Unit6 单元过关检测
第一部分 阅读
共两节，满分50分
第一节（共15小题；每小题25分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
（2020 . 山东临沂高二检测）Pango was a village in India. The people there were poor.However, they were not unhappy.After all，their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs’ legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. An agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines.Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
1. From Paragraph I we learn that the villagers ______.
A. worked very hard for centuries
B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat content
D. lived a different life from their forefathers
2. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs
A. Because the frogs were easy money.
B. Because they needed money to buy things.
C. Because they wanted to please the visitors.
D. Because the frogs made too much noise.
3. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness
A. The crops didn’t do well
B. There were too many insects
C. The visitors brought in diseases
D. The pesticides were overused
B
（2020 . 山东聊城一中高二月考）According to the International Association of fire Chiefs. kitchen fires account for about 30-45 percent of all home fires. Most kitchen fires are caused by cooking.Many of them can be avoided if proper safety measures and precautions are followed.
The most dangerous thing in your kitchen is the stove. However, the stove itself is not the problem.The danger comes from the combination of an open cooking flame, or red hot electric bined with carelessness. bad habits or not enough fire prevention knowledge.
The following tips will help reduce the chance of a kitchen fire that is cooking-related.
Never leave your cooking without being taken care of.
When you are using your oven, check on the food often.
If a fire starts in the oven, keep the door closed until the fire burns out.
Keep your stove clean and free of any grease（油脂）buildup areas，including the vent（通风孔）area.
If food catches fire in a pot or pan, turn the burner off and use a lid to cover the fire.
Never store things on your stove. Keep the areas free of dishtowels, food packages and anything else that can catch fir re easily.
Do not wear loose clothing, or clothing with long, loose sleeves(柚子), while you are cooking. This type of clothing can catch fire easily.
The month of October is Fire Prevention month. This is a great time to follow the advice of fire experts throughout the nation and change the batteries in all of smoke alarms in your home.
4. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the causes of kitchen fires
B. the harm of kitchen fires
C. how to prevent kitchen fires
D. how to put out kitchen fires
5. To avoid a kitchen fire, you should ______.
A. often use an oven and avoid using a stove
B. keep the cooking area as clean as possible
C. keep the oven door open if a fire starts in it
D. throw the pot or pan away if the food in it catches fire
6. What kind of clothes should not be worn while cooking ______
A. Simple and tight clothes.
B. Clothes with long, loose sleeves.
C. Heavy and thick clothes.
D. Clothes that are made of special materials.
7. In October, people are advised to ______.
A. meet the fire experts
B. save energy and time
C. cook less in the kitchen
D. change batteries in smoke alarms
C
（2020 . 山东聊城一中高一期中）A severe storm can be a disaster if there are no enough plants to absorb the large quantities of water.Not long ago, a sudden rain in Los Angeles killed twenty people.But despite its suddenness, a rainstorm or any rainfall-is the result of a complex chain of events.
I used to think that rain was started when the cloud some-how forced out its water, as we would press a sponge（海绵）But it’s not the way it happens.
The tiny droplets（水滴）that create a cloud are far apart from each other. They are actually as far apart, if we think about their size.as the earth and the moon are. yet there are so many of them in a cloud that they seem to form something huge, just like how the Milky Way is formed.Each of the cloud droplets may be less than 1/10,000 of an inch across yet they are floating by themselves，in millions.
Each droplet changes as the air condition changes.When its size increases, it becomes heavier, until the air can no longer hold it up. Then it begins to fall.
A raindrop can be about a million times the size of a cloud droplet.When the drops reach a width of about 1/200 of an inch, they are likely to fall as a gentle mist（雾）. At 1/50 of an inch，and if there is little wind, they will fall at about the same speed, and the earth receives no more than a light rain. But when wind mixes the drops of different sizes falling at different speeds, the bigger drops will overtake the smaller, slower ones.They will combine into bigger and bigger drops. It is just in this way that the heavy drops of a thunderstorm are formed.
