“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.
I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.
I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.
She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.
小題1:When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.
A．a(chǎn)t homeB．sleepingC．sitting in bedD．both A and B
小題2:The author saved the baby _____.
A．because he was very brave.
B．because he liked the baby very much.
C．but he just happened to save it.
D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.
小題3:He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.
A．was a stranger thereB．could see nothing
C．was not completely awakeD．Both A and C
小題4:He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.
A．save the babyB．call for help
C．protect his faceD．run quickly
小題5:Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?
A．old and wooden house, a bundle
B．crashed to, fell down
C．terrible, half-awake
D．bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat

小題1:B
小題2:C 
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：講述了作者在陌生城市半夜遭遇到火災(zāi)，半睡半醒中偶然中救了一個孩子的故事。
小題1:推理題;從第一段的句子：What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night!可知作者正在睡覺。選B
小題2:推理題：從整篇文章的故事情節(jié)和結(jié)尾的句子： She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby. 可知作者是碰巧救了孩子。選C。
小題3:考查細(xì)節(jié)題：第一段的句子：What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! 可知作者是個陌生人，第二段的句子：but as I was still only half-awake,說明作者不是很清醒。選D
小題4:考查細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat.可知選C。
小題5:從第二段的句子：The floor became hot under my bare feet.可知是赤腳的，和第三段的句子：a borrowed man’s coat 可知人們很驚慌。選D
點評：敘事類短文，要抓住告訴發(fā)展的過程，仔細(xì)并充分地閱讀，理清文章的結(jié)構(gòu)，準(zhǔn)確把握文章的內(nèi)容。特別是細(xì)節(jié)。
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