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【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(在短文的空格内容中填入适当的单词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

How to survive a disaster? Most survivors says that nothing felt, sounded or looked the way they would have expected. Reality was in some ways better, in other ways w【1】. They say there are things they wish they had known.

On September 28, 1994, a ship called the Estonia sank, which was the worst sea disaster in modern European h【2】. Kent was then a 29-year-old passenger. He was hanging out in the bar with some other passengers that night. Suddenly, the ship list to 30, hurling passengers across its passageways. Kent began to act at once. “I started to react very differently from normal. I started to say, ‘Oh， the boat is sinking.’ ”Like many survivors, Kent experienced a state in which the brain focuses on the individual experience, “I just say my small world.”

But as Kent made his way into the corridor, he noticed something strange. Not just one or two passengers, but entire groups seemed unable to m【3】. They were conscious (有意识的), but they were not reacting.

In the case of the Estonia and other diseases, the freezing response may have been a natural and horrible m【4】. Under extreme stress, our brains search for a proper survival response and sometimes choose the wrong one. But the more encouraging point is that the brain is plastic. It can be trained to respond more properly. If we can r【5】 our own fear even a little bit, we might be able to do better.

Fire drills, particularly if they are unexpected, can dramatically reduce fear. Knowing where the stairs are in a building can give your brain an a【6】. Safety drills give our brains blueprints in the unlikely event that we need them. We can also help each other do better. Many flight attendants are now rained to scream at passengers in burning planes, “Get out! Go!” People r【7】 well to leadership in a disaster, and then they can do remarkable things.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】worse

【2】history

【3】move

【4】mistake

【5】reduce

【6】advantage

【7】respond

【解析】

本篇通过爱沙尼亚号海难讲述在灾难中如何逃生；灾难中人们在极端压力下可能做出错误的判断，如果在灾难中能减少恐惧、对领头人的指挥做积极地回应，就能更好地逃生。

【1】句意：现实情况是在有些方面会更好些，有些方面更糟些。

根据上文Most survivors says that nothing felt, sounded or looked the way they would have expected.可知“真实的灾难中并不是我们预料中所感觉、听到的和看到的那样”，推断现实中的情况“有的会更好有的会更糟”；故填worse.

【2】句意：1994年爱沙尼亚号沉船是现代欧洲史上最严重的海难。

the worst sea disaster是形容词最高级，判断后面in…是表比较范围；根据句意“在现代欧洲史上”in modern European history；故填history。

【3】句意：但是当肯特挤到过道时，他发现一些奇怪的事。并不是一两个而是整队的人好像都不能动。

根据下文They were conscious (有意识的), but they were not reacting.可知他们有意识但他们没有做出反应；推断“走道人群是没有移动”，故填move。

【4】句意：在爱沙尼亚和其它灾难中，僵硬的反应或许是一种自然的、不好的错误。根据下文Under extreme stress, our brains search for a proper survival response and sometimes choose the wrong one. 可知在极端压力下，我们的大脑可能做出错误的选择；推断上文句意“人们的反应可能是错误”，故填mistake。

【5】句意：如果我们能减少一点我们的恐惧，我们可能会做的更好。

根据上文It can be trained to respond more properly. 可知大脑是可塑性的，可以训练大脑做出更正确的反应；下文进一步陈述“如果我们能减少恐惧，那可能做得更好”，故填reduce。

【6】句意：知道一栋楼的楼梯在哪可能给你的大脑提供一种有利思维。

空格在an后面判断填名词；根据下文Safety drills give our brains blueprints in the unlikely event that we need them.可知在逃生演练的模拟灾难中会给我们的大脑提供逃生路线，因此知道大楼的楼梯在哪，会让大脑在紧急情况下决定正确逃生路线，这是“有利的”，故填advantage。

【7】句意：灾难中人们对领头的人做出积极反应，他们可能做出非凡的事。

空格当句子谓语，判断填动词。根据上文Many flight attendants are now rained to scream at passengers in burning planes, “Get out! Go!”可知训练空姐在燃烧的飞机上大喊是引导人们做出正确反应，故填react。