完形填空 John and Mary had a nice home and two lovely children, a boy and a girl. John had a good __ 1 __ and had just been asked to go on a business trip to another city and it was __ 2 __ that Mary needed an outing and would go along too. They __ 3 __ a reliable woman to care for the children and made the __ 4 __, returning home a little earlier than they had planned. __ 5 __ they drove into their home town, they found a home in flames. Mary said, 'Oh well, it isn't our fire; let's go home.' __ 6 __ John drove closer and exclaimed (惊叫), 'That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn't be __ 7 __ work yet. Maybe there is something we could do.' John drove up and they were both __ 8__ to see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics __ 9 __, 'The children! Get the children! They are in the basement.' __ 10 __ Mary's protests (反对), John grabbed the water hose and soaked (浸湿)his clothes, put his wet handkerchief on his head and __ 11 __ for the basement which was full of __ 12 __. He found two nearly suffocated (窒息的)children and after carrying them to safety, he asked how many more children were __ 13 __ there. They told him two more and Mary __ 14 __ his arm and screamed, 'John! Don't go back! It's __ 15 __! That house will cave in any second!' But he shook her off and went back by __ 16 __ his way down the smokefilled hallway and into the room. It __ 17 __ a long time before he found both children and started back and at last when they came out into the__ 18 __ and fresh air, he found that he had just __ 19 __ his own children. It turned out that the babysitter had __ 20 __ them at this home while she did some shopping. (    )1. A.job (    )2. A.known (    )3. A.asked (    )4. A.preparations (    )5. A.Before (    )6. A.And (    )7. A.off (    )8. A.heart-broken (    )9. A.coughing (    )10. A.Apart from (    )11. A.reached (    )12. A.smoke (    )13. A.up (    )14. A.pulled (    )15. A.dangerous (    )16. A.pushing (    )17. A.meant (    )18. A.shade (    )19. A.helped (    )20. A.left B. family B. believed B. hired B. promise B. As B. So B. on B. conscience-stricken B. screaming B. In case of B. searched B. darkness B. away B. took B. useless B. feeling B. spared B. sunlight B. found B. charged B. family B. believed B. hired B. promise B. As B. So B. on B. conscience-stricken B. screaming B. In case of B. searched B. darkness B. away B. took B. useless B. feeling B. spared B. sunlight B. found B. charged D. boss D. hoped D. reminded D. trip D. Since D. But D. at D. poverty-stricken D. weeping D. In spite of D. sent D. danger D. down D. held D. stupid D. moving D. seemed D. crowd D. rescued D. forgotten