热心的误会！对面邻居把2020看成SOS后报警
热心的误会！对面邻居把2020看成SOS后报警


The kind actions of a man led to a hilarious turn of events, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. On 28th December, a man from Guiyang, China who called the police after he saw something like a call for help from his neighbour living opposite his apartment on the 19th floor. That’s because he had noticed what looked like the international distress signal—SOS on the woman’s window and feared that she might be in distress.
However, after the police arrived at the woman’s house, they realized that there wasn’t any emergency and that the woman was in no danger or in need of any medical attention. Well, it turns out that the SOS sign the man saw from the window was actually 4 balloons meant to spell out “2020”, just that the last number had deflated, leaving “202” on display.
The woman living in that apartment is a childcare teacher who just had a new year’s party at the childcare centre she works at. She decided to bring the balloons home and hang them up at the window to celebrate the new year. However, the last balloon deflated which led to her very concerned neighbour coming to her rescue!
The woman then took down all the 4 balloons as the police told her she might alarm other neighbours as well. Even though it was a wasted trip, the police praised the man for his willingness to help a neighbour in need. Most people would usually ignore signs like this and go about their day. What if someone actually needed help? This man certainly is a good Samaritan!

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1.Why did the man call the police?

A Because he saw the woman was in danger.

B Because the woman called him for help.

C Because he mistook balloons for the SOS sign.

D Because someone broke into his neighbour’s house.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段On 28th December, a man from Guiyang, China who called the police after he saw something like a call for help from his neighbour living opposite his apartment on the 19th floor.以及第二段Well, it turns out that the SOS sign the man saw from the window was actually balloons meant to spell out “2020”...可知男子把气球误认为是SOS标志，所以才报警的，故选C。

2.How was the woman at that time?

A She was in danger.

B She was in excitement.

C She was well.

D She was in emergency.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句However, after the police arrived at the woman’s house, they realized that there wasn’t any emergency and that the woman was in no danger or in need of any medical attention.可知，在警察到达该名女子的家之后，他们意识到这里没有任何紧急情况，该女子没有危险，也不需要任何医疗照顾，故选C。

3.The underlined word “deflate” means ________.

A dropped

B disappeared

C been out of air

D become empty

解析：选C。词义猜测题。女子本想用4个气球拼出“2020”字样，结果最后一个数字看不出来了，在窗户上仅显示“202”，警察要求女子将4个气球全部取下以免引起其它邻居恐慌，由此推断deflate含有“漏气”之意，故选C。

4.The woman used the balloon as ________.

A a happy sign

B a toy for kids

C a teaching tool

D a kind of celebration

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第二句She decided to bring the balloons home and hang them up at the window to celebrate the new year.可知，女子决定把气球带回家，挂在窗前庆祝新年，故选D。

5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A The woman was grateful to the man.

B The man’s action was worth encouraging.

C Most people cared only about themselves.

D The police warned the woman of the behavior.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，尽管这是一次徒劳之行，警察还是称赞了那名男子，因为他意愿帮助一个需要帮助的邻居。大多数人通常会忽视信号，然后去忙他们的事情。由此推测那名男子的举动值得鼓励，故选B。