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While you are much safer inside than out, lightning can strike you even in the home. Here's how to   1   yourself indoors:

   1. Stay away from   2   . Get out of the shower of bath. Don' t   3   conductors such as fireplaces and metal pipes.

   Cherryl Falvey of Killingworth Conn. was struck   4   lightning last year while washing her clothes. Lightning   5   a window next to the washing machine, struck her right hand,    6   through her body and finally out of her   7   arm. "It was as though I was   8   a bolt of lightning in my hands," remembers Falvey,  who was   9   across the room.

   2. Stay off the telephone. It isn't an old wives'     10      Many people have been hurt through telephone wires. It was   11   outside while Peter Van Artrijk, Jr. was on the    12   at his house in Florida. "Barn! A bolt hit the building," he says. "I   13   the hair on my arms stand on end and a charge hit me through telephone, which was   14   blown out of my hand."

   3. Unplug televisions, computers, etc. Don' t just turn them   15  . If the house is struck, they could be damaged if you keep them   16  in.

   4. Try lightning rods if your   17   is very often hit by lightning.    18   fixed, says Rust, lightning rods   19   the chances of damage to a home and to the   20   inside it.

1. A. save　　　　    B. hide　　　　  C. spend　　　　 D. protect

2. A. houses　　　　  B. rooms　　　　  C. doors　　　　  D. windows

3. A. touch　　　　   B. grasp　　　　  C. move　　　　  D. seize

4. A. by　　　　　　 B. through　　    C. into　　　　   D. with

5. A. broke　　　　   B. reached　　    C. entered　　    D. forced

6. A. slipped　　　　  B. traveled　　    C. spread　　　　 D. rolled

7. A. wounded　　    B. hurt　　　　   C. right　　　　  D. left

8. A. holding　　　　 B. carrying　　   C. keeping　　    D. pacing

9. A. shaken　　　　  B. swept　　　　  C. thrown　　　　 D. drawn

10. A. talk　　　　    B. tale　　　　   C. news　　　　  D. report

11. A. dark　　　　   B. lightning　　  C. silent　　　　 D. raining

12. A. phone　　　　  B. sofa　　　　   C. bed　　　　  D. chair

13. A. felt　　　　　　 B. discovered　　  C. found　　　　  D, sensed

14. A. simply　　　　 B. hardly　　    C. almost　　    D. completely

15. A. on　　　　　　  B. over　　　　   C. off　　　　    D. down

16. A. turned　　　　 B. plugged　　   C. opened　　    D. played

17. A. town　　　　    B. area　　　　   C. building　　   D. courtyard

18. A. Properly　　    B. Quickly　　   C. Highly　　    D. Prettily

19. A. recover　　　　 B. reuse　　　　  C. repair　　　　 D. reduce

20. A. men　　　　    B. women　　    C. people　　　　 D. families

 

Answer 1

答案：D;D;A;A;C;D;D;A;C;B;D;A;A;C;C;B;B;A;D;C
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