On a bright Sunday morning, Damian Languell was sleeping soundly at home in Wade, Maine, the US. The sound that woke him at 8:15 was so _______ that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to _______ , he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from _______ . Looking out of his bedroom window, he _______ a tree engulfed in smoke about 500 yards away. A car was wrapped around the tree’s base, and its engine was _______ .
Seeing that, he immediately _______ buckets of water and ran to the crash site. Up close, the _______ looked worse. The car was _______ nearly in two, and the tree was where the driver’s seat ought to have been, as if _______ there. He thought that no one should have survived this ________ , and yet there was 16-year-old Thompson, still ________ with his terrified face pressed against the driver’s side window in visible ________ . Languell tried stopping the fire with his buckets of water with no success. When the ________ got into the front seats, he realized he had to get the boy out of there as soon as possible.
________ , Languell tried to open the back door, but he failed. He grabbed a stone beside the tree and ________ the back door. This time, it ________ and the back door was opened and Languell crawled in. Thompson was struggling to get free when Languell noticed how bad his legs were. Using a pocket knife, Languell sawed through Thompson's ________. Now that Thompson was free of restraints (束缚), Languell pulled him out of a rear window, and then ________ him to safety before the car was entirely surrounded by flames.
Then Languell called a (n) ________ as Thompson suffered severely. Thompson thanked Languell for saving him, regardless of his own safety. Soon, the doctors arrived and Languell felt ________.
1.A.strange B.loud C.pleasant D.weak
2.A.listen B.view C.investigate D.question
3.A.behind B.above C.inside D.outside
4.A.spied B.inspected C.overlooked D.caught
5.A.in danger B.at work C.in ruins D.on fire
6.A.got hold of B.controlled C.took charge of D.prepared
7.A.wound B.damage C.engine D.smoke
8.A.set B.classified C.split D.cut
9.A.hanging B.falling C.sent D.planted
10.A.crisis B.crash C.disorder D.event
11.A.calm B.anxious C.conscious D.confident
12.A.pain B.surprise C.comfort D.anger
13.A.water B.driver C.passengers D.flames
14.A.Instantly B.Constantly C.Eventually D.Consistently
15.A.kicked B.hit C.pulled D.tapped
16.A.responded B.made C.worked D.managed
17.A.trousers B.seat belt C.back pack D.coat
18.A.pushed B.shouldered C.dragged D.fetched
19.A.ambulance B.taxi C.policeman D.firefighter
20.A.satisfied B.touched C.recognized D.relieved