Mr North is now old and very forgetful. One summer day, he decided to   1   his grandchildren to a seaside town for a holiday. The town was about a three hours train ride   2  . In order to make the holiday more   3   for his grandchildren, he kept the name of the town a  4  . But when they arrived at the station, the door man had forgotten the   5   of the town himself.  6  a friend of  7  was at the station at that time. He helped to take care of the  8  while Mr North went back home to find out   9   he was going.

Mr North was   10   to see Mr North again so soon. But she wins pleased when she understood   11   he come back. She wrote the name of the   12   on a piece of paper and sent her hushed off. Then some   13   later, she was greatly surprised to see Mr North outside 14  . What was the matter now? Mr North had forgotten   15   he had left the children.

1.     A. take      B. give       C. have         D. make

2.     A. farther    B. away       C. over         D. off

3.     A. interested  B. careful     C. interesting    D. excited

4.     A. report     B. present    C. lesson        D. secret

5.     A. people     B. road      C. way          D. name

6.     A. Luckily    B. Surely     C. Finally        D. Usually

7.     A. his        B. him       C. himself        D. wife

8.     A. Tickets    B. children    C. train          D. name

9.     A. when      B. where     C. how          D. whether

10.     A. happy     B. angry      C. surprised      D. sorry

11.     A. as         B. because    C. why          D. how

12.     A. friend      B. town      C. station        D. children

13.     A. months     B. weeks      C. minutes      D. days

14.     A. soon       B. more       C. again         D. too

15.     A. who        B. where     C. when          D. whether

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying 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 (總共) 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(jī)構(gòu)) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
【小題1】How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A．Fourteen.

B．Twenty-one.

C．Twenty-nine.

D．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 outside the house when the storm became worse

C．she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D．the welfare department helped her

【小題4】The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.

A．something to eat	B．something to wear
C．somewhere to study	D．somewhere to stay

【小題5】Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A．A Terrible Storm	B．A Lucky Woman
C．Good Soldiers	D．Clever People

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(jī)構(gòu)) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1.How many homes altogether (總共) were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen                                 B. Twenty-one      

C. Twenty-nine              D. Thirty-six

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.

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

4.The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.

A. something to eat      B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study      D. somewhere to stay

5.Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm   B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers        D. Clever People

 

綜合填空（每小題1分，共10分）
用方框中所給詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，使短文正確、能順。每詞限用一次。

call , student, that, each, with , suitable , volunteer, place, provide, play

Each nation has many people who help to take care of others . For example , some high school and college   【小題1】    in the U S A often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals , orphanages ( 孤兒院 )or rest homes for the people in need . They decide on  【小題2】    ways to help them . For example , they read books to the people in these places , or just visit them and play games 【小題3】    them or listen to their problems .
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old . They paint , clean up or repair their houses , 【小題4】   them with food or mow ( 割，修剪 ) their lawns . For boys who no longer have fathers, there is an organization    【小題5】    Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips so   【小題6】    they help boys know what a father can do .
 【小題7】   city has a number of clubs . They are good places for boys and girls 【小題8】   . Some of these clubs show films or organize short trips to the mountains or other   【小題9】    of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as  【小題10】because they are young enough to remember the problems and needs of young boys and girls.

Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying 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 (總共) 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(jī)構(gòu)) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1.How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen.        B. Twenty-one. C. Twenty-nine.        D. Thirty-six.

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.

3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.

A. her husband knew there would be a storm

B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C. she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D. the welfare department helped her

4.The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.

A. something to eat                 B. something to wear

C. somewhere to study               D. somewhere to stay

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm             B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers                   D. Clever People