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SYDNEY 2005-01-01 08:33—Mother of two, Jillian Searle, had to choose between her children when she made a life-or-death decision.

Swept up by mountainous tsunami (海啸) waves at a Thai resort ( 旅游胜地), she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive . Fighting to stay above the waters , she had to choose which one would have to take his chances in the swirling torrent (漩流).

“I knew I had to let go of one of them and I just thought I’d better let go of the one that’s the older,” she told Sky News television in a report broadcast on Thursday. She said she was accompanied by the two boys, Lachie, 5, and two-year-old Blake, and their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck. “And I was screaming, trying to find him, and we thought he was dead,” she told reporters on arrival back in Australia. Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and, looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.

British surfer (冲浪运动员) Martin Markwell is also a lucky man. He had always dreamed of catching that perfect wave –but when it finally came along, it was a nightmare. He was on his surfboard when he was swept up by a tsunami wave.

“It was really terrible because I was surfing, I was really surfing on a wave I wasn’t supposed to be on,” he said. “As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave come I realized something was wrong, but I couldn’t escape because my surfboard was tied to my ankle.”

His wife Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from a hotel balcony as he crashed towards the shore. Luckily , he stayed on top of his board until he reached the hotel , jumped off and got to safety as the ocean rolled back to feed a much larger tsunami wave on its way . The family regrouped and ran to safety just minutes before a giant tsunami wave 10 meters high.

1.When the waves struck, the father Brad        .

A. reported the disaster to Sky News television

B. was watching a drama play on TV in the hotel

C. tried to find his son lost in the waters

D. watched things going on , unable to do anything

2.The underlined word “him” refers to        .

A. an old man    B. Lachie   C. Brad     D. Blake

3.Which of the following is wrong ?

A. Lachie and Martin were both with their family members when the disaster happened.

B. Lachie and Martin both survived from the high waves when tsunami struck.

C. Lachie and Martin were both travelers from Europe on holiday in Thailand.

D. Lachie and Martin were both alive owing to their good luck.

4.The best title of this news story would be         .

A. Narrow Escape     B. Disaster Caused by Tsunami

C. Exciting Surfing Experience   D. Struggle Against Tsunami

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章报道两家人在海啸中死里逃生的惊险场景。具体介绍当时危急的形势和他们是怎么幸存的。

1.细节题：从第三段的句子：their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck.可知灾难发生的时候，爸爸在旅店的房间看着但是无能为力，选 D

2.猜词题：从后面的句子：Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and, looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.前面说我尖叫着，想找到他，以为他死了，后面说两个小时后，他被发现还活着，可知him指的是lachie，选B

3.细节题：从第三段的句子：she told reporters on arrival back in Australia.可知 lachie是来自澳大利亚的，不是来自于欧洲的，选C

4.主旨题：从全篇文章的描写可知这篇文章介绍两家人在海啸中死里逃生的惊险场景。选A

考点：考查新闻报道类短文

点评：在阅读的时候要抓住故事的时间，地点，人物，故事的线索以及主要的情节，再结合题目的要求和选项的搭配，做出准确的选择。本文考查题型多样，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。