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I．完形填空
（2012·四川卷）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson’s bedroom skylight(天窗). Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder __21__ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly __22__ his twostory wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to __23__ ；he opened the door to the basement(地下室)，and flames __24__ out.Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom.“I felt __25__ because the room had a separate outdoor stairway，”he explains.
But the phone didn’t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was __26__ by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped(困住)．
Sibson’s house was three kilometers __27__ the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be __28__ .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson’s neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm __29__ his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his __30__ and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the __31__ . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to __32__ the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson __33__ and die in the fire.”
“Anyone there？”Huggons called out. Then he heard“Help! I’m trapped！”coming from the secondfloor balcony(阳台)．He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his __34__.
