Bella Broadley and Elyse Partridge were enjoying a picnic on the beach. Suddenly, a woman came to their group. “We were just having a little picnic at the beach with some girlfriends and this woman came up to us and said, ‘I can’t swim and my girls get caught in the water,’ and we just jumped into action,” Partridge, now age 20, said.

The younger girls, Chloe and Violet, 11, were trapped in the water. To make things worse, it was around 8 p.m. and getting dark. Broadley, 19, said, “I was just swimming out and thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, how am I going to get back in? This is bad. ’ But luckily I had the cooler lid(盖子) for part of the way to keep my head above the water and once I got to Violet I just swam for my life.” Broadley handed the cooler lid off to Chloe and swam further out to get Violet. Partridge was close behind, and swam Chloe back to shore. 

“I remember just grabbing my arms around her and trying to swim in, but we ended up hitting the rocks,” Partridge said. “I ended up having lots of cuts all over my hands from the rocks but obviously I’m fine and it would have been scarier in the water.” 

Eventually both girls were guided back to safety. Later, Chloe and Violet described that they felt increasingly tired by their fight to keep their heads above water. Violet needed to spend the night in hospital. 

Bystanders and police told Broadley and Partridge that without their help, the younger girls would likely not have survived. On Wednesday, the two heroes have been awarded Bravery Medals by the Governor-General of Australia.

1.What was the woman doing?

A Doing a favor.

B Offering advice.

C Asking for help.

D Expressing anger.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第一段Partridge转述的那位女士的话“I can’t swim and my girls get caught in the water”可知，女士的两个女儿掉进水里被困住了，她在寻求帮助。故选C。

2.What does the underlined word “trapped” probably mean?

A Refused.

B Born.

C Pushed.

D Caught.

解析：选D。D词义猜测题。根据划线部分前文的“my girls get caught in the water”可知，trapped和caught同义。故选D。

3.Who got Chloe back to the beach?

A Violet.

B Broadley.

C Partridge.

D Her mother.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。 根据第二段倒数第一句“Partridge was close behind, and swam Chloe back to shore.”可知，是Partridge把Chloe带回了岸边。故选C。

4.How did Broadley and Partridge feel in the water?

A Nervous and afraid.

B Worried and surprised.

C Scared and tired.

D Nervous and excited.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第二段Broadley想的话“Oh my gosh, how am I going to get back in? This is bad.”和第三段Partridge说的话“it would have been scarier in the water”可知，她们在水里的时候感到紧张又害怕。故选A。

5.What can we know about Chloe and Violet?

A Chloe was born in 2010.

B They both were sent to the hospital.

C Violet didn’t get hurt.

D They might have died without help.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据最后一段的“without their help, the younger girls would likely not have survived”可知，如果没有Broadley 和 Partridge的帮助，她们两个可能活不下来，即会死掉。故选D。