“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.

She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1.When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.

A.a(chǎn)t home          B.sleeping           C.sitting in bed       D.both A and B

2.The author saved the baby _____.

A.because he was very brave.

B.because he liked the baby very much.

C.but he just happened to save it.

D.because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3.He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.

A.was a stranger there                     B.could see nothing

C.was not completely awake                 D.Both A and C

4.He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.

A.save the baby                          B.call for help

C.protect his face                         D.run quickly

5.Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?

A.old and wooden house, a bundle

B.crashed to, fell down

C.terrible, half-awake

D.bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat

 

【答案】

1.B

2.C 

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析:講述了作者在陌生城市半夜遭遇到火災(zāi),半睡半醒中偶然中救了一個孩子的故事。

1.推理題;從第一段的句子:What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night!可知作者正在睡覺。選B

2.推理題:從整篇文章的故事情節(jié)和結(jié)尾的句子: She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby. 可知作者是碰巧救了孩子。選C。

3.考查細(xì)節(jié)題:第一段的句子:What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! 可知作者是個陌生人,第二段的句子:but as I was still only half-awake,說明作者不是很清醒。選D

4.考查細(xì)節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat.可知選C。

5.從第二段的句子:The floor became hot under my bare feet.可知是赤腳的,和第三段的句子:a borrowed man’s coat 可知人們很驚慌。選D

考點:考查故事類短文

點評:敘事類短文,要抓住告訴發(fā)展的過程,仔細(xì)并充分地閱讀,理清文章的結(jié)構(gòu),準(zhǔn)確把握文章的內(nèi)容。特別是細(xì)節(jié)。

 

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