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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Stefan and Erika Svanstrom on a four-month honeymoon were hit by several natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.

The    36    couple left Sweden on December 6 and were    37    caught in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe’s worst snowstorms.

Later, they flew on to Australia which then    38    with one of the most terrible hurricanes in the nation’s history. From there, the couple,    39   , were forced to    40    for 24 hours on the floor of a shopping centre with 2500 others.

“Trees were being    41    and big branches were scattered across the streets,” Stefan told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper. “We    42    escaped”

The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand.    43    their arriving, a massive earthquake    44    magnitude 6.3 hit the city on February 22.

Erika said “We could not visit the city since it was completely in    45   , so instead we travelled around before going to Japan.” But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was    46    by Japan’s largest earthquake    47    records began. “The trembling was horrible and we saw roof debris (碎片) fly off the buildings,” Mr. Svantrom said. “   48    seemed the buildings were swaying    49   .”

The family returned to Sweden on March 29 after a(n)    50    calmer visit to their last destination China.

But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the very tsunami    51    hit Southeast Asia in 2004, said “I know marriages have to experience some    52   , but I think we have    53    most of them.” ,   54    that the marriage had become strong.

“We’ve certainly experienced    55    our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that we’re together and happy.” said the couple.

1. A. new-married       B. newly-marry      C. newly-married            D. new-marry

2. A. finally           B. eventually           C. gradually                D. immediately

3. A. met           B. faced                C. hit                  D. come

4.A. in vain            B. in panic         C. in sorrow                D. in depression

5.A. hide           B. stay             C. remain                   D. shelter

6. A. taken over        B. turned over          C. got over             D. knocked over

7. A. nearly            B. narrowly         C. almost                   D. easily

8.A. At             B. With             C. On                   D. For

9. A. measuring     B. is measured          C. measures             D. measured

10. A. mess         B. order                C. chaos                    D. control

11. A. effected         B. destroyed            C. shaken                   D. suffered

12. A. when         B. while                C. as                   D. since

13. A. It               B. There                C. That                 D. What

14. A. in and out       B. here and there       C. backwards and forwards   D. back and forth

15.A. pretty            B. fairly               C. much                 D. even

16. A. which            B. as               C. that                 D. what

17.A. trials            B. tricks               C. trips                    D. triangles

18. A. looked through   B. put through          C. come through         D. got through

19. A. added            B. adding               C. added to             D .adding to

20. A. rather than      B. other than           C. more than                D. less than