Question

Donald had his own difficulties sleeping that night. Not just because of the bright lights of the shelter or people's constant voices, it was the happening repeatedly nightmare(噩梦) that caused him to stay awake, to fear sleep. Donald was back in his small house. He did his best to ignore the howling winds outside his window. Yet he couldn't turn out the fearful whimpers(呜咽声) of his little dog, or the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door, unable to sleep through the storm despite her insistence they would be all right.

Donald didn't want his mother to be upset, but on some level，he was glad to hear she was awake. It meant he wasn't alone in the dark. Though he was 12, until recently it was impossible for Donald to fall asleep unless his mother lay down by his side.

Suddenly there was a crash. Their living room window is shattered(打碎) by 125­mile­an­hour winds. Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother, and she to comfort him.

Soon water was seeping(渗透) into the single­floor house.Quickly it rose from ankle level to leg level. At Donald's insistence, they pushed their way through the water—now chest high—toward the front door. When they fought their way into the living room, water rose to their chins.

It was a struggle for the boy and mother to stay afloat. In a total panic, desperate to hold on to something, Troy caught a curtain rod(杆). She's breathing hard, shouting that she couldn't swim.

Donald called out，“Mom! Hold on！” Just then Donald also caught a floating wood board.

36．The passage is mainly about ________．

A．how a storm happened and caused damage

B．how a mother and son experienced a storm

C．how a mother and son survived a storm

D．how a son helped his mother in a storm

37．Which of the following is mentioned in the story?

A．The rising sun.  B．The broken door.

C．The lucky dog.  D．The noisy environment.

38．Which word can best describe Troy's feelings at the beginning of the storm?

A．Excited.  B．Calm.

C．Anxious.  D．Desperate.

39．What will the author most probably talk about next?

A．How the other people struggled in the storm.

B．Why the storm happened.

C．What damage the storm caused.

D．How Donald and Troy struggled to save themselves.

Answer 1

本文是记叙文，主要介绍了一对经历暴风雨的母子的故事。

36．B　主旨大意题。第一、二、三段写暴风雨来临之初母子俩的焦虑心情，后文描写母子俩在雨水涌入房子后往外跑的情景，由此可知，全文主要围绕母子俩在暴风雨中的经历进行叙述，由此判断选B。

37．D　推理判断题。由第一段中“people's constant voices”“the howling winds”“the fearful whimpers of his little dog”和“the uncomfortable sounds of his mother”可判断，环境是嘈杂的，故选D项。

38．C　细节理解题。根据第一段中的“the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door”和第三段中的“Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed.He did his best to calm his mother”可知，暴风雨来临之初，Troy (Donald的母亲)是忧虑和害怕的。

39．D　推理判断题。根据最后两段内容“母亲抓住了一根窗帘杆，儿子抓住了一块木板”可推知接下来作者极有可能写他们母子俩如何在暴风雨中自救，如果作者接着写A、B、C三个话题的内容，则显得太突兀，与上文内容衔接不上。