第四节 听短文,填写表格。(共3小题,每小题1.5分,满分4.5分)
下面你将听到一段短文,根据你所听到的内容,填写表格中所缺单词,每空仅填一词。听短文前,你将有15秒钟的时间浏览表格。听完后,你将有30秒钟的时间作答。短文听两遍。

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答案略

一、完形填空。(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读短文,从每小题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项,填入空白处。
The snow had been heavy that winter, and spring had just begun to green the fields. The Yellow River roared like a dragon. Water 1 down the side of a mountain. It moved 2 over the walls my father had built. My wife and I rushed away and up the mountain. The river was white with 3 and power. The waves ran after us. We kept moving upward. At last we reached a 4 place. The river flooded valleys and 5 homes. Hungry people and animals searched for safety on the 6 of the trees. Many never found safety.
When we returned to our village, I learned that my father's dams(水坝) had 7. Many people had died. So the king ordered that my father should die. Along with that terrible news, I learned that I was to take my father's 8 to stop the floods.
I said goodbye to my wife and headed to the capital. At the capital, I 9 new ideas from the elders who had worked with my father. "It seems the river has no place to go, young Yu. It has too much water and not enough 10 to run." So I gathered a large army of workers, and we began digging flood channels(渠道) away from the main river. The channels would 11 any overflow water through them and send it downhill toward the ocean.
The work had some good 12. However, we needed to make more changes and I 13 digging. I walked past my family's house as we worked on the river nearby, but the safety of people was more important. If I could stop more people from dying, my life would have 14. And 15 would my father's life and death.
()1. A. swung B. rose
C. raced D. developed
()2. A. suddenly B. typically
C. hardly D. cheerfully
()3. A. wind B. anger
C. skill D. interest
()4. A. dry B. bright C. clean D. quiet
()5. A. gave away B. put away
C. washed away D. ran away
()6. A. bottom B. face C. top D. cover
()7. A. changed B. broken C. repaired D. flown
()8. A. pressure B. part C. point D. place
()9. A. asked for B. waited for
C. left for D. paid for
()10. A. rest B. room C. trouble D. deal
()11. A. cut B. fix C. lend D. guide
()12. A. results B. reasons
C. causes D. decisions
()13. A. stopped B. continued
C. finished D. risked
()14. A. development B. importance
C. meaning D. satisfaction
()15. A. neither B. either C. such D. so

1. C
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. D

1. 第1题：结合前文黄河汹涌的语境，水从山上快速流下，raced表示“快速流动”，符合语境，故选C。
2. 第2题：洪水突然漫过父亲建的堤坝，suddenly表示“突然地”，符合语境，故选A。
3. 第3题：这里将河水拟人化，愤怒和力量让河水呈白色，anger符合这种拟人化的汹涌语境，故选B。
4. 第4题：洪水来袭，作者他们最终到达干燥的安全地带，dry表示“干燥的”，故选A。
5. 第5题：洪水淹没山谷并冲走房屋，washed away表示“冲走”，符合洪水的破坏作用，故选C。
6. 第6题：洪水来临时，人和动物爬到树顶寻求安全，top表示“顶部”，故选C。
7. 第7题：父亲建的水坝破裂了才导致洪水泛滥，broken表示“破裂的”，故选B。
8. 第8题：take one's place是固定短语，意为“接替某人的位置/职责”，这里指作者接替父亲治水的职责，故选D。
9. 第9题：作者向和父亲共事的长辈寻求新想法，asked for表示“寻求”，故选A。
10. 第10题：河水太多，没有足够的空间流动，room表示“空间”，故选B。
11. 第11题：渠道会引导溢出的水流向大海，guide表示“引导”，故选D。
12. 第12题：这项工作取得了一些好结果，results表示“结果”，故选A。
13. 第13题：需要做出更多改变，所以作者继续挖掘渠道，continued表示“继续”，故选B。
14. 第14题：如果能阻止更多人死亡，作者的生命就有了意义，meaning表示“意义”，故选C。
15. 第15题：so引导倒装句，表示“……也一样”，这里指父亲的生死也同样有意义，故选D。