8. Under what condition is it likely for us to see a rain
A. The cloud presses out its water
B. There are no enough plants on the ground
C. There is a sudden wind
D. Cloud droplets are too heavy to float.
9. What does the writer want to explain by mentioning the earth and the moon in the third paragraph
A. What cloud really is.
B. The distance between droplets.
C. How big a droplet is.
D. The formation of the Milky Way.
10. What's the major difference between a mist and a light rain
A. The strength of winds.
B. The speed of their falling.
C. The size of the droplets.
D. The damage they cause.
11. What is the key reason that turns a light rain into a heavy one
A. The cloud.
B. The speed.
C. The thunder.
D. The wind.
D
（2020 . 山东威海一中高一期中）Have you ever spent an afternoon in the backyard, maybe grilling or enjoying a basketball game, when suddenly you notice that everything goes quiet There is an old phrase “calm before the storm”, often used in a situation-a quiet period just before a great activity or excitement.According to our own experience，we know there is actually calm before the storm but what causes this calm And is it always calm before the storm Let’s hear what scientists have to say.
A period of calm happens in a particular kind of storm, the simplest kind of storm-a single-cell thunderstorm. In this of thunderstorm there is usually only one main up draft, which is warm, damp air and drawn from places near the ground. Storms need warm and damp air as fuel, so they typically draw that air in from the surrounding environment Storms can draw in the air that fits their need from all directions-even from the direction in which the storm is traveling.
As the warm, damp air is pulled into a storm system, it leaves a low-pressure vacuum（真空）coming after. The rising air meets the cold dry air that has already existed in the storm clouds, thus the temperature of the warm damp air drops and the water vapour（水蒸气）in it changes into tiny drops that are a precondition of rain.These drops accumulate and build on larger particles like dust, until they grow large enough to form raindrops.
Most thunderstorms, though, don’t start with calm. That’s because most are actually groups of storms with complex wind patterns. There’s so much air moving up and down storm groups that the calm before the storm never happens. Instead before the storm, it might be really windy!
12. Which best fits the description of a particular kind of storm
A.A thunderstorm with a single shape.
B. a thunderstorm without strong winds.
C. A storm with air drawn from every direction.
D. A storm fueled by moving air from the ground.
13. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to
A. Cold and dry air.
B. Warm and dry air.
C. Cold and damp air.
D. Warm and damp air.
14. Which does the writer most likely agree to
A. Presence of calm relies on stable air.
B. Not all thunderstorms start with calm.
C. The drier the air is, the bigger the storm will be.
D. The storm happens without air moving up and down.
15. What is the passage mainly about
A. Causes and effects of a heavy storm.
B. A brief description of a peaceful storm.
C. A personal experience of a heavy storm.
D. An explanation of the calm before a storm.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
（2020 . 山东枣庄高一检测）I don’t know what that dream that you have is. I don’t care how disappointing it might be as you’re working toward that dream But that dream you re holding in your mind is possible. Some of you already know that it’s hard. It’s hard to change your life.In the process of achieving your dreams, 16 .
There will be moments when you are going to doubt yourself. You’ll say, “Why Why is this happening to me ” For those of you who have experienced some hardships, don't give up on your dreams. 17 , but they will not stay, they will come to pass.
Many of you fail to seek your purpose in life. You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable. 18 . Things like these are the true limits you experience in life and they are what you create or what you allow others to lay upon you.
19 . Acting on the dream is harder. Recognize that a dream is a journey. On the simplest level, it takes commitment time and courage. But rarely is something great easily realized. Dreaming is recognizing the potential for greatness and seeking it in all areas of your life Believe in your dreams and your ability to accomplish them. I’m here to challenge you to reach for your dreams. Do not be afraid to dream. 20 !
A. Your dreams never walk away
B. The rough times are going to come
C. You fill your life with excuses and “I can’t”
D. You must spend more time achieving it
E. Dreaming is the easy part
F. If you can dream it, you can do it
G. you are going to suffer a lot of disappointment, failure and pain
第二部分 语言运用
共两节，满分30分
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I always think my daughter Kendall is the best—that’s just what parents do. When she was only three, she 21 for the people, like a little angel.
