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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　One morning , a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of the ship“S．S．Panama”．Rua Parori 　　1　　 home immediately , against the wishes of his 　　2　　 , to see the fire at the ship．It was a good thing that he 　　3　　 , because there was nobody else around , and 　　4　　 , the small fire grew 　　5　　 big．

　　Young Rua stood at the 　　6　　 of the stairway up to the ship , 　　7　　 shouted at the top of his voice．He 　　8　　 the port workers living downstairs , who were eojoying a Sunday 　　9　　 in bed．

　　The S．S．Panama was one of the six 　　10　　 ships in port at the time , 　　11　　 of them within twenty - five 　　12　　 of old buildings , shops and houses , of wood．　　13　　 , the S．S．Panama was carrying oil , as well as 　　14　　 , and paper from ports in the Far East．

　　The fire 　　15　　 hundreds of boxes of paper , 　　16　　 is why is spread very 　　17　　．The end of the ship was now black with smoke , but 　　18　　 to Rua Parori , the fire did not 　　19　　 the paint or the oil．

　　Rua was also lucky , because his father was 　　20　　 rather than angry with him．

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