综合训练
选词填空
safe sudden on we both begin
worker sleep strong although
Did you experience an earthquake? There was
a bad earthquake in Mexico City in September,19th
1985. A lot of buildings 1. fell down,
and hundreds of people were in danger. Many
people 2. at that time. After the
earthquake,40% of Mexico City was without
electricity(电). It was reported that about 230
people died in the earthquake.
Many people in Mexico City joined the
rescue(救援)3. to help others. Some
people in other areas also offered help. They
risked their 4. to bring clean water,
enough clothes and food to Mexico City. Some
doctors and nurses 5. to give people
medicine and tried their best to help people on
crowded streets.
The aftershock(余震) happened 6.
the evening of September 20th. It was 7.
aftershock in Mexico. "I told my students two
things. First, we should protect 8. .
Second, we should get ready for everything in
time. " said Adelina, a teacher of the Morelos
Middle School. 9. all the buildings in
the school were broken, everyone was safe.
Because 10. the students and the
teachers had learned some life-saving skills and
quickly ran out of the buildings.

1. suddenly 2. were sleeping 3. workers
4. safety 5. began 6. on 7. the strongest
8. ourselves 9. Although 10. both

【分析】
做这类选词填空题，首先第一步要先通读备选词汇，明确每个词的词性、词义以及可变形的方向；第二步通读整篇短文，了解文章讲述的1985年墨西哥城大地震的事件全貌，理清叙事的时间线和逻辑；第三步逐空分析句子的语法成分、时态要求、固定搭配规则，结合上下文语义，将备选词转换为符合要求的正确形式填入，最后再通读全文校验逻辑和语法是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 此处修饰动词短语fell down（倒塌），需要用副词，备选词sudden是形容词，变为副词suddenly，意为“突然地”，符合语境。
2. 句中时间状语at that time指代地震发生的当时，强调过去某个时间点正在进行的动作，要用过去进行时，主语Many people是复数，sleep变形为were sleeping，意为“很多人当时正在睡觉”。
3. 固定搭配rescue workers意为“救援人员”，此处指很多人加入救援队伍帮助他人，worker变为复数workers。
4. 形容词性物主代词their后面需要接名词，备选词safe是形容词，变为名词safety，短语risk one's safety意为“冒着生命安全的风险”，符合语义。
5. 句中and连接并列的谓语，后面的tried是一般过去时，因此begin要变为过去式began，符合动作先后的时态要求。
6. 表示在具体某一天的早中晚，要使用介词on，此处特指9月20日的晚上，因此填on。
7. 句中给出范围in Mexico，要表达“墨西哥最强的余震”，需要用形容词最高级，strong变为最高级the strongest。
8. 句意为“首先我们应该保护我们自己”，主语是we，对应的反身代词是ourselves，作protect的宾语。
9. 此处引导让步状语从句，表达“尽管学校里所有建筑都损毁了，所有人都安全”的转折逻辑，备选词although符合要求，句首首字母大写，填Although。
10. 固定搭配both...and...意为“两者都”，此处指学生和老师双方都学习过求生技巧，填both。
【答案】
1. suddenly 2. were sleeping 3. workers 4. safety 5. began 6. on 7. the strongest 8. ourselves 9. Although 10. both
【知识点】
词性转换 过去进行时 固定搭配
【点评】
本题属于记叙文类选词填空题，没有直接给出正确形式，需要学生结合上下文语义、时态规则、固定搭配对给出的原形词汇进行合理变形，既考察学生对词汇词性变化的掌握，也考察学生对语篇整体逻辑的理解，是初中英语完形填空类的基础典型题型。
【难度系数】
0.6