五、完形填空
The sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a high school teacher, was in her 1 which was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family 2 together in their shelter to keep away from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it did 3.
So they were just hanging on there. But things didn’t happen 4 they had thought. The water rose with a frightening speed and their 5 house fell down, sweeping away the occupants(居住者). Bernadette and her husband were able to struggle to 6, but the 6-year-old Tenegra was 7 against the strong wind and water, along with sharp deadly debris. Bernadette made her way to the child and was holding her and kept 8 her to keep on.
“I climbed over to her, and I tried to 9 her up. But she was not strong enough and wasn’t able to make it. It seemed she had already 10,” Bernadette said, crying. “I screamed but it didn’t work.” The mother said 11 that she would never forget the last words of her daughter before 12, “Mum, just let go, just let go. Save 13. I love you forever.”
The super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The 6-year-old Tenegra 14 her life. She has just seen a small part of this wonderful world 15 that short lifetime, while the whole world saw all the beauty of her.
()1. A. family
B. school
C. building
D. home
()2. A. repeated
B. stayed
C. dived
D. collected
()3. A. in the past
B. in the day
C. in the end
D. in the future
()4. A. while
B. before
C. as
D. since
()5. A. wooden
B. golden
C. hidden
D. modern
()6. A. strength
B. warmth
C. safety
D. difficulty
()7. A. fighting
B. beating
C. touching
D. protecting
()8. A. inviting
B. ordering
C. training
D. telling
()9. A. put
B. pull
C. push
D. give
()10. A. got back
B. taken away
C. given up
D. cleared off
()11. A. excitedly
B. sadly
C. angrily
D. confidently
()12. A. arrival
B. break
C. choice
D. death
()13. A. myself
B. yourself
C. himself
D. herself
()14. A. lost
B. saved
C. spent
D. changed
()15. A. above
B. below
C. during
D. beside

五、1—5 DBACA 6—10 CADBC 11—15 BDBAC

【解析】
1. 第1空：根据后文“which was on the bank of a river”以及“The Tenegra family...in their shelter”可知，此处指她的家，故选D. home。
2. 第2空：结合语境，一家人待在避难所躲避风暴，stayed together表示“待在一起”，符合语义，故选B. stayed。
3. 第3空：他们认为风暴会像过去那样很快平息，in the past表示“在过去”，符合语境，故选A. in the past。
4. 第4空：事情没有像他们预想的那样发生，as引导方式状语从句，意为“正如，像”，故选C. as。
5. 第5空：根据“the water rose with a frightening speed...fell down”可知，木质房屋易被冲垮，wooden符合语境，故选A. wooden。
6. 第6空：Bernadette和丈夫挣扎到安全的地方，safety表示“安全处”，故选C. safety。
7. 第7空：6岁的孩子在和强风洪水搏斗，fight against表示“与……搏斗”，故选A. fighting。
8. 第8空：妈妈一直告诉孩子要坚持住，telling符合语境，故选D. telling。
9. 第9空：妈妈试图把孩子拉上来，pull up表示“拉起”，故选B. pull。
10. 第10空：孩子看起来已经放弃了，give up表示“放弃”，故选C. given up。
11. 第11空：妈妈回忆女儿的离世，应该是伤心地说，sadly符合情绪，故选B. sadly。
12. 第12空：此处指女儿去世前的最后一句话，death表示“死亡”，故选D. death。
13. 第13空：女儿让妈妈救自己，yourself指代妈妈，故选B. yourself。
14. 第14空：根据前文描述，孩子失去了生命，lose one's life表示“失去生命”，故选A. lost。
15. 第15空：表示“在她短暂的一生期间”，during符合语义，故选C. during。
【答案】
1—5 DBACA 6—10 CADBC 11—15 BDBAC
【知识点】
完形填空语境理解、动词短语辨析、词义辨析
【点评】
本文讲述了台风灾难中一位母亲与女儿的感人故事，考查学生在语境中对词汇的理解与运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑推理选择合适词汇，兼具情感性与知识性。
【难度系数】
0.6