ridersonthestorm

徽章英语阅读题

LastFridayastormsweptthroughtwovillagesintheNew

Territories,destroying(摧毁)thers

weresobadlydamaged(破坏)thattheirownershadtoleavethem,

personwaskilled,veralwerebadlyhurtandtakentohospital,

ther

overtwohundredpeoplewerehomelessafterthestorm.

Afarmer,,saidthatthestormbeganearlyinthe

morningandlastedforoveranhour.

“Iwaatingwithmywifeandchildren,”hesaid,“When

nuteslaterourhoufelldown

dourbesttoclimboutbutthenIsawthat

ackinsideandfound

him,safebutveryfrightened.”

Fongsaidthatherhusbandhadjustleftfor

outside

atoncewithherchildren.

“Therewasnotimetotakeanything,”shesaid,“Afew

minuteslater,theroofcamedown.”

Soldiershelpedtotakepeopleoutoftheflooded(水淹

的)areaandthewelfaredepartment(福利机构)broughtthem

food,clothesandshelter.

yhomesaltogether(总共)weredamagedinthe

storm?

-one

-six

nthestormfirstbegan?

nsidethehou.

ntheroof.

herfamilydidn’tgethurtbecau

_________.

bandknewtherewouldbeastorm

realloutsidethehouwhenthestormbecame

wor

tthehouwasmoving

faredepartmenthelpedher

erlinedword“shelter”inthispassagemeans

______.

ingtowear

eretostay

fhefollowingmaybethebesttitleforthis

passage?

Woman

People

答案及解析】

一场暴风雨席卷了两个村庄——不仅摧毁了房屋，也是造成了人

员伤亡，还有二百多人无家可归。

1.D。根据第一段出现的三个数字14，7，15即可知D为正确答

案。

2.B。根据“Iwaatingwithmywifeandchildren.”可

排除A和D，由下文可知C也不合题意。

3.C。答案即在即在…shefeltthatherhouwasmoving

中。

4.D。考虑全文意思及最末一段，可知暴风雨过后，房屋倒塌，

人员伤亡。人们不仅需要食品、衣物，还需要住的地方。

5.A。这篇阅读材料主要描述了暴风雨袭击的过程。显然选项A

是本文的主旨。