I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to take my daughter from school. Our plan was to go swimming together. I had finished my work at 4 o’clock and then gone to the Post Office. Then I’d stopped off at a shop in order to get some fresh fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat after our swim.
I was driving along a high road on my way to my daughter’s school. Over my road was another road which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized (記起) what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken road. I called out. “I’m here!” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the side of the road near my car. “How are you doing?” he asked.
“Not too bad,” I said, “but my feet and leg feel as if they’re broken.” “We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can.” They didn’t get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours

  1. 1.

    When the earthquake took place, the writer was ______

    1. A.
      on his way to the Post Office
    2. B.
      stopping off a shop
    3. C.
      doing some shopping
    4. D.
      under a road built like a bridge
  2. 2.

    The writer’s car began to move from side to side because ________

    1. A.
      there was something wrong with his car
    2. B.
      he ate apples as he drove
    3. C.
      an earthquake began to happen
    4. D.
      he drove too fast
  3. 3.

    Which is the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      When the earthquake happened, the writer was with his daughter together
    2. B.
      The writer’s leg and feet were badly wounded in the earthquake
    3. C.
      The writer was saved as soon as the stranger climbed up the road
    4. D.
      The writer was frightened that he forgot everything that happened around
DCB
【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了我在路上行駛時(shí)遭遇了地震。地震發(fā)生時(shí)，我前面的車開始左右晃動(dòng)，我把車停下來，結(jié)果上面的路塌下來。我的雙腿無法動(dòng)彈，最后有人把我救出。
1.D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第二段中的Over my road was another road which was built like a bridge for cars coming to the other way.可知，我在一個(gè)建的像橋一樣的路的下面行駛。故選D。
2.C考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第三段中的Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to shake!可知，突然我看到我前面的汽車開始左右晃動(dòng)，我的車也開始搖晃。這證明地震發(fā)生了。故選C。
3.B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第四段中的I found myself in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom parts of both of my legs and my feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them.可知，我的腿的下部和腳嚴(yán)重受損，不能動(dòng)彈。故B正確。A項(xiàng)和第一段中的I was driving along the road to take my daughter from school.內(nèi)容不符，我要去學(xué)校屆女兒，所以他們沒在一起；C項(xiàng)和最后一段中的They didn’t get me out until the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.內(nèi)容不符。他們第二天早上才把我救出。我車?yán)锎?4個(gè)小時(shí)；D項(xiàng)和文章第四段中的All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized (記起) what had happened.內(nèi)容不符。這表明地震時(shí)，他什么都清楚。
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