When Kendall was five. we noticed that she 22 had a tic（面部抽搐）. When the problem got worse, we took her from doctor to doctor. 23 the treatment, Kendall continued to sing. Surprisingly, her tics disappeared when she sang.
When Kendall was sixteen, we thought she would be cured soon. However, a (n) 24 thing happened.
At a party, Kendall jumped on a friend for a piggyback ride. He bent lower than she expected, and she jumped 25 than he expected. Kendall flew over his back and 26 on the floor—on her neck. She was rushed to hospital paralyzed（瘫痪）from the neck down she couldn’t 27 . But her biggest 28 wasn’t whether she would walk again, but was whether she could try out for a show called American Idol.
As the days went on, feeling on her left side 29 but she was still paralyzed on the right. We weren’t sure how much of her 30 would come back. A friend brought a microphone and put it on her bed. Every day, Kendall tried hard to pick it up. It was more 31 for her to pick up that micro phone than a spoon or fork.
Sometimes she had to bite a toothbrush to take her mind off the pain. We all cried because of the 32 we witnessed But on the day-only three months after her 33 —we cried full of joy when she sang, 34 she didn’t enter the Top 24 of American Idol When she was a little girl, she asked me 35 it was she that had tics. My heart hurt, but I told her, “Kendall, you have a pure heart, a fantastic voice, a strong mind. And you are a beautiful presence.”
21.A. danced B.sang C. jumped D. painted
22.A. never B. sometimes C. seldom D. always
23. A. During B. Before C. After D.Until
24.A. useful B. exciting C. meaningless D. terrible
25. A farther B. nearer C. higher D.lower
26.A. lay B. sat C. stood D. landed
27. A. move B.sing C. eat D. think
28. A problem B. worry C. dream D. plan
29. A. stopped B. remained C. returned D. disappeared
30. A. movement B. treatment C. achievement D. development
31. A. interesting B. important C. helpless D. dangerous
32. A. microphone B. toothbrush C. joy D. pain
33. A. failure B. show C. action D. accident
34. A. though B. because C. if D.so
35. A. who B. when C. why D. what
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
（2020 . 山东临沂高一期中）Several days way home from work, my car had a blowout（轮胎爆裂）. It was nearly midnight and little traffic 36 (see) the road. I called the roadside assistance（援助）.
About an hour and a quarter 37 my car broke down, a car pulled over. 38 gentleman asked me if I was OK and i told him I 39 (wait) for roadside assistance to come he then parked his car ahead of mine and offered 40 (change) my tire for me.This was not an easy task. The man 41 (careful) took off the tire and replaced it.Once the tire was changed, he said he wanted to follow me to a nearby gas station for my 42 (safe) After we arrived at the gas station, he asked me to stay in my car. He put air in my tire and we were all ready then.I said that i did not have much cash 43 me, or I would give him some for 44 (be) so helpful.He said he didn't do that for money. I was 45 (luck) to meet so kind a person like him.
第三部分 写作
共两节，满分40分
第一节（满分15分）
（2020 . 山东临沂高一期中）假定你是李华，你正在紧张复习，但最近你遇到了一些问题导致无法集中精力学习。于是你给你校的外籍心理老师Kate写一封求助信寻求帮助。要点如下：
1.所遇到的问题；
2.希望得到她的帮助。
注意：
1.词数80左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Kate. Yours sincerely, Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
（2019 . 浙江宁波高一月考）It happened when Tom was only ten years old. That day he was at home with his elder sister Jane. Tom was doing his homework when he heard raised voices. At first he didn’t think seriously about it, since it was always noisy downstairs, but he soon realized this time it was different.
