It was the perfect weather for leaf watching, and my housemate Julie and I meant

It was the perfect weather for leafwatching, and my housemate Julie and I meant to spend the weekend with ourfriends in the north Georgia mountains. "Don’t you want to come along?"Julie asked her 15-year-old son, Mark. "Enjoy the leaves by yourselves,”he told her. "I’ll be fine staying home by myself. "Julie and I drovethere in my car after work on Friday. On Saturday morning we hiked along themountainside and enjoyed the beautiful colors. All of a sudden, I had aterrible feeling. "Go home," a voice seemed to urge me. I couldn’texplain it, but I didn’t want to be here any more. I just wanted to go home."Carol, calm down. You’re being silly, "Julie said. But the urge justgot stronger. "I’ve got to leave," I said. "If you want to stay,you can get a ride back with everyone else tomorrow. "Julie stood up."No, I’ll go with you, "she said. We almost didn’t talk during thetwo-hour trip back. I felt very guilty. Finally, we pulled in. Thelights were on in the house, but something was strange. The windows seemed tobe fogged up. Julie opened the door and smoke poured out. "Mark!" sheshouted. "Mark!" We rushed inside and found him asleep on the sofa.Shaking him awake, Julie grabbed him. I grabbed the source of the smoke —apillow too close to the fireplace. I then took it outside and threw water onit. Mark had built a fire to keep warm, and some embers (灰烬) had flown out. Thewhole house could have gone up if we hadn’t gotten there just then!

1.Whatdo we know from the text?

    A. Leaf watching was Mark’s hobby.       B. Mark stayed home with hisfriends.

    C. Carol went to work on Friday.          D. Mark wasCarol’s cousin.

2.Theunderlined phrase "pulled in" in the last paragraph probably means"_______".

    A. started the car                         B. arrived home and stopped thecar

    C. moved away from the station             D. came home late

3.Whiledriving home Carol ________.

    A. was very terrified                     B.drove at a great speed

    C. knew she had made a mistake         D. hardly said anything

4.Whydid Carol want to go home?

    A. She didn’t enjoy theleaves.             B.She received her son’s telephone call.

C. She felt something urged her to gohome. D. She followed Julie’s advice.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C