Ⅲ. Rational cloze.
It was a dark day in Canada in 1998 when rain began to fall from the sky. However, this was not ordinary rain—it turned to ice as it fell through the cold air. It has rained 1. six days, and as much as 10 cm of ice appeared on roads, trees and power lines.
On 5th January, the people of Montreal woke up to find they had no electricity in 2. (they) homes. It was dark and cold. The roads were covered in ice, so it was very 3. (danger) to walk or drive anywhere. Families had to stay inside and burn wood to keep warm. They expected 4. (get) the power back at any time.
However, the ice kept 5. (fall). By the third day, many families had no food to eat. The army sent over 14,000 6. (soldier) to help.
Finally, after six days, the ice storm stopped, but the trouble 7. (be) not over. The huge amount of ice made the whole area very dangerous. Some families had no electricity for 8. whole month. It was hard for them to live. Many homes 9. (damage) and many people lost their businesses. The people of Canada will never forget 10. terrible nature can be.

1. for
2. their
3. dangerous
4. to get
5. falling
6. soldiers
7. was
8. a
9. were damaged
10. how

1. 根据句意“雨一直下了六天”，用for表示持续一段时间。
2. 修饰名词homes用形容词性物主代词their。
3. be动词was后用形容词dangerous作表语。
4. expect to do sth. 期待做某事，所以用to get。
5. keep doing sth. 持续做某事，所以用falling。
6. 14,000后接可数名词复数，soldier的复数是soldiers。
7. 根据语境时态为一般过去时，trouble是单数，所以用was。
8. 整个一个月，用a whole month，whole前常用a。
9. 主语many homes和damage之间是被动关系，全文为一般过去时，所以用一般过去时的被动语态were damaged。
10. 宾语从句中用how修饰形容词terrible，表示“多么可怕”。