Question

The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the

Typhoon(台风). Bernadette Tenegra , a 44-year-old high school teacher, was in her ____ which

was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family stayed together in their shelter to ___ the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would ___ soon as it did in the past .So they were just hanging on there.

But things didn`t happen as they had thought, the water ___ with a frightening speed

and their wooden house fell down, ____ away the occupants (居住者), including Tenegra’s husband and her other daughter. They were able to struggle to ___ , but the 6-year-old Tenegra

was ____ against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris(残骸).

Bernadette ___ her way to the child and was holding her and kept telling her to keep on.

“I crawled(爬) over to her, and I tried to pull her up. But she was too ____ and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already  ___ , ” Tenegra said,  crying. “I screamed but it didn’t

work."

The mother said ____ that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before

___ , “Ma, just let go, just let go. Save _____. I love you forever.

“Yolanda” , the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The

6-year- old  ___Tenegra lost her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world

___ that short lifetime, while the whole world witnessed all the beauty of her.

1.A. family    B. Home    C. building    D. School

2.A. leave    B. stop    C. avoid    D. keep

3.A. lost    B. produce    C. complete    D. disappear

4.A. raised    B. rose    C. lifted    D. kept

5.A. sweeping    B. putting    C. hiding    D. keeping

6.A. safety    B. warmth    C. strength    D. difficulty

7.A. touching    B. beating    C. fighting    D. preventing

8.A. turned    B. made    C. got    D. created

9.A. sleepy    B. weak    C. impatient    D. careless

10.A. given hack    B. given away    C. given up    D. given off

11.A. excitedly    B. sadly    C. angrily    D. confidently

12.A. arrival    B. break    C. choice    D. death

13.A. myself    B. himself    C. yourself    D. herself

14.A. alive    B. lazy    C. live    D. lively

15.A. above    B. below    C. during    D. beyond.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.D

15.C

【解析】Tenegra 一家人为了躲避暴风雨而呆在河边的居所里。台风Yolanda突然以惊人的速度到来，刮倒了房屋，雨水冲走了里面的居住者。台风摧毁了许多房屋和建筑物 。6岁的Tenegra也在同强台风和洪水作斗争。她的母亲想把她拉出来，但是Tenegra放弃了，她想让她的母亲自己救自己，最后孩子失去了生命。

1.B

考查名词及语境的理解。句意：一位44岁的中学教师Bernadette Tenegra,在河边的家里。A. family 家庭；B. home家；C. building 建筑物；D. school 学校。根据The Tenegra family _ 17 together in their shelter to keep away from the storm.可知他的家人待的地方应是他的家。故选B。

2.C

考查动词及语境的理解。句意：Tenegra的家人一起呆在他们的住所里躲避风暴。A. leave 离开；B. stop停止；C. avoid 避免；D. keep保持。因为外面有台风暴雨，因此呆在家里避难，故答案为C。

3.D

考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他们认为强大的风暴会像过去那样很快消失。A. lost 丢失；B. produce制造；C. complete完成；D. disappear消失。根据下句“So they were just hanging on there.”判断，他们认为台风会很快削弱，故答案为D。

4.B

考查动词及语境的理解。句意：河水以惊人的速度升起来，他们木制的避难所倒下了。A. raised 增加；B. rose 上升；C. lifted举起；D. kept保持。rise多用于不及物动词(rise后面不加宾语)，raise是及物动词(raise后面要加宾语)。还有个简单的方法，一般事物自身可以升高，上升的，常用rise，例如太阳东升，河水上涨；而raise一般是人为地让事物升高，例如举起胳膊，提高薪水等。故答案为B。

5.A

考查分词及语境的理解。句意：河水冲走了里面的居住者。sweep away冲走，刮走；put away放好，收起来；hide away隐藏；keep away不接近，缺席。结合句意可知，答案为A。

6.A

考查名词及语境的理解。他们能够努力获得安全。A. safety安全；B. warmth温暖； C. strength力量；D. difficulty困难。根据their house fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者)，可知他们的避难所倒了，河水冲走了里面的居住者，因此他们应是为努力获得安全。故选A。

7.C

考查动词及语境的理解。句意：但是6岁的Tenegra正在同强大的台风和洪水作斗争。A. touching触碰；B. beating拍打； C. fighting打架，战斗；D. preventing阻止； fight against同......作斗争。结合句意可知，答案选C。

8.B

考查动词及语境的理解。句意：Bernadette挣扎着跑向那个孩子，握着她的手，一直告诉她要继续坚持。A. turned转向；B. made使，制造； C. got 得到； D. created创造。make one’s way to想方设法去……，危机的时候可以看出母亲救孩子的心情，故答案为B。

9.B

考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：但是她太虚弱了，动不了。A. sleepy困倦的；B. weak 虚弱的；C. impatient 不耐心的；D. careless粗心的。根据“and wasn’t able to make it.”可知她动不了，说明她太虚弱了。故答案选B。

10.C

考查动词短语及语境的理解。句意：似乎她已经放弃了。A. given back 归还；B. given away 分发；C. given up放弃；D. given off散发。根据Ma, just let go, just let go. 可知她让她的妈妈放手，说明她似乎放弃了生存。故选C。

11.B

考查副词及语境的理解。句意：这位母亲伤心地说，她将不会忘记她女儿最后的话。A. excitedly 兴奋地；B. sadly 悲伤地；C. angrily 生气地；D. confidently自信地。结合上下文，可知失去了自己的女儿，因此此处应是伤心的。故选B。

12.D

考查名词及语境的理解。句意：这位母亲伤心地说，她将不会忘记她女儿死之前最后的话。A. arrival 到达；B. break中断；C. choice 选择；D. death死亡。根据the last words of her daughter可知此处指她女儿最后的话，因此是她女儿死了。故选D。

13.C

考查代词及语境的理解。句意：救你自己。A. myself我自己；B. himself 他自己；C. yourself你自己；D. herself她自己。结合上下文，可知此处她的女儿放弃了，不让她的母亲救她，而是让母亲自己救自己。故选C。

14.D

考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：年仅6岁的活泼可爱的tenegra失去了自己的生命。A. alive 活着的；B. lazy懒惰的；C. live居住；D. lively可爱的。结合句意可知，答案为D。

15.C

考查介词及语境理解。句意：在她短短的六年生命中，她只看到 了这个美丽世界的小小的一部分。A. above在……上面；B. below在……下面；C. during在……期间；D. beyond超过。that short lifetime表示的是一段时间，故答案选C。