“it was only up to their knees, but one of them slipped and the others came crashing down. it carried them across the edge.”
“ my daughter sam is quite strong and managed to grab hold of a tree and climb up. she saw gemma and grabbed her, but lorraine and lauren were gone.”
mr cullen flew out to valencia earlier today with his sons daniel, 22, and darren, 19, to be with his surviving daughter as she was treated at a local hospital. he said, “ when i saw sam, she was absolutely covered in bruises. nothing is broken but her body’s a mess, i’ve never seen anything like it.”
he added: “ it’s a blur, you don’t expect to lose two members of your family in one hit.” mr cullen, a roofer and building contractor from brighton, said he and lorraine had just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.
he said: “ my priority is to see my wife and daughter and bring them back home. that’s all i can do.” the cullen family had lived in spain for four years and rented out their £260,000 three-bedroom semi-detached family home in brighton to tenants.
mr cullen would return to the uk for work for three weeks at a time and stay with friends in newhaven, before rejoining his family in spain.
( )66.what’s the best title of the passage?
a. man’s grief after losing family in floods.
b. l’olleria, a town south of valencia.
c. a happy travel to english
d. the story of the cullen family.
( )67.what does the word “crash” in the 3rd paragraph mean?
a. break b. strike c. hit d. drop
( )68.samantha is strong and she managed to save______.
a. darren b. lorraine c. gemma d.lauren
( )69.mark cullen has been married for______ years with his wife.
a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 35
( )70.according to the passage, mark cullen would______.
a. return to spain for three weeks at a time