题组层级快练(二十七)
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It happened several years ago.I was in Corpus Christi, Texas and I was helping my friend whose family ___1___ was hotels. He asked me whether I would be ___2___ in doing a part-time project job in one of the leading hotels. I ___3___ happily. Then my school summer ___4___ came and I was working mostly night shifts(夜班). One day around 2:00 am at night I saw a car rushing into the parking lot with fire ___5___ on the front of the car and it looked pretty ___6___. It appeared it may ___7___ and there were nearly about 50 cars of the ___8___ already in the parking lot. I ___9___ rushed to see what was happening.
___10___, Ralph, the owner of the car also rushed out of his car. He looked around and immediately saw me and shouted to me, “Help!” I looked at the situation and immediately ___11___ a fire extinguisher(灭火器)and ran towards the car and we were fighting against the fire together.
Within five minutes we controlled the situation and ___12___ the fire. The police came by then and they said a major fire was ___13___. Imagine if other cars in the ___14___ caught fire it would have been ___15___. Ralph thanked me. In the morning, everyone who saw and came to know of the ___16___ said, “You have done a good job. You are a good man.” I got a hero’s ___17___.
In actual fact, that night, I was ___18___ a good trip to New York to ___19___ the final match between Spurs and New York knocks in Mddison Square Gardens but for some reason I had to stay back, ___20___ I was to work there to stop the fire. Don’t you think so？
1. A. problem B. location C. business D. tradition 2. A. interested B. successful C. experienced D. involved 3. A. appeared B. doubted C. agreed D. waited 4. A. camp B. break C. activity D. course 5. A. starting B. erupting C. lasting D. opening 6. A. dangerous B. splendid C. ridiculous D. strange 7. A. crash B. damage C. explode D. stop 8. A. guests B. friend C. boss D. hostess 9. A. carefully B. patiently C. finally D. quickly 10. A. However B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Otherwise
11. A. pulled off B. pulled apart C. pulled down D. pulled out 12. A. caught on B. picked up C. put out D. turned away 13. A. caused B. avoided C. developed D. created
14. A. repair shop B. parking lot C. bus stop D. gas station 15. A. deadly B. complex C. difficult D. obvious 16. A. miracle B. incident C. date D. behavior 17. A. understanding B. belief C. description D. cheer 18. A. taking B. joining C. evaluating D. planning 19. A. watch B. play
C. win D. report 20. A. but B. so C. for D. or 答案与解析
【文章大意】 本文是记叙文，文章主要讲述了作者到朋友家的宾馆打工，没想到有一天晚上却做了一件了不起的事情：阻止了一场大火的发生。 1. 答案 C
解析 根据后面的doing a part-time project job in one of the leading hotels可知，作者的朋友邀请他到一家宾馆打工，因此此处应该是指作者朋友家的家庭生意。business“生意”。 2. 答案 A
解析 朋友家是开宾馆的，而从下文可知，作者在那儿作兼职，因此结合本句话作者的朋友是在询问作者是否对兼职工作感兴趣。 3. 答案 C
解析 根据下文介绍可知，作者接受了朋友的这一邀请。agree“接受；同意”；appear“显得”；doubt“怀疑”；wait“等待”。 4. 答案 B
解析 根据下文可知，作者上的是夜班，因此，此时应该是暑期，否则作者是没有精力上学的，因此此处是表示“暑期来了”。summer break“暑期”。 5. 答案 B
解析 作者当时看到的是瞬间的动作，因此那时所看到的应该是汽车突然起火，所以司机下车查看情况，寻求帮助。erupt“(火山)爆发；起火”；start“(汽车)发动”；last“持续”；open“打开”。 6. 答案 A
解析 前文提到汽车突然起火，此时应该是十分危险的。dangerous“危险的”；splendid“壮观的”；ridiculous“荒谬的”；strange“奇怪的”。 7. 答案 C
