Question

On the day the tornado hit, there was no sign severe weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. My husband Jimmy and I were watching TV upstairs.

No sooner had we got the coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. We had three flights of steps to get through to get to the relative safety of the first floor.

As we struggled to reach the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch flew over our heads, missing us by inches. Had we been one step up, it would have impaled us.

By the time I reached the closet, Jimmy pushed me down to the closet floor, but he couldn’t get inside himself because of the wind. I grasped Jimmy’s arm and tried to bring Jimmy with it. My knees and head were full of glass, but in that moment, I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.

“Hold on! Hold on!” he yelled. But there was nothing in this closet to hold on to.

All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldn’t believe it was over. Jimmy said he’d go outside to check. “No,” I said. “Don’t leave me. Don’t leave me.”

Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Of the houses left standing, ours suffered the most damage. Amazingly, none of us were severely injured.

1.Which of the following sentences is NOT the evidence to show the tornado is violent?

A. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard.

B. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out.

C. Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes.

D. Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere.

2.From the passage, we can infer that______.

A. The couple had predicted the arrival of the tornado in advance.

B. Jimmy flew right out the back of the house and into the bay during the tornado.

C. The three-foot-tree flew over the couple’s head and injured them badly.

D. The author still felt scared when the tornado was suddenly over.

3.Why did the author feel “no pain” in paragraph4?

A. She didn’t hurt badly enough to sense the pain.

B. She was severely injured and failed to sense the pain.

C. Her attention was fully focused on her husband.

D. She had let her husband go away from her hand.

4.Which of the following phrases best describes the couple’s experience in this tornado?

A. A thrilling adventure    B. A narrow escape

C. A risky attempt    D. A serious accident

Answer

1. C

2. D

3. C

4. B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。故事讲述了作者和丈夫经历了一场龙卷风的袭击，他们在这场灾难中互相支撑、互相扶持，最后幸存了下来。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第二段 It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out.这是我听到过声音最大的飓风。房子的骨架在晃动，电停了，风咆哮着从吹走门框的窗户里吹进来。第三段... Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere. 尖利的玻璃碎片从四面八方飞来。因此，从A、B、D三个方面可以判断出飓风非常猛烈，而C选项错误。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据整篇文章作者对这次经历的描述，尤其第三段Had we been one step up, it would have impaled us.我们往上多走一步就会把我们刺穿了。可知作者在飓风之后仍心有余悸。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段中的“If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.”可知，作者一松手，丈夫就会被龙卷风吹到海里去，可见她专注于于抓住丈夫而感觉不到疼痛，故C项正确。

4.推理判断题。作者讲述了自己与丈夫经历了一场突如其来的飓风的故事。飓风非常猛烈。作者的丈夫因风力强劲，差点被吹走。飓风平息后，作者感概自己劫后余生的幸运。A. A thrilling adventure激动人心的冒险；B. A narrow escape九死一生；C. A risky attempt危险的尝试；D. A serious accident严重的事故。根据文章大意可知“A narrow escape九死一生”更适合于描写作者的经历。故选B。