SYDNEY 2005-01-01 08:30—Mother of two, Jillian Searle, had to choose between her children when she made a life—or—death decision.
Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort, she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive. Fighting to stay above the waters, she had to choose which one would have to take his chances in the swirling torrent.
“I knew I had to let go of one of them and I just thought I’d better let go of the one that’s the older,” she told Sky News television in a report broadcast on Thursday. She said she was accompanied by the two, Lachie, 5, and two—year—old Blake, and their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck.” And I was screaming, trying to find him, and we thought he was dead.”she told reporters on arrival back in Australia.
Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.
British surfer Martin Markwell is also a lucky man. He had always dreamed of catching that perfect wave—but when it finally came along, it was a nightmare. He was on his surfboard when he was swept up by a tsunami wave.
“It was really terrible because I was surfing, I was really surfing on a wave I wasn’t supposed to be on,”he said. “As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave come I realized something was wrong, but I couldn’t escape because my surfboard was tied to my ankle.”
His wife, Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from a hotel balcony as he crashed towards the shore. Luckily, he stayed atop his board until he reached the hotel, jumped off and got to safety as the ocean rolled back to feed a much larger tsunami wave on its way. The family regrouped and ran to safety just minute before a giant tsunami wave 10 meters high.
【小題1】When the waves struck ,the father Brad________.

A．reported the disaster to Sky News television
B．was watching a drama on TV in the hotel
C．tried to find his son lost in the waters
D．watched things going on, unable to do anything
【小題2】The underlined word”him” refers to ______
A．a(chǎn)n old man B．Lachie C．Brad D．Blake
【小題3】Which is not true about Lachie and Martin?
A．They and their family were at the resort when the disaster happened.
B．They both survived from the high waves when tsunami struck.
C．They were both travelers from Europe on holiday in Thailand.
D．They were both alive owing to their proper judgment and determination.
【小題4】Which of the following is the best title?
A．Narrow Escape B．Disaster Caused by Tsunami
C．Exciting Surfing Experience D．Struggle Against Tsunami


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：文章報(bào)道兩家人在海嘯中死里逃生的驚險(xiǎn)場(chǎng)景。具體介紹當(dāng)時(shí)危急的形勢(shì)和他們是怎么幸存的。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段中“their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck.”可知災(zāi)難發(fā)生的時(shí)候，爸爸在旅店的房間看著但是無能為力。故選D。
【小題2】推理題：從后面的句子“Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and, looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.”前面說我尖叫著，想找到他，以為他死了，后面說兩個(gè)小時(shí)后，他被發(fā)現(xiàn)還活著，可知him指的是lachie。故選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段中“she told reporters on arrival back in Australia.”可知 lachie是來自澳大利亞的，不是來自于歐洲的。故選C。
【小題4】主旨題：從全篇文章的描寫可知這篇文章介紹兩家人在海嘯中死里逃生的驚險(xiǎn)場(chǎng)景。故選A。
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