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Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years.It 1 suddenly in the midafternoon and 2 more than three hours.
At first, the sky grew 3 all of a sudden.Within minutes, forks of lightning forced a way into the sky.Then it was 4 by the boomboomboom of 5 .A very strong wind blew into my room.My valuable notes, 6 on my desk in the room, 7 high into the air.I jumped up to 8 them but unluckily a few sheets 9 out of the open window. 10 I ran out to get the notes, big drops of rain began to 11 .
As soon as I ran back into the house, the 12 began to pour in waves.I 13 to close the windows.I did it but was wet all over.I 14 myself with a towel.Then I heard a sudden loud 15 from the back of the house.I ran out of the room to 16 what it was.A tree was broken.Part of its big branch lay 17 the floor.The table was 18 into pieces.It would 19 a lot of work to rebuild it.However, we were 20 that no one was hurt.
1．A.fell B．reached
C．came D．went
答案：C
解析：词语辨析题。暴风雨“来临”用come。fall “降落”；reach “到达”是及物动词；go “去”。
2．A.lasted B．kept
C．flowed D．blew
答案：A
解析：词语辨析题。表示“持续”时间的长短用last。keep “保持，维持”，不符合语境；flow“流动”；blow“吹”。
3．A.bright B．grey
C．blue D．dark
答案：D
解析：背景常识题。由常识知道暴风雨来临前，天会变暗(dark)。
4．A.followed B．caused
C．made D．brought
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。雷鸣跟在闪电之后用follow。cause “导致”；make “形成”；bring “带来”，这三个动词都含有人为意味。
5．A.rain B．thunder
C．wind D．storm
答案：B
解析：背景常识题。由常识可知，一般先出现闪电，之后是雷鸣(thunder)。
6．A.placing B．putting
C．lying D．picking
答案：C
解析：词语辨析题。place与put作“放”讲时均为及物动词。lie在此意为“躺”。
7．A.threw B．jumped
C．flew D．rose
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。根据文意，“My valuable notes”是飞入(flew)空中。因为当时风力不小。
8．A.take B．catch
C．draw D．stop
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。由于纸被风吹走，“我”跳起来去抓(catch)。take “带走”；draw “画”；stop “停止”。
9．A.moved B．came
C．ran D．sailed
答案：D
解析：词语辨析题。纸从开着的窗户中“飘”了出去用sail。move “移动”；come “来”；run “跑”。
10．A.Before B．As
C．During D．Since
答案：B
解析：句式结构题。“当……的时候”用as，表示前后两个动作几乎同时发生。
11．A.fall B．rain
C．throw D．burst
答案：A
解析：词语辨析题。雨从天上降下用fall。throw “扔”；burst “爆发”。
12．A.storm B．water
C．wind D．rain
答案：D
解析：词汇复现题。由上段最后一句提示可知选D项，雨倾盆而下。
13．A.walked B．fought
C．went D．got
答案：B
解析：词语辨析题。因为当时有风，故关窗子很用力，用fight生动形象。
14．A.dried B．cleaned
C．swept D．helped
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。由上句的wet all over及本句的with a towel可知选dried。
15．A.noise B．scream
C．voice D．sound
答案：D
解析：词语辨析题。由下文的“A tree was broken.”可知选sound(声音)。noise “噪音”；voice “(人的)嗓音”；scream “叫喊”。
16．A.learn about B．look for
C．see into D．find out
答案：D
解析：词语辨析题。find out “弄清楚”；learn about “了解”；look for “寻找”；see into “调查”。我跑出去的目的是弄清楚发生了什么事。
17．A.across B．through
C．over D．pass
答案：A
解析：词语辨析题。across the floor “横在地板上”，across指在某物体的表面上，符合语境。through指从内部“穿过”；over指从“上面过”；pass指从“旁边过”。
18．A.turned B．changed
C．broken D．found
答案：C
解析：词语搭配题。树砸在桌子上，桌子坏了(break)，这里“was broken into pieces”表示桌子被砸得支离破碎。
19．A.give B．pay
C．spend D．take
答案：D
解析：词语辨析题。take在此意为“花心思，费心”。
20．A.good B．afraid
C．thankful D．careful
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。由“no one was hurt”可知用thankful “庆幸的”。
