Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____. Mom had a two-week ____ in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike ____ cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more ____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand. In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to ____the storm in their homes, ____ others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more ____ side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin. As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our ____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had ____, and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗). We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky. Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!” My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes ____ crying, but ____ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D
题目分析：作者感谢人生中的障碍，让他理解信念的含义和生存的渴望，通过讲述飓风Ike来临前人们的准备和飓风走后的情况，作者想要告诉读者面对困难，要以积极的心态面对。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A observe观察，B. appreciate欣赏，C. explore 探索，D. improve提高，从上文的Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍),可知是飓风Ike让我充分感激我们的力量之美和人类想恢复的动力。选B
小题2:考查动词辨析：A. work工作，B. apologize道歉，C. recover恢复，D. change改变，飓风之后，人们会尽量恢复损失，选C
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. vacation假期，B. journey 旅行，C. meeting会议，D. schedule时刻表，夏天妈妈有两个星期的假期，选A
小题4:考查情态动词辨析：A. must必须，B. might 可能，C. should应该，D. would将会，我们子德克萨斯东南部度假的时候，我们没有意识到Ike将会导致几个月可能几年的劳动。选D
小题5:考查副词辨析：A. closely仔细地，密切地，B. constantly连续地，不断地，C. warningly警告地D. differently不同地，“eyes of Texas”更密切的观察飓风Ike。选A
小题6:考查名词辨析：A. adventure冒险，B. equipment 设备，C. supplies供给，D. reports报告，从下文的Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand.可知人们在做典型的最后一分钟疯狂购买飓风供应，选C
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A. basic基本的，B. high高的，C. pure纯的，D. neat整洁的，两天后，油和冰都需求量很高，选B
小题8:考查动词短语辨析：A. get through通过，接通， B. put away收好，储存，C. test out检验， D. suffer from遭受，一些邻居计划在家里度过风暴。选A
小题9:考查连词辨析：A. since自从，B. when当…时候，C. until 直到，D. while然而，而其他的人在做最后的准备离开，这里表示对比，选D
小题10:考查形容词辨析：A. dangerous危险的，B. abundant 大量的，C. peaceful宁静的，D. awesome可怕的；表示敬畏的；了不起的；从下文的：Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin.可知Houston-Galveston地区将在风暴的更危险的一边。选A
小题11:考查形容词辨析：A. available可获得的，B. concrete具体的，有形的，C. prized被看作最重要的， D. potential有潜力的，妈妈和我收拾了一些最重要的物品。选C
小题12:考查动词短语辨析：A. set out出发，B. headed for前往，C. settled down定居下来，D. watched out当心，前往德克萨斯州东边的Lufkin.选B
小题13:考查动词辨析：A. provided提供，B. reduced减少，C. produced制作，D. lost失去，随着Ike更靠近内陆，我们在Lufkin停电了，选D
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. garden花园，B. house房子，C. pool水池，D. yard院子，在星期天，我们的隔壁邻居通过电话告诉我们我们的房子还在。选B
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. clearer更清楚，B. wilder更野蛮的C. lower更低的，D. higher更高的，我们不会期望更高了，选D
小题16:考查动词辨析：A. passed通过，B. stood站，C. gone去，消失了，D. followed跟随，几小时后，邻居报告我们的烟囱没有了，选C
小题17:考查动词辨析：A. leaving离开，B. digging 挖，C. filling填满，D. kicking踢，在两个天窗之间留了一个洞，选A
小题18:考查介词辨析：A. by通过，B. before在…前面C. until直到，D. after在…后面，我们到9月17号才被允许回家。选C
小题19:考查介词短语辨析：A. in spite of虽然，B. instead of 代替，C. apart from除了，D. in terms of就…而言，我的邻居不能相信我在开玩笑而不是在哭，选B
小题20:考查名词辨析： A. faith信念，B. will 意志，C. strength力量，D. laughter笑声，从上文的内容，面对灾难作者没有哭泣而是笑对人生。选D