【由山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）改编】
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight．The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder．It was 11 p．m．The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts．Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping．Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out．
