A．earned         B．needed         C．saw  D．afforded

5.                A．watching        B．selling          C．destroying D．holding

6.                A．locking         B．building         C．opening  D．sparing

7.                A．wiping out      B．carrying out     C．picking out    D．giving out

8.                A．warm          B．cold           C．broken   D．closed

9.                A．came          B．got            C．ran  D．left

10.               A．sent out        B．knocked down   C．brought out    D．taken away

11.               A．for            B．or             C．so    D．but

12.               A．excited         B．surprised       C．upset D．frightened

13.               A．secretly        B．patiently        C．slowly D．proudly

14.               A．traffic          B．trade          C．movement D．climate

15.               A．around         B．down          C．up   D．forward

16.               A．walk           B．run            C．drive D．flight

17.               A．necessarily      B．basically        C．normally   D．certainly

18.               A．waiting         B．playing         C．fighting    D．hiding

19.               A．respect        B．ignore         C．notice D．hate

20.               A．glory          B．help           C．interest   D．hope

One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan's cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face   36   first into the mud. David   37   her mother's side, “Are you all right, Mom”   38  , Susan pulled herself up, “I'm okay, Honey,” she said.

Susan was falling more   39   since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a   40   danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having   41   of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked   42  .

　　One day, David's teacher announced a   43   homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an   44  ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.

　　An idea   45   David one evening. If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice. “What if I   46   your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.

　　“   47   the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.

　　“No, Mom, I   48   make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the   49   returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father   50   as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the   51  . Happily Susan cried out, “It   52   !”

　　In July 1999, David was  53   national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate  54  .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his   55   is becoming well accepted.