Question

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (总共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1.How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen.        B. Twenty-one. C. Twenty-nine.        D. Thirty-six.

2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A. He was in bed.                                    

B. He was inside the house.

C. He was outside the house.                   

D. He was on the roof.

3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.

A. her husband knew there would be a storm

B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C. she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D. the welfare department helped her

4.The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.

A. something to eat                 B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study               D. somewhere to stay

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm             B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers                   D. Clever People

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】短文属于记叙文。讲述了一场严重的暴风雨造成的危害。描写了人们在遭到暴风雨袭击时的感受及灾后的救助。

1.综合理解题。从第一段可知：“fourteen”+“Seven”+“fifteen”＝36

2.推理判断题。根据第三段的叙述，可知当时他在房子里。

3.细节理解题。从第四段中，可知。

4.词义猜测题。从并列的这几项“brought them food, clothes and shelter”可猜测出shelter的意思可排除A、B。根据常识，受灾的人们无家可归，除了食物、衣服之外，最需要的是什么？是学习的地方，还是住的地方？当然是后者。

5.主旨大意题。短文讲到了几个人，但是关键还是围绕这场暴风雨，因此选A。