5. As the busiest woman in Norton,she made her duty to look after all the other people's affairs in that town.

   A. this   B. that   C. one   D. it

4. He appeared when I entered the room.

   A. to be reading   B. to read

   C. reading   D. being reading

3. ，some famous scientists have the qualities of being both careful and careless.

   A. Strangely enough   B. Enough strangely

   C. Strange enough   D. Enough strange

2. The little girl was by the man's 

voice.

   A. frightened;frightening

   B. frightening;frightened

   C. frightened;frightened

   D. frightening;frightening

    The incident took place on Sunday,the 25 th of June. On that 1 day,a south wind had been gusting on and off all the morning. It was not strong enough to cause us any concern,2 we carried on with our daily work,not 3 what was about to happen.

    The storm gave us very little warning. Black 4 loomed over the distant horizon so suddenly that we were taken by 5 . Even then,we were not really 6 ,as the clouds seemed to be moving over our house and towards the distant mountains. Then,just as the clouds had 7 inland,the wind suddenly swung around in a full 8 and we were facing a major storm.

    Instantly,we were busily preparing for the 9 The whole family had 10 such a storm before and everyone remembered the damage it had caused to stock and crops. There was very 11 we could do about the crops. But we needed to protect the animals in case the river 12 again. My elder brother called his sheep-dog and began driving our small flock of sheep to 13 ground above the river. If the river flooded,they 14 be safe there.

    In the meantime,my father was 15 a shed roof that had partly fallen down after many years of fine service. If the tin flew off,it could damage the house. My younger brother began 16 carrying firewood under the shelter. My job was to help Mum board up the windows. If the storm 17 into a cyclone (旋風(fēng)) ，the boards would protect the glass.

    The storm raged for four hours,18 more rain on us than we had seen in the last five years. As expected,the river broke its 19 and came slowly up towards the house and the stock.

Then just as we were beginning to lose 20 the storm stopped as suddenly as it had begun. The animals were safe,and the roof was still nailed on. “All's well that ends well ,” said my mother.

1. A. ordinary   B. usual

   C. normal   D. particular

2. A. and   B. so   C. but   D. even

3. A. supposing   B. suspecting

   C. endangering   D. imagining

4. A. skies   B. storms

   C. clouds   D. winds

5. A. surprise   B. disappointment

   C. suddenness   D. chance

6. A. frightened   B. scared

   C. worried   D. threatened

7. A. blown   B. moved

   C. flown   D. spread

8. A. point   B. circle   C. cycle   D. dot

9. A. best   B. most   C. worst   D. least

10. A. expected   B. experienced

   C. heard   D. known

11. A. few   B. many   C. much   D. little

12. A. rose   B. ran   C. flooded   D. flowed

13. A. lower   B. higher   C. deeper   D. wider

14. A. should   B. may

   C. dared   D. needed

15. A. preparing   B. making

   C. shedding   D. mending

16. A. slowly   B. nervously

   C. hurriedly   D. steadily

17. A. became   B. got

   C. developed   D. rushed

18. A. dropping   B. giving

   C. pouring   D. throwing

19. A. beds   B. banks

   C. sides   D. stocks

20. A. belief   B. future

   C. weight   D. hope

1. He has letters to answer. He has to work from morning to night.

   A. much          B. masses of

   C. the number of   D. a great deal of

5. 路旁的許多大樹(shù)都被砍掉建房子了。

Many big trees along the road for building houses.

4. 她跑得如此快以至于我趕不上她。

that I couldn’t catch up with her.

3. 我們必須阻止這一疾病蔓延開(kāi)。

We must.

2. 我們遇上了大雨，全都濕透了。

We the heavy rain and got wet all over.