On Monday, April 20, we experienced heavy rain and fierce winds. During a break in the weather on Tuesday morning, I __1__ decided to drive into town to buy some food.
I left the supermarket around 10 am. __2__， as I drove the six kilometers back to my home, the weather took a __3__ for the worse. It was raining very __4__ and I was forced to take a __5__ I don't usually travel. Nearing my town, I watched as the water level on the road __6__ in front of me. I had nowhere to go.
The driver of a fourwheel drive signaled from his car to tell me not to try and cross the __7__ road. Then I noticed a man in his early 30s in his front yard __8__ the situation. He quickly waved to me to come and __9__ in his driveway away from the rushing water.
The man called Trent then invited me to wait __10__ the rain inside his house. I told him I was concerned about the __11__ to my father's car, which I was driving, __12__ the continuing rain started to turn into hail (冰雹). Trent then took a cover from his garage and __13__ my car to protect it from the hail. __14__， his efforts saved Dad's car from being destroyed by the hail.
While waiting for the __15__ to improve, I learned that Trent had __16__ his job ten months ago and was trying his hand as a local handyman (做零活的人) to make ends meet.
By 12：30 pm the rain __17__ so I asked Trent if he thought it would be safe enough to __18__ the road — he told me it was. As I left, I insisted on __19__ two of his business cards, and my father has since called Trent to offer him __20__ as a handyman at our place doing various small jobs.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者描述了他在一场大雨中得到好心人的帮助的经历。
1．A.actually B．carefully
C．stupidly D．mentally
解析：选C 由下文提到的作者遭遇的恶劣天气可知，作者贸然开车出去买食物的决定是“愚蠢地(stupidly)”。
2．A.Besides B．Therefore
C．Instead D．However
解析：选D 由下文“我”因大雨无法继续前行回家可知，“我离开超市时没有下雨”和“开了一段之后天气突然‘变得糟糕(took a turn for the worse)’”之间是转折关系，故用However。
3．A.way B．turn
C．manner D．pattern
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
4．A.lightly B．normally
C．heavily D．regularly
解析：选C 因雨下得“太大(heavily)”，“我”被迫改“道(road)”驱车回家。
5．A.town B．road
C．risk D．market
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
6．A.rose B．arrived
C．fell D．disappeared
解析：选A 由下文的“I had nowhere to go.”和“the rushing water”可知，由于雨势太大，“我”前面的路面积水“升高(rose)”。
7．A.busy B．wide
C．quiet D．dangerous
解析：选D 由上文可推知，路面积水升高使得道路“危险(dangerous)”，因此一位司机示意告诉“我”不要试图穿过道路。
8．A.sticking with B．dealing with
C．messing up D．sizing up
解析：选D 由下文那位叫Trent的男子向“我”招手示意去他家躲避来势汹汹的大雨可知，这位三十岁左右的男子在他家前院“检查(sizing up)”路面情况。
9．A.call B．park
C．wash D．stay
解析：选B 由下文的“wait __10__ the rain his house”可知，Trent让“我”把车“停到(park)”他家。
10．A.on B．for
C．out D．behind
解析：选C Trent是“我”回家路上遇到的一位好心的陌生人，他邀请“我”去他家“等待雨停(wait out the rain)”。
11．A.approach B．reaction
C．damage D．attention
解析：选C 由下文的“saved Dad's car from being destroyed by the hail”可知，“我”担心父亲的车因冰雹而“受损(damage)”。
12．A.as B．if
C．so D．but
解析：选A “我担心父亲的车受损”和“一直下的雨开始变成冰雹”之间是因果关系，故用as。
13．A.hid B．cleaned
C．measured D．covered
解析：选D Trent从车库拿出一个外罩是为了“遮住(covered)”“我”的车以免被冰雹砸坏。
14．A.Suddenly B．Secretly
C．Interestingly D．Fortunately
解析：选D 由“his efforts saved Dad's car”可知，“庆幸的是(Fortunately)”，Trent的举措挽救了父亲的车，使其避免被冰雹砸坏。
15．A.job B．water
C．weather D．business
解析：选C “我”到Trent家是为了等“天气(weather)”好转。
16．A.got B．lost
C．kept D．finished
解析：选B 由下文的“as a local handyman (做零活的人) to make ends meet”可知，通过做零活勉强糊口的Trent“失去(lost)”工作已经十个月了。
17．A.came B．poured
C．stopped D．continued
解析：选C 由下文“it would be safe enough”和“As I left”可知，12：30的时候雨“停(stopped)”了，于是“我”问Trent是否足够安全可以“上路(hit the road)”。
18．A.repair B．hit
C．follow D．build
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
19．A.taking B．accepting
C．signing D．borrowing
解析：选A “我”与Trent认识之前他就在做零工，因此“我”离开时坚持要“拿走(taking)”两张他的名片。
20．A.chance B．work
C．service D．transport
解析：选B 由“at our place doing various small jobs”可知，父亲之后常打电话给Trent提供做零活的“工作(work)”。
