The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8：15 in the morning was so loud that he assumed it came from inside his house. As he got up to 1.C ， he heard another sound, this one coming most definitely from the 2.B . Through his bedroom window, he spied a tree surrounded by 3.D about 500 yards away. A 4.A wrapped the tree's base with its engine on fire.
5.D ， Languell grabbed buckets of water and ran to the crash site. The car was 6.B nearly into two. No one should have 7.A this crash, and yet there was 16yearold Quintin Thompson, his face pressed 8.B the driver's side window, in visible 9.C . Languell tried 10.D the fire with his buckets of water, but with no 11.A . “That was really awful. When the flame got into the front seats, I 12.B I had to get him out of there，” he told WAGMTV.
In an act that a police report described as showing“ 13.C disregard for his own safety”， Languell opened the back door of the car and 14.A in. “That's when I noticed how 15.C his legs were. ”Using a pocketknife he'd had with him, he 16.D Thompson's seat belt. Then, he 17.A the teen out of a back window and dragged him to 18.C “before the entire car exploded”， the police stated.
Languell thinks about that day often. Displaying the sort of empathy (同感)that 19.B him to help the teen, he told WAGMTV, “My 20.D goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of injury, you feel it so directly.”
文章大意：本文讲述了Damian Languell不顾个人安危，从着火的车中救出一位少年的故事。
1．A.work B．exercise
C．check D．discover
解析：上一句说Languell被巨大的声音吵醒，所以他应是起床去检查(check)。
2．A.downside B．outside
C．inside D．upside
解析：根据空后的“Through his bedroom window...500 yards away.”，可知，声音来自外面。downside“缺点，不利方面”；upside“好的一面，正面”。
3．A.people B．fog
C．leaves D．smoke
解析：由第一段最后的“with its engine on fire”可知，树的周围都是烟。
4．A.car B．rope
C．bus D．cloth
解析：根据下文中的“The car”可知，一辆汽车围绕着树的底部。
5．A.Constantly B．Obviously
C．Hesitantly D．Immediately
解析：根据语境并结合所给选项可推知，Languell立即(Immediately)拿起几桶水跑向撞车地点。constantly“始终，一直”；obviously“明显地，显而易见”；hesitantly”犹豫地”。
6．A.burned B．split
C．pressed D．stuck
解析：车几乎被分成了两半。split“使分开”。
7．A.survived B．witnessed
C．suffered D．reported
解析：根据上文描述的车几乎被分成了两半可知，本应该没有人在这起事故中幸存(survived)下来。
8．A.with B．against
C．by D．on
解析：他的脸被压在驾驶位的侧窗上。press sth. against sth.为固定搭配。
9．A.peace B．silence
C．pain D．excitement
解析：根据语境可知，他处于肉眼可见的痛苦之中。
10．A.covering B．catching
C．pouring D．stopping
解析：Languell试图用水桶里的水灭火，但是没有成功。
11. A．success B．harm
C．effort D．luck
解析：参见上题解析。
12．A.expected B．realized
C．concluded D．assumed
解析：此处表示“当火苗进入前排座位时，我意识到(realized)我必须把他弄出来”。
13．A.little B．limited
C．complete D．some
解析：根据语境和常识可知，进入着火的车里去救人是非常危险的，故此处应是“完全不顾自己的安全”。complete“彻底的，完全的”。
14．A.crawled B．jumped
C．ran D．stepped
解析：根据上文提到的车几乎被分成了两半可知，车已被严重损毁，想要救人只能爬进去。crawl“爬行，匍匐行进”。
15．A.long B．cold
C．bad D．ugly
解析：根据对车的损坏程度的描述可推知，此处表示“就在那时我注意到他的腿伤得有多严重(bad)”。
16．A.tore apart B．gave up
C．put away D．cut off
解析：Languell用一把随身携带的小折刀割断了(cut off)Thompson的安全带。tear apart“撕毁，撕碎”。
17．A.pulled B．threw
C．held D．hugged
解析：接下来，在整辆车爆炸之前，他把这个少年从后车窗拉(pulled)出来，并且拖到了安全地带(safety)。
18．A.house B．ground
C．safety D．distance
解析：参见上题解析。此处不能选“ground”，车辆一旦爆炸，地面并不一定安全，该选项表述不够明确。
19．A.forced B．drove
C．advised D．shocked
解析：Languell表现出了那种同感，正是这种同感驱使(drove)他去帮助这个少年。
20．A.feet B．choice
C．hope D．heart
解析：根据语境可知，此处表示“十分同情Thompson”。one's heart goes out to sb.“十分同情，怜悯”。
