Have you ever wondered what you’d do in a moment of danger and how you’d 36 to a terrorist on the plane or a guy wearing a mask and waving a gun while you’re standing 37 at the bank?
Stephanie Davies 38 .
The 21-year-old girl 39 such a moment last week in a 40 in Aurora, Colo., where she went to a late night showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” with her 41 , Allie. All of a sudden, a gas can flew by close to the two girls. 42 , Allie stood up and was shot in the 43 by a gunman. Stephanie saw Allie fell down in the aisle(过道), blood pouring out of her neck. 44 she moved on her knees to her friend, pulled her out of the aisle and pressed the wound with her fingers 45 the gunman moved around, firing into the 46 crowd. When the gunman again walked past the aisle, they played dead until he 47 .
Heroic? Well, clearly heroic.
“ 48 Stephanie’s timely actions, I just talked with Allie, who is going to be fine,” said President Barack Obama after meeting the two girls in the hospital.
And Stephanie wasn’t the 49 hero in the theater that dark night in Aurora. Three young men---Jon,26, Matt,27 and Alex, 24---used their own 50 to protect their respective(各自的) girlfriends from the gunman’s bullets. Jon took a bullet for his girlfriend. The stories were 51 for Matt and Alex. The three men were among the 12 who didn’t come out of the theater alive.
“The 52 actions of these young Americans,” President Obama said, “represent what’s best in us, and they 53 us that out of this darkness a brighter day is going to come. I have the greatest 54 for people like Stephanie, Jon, Matt and Alex who don’t 55 to do what the situation demands, bringing heroic light to the darkest of dark nights.”
| 小题1: | | A．refer | B．respond | C．adapt | D．talk |
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| 小题2: | | A．in turn | B．in silence | C．in time | D．in line |
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| 小题3: | | A．knows | B．appears | C．wonders | D．imagines |
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| 小题4: | | A．missed | B．faced | C．expected | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题5: | | A．street | B．restaurant | C．theater | D．stadium |
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| 小题6: | | A．friend | B．sister | C．aunt | D．cousin |
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| 小题7: | | A．Tired | B．Annoyed | C．Frightened | D．Puzzled |
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| 小题9: | | A．Madly | B．Suddenly | C．Secretly | D．Hurriedly |
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| 小题10: | | A．since | B．as | C．until | D．because |
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| 小题11: | | A．waiting | B．chatting | C．staring | D．screaming |
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| 小题12: | | A．passed | B．stopped | C．hid | D．escaped |
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| 小题13: | | A．In spite of | B．Regardless of | C．Because of | D．In terms of |
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| 小题14: | | A．typical | B．unique | C．usual | D．only |
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| 小题15: | | A．methods | B．bodies | C．tools | D．hands |
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| 小题16: | | A．common | B．strange | C．similar | D．different |
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| 小题17: | | A．brave | B．immediate | C．generous | D．active |
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| 小题18: | | A．warn | B．show | C．promise | D．inform |
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| 小题19: | | A．hope | B．concern | C．pity | D．respect |
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| 小题20: | | A．hesitate | B．regret | C．pretend | D．refuse |
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