Question

【题目】根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
B
Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills. The people there were all poor.
One night it was very dry and windy. When everybody was asleep, Peter suddenly heard some noise. It came out from the kitchen. He got up and walked to the kitchen. He found that the wood beside the stove was burning. There was no water tap (水龙头) in the house, so he could not put out the fire. He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house. Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up. They all left their houses quickly.
At last the firemen put out the fire. Many people lost their homes. But luckily, all of them escaped the fire with a whole skin.
（1）Peter lived with his ______.
A.sisters
B.brothers
C.uncles
D.parents
（2）What does the underlined word “escaped” mean?
A.Got up.
B.Ran away.
C.Washed away.
D.Made up.
（3）______, so he could not put out the fire.
A.Everybody was asleep
B.He couldn't shout loudly
C.The kitchen was very big
D.There was no water tap in the house
（4）Peter knocked on the doors of many houses_______________.
A.to wake the people up
B.to get some water
C.to find his classmates
D.to visit them

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）D
（2）B
（3）D
（4）A
【解析】短文大意：彼得是一个小男孩，他和父母亲一起住在小山旁边的一座小房子里，那里的人都很贫穷。一天晚上，天气很干燥，刮着大风，大家都睡了，彼得突然听到厨房里有什么声音，他起床一看，原来是炉子旁边的木柴燃烧了，房子里没有水龙头，所以他没办法扑灭大火。于是他大声把家里的人都喊起来，又跑出去敲开邻居们的门。最后消防员扑灭了大火，很多人家失去了房屋，但是幸运的是所有人都完好无损地逃出了火灾。
（1）根据文章第一句 Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills. 可知彼得和父母亲一起生活，故选D。
（2）根据文章最后一段内容At last the firemen put out the fire. Many people lost their homes. But luckily, all of them escaped the fire with a whole skin.可知所有人都从火灾中逃出来了，故选B。
（3）根据文章第二段内容 There was no water tap (水龙头) in the house, so he could not put out the fire.可知因为房子里没有水龙头，所以彼得无法灭火，故选D。
（4）根据文章内容可知彼得敲开很多人家的门是为了把人们叫醒，故选A。