五、完形填空。
主题群:灾害防范
子主题:自然灾害
语篇类型:记叙文
难度:★★
Carson was having dinner with his mother and sisters one evening. Suddenly his younger sister asked, " 1 does it look like that outside?" Everyone looked out of the window on the north side of the kitchen. They saw the sun in a blue sky. Then, they looked out of the window on the south side of the kitchen. They saw a dark sky 2 big, grey clouds. Next, they heard the tornado siren(警报). That meant a tornado was 3 . They all knew that during a tornado, the safest place to be is underground. 4 , they had a basement(地下室). They all ran quickly into the basement. Suddenly, Carson remembered the pet cat, Pete. "Mum, we 5 Pete," Carson shouted. "I will go upstairs and find him!" But his mother said, "No, Carson! It's too 6 . The tornado is coming. You have to stay down here." All at once they heard the very loud noise of a very strong 7 . It was so loud that although they were screaming, they could not even hear their own screams. Everyone was very 8 .
Just a few seconds later, it was finished. The tornado went away and everyone was safe. Carson ran upstairs and found that the house was 9 damaged and that Pete was gone. He began to 10 and went outside. He saw that all the trees were knocked down except one. And at the top of the tree, there was Pete, looking at Carson and waiting for him to help him down.
1. A. How
B. What
C. Why
D. Which
2. A. with
B. for
C. in
D. at
3. A. leaving
B. coming
C. crashing
D. shaking
4. A. Finally
B. Nearly
C. Luckily
D. Clearly
5. A. forgot
B. took
C. missed
D. saved
6. A. nervous
B. boring
C. important
D. dangerous
7. A. policeman
B. wind
C. light
D. temperature
8. A. afraid
B. busy
C. tired
D. crazy
9. A. exactly
B. badly
C. quickly
D. usually
10. A. cry
B. cough
C. smile
D. fall
答案：1. C 结合上下文,妹妹看到窗外异常景象提出疑问,用Why 符合语境。
2. A with 表示“带有,伴随”,用来描述天空的状态,符合语境。
3. B 听到龙卷风警报,说明灾害即将来临,coming 符合逻辑。
4. C 龙卷风来临时地下室是最安全的地方,因此有地下室是一件幸运的事,Luckily 表示“幸运地”,符合语境。
5. A 大家匆忙跑进地下室时,Carson 想起宠物猫,说明之前他们忘记了他。
6. D 龙卷风即将到来,此时上楼找猫是很危险的行为,dangerous 危险的,符合语境。
7. B 龙卷风的主要特征是强风,因此巨大声响来自风。
8. A 身处龙卷风的危险环境中,人们的情绪应是恐惧的。
9. B 龙卷风会破坏建筑物,badly 表示“严重地”,修饰damaged,符合语境。
10. A 房子受损且宠物猫不见,所以 Carson 难过地哭泣。
解析：
【分析】
做完形填空首先要通读全文理清故事脉络，本文是记叙文，讲述Carson一家遭遇龙卷风、紧急避险后最终找回宠物猫的经历。解题时不能孤立看单句选答案，要结合前后文给出的线索、故事逻辑、词汇用法和相关生活常识逐一排除错误选项：第一空结合妹妹看到南北两侧天空完全反常的景象，自然是询问景象反常的原因；第二空需要选能表示“伴随、带有”含义的介词，修饰布满乌云的昏暗天空；第三空听到龙卷风警报，说明灾害即将抵达；第四空龙卷风来临时最安全的位置是地下，自家有地下室显然是幸运的事；第五空跑到地下室后Carson才想起猫，说明匆忙避险时把猫遗忘了；第六空妈妈阻止他上楼，是因为龙卷风临近，上楼的行为非常危险；第七空龙卷风的核心特征是强风，巨大的声响就来自强风；第八空身处极端危险的龙卷风环境，所有人的情绪都是恐惧的；第九空龙卷风破坏力极强，房屋会被严重损坏；第十空看到房屋受损、猫也不见，Carson难过地哭出来，所有选项都能通过前后文线索推导得出。
【解析】
1. 一家人看到北侧是晴朗蓝天、南侧是乌云密布的昏暗天空，景象十分反常，妹妹是在询问为什么外面是这样的状态，Why用于询问原因，完全符合语境；How表方式、What表事物、Which表选择，均不符合语义，故选C。
2. 此处要表达“布满巨大灰色云朵的昏暗天空”，介词with可以表示“带有、伴随有”的含义，用来描述天空附带的特征，for、in、at都没有该用法，故选A。
3. 响起龙卷风警报就意味着龙卷风即将到来，coming表示“即将来临”，符合警报的提示逻辑；leaving离开、crashing撞击、shaking摇晃，都不符合警报响起时的场景，故选B。
4. 前文提到龙卷风来临时最安全的地方是地下，他们家刚好有地下室，这是非常幸运的事，Luckily意为“幸运地”，完全符合逻辑；Finally最终、Nearly几乎、Clearly清晰地，都不符合语境，故选C。
5. 大家匆忙跑进地下室之后Carson才想起宠物猫，说明刚才紧急避险的时候把猫遗忘在了楼上，forgot表示“忘记”，符合语境；took带走、missed错过/想念、saved拯救，均不符合语义，故选A。
6. 妈妈阻止Carson上楼，因为龙卷风马上就要抵达，此时上楼找猫的行为非常危险，dangerous意为“危险的”，符合语境；nervous紧张的、boring无聊的、important重要的，都不符合语义，故选D。
7. 龙卷风的典型特征就是极强的风力，文中提到的巨大声响正是来自强风，wind“风”符合常识和语境；policeman警察、light光线、temperature温度，都不会发出如此巨大的声响，故选B。
8. 身处龙卷风这种极端危险的环境中，所有人的情绪都是非常害怕的，afraid“害怕的”符合场景；busy忙碌的、tired疲惫的、crazy疯狂的，都不符合此时的状态，故选A。
9. 龙卷风破坏力极强，此处表达房屋被严重损坏，badly修饰damaged表示“严重地”，符合语境；exactly精确地、quickly快速地、usually通常，都不符合语义，故选B。
10. 看到房屋严重受损，宠物猫也不见了，Carson的情绪十分难过，所以开始哭泣，cry“哭”符合语境；cough咳嗽、smile微笑、fall摔倒，都不符合此时的情绪，故选A。
【答案】
1.C 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.B 10.A
【知识点】
语境词义辨析；介词用法；灾害常识
【点评】
本篇完形填空为记叙文题材，贴合“灾害防范”的主题，整体词汇难度较低，所有题目都可以通过上下文逻辑线索和基础词义辨析得出答案，既考察了学生对初中核心词汇的掌握程度，也能让学生了解龙卷风避险的相关常识。解题时要注意避免脱离前后文仅凭单句印象选答案，多从故事逻辑和生活常识角度验证选项的合理性。
【难度系数】
0.7
