Question

    It was 3:21 a.m. when nine?year?old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂声) 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, collapsed on 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 remained 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 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 his brother.

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

2. How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother?

A. By throwing water all over her and her bed.

B. By carrying her to safety with his brother.

C. By pushing and pulling at her.

D. By tying a string to her hand. 

3. Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A. Glenn.       B. Glenn's father.       C. Glenn's sister.    D. Glenn's neighbor. 

4.What did Glenn do to protect himself?

A. He put a wet cloth around himself.   B. He threw water all over his head.

C. He hid himself in the bathroom.      D. He rushed out to the lawn. 

5. Glenn saved his family because ________ .

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

B. he had learned something about the first aid

C. he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely

D. he had followed his mother's instruction 

Answer 1

1----5   CDBAC    

解析:

1.这是一道细节题。短文的第二段告诉我们，Glenn的爸爸正在当地一家工厂里值夜班。当他发现房屋失火后非常为他妈妈、14岁的妹妹和12岁的弟弟担心。他先跑到楼下，救出了他的弟弟妹妹。答案为C。 

2.这是一道细节题。短文倒数第二段告诉我们，Glenn为帮助消防队员救出自己的母亲，他从车库里拿来了绳子，跑到间里，把绳子的一头拴在他妈妈的手臂上，自己牵着另一头跑出屋外。这样，消防队员沿着绳子就能找到他妈妈。答案为D。 

3. 这是一道细节题。从第四段可知，Glenn给他的父亲打电话，让他父亲把失火的消息告诉了消防队。答案为B。 

4.这是一道细节题。从第五段最后一句话可知用湿布保护自己的。答案为A。 

5.这是一道推断题。通读短文可知，尤其是第三段最后一句。Glenn在抢救自己的妈妈、弟弟和妹妹过程中表现得沉着冷静，充分发挥了自己的聪明才智。答案为C。