The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the _____16 _____ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had _____17 _____ food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr. White, _____18 _____ his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against _____19 _____. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the _____20 _____. From the back of the _____21 _____the parents were shouting at him to _____ 22_____, since Ally had almost stopped _____23 _____. In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr. White knew that he had no time to _____ 24_____, so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking _____25 _____his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows _____ 26_____, since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not _____27 _____the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight _____28 _____into the path of the ambulance.
Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr. White looked to see _____ 29_____little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief (宽慰) instead of _____30 _____on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is _____31 _____ again.”
“It must have been the _____32 _____.” said her husband. “It _____33 _____ the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to normal, and she was crying in a loud but healthy _____34 _____.
They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of _____35 _____ all around them.
16. A. worried | B. angry | C. happy | D. surprised |
17. A. little | B. some | C. no | D. few |
18. A. opened on | B. turned on | C. turned off | D. sped up |
19. A. police | B. enemy | C. lights | D. time |
20. A. empty street | B. busy traffic | C. crowds | D. deserted place |
B. cars | C. traffic | D. ambulance | |
22. A. hurry | B. be careful | C. stop | D. drive |
23. A. breathing | B. seeing | C. saying | D. talking |
24. A. think | B. look about | C. lose | D. miss |
25. A. at | B. from | C. forward | D. to |
26. A. open | B. clean | C. up | D. down |
27. A. hear | B. see | C. find | D. notice |
28. A. away | B. on | C. off | D. out |
29. A. how | B. what | C. where | D. who |
30. A. pleasure | B. anger | C. fear | D. surprise |
31. A. crying | B. breathing | C. smiling | D. speaking |
32. A. light | B. policeman | C. car | D. crash |
33. A. took | B. picked | C. knocked | D. made |
34. A. sound | B. voice | C. tone | D. noise |
35. A. people | B. policemen | C. lights | D. cars |