3、Reuters（路透社）---A bus driver and his passengers were being hailed（拥戴）as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.

Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Gighway 1 shortly before 50 pm yesterday.

Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi Galant driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s south-bound Suzuki Alto collided. “The man suffered slight injuries in the crash,” he said.

Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and a busload of New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was chaotic（混乱的）， Mr. McDermott said.

 “There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite hysterical（歇斯底里），” he said. “We stopped， got out and found a lady trapped in her car …… then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher（灭火器） from the bus， doused （泼洒） the flames， and several other workers controlled traffic.

However， he said his actions were “no big deal”.

“It’s something you do---you don’t think about it; it’s just something you get out and do,” he said. “I just hope if I was in the same situation people would do the same for me. I was just worried about that damn thing bursting into flames.” Mr. McDermott said the woman in the car remained calm. “She never panicked a little bit,” he said. He was reluctant to take any credit for helping the woman.

“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill senior station officer Alan Goldsworthy， who was an officer in charge at the scene， said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelters workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back，” he said.

1．The car accident happened _______.

    A．at noon                                      B．at night

    C．in the afternoon                            D．in the morning

2．Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter？

    A．Brock Davis.                             B．Bill McDermott.

     C．Allan Goldsworthy.                         D．The firefighters.

3．Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the passage？

    A．The woman driver was driving south before the accident.

    B．The first witnesses of the accident were passers-by.

    C．The firefighters spent half an hour helping the woman out.

    D．The woman driver was very surprised and frightened.

4．The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means ________.

    A．the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor

    B．the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can

    C．everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully

D．the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation