单选题 Last week there was a car accident on the highway between our town and a larger town five miles away. Several people stopped to help, just as I did, but none of us had a set of medical equipment in hand for a sudden event, as well as blankets, pillows or anything else that could be helpful at the scene of an accident.
Such a situation made us all realize how little most people know about first aid (急救). It also made me decide to carry first treating equipment in my car from then on.
If you put this in your paper, it may wake up a lot of people to the importance of being better prepared than I was.

单选题 A car accident happened ______ last week.
A. five miles away from our town
B. five miles away from the larger town
C. on the highway less than five miles away from our town
D. on the highway more than five miles away from the larger town

单选题 Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The writer was injured.
B. Only one person was killed.
C. Nobody was injured or killed.
D. It is not known how many people were injured or killed.

单选题 The phrase "in hand" in the first paragraph means ______.
A. ready to be used B. holding in one's hand
C. very near D. useful

单选题 After the accident, what might the writer carry in his car?
A. Medicine.
B. Medical equipment.
C. A medical paper.
D. A suitcase with medical books.

单选题 The purpose of this article is to ______.
A. tell people to be very careful when they drive
B. ask some first aid doctors to stay near the highway
C. let people know the importance of first aid
D. tell people there was an accident on the highway