Onebitterlycoldday,asnowstormblewintoourarea.Needingfirewood,Iquicklysetoutwithmybestfriend,Bruce,tolookforatreetocutdown.IwasgladtohaveBrucealongwith.Cuttingdownatreeinasnowstormcanbedangerou
Onebitterlycoldday,asnowstormblewintoourarea.Needingfirewood,Iquicklysetoutwithmybestfriend,Bruce,tolookforatreetocutdown.IwasgladtohaveBrucealongwith.Cuttingdownatreeinasnowstormcanbedangerous.Soitwasimportanttohaveafriendwhocouldwarnmeofdanger.
WhenIchoseabigtreeabout23meterstallandpreparedtocutitdown,mybestfriendsuddenlywarnedme,“Don’tcutdownthattree!It’stooclosetothepowerline!”Iwasn’tsureaboutit.SoIdecidedtodisregardhiswarning.Iwantedtofinishthejobquicklyandgohome.SoIbegancuttingdownthetree.Whenthetreefell,therewasnolongeranydoubtthatmyfriendwasright.
Thetreecaughtthepowerline,bringingittotheground.Iconsideredcuttingthetreeofftheline.Afterall,electricitycan’ttravelthroughwood,soIcouldsafelyremovethetree.AsIreachedoutmyfingertotouchthetree,painranupmyarmandthroughmyhead.Iwasshocked!
AfterIreturnedhomeandtoldmymotherwhathadhappened,shequicklycalledthepowercompany.Theworkersfromthepowercompanysoonarrivedonthescene.OneofthemaskedifIhadtouchedthetree,andwhenItoldhimIhad,hisfaceturnedpale.
“Youshouldhavebeenkilled,”hesaid.
SowhyamIstillalive?Itwasmybootsthatsavedmylife.
Withintwohours,theworkersremovedthetree.Soonthesnowstormcalmeddown—butnotmymother.
EventhoughshewasgladIwasn’thurt,mymotherwasstillserious.Afterall,Ishouldn’thavebrushedoffmyfriend’swarning.
Throughthisexperience,Ilearnit’simportanttolistentopeoplewhoofferadifferentperspective. timetolistenmightactuallysavealotoftimeandtrouble.Itcertainlywouldhavekeptmefromgettingthe“shock”ofmylife
1.Theunderlinedword“disregard”inthesecondparagraphmeans“________”.
A.paynoattentionto
B.takenoticeof
C.consider
D.follow
2.InspiteofBruce’swarning,theauthorstillcutdownthetreebecause________
A.hewassuretherewouldbenothingtohappen
B.hewasn’tsureifBrucewasrightandwasanxioustogohome
C.hedidn’thearhisfriend’swarningatallbecauseoftheblowingwind
D.heknewelectricityca