A man from Kentucky, US, kidnaps a girl. Kidnap means that he takes her away from her family. The police are looking for the girl.

The girl learns a special signal on TikTok. She holds her palm(手掌) up. She puts her thumb(拇指) into her palm. Then she closes her other fingers over her thumb. This signal means that she is in a dangerous situation.

A driver sees the girl in a car. He knows the signal. He calls the police. They save the girl. The police do not know the signal.

People start to use the signal during the COVID-19 pandemic(2019冠状病毒病大流行). They spend a lot of time at home. Some people do not behave well. The signal helps other people. They can show it to call for help.

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1.The underlined word “kidnap” probably means __________ in Chinese.

A 欺骗

B 支持

C 解救

D 绑架

解析：选D。D 词义猜测题。根据第一段可知，这名男子把女孩从家里带走，警察正在寻找那个女孩。由takes her away猜测“kidnap”意为绑架，故选D。

2.How does the girl know the signal?

A The police tell her the signal.

B A man lets her know the signal.

C She learns the signal on TikTok.

D Her teacher teaches her the signal.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第二段The girl learns a special signal on TikTok.可知，女孩在抖音(TikTok)上学习了这种特殊的信号。故选C。

3.What can we know from paragraph(段落) three?

A A woman sees the girl.

B A driver helps the girl.

C The police know the signal.

D The driver do not save the girl.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第三段可知，一名司机看见女孩在车里，他(男)知道女孩发出的信号，于是他报了警，司机和警察一起救了女孩。故选B。

4.According to passage, we know that the signal is __________.

A boring

B useful

C useless

D dangerous

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据最后一段The signal helps people. They can show it to call for help.可知，这个信号帮助他们，人们可以展示它来寻求帮助。由此说明这个信号很有用，故选B。

5.The passage is mainly about __________.

A a successful kidnap

B a video on TikTok

C a helpful signal

D how to call the police

解析：选C。C主旨大意题。根据全文可知，本文主要讲述了美国一名女孩被绑架后，用在抖音(TikTok)上学会的特殊手势求救，最后成功获救的故事。故选C。