41. A. met B. heard C. watched D. visited
42. A. voice B. clothes C. appearance D. name
43. A. most B. hardly C. even D.
nearly
44. A. The teacher B. The parents C. The boy D. The school
45. A. instead of B. in
spite of C. thanks to D. although
46. A. herself B. itself C.
themselves D. himself
47. A. therefore B.
however C. anyway D. otherwise
48. A. broke out B.
caught fire C. was broken
into D. was stolen
49. A. very B. so
C.
as D.
too
50. A. keep B.
protect C. produce D. remain
51. A. Fortunately B.
Surprisingly C. Angrily D. Happily
52. A. smelled B. felt C.
moved D. noticed
53. A. forgot B. realized
C.
regretted D.
remembered
54. A. at B.
towards C.
into D.
away
55. A. tears B.
smiles C. pictures
D.
stories
24
Peggy Cardona parked her blue Nissan at a supermarket one day in
February 1997. “I’ll come and open the door for you,” she told her
four-year-old grandson, Ryan Eshleman, in the back seat.
Before Cardona could even 41
her door, the car moved ahead. “Nana, the car is 42
!” Ryan cried. Cardona jumped into the driver’s 43
and reached for the handbrake(手闸), her left leg stepping outside, trying to stop the car. She couldn’t
find the brake, and she 44 the car as it moved down the steep
slope(陡坡) toward a
pond 20 feet way. 45 Ryan cried “Nana!” as the car fell into
the pond and the water began pouring in.
“Help!” Cardona cried as the car moved 46
the bank. “My grandson is inside!”
A supermarket clerk, Clint Fountain, 24, had just stepped outside
for a break when he saw a
47 gathering by the pond. He jumped down the
slope and dived into the cold water.
Reaching the car, Fountain saw Ryan’s terrified face just inches(英寸) 48
the water. “Unlock the door!” Fountain shouted. The boy’s fingers
fumbled(未触到) with the
lock.
Fountain hit on the back 49
, but the glass wouldn’t break. Another man Dick McClung dived in
and handed him a hammer(锤子). Grabbing it, Fountain told the boy to move aside, and broke the
glass. His hands went 50 the broken window in the black water
and pulled the boy
51 . At that moment the last flash of the blue car 52
under the water.
“Climb onto my back,” Fountain said. Ryan did so, but the 53 man couldn’t swim back. McClung, 54 beside them in the water, picked up Ryan
and swam to the bank. 55 ,
doctors found Ryan had got only a little hypothermia(体温过低).
“They risked their lives to save Ryan,” Cardona said of the men. “I
thank God every day for them.”