Question

【题目】语法填空
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damagedtheir owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were (serious) hurt and a number of other people were slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and (last) for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “ we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.

Answer 1

【答案】destroying；that；seriously；lasted；when；on；missing；but；whose；the
【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了一场暴风雨给村庄带来了很大的危害，很多房屋被毁，造成了人员伤亡，有些人也侥幸逃脱，士兵和福利结构给灾民带来了帮助。
(1)考查动词。句意：上星期五，一场暴风雨席卷了the New Territories的两个村庄，毁掉了14所房屋。“___1___(destroy) fourteen homes”是结果状语，表示意料之中的结果。故填destroying。
(2)考查状语从句。句意：其他七所房屋毁坏的非常厉害以致于主人不得不搬离。so…that…固定句型，“如此……以致于……”，根据语境，故填that。
(3)考查副词。seriously作状语修饰动词hurt，作状语，故填seriously。
(4)考查动词。句意：农民，Tan先生说暴风雨是清晨开始的，持续了一个多小时。此处描述过去发生的事情，用一般过去时。故填lasted。
(5)考查状语从句。句意：我正在与我的妻子和孩子们吃饭，这时候我们听到一声巨响。be doing sth. when…固定句型，“正在做某事，这时候……”when引导时间状语从句，“这时”，故填when。
(6)考查介词。句意：几分钟以后，我们头顶上的房子倒塌了。on top of…“在……顶上”。故填on。
(7)考查形容词。句意：我们竭尽全力的爬了出去，后来我看到我的一个孩子不见了。missing“失踪的”是形容词作表语。故填missing。
(8)考查连词。句意：我回到屋里找到了他，他是安全的但是很害怕。前后是转折关系。故填but。
(9)考查定语从句。“ ___9___ husband had just left for work”是定语从句，修饰Mrs. Woo Mei Fong，从句中作定语，用关系代词whose。故填whose。
(10)考查冠词。句意：士兵们帮助把人们从受灾区带出了……。根据语境，此处特指上文提到的暴风雨侵袭的灾区。故填the。