Question

Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big 　     , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was 　   enough to escape the flood, so when the water had      and the other houses were 　    there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．

 Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,   　 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 　   in the flood and she 　    her home with them until it was 　  　 for them to rebuild their house．

 Anna＇s friends were 　  when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give   so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 　   ．

 “Well,” Anna  　    her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  　   , because her husband had been killed in the 　   　  and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 　      only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a  　    who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our 　   ,she said to her children．

 The children were 　   and happy to get such a present．They 　   the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”

1.A．accident    B．flood         C．fire            D．earthquake

2.A．below       B．big           C．high           D．small

3.A．reduced     B．come         C．disappeared      D．appeared 

4.A．rising       B．standing       C．flowing         D．falling    

5.A．so         B．for            C．but             D．since

6.A．nothing    B．anything       C．something        D．everything

7.A．gave       B．shared        C．found           D．built

8.A．necessary  B．important      C．obvious          D．possible

9.A．worried    B．disappointed   C．satisfied          D．puzzled

10.A．them      B．him          C．herself           D．us

11.A．supply     B．grow         C．support          D．educate

12.A．asked for  B．talked with     C．turned up         D．explained to

13.A．sad       B．rich           C．poor            D．happy

14.A．storm     B．rain           C．war            D．flood

15.A．because   B．which         C．that            D．as

16.A．get       B．make         C．send             D．buy          

17.A．boy      B．student        C．teacher          D．girl

18.A．child     B．daughter       C．present          D．sister        

19.A．angry     B．lovely         C．excited          D．sorry

20.A．disliked   B．gained         C．led             D．welcomed

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C   

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.D

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：安娜自己家庭贫困，依然帮助了遭受洪水的家庭，她的朋友感到不理解。她给朋友讲述了一战末的一个关于她自己的故事。

1.B上下文连串。根据下文中的Anna＇s house was  enough to escape the flood可知在夏季发了一场大的洪水。

2.C上下文连串。根据下文安娜帮助遭受洪水的人可知，她的家所处位置高(high)，没有被洪水冲垮。

3.C 动词辨析。A减少；B来；C消失；D出现。这里指当洪水消退的时候。

4.B 动词辨析。A升高；B屹立；C流动；D掉下。对我们所有人来说，这是一个温馨的其它的房子仍屹立在那里。

5.C上下文连串。这里前后句是转折关系，虽然安娜自己很困难，但她仍然帮助别人。

6.D 代词辨析。A没有东西；B任何东西；C一些东西；D任何东西。这里指在洪水中失去了一切。

7.B短语固定搭配。share sth. with sb.跟某人分享某物。这里指安娜让他们和她一切共住。

8.D。短语固定搭配It’s possible for sb. to do sth.某人有可能做某事。直到他们有可能重建他们的家。

9.D 形容词辨析。A担心；B失望；C满意；D惊讶。当他们看到安娜这么做，朋友们都很惊讶。

10.C。上下文连串。他们不能够理解为什么安娜要给自己（herself）这么多的工作和麻烦。

11.C 动词辨析。A提供；B成长；C抚养，供给；D教育。这里指她已经有好几个孩子要抚养。

12.D 短语辨析。A询问；B交谈；C出现；D解释。这里指安娜向朋友们解释道。

13.C 上下文连串。根据下文who was even poorer than they可知这里用poor。这里指她自身就很平困。

14.C 上下文连串。根据前面的at the end of the First World War，可以推测她丈夫是在战争中失去了生命。

15.D 连词辨析。这里的as是“正如，和……一样”之意。她有许多孩子，和我现在一样。

16.B 动词。A得到；B做；C送；D买。我只能做唯一件礼物给我们所有人。

17.D 上下文连串。根据下文可知带回的是一个比他们更穷的女孩（girl）。

18. C 上下文连串。根据上文中so I’m going to  only one present to all of us可知这里填present。这就是我们的礼物。

19.C 形容词辨析。本空后happy提示：得到这样的礼物，孩子们既兴奋有高兴。

20.D 上下文连串。根据前句孩子们对小女孩的态度可知，他欢迎（welcome）小女孩的到来。

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