通读下面短文，了解其大意，然后从21—40各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
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 21 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a 22 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 23 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 24 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” “It has nothing to do with us”, Mary 25 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 26 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 27 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 28 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 29 for the basement which was full of smoke and 30 hot. He found the door and two children. 31 he left he could hear some more sobbing（哭泣）. He 32 the two badly frightened children into 33 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 34 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 35 ! That house will fall down any second. ”
36 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 37 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 38 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 39 and fresh air, he found that he had just 40 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
| 小题1: | | A．direction | B．mistake | C．danger | D．smoke |
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| 小题2: | | A．home | B．plant | C．store | D．kitchen |
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| 小题3: | | A．ran | B．walked | C．drove | D．rode |
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| 小题5: | | A．whispered | B．nodded | C．disagreed | D．required |
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| 小题6: | | A．ruins | B．pieces | C．flames | D．silence |
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| 小题7: | | A．pushed | B．seized | C．greeted | D．stopped |
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| 小题8: | | A．basement | B．department | C．house | D．hall |
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| 小题9: | | A．went | B．reached | C．asked | D．rushed |
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| 小题10: | | A．heavily | B．slightly | C．partly | D．terribly |
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| 小题12: | | A．comforted | B．delivered | C．recognized | D．protected |
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| 小题13: | | A．cheering | B．freezing | C．waiting | D．suffering |
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| 小题14: | | A．many | B．several | C．three | D．two |
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| 小题15: | | A．dangerous | B．foolish | C．practical | D．painful |
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| 小题16: | | A．Therefore | B．So | C．Consequently | D．But |
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| 小题17: | | A．wide | B．endless | C．final | D．dirty |
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| 小题18: | | A．particular | B．interesting | C．familiar | D．fortunate |
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| 小题19: | | A．car | B．sunlight | C．crowd | D．arms |
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| 小题20: | | A．rescued | B．found | C．lost | D．missed |
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