56．After finding her house was on fire, Akifwent to her own room to _______.

　　　 A．save her children　　　 　　　　　　　　 B．wake up her husband

　　　 C．ask for help　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．escape from the fire

55．A．thanking　　　　　 B．getting　　　　　　　 C．taking　　　　　　　 D．giving

A

　　　 In the early morning of September 7, 2006, Akif woke suddenly．"Where am I?" she thought, confused, only to realize she'd fallen asleep in the children's bedroom in their east-end Montreal apartment．There was a sharp and acrid (刺鼻的) smell in the room．Could that be smoke? She leaped up, opened the door and began to cough．She ignored the flames that lit up the apartment as she raced across the small hall to her own bedroom, where a window was already open, "Help!" she cried into the dark．But it was 3:30 in the morning and nobody was around to hear．She was on her own．

　　　 Later, she'd say she thought of nothing at all．It was female's instinct (本能)that helped her uncover a supermum strength she never knew she had．She had no choice; her children would surely have died had they waited in their own bedroom for rescue．She ran back through the flames for her children, first lifting Sami, still half asleep, into her arms and carrying him to the open window in her room and dropping him to the ground from the second floor．Then, she turned back for Majda．

　　　 By then, a neighbour had called 9-1-1．Looking out of the window, Akif knew that jumping would be her only chance of survival．She also knew if she didn't, the very reason her family had moved out from Morocco five years earlier-- to make a better life and give the children opportunities they wouldn't have had back home --would be for nothing．But why couldn't she move her left leg? She didn't know that her polyester pants had caught fire and melted into her body．All she knew was that she had to get out of the apartment．

54．A．clothes　　　　　　 B．food　　　　　　　　　 C．change　　　　　　 D．money

53．A．brave　　　　　　　 B．selfish　　　　　　　　 C．foolish　　　　　　　 D．wise

52．A．poured　　　　　　 B．lent　　　　　　　　　　 C．entered　　　　　　 D．threw

51．A．keep　 　　　　　 B．take 　　　　　　　　 C．empty　 　　　　　 D．make

50．A．heard　　 　　　　 B．forced　 　　　　　 C．asked　　 　　　 D．watched

49．A．beginning　 　 B．end　 　　　　　　　 C．time　　 　　　　　 D．middle

48．A．finding　　 　　　 B．wondering　　　　 C．forgetting 　　　 D．losing

47．A．but　　 　　　　　　 B．or　　　 　　　　　　 C．and　　 　　　　 D．so