(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dive in after him.
“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”
Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from lookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning.
“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.”
1.Why was Duret in New York?
A.To meet his girlfriend
B.To work as an engineer
C.To spend his holiday
D.To visit the Andersons
2.What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?
A.He was interviewed by a newspaper
B.He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes
C.He went to the hospital in the ambulance
D.He disappeared from the spot quickly
3.Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?
A.David Anderson
B.A passer-by
C.His girlfriend
D.A taxi driver
4.When was Duret most probably found to be the very hero?
A.The day when he was leaving for home
B.Several days after the girl was rescued
C.The first day when he was in New York
D.The same day when he was interviewed
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项
I wished I had known earlier the fact that I was a low achiever because there was a reason beyond my control. Then I have worked so hard in my late twenties and early thirties. But I just didn’t that. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me.
Most people who university read at least twice as fast as I do. I can never tell my left my right. I avoid dialing a telephone if I can help it, because I sometimes have to try three times before getting the number . I hear that recording “The number you have reached is not ” more than any man on earth.
Despite my I view my dyslexia(difficulty in reading) as a gift, not a curse(诅咒). Many dyslexics are good at right brain, namely abstract thought ,and that is my king of creative writing is. I’m starting with and coming up with something that didn’t exist before. That’s my strong point. I my career to Ralph, Salisbury, my writing instructor at the university of Oregon, who looked past my misspellings and gave me and hope. I just carried on and never looked . I’m also very“visual”(视觉的).This means nothing in school, but when I write books or scripts, I’m seeing everything in my imagination. I write . I go like the wind and can up to 15 pages a day. Writing is not the . I have no problem downloading; it is inputting things get messed up.
The real I have for dyslexics is not that they have to with messy input, but that they will quit on themselves before they finish school. Parents have to create victories whenever they can, it is music, sports or the arts. You want your dyslexic child to be able to say, “Yeah, reading is . But I have these other things I can do.”
1.A. cant’t B. needn’t C. nustn’t D. oughtn’t
2.A .notice B.understand C.know D.recognize
3.A.get over B.go for C.get along D.go through
4.A.from B.between C.to D.on
5.A.well B.down C.right D.clear
6.A.in service B.in need C.on line D.on duty
7.A.mistakes B.weaknesses C.faults D.difficulties
8.A.when B.why C.how D.what
9.A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
10.A.attach B.devote C.owe D.thank
11.A.adjustment B.acknowledgment C.requirement D.encouragement
12.A.ahead B.out C.back D.forward
13.A.frequently B.regulary C.neatly D.quickly
14.A.get B.do C.live D.pick
15.A.point B.problem C.reason D.purpose
16.A.where B.that C.how D.what
17.A.experience B.story C.fear D.advice
18.A.compete B.struggle C.handle D.go
19.A.whether B.unless C.either D.until
20.A.necessary B.easy C.wonderful D.hard
Mr White is opposed to repairing the old building, and that’s ______ I don’t agree.
A. which B. that
C. where D. what
____ a peasant boy of no more than seventeen, who was badly wounded.
A. Seated in the corner was
B. Was seated in the corner
C. In the corner was seating
D. In the corner was seated
--- Do you often feel anxious and uncomfortable?
--- No, but I __________.
A. didn’t B. used to be
C. used to D. wasn’t
Those _____ cannot answer all three riddles will be condemned to death.
A. that B. who
C. which D. what
