It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's 41 heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was 42 him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, 43 several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were 44 seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 45 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he 46 unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the 47 window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the 48 to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to 49 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 50 .
His mother later recalled her experience of the 51 . Being unable to move or even 52 to offer instructions or encouragement to her son, she was 53 by her little son's action. She recalled 54 her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed 55 that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favorite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 56 , when everyone else had 57 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had 58 and took action. Obviously this book had left a 59 impression before the accident that rainy 60 and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
41. A. snowing B. smoking C. blowing D. raining
42. A. ordering B. driving C. pushing D. flying
43. A. rolled B. fell C. moved D. stopped
44. A. making B. watching C. wearing D. missing
45. A. afraid B. dead C. tired D. unhurt
46. A. quickly B. carefully C. nearly D. happily
47. A. student B. passenger C. family D. worker
48. A. box B. room C. car D. ditch
49. A. respect B. introduce C. recognize D. free
50. A. accepted B. rescued C. welcome D. fed
51. A. accident B. experiment C. travel D. fire
52. A. listen B. sleep C. speak D. look
53. A. excited B. frightened C. wounded D. amazed
54. A. seeing B. hearing C. smelling D. feeling
55. A. clear B. sorry C. useful D. necessary
56. A. poem B. notice C. story D. dream
57. A. realized B. waken C. kept up D. given up
58. A. courage B. food C. space D. time
59. A. bad B. deep C. false D. general
60. A. afternoon B. night C. morning D. evening
41—45 DBACD 46—50 ABCDB 51—55 ACDBA 56—60 CDABC