第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
Three weeks ago,
Paul Davis was given up for dead. Today, the 24-year-old truck driver is on the
road to getting 36_ , thanks
to the quick _37 first aid
of six skilled college student nurses, who were traveling a few minutes 38
his truck and got to him _39_ it crashed.
The student
nurses were on the way back from a day of medical_ 40_ at a hospital.
When they saw the _ 41_ , they jumped out of their car. They _42 _that
Davis was
already dead, but they wouldn’t move on without seeing for _ 43_ . With
the help of three men, they lifted him out. He was bleeding _44_ and his
heart almost stopped beating. He was obviously _45_.
One girl found an
ice-cream 46 on the ground and made an airway down his throat. Another
student held his tongue down. Then a third girl found a towel and__47_ down with it on Davis neck to slow the bleeding, A fourth
nurse brought a blanket and _48 Davis to warm him up. They kept his legs _49_.
“We kept talking to him,” Miss Taylor said, “We _50_ that the last thing you lose is your _51_ .”
The student
nurses kept Davis
_52 _until he could be gotten to a hospital. There, he was brought out of _
53_ . A doctor said that Davis
would have choked and bled to death without the _ 54_ of the six student
nurses. That is _ _55_ he is alive today.
36. A. well B. worse C. buried D. away
37. A.
physical B. scientific C. gentle D. before
38. A. earlier B. later C. behind D. before
39. A. before long B. long before C. long after D. soon after
40. A. training
B.
team C. exercise D. examination
41. A.
driver
B. accident
C. incident
D. car-racing
42. A. were
told B. discovered C. checked D. reminded
43. A. him B. them C. himself D. themselves
44. A.
hardly
B. badly C. sadly D. slightly
45. A. died B. dead C. dying D. death
46. A. stick
B. box C. paper D. packet
47. A.
pulled B. took C. pressed D. lay
48. A.
covered B. removed C. dressed D. offered
49. A.
rising
B. risen C. raising D. raised
50. A. found
out B. suggested C. thought D. learned
51. A.
breathing B. seeing C.
hearing D. smelling
52. A. talking B. bleeding C. alive D. lively
53. A. control B. danger C. car D. life
54. A. care
B. cure C. talk D. study
55. A.
because B. why C. what D. where