Question

A. surprising       B. understood     C. in time D. interesting      E. hardly

Kindergartens(幼儿园) may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.

The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could 1.  move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F, U, R, N, I, T, U, R, E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother   2. he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route 22. The mother called 911 and the father was saved   3.  .

“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “It is   4.   for him to get off the highway and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.

Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said, “And that’s the real value(价值)of education.”

Answer

1. E

2. B

3. C

4. A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中Dancy,一个5岁的男孩，用他在幼儿园所学挽救了爸爸生命的故事。男孩父亲在回家路上病得很厉害，不能说不能动。男孩用爸爸的手机给妈妈打电话，利用自己的拼写技能终于让妈妈确定了他们的正确位置。爸爸得到了及时的救助。

1.他不会说话，几乎不能动了。据The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping.可知这位父亲病得很严重，所以几乎不能动了。故填hardly.

2.终于他的妈妈明白了，他正说的是在新泽西州22线的一家叫家具22的商场。据上文男孩给妈妈打电话，一直在对妈妈描述他们的具体位置可知，妈妈终于明白了他说的是哪。故填finally。

3.妈妈给911打了电话，这位父亲及时得救了。据上文可知男孩利用在幼儿园学到的东西及时求助于妈妈可知，他的父亲是得到了及时的救助。故填in time。

4.对于他来说，即使是在他那么病的时候，他下了高速路，让他自己和孩子到了安全地带，这是让人吃惊的。据题意，这位父亲在病得很厉害的情况下，能下了高速路，让他自己和孩子到了安全地带，这是让人吃惊的。故填surprising。

考点：阅读填空。