This is a true story of how my car got stuck in water and how a stranger helped me during the worst rain storm.
Last Sunday, the sky was grey when I woke up. The weather report said rain was coming, but I couldn’t stay home just because of rain.
Around 8:00 am I had a doctor’s appointment. It wasn’t raining then. At 9:00 I left the doctor’s office to drive to work, and it was raining hard. I just had to go about 5-6 miles down one main road to get to a nearby school, where I could stay until the rain ended. Unfortunately, the road in front of the school was flooded, and my car stopped in the middle.
“Who is going to save me?” I wondered. I shut off the engine and turned on my flashers (車(chē)燈). I called 911. They were not helpful. I called my husband, even though he couldn’t come and help me. I was also very close to a police station. But I never saw even one police car. I decided to get out of the car, since it was still pouring.
My best decision of the day had been to wear rain boots. I took my umbrella and quickly got out and ran across the street to a shelter.
Before long, a tow truck(拖車(chē)) happened to pass by the street. The driver kindly offered to help me. At that moment, I really needed car pulled out quickly, so I trusted the stranger. He pulled my car and drove me home. After he had dropped my car off, he also helped me check the engine. He said the engine was most likely flooded, but fortunately there was no water inside the car.
Although many years have passed, I still remember that stormy day and the warm-hearted stranger clearly.
【小題1】How was the weather when the author got up?

A．Rainy. B．Cloudy. C．Windy. D．Sunny.
【小題2】Which of the following is the correct order about the things that the author did?
① Drove to work.                      ② Drove to the doctor’s office.
③ Ran to a shelter.                      ④ Called 911 for help.
A．②①④③ B．②③①④ C．①②④③ D．①③②④
【小題3】What did the author do after her car had got stuck in the water?
A．She turned off her flashers.
B．She tried to restart the engine.
C．She went to the police station nearby.
D．She got out of her car.
【小題4】How did the stranger help the author?
A．He lent his car to her.
B．He pulled her car out of the water.
C．He drove her to school.
D．He helped her fix her engine.


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：這是一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事，作者的車(chē)陷進(jìn)了泥坑里，一個(gè)好心的陌生人幫助作者把車(chē)拖了出來(lái)。在一個(gè)下暴雨的一天，作者在去上班的路上遇到了大水，汽車(chē)無(wú)法前進(jìn)。在孤獨(dú)無(wú)助的時(shí)候，一個(gè)陌生人用拖車(chē)幫助了作者，作者非常感激那個(gè)熱心的人。
【小題1】根據(jù)第二段“the sky was grey when I woke up...rain was coming”可知，作者起床時(shí)天灰蒙蒙的，天氣預(yù)報(bào)說(shuō)有雨。故選B。
【小題2】根據(jù)第三、四、五段的“Around 8:00 am I had a doctor’s appointment. It wasn’t raining then. At 9:00...I left the doctor’s office to drive to work...I called 911...ran across the street to a shelter”可知，事情發(fā)生的順序是，去看醫(yī)生，然后開(kāi)車(chē)去上班，遇到洪水撥打119，跑到對(duì)面避雨。故選A。
【小題3】根據(jù)第四段和第五段“I shut off the engine and turned on my flashers (車(chē)燈)...I took my umbrella and quickly got out and ran across the street to a shelter”可知，作者熄滅發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，打開(kāi)車(chē)燈，跑出車(chē)去避雨。故選D。
【小題4】根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“a tow truck(拖車(chē)) happened to pass by the street. The driver kindly offered to help me.
He pulled my car and drove me home...he also helped me check the engine”可知，一個(gè)陌生人幫作者把車(chē)拖了出來(lái)并把作者帶回了家。故選B。
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