四、完形填空
Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no 1 outside, it felt like midnight. Then the rain started to 2 heavily against the windows. We were sitting in our warm living room. All of a sudden, the light went on and off a few times and then went out(熄灭) 3.
Everything went black. We found the flashlight and some candles, and then went to bed.
The next morning when I 4, my first feeling was that it was pretty cold in my bedroom. Clearly, the power didn’t come back. After I looked out of the window, I felt even 5: it was still raining heavily and the sky was still dark. The room was becoming colder and colder. We had no idea when the power would come back, so my wife started a 6 in the fireplace. Although we lit(点燃) a few candles, it was still 7 to do anything in the weak light. I was sitting near several candles, but I had 8 reading.
The storm finally stopped in the afternoon, and I drove my car to 9 an open store. The trees along the roads were broken. I only bought the most 10 things—bread, some fruit, more drinking water and batteries(电池) for the flashlight. On my way home, the power came back and it cheered people up.
()1. A. wind B. light C. storm D. color
()2. A. beat B. push C. throw D. put
()3. A. hardly B. heavily C. completely D. secondly
()4. A. woke up B. gave up C. picked up D. fixed up
()5. A. better B. quieter C. sadder D. cleverer
()6. A. meal B. fire C. party D. dinner
()7. A. strong B. blind C. unfair D. difficult
()8. A. fun B. trouble C. luck D. stress
()9. A. look up B. look at C. look for D. look after
()10. A. necessary B. expensive C. delicious D. quick

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.D 8.B 9.C 10.A

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When you're alone at home, what will you do if you meet something dangerous?
One night, Tom was staying at home 1. his parents were out. As he was 2. for his parents to return home, he heard a little noise from his bedroom. He listened
3. and heard the window being opened slowly. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to climb into the room 4. the window. For a minute, he was so afraid that he couldn't think about what to 5. . Just then, he found his drums standing in the corner, so he 6. the drums as hard as he could. After that, he found the 7. in the next room was gone and heard something fall down outside. Tom looked out of the window and was 8. to find that a man was lying on the ground near his house. And 9. leg was badly hurt. He was the thief! At that moment, his 10. came back and they were glad that he was safe. From then on, his parents never left him alone at home.

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