六、想一想，填一填。（用方框中单词的适当形式填空，每空限填一词，每词限用一次）
close clean cover feel hear heavy neighbourhood supply trouble wake
Ben experienced a heavy rainstorm when he was ten years old, at his home in Alabama. Ben could 1. strong winds outside. The sky became dark with thick black clouds. Ben 2. like it was midnight with no light outside. At that time, everyone in the 3. was busy. While his mum was preparing some 4. for the emergency, Ben’s dad was 5. the windows with pieces of wood. It started to rain 6. while Ben’s mum was making dinner. They tried to play a game, but they couldn’t have fun with such a terrible storm outside. Ben had 7. falling asleep until around 3:00 a.m. The next day, the sun was rising when Ben 8. up. He stepped outside with his family and found the neighbourhood in a mess. They quickly joined the neighbours to help 9. up. Although the rainstorm broke many things, it brought families and neighbours 10. together.

1. hear 2. felt 3. neighbourhood 4. supplies 5. covering
6. heavily 7. trouble 8. woke 9. clean 10. closer

七、读一读，补一补。（根据对话中的情境，在每个空白处填上一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整）
(A reporter is asking Bert some questions about the earthquake last month. )
A: Bert, do you remember the earthquake last month?
B: 1. . I will never forget it.
A: 2. ?
B: I was doing some shopping in a shopping center at that time.
A: 3. ?
B: Then I tried my best to run out to the street. Many other people were also running quickly.
A: But you know, it’s dangerous to run during the earthquake.
B: 4. . But I know little about how to protect myself in an earthquake.
A: You can read some information about that online.
B: Sounds good. I will.
A: Well, Bert, thanks for talking with me.
B: 5. .

1. Yes/Of course 2. What were you doing at that time
3. Then what did you do 4. You are right/That’s true/I agree (with you)
5. You are welcome/My pleasure...