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　　Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman. At the age ofsixty-seven, she 1 to take a trip around the coast (海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fined 2 one day, as she was going back to her room on the 3 ，she saw smoke coming out of another room. She 4 the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck (甲板) to seem 5 she could do to help. The fire spread (蔓延) very quickly and soon 6 was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as quickly as possible.

　　Many of the other passengers were 7 ，but Shirley remained calm (镇静的)．She even helped the other passengers to 8 the lifeboats.

　　All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats and not one passenger 9 in the fire. Shirley was one of the last people to leave. Later, she told reporters, “I was very afraid, 10 I always knew what I had to do. I think all my years as a teacher helped—all that time telling people what to do.”

(1) A．stopped

B．used

C．had

D．decided

(2) A．since

B．after

C．until

D．before

(3) A．way

B．ship

C．land

D．road

(4) A．phoned

B．told

C．asked

D．ordered

(5) A．if

B．how

C．what

D．where

(6) A．she

B．he

C．that

D．it

(7) A．sleepy

B．terrified

C．tired

D．lazy

(8) A．get into

B．get back to

C．get off

D．get up to

(9) A．lost

B．killed

C．hurt

D．died

(10) A．and

B．but

C．so

D．or

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;A;C;D;B;A;D;B
解析：

整体把握：文章讲述了在一次乘船旅行时突遇火灾，67岁的Shirley Yeats镇定自若，帮助其他乘客脱险，最后没有一位乘客在火灾中丧生，并且她是最后一个离开险境的。 (1) 点拨：由下文可知她决定去旅游。decide to do sth. 意为“决定做某事”。 (2) 点拨：根据下文可知直到火灾发生的那天情况一切正常，选C。 (3) 点拨：从下文captain, deck, lifeboat可确定她是乘船旅游，故选B。 (4) 点拨：由from her room可知她马上打电话将情况告诉了船长。 (5) 点拨：根据下文她协助乘客脱险可知她走上甲板去看看能不能帮忙做点什么事情。 (6) 点拨：由The fire spread very quickly可知大火无法控制了，故选D。 (7) 点拨：根据下文but Shirley remained calm确定其他的乘客感到恐惧。 (8) 点拨：“进入救生艇”用get into。 (9) 点拨：根据All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats可确定没有人死亡。 (10) 点拨：Shirley告诉记者：“我很害怕，但我知道我必须做什么”。