“Quick! Quick！Remove the motorcycles from the shop,” someone yelled. Then a thick burning smell filled the air. When Tom opened the front door of their flat to investigate, a thick cloud of smoke greeted him. The motorcycle shop had caught fire and people were running and crying.
Jane, who had been playing the violin in her room, hurried to the living room.They rushed out of the door and along the corridor（走廊）through the smoke.
They were heading towards the stairway at the far end of the corridor when Jane suddenly stopped. She turned around and headed back the way they came. Tom had no idea what she was doing, but he followed her.
Jane had suddenly remembered the lady in her 70s who lived next door to them, who they called Makcik, Jane began banging on Makcik’s door, but got no answer. As the smoke thickened around them, Tom could see many of their neighbors—some still in their pyjamas -running for safety. The thought of fear crossed his mind.
“She would have run for safety like everyone else!” Tom cried. However, Jane refused to give up . “I know Makcik’s still inside.” She said she was familiar with Makcik’s daily routine and was certain she would still be sleeping. She pounded against the door. “Go downstairs. Go now! Go!”
Tom noticed the flame was reaching up. Luckily, some neighbors passing by stopped and offered help.
[语篇解读]主题：人与自然（自然生态）；话题：捕捉青蛙售卖。本文是篇记叙文。本文讲述了印度一个村庄过度捕捉青蛙售卖而破坏了大自然平衡的故事，告诉我们要保护生态多样性。
1.C细节理解题。根据短文第一段中的“The people there were poor However，they were not unhappy:"可知，起初那里的人们是贫穷的，但是感到满足，故选C。
2.A细节理解题。根据第三段中的“This seemed like money for nothing.There were millions of frogs in the fields around，and they were no use to the villagers."可知，因为青蛙很容易抓并且它们对村民们来说也没用，所以卖青蛙赚钱很容易，故选A。
3.B细节理解题。根据短文第四段中的“More worrying was that the children fell ill more often，and，there seemed to be more insects around lately"可知，因为害虫增多，导致孩子容易生病，故选B。
[语篇解读]主题：人与自我（生活）；话题：厨房防火。本文是一篇说明文主要介绍的是厨房防火的知识，可以帮助读者预防厨房火灾
4.C主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Most kitchen fires are caused by cooking. Many of them can be avoided..”可知，本文主要谈论如何在厨房防火，故选C。
5.B细节理解题。根据文中给出的第四点和第六点建议可知，保持厨具的整洁有助于防火，因此B项正确。
6.B细节理解题。根据文中给出的第七点建议可知，做饭时不要穿宽松、袖长的衣服。
7.D细节理解题。根据最后一段中的 change the batteries in all of smoke alarms in your home可知，在十月（防火月）的时候，作者建议人们及时更换烟雾报警器中的电池。
[语篇解读]主题：人与自然（自然生态）；话题：雷雨。本文是一篇说明文。文章向读者介绍了雷雨是怎样形成的。
8.D细节理解题。根据第四段“Each droplet changes as the air condition changes When its size increases, it becomes heavier, until the air can no longer hold it up. Then it begins to fa.”可知小水滴大到空气托不住时就会落下来形成雨，所以选D
9.B细节理解题。根据第三段中“The tiny droplets that create a cloud are far apart from each other. They are actually as far apart, if we think about their size, as the earth and the moon are.”可知作者的意思是小水滴之间的距离就好比地球和月球之间的距离，其实很远，所以选B。
