分层设问 根据短文内容，完成下面思维导图。
Hong Kong high-rise fire — Survivors’ stories
Time: November 26
Place: started in a high-rise building and spread quickly among nearby buildings
Tong Ping-Moon
smelt at around 3 p.m.
refused to leave at first
hid in the bathroom and used wet towels to cover his face
was rescued at about 6 p.m.
and sent to a school shelter
Lam Chi-Tong
her son called at 4 p.m.
she was working
rushed back to her home
and saw her own building was fire
Aftermath & scene
residents’ actions
left their buildings as soon as possible
stood outside late at night, watching fight the big fire
firefighting efforts
fire continued burning into the night
firefighters worked hard to it out

1. smoke 2. while/when 3. on
4. firemen/firefighters 5. put

【分析】本题要求根据香港高层火灾的相关内容完成思维导图填空，需结合语境、语法知识及固定搭配解题。步骤如下：1. 分析每个空所在句子的语境，确定所需词汇的含义；2. 结合语法规则（如时间状语从句引导词）和固定搭配（如on fire、put out），确定每个空的正确答案。
【解析】1. 由火灾场景可知，闻到的是“烟”，故填smoke；2. 此处表示“当她正在工作时儿子打来电话”，需用while/when引导时间状语从句；3. 固定搭配be on fire意为“着火”，故填on；4. 灭火的主体是消防员，故填firemen/firefighters；5. 固定搭配put out意为“扑灭”，故填put。
【答案】1. smoke 2. while/when 3. on 4. firemen/firefighters 5. put
【知识点】固定搭配、时间状语从句、名词词义
【点评】本题考查火灾相关语境下的词汇运用，涉及基础语法和常用搭配，难度适中，需结合上下文分析。
【难度系数】0.5

三、Amy 讲述了自己亲身经历暴风雪的故事。从方框中选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，帮助 Amy 完成她的故事。
wait, read, nice, because, come, off, she, sleep, experience, one
A snowstorm hit Sunshine Town on Friday, 19 January. I was 1 a book in the classroom when Mr Wu came in and told us to go home early. My parents couldn't get home that night because it snowed heavily. Millie asked me to go to her home. I shared my umbrella with Millie when we walked to the bus stop. Suddenly, a wind 2 from behind. Then I dropped my umbrella 3 the wind was very strong. When we arrived at the bus stop, many people were there. After 4 for about an hour, the bus came. There were many people on it. At last, we got 5 the bus at the stop near Millie's home. Millie's mother used to be a climber. She told us many of her 6. She climbed up to many tops of mountains all by 7.
At 8 I couldn't sleep that night. Millie's mother said, "It will be clear tomorrow. Don't worry." After that I finally fell 9. When I woke up the next morning, it was clear. Everything was white. You may never find a 10 place than Sunshine Town that day.

1. reading 2. came 3. because 4. waiting
5. off 6. experiences 7. herself 8. first
9. asleep 10. nicer

【分析】
本题为选词适当形式填空，需结合每个空的上下文语境、语法规则（时态、词性、固定搭配等），从方框所给单词中选择合适词汇并变形。具体思路：1. 分析句子时态和结构，确定动词形式；2. 根据语境逻辑（如因果、时间顺序）选择连词；3. 结合固定短语、词性变化（如名词复数、反身代词、形容词比较级）确定答案。
【解析】
1. 句意为“我正在教室读书”，when引导的时间状语从句用一般过去时，主句用过去进行时（was+现在分词），故填reading。
2. 全文为过去时态，句意为“突然一阵风从后面吹来”，故填come的过去式came。
3. 前半句“我掉了伞”和后半句“风很大”为因果关系，表原因用连词because，故填because。
4. after为介词，后接动名词，固定搭配wait for（等待），故填waiting。
5. 固定短语get off意为“下车”，符合“下公交车”的语境，故填off。
6. many修饰可数名词复数，experience此处意为“经历”，是可数名词，故填experiences。
7. 固定短语by oneself意为“独自”，主语为she，故填反身代词herself。
8. 固定短语at first意为“起初”，符合语境，故填first。
9. 固定短语fall asleep意为“睡着”，故填asleep。
10. 句中出现than，需用形容词比较级，nice的比较级为nicer，故填nicer。
【答案】
1. reading 2. came 3. because 4. waiting 5. off 6. experiences 7. herself 8. first 9. asleep 10. nicer
【知识点】
英语词汇适当形式填空；时态运用；固定短语搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础词汇的运用，涉及时态、词性变化、固定搭配等知识点，需结合上下文语境分析，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习，能有效巩固词汇和语法基础。
【难度系数】
0.6

四、校刊编辑 Becky 采访了经历过龙卷风的 Fiona。在空格处填入适当的单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。
Becky：Fiona，you were in a tornado(龙卷风). Where was that?
Fiona：In north Australia, in Normanton. That's where I live.
Becky：What did you do when the tornado arrived?
Fiona：We all stayed inside, in the basement, because that's the 1 (safe) place. We could hear the storm coming closer and closer. The noise was awful. At one point there was a really loud noise. I thought, “That's it! It's going to destroy the house!” I was 2 (shake).
Becky：And what 3 (happen) after the tornado?
Fiona：There were terrible floods. More than 360 millimetres of rain fell in just twenty-four hours. The army had to bring food and water to the whole area by plane and helicopter.
Becky：So is everything back to normal again now?
Fiona：Not really. The floods have gone, 4 they destroyed a lot of homes and farms. It's going to cost at least 110 million dollars 5 (repair) the damage.
Becky：Is the weather usually so bad?
Fiona：No, but this summer was very hot. If it stays hot, there will probably be another tornado.

1. safest 2. shaking 3. happened 4. but
5. to repair

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配完成填空。解题思路：1. 空1前有定冠词the，修饰名词place，需用形容词最高级表示“最安全的”；2. 空2所在句为过去进行时结构（was + 现在分词），需将所给动词shake变为现在分词；3. 空3询问龙卷风过后发生的动作，需用一般过去时；4. 空4前后句为转折关系，需用转折连词；5. 空5考查固定句型“It costs + 金额 + to do sth”，需用动词不定式。
【解析】1. 由定冠词the及语境“最安全的地方”，可知此处用形容词safe的最高级形式safest；2. 过去进行时结构为“was/were + 现在分词”，所给动词shake的现在分词为shaking，故填shaking；3. 询问过去发生的动作，需用一般过去时，happen的过去式为happened；4. 前半句“洪水退了”与后半句“毁坏了很多房屋和农场”为转折关系，故用转折连词but；5. 固定句型“It costs + 金额 + to do sth”表示“做某事花费……”，故填动词不定式to repair。
【答案】1. safest 2. shaking 3. happened 4. but 5. to repair
【知识点】形容词最高级、动词时态、固定句型
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法知识，涵盖形容词变形、时态运用、连词及固定搭配，难度适中，需学生掌握基础语法规则并结合语境分析。
【难度系数】0.6