This is a true story of how my car got stuck in water and how a stranger helped me during the worst rain storm.
Last Sunday, the sky was grey when I woke up. The weather report said rain was coming, but I couldn’t stay home just because of rain.
Around 8:00 am I had a doctor’s appointment. It wasn’t raining then. At 9:00 I left the doctor’s office to drive to work, and it was raining hard. I just had to go about 5-6 miles down one main road to get to a nearby school, where I could stay until the rain ended. Unfortunately, the road in front of the school was flooded, and my car stopped in the middle.
“Who is going to save me?” I wondered. I shut off the engine and turned on my flashers (车灯). I called 911. They were not helpful. I called my husband, even though he couldn’t come and help me. I was also very close to a police station. But I never saw even one police car. I decided to get out of the car, since it was still pouring.
My best decision of the day had been to wear rain boots. I took my umbrella and quickly got out and ran across the street to a shelter.
Before long, a tow truck(拖车) happened to pass by the street. The driver kindly offered to help me. At that moment, I really needed car pulled out quickly, so I trusted the stranger. He pulled my car and drove me home. After he had dropped my car off, he also helped me check the engine. He said the engine was most likely flooded, but fortunately there was no water inside the car.
Although many years have passed, I still remember that stormy day and the warm-hearted stranger clearly.
1.How was the weather when the author got up?
A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Windy. D. Sunny.
2.Which of the following is the correct order about the things that the author did?
① Drove to work. ② Drove to the doctor’s office.
③ Ran to a shelter. ④ Called 911 for help.
A. ②①④③ B. ②③①④ C. ①②④③ D. ①③②④
3.What did the author do after her car had got stuck in the water?
A. She turned off her flashers.
B. She tried to restart the engine.
C. She went to the police station nearby.
D. She got out of her car.
4.How did the stranger help the author?
A. He lent his car to her.
B. He pulled her car out of the water.
C. He drove her to school.
D. He helped her fix her engine.
In 1970, at the age of 35, my father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. There was not much done at that time and my father had to rely on the medication and treatment that were at that time. But one thing was , my father was not a quitter. He was a teacher who children with special educational needs in Chicago Public High School. Every day we would hear about “his kids”. These “kids” did not usually my sister and I.
One day, my father arrived at his school and walked up the for his first period. He was having a very day because the disease was really taking everything out of him. He once and bruised (擦伤) his knee but he still kept going. did he know that someone was watching.
As the day his steps began to get a little lighter. At the end of the day, he was about to leave a young girl entered his office. He had met her in the hallway but she was not one of his . He asked what he could do for her and she said, “I just wanted to thank you for my life.”
He looked at her and couldn’t what he had done. She then went on . “When I got up this morning, I felt as if I was at the end of my and ready to kill myself. But when I saw you trying to go up the stairs and then you fell, I felt and the feeling of sadness just kept getting . And now you are walking as as ever. It’s really true that everything will get better as the days go on.”
1.A. information B. research C. knowledge D. experience
2.A. favorable B. believable C. reasonable D. available
3.A. obvious B. special C. natural D. strange
4.A. abandoned B. followed C. taught D. attended
5.A. stories B. jokes C. songs D. humors
6.A. connect B. change C. mean D. defeat
7.A. mountains B. stairs C. ladders D. streets
8.A. normal B. pleasant C. simple D. difficult
9.A. fell B. stood C. happened D. appeared
10.A. Few B. Little C. Seldom D. Never
11.A. arrived B. progressed C. broke D. stopped
12.A. until B. before C. when D. while
13.A. students B. friends C. teachers D. workers
14.A. losing B. giving C. passing D. saving
15.A. write down B. figure out C. cut off D. put up
16.A. responding B. admitting C. explaining D. complaining
17.A. rope B. wall C. road D. work
18.A. sorry B. bad C. lucky D. proud
19.A. lower B. weaker C. higher D. stronger
20.A. carefully B. quickly C. lightly D. slowly
— Dressed in a red coat, he is like a girl rather than a boy.
— ______ I didn’t recognize him.
No wonder B. No way C. No doubt D. No problem
Chang’e2 did many experiments, ______ I think are of much help for knowing space.
A. which B. what C. when D. where
— Could I have the small table by the window?
— Sorry, sir. It ______ in advance.
A. booked B. will be booked C. had booked D. has been booked
So far as I am concerned, he is a determined man and on no account ______ die easily.
A. he says B. he does say C. says he D. does he say
