Question

    It was March 15, 2012. My two brothers were out in the driveway shooting around when they suddenly screamed,“ The sky! The sky! It's green!” My dad _______ turned on the TV news. There was a tornado heading towards Dexter. I quickly ran up the stairs and seized my most _______ items that I felt I needed. My mom was piling clothing up in the basement to make a fort(堡垒) to _______ us. My dad was still upstairs watching the news. He usually never comes down when there’s a bad _______. As my ears heard a loud “pop”, I looked up to see my dad _______ full speed down into the basement swiftly _______ the door behind him to join us.

I for a brief moment thought that I was going to _______. When the tornado was going by it sounded like a heavy train was tearing through our _______.

Everything started to settle. My dad made his way back up the stairs to see what the damage was. The ceiling(天花板) had fallen down. Everywhere I _______all I could see was pure destruction. In that moment I felt __________, I had no idea what to do, and I didn’ t know what was happening or what the situation was. All I could think about was that my home was __________ going to be the same again.

This was the event that caused my family to have a(n) __________ on how lucky we were to be alive and together. Although the tornado wasn’t one that was that deadly we felt extremely __________ to be alive. This moment was a scary and life-changing situation, something that I never thought I would have to experience. It just made me think how I should be __________ for everything that I am able to have because you never know what __________ can throw at you, especially when you least expect it.

1.A. immediately B. secretly C. recently D. strangely

2.A. harmless B. attractive C. precious D. familiar

3.A. persuade B. protect C. please D. prevent

4.A. fire B. earthquake C. storm D. drought

5.A. coming B. driving C. falling D. flying

6.A. hitting B. closing C. painting D. touching

7.A. begin B. return C. escape D. die

8.A. office B. house C. hospital D. library

9.A. traveled B. remembered C. looked D. hated

10.A. awkward B. defeated C. interested D. amazed

11.A. never B. ever C. still D. just

12.A. realization B. conclusion C. imagination D. suggestion

13.A. lonely B. calm C. brave D. lucky

14.A. grateful B. regretful C. curious D. generous

15.A. dream B. passion C. work D. life

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者和他的家人经历了一场可怕的龙卷风，龙卷风将他们的家毁了，但作者从中领悟到他们能够活下来是多么幸运。

1.考查副词词义辨析。A. immediately立即；B. secretly秘密地；C. recently最近；D. strangely奇怪地。根据前文My two brothers were out in the driveway shooting around when they suddenly screamed,“ The sky! The sky! It's green!”可知，作者的两个兄弟在大喊“天空！天空是绿色的！”，天空是绿色的是很奇怪的，所以作者的爸爸立即（immediately）打开电视新闻。故选A项。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。A. harmless无害的；B. attractive吸引人的；C. precious珍贵的；D. familiar熟悉的。根据There was a tornado heading towards Dexter.可知，有龙卷风要来了，所以作者迅速跑上楼梯，拿他认为他需要的最珍贵的东西。故选C项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。A. persuade说服；B. protect保护；C. please使高兴；D. prevent防止。我妈妈把衣服堆放在地下室做成一个堡垒来保护我们，故选B项。

4.考查名词词义辨析。A. fire大火；B. earthquake地震；C. storm暴风雨；D. drought干旱。根据前文There was a tornado heading towards Dexter.可知，来的是龙卷风，龙卷风会带来暴风雨。在有暴风雨的时候作者的爸爸从来不去（地下室），C项切题，故选C项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。A. coming来；B. driving开车；C. falling落下；D. flying飞。根据前文He usually never comes down可知，作者的爸爸以前不下来，但是这次他下来（地下室）了。A项与down搭配呼应前文中的come down，故选A项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。A. hitting击打；B. closing关闭；C. painting画画；D. touching触动。作者听见“砰”的一声，抬头看见他的爸爸正全速冲下来进了地下室，关上了他身后的门加入了作者他们。故选B项。

7.考查动词词义辨析。A. begin开始；B. return返还；C. escape逃跑；D. die死。根据后文可知，这次龙卷风很大，所以这里作者有那么一瞬间觉得他要死了。D项切题，故选D项。

8.考查名词词义辨析。A. office办公室；B. house房子；C. hospital医院；D. library图书馆。根据前文可知，作者他们躲在自家房子的地下室。当那个龙卷风来袭的时候，听起来好像一辆重型火车正在撕裂他们的房子。故选B项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。A. traveled旅行；B. remembered记住；C. looked看；D. hated讨厌。作者所能看到的每一处地方都是完全被破坏了（即都损坏了）。故选C项。

10.考查形容词词义辨析。A. awkward尴尬的；B. defeated被打败的；C. interested感兴趣的；D. amazed惊讶的。在那一刻，作者感到被打败了，他不知道该做什么，不知道发生了什么，也不知道当时的情况。B项切题，故选B项。

11.考查副词词义辨析。A. never从不；B. ever曾经；C. still仍然；D. just仅仅；刚刚。作者满脑子想的都是自己的家似乎永远变不会原来的样子了。故选A项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。A. realization实现；领悟；B. conclusion结论；C. imagination想象；D. suggestion建议。这件事使作者一家意识到他们能活着是多么幸运。A项切题。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。A. lonely孤独的；B. calm冷静的；C. brave勇敢的；D. lucky幸运的。根据前文This was the event that caused my family to have a(n) realization on how lucky we were to be alive and together.可知，作者一家觉得他们能活下来幸运，所以虽然这次龙卷风并没有那么致命，但他们仍然觉得活着是非常幸运的。故选D项。

14.考查形容词词义辨析。A. grateful感激的；B. regretful后悔的；C. curious好奇的；D. generous 大方的，慷慨的。这次经历让作者想到他应该感激他所能拥有的一切，故选A项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。A. dream梦想；B. passion热情；C. work工作；D. life人生。根据前文This moment was a scary and life-changing situation可知，这个经历对于作者来说是改变人生的一刻，他因此感悟到“你永远不知道人生会给你带来什么，尤其是在你最不期待的时候。”故选D项。