Ⅳ.完形填空
Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the sky very 1. With no light outside, it felt like 2. The news on TV reported that a heavy 3 was in the area.
Everyone in the neighbourhood was busy. Ben's dad 4 pieces of wood over the windows 5 his mum was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. She also put some candles and 6 on the table.
Ben was helping his mum make 7 when the rain began to beat heavily 8 the windows. After dinner, they tried to play a 9 game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was 10 down at around 3:00 a. m. When he woke up, the sun was 11. He went outside with his family and found the neighbourhood in a 12. Fallen trees, broken windows and 13 were everywhere.
They joined the neighbours to help clean up the neighbourhood 14. Although the storm broke many things 15, it brought families and neighbours closer together.
()1. A. bright B. dark C. clean
()2. A. noon B. morning C. midnight
()3. A. rainstorm B. snowstorm C. sandstorm
()4. A. was putting B. put C. puts
()5. A. when B. while C. where
()6. A. matches B. books C. toys
()7. A. breakfast B. lunch C. dinner
()8. A. into B. against C. over
()9. A. card B. computer C. ball
()10. A. picking B. dying C. turning
()11. A. disappearing B. setting C. shining
()12. A. order B. mess C. park
()13. A. flowers B. rubbish C. trees
()14. A. alone B. hardly C. together
()15. A. apart B. up C. off

1. B 解析:根据前文 Black clouds 和后文 With no light outside 可知,当时天空应该是黑暗的,所以选 B。
2. C 解析:由 With no light outside 可推断,这种场景感觉像午夜,因此选 C。
3. A 解析:由后文的 the rain began to beat heavily 可以判断是暴雨天气,所以选 A。
4. A 解析:结合后文 his mum was making sure...可知,此处描述的是两个同时进行的动作,要用过去进行时“was/were + 动词-ing 形式”,故选 A。
5. B 解析:该句表达“本的爸爸正在用木板封住窗户,与此同时他妈妈正在确保手电筒和收音机能正常使用”,强调两个持续进行的动作同时发生,应用 while,所以选 B。
6. A 解析:前文提到 candles,蜡烛需要火柴点燃,故选 A。books 和 toys 均与使用蜡烛的场景无关。
7. C 解析:由后文的 After dinner 提示可知,此处本是在帮妈妈做晚饭,所以选 C。breakfast 和 lunch 均与“晚饭后”的时间不符。
8. B 解析:beat against 是固定搭配,意为“(雨、风等)猛烈撞击”,此处表示雨猛烈地打在窗户上,故选 B。
9. A 解析:在暴雨天气时,室内适合玩的是纸牌游戏,所以选 A。
10. B 解析:die down 是固定短语,意为“逐渐减弱”,此处指风在凌晨 3 点左右逐渐变小,故选 B。
11. C 解析:前文提到“当他醒来时”,结合常识可知,凌晨之后太阳会升起并发光,所以选 C。
12. B 解析:后文“Fallen trees, broken windows”表明街区一片混乱,故选 B。
13. B 解析:暴雨过后,除了倒下的树和破碎的窗户,应该还有到处都是的垃圾,故选 B。
14. C 解析:由 joined the neighbours 可知是大家一起清理街区,故选 C。
15. A 解析:break apart 是固定短语,意为“使破碎,使分裂”,此处表示暴风雨使很多东西破碎,并反衬下文的 neighbours closer together,故选 A。

【分析】做完形填空需遵循“先通览全文，再逐空突破”的思路：首先通读短文，明确文章围绕暴风雨前后的家庭经历展开；接着针对每个空格，结合上下文线索（如前后文词汇、时间提示）、语法规则（时态、连词用法）、固定搭配及词义辨析选择答案，最后验证所选内容是否符合语境和逻辑。
【解析】1. 根据前文“Black clouds”和后文“With no light outside”可知天空是黑暗的，选B；2. 由“With no light outside”推断场景像午夜，选C；3. 后文提到“the rain began to beat heavily”，可知是暴雨，选A；4. 后文“his mum was making sure...”是过去进行时，此处描述同时进行的动作，用过去进行时“was putting”，选A；5. while强调两个持续动作同时发生，符合爸爸封窗和妈妈准备物品的场景，选B；6. 蜡烛需要火柴点燃，选A；7. 后文“After dinner”提示此处是做晚饭，选C；8. “beat against”是固定搭配，意为“猛烈撞击”，选B；9. 暴雨天室内适合玩纸牌游戏，选A；10. “die down”是固定短语，意为“逐渐减弱”，指风变小，选B；11. 醒来时太阳正在发光，选C；12. 后文“Fallen trees, broken windows”表明街区混乱，“in a mess”是固定搭配，选B；13. 暴雨后除了树和窗户，还有垃圾，选B；14. “joined the neighbours”说明一起清理，选C；15. “break apart”是固定短语，意为“使破碎”，选A。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.A 4.A 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.B 11.C 12.B 13.B 14.C 15.A
【知识点】语境理解、固定搭配、时态运用
【点评】本文是贴近生活的记叙文，通过描述暴风雨前后的家庭活动，考查学生对语境的把握、词汇辨析、固定搭配及语法知识的运用，难度适中，既帮助学生理解暴风雨中的生活场景，也传递了邻里互助的温暖。
【难度系数】0.3