Ⅴ.完形填空
Are you afraid of big storms? Many people are. But did you know some people go
out to chase tornadoes? Such storms can 32 suddenly and move very quickly, so
storm chasers always have to be 33 .
When a tornado is about to hit, professional storm chasers try and get close to it
to 34 important information. Storm chaser Tim Samaras designed and built many
different instruments 35 studying tornadoes. Throughout his career, the engineer
chased 36 more than 120 tornadoes. Often, he 37 the storms while they
were happening just a few kilometres away.
During a storm, storm chasers put special equipment 38 the tornado. The
equipment collects information about things 39 wind speed and air pressure. This
helps scientists to make better 40 . It can even help people understand how
powerful the winds can be, and 41 , change how we build our houses.
Storm chasing can be exciting, but also very 42 . On 31 May 2013, Samaras
and his team were chasing the El Reno tornado in Oklahoma, USA. To their
surprise, the tornado behaved in an 43 way. It grew rapidly and changed its speed
and direction.
On that terrible day, the largest tornado ever 44 appeared. It was 4.2
kilometres wide and had winds topping 480 kilometres per hour. During the tornado,
Samaras and his team drove as fast as they could. Sadly, the tornado hit their car and
all three men in the car 45 .
The story of Tim Samaras is very sad, but his work continues to play an
important role in weather science. Though storm chasing 46 a dangerous job, the
goal of storm chasers is to learn more about storms to keep people safe. For people
like Samaras, that goal makes it all worth it.
()32. A. end B. hit C. change D. disappear
()33. A. prepared B. excited C. tired D. surprised
()34. A. forget B. hide C. collect D. lose
()35. A. with B. for C. from D. about
()36. A. down B. up C. out D. off
()37. A. watched B. filmed C. avoided D. stopped
()38. A. in the way of B. far from C. next to D. behind
()39. A. as B. for C. like D. with
()40. A. plans B. forecasts C. mistakes D. decisions
()41. A. in fact B. by the way C. as a result D. at first
()42. A. interesting B. dangerous C. angry D. thrilling
()43. A. expected B. unexpected C. usual D. normal
()44. A. recorded B. seen C. heard D. felt
()45. A. ran B. survived C. died D. cried
()46. A. becomes B. returns C. keeps D. remains

Ⅴ.32.B 33.A 34.C 35.B 36.A 37.B 38.C 39.C 40.B 41.C 42.B 43.B 44.A 45.C 46.D

【分析】
做完形填空首先要先通读全文，把握整篇文章的核心主旨：本文介绍了风暴追逐者的工作内容、价值，以及传奇风暴追逐者Tim Samaras的相关事迹，理解整体叙事逻辑后再逐空解题。解题时每一步都要结合前后文的线索提示，辨析四个选项的词义、搭配是否符合语境逻辑，遇到固定搭配类题目要结合平时积累的短语含义判断，全部选完后再代入全文通读检查整体逻辑是否通顺，避免前后矛盾。
【解析】
32. 句意：这类风暴会突然袭来并且移动速度极快。A. end结束；B. hit袭击、袭来；C. change改变；D. disappear消失。龙卷风的典型特征就是突然出现并袭击区域，hit符合语境，选B。
33. 承接上文风暴突发、移动快的特点，所以风暴追逐者必须时刻做好准备。A. prepared准备好的；B. excited兴奋的；C. tired疲惫的；D. surprised惊讶的，选A符合逻辑。
34. 职业风暴追逐者靠近龙卷风的目的是收集重要的气象信息，后文也提到设备收集信息的内容呼应。A. forget忘记；B. hide隐藏；C. collect收集；D. lose丢失，选C。
35. 句意：Tim Samaras设计制造了很多不同的仪器，目的是研究龙卷风。介词for可以表示动作的目的“为了”，A. with用；C. from来自；D. about关于，均不符合，选B。
36. 固定搭配chase down表示“追踪到、成功追到”，句意：在他的职业生涯中，这位工程师成功追踪到了超过120场龙卷风。其他搭配chase up追查、chase out赶出去、chase off赶走均不符合语境，选A。
37. 作为专业的风暴追逐者，他经常在风暴发生时，在距离风暴几公里外拍摄记录风暴数据。A. watched观看；B. filmed拍摄录制；C. avoided避免；D. stopped阻止，filmed更符合专业工作的属性，选B。
38. 想要采集到准确的风暴数据，需要把特殊设备放置在龙卷风旁边。A. in the way of挡路；B. far from远离；C. next to在旁边；D. behind在后面，选C符合实际操作逻辑。
39. 句意：设备收集像风速、气压这类相关事物的信息，此处like作介词表示“比如、像”，用来举例，A. as作“像”讲多为连词，不符合此处用法，选C。
40. 这些收集到的气象信息可以帮助科学家做出更准确的气象预报。A. plans计划；B. forecasts预报；C. mistakes错误；D. decisions决定，气象领域用数据优化天气预报是常识，选B。
41. 前文提到“它甚至能帮助人们了解风力的强度”，后文“改变我们建造房屋的方式”是前文带来的因果结果。A. in fact事实上；B. by the way顺便说；C. as a result因此、结果；D. at first首先，选C符合因果逻辑。
42. 后文讲述了Samaras团队遭遇龙卷风遇难的悲剧，说明追逐风暴除了刺激之外也非常危险。A. interesting有趣的；B. dangerous危险的；C. angry生气的；D. thrilling刺激的，选B。
43. 前文提到“令他们惊讶的是”，说明这场龙卷风的运动方式完全超出预期，是意料之外的。A. expected预期的；B. unexpected出乎意料的；C. usual平常的；D. normal正常的，选B。
44. 句意：有记录以来最大的龙卷风出现了，recorded表示“有记录在册的”，符合气象领域描述极端天气的常用表述，A. recorded记录的；B. seen看到的；C. heard听到的；D. felt感受到的，选A。
45. 前文提到龙卷风直接撞击了他们的车，加上提示词Sadly，说明三人全部遇难。A. ran跑；B. survived幸存；C. died死亡；D. cried哭泣，选C。
46. 句意：尽管风暴追逐仍然是一份危险的工作，但是风暴追逐者的目标是更多了解风暴来保护民众安全。A. becomes变成；B. returns返回；C. keeps保持；D. remains仍然是，选D符合语境。
【答案】
32.B 33.A 34.C 35.B 36.A 37.B 38.C 39.C 40.B 41.C 42.B 43.B 44.A 45.C 46.D
【知识点】
完形语境辨析；动词固定搭配；介词词义辨析
【点评】
这是一篇叙事类完形填空，话题围绕风暴追逐者的特殊职业展开，内容新颖有科普属性，绝大多数题目都可以通过上下文给出的线索直接推导得出，少数考察固定搭配的题目需要学生有一定的短语积累，整体既考察学生的词义辨析、逻辑推导能力，也能让学生了解气象科研工作者的奉献精神。
【难度系数】
0.65