Question

     Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It 1 suddenly in the mid-afternoon 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 boom-boom-boom 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 1 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

2. A. lasted   B. kept   C. flowed   D. blew

3. A. bright   B. grey   C. blue   D. dark

4. A. followed   B. caused

   C. made   D. brought

5. A. rain   B. thunder   C. wind   D. storm

6. A. placing   B. putting

   C. lying   D. picking

7. A. threw   B. jumped

   C. flew   D. rose

8. A. take   B. catch   C. draw   D. stop

9. A. moved   B. came   C. ran   D. sailed

10. A. Before   B. As

   C. During   D. Since

11. A. fall   B. rain   C. drop   D. burst

12. A. storm   B. water   C. wind   D. rain

13. A. walked   B. fought

   C. went   D. got

14. A. dried   B. cleaned

   C. swept   D. helped

15. A. noise   B. scream

  C. voice   D. sound

16. A. learn about   B. look for

  C. see into   D. find out

17. A. across   B. through

  C. over   D. pass

18. A. turned   B. changed

  C. broken   D. found

19. A. give   B. pay   C. spend   D. take

20. A. good   B. afraid

  C. thankful   D. careful

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. C

1. C解析:暴風(fēng)雨“來臨”用come。fall“降 落”;reach “到達(dá)”是及物動(dòng)詞;go“去”。

2. A解析:表示“持續(xù)”時(shí)間的長短用last,keep是“保持，維持”之意，不符合語境。

3. D解析：由常識(shí)知暴風(fēng)雨來臨時(shí)，天會(huì) 變暗(dark) 。

4. A解析：雷鳴跟在電閃之后用follow。cause導(dǎo)致，make形成，bring帶來，這三 個(gè)動(dòng)詞都含有人為的意味。

5. B 解析：由常識(shí)可知，一般先閃電，之 后是thunder (雷鳴) 。

6. C解析flace與put作“放置”講時(shí)均 為及物動(dòng)詞。lie在此意為“躺”。

7. C解析:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,my valuable notes 是 “飛入 ( flew) ” 空中。throw 扔;jump跳;rise上升。

8. B解析:紙被風(fēng)吹走，所以“我”跳起來 去“抓 ”(catch) 。take 帶走;draw 畫; stop停止。

9. D解析：紙從開著的窗戶中“飄”了出 去用 sail。move 移動(dòng);come 來;run 跑。

10. B解析:“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”用as,表示 前后兩個(gè)動(dòng)作幾乎同時(shí)發(fā)生。

11. A解析:雨從上而下降用fall"降落”。drop滴,下降;burst爆發(fā)。

12. D解析：由上段最后一句提示知選D 項(xiàng),雨傾盆而下。

13. B解析：因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)有風(fēng)，故關(guān)窗子很 費(fèi)力，用fight生動(dòng)形象。

14. A解析：由上句的wet all over及本句 的 with a towel 知選 dried。

15. D 解析：由下文的“A tree was bro-ken. ” 知選 sound (聲音) 。noise 噪音; voice (人的) 聲音;scream叫喊。16. D 解析：find out 弄清楚。learn about 了解;look for 尋找;see into 調(diào)査。

17. A 解析：across the floor “橫在地板 上”。在某物體的表面上“橫過”用 across。through 指從內(nèi)部“穿過 ”；over 指從“上面過”；pass “經(jīng)過”。

18. C 解析：樹砸在桌子上，桌子break (斷了) ，這里“break into pieces”表示桌 子被砸得支離破碎。

19. D解析:take在此意為“花費(fèi)”。

20. C 解析：由 “ no one was hurt” 知用 thankful"欣慰的，慶幸的”。