“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.
I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.
I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.
She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.
小题1:When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.
A．at home
B．sleeping
C．sitting in bed
D．both A and B小题2:The author saved the baby _____.
A．because he was very brave.
B．because he liked the baby very much.
C．but he just happened to save it.
D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.小题3:He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.
A．was a stranger there
B．could see nothing
C．was not completely awake
D．Both A and C小题4:He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.
A．save the baby
B．call for help
C．protect his face
D．run quickly小题5:Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?
A．old and wooden house, a bundle
B．crashed to, fell down
C．terrible, half-awake
D．bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:D
题目分析：讲述了作者在陌生城市半夜遭遇到火灾，半睡半醒中偶然中救了一个孩子的故事。
小题1:推理题;从第一段的句子：What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night!可知作者正在睡觉。选B
小题2:推理题：从整篇文章的故事情节和结尾的句子： She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby. 可知作者是碰巧救了孩子。选C。
小题3:考查细节题：第一段的句子：What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! 可知作者是个陌生人，第二段的句子：but as I was still only half-awake,说明作者不是很清醒。选D
小题4:考查细节题：从第二段的句子：I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat.可知选C。
小题5:从第二段的句子：The floor became hot under my bare feet.可知是赤脚的，和第三段的句子：a borrowed man’s coat 可知人们很惊慌。选D
点评：叙事类短文，要抓住告诉发展的过程，仔细并充分地阅读，理清文章的结构，准确把握文章的内容。特别是细节。