Question

Donald had his own difficulties sleeping that night. Not just because of the bright lights of the shelter or people's constant voices, it was the happening repeatedly nightmare(噩夢) 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 couldn't turn out the fearful whimpers(嗚咽聲) 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 didn't want his mother to be upset, but on some level，he was glad to hear she was awake. It meant he wasn't alone in the dark. Though he was 12, until recently it was impossible 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 125­mile­an­hour winds. Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother, and she to comfort him.

Soon water was seeping(滲透) into the single­floor 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's breathing hard, shouting that she couldn't swim.

Donald called out，“Mom! Hold on！” Just then Donald also caught a floating wood board.

36．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

37．Which of the following is mentioned in the story?

A．The rising sun.  B．The broken door.

C．The lucky dog.  D．The noisy environment.

38．Which word can best describe Troy's feelings at the beginning of the storm?

A．Excited.  B．Calm.

C．Anxious.  D．Desperate.

39．What will the author most probably talk about next?

A．How the other people struggled in the storm.

B．Why the storm happened.

C．What damage the storm caused.

D．How Donald and Troy struggled to save themselves.

Answer 1

本文是記敘文，主要介紹了一對經歷暴風雨的母子的故事。

36．B　主旨大意題。第一、二、三段寫暴風雨來臨之初母子倆的焦慮心情，后文描寫母子倆在雨水涌入房子后往外跑的情景，由此可知，全文主要圍繞母子倆在暴風雨中的經歷進行敘述，由此判斷選B。

37．D　推理判斷題。由第一段中“people's constant voices”“the 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，故選D項。

38．C　細節理解題。根據第一段中的“the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door”和第三段中的“Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed.He did his best to calm his mother”可知，暴風雨來臨之初，Troy (Donald的母親)是憂慮和害怕的。

39．D　推理判斷題。根據最后兩段內容“母親抓住了一根窗簾桿，兒子抓住了一塊木板”可推知接下來作者極有可能寫他們母子倆如何在暴風雨中自救，如果作者接著寫A、B、C三個話題的內容，則顯得太突兀，與上文內容銜接不上。