Ⅰ.完形填空
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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 off and on for a few times and then went out 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(电力供应) 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 6 the power would come back, so my wife started a fire 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. drop
()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. where B. when
C. how D. why
()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. proper

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

Ⅱ.短文填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或填入括号内单词的正确形式。
Mr and Mrs Lin couldn’t forget that day. The old couple was 11. vacation at the top of a mountain. They were taking a walk in the early afternoon, suddenly when the ground started to shake. Two minutes later, everything 12. (change) completely! They were in the middle of a very strong earthquake!
The Lins tried 13. (find) some other people first. One by one, they found fifty-three people. Many were tourists. Soon it was dark and it started to rain 14. (heavy). Some cried and some lost hope.
At that moment, Mr Lin decided to take the lead. He called for everyone’s attention and said, “The roads are too 15. (danger). We can’t go down the mountain 16. tomorrow. We must stay here tonight.” Then Mr Lin and a few young 17. (man) went back to the hotel to look 18. food and water. They found some, 19. not enough for everyone. The young people gave 20. (they) to the old ones.
After that, Mr Lin divided the people into five 21. (group). Each group had a leader. He also collected all the mobile phones and made sure each group had one. They used them 22. flash lights. Every thirty minutes, the group leaders flashed their mobile phones. And the light in the dark rainy night made everyone 23. (feel) safe.
Early the next morning, the groups started to go down the mountain. It was a 24. (hard) journey, but the group members encouraged and supported each other. After twelve hours’ walking, they finally got out safely. By then, it was thirty hours after the earthquake. All of them were tired but they felt 25. (luck) because they were part of a special team.
This special team gave them hope for life.

11. on 12. changed 13. to find 14. heavily
15. dangerous 16. until 17. men 18. for 19. but
20. theirs 21. groups 22. as 23. feel 24. hard
25. lucky