2014届高考英语基础知识总复习每日一练：117（北师大版）.docVIP

高三英语每日一练(117) After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children.As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed __1__， and they went off their usual route to see what it was.They found a __2__ in flames.Mary said, “Oh, well, it isnt our fire, lets go home.” But John__3__closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant.He wouldnt be off work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us，” Mary __4__. But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in __5__.A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children！” John __6__ her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are！”“In the __7__，” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left.” In spite of Marys disagreement John __8__ for the basement which was full of smoke and __9__ hot.He found the door and two children.As he left he could hear some more sobbing.He delivered the two badly frightened children into __10__ arms and started back asking how many more children were down there.They told him two more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Dont go back! Its __11__！ That house will fall down any second.” But he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children.As he climbed up the __12__ stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely __13__ about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the __14__ and fresh air, he found that he had just __15__ his own children. The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping. 1．A．direction　　　　　　　　　B．mistake C．danger D．smoke 2．A．plant B．store C．home D．kitchen 3．A．walked B．drove C．ran D．rode 4．A．whispered B．nodded C．required D．disagreed 5．A．ruins B．flames C．pieces D．silence 6．A．pushed B．greeted C．seized D．stopped 7．A．department B．hall C．house