15-year-old Tom reached school, waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to
.It was a cold,wet day. Tom stared at the
. Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that
at the back of the classroom.
He
large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Tom
the water, wondering why it looked so
. Then it hit him — the
was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a
disaster, he shouted
at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don't stay here! The
on the hill is going to fall on us!”
Chaos broke out as the
ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers
Tom, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.
Just then Principal Richard drove into the school. Tom ran over to tell him what was happening. After
the site, Richard knew the school was in
. The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down
.
a group of teachers and older students, Richard climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too
: ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Richard and his group could do as they watched the earth
their classrooms. Thanks to Tom’s
action and careful observation,
was hurt in the incident.
| 小题1: | | A．rest | B．arrive | C．dine | D．chat |
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| 小题3: | | A．stood | B．placed | C．hid | D．faced |
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| 小题4: | | A．knew | B．felt | C．noticed | D．heard |
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| 小题5: | | A．aimed at | B．stared at | C．glared at | D．shouted at |
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| 小题6: | | A．familiar | B．dangerous | C．moving | D．interesting |
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| 小题7: | | A．show | B．site | C．scene | D．view |
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| 小题8: | | A．coming | B．heading | C．going | D．leaving |
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| 小题9: | | A．happily | B．angrily | C．rudely | D．wildly |
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| 小题10: | | A．sand | B．rock | C．tree | D．water |
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| 小题11: | | A．principals | B．students | C．villagers | D．climbers |
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| 小题12: | | A．questioned | B．blamed | C．instructed | D．approached |
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| 小题13: | | A．choosing | B．visiting | C．examining | D．clearing |
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| 小题14: | | A．security | B．relief | C．danger | D．damage |
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| 小题15: | | A．for the moment | B．for once | C．at one time | D．at any minute |
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| 小题16: | | A．Leading | B．Helping | C．Demanding | D．Taking |
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| 小题17: | | A．nervous | B．unique | C．late | D．strange |
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| 小题18: | | A．occupy | B．threaten | C．enter | D．swallow |
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| 小题19: | | A．legal | B．direct | C．united | D．quick |
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| 小题20: | | A．someone | B．no one | C．anyone | D．only one |
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