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 7
th, 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 11
th, 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 17
th. 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.
小题1: | A.observe | B.appreciate | C.explore | D.improve |
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小题2: | A.work | B.apologize | C.recover | D.change |
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小题3: | A.vacation | B.journey | C.meeting | D.schedule |
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小题4: | A.must | B.might | C.should | D.would |
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小题5: | A.closely | B.constantly | C.warningly | D.differently |
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小题6: | A.adventure | B.equipment | C.supplies | D.reports |
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小题7: | A.basic | B.high | C.pure | D.neat |
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小题8: | A.get through | B.put away | C.test out | D.suffer from |
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小题9: | A.since | B.when | C.until | D.while |
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小题10: | A.dangerous | B.abundant | C.peaceful | D.awesome |
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小题11: | A.available | B.concrete | C.prized | D.potential |
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小题12: | A.set out | B.headed for | C.settled down | D.watched out |
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小题13: | A.provided | B.reduced | C.produced | D.lost |
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小题14: | A.garden | B.house | C.pool | D.yard |
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小题15: | A.clearer | B.wilder | C.lower | D.higher |
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小题16: | A.passed | B.stood | C.gone | D.followed |
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小题17: | A.leaving | B.digging | C.filling | D.kicking |
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小题18: | A.by | B.before | C.until | D.after |
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小题19: | A.in spite of | B.instead of | C.apart from | D.in terms of |
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小题20: | A.faith | B.will | C.strength | D.laughter |
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