四、完形填空。
主题:人与自然——自然灾害·洪水
体裁:记叙文 难易度:☆☆☆
I am Jonas from China. Last year we faced a terrible flood. Weather reports 1 that it would keep raining in July, and it did rain for almost a month. The water on the streets got higher and 2 every day. Even a 3 was stuck in the deep water, so we used boats instead of cars.
Because of the flood, we had lots of 4. We lost lots of things. Schools closed and farms were destroyed(被破坏). We ran out of 5 of food and clean water. In some places the water was even higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n) 6 world.
Some people even died. The soil and other things made the water become dirty. It was in 7, so the hot weather and dirty water made the situation even 8. People got ill and hospitals didn't have enough 9 for them. My 10, who lives in another city, called to ask if my family and I were safe.

When the flood was over, everything around us was in a 11. We had to rebuild our city, take care of the 12 people and help them out of hospitals. Thankfully, many volunteers came to help clean up our 13. I think the disaster unexpectedly brought people closer together.
After this experience, I think people should know how to 14 natural disasters whenever they happen. For example, we can make better 15 beforehand(提前).
()1. A. started B. warned
C. wanted D. liked
()2. A. less B. higher
C. stranger D. cleaner
()3. A. truck B. boat
C. plane D. train
()4. A. power B. confidence
C. relatives D. trouble
()5. A. pieces B. supplies
C. services D. presents
()6. A. water B. fire
C. tree D. animal
()7. A. spring B. summer
C. autumn D. winter
()8. A. worse B. better
C. safer D. bigger
()9. A. windows B. decisions
C. rooms D. signs
()10. A. neighbour B. relative
C. classmate D. teacher
()11. A. way B. word
C. mess D. while
()12. A. poor B. sick
C. positive D. careless
()13. A. hospital B. neighbourhood
C. home D. hotel
()14. A. know about B. hear about
C. take place D. deal with
()15. A. interviews B. understanding
C. preparations D. waves

1.B 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.B 11.C 12.B 13.B 14.D 15.C

【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章主题是作者讲述去年遭遇洪水的经历，围绕洪水带来的影响、应对及感悟展开。解题时需先把握上下文语境，结合词汇的词义辨析、固定搭配及逻辑关系逐一选择答案，比如第1题根据天气预报的功能，是“警告”会下雨；第2题结合后文用船代替车，可知水位越来越高，以此类推，每个空都要联系前后文的逻辑和语境。
【解析】
1. 考查动词辨析。天气预报会“警告（warned）”将有降雨，started（开始）、wanted（想要）、liked（喜欢）不符合语境，故选B。
2. 考查形容词比较级。结合前文洪水，水位“越来越高（higher）”，less（更少）、stranger（更陌生）、cleaner（更干净）不符合，故选B。
3. 考查名词辨析。后文提到用船代替车，说明是“卡车（truck）”被困，boat（船）、plane（飞机）、train（火车）不符合，故选A。
4. 考查名词辨析。洪水带来很多“麻烦（trouble）”，power（力量）、confidence（自信）、relatives（亲戚）不符合，故选D。
5. 考查名词辨析。“供应（supplies）”食物和水，pieces（碎片）、services（服务）、presents（礼物）不符合，故选B。
6. 考查名词辨析。洪水后感觉住在“水（water）”的世界，fire（火）、tree（树）、animal（动物）不符合，故选A。
7. 考查名词辨析。前文提到七月下雨，炎热天气对应“夏天（summer）”，spring（春天）、autumn（秋天）、winter（冬天）不符合，故选B。
8. 考查形容词比较级。脏水和炎热让情况“更糟（worse）”，better（更好）、safer（更安全）、bigger（更大）不符合，故选A。
9. 考查名词辨析。医院没有足够的“房间（rooms）”给病人，windows（窗户）、decisions（决定）、signs（标志）不符合，故选C。
10. 考查名词辨析。住在另一个城市的“亲戚（relative）”打电话，neighbour（邻居）、classmate（同学）、teacher（老师）不符合，故选B。
11. 考查固定搭配。in a mess是固定短语，意为“一片混乱”，way（方法）、word（单词）、while（一会儿）不符合，故选C。
12. 考查形容词辨析。照顾“生病的（sick）”人，poor（贫穷的）、positive（积极的）、careless（粗心的）不符合，故选B。
13. 考查名词辨析。志愿者帮忙打扫“社区（neighbourhood）”，hospital（医院）、home（家）、hotel（酒店）不符合，故选B。
14. 考查动词短语辨析。“应对（deal with）”自然灾害，know about（了解）、hear about（听说）、take place（发生）不符合，故选D。
15. 考查名词辨析。提前做“准备（preparations）”，interviews（采访）、understanding（理解）、waves（波浪）不符合，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.B 11.C 12.B 13.B 14.D 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文围绕洪水灾害展开，考查学生对词汇在语境中的运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑和词义辨析解题，难度适中，贴近生活实际。
【难度系数】
0.5