Desperate now, Jason pulled the forklift’s lever once more. Again, the Buick started to come off the ground, but this time, for whatever reason, the front tires didn’t roll and the car remained suspended in the air.
Minutes later, Township’s fire chief, Mike Rexford, arrived. Noorthoek lay under the car, ashen but breathing. His internal injuries were minor, but, according to Rexford, his situation was perilous. «The outcome’s never been this good,» he now says. «How long could he have lasted like that?»
It wasn’t until his dad was loaded into an ambulance that the magnitude of the night’s events caught up with Jason. «I told him he probably saved his father,» says Rexford. Jason broke down and started to sob.
His father was released from the hospital early the next morning. «I didn’t stop shaking until I got home,» Noorthoek says. Jason says one happy change has come out of the accident: he gets to spend more time with his dad. Jason Sr., who hasn’t touched a car since the Buick fell on him, often spends evenings with Jason playing video games.
12. Jason Noorthoek Jr. had to go outside in the evening because…
1) his mother made him go.
2) his father asked him to help.
3) he was worried about his father.
4) he wanted to save his father’s life.
Ответ:
13. Noorthoek was trapped under the car because…
1) the fuel pump was out of order.
2) the forklift had bent the exhaust pipe
3) the car rolled off the forks.
4) the blocks were too small.
Ответ:
14. Jason was afraid to drive a forklift because…
1) he had never done it before.
2) he was not strong enough to depress the brakes.
3) he didn’t want to hurt his father.
4) he had barely had an accident.
Ответ:
15. Jason’s first attempt was unsuccessful because…
1) he hadn’t moved the machine’s gearshift into neutral.
2) he hadn’t taken the necessary precaution.
3) the back end of the car rose into the air.
4) he pulled a wrong lever.
Ответ:
16. In paragraph 10 «perilous’ means…
1) difficult.
2) unpredictable.
3) dangerous.
4) tricky.
Ответ:
17. After his father’s rescue Jason…
1) couldn’t sleep.
2) broke down the forklift.
3) couldn’t help crying.
4) was very tired.
Ответ:
18. After the accident Jason Sr…
1) works more carefully with cars.
2) wants to sell the Buick.
3) plays board games.
4) spends more time with his son.
Ответ:
По окончании выполнения заданий 10—18 не забудьте перенести свои ответы в БЛАНК ОТВЕТОВ №1! Запишите ответ справа от номера соответствующего задания, начиная с первой клеточки. При переносе ответов на задания 10 и 11 цифры записываются без пробелов, запятых и других дополнительных символов. Каждую цифру пишите в отдельной клеточке в соответствии с приведёнными в бланке образцами.
