Question

“Earthquake!” The word flashed in my brain. A roaring sound filled my ears. I tried to hide beneath my desk. The desk did a wild tap dance, slipping and sliding towards the center of the room. I twisted(扭曲) my body and grabbed at the windowsill(窗沿) behind me, somehow kicking free of my dancing chair. I tried to stand. My legs skated away as if on a bucking escalator(弯曲的自动扶梯).

My fingers shook, grasped and held the windowsill tightly. Somewhere through the roar sounded the terrified scream of some wounded animals. I looked behind me and tried to steady my gaze on the other kids but the scene was a dizzy nightmare. Some of the class were sitting in the middle of the room, surrounded by chairs and desks. One girl was screaming. A boy was trying to move across the floor to the door in a crazy overarm crawl(肩上爬行).

I cried aloud, “I’m going to die. I’m going to die. Save me, I’m not ready to die, I’m not ready!”

I moved forward on my knees and pressed my face against my clenched fingers(握紧拳头). Suddenly I realized that the rocking had stopped. Perhaps I wasn’t going to die.

1.The roaring sound was made by ____________________.

A. a wounded animal B. people screaming

C. children running D. an earthquake

2.When the writer clenches his fingers he is ___________________.

A. afraid B. angry

C. injured D. impatient

3.Paragraph 2 describes the ________________________.

A. injuries suffered by the writer

B. effects of a bad nightmare

C. disorder in the classroom

D. the writer’s fear of death

4.At the end of the passage there is a feeling of ___________________.

A. fear B. hope C. sorrow D. excitement

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题解析：本文讲述了作者经历地震的故事，描述了地震发生时的可怕情形，但是最后摇晃停止，作者又有了生的希望。

1. The word flash in my brain. A roaring sound filled my ears”中可以看出吼叫声是由于地震产生的，故选D。

2. finger shook, grasped and held the windowsill tightly”中可以看出，作者非常地紧张和害怕，所以仅仅抓住了窗沿，故选A。

3.

4. “Suddenly I realized that the rocking has stopped. Perhaps I wasn’t going to die”中可以看出摇晃停止了，所以作者突然又充满了希望，故选B。

考点：考查记叙文阅读。