题目内容：

After their business trip，John and Mary returned，eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back，they noticed ______，and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a ______ in flames. Mary said，“Oh，well，it isn’t our fire，let’s go home.”

But John ______ closer and screamed，“That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be ______ works yet，maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us，”Mary ______.

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror－stricken to see the whole house in ______.A woman on the lawn was screaming，“The children！Get the children！”John ______ her by the shoulder saying，“Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are！”“In the ______，”cried the woman，“down the hall and to the left.”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement，John ______ for the basement which was full of smoke and ______ hot. He found the door and two children._____ he left ，he could hear some more sobbing .He _____ the two badly frightened children into ______ arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him ______ more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed，“John！Don’t go back！It’s ______！That house will fall down any second.”

______ he ran into the smoke－filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the _____ stairs，the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely _____ about the little bodies next to him，and at last when they came out into the _____ and fresh air，he found that he had just _______ his own children.

The baby－sister had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

1.A. direction    B. mistake    C. danger    D. smoke

2.A. home    B. plant    C. store    D. kitchen

3.A. ran    B. walked    C. drove    D. rode

4.A. at    B. off    C. to    D. on

5.A. whispered    B. nodded    C. disagreed    D. required

6.A. ruins    B. pieces    C. flames    D. silence

7.A. pushed    B. seized    C. greeted    D. stopped

8.A. basement    B. department    C. house    D. hall

9.A. went    B. reached    C. asked    D. rushed

10.A. heavily    B. slightly    C. partly    D. terribly

11.A. If    B. As    C. Since    D. Unless

12.A. comforted    B. delivered    C. recognized    D. protected

13.A. cheering    B. freezing    C. waiting    D. suffering

14.A. many    B. several    C. three    D. two

15.A. dangerous    B. foolish    C. practical    D. painful

16.A. Therefore    B. So    C. Instead    D. But

17.A. wide    B. endless    C. final    D. dirty

18.A. particular    B. interesting    C. familiar    D. fortunate

19.A. car    B. sunlight    C. crowd    D. moonlight

20.A. rescued    B. found    C. lost    D. missed