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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson's bedroomskylight(天窗).Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder __16__ he knew what washappening.The storm had moved directly__ 17__ his two-story wooden house.Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to __18__ ; he opened the door to the basement(地下室), and flames __19 __out.Sibson ran backupstairs to call 911 from his bedroom."I felt __20__ because the room had a separate outdoor stairway," he explains.
But the phone didn't work, and when he tried to go down the out door stairway, he was __21__by a wall of flames.Sibson realized he wastrapped(困住).
Sibson's house was three kilometers __22 __the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be __23__ Upa hill nearby lived Sibson's neighbor, Huggons.He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm __24__ his ears.He jumped out of bed, took his __25__ and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the __26__.That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to__ 27__ the house.But Huggons said,
"There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson __28 __and die in that fire."
"Anyone there?" Huggons called out.Then he heard"Help ! I'm trapped !" coming from the second floor balcony(阳台).He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his __29__ After one more __30 __inside the house, Huggons gave up and __31__ around back.
The wind parted the smokejust __32__ for him to catch sight of Sibson.But there was no way to get to him.He __33__ the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder.He took it over to the halcony and__ 34__ Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still __35__ when he tells the story." I was alone that night," he says."Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life.It was Huggons."
__________ A.before
B.while
C.since
D.until
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