14．閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇最佳選項．
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th December，2004，a young girl called Tilly Smith was on holiday with （35）A family in Phuket，Thailand．No one knew what was going to happen-a tsunami（海嘯） that would （36）Cabout 200，000people．Tilly had studied tsunamis in her geography class and had seen a video of a tsunami．
"My mum didn't （37）C what was happening，"said Tilly．But Tilly did．"I saw this bubbling（泡） on the water，at the edge； the water and the foam（氣泡） looked as if they were （38）B，and were making a strange noise．The water was coming in，but it wasn't going （39）Dagain．It was coming in，and in，and in，towards the hotel"
She turned to her mother and sister and told them that it was a tsunami．At first they did not （40）B her．She was only 10years old．Maybe she was just （41）D to see a tsunami because she had studied it？
Tilly's father went back to the hotel with her sister．They told the people who worked in the hotel what Tilly had said．Tilly ran out to the beach，to warn the people there．The hotel worker believed Tilly．They began to get people off the （42）C．Only a few minutes later a huge wave （43）A over the beach．This beach was one of the few beaches in Phuket where no one was killed or seriously （44）D．This was all because of 10-year-old Tilly Smith．She （45）B all her family and others．The picture shows Tilly a year after the tsunami at church service to remember the people who （46）A．
| 35．A．her | B．his | C．my | D．your |
| 36．A．wash | B．take | C．kill | D．surprise |
| 37．A．see | B．study | C．realize | D．understand |
| 38．A．steaming | B．boiling | C．producing | D．cooking |
| 39．A．a(chǎn)way | B．fast | C．slow | D．out |
| 40．A．notice | B．believe | C．a(chǎn)sk | D．a(chǎn)nswer |
| 41．A．planning | B．going | C．getting | D．hoping |
| 42．A．hotel | B．school | C．beach | D．road |
| 43．A．swept | B．flew | C．ran | D．went |
| 44．A．worried | B．disturbed | C．carried | D．hurt |
| 45．A．left | B．saved | C．thanked | D．moved |
| 46．A．died | B．lived | C．stayed | D．cheered． |
