Question

Flood damage cleanup is an unforgettable experience for me. I have seen a number of news reports on television showing houses that have been     by natural flooding and how the different           there are coping and starting their flood damage cleanup. I have always felt     for the families that have become victims of flooding however I couldn’t imagine what they were     because I have never experienced flooding or flood damage cleanup at first     until two years back.

My     experience happened when I woke up early one morning because of the     of water. As I started to get out of bed to turn on the light, I felt cold muddy water at my     . I then realized that the power was     . This probably happened due to the heavy     and strong wind that were brought by a hurricane during the     .

As the rains stopped, I decided to do my flood damage cleanup     . Because I had only moved in the house and had only     a few belongings, the amount of damage was     . It involved only washing shoes and bags     soap and water.

It was a good thing that most of my things were     inside plastic buckets and most of the furniture that I bought was made of     and plastic. This made my flood damage cleanup a lot easier. My cleanup work only     the removal of mud from the apartment floors. It was also a good thing that the     had hardwood floors. Had the apartment been covered with carpet, I would have had to     a lot having the carpet cleaned if not replaced with a new one.

1.A. drownedB. washedC. affectedD. removed

2.A. citizensB. householdersC. ownersD. residents

3.A. sorryB. worriedC. excitedD. glad

4.A. feelingB. doingC. speakingD. thinking

5.A. viewB. handC. thoughtD. sight

6.A. cleanupB. floodingC. earthquakeD. landslide

7.A. smellB. shapeC. tasteD. sound

8.A. headB. neckC. feet    D. breast

9.A. outB. inC. onD. down

10.A. rainB. snowC. frost   D. fog

11.A. morningB. afternoonC.eveningD. night

12.A. slowly    B. graduallyC. quicklyD. frequently

13.A. unfoldedB. unpackedC. uncoveredD. unloaded

14.A. greatB. bigC. smallD. tiny

15.A. withB. byC. throughD. in

16.A. thrownB. dippedC. displayedD. stored

17.A. woodB. metalC. paperD. leather

18.A. undertookB. beganC. involved D. engaged

19.A. bedroomB. kitchenC. building     D. apartment

20.A. spendB. costC. pay D. take

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者遭遇洪水的经历，以及遭遇洪水后自己做的善后工作。在自己亲身经历洪水灾害前，作者不知道那些受灾人们的感受，不知道如何做那些灾后的清扫工作，经过这件事，他意识到了塑料储物和金属容器的好处。

1.C动词辨析。A. drowned淹死；B. washed洗；C. affected影响；D. removed移开。从上下文可知作者是介绍洪水过后房屋的清理工作，所以这些房屋是受洪水影响的，选C。

2.D名词辨析。A. citizens市民；B. householders户主；C. owners主人；D. residents居民。由情理可知做清理工作的是当地受灾的居民，其他选项范畴太狭隘，不符合语境，选D。

3.A形容词辨析。A. sorry抱歉；B. worried担忧；C. excited激动；D. glad高兴。固定短语：feel sorry for “为……感觉难过”，其他形容词不和介词for搭配。句意：我总是为那些遭受过洪水的人们感到难过。

4.A动词辨析。 A. feeling感觉；B. doing做；C. speaking说；D. thinking想。从后句because I have never experienced flooding or flood damage cleanup从句可以判断作者指没有经历过洪水所以不知道那些受灾者的感受，选A。

5.B名词辨析。 A. view观点；B. hand手；C. thought想法；D. sight视野。固定短语：at first hand “第一手，直接地”，答案选B。句意：直到前两年我才能想象到他们的感受。

6.B名词辨析。 A. cleanup扫除；B. flooding洪水；C. earthquake地震；D. landslide滑坡。从下文故事的内容可知作者经历了洪水这种自然灾害，由此判断选B。

7.D名词辨析。A. smell气味；B. shape外形；C. taste味道；；D. sound声音。从常识可知人从睡梦中被惊醒是由于洪水汹涌的声音，其他不符合常理，选D。

8.C名词辨析。A. head头；B. neck颈；C. feet脚；D. breast胸。从上文As I started to get out of bed to turn on the light可知作者起床去开灯，所以是脚踩在水中，选C。

9.A介词辨析。A. out在外；B. in在里；C. on在上；D. down向下。从下文可知当发生洪水的时候，停电了。Be out此处表示 “断电”，选A。

10.A名词辨析。A. rain雨；B. snow雪；C. frost霜；D. fog雾。根据常识以及下文中的定语从句that were brought by a hurricane判断飓风带来的是暴雨和狂风，选A。

11.11】. D名词辨析。A. morning上午；B. afternoon下午；C.evening傍晚；D.night 夜晚。从上文可知作者去开灯，而且从睡梦中醒来，由此判断这件事发生在晚上，所以选D。

12.12】. C副词辨析。A. slowly慢； B. gradually逐渐；C. quicky快D.frequently规律地。从下文可知作者是刚刚搬进了这所房子，想尽快地减少损失，选C。

13.13】. B动词辨析。A. unfolded展现；B. unpacked打开；C. uncovered揭开；D. unloaded卸下。根据上下文内容可以判断作者刚搬进来不仅，所以很多打包的东西还没有打开，没有整理，选B。

14.C形容词辨析。A. great伟大；B. big大；C. small小；D. tiny微小。根据上文内容可知作者刚搬进来不仅，很多打包的东西还没有打开，而且都是使用塑料和金属箱子装着的，所以损失较小，选B。

15.A介词辨析。A. with带有；B. by通过；C. through穿过；D. in在里。此处作者是指自己需要做的仅仅是用肥皂和水清洗一下鞋子和包等，选A。

16.D动词辨析。A. thrown投；B. dipped掉落；C. displayed陈列；D. stored 储存。从上文可知作者受的损失较小，是因为他的物品都是储存在了塑料或者是金属箱子里了，选D。

17.B名词辨析。A. wood木头；B. metal金属；C. paper纸；D. leather皮毛。由上文内容可知作者的大部分物品没有受到洪水的影响，从情理可知金属箱子可以防水，选B。

18..C动词辨析。A. undertook承担；B. began开始；C. involved涉及，卷入；D. engaged从事。从空格后内容the removal of mud from the apartment floors判断此处指清扫工作的具体内容，选C。

19.D名词辨析。A. bedroom卧室；B. kitchen厨房；C. building大楼；D. apartment公寓。根据下文Had the apartment been covered with carpet,可知作者指自己公寓是硬木地板，选D。

20.A动词辨析。A. spend花费；B. cost值；C. pay付款；D. take花费。根据搭配可知：spend money doing sth“花钱做某事”，选A。句意：如果不换一个新地毯，我也将不得不花费大量时间去清理地毯。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读