题文

阅读理解。

It was 3:12 a.m., when nine-year-old Glenn White awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the crackling (噼啪声) of flames (火苗) somewhere below there was not a sound in the two-storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.     With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12-year-old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths (呼吸) and coughing, collapsed (倒) on the lawn (草坪).      The nine-year-old raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother's room. He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs. White, a victim (受害者) of the smoke, was unconscious (失去知觉的), and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later,"acted with all the self-control of a trained adult."     On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. White to telephone the fire brigade (消防队员) and ambulance (救护车) service, got on with the task of saving his mother.      First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden. He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke-filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?     Grasping (抓住) firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed (猛冲) upstairs to his mother's room. Tying (系) one end of the string to her hand he ran back, laying out (铺放) the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.     Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan,"The string will lead you to mother." Mrs. White was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through the bedroom floor.

1. Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

A. He wanted to save his sister and brother. B. He went to see if his father had come back from work. C. He wanted to find out what was happening. D. He was worried about his mother's safety.

2. How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother?

A. By pushing and pulling at her. B. By tying a string to her hand. C. By putting out the fire himself. D. By carrying her to safety with his brother.

3. Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

A. Glenn's sister. B. Glenn's neighbor. C. Glenn. D. Glenn's father.

4. What did Glenn do to protect himself?

A. He hid himself in the bathroom. B. He rushed out to the lawn. C. He put a wet cloth around his head. D. He threw water all over himself.

5. Glenn saved his family because ______.

A. he had followed his mother's instruction B. he had dealt with the emergency (紧急情况) calmly and wisely C. his father had taught him to do so on the phone D. he had learned something about first aid

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

1-5       ABDCB

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• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．