Ⅲ.阅读短文,根据短文内容或提示词填空。
One afternoon, the sky turned 1. (terrible) dark, and it became rainy all of a sudden. I 2. (review) my notes in the living room when strong winds started blowing against the windows. The rain beat so hard that I could hardly hear my mum speaking.
3. the TV had shown a warning several hours before, my little brother refused 4. (do) anything. He even wanted to go out to play!
5. (thankful), my dad stopped him and quickly closed all the windows. We moved chairs and plants inside to prevent them from being blown 6. . Mum prepared a basket with food, water, and the first-aid kit.
As the storm grew 7. (strong), the lights suddenly went out. We sat together in the dark, listening to the wind howl. When the storm finally passed, we saw fallen trees and broken 8. (branch) everywhere.
From this experience, I learnt that good 9. (prepare) can help us face even the 10. (bad) storms.

1. terribly 2. was reviewing 3. Although/Though 4. to do
5. Thankfully 6. away 7. stronger 8. branches
9. preparations 10. worst

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需根据句子结构、词性、时态、固定搭配及语境逻辑逐空分析：1. 修饰形容词需用副词；2. when引导的时间状语从句为一般过去时，主句表过去正在进行的动作用过去进行时；3. 前后句为让步转折关系，选对应连词；4. 考查固定搭配；5. 修饰整个句子用副词；6. 考查固定短语；7. grow后接形容词比较级表“变得更……”；8. 可数名词表泛指用复数；9. 形容词后接名词；10. even后接形容词最高级。
【解析】1. 此处修饰形容词dark，需用terrible的副词形式terribly；2. when引导的时间状语从句用一般过去时，主句动作（复习笔记）在过去某时刻正在进行，故用过去进行时was reviewing；3. 前后句为让步关系，意为“虽然电视几小时前就发了预警，但弟弟拒绝做任何事”，故填Although/Though；4. 固定搭配refuse to do sth，意为“拒绝做某事”，故填to do；5. 此处修饰整个句子，需用thankful的副词形式Thankfully；6. 固定短语blow away，意为“吹走”，符合语境“防止它们被吹走”，故填away；7. 此处表示“风暴变得更强”，用形容词比较级stronger；8. branch为可数名词，此处表泛指“树枝”，故用复数形式branches；9. good为形容词，后接名词，prepare的名词形式preparations（常用复数表准备工作），故填preparations；10. even后接形容词最高级，bad的最高级为worst，意为“最严重的”，故填worst。
【答案】1. terribly 2. was reviewing 3. Although/Though 4. to do 5. Thankfully 6. away 7. stronger 8. branches 9. preparations 10. worst
【知识点】副词的用法、过去进行时、固定搭配、形容词比较级与最高级
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与词汇应用，涵盖词性转换、时态、固定短语、从句等核心考点，难度适中，需学生掌握基础语法规则和常用词汇变形。
【难度系数】0.6