10.C细节理解题。由最后一段中“When the drops reach a width of about 1/200 of an inch, they are likely to fall as a gentle mist At 1/50 of an inch, and if there is little wind, they will fall at about the same speed, and the earth receives no more than a light rain.”可知选C。
11.B细节理解题。根据最后一段中“But when wind mixes the drops of different sizes falling at different speeds, the bigger drops will overtake the smaller, slower ones.They will combine into bigger and bigger drops. It is just in this way that the heavy drops of a thunderstorm are formed.”可知选B。
[语篇解读]主题：人与自然（自然生态）；话题：雷暴来临前的宁静。本文是一篇说明文。本文揭秘了雷暴来临前是一片宁静这一神秘现象。
12.C细节理解题。第二段中提到的“特定的暴风雨”指的是一种简单的单体雷暴，而并非指形状简单，故排除A。根据第二段最后一句可知雷暴能够从周围任何一个方向吸进自己所需的暖湿空气，故选C。
13.D代词指代题。第三段中提到由于暖湿空气被吸进雷暴中，雷暴经过之处就形成了低气压真空带。正在上升的暖湿气流遇到雷暴云层中原本就存在的干燥冷空气，此时暖湿空气的温度下降，暖湿空气中的水分凝结成小的水滴，这就是雨水形成的前提。
14.B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Most thunderstorms though, don’t start with calm.”及下文可知大多数的雷暴来临前并不是一片宁静。故选B。
15.D主旨大意题。根据第一段中“There is an old phrase‘calm be fore the storm’，often used in a situation...”及全文内容可知，本文揭秘了雷暴来临前是一片宁静这一神秘现象。
[语篇解读]主题：人与自我（做人与做事）；话题：心怀梦想。本文是一篇议论文。本文主要围绕“要勇于心怀梦想，并努力实现梦想”这一主题展开。
16.G关联逻辑法解题。根据空格前的“Some of you already kn that it’s hard. It’s hard to change your life.”可知，有人已经知道了实现梦想、改变生活的困难。据此可以判断，空格处具体介绍实现梦想的困难：你将承受许多失望、失败和痛苦，故G项正确。
17.B关联逻辑法解题。根据空后的but they will not stay，they will come to pass可知，这些困难终将过去。据此可以判断，空格处陈述的是与此相反的情况，即会有困难时刻，故B项符合语境。
18.C关联逻辑法解题。根据空格前的“You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable.”可知，你把自己无法实现梦想的原因列成了一个清单。据此可以判断，空格处说明此举的结果：你的生活充斥着各种借口和“我不能”，故C项正确。
19.E设题位置法解题。根据空格处后一句“Acting on the dream is harder:”可知，努力实现梦想更难，空格处与该句形成对比。据此可知，空格处表示“（设定）梦想是容易的”，故E项正确。本设空类型属于段落主题句类。
20.F关联逻辑法解题。根据空格处前一句“Do not be afraid to dream.”可知，不要畏惧梦想。据此可以判断，空格处应进步表示要相信自己，你能实现梦想。故F项正确。
[语篇解读]主题：人与自我（生活）；话题：人生经历。本文是一篇记叙文。
作者的女儿肯达尔从小就喜欢唱歌，但她五岁的时候会时不时面部抽搐，后来玩耍的时候又不幸瘫痪。但是她从没放弃唱歌，一直在与病痛作斗争。
21.B上下文语境题。句意：她只有三岁时，她为大家就像个小天使。根据第二段中的 Kendall continued to sing可知，肯达尔一直喜欢“唱”（sing）歌。
22.B下文语境题。句意：肯达尔5岁时，我们注意到她“有时”（sometimes）会面部抽搐。根据下句中的 When the problem got worse可知，此时肯达尔已经出现了面部抽搐。
23.C上下文语境题。句意：治疗，肯达尔继续唱歌。根
据文章内容可知肯达尔被带去看医生，后来唱歌的时候面部抽搐会消失，由此可知在“治疗之后”（after treatment），她继续唱歌。
24.D下文语境题。句意：然而，一件事情发生了。根据下文可知肯达尔由于意外而瘫痪，这是件“可怕的”（terrible）事。
25.C下文语境题。句意：他弯得比她想的更低，她跳得比他想的根据下面的 Kendall few over his back可知肯达尔跳得“比”朋友的背“高”（higher）。
26.D上下文语境题。句意：肯达尔飞过他的背并且到地上——用她的脖子。根据句意可知，肯达尔是飞过来的，所以后面是“落地”（land）的这个过程
27.A下文语境题。句意：她不能根据下句的 whether she could walk again可知如今她不能动”（move）。
28.B上下文语境题。句意：但是她最大的并不是她还能不能重新走路，而是能不能参加《美国达人秀》。根据内容可知，肯达尔“担心”（worry）的是能否参加达人秀。
