赞! 15岁少年勇救溺水男孩!
Last Thursday was 15-year-old Jack Viglianco’s first day on the job to save people in danger while swimming at the Charles Foster pool in Lakewood, Ohio.
“I heard like a ‘Help, ah’, kind of thing. And I looked over to the direction the sound came from and saw a boy who’s probably like 3 feet 6 inches, in the 4-foot water and gasping for air,” Viglianco said. The victim was a 4-year-old boy at the pool for a summer camp. Viglianco said the young boy was bobbing up and down, shouting for help. “Active drowners can still breathe, and they’re still above water, but they are still in the act of drowning,” said Viglianco.
Not only was it Jack’s first day on the job, but it was only 20 minutes after he started his job, when he had to put the lifesaving skills he had just learned to the test. “Jack started our emergency response plan,” Lakewood’s manager Matt Demaline said. “He got down off the chair and jumped in and helped the kid to safety. He had just finished a five-hour training the day before for all of our new and returning staff.” Jack said his first day on the job is the one he’ll never forget.
1.What was Jack’s job?
A To take care of children.
B To teach children to swim.
C To sit in the chair to enjoy sunshine.
D To save swimmers who are in danger.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句的“Last Thursday was 15-year-old Jack Viglianco’s first day on the job to save people in danger while swimming at the Charles Foster pool in Lakewood, Ohio.”可知Jack的工作内容就是在人们游泳出现危险情况时去救助遇险的人，故选D。
2.What caused Jack to find the drowning boy?
A The manager.
B The boy’s shouting.
C The summer camp.
D Other swimmers.
解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句的“And I looked over to the direction the sound came from and saw a boy who’s probably like 3 feet 6 inches, in the 4-foot water and gasping for air”可知是小男孩的呼救声引起了Jack的注意并让他发现了小男孩，故选B。
3.How long had Jack worked for the Lakewood when he saved the boy?
A 20 minutes.
B 1 day.
C 1 month.
D 4 years.
解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句的“Not only was it Jack’s first day on the job, but it was only 20 minutes after he started his job, when he had to put the lifesaving skills he had just learned to the test.”可知Jack是第一天上班并且才开始工作20分钟，故选A。
4.What does the underlined word “drowners” mean in Chinese?
A 潜水者.
B 游泳者.
C 溺水者.
D 救生员.
解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。根据上文小男孩在水里喊救命以及上下扑腾可知小男孩是溺水了，由下文仍在呼吸也可判断drowner应该是游泳的时候发生了危险，在游泳时发生的危险应该是溺水，因此drowner意为“溺水者”，故选C。
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A Jack learnt very quickly.
B Jack liked his job a lot.
C Jack was a good worker.
D What happened impressed Jack.
解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句Jack said his first day on the job is one he’ll never forget.可知Jack永远不会忘记这一天，因此可推断当天所发生的事给他留下了很深的印象，故选D。