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閱讀理解

　　Singapore. Tues. Eight people－three of them women－died after being trapped(困陷) in an attic(頂樓) when fire gutted(通風(fēng)) their two-storey terrace house yesterday.

　　In the tragedy about thirty-six people were sleeping in the building when the fire, started by a short circuit, broke out. Most of them managed to rush out in time.

　　One of the first to leave the building was Miss Poh, nineteen, a factory worker, who was awakened from her sleep by shouts of “Fire!” shortly after 3:10 am.

　　She said, “I shouted to the other tenants to get out. By this time, the first floor was in flames and I could hear people crying and screaming. Someone brought a ladder and placed it against the wall, but it only went up as far as the first floor. There was no hope for those trapped in the attic.”

　　One man who did escape from the attic told reporters that he could only save himself by going through the ventilation(通風(fēng)) opening in the roof and climbing to an adjoining building.

　　Chin Meng, twenty, a fitter, wept as he recalled how he had to leave his parents behind. He said, “When I tried to return for my parents, I was driven back by the thick smoke and the heat.”

　　Shortly after the blaze was spotted, three fire engines raced to the scene and by 4 am had the fire under control. The MP for the area visited the scene and said, “The landlord was wrong to rent out rooms irresponsibly: He has not given due thought to the safety of his tenants.”

1．________ males were killed in the fire.

[　　]

A．Eight

B．Five

C．Three

D．Thirty-six

2．The fire started ________.

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)fter Miss Poh awoke from her sleep

B．a(chǎn)t about 3 am

C．in the daytime

D．quite some time after 3:10 am

3．The fire brigade took ________ to get the five under control.

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)bout an hour

B．three hours

C．ten minutes

D．four hours

4．The MP for the area ________ the landlord.

[　　]

A．criticised

B．praised

C．questioned

D．laughed at

5．In the 6th paragraph, the word “recalled” means ________.

[　　]

A．told

B．told again

C．thought of the past

D．said

Answer 1

答案：B;B;A;A;C
解析：

這是一則新聞報(bào)道，講述了一場(chǎng)火災(zāi)的發(fā)生及撲滅過(guò)程。文章開頭已交待了地點(diǎn)及時(shí)間。 　　1．B　　本題是對(duì)文章細(xì)節(jié)的考查。文章第一句已有交待(Eight people——three of them women——died…)，故得知五位男性死亡。題中“males”與“men”為同義詞。 　　2．B　　本題為推理判斷題，由文章第三段第一句“One of the first to leave the building…was awakened from her sleep by shouts of ‘Fire！’ shortly after 3：10 am．”可推斷出火災(zāi)發(fā)生在人們的呼救聲(即大約3∶10 am)之前，故選B。 　　3．A　　本題為對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)和推理的綜合考查。文章第七段中“…and by 4 am had the fire under control”表明4點(diǎn)火災(zāi)得以控制，再根據(jù)第二題的推理結(jié)果(即大約3點(diǎn)火災(zāi)發(fā)生)，而第七段中有“shortly after the blaze was spotted，…”(一發(fā)現(xiàn)火苗后不久)，故選A較為適宜。 　　4．A　　本題考查對(duì)詞語(yǔ)的理解。文章最后一段第一句“The MP for…said，‘The landlord was wrong to rent out rooms…’”，其中“was wrong to…”即“受到批評(píng)指責(zé)”criticised. 　　5．C　　本題要求通過(guò)語(yǔ)言環(huán)境來(lái)猜測(cè)單詞的意思，這類題型在閱讀理解也時(shí)有所見。從第六段可看出“recalled”是對(duì)剛剛發(fā)生的事件的追述和回顧，而答案C正是此意。