Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman ! At the age of sixty-seven, she   1   to take a trip round the coast(海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fine   2   one day, as she was going back to her room on the    3    , she saw smoke coming out of another room. She    4   the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck(甲板) to see   5   she  could do to help. The fire spread(蔓延) very quickly and soon 6    was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as 7  as possible.

Many of the other passengers were   8   , but Shirley remained calm(鎮(zhèn)靜的). She even helped the other passengers to    9   the lifeboats.

All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats and not one passenger   10   in the fire. Shirley was one of the last people to leave. Later, she told reporters, “ I was very afraid,   11   I always knew what I had to do. I   12   all my years as a teacher helped----all that time telling people what to do ! “

1. A. stopped      B. used        C. had      D. decided

2.A. since         B. after       C. until    D. before

3.A. way           B. ship        C. land     D. road

4.A. phoned        B. told        C. asked    D. ordered

5.A. if            B. how         C. what     D. where

6.A. she           B. he          C. that     D. it

7.A. quickly       B. much        C. well     D. usually

8.A. sleepy        B. terrified   C. tired    D. lazy

9.A. get into      B. get back to C. get off  D. get up to

10.A. lost         B. killed      C. hurt     D. died

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

12.A. need         B. like        C. think    D. hate