Question

 Donald had his own difficulties in sleeping that night. Not just because of the bright lights of the shelter or people's constant voices, it was the happening repeatedly nightmare that caused him to stay awake,to fear sleep. Donald was back in his small house. He did his best to ignore the howling winds outside his window. Yet he could not turn out the fearful whimpers(鳴咽) of his little dog，or the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door，unable to sleep through the storm despite her insistence they would be all right.

  Donald did not want his mother to be upset，but on some level，he was glad to hear she was awake. It meant he was not alone in the dark. Though he was 12 ，until recently it was im?possible for Donald to fall asleep unless his mother lay down by his side.

  Suddenly there was a crash. Their living room window is shattered(打碎) by 125 milean-hour winds. Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother, and she had to comfort him. Soon water was seeping(滲入) into the single floor house. Quickly it rose from ankle level to leg level. At Donald's insistence, they pushed their way through the water―now chest high―toward the front door. When they fought their way into the living room,water rose to their chins.

  It was a struggle for the boy and mother to stay afloat. In a total panic，desperate to hold

on to something，Troy caught a curtain rod(桿) .She was breathing hard，shouting that she couldn't swim.

  Donald called out, "Mom!Hold on!" Just then Donald also caught a floatable wood board. 

(   ) 1. The passage is mainly about .

   A.how a storm happened and caused damage

   B.how a mother and son experienced a storm

   C.how a mother and son survived a storm

   D.how a son helped his mother in a storm

(   ) 2. All of the following mentioned in the story except        .

   A. the rising water   B. the broken window

   C.  the lucky dog   D. the noisy environment

(   ) 3. Which phrase can describe Troy's feelings at the beginning of the storm most suitably? 

A. In excitement.   B. In calm.   C. In anxiety.   D. In despair.

(   ) 4. From the text it can be inferred that        .

   A.neither Donald nor his mother slept that night

   B.at the beginning Troy refused to leave their house

   C.Troy must be rich because she had a tall building

   D.Donald was too young to help his mother

Answer 1

1—4 BCCB

A本文記敘了母子倆暴風雨經歷。

1.B主旨大意題。第一、二段寫暴風雨來臨初的情景,第三、四段寫暴風雨來臨后的情景，最后兩段寫母子倆在雨水涌人房子后自救的情景，選B。

2.C細節理解題。由第一段"he could not turn

out the fearful whimpers of his little dog"可知，狗也不幸運，即非"the lucky dog"。由第一段中"people's constant voices”、 " howling winds " 、"the fearful whimpers of his little dog" 和"the uncomfortable sounds of his mother"可判斷環境是嘈雜的，選(：。

3.C推理判斷題。根據第一段"the uncomfort?able sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door，unable to sleep”和第三段"Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother" 可知Troy即Donald的母親的心是焦急而緊張的，選C。

4.B推理判斷題。根據第一段"her insistence they would be all right"和第四段"At Donald's insistence, they pushed their way through the water"可判斷，在暴風雨之初，Troy不愿離開他們的住處逃生，選B。A項意為"母子倆晚上都未睡覺"，為文中直接陳述的內容，無推理過程，故不能選A。