Question

Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big 　___ , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was  __　 enough to escape the flood, so when the water had 　___ and the other houses were 　___there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．

Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children, __　 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 　___ in the flood and she 　___her home with them until it was ____ for them to rebuild their house．

Anna＇s friends were ____　when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give ____ so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 　____．

 “Well,” Anna  ____  her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  ____ , because her husband had been killed in the 　____  and she had a lot of children, 　___  I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 　___ only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a  　___  who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our 　___ ,she said to her children．

The children were 　___ and happy to get such a present．They ___ the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”

1.A. earthquake    B. accident    C. flood    D. fire

2.A. below    B. high    C. big    D. small

3.A. reduced    B. come    C. appeared    D. disappeared

4.A. rising    B. flowing    C. falling    D. standing

5.A. so    B. but    C. for    D. since

6.A. nothing    B. everything    C. anything    D. something

7.A. gave    B. found    C. shared    D. built

8.A. possible    B. necessary    C. important    D. obvious

9.A. worried    B. disappointed    C. puzzled    D. satisfied

10.A. them    B. herself    C. him    D. us

11.A. support    B. supply    C. grow    D. educate

12.A. explained to    B. asked for    C. talked with    D. turned up

13.A. sad    B. poor    C. rich    D. happy

14.A. war    B. storm    C. rain    D. flood

15.A. because    B. as    C. which    D. that

16.A. get    B. send    C. buy    D. make

17.A. boy    B. girl    C. student    D. teacher

18.A. child    B. daughter    C. sister    D. present

19.A. angry    B. excited    C. lovely    D. sorry

20.A. disliked    B. gained    C. welcomed    D. led

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】试题分析：一位带着4个孩子，丈夫又去世的女人，在洪灾到来时，接纳了一家在洪灾中一无所有的一家人。当被问到为什么这么做时，她讲述了自己的经历。在一战中，她成了孤儿，被一家像她现在这样的一家人收养，像亲人一样被对待并幸福地长大。推己及人，在人困难时伸出援手，理所应当。

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考点：故事类阅读。