Question

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破壞) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (總共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利機構) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1.How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen.        B. Twenty-one. C. Twenty-nine.        D. Thirty-six.

2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A. He was in bed.                                    

B. He was inside the house.

C. He was outside the house.                   

D. He was on the roof.

3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.

A. her husband knew there would be a storm

B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C. she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D. the welfare department helped her

4.The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.

A. something to eat                 B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study               D. somewhere to stay

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm             B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers                   D. Clever People

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】短文屬于記敘文。講述了一場嚴重的暴風雨造成的危害。描寫了人們在遭到暴風雨襲擊時的感受及災后的救助。

1.綜合理解題。從第一段可知：“fourteen”+“Seven”+“fifteen”＝36

2.推理判斷題。根據第三段的敘述，可知當時他在房子里。

3.細節理解題。從第四段中，可知。

4.詞義猜測題。從并列的這幾項“brought them food, clothes and shelter”可猜測出shelter的意思可排除A、B。根據常識，受災的人們無家可歸，除了食物、衣服之外，最需要的是什么？是學習的地方，還是住的地方？當然是后者。

5.主旨大意題。短文講到了幾個人，但是關鍵還是圍繞這場暴風雨，因此選A。