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第二节: 完形填空（共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

    It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain pouring. Suddenly my father_____16_____into my room.

    “Adam! Adam! Get up! We’re flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That _______17______me up! I ran downstairs to the basement(地下室). It was like a swimming pool.

    My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and ______18______them upstairs. I had no _______19_______ on, so my feet were absolutely freezing.

    Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved ______20______that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes______21_______with our most valuable things were taken to safety. However, our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there-----being______22______. There was nothing we could do.

    That was the ______23________part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but realizing that you can’t do anything to stop it feels even worse. Most people don’t really know how sickening the feeling of being totally helpless is.

    Water had come in our front door. Rescue_______24_______ were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.

    When it was______25_______ safe to walk inside, all the people in the neighborhood ______26______ at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People comforted each other. We_______27_______later that the National Weather Service had _______28_______ the storm a flash flood.

    I really have learned something from this flood. I have learned what destruction is. I’ve learned what ______29______ means. I know in the future, when I watch people’s lives _______30_______ by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.

16. A. rushed     B. climbed      C. fell        D. looked

17. A. showed    B. phoned      C. dressed      D. woke

18. A. take       B. catch        C. help        D. make

19. A. hat        B. shoes       C. jacket       D. glasses

20. A. something  B. nothing      C. anything    D. everything

21. A. covered    B. crowded     C. filled       D. fixed

22. A. discovered  B. arranged     C. measured   D. destroyed

23. A. hardest     B. longest      C. earliest     D. smallest

24. A. ships       B. boats       C. cars        D. buses

25.A. usually      B. finally      C. exactly     D. certainly

26.A. restored     B. developed   C. gathered     D. recovered

27. A. learned     B. realized     C. thought      D. concluded

28. A. made       B. appointed   C. declared     D. elected

29. A. truth        B. safety      C. value       D. regret

30. A. shared      B. rescued     C. risked       D. affected