At4：53pm.onJanuary12UnitedNationsaidworkerJensKristensenwasathisdeskreadingdocumentsonthethirdflooroftheChristopherHotelwhichservedasUNheadquartersinPort?au?Princewhenhefeltatremor(震颤).Foursecon

Question

At 4：53 pm. on January 12 United Nations aid worker Jens Kristensen was at his desk reading documents on the third floor of the Christopher Hotel which served as UN headquarters in Port?au?Prince when he felt a tremor(震颤). Four seconds later the earthquake hit.

“In a split second I considered whether to run for the door or hide under my desk，” says Kristensen 48. “The door was closed and I thought that maybe it was too far and I would be caught under falling debris（杂物） so I hid under the table.” A bookshelf topped onto his desk protecting him from being crushed by rubble and trapping him in a tiny pocket. “I was confined as if in a small coffin，” he says. It was so dark and it didn’t matter if his eyes were open or closed. He used the light from his mobile phone to see around him. He found among other items a jar of instant coffee. “I had no food or water only the coffee to suck on if I needed it.”

At about 6：30 am. on January 17 an oil leak silenced the building’s generators and Kristensen was able to hear muffled voices above where he was buried. “I thought I was too tired to bang and shout. But then I realized I had to take every chance. This could be one.” So he called out. Six hours later Kristensen saw his rescuers’ faces. “It was so amazing. I felt I had received a second birthday，” he recalls.

Dehydration（脱水） and pains but with only a bruise and a scratch Kristensen took three days to recover. The UN lost more than 90 people in Haiti. But Kristensen says that the outpouring of love helps heal the pain: “The genuine happiness of people toward me here has been wonderful. You feel part of a larger family.”

1.When the earthquake struck Jens Kristensen decided to ________．

A. read documents in the office

B. stay under the desk

C. run out of the room quickly

D. catch the falling debris

2.What protected Jens Kristensen from being injured by falling bricks?

A. The bookshelf. B. The desk.

C. The door. D. The pocket.

3.When Jens Kristensen heard the voices he came to know that ________．

A. he couldn’t have the chance to survive the earthquake

B. his parents arrived here to save him at once

C. he was able to ask for help from rescuers

D. he was so tired and he couldn’t say anything at all

4.According to the last paragraph we can know that Jens Kristensen felt ________．

A. fortunate B. grateful

C. popular D. courageous

5.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

A. The rescuer’s day

B. An aid worker’s life

C. A dangerous adventure

D. Kristensen’s experience in an earthquake

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

分 析：
文章描述了Jens Kristensen经历地震的全过程

1.细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“The door was closed and I thought that maybe it was too far and I would be caught under falling debris so I hid under the table.”，可知，Kristensen 决定躲在桌子下面，故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“A bookshelf topped onto his desk protecting him from being crushed by rubble and trapping him in a tiny pocket.”可知，书架保护了他D，故选A项。

3. 推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“But then I realized I had to take every chance. This could be one.”可以推知，他意识到要抓住这个机会，故选C项。

4. 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“But Kristensen says that the outpouring of love helps heal the pain: ‘The genuine happiness of people toward me here has been wonderful. You feel part of a larger family.’”可以推知，他对自己获救及受到的照顾而感到很感激，故选B项。

5.主旨大意题。 根据全文的内容可知，文章描述了Jens Kristensen经历地震的全过程，故D 项能很好地概括文章的主旨

考点：
日常生活类阅读。