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:暴风雨“来临”用come。fall“降 落”;reach “到达”是及物动词;go“去”。

2. A解析:表示“持续”时间的长短用last,keep是“保持，维持”之意，不符合语境。

3. D解析：由常识知暴风雨来临时，天会 变暗(dark) 。

4. A解析：雷鸣跟在电闪之后用follow。cause导致，make形成，bring带来，这三 个动词都含有人为的意味。

5. B 解析：由常识可知，一般先闪电，之 后是thunder (雷鸣) 。

6. C解析flace与put作“放置”讲时均 为及物动词。lie在此意为“躺”。

7. C解析:根据文章内容可知,my valuable notes 是 “飞入 ( flew) ” 空中。throw 扔;jump跳;rise上升。

8. B解析:纸被风吹走，所以“我”跳起来 去“抓 ”(catch) 。take 带走;draw 画; stop停止。

9. D解析：纸从开着的窗户中“飘”了出 去用 sail。move 移动;come 来;run 跑。

10. B解析:“当……的时候”用as,表示 前后两个动作几乎同时发生。

11. A解析:雨从上而下降用fall"降落”。drop滴,下降;burst爆发。

12. D解析：由上段最后一句提示知选D 项,雨倾盆而下。

13. B解析：因为当时有风，故关窗子很 费力，用fight生动形象。

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

15. D 解析：由下文的“A tree was bro-ken. ” 知选 sound (声音) 。noise 噪音; voice (人的) 声音;scream叫喊。16. D 解析：find out 弄清楚。learn about 了解;look for 寻找;see into 调査。

17. A 解析：across the floor “横在地板 上”。在某物体的表面上“横过”用 across。through 指从内部“穿过 ”；over 指从“上面过”；pass “经过”。

18. C 解析：树砸在桌子上，桌子break (断了) ，这里“break into pieces”表示桌 子被砸得支离破碎。

19. D解析:take在此意为“花费”。

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