Question

The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along a high road to get my daughter from school. Over my road was another way for cars coming the__1__ way. It was just the rush hour and the traffic was very__2__. But I have got used to this because I often drive to the school __3__my daughter after work.

Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move__4__, I slowed down. Then my car began to__5__. I didn't know what was happening.__6__something had gone wrong with my car. I drove__7__slowly. I stopped my car and at the same__8__the road fell onto the cars in front of me.

I found__9__in the dark. My legs and feet were__10__badly and I couldn't move. All around me was__11__. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise.

Then I __12__ what had happened. I had__13__an earthquake!

__14__about two hours nobody came. Then I __15__ people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see __16__anyone was under the broken road. I called __17__.

"I'm here!" Soon a stranger came up to me, "__18__are you doing?" he asked. "Not too bad," I said, "but my feet and legs __19__ as if they are broken." "We'll __20__ you out as soon as we can," he said. But they didn't rescue me until the next morning. I had been in my car for 14 hours.

1. A. same B. right C. left D. other

2. A. free B. heavy C. much D. large

3. A. for B. with C. in D. on

4. A. up and down B. here and there

C. from side to side D. back and forth

5. A. stop B. break C. shake D. jump

6. A. Perhaps B. Surely C. Suddenly D. Quickly

7. A. much B. still less C. very more D. even more

8. A. place B. result C. moment D. speed

9. A. me B. myself C. my car D. it

10. A. wounding B. hurting C. breaking D. damaging

11. A. noisy B. normal C. shouting D. quiet

12. A. realized B. reminded C. told D. thought

13. A. happened B. experienced C. founded D. escaped

14. A. Before B. After C. For D. Beyond

15. A. asked B. saw C. heard D. begged

16. A. that B. unless C. if D. how many

17. A. out B. on C. for D. in

18. A. How B. What C. Why D. Who

19. A. feel B. look C. grow D. turn

20. A. set B. find C. fetch D. help

Answer 1

1. D。在我行驶的路面上还有一条路,这两条路是上下平行、方向相反的路。2. B。交通高峰时间,车辆很多。3. A。下班后开车去学校接女儿。 4. C。from side to side意为"从一边到另一边",此处指"左右摇摆"。5. C。由下文可知,车身摇晃是地震引起的。6. A。此处表示猜测,因为不知道发生了什么事。7. D。上文已有slowed down提示,故此处用副词的比较级。8. C 9. B。find oneself in ...意为"发现自己处于......境况"。10. B。此处的were hurting badly意为"疼得厉害"。11. D。我周围的一切都很静。12. A。这时我意识到了所发生的事情。13. B。experience在此处是及物动词,意为"经历"。14. C 15. C。此时已是夜晚,所以只能"听见"。16. C。if引导宾语从句,意为"是否"。17. A。call out相当于call aloud或call loudly。18. A。根据答语可知,此处是问:"你怎么样?" 19. A。feel意为"感觉"。20. D。help sb. out意为"把某人解救出来"。