Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight. The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.
Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom, but the phone didn’t work. Lubeck realized he was trapped. “I started panicking,” he says.
His daughter and young granddaughters, who lived with him, were away for the night. No one will even know I’m home, he thought. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.
Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife. Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector. He jumped out of bed, grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise.
He dialed 911. “Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house. Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house.
Then he heard, “Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom.
“I ran in and yelled,‘Don, where are you?’ Then I had to run outside to catch my breath.”
After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back. But there was no way to get to him. “I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed.
Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.
Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story. “I was alone,” he says. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Jeremie.”
小題1:According to the text, Lubeck___________.
A．stayed calm in the fireB．couldn’t find a safe way out
C．lived on the first floorD．called for help in the fire
小題2:How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?
A．He called 911.
B．He went upstairs and took Lubeck out.
C．He put out the fire.
D．He used a ladder and pulled Lubeck down.
小題3:Which of the following factors was not mentioned in the text that almost cost Lubeck’s life?
A．He was living in his wood home alone that night.
B．The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce.
C．He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pines.
D．He was too frightened to escape from the danger.
小題4:What does the text mainly talk about?
A．A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin.
B．A good way to get a narrow escape.
C．God helps those who help themselves.
D．Blood is thicker than water.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A  

試題分析：文章介紹了Lubeck家里發(fā)生火災火勢兇猛，但電話有壞了，不能報警，多虧了鄰居Wentworth用梯子把他救了出來。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Lubeck realized he was trapped. 可知Lubeck沒找到出路。選B
小題2:細節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)第三段的句子：“I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed.可知Wentworth是用梯子把Lubeck救出來的。選D。
小題3:排除題：第一段的句子：The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, 可知A正確，從這句話Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out.可知B正確，第三段的句子：His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.說明C正確。選D
小題4:主旨題：從倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容Wentworth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.可知作者想要表達的是遠親不如近鄰。選A。
點評：這篇文章故事扣人心弦，學生很容易被吸引，理解很到位，考查推理題和細節(jié)題，題目要我們理解有些重點的句子。集中考查了細節(jié)題，要求考生有較強的細節(jié)理解能力。
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