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Bill Trew worked on the night shift(夜班) in an old coal mine called Park Deep. Day and night
180 miners worked underground there, more than 6,00 feet
1 .They all took their
2 of night
work, but Bill always worked at night. he said he
3 it.
One day he came home as usual at half past seven in the morning. He had his 'Supper',
4 he
called it, and went to bed. An
5 dream troubled his sleep.
6 , the only thing he remembered
about it was- a throbbing(跳动) blue light.
Bill got up in the afternoon as usual. It was a
7 getting up-because he could still see the blue
light in front of his eyes. As the evening
8 darker, the light grew stronger. Bill got ready for the
night shift. But by 8 o'clock the blue light was so bright that he could
9 see anything else. He and
his wife were very puzzled. Bill had never been
10 before.
"Don't go to work,"Mrs.Trew said. "If it isn't better
11 tomorrow, I'll have to send for the
doctor."
Bill didn't go to work. He sat in an armchair,
12 but with closed eyes.
13 then the blueness was
like a living thing. It surrounded him, silent, throbbing. The family went to bed but Bill wasn't
14 : he
stayed in his armchair.
At 11 o'clock a long, loud explosion(爆炸)
15 the ground. Bill opened his eyes and
16 to his
feet. The blue light was
17 ! He rushed outside. Someone shouted, "Gas! gas in Park Deep! Oh pity
the night shift!"
The gas explosion killed 179 men in Park Deep. The mine was destroyed
18 .Bill Trew has
never
19 wondering. The blue light: why did it make him the only man
20 for work that night?
( ) 1.A. down
( ) 2.A. order
( ) 3.A. decided
( ) 4.A. what
( ) 5.A. uneasy
( ) 6.A. Afterwards
( ) 7.A. regular
( ) 8.A. turned
( ) 9.A. possibly
( )10.A. fearful
( )11.A. for
( )12.A. awake
( )13.A. Just
( )14.A. serious
( )15.A. shook
( )16.A. struggled
( )17.A. gone
( )18.A. at last
( )19.A. stood
( )20.A. unfair |
B. around
B. time
B. preferred
B. because
B. unusual
B. However
B. fresh
B. developed
B. hardly
B. calm
B. within
B. frightened
B. Till
B. tired
B. destroyed
B. rose
B. left
B. at all
B. stopped
B. unreasonable |
C. off
C. share
C. suited
C. when
C. extra
C. Therefore
C. late
C. grew
C. probably
C. safe
C. by
C. clear
C. From
C. free
C. attacked
C. jumped
C. frozen
C. for ever
C. kept
C. unfit |
D. away
D. list
D. needed
D. as
D. ordinary
D. Meanwhile
D. strange
D. fell
D. immediately
D. sick
D. on
D. relaxed
D. Even
D. troubled
D. broke
D. bent
D. lost
D. for all
D. delayed
D. unacceptable |