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I was living in a house with a long history in Halifax, Nova Scotia five years ago. One day, one of my friends from the West Coast came out to visit me. He was ________ for 3 weeks so he brought a lot of bags and suitcases, and other things like a _______. I told him he could sleep on the bed in the front living room.

One morning after a late night of drinking, my friend ran into my room shouting “FIRE! FIRE！” Without ________^, I jumped out of bed. The floor was ________ against my feet as I ran out into the hallway, right behind my friend. I couldn't see the fire anywhere, ________ as we ran towards the front door, I could hear the ________ making a loud noise all around me. It was inside the ________. We ran out into the front yard and looked ________ at the house, seeing black smoke coming out of the ________ house.

We were standing there watching the house when I looked down and _______all of my friend's bags and suitcases ________ lined up on the front grassland, including his basketball. ________ he noticed the house was on fire, he took all of them out to the grassland before coming back in to ________ me about it. That fire had started in the basement (地下室), and it spread up into the walls and was burning the ________ we were standing on. The floor and much of the house fell down not long after we came out. The firemen said we were very ________.

Of course, we are not friends anymore.

1.A. working    B. staying    C. waiting    D. resting

2.A. baseball    B. volleyball    C. football    D. basketball

3.A. thinking    B. sleeping    C. looking    D. drinking

4.A. wet    B. soft    C. hot    D. dirty

5.A. so    B. and    C. or    D. but

6.A. fire    B. door    C. wind    D. car

7.A. rooms    B. walls    C. kitchen    D. yard

8.A. up    B. down    C. back    D. forward

9.A. old    B. big    C. red    D. stone

10.A. remembered    B. made    C. expected    D. noticed

11.A. tidily    B. gradually    C. differently    D. naturally

12.A. Unless    B. If    C. When    D. Before

13.A. warn    B. show    C. ask    D. phone

14.A. sofa    B. bed    C. table    D. floor

15.A. brave    B. lucky    C. nervous    D. scared

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

【解析】本文主要讲述了一个住在历史悠久的老房子里，迎来自己的朋友住在家里，可是因为一些原因，房子起火，但是他们及时逃脱，有惊无险地保全了自己生命的故事。

1.句意：他将要住上三周，所以他带来了很多包和提箱，以及其他像篮球一样的东西。根据句意，可知作者的朋友将要在此地“待上”三周，属于短暂停留，应该使用动词“live”，故答案为：B.

2.句意：他将要住上三周，所以他带来了很多包和提箱，以及其他像篮球一样的东西。根据句意，结合下文：We were standing there watching the house when I looked down and ___10___all of my friend's bags and suitcases ____11____ lined up on the front grassland, including his basketball.可知作者的朋友带去了篮球。故答案为：D.

3.句意：在晚上较迟饮酒后的一天早上，我朋友冲进了我的房间，大喊着“着火了”。未经任何思考，我立刻从床上跳了起来。根据句意，结合常识，听到着火的第一反应应该是不假思索的做出一些反应，故答案为：A.

4.句意：当我跑进我朋友身后的大厅时，我感到在我脚下的地板很烫。根据句意，结合上文““FIRE! FIRE！””可知着火后地板是“热的，烫的”。故答案为：C.

5.句意：在任何地方我都看不见火，但是当我们跑向前门时，我能听见大火在我们周围发生的巨大的噪音。根据句意，结合上文描述没有发现火，下文已经找到大火制造的噪音，可知两句为转折关系。故答案为：D.

6.句意：在任何地方我都看不见火，但是当我们跑向前门时，我能听见大火在我们周围发生的巨大的噪音。根据句意，结合上下文都在描述“the fire”,可知此处仍在在寻找火源。故答案为：A.

7.句意：那火就在地下室。根据句意，结合下文：That fire had started in the basement (地下室), and it spread up into the walls and was burning the ____14____ we were standing on.可知大火起源于地下室，然后迅速蔓延进墙里面。故答案为：B.

8.句意：我们跑进前院，向后看了看房子，看见黑色的烟雾正在从这座老房子里冒出来。根据句意，结合常识，房子的前面是院子，所以在院子里往后看时，需要使用“back”。故答案为：C.

9.句意：我们跑进前院，向后看了看房子，看见黑色的烟雾正在从这座老房子里冒出来。根据句意，结合上文“I was living in a house with a long history in Halifax, Nova Scotia five years ago.”可知作者住在一所“有悠久历史的老房子”里，故答案为：A.

10.句意：我们站在那里看着房子，突然向下看，注意到了所有我朋友的包，提箱，包括篮球都整齐地排队一样的在前面的草地上。根据句意，结合上文“We were standing there watching the house when I looked down ”可知作者他们看到，注意到映入眼帘的事情。故答案为：D.

11.句意：我们站在那里看着房子，突然向下看，注意到了所有我朋友的包，提箱，包括篮球都整齐地排队一样的在前面的草地上。根据句意，结合下文“line up排队”，可知东西摆放的很整齐，故答案为：A.

12.句意：在回来告知我关于这件事情之前，当他注意到房子在着火时，他拿起了所有的东西向外跑到了草地上。____12____ he noticed the house was on fire, he took all of them out to the grassland before coming back in to ____13____ me about it.根据句意，结合两句话的关系是在描述“一件事情发生的同时另一件事情也发生了”，需要使用连词“when”。故答案为：C.

13.句意：在回来告知我关于这件事情之前，当他注意到房子在着火时，他拿起了所有的东西向外跑到了草地上。根据句意，结合常识，当大火发生时，作者的朋友应该要“警告，提醒”。故答案为：A.

14.句意：那火在地下室发生，然后蔓延到墙里，正在我们站在的脚下的地板上燃烧。根据句意，结合上下文，大火既然在地下室燃烧，一定会让楼上站着的作者有烫脚的感觉。故答案为：D.

15.句意：消防员们说我们很幸运。根据上文：The floor and much of the house fell down not long after we came out.可知在我们出去后没多久，地板和大部分的房子都倒塌了。可知我们幸免于难是幸运的。故答案为：B.