Question

July 21st. 2007 was a typical English summer’s day—it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5p.m., however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of waters greeted me. Thank God! The kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the wall’s ceilings pulled down.

At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home. So we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we move to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社區(qū)）. We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.

Although our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought. “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was for Christmas. But I can’t wait—I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I won’t need any gifts—living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, there’s really no rush—we have our home back. And that’s the main thing.

1.What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean?

A. Found. B. Missing. C. Right. D. Wrong.

2.It can be inferred from the text that the author _________.

A. cared much about her children

B. was sick of staying upstairs alone

C. could not stand living in a wooden house

D. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood

3.Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

A. Because her situation was not serious.

B. Because some others suffered even more.

C. Because she had ever been to Northern India.

D. Because very few other places were also flooded.

4.What does the author mainly want to express by telling her story?

A. She realized she needed no more possession.

B. She valued human feelings more than before.

C. She found Christmas gifts no longer badly needed.

D. She thought her own home was the most important of all.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：2007年的7月21日是一個典型的英國夏日，大雨一直下了24小時！中午的時候，一切都還是正常的，但到了下午，道路被水淹沒，作者的家沒有幸免。被迫搬走的日子讓作者非常想念鄰居們，看到其它地方發(fā)生洪澇災(zāi)害，作者認(rèn)為自己不算是最不幸的。經(jīng)過這件事，作者更加看重與街坊鄰里的感情了。

1.however, the road into our village was flooded”可知，中午回家查看時，一切都是正常的，故選D。

2.We didn’t want to move the children out of home. So we camped upstairs.”可知，作者一家人都住在樓上，排除B；根據(jù)“we were there for 10 months”可知，他們在木屋里住了10個月，作者沒有提到她無法忍受，排除C；D項(xiàng)未提到，排除D，根據(jù)第一段“Thank God! The kids weren’t with me”可知，作者擔(dān)心自己的孩子，故選A。

3.it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere.”可知，當(dāng)看看其它地方正在發(fā)生的事情，印度北部正在發(fā)生洪澇災(zāi)害，自己的情況也就不算是最糟糕的，故選B。

4.We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.”可知，作者非常想念自己的鄰居們，第三段根據(jù)“I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support.”可知，作者非常感謝鄰居們的幫助，想舉辦晚會來感謝他們，經(jīng)過這件事，作者認(rèn)識到，生活中沒有什么是不可以失去的，但唯有家和那些友好的鄰居們是最割舍不下的，故選B。

考點(diǎn)：生活類短文閱讀