Question

    It was 3:21 a.m. when nine?year?old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂聲) of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two?storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.

    With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke?filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collapsed on the lawn.

     The nine-year-old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother's room. He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious, and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later,“acted with all the self?control of a trained adult.”

     On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.

     First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.

     He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke?filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?

     Grasping firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the

house and dashed upstairs to his mother's room. Tying one end of the string to her hand he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.

     Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan:“The string will lead

 you to Mother.” Mrs Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.

1.Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

A. He wanted to find out what was happening.

B. He was worried about his mother's safety.

C. He wanted to save his sister and his brother.

D. He went to see if his father had come back from work. 

2. How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother?

A. By throwing water all over her and her bed.

B. By carrying her to safety with his brother.

C. By pushing and pulling at her.

D. By tying a string to her hand. 

3. Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A. Glenn.       B. Glenn's father.       C. Glenn's sister.    D. Glenn's neighbor. 

4.What did Glenn do to protect himself?

A. He put a wet cloth around himself.   B. He threw water all over his head.

C. He hid himself in the bathroom.      D. He rushed out to the lawn. 

5. Glenn saved his family because ________ .

A. his father had taught him to do so on the phone

B. he had learned something about the first aid

C. he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely

D. he had followed his mother's instruction 

Answer 1

1----5   CDBAC    

解析:

1.這是一道細節題。短文的第二段告訴我們，Glenn的爸爸正在當地一家工廠里值夜班。當他發現房屋失火后非常為他媽媽、14歲的妹妹和12歲的弟弟擔心。他先跑到樓下，救出了他的弟弟妹妹。答案為C。 

2.這是一道細節題。短文倒數第二段告訴我們，Glenn為幫助消防隊員救出自己的母親，他從車庫里拿來了繩子，跑到間里，把繩子的一頭拴在他媽媽的手臂上，自己牽著另一頭跑出屋外。這樣，消防隊員沿著繩子就能找到他媽媽。答案為D。 

3. 這是一道細節題。從第四段可知，Glenn給他的父親打電話，讓他父親把失火的消息告訴了消防隊。答案為B。 

4.這是一道細節題。從第五段最后一句話可知用濕布保護自己的。答案為A。 

5.這是一道推斷題。通讀短文可知，尤其是第三段最后一句。Glenn在搶救自己的媽媽、弟弟和妹妹過程中表現得沉著冷靜，充分發揮了自己的聰明才智。答案為C。