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| Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson on the highway. They were late and Barbara was 1 tired. She had worked extra shifts as a night 2 nurse.The sleet ( 雨夹雪) storm and icy roads 3 her tension. She was thinking of turning around at once. Suddenly a car ahead of them lost control on a patch of ice and crashed 4 into a telephone pole. The impact was horrible. Barbara pulled onto the road's shoulder. Thank God she was a nurse-her skill might make a 5 in the fate of these 6 passengers! But what about Ben ? Little boys 7 see scenes like this. But was it 8 to leave him alone? What if their car was 9 from behind, or a stranger 10 him? For a brief moment, Barbara decided to go on her way. "Ben, honey, 11 me you'll stay in the car!" she cried over her shoulder. "I will, Mommy," she heard him say 12 , she can, slipping and sliding, toward the crash site. It was 13 than she had feared. Two high-school-aged girls had been in the car. One, the blonde on the passenger side was dead. The driver, however, was unconscious. Barbara quickly 14 pressure to the wound in the teenager's head while her practiced eyes ran over the other 15 , a broken leg, maybe two, along with probable internal damage. But if help came , this girl would live. The ambulance arrived. " Good job," one rescue worker said, 16 he examined the driver. " You probably saved her life, Madam." As Barbara walked back to her car, a feeling of 17 overwhelmed her, especially for the family of the passenger who had died. But what should she tell Ben? "Mom," he 18 " did you see it?" "See what honey?" she asked. "The angel, Mom! He came down from the sky. And he opened the door, and he took that girl out. " Barbara's eyes were filling with tears, " Which door, Ben?" "The 19 side." Later Barbara was able to meet the families of the victims. They expressed their 20 for the help she had provided. Barbara was able to give them something more: Ben's Vision . | |||
| ( )1. A. uncommonly ( )2. A. class ( )3. A. added to ( )4. A. front ( )5. A. help ( )6. A. fortunate ( )7. A. shouldn't ( )8. A. safe ( )9. A. stolen ( )10. A. approached ( )11. A. tell ( )12. A. before ( )13. A. lucky ( )14. A. pulled ( )15. A. scars ( )16. A. before ( )17. A. harm ( )18. A. whispered ( )19. A. driver ( )20. A. gratitude |
B. commonly B. work B. made up B. forward B. devotion B. unfortunate B. can't B. necessary B. beat B. stolen B. reply B. as B. more dangerous B. put B. injuries B. after B. achievement B. shouted B. stranger B. admiration |
C. unusually C. school C. added C. backward C. contribution C. strange C. wouldn't C. fit C. hit C. struck C. answer C. after C. worse C. set C. death C. since C. sadness C. yelled C. passenger C. help |
D. usually D. duty D. brought up D. sideways D. difference D. familiar D. couldn't D. sure D. broken D. robbed D. promise D. on D. better D. applied D. harms D. as D. tiredness D. repeated D. passer-by D. benefits |