Question

    It was 3:21 a.m. when nine-year-old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking (爆烈声) 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, fell down onto 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 stayed 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 (线) 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 brother.

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

2.Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A.Glenn. B.Glenn’s father.

C.Glenn’s sister. D.Glenn’s neighbor.

3.Which of the following can replace “unconscious” in Paragraph 3?

A.unfortunate B.confuse

C.terrified D.senseless

4.Glenn saved his family because ______.

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

B.he had learned something about first aid

C.he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely

D.he had followed his mother’s instructions

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了9岁的Glenn在爸爸不在家的情况下，发现家中起火后，冷静应对，给他的父亲打电话，让父亲把失火的消息告诉消防员，救了哥哥姐姐和他们的母亲。

1.细节理解题。由第二段中的句子“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.”可知，Glenn十分担心哥哥姐姐和妈妈的安全，于是跑到楼下把哥哥姐姐推醒，所以Glenn先跑下楼是为了救哥哥姐姐。故选C项。

2.细节理解题。由第四段第一句“Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service”可知，Glenn打电话给爸爸，让爸爸打电话给消防员并叫救护车。故选B项。

3.词义猜测题。由第三段中的句子“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.”可知，Glenn发现叫醒妈妈是不可能的，Glenn太太，一个烟雾的受害者，昏迷了，没有人帮Glenn把她带到花园里；从叫不醒妈妈和a victim of the smoke得出，妈妈应该是昏迷了、无知觉了，此处unconscious意为“无意识的、无知觉的”，senseless（失去知觉的）符合文意。故选D项。

4.推理判断题。由第二段句子“He ran downstairs through the smoke-filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up.”，第四段句子“Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service”和第六段句子“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?”可知，在整个拯救过程中，Glenn沉着冷静聪明，有条不紊地行动，先叫醒哥哥姐姐，再去叫妈妈，发现妈妈叫不醒后打电话给爸爸让他叫消防员和救护车，并思考如何让消防员在火光中找到妈妈，表明Glenn冷静聪明地处理紧急情况。故选C项。