29.C上下文语境题。句意：随着时间流逝，她左边的知觉________,但是右边仍旧瘫痪。根据句意可知左边的情况应和右边相反，所以左边“恢复”（return）了知觉。
30.A上下文语境题。句意：我们不确定她的_______会回来多少。根据前面的内容可知她不能动，所以此处应为不知道“行动能力”（movement）能回来多少
31.B上文语境题。句意：对她来说拿起麦克风比拿起勺子或叉子更_______。由上句可知，肯达尔每天都努力把麦克风拿起来，所以对她来说拿起麦克风比其他的更“重要”（important）。
32.D上文语境题。句意：我们都哭了，因为我们目睹了_______。根据上句可知肯达尔需要通过咬牙刷来缓解痛苦，所以此处为目睹了“痛苦”（pain）。
33.D上下文语境题。句意：但是在那天一在她的_______以后只有三个月——当她唱歌时，我们都高兴地哭了厖。根据文章内容可知这是“意外”（accident）发生之后的表演。
34.A语义逻辑题。句意：厖我们都高兴地哭了,_______她没能进入《美国达人秀》24强。根据内容可知，“尽管”(though)没进24强，我们还是为她高兴地哭了。\
35.C上下文语境题。句意：当她还是个小女孩时，她问我_______是她得了面部抽搐。根据语境可知肯达尔是问作者“为什么”（why）是她得了面部抽搐。
[语篇解读]主题：人与自我（生活）；话题：妤心人帮忙。本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者在回家的路上车爆胎了，但幸运地得到了一位好心人的帮忙的事。
36.was seen考查动词时态、语态。这里是讲过去的事，且 traffic与see之间是被动关系，故要用一般过去时的被动语态。
37.after考查时间状语从句。after意为“在厖之后”。这里表示在我车坏了的一小时十五分钟后。
38.A考查冠词。gentleman是第一次提到的单数可数名词，故用a修饰，表泛指。
39.was waiting考査谓语动词。根据语境可知句意： 我告诉他我正在等待道路援助。
40.to change考查动词短语搭配。offer to do sth.意为“主动提出做某事。
41.carefully考査副词。用副词修饰动词，修饰动词词组 took off要用副词形式 carefully。
42.safety考查名词。这里是指为了“我”的安全，名词作介词的宾语。
43.on考查介词。on表示“在身上”。
44.being考查非谓语动词。for是介词，后跟动名词形式。
45.lucky考査形容词。此处用形容词作表语。
第一节 One possible version：
Dear Kate,
I find it quite hard to concentrate on my study, so I’m writing to ask you for help.
I’m encountering some problems which trouble me a lot. First I have to spend so much time on my homework that I hardly have time to take sports. Moreover, the high expectation from my parents makes me extremely stressed. What troubles me most is that it’s difficult for me to fall asleep every night.
Could you please offer me some advice on how to solve these problems Looking forward to your early reply.
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 One possible version：
Tom noticed the flame was reaching up Frozen with fear, he stood rooted to the spot. He comprehended the gravity of the situation and held Jane’s hand tightly. Both of them were coughing and their eyes were stinging. Time seemed to stand still, though they were probably there for only two or three minutes. Tom begged Jane to run for safety as quickly as possible. Jane tried to shield her nose from the choking smoke and shook her head. She kept pounding against the door. Tom burst out crying.
Luckily, some neighbors passing by stopped and offered help. A sense of strength immediately replaced the mounting fear and anxiety in Jane’s mind. She told them Ms. Makcik must be still in the room. They forced the door open with all their might. Sure enough, Makcik was lying in bed, unconscious. She was carried downstairs and then rushed to the hospital, where she finally came to herself. People in the neighborhood felt relieved and Jane and Tom were very happy.