Question

先閱讀短文, 在其后空白處寫出各單詞的正確形式, 單詞的第一個字母已給出.

     Pearl Carson was shaken awake at 3:30 am by a forceful pull. King, the family dog, was trying
to pull her out of bed. Then she s___1___ smoke and heard the sound of fire from her parents'
room. Pearl's screams (尖叫) awaked her mother, Fern, and father Howard, who had r___2___
been in a hospital for lung disease. Helping Howard to a first-floor window, Fern told him to climb
out and then ran to her daughter.
     Still inside, King a___3___ at Pearl's window, making screaming sound. When running toward
Pearl's bedroom, Fern realized her husband hadn't yet e___4___. She made her way b___5___
through the smoke and flames, f___6___ King's sound to where Howard lay still on the floor. Fern
helped him get outside. King came out only after the other two were s___7___.
     As day dawned, the Carsons saw that King's paws were badly burned, and his entire body was
burned too. His chain collar (項圈) had gotten so h___8___ that it burned his throat, making it
impossible for him to bark (吠) n___9___. Only after the seven-year-old dog refused food did
they find pieces of wood in his mouth and realized that King, who slept outside, had bitten through
a wood door to w___10___ his family.

Answer 1

1. smelled / smelt  2. recently  3. appeared  4. escaped  5. back  
6. following  7. safe  8. hot  9. normally  10. warn