15.
一I put him down
for a well-educated man.
一
?
一I mean that he‘s
a well. educated man.
A. I
beg your pardon B.
Speak louder, will you
C. What’s
that D.
Will you repeat word for word
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
On a
sunny afternoon Kristi and the kids drove from their home to visit Kathy, a
close friend. Todd and Marki immediately ran into Kathy’s backyard to play, and
Kristi 16 them to keep away from the
railroad tracks that ran behind the house. Just to be 17 ，site carefully drew an
imaginary 18 with her foot. “Don’t
cross it，”she warned.
Todd
and Marki chased(追逐)each other around. Minutes later, they 19 the line their mother had set. 20 far away, a train rumbled(隆隆地开)into town. “Suddenly
I came around a curve(弯道)and saw two children 21 ”recalls Jim Hayes，the engineer. He
gave the 22 signals
to the kids，just a few hundred feet directly ahead. 23 Todd jumped away from
the tracks and began to run. “Run，Marki，rim!”he shouted. She
ran，but instead of 24 her brother she ran
forward， 25 in the path of the train. Hayes
told the conductor, Dale Getter, watched her, 26 . “Oh，God，”Hayes said as he
pulled the brakes and
27 the whistle
nonstop. Meanwhile，Getter had
28 to climb out
the locomotive(机车的)door. The train had 29 to about 20 miles all hour, still
enough to reach down and hit the little girl. 30 a second to spare，he stuck out his
right leg and kicked her away from the tracks.
At
that moment. Kristi saw Todd running toward her. “I knew from the look on his
face 31 had happened. ” she says. Screaming
Marki’s name, she ran on, the train came to a(n) 32 and Getter jumped off. Getter
reached Marki
33 , she was
unharmed, except for a scrape(擦伤)on her shoulder. He gently
picked her up and 34 her in Kristi’s arms. “Thank
you, thank you. ” Was all Kristi could say. Marki looked up at her mother
through her tears. “That man
35 me!” she said.