辽宁省开原市高级中学2013-2014学年高二下学期期中考试 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解（共20小题:每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题: 每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、 B、 C和D）中。选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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CAMBRIDGE – A teenager is being hailed （致敬）as a hero for saving his aunt from a fire at their house, but he lost his own life when he went back into the burning building to search for the family’s two cats, authorities say.
Seth A. DeShane, 14, pronounced dead late Thursday at the family home, which was destroyed in the fire.
“He really saved his aunt,” said the Rev. Kris Dietzen, pastor（牧师）at Cambridge Lutheran church. “He woke his aunt up and told her the Christmas tree was on fire.”
“He got her out of the house. She thought he （Seth） was behind her, but he went back inside.”
Dietzen said that when Seth’s aunt realized the boy had gone back inside, she tried to get back in herself, but by then the smoke was so thick and the fire so intense, she had to leave the house.
“She ran to a neighbor’s farm, and they proceeded（接着）to call 911,” Dietzen said.
The fire is being blamed on lights on the Christmas tree on the first floor, Chief Edward Bole of the Cambridge Fire Department, said. The front half of the two – story home was fully engulfed（吞没）when firefighters arrived.
1．Choose the best title for the story.
A．Teen dies trying to save cats from fire B．Teen saved his aunt.
C． A fire destroyed the building D．The boy hailed as a hero.
2．What caused the fire?
A．The lights on the Christmas tree. B． We don’t know.
C．The cats. D．The Christmas tree.
3. The aunt failed to save the boy because _____
A．she delayed phoning the fire department B．she was at a loss in time of danger
C．she was selfish D．the fire was too fierce
