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2．We had been living our valley for sixteen months when we first realized the dangers that could exist．It was the year when the storms came early，before the calendar even hinted at winter，even before November was out．（71）GSoon snow began to fall．Within a day it lay some 15 centimeters deep．It almost completely blocked our lane and made the streamside path slippery and dangerous．But on the neighboring heights the snow was much deeper and stayed for longer．Up there the wind blasted fiercely．Deeply in our valley we felt only sudden gusts of wind：trees swayed but the branches held firm．
And yet we knew that there was reason for us to worry．The snow and wind were certainly inconvenient but they did not really trouble us greatly（72）B．It reminded us of what could have occurred if circumstances had been different，if the flow of water from the hills had not，many years before，been controlled，held back by a series of dams．（73）C
Day after day，we watched furious clouds pile up high over the hills to the west．Sinister grey clouds extended over the valleys．They twisted and turned，rising eastwards and upwards，warning of what was to come．We had seen enough of the sky； now we began to watch the river，which every day was becoming fuller and wilder．
The river seemed maddened as the waters poured almost horizontally down to its lower stretches．（74）DIt was far deeper than we'd ever seen it so near our home，lunging furiously at its banks．For three days we prayed that it would stay below its wall（75）E．

A．It was the river，the Ryburn，which normally flowed so gently，that threatened us most．
B．The great power of all this water prevents us from believing ourselves to be completely safe in our home．
C．In a short time the snow started to melt．
D．Just a couple of meters from our cottage，the stream seemed wild beneath the bridge．
E．Our prayer were answered as the dam held and the waters began to subside．
F．They grew so strong that we couldn't control it．
G．Until then，we had felt safe and sheltered in our valley．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于說明文類的短文閱讀．主要介紹了我們居住了16個月的山區(qū)受到了洪水的襲擊，洪水，冰雪等異常嚴(yán)重，讓我們感受到了前所未有的危險．

解答 71-75 GBCDE
71．G．考查上下文的理解能力．通過開頭一句We had been living our valley for sixteen months when we first realized the dangers that could exist．可知，16個月以來我們沒有感到過危險的存在，G項(xiàng)Until then，we had felt safe and sheltered in our valley．直到那時（even before November was out）我們還是感到安全和居住無憂的，故選G．
72．B．考查上下文的理解能力．后面一句the flow of water from the hills had not，many years before，been controlled，held back by a series of dams說明了洪水的嚴(yán)重危害，故選B，這次洪水的強(qiáng)大破壞性使我們不再相信我們的居住地是安全的．
73．C．考查上下文的理解能力．根據(jù)后面的now we began to watch the river，which every day was becoming fuller and wilder可知，這些部分原因是由冰雪融化導(dǎo)致的，故選C．
74．D．考查上下文的理解能力．前面提到The river seemed maddened河水好像發(fā)狂了，那么D項(xiàng)中Just a couple of meters from our cottage，the stream seemed wild beneath the bridge橋下的溪流也是變得異常的狂野符合文意．
75．E．考查上下文的理解能力．前面一句was far deeper than we'd ever seen it so near our home，lunging furiously at its banks說明洪水是不受控制的，故選E．

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