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One dark and stormy night, the wind was whipping through the trees, scattering (causing things to go about in different directions) leaves across the forest.The sound was like lonely wolves howling (making long loud cries) in the distance.
Two men, tired and hungry, were stumbling along(蹒跚前行)through the forest with their shoes covered with mud.“How much farther to the house, Ira?”Hank had to shout to be heard over the howling wind.“I don't know, Hank.I would have said we weren't more than fifteen minutes away when the storm struck, but it seems to me we've been battling this for half an hour now.”
Hank stopped where he was under a tall tree, but the branches offered little protection from the beating rain.“Ira, are you trying to tell me we're lost?”
“Now, Hank.Don't get so upset.I'm not saying we're lost --- exactly.I'm just saying that where we were seems to have been farther away than where I thought we were.That's not quite the same as being lost.”
“But to me,” said Hank sadly, “It's so close to being lost that I can't tell the difference.”
They started walking again. “Look!”shouted Ira suddenly, who was a few steps in front of Hank.He began to run, but stumbled, falling to his knees on the glowing, yellow light that shone from the house windows.
(1) Hank and Ira were ______.
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.searching for lonely wolves howling in the distanceB
.scattering leaves across the forestC
.trying to find something to eat because they were hungryD
.trying to go back to their house(2) Hank seemed to be ______
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]A
.clear about the distance between the house and the place where they wereB
.more worried than IraC
.very much afaid of the wolves howling in the distanceD
.battling the storm more bravely than Ira(3) As we can learn from the text, ______
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]A
.Hank was sure that they would soon find their way backB
.Ira had lost the hope of finding their way backC
.Ira was wondering where they wereD
.the wind was too strong for them to hear each other(4) In fact, Ira told Hank that ______
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]A
.they were lostB
.the bad weather would last for another half an hourC
.it had taken them longer to get back than he had expectedD
.they would get to their house in 45 minutes(5) What words best describe Ira?
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.Tired and upsetB
.Calm and practicalC
.Happy and strongD
.Upset but full of hope