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[注] 不要试图从头至尾地去解答完形填空题。有的选项内容在短文的其他地方有较为明确的提示，甚至原封不动地重现。
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.
1. A. stopped B. usedC. had D. decided
2. A. since B. after C. until D. before
3. A. way B. shipC. land D. road
4. A. phoned B. toldC. asked D. ordered
5. A. if B. howC. what D. where
6. A. she B. heC. that D. it
7. A. quickly B. muchC. well D. usually
1. 由上下文可知她决定去旅游，decided to do sth. 意为决定做某事。
2. 根据下文可知直到火灾发生的那一天情况一切正常。
3. 从下文的captain， deck， 可确定她是乘船去旅游。
4. 由下文的from her room可知她马上打电话将情况告诉了船长。
5. 根据上下文可知她走上甲板去看看能不能帮忙做点儿什么。
6. 由上文的The fire spread very quickly， 可知大火无法控制了。
7. as quickly as 意为尽快地
（Keys： 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. A）