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【題目】閱讀下面短文，理解其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。A Move to Safety

The Turners sat at the kitchen table. The sun was shining and filled the kitchen with a warm light. It was a perfect day for having a picnic or going surfing. But in the Turners' kitchen, no one seemed to be paying attention to the 1 .
"Okay, girls," said Mrs. Turner. "I can tell by the expressions on your faces that you have a pretty good idea of why we need to have this family 2 ." Linda and Kala exchanged looks and slowly nodded.
"Your mom and I have had many talks lately about the possibility of 3 ," said Mr. Turner. "We were hoping that it wouldn't come to this, 4 we don't have other choices."
"But Dad," said Kala, "Kilauea has been an active volcano（火山）since 1983! Nothing has happened to us or to our house yet. I think we'll be 5 here."
"But your dad and I care about all the recent warnings giving by the government. Even though we've been safe up to now, there is no way to guarantee（保證）that a larger eruption（噴發(fā)）isn't coming up," said Mrs. Turner.
"Mom, this is our 6 . I can't even remember living anywhere else!" Linda said, fighting back tears.
Mrs. Turner put an arm around her daughter's shoulder. "This won't go 7 for any of us," she said. "Dad and I love this house, too. We have so many happy memories here. But we're tired of living with such uncertainty. The most 8 thing in the world to us is that our family stays safe."
Mr. Turner 9 . "Girls, there are other places in Hawaii where we'll feel safer. We'll have to 10 our house, but you know home is wherever we go as a family. We'll make new 11 , and we'll find things to love about our new home."
The girls were quiet for a moment as they considered 12 it would mean to move. "There are so many things I'll 13 here," said Kala quietly.
"We all will," said Mrs. Turner. "But one of the places that your dad and I have looked at is only a few minutes' walk to the beach."
Kala and Linda couldn't help 14 when they heard that. They both spent every spare minute they had surfing. If their parents told them that they could actually live in the water, they would have been perfectly happy.
Mr. Turner walked around to the other side of the table. He put one large hand on each of his daughter's shoulders. "I'm proud of you two," he said. "Thank you for trying to 15 why this is so important to your mom and me."
Linda and Kala smiled. Dad was right: home was wherever the family was.
（1）A.kitchen B.table C.picnic D.weather
（2）A.trip B.meeting C.dinner D.celebration
（3）A.moving B.traveling C.returning D.rushing
（4）A.because B.so C.though D.but
（5）A.happy B.safe C.brave D.relaxed
（6）A.dream B.choice C.home D.island
（7）A.early B.easily C.quickly D.successfully
（8）A.unforgettable B.difficult C.important D.interesting
（9）A.agreed B.shouted C.judged D.repeated
（10）A.give back B.give up C.look for D.look up
（11）A.problems B.sports C.memories D.reaons
（12）A.what B.why C.how D.whether
（13）A.sense B.stress C.respect D.miss
（14）A.smiling B.arguing C.worrying D.doubting
（15）A.explain B.wonder C.understand D.discuss

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、D
（2）、B
（3）、A
（4）、D
（5）、B
（6）、C
（7）、B
（8）、C
（9）、A
（10）、B
（11）、C
（12）、A
（13）、D
（14）、A
（15）、C

【解析】本文講述特納一家討論是否搬離基拉韋亞火山去安全的地方居住而召開的家庭會議。
⑴句意：但是在特納家的廚房，好像沒有人注意天氣。A、kitchen廚房；B、table餐桌；C、picnic野餐；D、weather天氣。根據(jù)上文描述的天氣狀況，故答案為D。
⑵句意：“好吧，姑娘們，”特納夫人說，“從你們臉上的表情我可以看出你們很清楚為什么我們需要開這個家庭會議�！盇、trip旅行；B、meeting會議；C、dinner晚餐；D、celebration慶祝。根據(jù)下文討論是否搬離基拉韋亞火山區(qū)可知他們在開家庭會議，故答案為B。
⑶句意：我跟你們的媽媽近來談了很多關(guān)于搬家的可能性。A、moving搬家；B、traveling旅行；C、returning返回；D、rushing沖。根據(jù)下文可知他們在討論是否搬家，故答案為A。
⑷句意：我們本希望不會談到這一點，但是我們沒有別的選擇。A、because因為；B、so所以；C、though雖然；D、but但是。前后兩句表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故答案為D。
⑸句意：“但是，爸爸，”凱樂說，“自從1983年起基拉韋亞就一直是一個活火山，我們和我們的房子都沒有事。我覺得我們住在這里很安全�！盇、happy快樂的；B、safe安全的；C、brave勇敢的；D、relaxed放松的。故答案為B。
⑹句意：“媽媽，這是我們的家，我不記得曾經(jīng)住過別的地方。”A、dream夢想；B、choice選擇；C、home家；D、island島嶼。根據(jù)后一句中的living anywhere else可知選home，選答案為C。
⑺句意：特納夫人一只手攬著女兒的肩膀說，“這對我們?nèi)魏稳硕疾蝗菀��！盇、early早；B、easily容易；C、quickly快；D、successfully成功。根據(jù)句意，故答案為B。
⑻句意：對我們來說，這個世界上最重要的是安全。A、unforgettable難忘的；B、difficult困難的；C、important重要的；D、interesting有趣的。根據(jù)句意，故答案為C。
⑼句意：特納先生同意這個看法，說：“孩子們，在夏威夷還有別的我們會感到更安全的地方�！盇、agreed同意；B、shouted喊叫；C、judged判斷；D、repeated重復。根據(jù)上文可知丈夫支持妻子的觀點，故答案為A。
⑽句意：我們不得不放棄我們的房子，但是你們知道家就是我們一家人在一起的地方。A、give back歸還；B、give up放棄；C、look for尋找；D、look up查找；根據(jù)句意，故答案為B。
⑾句意：我們會創(chuàng)造新的記憶，我們會找到我們新家的新東西。A、problems問題；B、sports運動；C、memories記憶；D、reaons原因。根據(jù)句意，故答案為C。
⑿句意：孩子們安靜了一會兒，他們在考慮搬家意味著什么。此處引導賓語從句，關(guān)聯(lián)詞在從句中作mean的賓語，所以用連接代詞what，故答案為A。
⒀句意：這里有太多東西讓我想念的。A、sense感覺；B、stress強調(diào)；C、respect尊重；D、miss想念。根據(jù)句意，故答案為D。
⒁句意：凱樂和琳達聽到這忍不住笑了。A、smiling微笑；B、arguing爭論；C、worrying擔心；D、doubting懷疑。根據(jù)上文，故答案為A。
⒂句意：謝謝你們明白為什么這對你媽媽和我這么重要。A、explain解釋；B、wonder想知道；C、understand明白。D、discuss討論。根據(jù)句意，故答案為C。