20.A.set
B. turned C. gave
D. wrapped
(13)
On the morning of May 29,
Donna left unusually early for her 5:30 a.m. waitressing
shift at Noone’s Restaurant. She drove along a rural
road, 1 as she often did to 2 the old renovated farmhouse she passed
each day. But as she looked more 3 , she saw flames flickering on one
of the porch’s posts. Donna 4 into the driveway and honked her horn(喇叭).
No 5 . With flames cutting her 6 from the front entrance, she ran to a
side door, which was 7 . “Wake up,” she cried, running
through the house. “ 8 !”
Just hours earlier Corinne Allin had put 18-month-old Benjamin, Devon, seven, and Amy,
nine, to 9 . Now, awakened by the shouts, she
stumbled down the steps into a 10 and saw the fire immediately. “My
children , my husband ---they’re 11 upstairs,” Corinne said.
“I’ll get them,” Donna
responded. “Call 911.”
Donna 12 her way up the stairs through the 13 . While Hugh Allin
went to see if he could put the fire 14 with the hose(水管),
Devon dashed into Amy’s room. “Get up,” he cried. Amy lifted Benjamin from his
crib. With windows exploding and smoke 15 them, they made their way out of the side
door.
In the 16 that followed, Donna slipped away to
work. Passing the blackened house that evening, she stopped and left a 17 . Later that night the Allin family paid a 18 . Corinne explained that the fire
began when she pressed out a 19 in a potted plant on the front porch.
“But thanks to you,” she said with tears in her eyes, “we’re 20 .”