One day, five friends had been out enjoying a walk along the beach when they noticed smoke coming from the front door of the home of a 97-year-old woman. After knocking on the front door, the young people entered the home and began to shout out in order to make sure if there is someone in the house. They discovered that an old woman seemed not to know the developing incident. “We found the lady, who is very hard of hearing, and she was unaware of the fire alarm and the smoke and didn’t know what was happening,” Sascha Hewson said.

At the same time, Mark Meyer made his way to the source of the rapidly developing smoke in the kitchen, which he discovered to be coming from a microwave (微波炉).

Mark, knowing the results of putting water on an electrical fire, quickly unplugged the microwave before opening it and using water from a nearby kettle (壶) to stop something inside from burning, before removing the microwave from the room. The young man continued to open windows and doors to let the smoke out while Izzy Meade called emergency services.

The woman was taken to St Mary’s Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation but has now thankfully returned home with no injuries.

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1.Where probably is the old woman’s house?

A Near the sea.

B In the mountain

C Along the street.

D Beside the road.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第一段The five friends had been out enjoying a walk along the beach when they noticed smoke coming from the front door of the home of a 97-year-old woman.可知，这五个朋友沿海滩散步时，发现一位97岁老太太的家前门冒出烟雾。由此说明老太太的家在海边，故选A。

2.What can we know about the old woman?

A She lived alone in the house.

B She was poor in hearing.

C She was cooking in the kitchen.

D She welcomed those young people.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第一段We found the lady, who is very hard of hearing...可知，老太太听力很差。故选B。

3.Who found out the cause of the fire?

A Sascha Hewson.

B Izzy Meade.

C Mark Meyer.

D The old woman.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段可知，马克·迈耶找到了厨房里迅速发展的烟雾的来源，他发现是来自微波炉，故选C。

4.Which of the following is the right order? ①Mark opened the microwave. ②Mark pulled off the plug. ③Mark poured water on something burning. ④Mark moved away the microwave.

A ①②③④

B ②①④③

C ④①②③

D ②①③④

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第三段可知，马克知道在电气火灾中加水的后果，他迅速拔掉微波炉的插头，然后打开微波炉，用附近水壶里的水阻断里面的东西燃烧，然后把微波炉拿出房间。故选D。

5.What’s the end of the story?

A The young people got an award.

B The woman has to stay in hospital.

C The woman still lives as usual now.

D The doctors gave the woman the first aid.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，老奶奶因吸入烟雾被送往圣玛丽医院接受治疗，但现在谢天谢地，她已回家，没有受伤。由此说明她现在还像往常一样生活，故选C。