Pulled from the rubble （碎砖）of the big earthquake after eight days of unimaginable suffering, 8- year-old Kiki Joachin caught the world’s attention. Today he and his
21 struggle to rebuild their home, their lives and their hopes.
When the terrible earthquake broke out, Kiki’s mother
22 from the porch （门廊）of their apartment building
23 her five –year-old-son, David, who was outside fetching water.
24 injured by falling concrete （水泥），she tried to dig through it and
25 toward her five other kids who were 26
in the ruins of their home.
27 , she could make little progress.
For eight days Kiki and his
28 were buried beneath. They curled (蜷缩) their bodies in a (n)
29 space, with no food or water, hardly able to move; nearby lay the
30 of their three other siblings（兄弟姐妹）. Kiki
31 as his sister covered them with her T-shirt.
On the eighth day, a neighbour
32 her possessions heard Kiki’s
33 cries for water. Two
34 spent the next four hours
35 drilling through the rubble and finally
36 Kiki and his sister. As Kiki was
37 by the firefighters from the hole, he made a victory gesture.
Now Kiki hopes to be an engineer when he grows up, so he can help
38 his country. His father wants to start a
39 for his family, maybe selling rice and beans, to be able to put another room on the house so his kids can sleep better. Meanwhile, his father and mother are
40 for what they have and the survival of the three children.
| 小题1: | | A．friends | B．classmates | C．family | D．team |
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| 小题2: | | A．walked | B．ran | C．jumped | D．wandered |
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| 小题3: | | A．in search of | B．in honour of | C．in face of | D．in charge of |
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| 小题4: | | A．Because | B．If | C．Unless | D．Though |
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| 小题6: | | A．buried | B．killed | C．controlled | D．hidden |
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| 小题7: | | A．Otherwise | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Meanwhile |
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| 小题8: | | A．brother | B．sister | C．father | D．mother |
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| 小题9: | | A．wide | B．tiny | C．open | D．public |
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| 小题10: | | A．bodies | B．clothes | C．shadows | D．toys |
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| 小题11: | | A．nodded | B．smiled | C．wept | D．slept |
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| 小题12: | | A．sorting out | B．showing off | C．looking for | D．giving away |
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| 小题13: | | A．weak | B．good | C．long | D．clear |
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| 小题14: | | A．neighbours | B．relatives | C．passers-by | D．firefighters |
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| 小题15: | | A．skillfully | B．carefully | C．impatiently | D．rapidly |
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| 小题16: | | A．fastened | B．adopted | C．cured | D．reached |
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| 小题17: | | A．raised | B．fixed | C．grabbed | D．touched |
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| 小题18: | | A．rebuild | B．protect | C．lead | D．visit |
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| 小题19: | | A．company | B．business | C．movement | D．club |
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| 小题20: | | A．suitable | B．ready | C．excited | D．grateful |
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