[语篇解读] 洪水给生活带来了困难，但在灾害面前，也能获得更多对人生的认识。
5．What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Wrong. B. Missing.
C. Right. D. Found.
[解析] 猜测词义题。从第一段中“As usual，I rushed home from work...”可知作者还是像往常那样赶回家，因此没有什么不正常的，故选择A。
[答案] A
6．It can be inferred from the text that the author________.
A. was sick of staying upstairs
B. cared much about her children
C. could not stand living in a wooden house
D. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood
[解析] 推理判断题。从第一段第五句Thank God the kids weren’t with me，...可以看出作者最关心(在意)孩子。
