It was a cold, wet day on June 6, 2010, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to 36 , Wasana stared at the 37 . Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that 38 at the back of the classroom. He 39 large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana 40 the water, wondering why it looked so 41 . Then it hit him — the 42 was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a 43 disaster, he shouted 44 at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don’t stay here! The 45 on the hill is going to fall on us!” Chaos(混乱) broke out as the 46 ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers 47 Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground. Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After 48 the site, Gurusinghe knew the school was in 49 . The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down 50 . 51 a group of teachers and older students, Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too 52 : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Gurusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth 53 their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana’s 54 action and careful observation, 55 was hurt in the incident.
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本文讲叙了Wasana看到山上的雨水聚集的奇怪景象，从而联想到在灾难管理课程上学到的知识，预知一场山体滑坡即将发生，并及时向同学和老师们发出警告，让大家及时逃离到安全地带，阻止了原本有能造成的生命危险事故的发生。他最后说，每个人都有必要学习灾难管理课程，因为我们所学的这些知识将在关键时刻发生作用，甚至拯救生命。
小题1:A。arrive到达。当他站在教室外面等其他同学的时候，他漫不经心地“盯”着外面的倾盆大雨看。
小题1:C。rain雨。解析见上题。
小题1:B。然后，他的目光落在了教室后面的那座山上。
小题1:A。notice注意到。他注意到有大量的雨水（聚集）从山上“流”下来，而且山上的一块大石头的底部也不断地有雨水咕咕地冒出来。
小题1:D。stare at盯着看。有几分钟，Wasana 盯着（山上的）那些水，很好奇的想（这个场景）为何看起来如此的熟悉。
小题1:D。familiar熟悉的。解析见上题。
小题1:B。scene场景。这个场景与他在Disaster Management 课程上所看到的图片是很相似的。
小题1:C。看到这个场景之后，Wasana应该是害怕（山体滑坡）灾难可能会发生，所以他疯狂地挥舞着手臂，警告其他人。
小题1:B。widely疯狂地。千钧一发之际，Wasana当然是疯狂地（wildly）挥舞着手臂。
小题1:A。rock石头。“快跑! 快跑! 不要呆在这里，山上的石头就要滚落下来，会砸到我们的！”
小题1:C。student学生。所有的学生和老师立即就跑到外面的一个空旷地区。
小题1:D。approach靠近，走进。当一些老师走进Wasana的时候。
小题1:A。examine检查。检查地方之后，Gurusinghe知道学校处于危险之中。
小题1:C。in danger处于危险中。解析见上题。
小题1:B。at any minute在任何时候。山顶上大量的石头会在任何时候会坠落下来。
小题1:D。带领一群老师和年龄更大点的学生。
小题1:A。late迟的。他们太迟了。
小题1:C。当他们亲眼目睹着整个校区被尘土淹没时，他们都无能为力（什么事情都不能做）。
小题1:B。quickly很快的。多亏了Wasana的迅速的行动和仔细的观察。
小题1:D。no one没有人。没有人在事故中受伤。
