6．Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories，destroying fourteen homes．Seven others Were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them，and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs．One person was killed，several were badly hurt and taken to hospital，and a number of other people received smaller hurt．Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm．
A farmer，Mr．Tan，said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour．
"I was eating with my wife and children，"he said，"When we heard a loud'noise．′-A few minutes later our house fell down on top′of us．We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing．I went back inside and found him，safe but very frightened．"
Mrs．Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt'that her house was moving．She ran outside at once with her children．
"There was no time to take anything，"she said，"A few minutes later，the roof came down．"
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area-and the welfare department．（福利機構）brought them food，clothes and shelter．
24．How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm？C
A．Twenty-nine．
B．Twenty-one．
C．Thirty-six．
D．Fourteen．
25．Where was Mr．Tan when the storm first began？A
A．He was inside the house．
B．He was．in bed．
C．He was outside the house．
D．He was on the roof．
26．The underlined word"shelter"in this passage meansB．
A．something to eat
B．somewhere to stay
C．somewhere to study
D．something to wear
27．Which．of the following may be the best title for this passage？D
A．Clever People．
B．A Lucky Woman．
C．Good Soldiers．
D．A Terrible Storm．
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們講述了一場暴風雨給村莊帶來了很大的危害，很多房屋被毀，造成了人員傷亡，有些人也僥幸逃脫，福利結構給災民帶來了幫助．
解答 24．C．判斷推理題．根據文章第一段destroying （摧毀） fourteen homes．Seven others were so badly damaged （破壞） that their owners had to leave them，and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs.14間房屋被摧毀，7間嚴重破壞，15間的窗戶或房頂破損；所以一共36間房屋被毀，故選C．
25．A．細節理解題．根據文中第三段秒搜"I was eating with my wife and children，"he said，他說"我正和妻子和小孩在吃飯，"可知暴風雨剛開始的時候他在家里，故選A．
26．B．詞意猜測題．根據這句話welfare department （福利機構） brought them food，clothes and shelter．福利機構給他們提供了食物，衣服和避難所可推斷出Shelter意為避難所，可以住的地方，故選B．
27．D．標題歸納題．這篇文章主要講述了場暴風雨給村莊帶來了很大的危害，很多房屋被毀，造成了人員傷亡，有些人也僥幸逃脫，福利結構給災民帶來了幫助，可知最佳標題為一場可怕的暴風雨；故選D．
點評 考察學生的細節理解和推理判斷能力，做細節理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
