二、完形填空。(每小题1分，共15分)
It was a very cold December afternoon in Medford, New York. Tristen Taylor was home alone doing his homework until a loud
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broke the quiet.
“I heard glass breaking from the kitchen,” Tristen told a news reporter later. “My heart started racing. I knew something was
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.”
Looking through the door, Tristen saw a(n)
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moving through the house. Instead of getting upset, he remembered his parents' advice: “In case of danger, stay
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and get to safety first.” Trying not to make a sound, he
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climbed out of the window, dropped into the backyard, and then pulled out his phone to
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911.
“Hello, this is Tristen Taylor. Someone just
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my house!” he said clearly to the operator. “I’m outside now. Please hurry!” The operator asked for his
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and he told her where he was.
Within three minutes, policemen arrived and
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the thief, 53-year-old Christian Garcia, who had broken a window to
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. When Tristen’s parents rushed home, they hugged him tightly. “You’re a little hero,” they said with tears in their eyes. “We are so
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! You did a great job!”
Tristen’s father agreed. “Most kids of his age would freeze up,
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Tristen kept cool.” Tristen said humbly, “I just did what anyone would do. If you stay calm, you can think of a way out.” The incident was
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the 1990 film Home Alone, but Tristen’s quick thinking was not a movie scene—it was real
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under pressure.
As for children, Tristen’s actions are educational. He kept cool, escaped to a
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place, and called for help. That’s exactly what we encourage all children to do in such situations.
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C
)1. A. cry B. bell C. noise D. thunder
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B
)2. A. late B. wrong C. common D. difficult
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D
)3. A. reporter B. operator C. policeman D. stranger
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A
)4. A. calm B. still C. healthy D. confident
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B
)5. A. suddenly B. silently C. carelessly D. happily
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A
)6. A. call B. count C. write D. record
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D
)7. A. paid for B. passed by C. pointed at D. broke into
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C
)8. A. advice B. number C. address D. decision
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B
)9. A. hung B. caught C. killed D. trusted
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C
)10. A. hide B. rest C. enter D. repair
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A
)11. A. proud B. angry C. afraid D. interested
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B
)12. A. and B. but C. because D. so
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C
)13. A. for B. from C. like D. about
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B
)14. A. love B. courage C. freedom D. kindness
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A
)15. A. safe B. high C. clean D. quiet
