Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毀) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破壞) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

 

　　A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

 

　　“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

 

　　Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

 

　　“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

 

　　Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利機構) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

 

　　1. How many homes altogether (總共) were damaged in the storm?

 

　　A. Fourteen B. Twenty-one

 

　　C. Twenty-nine D. Thirty-six

 

　　2. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

 

　　A. He was in bed. B. He was inside the house.

 

　　C. He was outside the house. D. He was on the roof.

 

　　3. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.

 

　　A. her husband knew there would be a storm

 

　　B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

 

　　C. she felt the house was moving

 

　　D. the welfare department helped her

 

　　4. The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.

 

　　A. something to eat B. something to wear

 

　　C. somewhere to study D. somewhere to stay

 

　　5. Which of he following may be the best title for this passage?

 

　　A. A Terrible Storm B. A Lucky Woman

 

　　C. Good Soldiers D. Clever People

 

　　【答案及解析】

 

　　一場暴風雨席卷了兩個村莊——不僅摧毀了房屋，也是造成了人員傷亡，還有二百多人無家可歸。

 

　　1. D。根據第一段出現的三個數字14，7，15即可知D為正確答案。

 

　　2. B。根據“I was eating with my wife and children.”可排除A和D，由下文可知C也不合題意。

 

　　3. C。答案即在即在…she felt that her house was moving中。

 

　　4. D。考慮全文意思及最末一段，可知暴風雨過后，房屋倒塌，人員傷亡。人們不僅需要食品、衣物，還需要住的地方。

 

　　5. A。這篇閱讀材料主要描述了暴風雨襲擊的過程。顯然選項A是本文的主旨。