Question

Flood damage cleanup is an unforgettable experience for me. I have seen a number of news reports on television showing houses that have been by natural flooding and how the different there are coping and starting their flood damage cleanup. I have always felt for the families that have become victims of flooding however I couldn’t imagine what they were because I have never experienced flooding or flood damage cleanup at first until two years back.

My experience happened when I woke up early one morning because of the of water. As I started to get out of bed to turn on the light, I felt cold muddy water at my . I then realized that the power was . This probably happened due to the heavy and strong wind that were brought by a hurricane during the .

As the rains stopped, I decided to do my flood damage cleanup . Because I had only moved in the house and had only a few belongings, the amount of damage was . It involved only washing shoes and bags soap and water.

It was a good thing that most of my things were inside plastic buckets and most of the furniture that I bought was made of and plastic. This made my flood damage cleanup a lot easier. My cleanup work only the removal of mud from the apartment floors. It was also a good thing that the had hardwood floors. Had the apartment been covered with carpet, I would have had to a lot having the carpet cleaned if not replaced with a new one.

1.A. drownedB. washedC. affectedD. removed

2.A. citizensB. householdersC. ownersD. residents

3.A. sorryB. worriedC. excitedD. glad

4.A. feelingB. doingC. speakingD. thinking

5.A. viewB. handC. thoughtD. sight

6.A. cleanupB. floodingC. earthquakeD. landslide

7.A. smellB. shapeC. tasteD. sound

8.A. headB. neckC. feet D. breast

9.A. outB. inC. onD. down

10.A. rainB. snowC. frost D. fog

11.A. morningB. afternoonC.eveningD. night

12.A. slowly B. graduallyC. quicklyD. frequently

13.A. unfoldedB. unpackedC. uncoveredD. unloaded

14.A. greatB. bigC. smallD. tiny

15.A. withB. byC. throughD. in

16.A. thrownB. dippedC. displayedD. stored

17.A. woodB. metalC. paperD. leather

18.A. undertookB. beganC. involved D. engaged

19.A. bedroomB. kitchenC. building D. apartment

20.A. spendB. costC. pay D. take

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，講述了作者遭遇洪水的經(jīng)歷，以及遭遇洪水后自己做的善后工作。在自己親身經(jīng)歷洪水災(zāi)害前，作者不知道那些受災(zāi)人們的感受，不知道如何做那些災(zāi)后的清掃工作，經(jīng)過這件事，他意識(shí)到了塑料儲(chǔ)物和金屬容器的好處。

1.C動(dòng)詞辨析。A. drowned淹死；B. washed洗；C. affected影響；D. removed移開。從上下文可知作者是介紹洪水過后房屋的清理工作，所以這些房屋是受洪水影響的，選C。

2.D名詞辨析。A. citizens市民；B. householders戶主；C. owners主人；D. residents居民。由情理可知做清理工作的是當(dāng)?shù)厥転?zāi)的居民，其他選項(xiàng)范疇太狹隘，不符合語境，選D。

3.A形容詞辨析。A. sorry抱歉；B. worried擔(dān)憂；C. excited激動(dòng)；D. glad高興。固定短語：feel sorry for “為……感覺難過”，其他形容詞不和介詞for搭配。句意：我總是為那些遭受過洪水的人們感到難過。

4.A動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. feeling感覺；B. doing做；C. speaking說；D. thinking想。從后句because I have never experienced flooding or flood damage cleanup從句可以判斷作者指沒有經(jīng)歷過洪水所以不知道那些受災(zāi)者的感受，選A。

5.B名詞辨析。 A. view觀點(diǎn)；B. hand手；C. thought想法；D. sight視野。固定短語：at first hand “第一手，直接地”，答案選B。句意：直到前兩年我才能想象到他們的感受。

6.B名詞辨析。 A. cleanup掃除；B. flooding洪水；C. earthquake地震；D. landslide滑坡。從下文故事的內(nèi)容可知作者經(jīng)歷了洪水這種自然災(zāi)害，由此判斷選B。

7.D名詞辨析。A. smell氣味；B. shape外形；C. taste味道；；D. sound聲音。從常識(shí)可知人從睡夢中被驚醒是由于洪水洶涌的聲音，其他不符合常理，選D。

8.C名詞辨析。A. head頭；B. neck頸；C. feet腳；D. breast胸。從上文As I started to get out of bed to turn on the light可知作者起床去開燈，所以是腳踩在水中，選C。

9.A介詞辨析。A. out在外；B. in在里；C. on在上；D. down向下。從下文可知當(dāng)發(fā)生洪水的時(shí)候，停電了。Be out此處表示 “斷電”，選A。

10.A名詞辨析。A. rain雨；B. snow雪；C. frost霜；D. fog霧。根據(jù)常識(shí)以及下文中的定語從句that were brought by a hurricane判斷颶風(fēng)帶來的是暴雨和狂風(fēng)，選A。

11.11】. D名詞辨析。A. morning上午；B. afternoon下午；C.evening傍晚；D.night 夜晚。從上文可知作者去開燈，而且從睡夢中醒來，由此判斷這件事發(fā)生在晚上，所以選D。

12.12】. C副詞辨析。A. slowly慢； B. gradually逐漸；C. quicky快D.frequently規(guī)律地。從下文可知作者是剛剛搬進(jìn)了這所房子，想盡快地減少損失，選C。

13.13】. B動(dòng)詞辨析。A. unfolded展現(xiàn)；B. unpacked打開；C. uncovered揭開；D. unloaded卸下。根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可以判斷作者剛搬進(jìn)來不僅，所以很多打包的東西還沒有打開，沒有整理，選B。

14.C形容詞辨析。A. great偉大；B. big大；C. small��；D. tiny微小。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知作者剛搬進(jìn)來不僅，很多打包的東西還沒有打開，而且都是使用塑料和金屬箱子裝著的，所以損失較小，選B。

15.A介詞辨析。A. with帶有；B. by通過；C. through穿過；D. in在里。此處作者是指自己需要做的僅僅是用肥皂和水清洗一下鞋子和包等，選A。

16.D動(dòng)詞辨析。A. thrown投；B. dipped掉落；C. displayed陳列；D. stored 儲(chǔ)存。從上文可知作者受的損失較小，是因?yàn)樗�的物品都是�?chǔ)存在了塑料或者是金屬箱子里了，選D。

17.B名詞辨析。A. wood木頭；B. metal金屬；C. paper紙；D. leather皮毛。由上文內(nèi)容可知作者的大部分物品沒有受到洪水的影響，從情理可知金屬箱子可以防水，選B。

18..C動(dòng)詞辨析。A. undertook承擔(dān)；B. began開始；C. involved涉及，卷入；D. engaged從事。從空格后內(nèi)容the removal of mud from the apartment floors判斷此處指清掃工作的具體內(nèi)容，選C。

19.D名詞辨析。A. bedroom臥室；B. kitchen廚房；C. building大樓；D. apartment公寓。根據(jù)下文Had the apartment been covered with carpet,可知作者指自己公寓是硬木地板，選D。

20.A動(dòng)詞辨析。A. spend花費(fèi)；B. cost值；C. pay付款；D. take花費(fèi)。根據(jù)搭配可知：spend money doing sth“花錢做某事”，選A。句意：如果不換一個(gè)新地毯，我也將不得不花費(fèi)大量時(shí)間去清理地毯。

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