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Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson on the highway. They
were late and Barbara was 1 tired. She had worked extra shifts as a night2 nurse.The sleet
( 雨夹雪) storm and icy roads3her tension. She was thinking ofturning around at once.
Suddenly a car ahead of them lost control on a patch of ice and crashed4into a telephone
pole.Theimpact was horrible.
Barbara pulled onto the road's shoulder. Thank God she was a nurse-her skill might make
a 5in the fate ofthese 6 passengers! But what about Ben ? Little boys7see scenes
like this. But was it8 to leave him alone? What if their car was 9 from behind, or a stranger
10 him? For a brief moment, Barbara decided to go on her way. 'Ben, honey, 11me you'll
stay in the car!' she cried over her shoulder.
'I will, Mommy,' she heard him say 12, she can, slipping and sliding, toward the crash site.
It was13than she had feared. Two high-school-aged girls had been in the car. One, the blonde
on the passenger side was dead. Thedriver, however, was unconscious.Barbara quickly14
pressure to the wound in the ager's head while her practiced eyes ran over the other15 , a
broken leg, maybe two, along with probable internal damage. But if help came , this girl would live.
The ambulance arrived. ' Good job,' one rescue worker said,16he examined the driver. ' You
probably saved her life, Madam.'
As Barbara walked back to her car, afeeling of 17overwhelmedher,especiallyfor the
family of the passenger who had died. But what should she tell Ben?
'Mom,' he 18' did you see it?'
'See what honey?' she asked.
'The angel, Mom! He came down from the sky. And he opened the door, and he took that girl
out. ' Barbara's eyes were filling with tears, ' Which door, Ben?' 'The19 side.'
Later Barbara was able to meet the families of the victims. They expressed their20 for the help
she had provided. Barbara was able to give them something more: Ben's Vision .
( )1.A. uncommonly
( )2.A. class
( )3.A. added to
( )4.A. front
( )5.A. help
( )6.A. fortunate
( )7.A. shouldn't
( )8.A. safe
( )9.A. stolen
( )10. A. approached
( )11. A. tell
( )12. A. before
( )13. A. lucky
( )14. A. pulled
( )15. A. scars
( )16. A. before
( )17. A. harm
( )18. A. whispered
( )19. A. driver
( )20. A. gratitudeB. commonly
B. work
B. made up
B. forward
B. devotion
B. unfortunate
B. can't
B. necessary
B. beat
B. stolen
B. reply
B. as
B. more erous
B. put
B. injuries
B. after
B. achievement
B. shouted
B. stranger
B. admirationC. unusually
C. school
C. added
C. backward
C. contribution
C. strange
C. wouldn't
C. fit
C. hit
C. struck
C. answer
C. after
C. worse
C. set
C. death
C. since
C. sadness
C. yelled
C. passenger
C. help D. usually
D. duty
D. brought up
D. sideways
D. difference
D. familiar
D. couldn't
D. sure
D. broken
D. robbed
D. promise
D. on
D. better
D. applied
D. harms
D. as
D. tiredness
D. repeated
D. passer-by
D. benefits