Question

【题目】Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once.

A. cleared from B. travel C. hit D. among E. flying F. in case

Tilly Smith, the 11-year-old British girl, who was called as “Angle of the Beach”, saved 100 tourists from a Thai beach 【1】by the tsunami in 2004 and has been named Child of the Year by readers of a French children’s newspaper.

She won the Mon Quotidien Award.

Tilly had studied tsunamis with her geography teacher shortly before【2】to Thailand for a holiday with her parents and younger sister .

As she watched the waves suddenly begin to move back, and the sea was bubbling , she warned her mother that the beach was about to be struck by a tsunami. Her parents warned other holidaymakers and hotel staff that a tsunami was coming. Many other people were【3】the beach at Phuket.

Tilly, now 11,has just come back in Thailand for memorializing the death of the disaster.She said: “It’s really good, just to know about tsunamis or any natural disaster【4】 you are in one. I’m very glad that I was able to say on the beach that a tsunami was coming. And I’m glad that they listened to me.”

She had earlier said that the state of the sea was just the same as in her geography lesson.

Tilly is now very popular 【5】French children. Her picture appears on the front page of Mon Quotidien, which is read by 10 to 14-year-olds.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】F

【5】D

【解析】

本文讲述了一个名叫蒂莉·史密斯的11岁女孩知道一些海啸知识，在2004年的泰国海啸袭击的海滩上拯救了100名游客。

【1】句意：被称为“沙滩天使”的11岁英国女孩蒂莉·史密斯在2004年的泰国海啸袭击的海滩上拯救了100名游客，她还被法国一家儿童报纸的读者评为“年度儿童”。

根据by the tsunami此处表示被海啸袭击的海滩，用hit，故选C。

【2】句意：蒂莉在与父母和妹妹飞往泰国度假之前，曾跟随地理老师学习过有关海啸的知识。

fly to飞往，before doing sth做某事之前，故选E。

【3】句意：在普吉岛的海滩上，还有许多人被疏散。

根据前句Her parents warned other holidaymakers and hotel staff that a tsunami was coming.可知，她的父母警告其他度假的人和宾馆工作人员，海啸要来了，因此海滩上的人被疏散，故选A。

【4】句意：这真的很好，只要知道海啸或任何自然灾害，以防你是遇到其中一个。

根据know about tsunamis or any natural disaster可知，知道海啸或者自然灾害，这样可以以防万一我们遇到其中一种，故选F。

【5】句意：蒂莉现在在法国孩子中很受欢迎。

among sb在某人（指三者以上）之间，故选D。