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【题目】At a day care center in Texas, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica , 18 months old. Jessica’s mother, who worked at the day care center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica’s mother cried and ran to her.

A well was in the yard of the center. It was only eight inches across, and a rock always covered it. But children played around and had moved the rock. Jessica fell right into the well.

Jessica’s mother couldn’t feel Jessica, so she called 911 for help. Men from the fire apartment arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well.

“It’s too narrow,” they said, “So, we’re going to drill(钻) a big hole beside.”The man began on Wednesday morning. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were still drilling, as they had to drill through the solid rock.

During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes called her mother. Sometimes she slept, sometimes she cried, and sometimes she sang.

All over the world people waited for the news of Jessica. They read about her in the newspapers and watched her rescue on TV.

At 8 p. m. on Friday, the men finally reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her foot and forehead was badly injured. But Jessica was alive. A doctor at the hospital said, “Jessica is lucky. She is young. She’s not going to remember this very well. ”

However, her parents, the rescuers, many other people around the world will not forget this. Later, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, “To Jessica, with love from all of us. ”

【1】Jessica fell into the well because____________.

A. her mother was not watching her

B. the rock cover was moved away

C. Other children pushed her

D. she was too young to cross it

【2】What the doctor said meant that _____________.

A. Jessica is lucky to have a good memory

B. Jessica is alive in the well because she is small

C. the hospital could improve young Jessica’s memory

D. Young Jessica wouldn’t remember her experience for long

【3】We learn from the passage that_____________.

A. Jessica got many people’s attention

B. The rescuers had to drill the well bigger

C. It took one day for the men to rescue Jessica

D. Jessica’s parents made a new cover for the well

【4】In which order did the story happen?

a. Jessica fell into a well.

b. Rescuers drilled a hole to save Jessica.

c. Jessica’s mother ran to reach her.

d. Children moved the rock.

e. A medal cover was made.

A. a-b-d-c-e B. a-c-b-d-e C. d-a-c-b-e D. d-b-a-c-e

【5】Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A. A Careless Mother B. A Dangerous Well

C. Everybody’s Baby D. A lost rock cover

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是小Jessica不小心掉进了一口井里，救援人员想办法救她出来的故事。在营救小Jessica的过程中，全世界的人们都在关心着这个小女孩的安危。最后Jessica终于成功得救了。

【1】B细节理解题。根据But children played around and had moved the rock. Jessica fell right into the well. 可知，因为盖着井盖的石头被搬开了，才导致Jessica掉进了井里。故选B。

【2】D细节理解题。根据A doctor at the hospital said, “Jessica is lucky. She is young. She’s not going to remember this very well. ”可知，医生说她很年轻，她不会记得这些经历的。故应该选D。

【3】A综合理解题。通读全文可知，小女孩得到了很多人的关注。故选A。

【4】C综合理解题。先是孩子们把石头给搬开了，然后Jessica掉进了井里。后来她妈妈跑去找她。救援人员钻大洞来救这个孩子。后来才发明了金属盖。故选C。

【5】C综合理解题。这篇短文讲述的是小Jessica不小心掉进了一口井里，救援人员想办法救她出来的故事。在营救小Jessica的过程中，全世界的人们都在关心着这个小女孩的安危。最后Jessica终于成功得救了。故选C。