Question

The rain had continued for a week and the flood had created a big river which were running by Nancy Brown’s farm. As she tried to gather her cows to a higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The fall made her unconscious（昏迷） for a moment or two. When she came to, Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking（舔） her face.

At that time, the water level on the farm was still rising. Nancy gathered all her strength to get up and began walking slowly with Lizzie. The rain had become much heavier, and the water in the field was now waist high. Nancy’s pace got slower and slower because she felt a great pain in her head. Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on. About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to pull herself and Nancy out of the rising water and onto a bit of high land, which seemed like a small island in the middle of a lake of white water.

Even though it was about noon, the sky was so dark and the rain and lightning was so bad that it took rescuers more than two hours to discover Nancy. A man from a helicopter(直升飞机) lowered a rope, but Nancy couldn’t catch it. A moment later, two men landed on the small island from a ladder in the helicopter. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, where the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter.

When the flood disappeared two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the “island.” Lizzie was gone. She was one of 19 cows that Nancy had lost in the flood. “I owe my life to her,” said Nancy with tears.

1.What did Nancy try to do before she fell over?

A. Measure the depth of the river

B. Look for a fallen tree trunk

C. Protect her cows from being drowned

D. Run away from the flooded farm

2.We know from the second paragraph that______.

A. Nancy was very weak after waking up.

B. There was a small island in the farm.

C. Lizzie put Nancy on her back and carried her.

D. Lizzie was killed by the flood.

3.The following are true according to the passage except_____.

A. It took Lizzie and Nancy about 20 minutes to get to safety.

B. It was raining harder when Nancy managed to get up.

C. The bad weather made it difficult for rescuers to find Nancy.

D. Nancy took hold of the rope and climbed into the helicopter.

4.What did the local people do to help those in the flooded area according to the passage?

A. They put up shelter for them in a school.

B. They used helicopters to help carry cows.

C. They helped farmers gather their cows.

D. They set up an organization called Red Cross.

Answer 1