11．A mother has lost parts of both of her legs after she saved the lives of her two children by lying on top of them as a deadly tornado swept through their home．Stephanie Decker，36，lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle，yet her son and daughter escaped without a single scratch after the tornado destroyed their Henryville，Indiana home．
Henryville was nearly entirely destroyed by a series of tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest，killing 39and leaving thousands homeless．But while the Decker family lost their dream home to the severe weather，they are celebrating their safety．Mrs．Decker is now in a stable condition； her husband said，"What I told her was，‘you are alive and you get to see your kids grow up．'"Joe Decker told the reporters．
Mr．Decker said that he had sent a text message to his wife from his workplace to tell her a tornado was heading for their three-story home．She rushed their eight-year-old son Dominic and five-year-old daughter Reese into the basement，where she tried her best to protect them from the storm．
Mrs．Decker typed out what had happened by using an iPad in the hospital．She saw part of the house collapse（坍塌）on her and pulled her daughter out of the way．She doesn't remember anything after that．
The home，which was partly built by Mr．Decker and his wife's father，is now completely destroyed，with a bathtub 200feet away in a filed，the Courier Journal reported．The house took about nine mouths to build and four seconds to fall，Mr．Decker added．
CEO Carl J．Tyler praised the Deckers who lost everything and said that the company has set up a trust fund to help pay their medical bills and the losses they suffered．He added，"They are some of the hardest working，giving people you could ever want to meet．"
21．The Deckers'attitude towards their suffering from the tornado isB．
A．pessimistic B．optimistic
C．a(chǎn)ngry D．unsure
22．When the tornado was about to hit their home，Mr．Decker wasD．
A．setting out to go back home
B．working by using an iPad
C．sending text messages to other workers
D．reminding his wife about the tornado
23．What can we infer from the passage？A
A．Mrs．Decker's brave deed is thought highly of．
B．Mrs．Decker was asked to apply for a trust fund．
C．The Deckers are considered to be the hardest workers．
D．The Deckers are under great pressure to pay medical bills．
分析 文章主要介紹了 Decker 夫人在臺(tái)風(fēng)到來(lái)的時(shí)候?yàn)榱司群⒆佣芰酥貍麄內(nèi)覍?duì)這一災(zāi)難卻非常積極樂(lè)觀．
解答 21．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段的"But while the Decker family lost their dream home to the severe weather，they are celebrating their safety．"以及下文德克爾先生所說(shuō)的話可推知，德克爾一家人對(duì)這次遭遇持樂(lè)觀態(tài)度．
22．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段的"Mr Decker said that he had sent a text message to his wife from his workplace to tell her a tornado was heading for their three-story home．"可知，當(dāng)龍卷風(fēng)來(lái)襲時(shí)，德克爾先生提醒他的妻子注意龍卷風(fēng)．故選D．
23．A 推理判斷題．根據(jù)末段的"CEO Carl J．Tyler praised the Deckers who lost everything…"可推知，德克爾夫人的勇敢行動(dòng)得到了人們的高度評(píng)價(jià)．故選A．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)科教類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
