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After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into
their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed
1 , and they went off their usual route to see what
it was. They found a
2 in flames. Mary said, "Oh, well, it isn't our fire, let's go home."
But John
3 closer and screamed, "That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He
wouldn't be
4 work yet, maybe there is something we could do." "It has nothing to do with us," Mary
5 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in
6 . A
woman on the lawn was screaming, "The children! Get the children!" John
7 her by the shoulder saying,
"Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!" "In the
8 ," cried the woman, "down the hall
and to the left."
In spite of Mary's disagreement John
9 for the basement which was full of smoke and
10 hot. He
found the door and two children.
11 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He
12 the two badly
frightened children into
13 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there.
They told him
14 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, "John! Don't go back! It's
15 ! That
house will fall down any second."
16 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the
17 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely
18 about the little bodies
next to him, and at last when they came out into the
19 and fresh air, he found that he had just
20 his
own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
( )1. A. direction
( )2. A. home
( )3. A. ran
( )4. A. at
( )5. A. whispered
( )6. A. ruins
( )7. A. pushed
( )8. A. basement
( )9. A. went
( )10. A. heavily
( )11. A. If
( )12. A. comforted
( )13. A. cheering
( )14. A. many
( )15. A. dangerous
( )16. A. Therefore
( )17. A. wide
( )18. A. particular
( )19. A. car
( )20. A. rescued |
B. mistake
B. plant
B. walked
B. off
B. nodded
B. pieces
B. seized
B. department
B. reached
B. slightly
B. As
B. delivered
B. freezing
B. several
B. foolish
B. So
B. endless
B. interesting
B. sunlight
B. found |
C. danger
C. store
C. drove
C. to
C. disagreed
C. flames
C. greeted
C. house
C. asked
C. partly
C. Since
C. recognized
C. waiting
C. three
C. practical
C. Instead
C. final
C. familiar
C. crowd
C. lost |
D. smoke
D. kitchen
D. rode
D. on
D. required
D. silence
D. stopped
D. hall
D. rushed
D. terribly
D. Unless
D. protected
D. suffering
D. two
D. painful
D. But
D. dirty
D. fortunate
D. arms
D. missed |