“Keep an eye on Esther. I’ll be back in a second,” Joy Warren said to her three-year-old son Stephen, who was sitting in the back of the Buick. She didn’t like leaving the children alone in the car, but the baby was sleeping soundly. And it would only be a moment.
She had hardly walked 40 yards when she saw the car moving. It headed straight towards the river. Unable to swim, Joy shouted, “My babies are in that car!”
Daniel Whitehead, a 17-year-old student, was walking by the river when the Buick crashed into the water just yards ahead .Without thinking, Daniel jumped in. Though a competitive swimmer, he was shocked by the icy chill.
Two minutes earlier, Skip Womack had pulled to a halt as the Buick ran in front of him. Now seeing it hit the water and hearing Joy’s cries, Skip got out of his truck and jumped into the water. He had only one thought: If I don’t get them out, they’ll drown.
Daniel reached the car and grabbed a door handle. But the water was only four inches beneath the window, and the door wouldn’t open. With one powerful punch, Daniel and Skip broke a window. Daniel reached inside and lifted Stephen out. He placed him on his back and set out for shore. At the same time, Skip squeezed himself through the window .He managed to free Esther from beneath her seat belt. After he got out of the car with the baby, he held her over the water and swam toward the shore. All this took place just seconds before the Buick disappeared beneath the water.
Later, driving home, Skip thought of his wife and children—how close he’d come to leaving them behind. He thought of the miracle he’d lived through, and how two children were still alive because he and Daniel happened to be in the right place at the right time.
小题1:Why did Joy leave her children in the car?
A．He did not like shopping with a child in hand.
B．She didn’t like waking up her baby.
C．Stephen was big enough to take care of his sister.
D．It was icy cold outside.小题2:Daniel and Skip, who saved the lives of the two kids, _____.
A．had been good friends
B．were two close friends of Joy Warren’s
C．were Joy Warren’s neighbors
D．were strangers before the accident小题3:How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger?
A．He squeezed into the car and carried him out.
B．He pulled him out through the broken window.
C．He freed him from his seatbelt before he got him out.
D．He held him over the water and swam back to shore.小题4:What happened to Joy Warren’s Buick?
A．It had four inches of water in it.
B．One of its windows could not be opened.
C．It was pulled out of water and set on the shore.
D．It sank to the bottom of the river.小题5:How did Skip feel in his way home?
A．He felt lucky to be still alive after having saved the lives of two kids.
B．He missed his wife and children, whom he left behind in the morning.
C．He felt very thankful to Daniel, without whom he would not have made it.
D．He wondered how he and Daniel could be in the right place at the right time.
