It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's 1 heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was 2 him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, rolled several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were 3 seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 4 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he 5 unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the passenger window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the 6 to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to 7 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 8 .
His mother later recalled her experience of the 9 . Being unable to move or even speak to offer instructions (指导) or encouragement to her son, she was 10 by her little son's action. She recalled hearing her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed clear that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favorite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 11 , when everyone else had 12 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had 13 and took action. Obviously this book had left a 14 impression before the accident that rainy 15 and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
1. A.snowing B.smoking C.blowing D.raining
2. A.ordering B.driving C.pushing D.flying
3. A.making B.watching C.wearing D.missing
4. A.afraid B.dead C.tired D.unhurt
5. A.quickly B.carefully C.nearly D.happily
6. A.box B.room C.car D.ditch
7. A.respect B.introduce C.recognize D.free
8. A.accepted B.rescued C.welcomed D.fed
9. A.accident B.experiment C.travel D.fire
10. A.excited B.frightened C.wounded D.amazed
11. A.poem B.notice C.story D.dream
12. A.realized B.waken C.kept up D.given up
13. A.courage B.food C.space D.time
14. A.bad B.deep C.false D.general
15. A.afternoon B.night C.morning D.evening
He didn’t make clear when and where the meeting would be held.
A. this B. that C. it D these
It's high time that we students ______ even harder at our lessons as the national entrance examination is coming nearer.
A.work B.will work C.worked D.have to work
Although she is only 17 years old, she _________ drugs for two years.
A.Addicts B.has addicted to C.has addicted D.has been addicted to
The great success of this program has been largely _____ the support given by the 10 local business men.
A.instead of B.thanks to C.due to D.as a consequence
He risked __________ his job to see me off.
A.Losing B.to risk C.being lost D.Lost