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It was rush hour, Heather Santé was driving her Mazda with her young daughter and son in the back. Suddenly, a red pickup truck __1__ them off. Santé turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda __2__ off the road and down an embankment (筑堤) and ended in a dropoff after about 50 feet. If the car didn't __3__， it would fall onto the road some 20 feet below. Then a bit of __4__： As the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got __5__ on the concrete lip of the embankment, stopping it __6__.
Jacob watched the __7__ unfold from the company where he works. Then he and four other men ran to the car. They __8__ onto the trunk to balance the weight as the __9__ kids in the back seat watched.
__10__， Julio and his nephew, Marco, were driving to their jobs nearby. Julio jumped out of the car to help __11__ Marco went to the shop, grasped a heavyduty belt, and returned to the car. He tied the Mazda to a truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. With the car __12__， the group carefully opened the __13__ doors and helped the children out. The men, still on the trunk, __14__ Santé to jump into the back seat and then inched out the back door. Finally, the men carefully __15__ the car. Everyone was safe.
本文是记叙文。本文叙述了Heather Santé开车遇险获救的故事。
1．A.cut B．saw
C．set D．took
答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：突然，一辆红色的皮卡车插在他们的车前面了。cut off隔绝；saw sb. off为某人送行；set off动身；took off脱掉，飞机起飞，事业腾飞。结合下文“turned the wheel hard to the right”可推知一辆皮卡车插在他们的车前面，把他们与前面隔开了(cut them off)。故正确答案为A。
2．A.leaving B．jumping
C．sliding D．diving
答案：C
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：桑特使劲右转方向盘，马自达从公路上滑下，在大约50英尺后滑下了一道堤岸。A.leaving离开；B.jumping跳；C.sliding (使)滑行，滑动；D.diving潜水。结合上文“turned the wheel hard to the right”和下文 “and down an embankment (筑堤)”可知，刹车太猛，车滑(sliding)出了路，滑到了路堤，故正确答案为C。
3．A.move B．end
C．stop D．lose
答案：C
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：如果汽车不停下来，它会掉到20英尺以下的路上。A.move移动；B.end结束；C.stop停止；D.lose丢失。结合下文it would fall onto the road some 20 feet below可知如果车不停下来，它会落到20英尺以下的路上，故正确答案为C。
4．A.wisdom B．luck
C．choice D．consideration
答案：B
解析：考查名词及语境理解。句意：然后是一点运气：当汽车冲向边缘时，车卡在路边，停了下来。A.wisdom智慧；B.luck运气；C.choice选择；D.consideration考虑。结合上下文意，车卡在路边，停了下来，可知这是“有一点点运气”，故正确答案为B。
5．A.hurt B．change
C．separated D．stuck
答案：D
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：当汽车冲向边缘时，它的底盘卡在了堤岸的混凝土边缘上。A.hurt伤害；B.change变化，改变；C.separated分离；D.stuck插入，粘贴。结合上下文，可知它的底架卡在(got stuck)路堤的混凝土边缘上，故正确答案为D。
6．A.casually B．suddenly
C．deliberately D．closely
答案：B
解析：考查副词及语境理解。句意：车的底架卡在路堤的混凝土边缘上，突然停了下来。A.casually随意地；B.suddenly突然地；C.deliberately故意地；D.closely紧密地。结合上下文可知，车的底架卡在路堤的混凝土边缘上，所以才会“突然地(suddenly)”停了下来。故正确答案为B。
7．A.scene B．plot
C．scenery D．view
答案：A
解析：考查名词及语境理解。句意：雅各布从他工作的公司看到了这一幕。A.scene场面，一幕；B.plot情景；C.scenery风景，景色；D.view观点。结合上下文，可知他目睹了这一幕(scene)的发生，故正确答案为A。
8.A.leaped B．escaped
C．flowed D．slipped
答案：A
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：他们跳上车顶以平衡重量。A.leaped跳跃；B.escaped逃跑；C.flowed流动；D.slipped滑，溜。结合上下文，他们要想到车顶，是要往上跳(leaped)的。故正确答案为A。
9．A.amazed B．inspired
C．annoyed D．terrified
答案：D
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。句意：他们跳上车顶平衡重量，坐在后座的孩子们惊恐地看着。A.amazed惊奇的；B.inspired被激励的；C.annoyed生气的；D.terrified害怕的，惊恐的。结合上文车卡在边缘，随时会掉下去，孩子们应该很害怕(terrified)，故正确答案为D。
10．A.Still B．Therefore
C．However D．Meanwhile
答案：D
解析：考查副词及语境理解。句意：与此同时(meanwhile)，其他人也开始援助。A.Still仍然；B.Therefore因此；C.However然而；D.Meanwhile与此同时。并结合上下文可知其他人也开始援助，故正确答案为D。
11．A.while B．until
C．unless D．even if
答案：A
解析：考查连词及语境理解。句意：当马可去商店时，朱利奥跳下车去帮忙。A.while当……时候；B.until一直到；C.unless除非；D.even if即使。结合上下文应该是“一个人……与此同时另一个人……”，故正确答案为A。
12．A.repaired B．secured
C．cleaned D．deserted
答案：B
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：在汽车安全的情况下，人们才打开门。A.repaired修理；B.secured稳定使其安全；C.cleaned清理；D.deserted放弃。结合上文“He tied the Mazda to a truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers.”可知，他们把车绑在一辆卡车上，确保安全，故正确答案为B。
13．A.thick B．narrow
C．front D．back
答案：D
解析：考查形容词及语境理解。句意：在汽车安全的情况下，这群人小心翼翼地打开后门，把孩子们扶了出来。A.thick厚的；B.narrow狭窄的；C.front前面的；D.back后面的。结合上文“son in the back，”可知打开后车门，让孩子们出来，故正确答案为D。
14．A.informed B．ordered
C．challenged D．directed
答案：D
解析：考查动词及语境理解。句意：这些人仍然坐在车顶上，指导桑特跳到后座上。A.informed通知；B.ordered命令；C.challenged挑战；D.directed指导。结合上下文可知，他们指导(directed)Heather Santé从车的前排到车的后排，故正确答案为D。
15．A.got off B．turned off
C．set up D．turned up
答案：A
解析：考查短语动词及语境理解。句意：最后，这些人小心地从车上下来。大家都很安全。A.got off下车； B．turned off关闭；C.set up建立；D.turned up调大，出现。结合下文“Everyone was safe”可知“他们从车顶上下来(get off)”，故正确答案为A。
