阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

Stephanie McRae was used to driving in bad weather. Although  16  still beat the windshield of her SUV（运动越野车）, the worst of the day's storm seemed to have passed as she  17  her 11-year-old daughter, Maddie, home at 8:30 pm.

Maddie  18   in front, while two young kids sat strapped into their SUV  19  in back. Driving along the mad by a river, McRae, 39,  20  a terrifying sight: The road just ahead had been craved in and  21  . She stepped heavily on the brake. The SUV  22  into a flooded hole some 6 metres below, and was washed into the   23  , which the storm had turned into a   24  river 30 metres wide. Rocks and fallen tree  25  knocked into her SUV, making it upside down. The pressure blew out the window.

No one was hurt,   26  there was no way to escape either, The SUV was being  27  towards the middle of the river, about 400 metres away. McRae  28  helplessly and prayed aloud with Maddie: “Please, God, please, help us!” The SUV, submerged and   29   with water, came to a stop when it parked at an angle in a logjam（浮木阻塞）. 

It was Maddie who took control. Pushing her way out of the   30  back window, the slight but athletic Maddie  31  onto the top of the SUV, which had righted itself, and yelled to her mother to hoist up the younger children. Soon the  32  were crowded on the top of the SUV’s roof.   33  to hold on as the water swept over them. McRae caught hold of the two-year-old kid to her chest while holding the three-year-old on her leg. Both children were so   34  that MeRac wondered if they were all right. With her mother’s permission, the 11-year-old girl-Meddie got over lots of problems to ask for help in a   35  village and fortunately they were saved.

1.A．rain B．snow   C．wind   D．mud

2.A．walked     B．drove C．ran      D．rushed

3.A．stood        B．lay       C．cried   D．sat

4.A．belts         B．backs  C．seats   D．toys

5.A．worried   B．thought       C．saw     D．feard

6.A．washed away   B．taken away        C．gone away  D．moved away

7.A．changed  B．fell      C．jumped        D．knocked

8.A．sea  B．bank   C．take    D．river

9.A．rising        B．leaving         C．singing         D．falling

10.A．leaves    B．branches     C．skins   D．flowers

11.A．and         B．or        C．but      D．so

12.A．carried  B．set       C．turned         D．swept

13.A．begged  B．screamed    C．asked  D．applied

14.A．filling      B．burdening   C．fightening   D．talking

15.A．hidden   B．closed          C．broken        D．covered

16.A．climbed B．slept   C．rolled D．tied

17.A．two         B．three  C．four    D．five

18.A．losing     B．trying  C．finding         D．getting

19.A．noisy      B．happy C．excited        D．quiet

20.A．remote  B．close   C．crowded     D．unknown

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He advertised for hired hands.Most people were   1 to work on farms along the Atlantic. They feared the   2   storms hat spread across the Atlantic, damaging the buildings and crops.   3  the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received many   4 Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age,  5  the farmer. "Are you a good farm-hand?" the farmer asked him.

      "Well ,I can  6  when the wind blows," answered the little man. Although 7 by this answer, the farmer,  8  for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt  9  with the man’s work. Then one night the wind   10  loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer took a lantern and  11 next door to the hired hand's sleeping room. He shook the little man and   12   ,"Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down   13  they are blown away! "The little man rolled over in bed and said   14  ,"No, sir. I told you, ! can sleep when the wind blows."

        15 by the answer, the farmer was tempted(诱惑) to fire him on the spot.  16  ,he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his   17  , he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins. The cows and the chickens were all in the  18  places, and the doors were fastened. The windows were tightly   19  . Everything was tied down. Nothing could be blown away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand   20, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

1. A. unfit           B. curious         C. undoubted         D. unwilling

2. A. awkward       B. awful           C. acute             D. abrupt

3. A. If             B. Once           C. As               D. Until

4. A. refusals        B. agreements      C. rewards           D. desires

5. A. approached     B. interviewed      C. reminded          D. applied

6. A. work           B. sleep           C. wake             D. flee

7. A. excited        B. touched         C. puzzled            D. discouraged

8. A. convenient     B. famous          C. bad               D. desperate

9. A. bored         B. satisfied         C. patient             D. honest

10. A. howled        B. yelled          C. screamed            D. swallowed

11. A. walked        B. slipped         C. rushed              D. fell

12. A. cheered       B. whispered       C. asked               D. cried

13. A. while         B. after            C. before              D. unless

14. A. firmly        B. weakly          C. tentatively           D. closely

15. A. Moved        B. Angered        C. Beaten              D. Calmed

16. A. Therefore      B. As a result      C. As usual             D. Instead

17. A. surprise       B. regret           C. horror              D. sorrow

18. A. wrong        B. appropriate       C. accurate            D. clean

19. A. painted         B. stored          C. secured             D. destroyed

20. A. promoted       B. suggested       C. recommended         D. meant

　Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for 36.________ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on 37._______ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful 38.________that raged across the Atlantic， wreaking havoc（浩劫，灾难） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer 39.________ applicants for the job， he 40._________ a steady stream of refusals.

　　41._________， a short， thin man， well past middle age， approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand？” the farmer asked him.

　　“Well， I can 42._________ when the wind blows，” answered the 43.________ man.

　　Although 44._________ by this answer， the farmer， desperate（不顾一切的） for 45.________， hired him. The man worked well around the farm， 46.________ from dawn to dusk， and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work.

　　Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. 47._________ out of bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and 48.________ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He 49.________ the little man and yelled， “Get up！ A storm is coming！ Tie things down before they blow away！”

　　The little man 50________ in bed and said 51.________， “No sir. I told you， I can sleep when the wind blows.”

　　Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to 52.________ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his 53.________， he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn， the chickens were in the coops（鸡笼）， and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.

　　The farmer then understood what his hired hand 54.__________， so he returned to his bed to also sleep 55.________ the wind blew.

36.A.hired            B.applied  C.took        D.got

37.A.field            B.garden   C.farm        D.park

38.A.winds           B.storms   C.huricane     D.flood

39.A.interviewed      B.trained   C.saw         D.visited 

40.A.accepted        B.received   C.refused      D.offered

41.A.Surprisingly     B.Luckily     C.Obviously    D.Finally

42.A.work        B.do       C.sleep       D.help   

43.A.strong       B.young     C.little      D.kind

44.A.pleased     B.satisfied     C.surprised    D.puzzled

450.A.help        B.pleasure     C.man        D.work

46.A.happy       B.sad         C.tired        D.busy

47.A.Coming      B.Leaving     C.Jumping     D.Going

48.A.ran          B.rushed      C.went        D.moved

49.A.beat         B.shook       C.shouted      D.stroke

505.A.put on        B.rolled over   C.got up       D.sat    

51.A.firmly        B.happily      C.delightly    D.angrily

52.A.kill          B.instruct      C.fire         D.inform

53.A.surprise       B.joy         C.regret       D.sadness

54.A.expected      B.prepared     C.offered      D.meant

55.A.when        B.as           C.after        D.while