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I’m an operating engineer running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside playing golf when we got the call that a plane had   1   the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started   2   our way downtown. When I got home I called the rescue center and they told me to come   3   and get on the   4   list.

The next morning I went down to the   5   at about 5 a.m. and four hours later I   6   the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to   7   me and that I would stay in   8   with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street so I had to   9   the rest of the way.

And somewhere in there I became frightened that I was going into something I   10  . I once worked there in 1966 for the   11   of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12 I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile maybe ten stories   12  . And it was burning. I started to ask   13   in which my crane might be   14   a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same too. It was as if they had let the bulls go in   15   and we were running through the street. People falling down people   16   them up as they came by and carrying them just to get them out of the way because something was extremely   17  . I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel and I caught my   18   and said “Oh my God I’m going to   19  .”

Then I settled down a little bit thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we   20   into a fire chief officer and we asked “What can we do to help you?”

1.A. landed             B. reached          C. hit              D. passed

2.A. finding            B. making           C. fighting         D. losing

3.A. away               B. near             C. in               D. down

4.A. volunteer          B. soldier          C. police           D. fireman

5.A. company            B. hotel            C. center           D. home

6.A. answered           B. made             C. heard            D. got

7.A. miss               B. forget           C. stop             D. expect

8.A. peace              B. touch            C. silence          D. anger

9.A. walk               B. complete         C. cancel           D. smooth

10.A. built             B. met              C. designed         D. had

11.A. construction      B. plan             C. destruction      D. use

12.A. thick             B. long             C. tall             D. deep

13.A. ways              B. numbers          C. position         D. directions

14.A. as                B. why              C. when             D. because

15.A. America           B. Spain            C. Japan            D. Australia

16.A. pushing           B. giving           C. holding          D. picking

17.A. dangerous         B. distinct         C. safe             D. important

18.A. view              B. sight            C. breath           D. sense

19.A. leave             B. die              C. remain           D. work

20.A. turned            B. ran              C. got  D. put

Answer 1

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