15．A
What is your most amazing skill？Being good at basketball？Doing well in your studies？Jeremy Rice，14，probably beats us all．His skill is saving lives．He saved 17people all by himself．
Rice took the school bus as usual on October 11．On the way，he noticed that the bus driver reached down to the dustbin next to his seat．When the driver tried to get back in his seat，he suddenly fell down and couldn't move any more．But the bus was still moving!
Rice left his seat eight rows back，quickly ran past the other 16students and held the wheel（方向盤）．
"I stood up and looked around and nobody else was moving，"he said．"Then I saw a blue car coming right at us and I ran．"
"I really wasn't thinking at all．"He said．"I just acted．"
The boy，standing over the wheel，turn left．The bus driver，who could still talk，gave instructions．He quickly told Rice how to drive and asked him to pull a small yellow knob （把手） to stop the bus．After the bus finally stopped，Rice felt so tired．His ear and arm started to ache．
"This is kind of exciting，"said Keith King，a school teacher．"We ended up with a real happy story today．"
"The school ought to give kids the chance to improve their abilities．And that's what Jeremy did today．It's exciting to see kids do great things，"he said．
根據短文內容，選擇最佳答案．
41．There wereC people on the school bus．
A.16 B.17 C.18
42．Which of the following about the driver is TRUE？B
A．He couldn't move his hands or speak．
B．He told Rice how to drive．
C．He didn't pay attention to traffic lights．
43．Jeremy Rice saved people's lives byA．
A．stopping the school bus
B．helping people get off the bus
C．moving the driver back to his seat
44．From Keith King's words we can tell thatC．
A．kids should try to do great things
B．driving is the most important skill
C．schools should give kids the chance to improve their abilities
45．The best title for the passage would beB．
A．A Brave Driver B．A Young Hero C．A Happy Story．
分析 10月11日，Rice像往常一樣乘校車，在路上，司機突然摔倒了，再也不能動彈了！Rice迅速跑過去在司機的幫助下控制汽車，最后終于停了下來男孩，一位學校老師說這好是一個真實的快樂故事，學校應該給孩子們提高能力的機會．
解答 41．C細節理解題．根據He saved 17people all by himself他自己救了17個人，可知車上有18個人，故答案為：C．
42．B細節理解題．根據The bus driver，who could still talk，gave instructions可知司機在教他怎樣開車，故答案為：B．
43．A細節理解題．根據He quickly told Rice how to drive and asked him to pull a small yellow knob （把手） to stop the bus．可知Rice在司機的幫助下讓車停了下來，故答案為：A．
44．C細節理解題．根據The school ought to give kids the chance to improve their abilities可知Keith King認為學校應該給孩子們提高能力的機會，故答案為：C．
45．B細節理解題．根據文章內容可知本文講述的是Rice在司機的幫助下拯救這個汽車上的人的故事，就是一個小英雄，故答案為：B．
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