The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “1station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a 2at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救護車)，too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n)3voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance4off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was5. No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty6!” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (惡作劇)7
and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a8when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came9towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly10to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had foretold (預(yù)言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was11at last. Later the police did whatever they could to12the woman who had13them, but failed.
It is really14that a prophecy(預(yù)言) should agree with the fact so15.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      Weather
   2. B.
      Railway
   3. C.
      Fire
   4. D.
      Police
2. 2.
   1. A.
      bus
   2. B.
      truck
   3. C.
      taxi
   4. D.
      train
3. 3.
   1. A.
      sweet
   2. B.
      anxious
   3. C.
      beautiful
   4. D.
      low
4. 4.
   1. A.
      turned
   2. B.
      took
   3. C.
      started
   4. D.
      walked
5. 5.
   1. A.
      bad
   2. B.
      satisfied
   3. C.
      pleasant
   4. D.
      fine
6. 6.
   1. A.
      call
   2. B.
      lie
   3. C.
      trick
   4. D.
      plan
7. 7.
   1. A.
      policeman
   2. B.
      boy
   3. C.
      woman
   4. D.
      driver
8. 8.
   1. A.
      reward
   2. B.
      praise
   3. C.
      thanks
   4. D.
      punishment
9. 9.
   1. A.
      turning
   2. B.
      running
   3. C.
      starting
   4. D.
      passing
10. 10.
    1. A.
       continued
    2. B.
       refused
    3. C.
       began
    4. D.
       stopped
11. 11.
    1. A.
       saved
    2. B.
       dead
    3. C.
       awake
    4. D.
       alive
12. 12.
    1. A.
       find
    2. B.
       meet
    3. C.
       punish
    4. D.
       thank
13. 13.
    1. A.
       laughed
    2. B.
       telephoned
    3. C.
       repeated
    4. D.
       visited
14. 14.
    1. A.
       exciting
    2. B.
       surprising
    3. C.
       pleasing
    4. D.
       interesting
15. 15.
    1. A.
       equally
    2. B.
       truly
    3. C.
       exactly
    4. D.
       carefully

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “  1  station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a   2  at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救護車)，too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n)  3  voice of a young woman.

“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance  4  off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was  5  . No collision, no wounded man.

“What a dirty  6  !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (惡作劇)   7  

and…”

They had not been able to say anything about a  8  when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came  9  towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly  10  to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had foretold (預(yù)言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was  11  at last. Later the police did whatever they could to  12  the woman who had  13  them, but failed.

It is really  14  that a prophecy(預(yù)言) should agree with the fact so  15  .

1.A. Weather          B. Railway        C. Fire              D. Police

2.A. bus              B. truck        C. taxi                D. train

3.A. sweet               B. anxious       C. beautiful   D. low

4.A. turned              B. took        C. started      D. walked

5.A. bad              B. satisfied        C. pleasant            D. fine

6.A. call           B. lie           C. trick           D. plan

7.A. policeman   B. boy        C. woman      D. driver

8.A. reward             B. praise     C. thanks       D. punishment

9.A. turning             B. running       C. starting    D. passing

10.A. continued           B. refused      C. began      D. stopped

11.A. saved             B. dead       C. awake       D. alive

12.A. find       B. meet      C. punish       D. thank

13.A. laughed     B. telephoned        C. repeated          D. visited

14.A. exciting      B. surprising  C. pleasing            D. interesting

15.A. equally       B. truly      C. exactly      D. carefully

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “  1  station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a   2  at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance(救護車)，too. A man is badly wounded,” said a(n)  3  voice of a young woman.

“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance  4  off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was  5  . No collision, no wounded man.

“What a dirty  6  !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that mischievous (惡作劇)   7  

and…”

They had not been able to say anything about a  8  when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came  9  towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly  10  to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

When Randolph Bruce, the driver , was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had foretold (預(yù)言) on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was  11  at last. Later the police did whatever they could to  12  the woman who had  13  them, but failed.

It is really  14  that a prophecy(預(yù)言) should agree with the fact so  15  .

1.  A. Weather                B. Railway               C. Fire                 D. Police v       

2.  A. bus                       B. truck                   C. taxi                  D. train            

3.  A. sweet                   B. anxious               C. beautiful           D. low             

4.  A. turned                   B. took                    C. started             D. walked         

5.  A. bad                       B. satisfied               C. pleasant            D. fine             

6.  A. call                       B. lie                       C. trick                D. plan             

7.  A. policeman             B. boy                     C. woman            D. driver          

8.  A. reward                  B. praise                  C. thanks              D. punishment  

9.  A. turning                  B. running               C. starting            D. passing        

10.  A. continued            B. refused                C. began               D. stopped        

11.  A. saved                  B. dead                    C. awake              D. alive            

12.  A. find                    B. meet                   C. punish              D. thank           

13.  A. laughed               B. telephoned           C. repeated           D. visited          

14.  A. exciting               B. surprising            C. pleasing            D. interesting    

15.   A. equally            B. truly            C. exactly        D. carefully  

This is a true story. Tristin Saghin enjoyed the movie Black Hawk Down very much，which is about the conflict in Somalia.The battle scenes and the exciting rescues of people who are dying，interested him greatly.
There was just one problem：Tristin was only 9 years old，and it was thought that movie was not for children. When his parents caught him watching it on TV，they made him turn it off，though he had finished his homework and it was not late. Then one day，Tristin and his family were visiting his grandmother in Mesa，Arizona. Tristin’s 2­year­old sister got out of the house and fell in the backyard pool. Realizing the little girl was missing，the family ran outside，only to find the girl had fallen into the water.
Pulled from the pool and placed on the ground，the child wasn’t breathing. The family called the ambulance (救護車)，but no one knew how to do first aid. No one，that is，except for Tristin. A scene in Black Hawk Down describes a doctor giving first aid. Tristin remembered it. Then the 9­year­old gave first aid to his sister at once and saved her life.
His parents don’t stop him seeing the movies he likes any more. Tristin taught himself how to do first aid but he had never thought he could use it to save his little sister’s life. Any skill can be used in time，so you should always learn.
【小題1】Black Hawk Down is a(n)________．