辽宁省普兰店市2020高考英语一轮复习阅读类暑假选练1
辽宁普兰店市2020高考英语阅读类暑假选练(1)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。I’m an operating engineer, running cr
辽宁普兰店市2020高考英语阅读类暑假选练(1) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. Iwas in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that aplane had 1the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started 2our way downtown. When Igot home, Icalled the rescue center and they told me to come 3and get on the 4list. The next morning Iwent down to the 5at about 5a.m., and four hours later I6 the call to come down to West Street. Icalled my wife and told her not to 7me, and that Iwould stay in 8with her. Itook the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so Ihad to 9the rest of the way. And somewhere in there Ibecame frightened that Iwas going into something I10 .I once worked there in 1966 for the 11 of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, Iwas frightened to see the World Trade Centre was ahuge pile, maybe ten stories 12 .And it was burning. Istarted to ask 13 in which my crane might be 14 a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. Isaw people running away and Ireally didn’t know what to do. So Idid the same, too. It was as if they had let the bulls go in 15 and we were running through the street. People falling down, people 16 them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely 17 .I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and Icaught my 18 and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to 19 .” Then Isettled down alittle bit, thinking about what we should do next.

