5.It was 3:21a.m.when ten-year-old Glenn Creamer was woken up by the smell of burning.Except for the cracking(爆裂聲) of flames somewhere below,there was not a sound in the two-floor house.But he realized at once what was happening.
As his father was away on night duty at a local factory,Glenn was worried about the safety of his other,his 14-year-old sister Karen 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 them through the safety of the garden.There,his sister and brother,taking short and quick breaths and coughing,couldn't move any more.
The ten-year-old raced back into the house and upstairs into his mother's room.He found it impossible to wake her up and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden.But the boy kept calm.As a fireman said later,"He acted with all the self-control of a trained adult."
On the bedroom telephone,luckily still working,Glenn called his father.After Glenn made sure his father would telephone the firemen and ambulance service,he 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.In this way,she would be kept away from the fire before the firemen arrived.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 fire had almost covered the ground floor?
Fetching a ball of string(繩) from the garage,Glenn raced back into the house and rushed upstairs to his mother's room.He tied one end of the string to her hand.Then he began to run back.He laid 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 ."Mrs.Creamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.
88.Did Glenn realize there was a fire when he woke up?Yes,(he did).
89.Where were Karen and Todd when Glenn tried to save their mother?In the garden
90.Who telephoned the firemen and ambulance service?Glenn's father/Mr.Creamer
91.How did Glenn help his mother stay safe before the firemen arrived?(He helped his mother stay safe by) throwing water over her and her bed.
92.Why did Glenn think it would be difficult for the firemen to find his mother?Because the house was filled with smoke.
93.Complete the sentence in the last paragraph according to the context(上下文)?(The string)will lead you to mother/can help you find mother.
分析 本文講述了Glenn在火災(zāi)中搶救自己的媽媽、弟弟和妹妹過程中表現(xiàn)得沉著冷靜,充分發(fā)揮了自己的聰明才智.
解答 88.Yes,(he did).細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)But he realized at once what was happening.可知他立刻意識到發(fā)生了什么事,故答案為:Yes,(he did).
89.In the garden.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)Then he helped them through the safety of the garden.There,his sister and brother,taking short and quick breaths and coughing,couldn't move any more.可知當(dāng)Glenn試圖拯救他們的母親時,凱倫和托德在花園里,故答案為:In the garden.
90.Glenn's father/Mr.Creamer.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)After Glenn made sure his father would telephone the firemen and ambulance service可知是凱倫的爸爸打的火警電話和救護車電話,故答案為:Glenn's father/Mr.Creamer.
91.(He helped his mother stay safe by) throwing water over her and her bed.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed.In this way,she would be kept away from the fire before the firemen arrived可知在消防隊員到達之前,格倫把水潑到他母親和她的床上來保持安全,故答案為:(He helped his mother stay safe by) throwing water over her and her bed.
92.Because the house was filled with smoke.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where fire had almost covered the ground floor?但是消防隊員怎么會在煙霧彌漫的房子里找到他的母親呢?可知因為房間里滿是煙,所以找到母親很難,故答案為:Because the house was filled with smoke.
93.(The string)will lead you to mother/can help you find mother.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段告訴我們,Glenn為幫助消防隊員救出自己的母親,他從車庫里拿來了繩子,把繩子的一頭拴在他媽媽的手臂上,自己牽著另一頭跑出屋外.這樣,消防隊員沿著繩子就能找到他媽媽,故答案為:(The string)will lead you to mother/can help you find mother.
點評 做題時首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,掌握大意,然后結(jié)合具體的題目,找出相關(guān)信息,就可以確定正確答案.