Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,   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. 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 (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利機構) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
【小題1】How many homes altogether (總共) were damaged in the storm?

A．Fourteen B．Twenty-one
C．Twenty-nineD．Thirty-six
【小題2】Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
A．He was in bed.B．He was inside the house.
C．He was outside the house.D．He was on the roof.
【小題3】Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.
A．her husband knew there would be a storm
B．they were all inside the house when the storm became worse
C．she felt the house was moving
D．the welfare department helped her
【小題4】The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.
A．something to eat B．something to wear
C．somewhere to studyD．somewhere to stay
【小題5】Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?
A．A Terrible StormB．A Lucky Woman
C．Good SoldiersD．Clever People


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】D
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：這篇文章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。
【小題1】判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中描述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D。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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，”故選B，他在家里。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中描述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. Woo Mei Fong太太說他丈夫剛去上班她就感到了房子搖晃，她和孩子趕緊跑到外面。所以選C，他們沒受傷是因為感受到了房子的搖晃。
【小題4】詞意猜測題。根據(jù)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。Shelter，避難所，故選D，可以住的地方。
【小題5】標題歸納題。這篇文章主要講述了一場暴風雨給村莊帶來了災難，故選A，可怕的暴風雨。
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