三、从方框中选择恰当的句子补全对话。
James: Hi, Maria! Did you watch the news about the hurricane? It swept through the southern coast.
Maria: Yes, I did. 1. It's terrible to see people become homeless.
James: That's true. I'm really afraid of natural disasters like earthquakes and typhoons.
Maria: 2. Some preparations can help us stay away from danger.
James: You're right. 3.
Maria: Well, if you are indoors, hide under a strong desk and stay away from windows. If you are outdoors, find an open area quickly.
James: That's useful. What else can we do?
Maria: 4. It can teach us what to do in real disasters.
James: I agree. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
Maria: Sure. 5. But I followed the safety tips and was safe at last.
A. What should we do to keep safe during an earthquake?
B. I think we should take part in safety training at school.
C. Natural disasters are becoming because of climate change.
D. Don't worry. We can protect ourselves if we prepare well.
E. I was scared and hid under the desk when the typhoon hit last year.

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. E

我们可以根据上下文逻辑逐一匹配选项：
1. 空后句意为“看到人们无家可归太糟糕了”，此处承接前文提到的飓风新闻，C选项“由于气候变化，自然灾害正变得愈发严重”符合语境，引出对灾害的感慨。
2. 空前James表示自己很害怕地震、台风这类自然灾害，空后说明做好准备能帮我们远离危险，D选项“别担心。如果准备充分，我们可以保护好自己”起到安慰对方、引出下文的作用，逻辑通顺。
3. 空后Maria详细给出了室内、户外的避险做法，说明此处是提出相关疑问，A选项“地震期间我们应该做什么来保证安全？”完全对应后文的回答内容。
4. 空前James询问我们还能做什么，空后提到“它可以教会我们在真实灾难中该怎么做”，B选项“我认为我们应该参加学校的安全培训”中的安全培训正好对应后文的it，符合语境。
5. 空前James询问Maria是否经历过自然灾害，此处需要介绍自己的相关经历，E选项“去年台风来袭的时候我非常害怕，躲在了桌子底下”正好对应后文“我遵守了安全提示最后安全了”的内容。

四、阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的单词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空一词，每词限用一次。
blow clear decide stay gather limit pour safe stop wind
A strong thunderstorm hit our town last Friday. In the afternoon, black clouds 1. in the sky and the weather turned bad quickly. A strong 2. began to 3. harder and harder, a storm was coming. My classmates and I were on the way home, and we 4. to run to the nearest bookstore for 5. .
As soon as we got in, the rain started to 6. down heavily. We had to 7. inside the bookstore and 8. our outdoor activities. About forty minutes later, the rain 9. , and the sky began to 10. up. When we went out, we saw fallen trees on the road, but luckily no one got hurt.

1. gathered
2. wind
3. blow
4. decided
5. safety
6. pour
7. stay
8. limit
9. stopped
10. clear

这篇短文讲述了作者上周五遭遇雷暴的经历，全文以一般过去时为主，结合语境、固定搭配和单词变形规则逐一分析：
1. 句意：下午黑云在天空聚集，天气很快变糟。gather意为“聚集”，描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去式gathered。
2. 句意：一阵强风开始越刮越猛，暴风雨就要来了。a strong后接名词wind，意为“风”，符合语境。
3. 句意：强风开始越刮越猛。固定搭配begin to do sth. 后接动词原形，blow意为“吹、刮”，填blow。
4. 句意：我和同学们在回家路上，决定跑到最近的书店避险。decide to do sth. 意为“决定做某事”，描述过去的动作，用一般过去式decided。
5. 句意：跑到最近的书店是为了安全。介词for后接名词，safe的名词形式safety意为“安全”，符合语境。
6. 句意：我们一进店，雨就开始倾盆而下。固定搭配pour down意为“（雨）倾盆而下”，start to do sth. 后接动词原形，填pour。
7. 句意：我们不得不待在书店里。have to后接动词原形，stay意为“停留、待”，填stay。
8. 句意：我们不得不待在书店里，暂停限制我们的户外活动。and连接并列谓语，和stay形式一致用动词原形，limit意为“限制”，符合语境。
9. 句意：大约四十分钟后，雨停了。stop意为“停止”，描述过去的动作，用一般过去式stopped。
10. 句意：天空开始放晴。固定搭配clear up意为“（天气）放晴”，begin to do sth. 后接动词原形，填clear。