Kindergartens( 幼兒園 ) may teach you very important things you need to know. Dancy, a 5-year-old boy, saved his father’s life with the skills he learned.
The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping. He couldn’t speak and could hardly move, but he tried hard to stop the car safely. At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. The 5-year-old boy tried his best to give her useful information and he was able to tell where they were. Just as he had learned in the kindergarten, Dancy read the letters he saw on a nearby store sign: “F,U,R,N,I,T,U,R,E.” But that wasn’t enough for his mother to find them. Then he added that they were near a bridge. Finally, his mother understood he was talking about a store called Furniture 22 on New Jersey’s Route22.The mother called 911 and the father was saved in time.
“He just thought his dad needed help,” Dancy’s mother told the reporter. She also pointed out that her husband was a hero, too. “ It is surprising for him to get off  the highway ( 高速路 ) and get himself and his child to safety even when he was so sick,” she said.
Shine, head of the kindergarten, felt proud of his pupil. “ Dancy’s spelling skills helped him seize the moment,” he said. “And that’s the real value (價值  ) of education.”
小題1:When the father became seriously ill, he and his son were ________.
A.on the highwayB.a(chǎn)t home
C.in a shopping centerD.in a hospital
小題2:Dancy called ________for help when his father couldn’t speak.
A.his motherB.911C.ShineD.the reporter
小題3:The Chinese meaning of the word “seize” in this passage is probably“________”.
A.成功B.抓住C.救援D.失去
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Dancy drove his father home.
B.The reporter was really a hero.
C.Shine sent Dancy’s father to hospital
D.Dancy saved his father with his spelling skills.

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
短文大意:這篇短文主要介紹了一個五歲的孩子由于在幼兒園掌握了一些拼讀技能,從而在高速公路上救了自己生病的父親。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段The boy’s father became seriously ill on the way home from a father-son shopping.描述,可知選A。
小題2:根據(jù)第二段At that point, Dancy used his father’s phone to call his mother for help. 描述,可知選A。
小題3:聯(lián)系上下文,可知此處指的是丹西的頻度技能幫助他把握住了時機(jī)。故選B。
小題4:根據(jù)短文最后一段描述,是丹西的拼讀技能讓她抓住了道路上的關(guān)鍵信息,從而救了他的父親。故選D。
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