2、    MEMPHIS，Tenn，(AP)一An early Saturday morning fire killed five children and two adults，  but three youths were able to escape and were being treated for burns．Next―door neighbor Lamar

  Boyce said he was awakened around 5：30 a．m．by the victims’cries for help and saw two of the survivors jump from a second―story window．

    The two teenagers and an 11-year―old boy who escaped were hospitalized with second―degree bums on their faces and hands，F(xiàn)ire Department spokesman

Lt．Keith Star)les said．

    Boyce said the two，―story brick and wood―frame house was completely covered by flames and windows were popping out from the heat when he and his girlfrend．Nikko Moore．

rushed to try helping the victims．

    “She tried to put the water hose on it to do what we could do．but by that time it was too late，”Boyce said．“It was too

much fire．The water hose would do nothing．”

    Lorenzo Williams．who 1ives down the street in the low―income neighborhood，said he and several other neighbors also tried to help but flames and smoke turned them back．

    “You could hear them screaming．but there was nothing you could do．”Williams said．

    Relatives，including the twin sister of the woman who died，gathered hugging and sobbing on a sidewalk near the burned remains of the house．They identified the mother as Melissa Poole，38，and said four of her children died with her．A niece and nephew who were visiting when the fire broke out also died，family members said．

    The top floor of the house was heavily damaged and pieces of the collapsed roof and ceiling covered much of the bottom back floor of the residence．The cause of the fire is under investigation．

    The causes of death were not immediately known．Staples said．”but the bodies did appear to have some severe burns．”

 

56．How many people were there in the house when the fire broke out?

    A．Five．    B．Seven       C．Eight     D．Ten．

57．When did the fire break out?

    A．About 5：30 P．m．,Saturday．    B．About 5：30 a．In．，Saturday．

    C．About 3：50 p．m．,Tuesday．     D．About 5：30 a．m．，Sunday．

58．What’s the name of the mother who died in the fire?

    A．L83nar Boyce    B．Lt．Keith Staples   C．Nikko Moore   D．Melissa Poole

59．What's the cause of the fire according to the passage?

   A．Because it is a two―story brick and wood frame house． 

   B．Because of hot weather．

   C．The cause of the fire is under investigation．

   D．Someone set the house on fire on purpose．