2019中考英语阅读理解题目：灾难性的暴风雨

Last Friday a storm sept through to villages in the Ne Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen hos. Seven others ere so badly damaged (破坏) that their oners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken indos or broken roofs. One person as killed, several ere badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over to hundred people ere holess after the storm.

A farr, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I as eating ith my ife and children,” he said, “When e heard a loud noise. A fe minutes later our house fell don on of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I sa that one of my children as missing. I ent back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for ork hen she felt that her house as moving. She ran outside at once ith her children.

“There as no ti to take anything,” she said, “A fe minutes later, the roof ca don.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the elfare departnt (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1. Ho many hos altogether (总共) ere damaged in the storm?

A. Fourteen B. Tenty-one

C. Tenty-nine D. Thirty-six

2. Where as Mr. Tan hen the storm first began?

A. He as in bed. B. He as inside the house.

C. He as outside the house. D. He as on the roof.

3. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.

A. her husband kne there ould be a storm

B. they ere all outside the house hen the storm beca orse

C. she felt the house as moving

D. the elfare departnt helped her

4. The underlined ord “shelter” in this passage ans ______.

A. sothing to eat B. sothing to ear

C. sohere to study D. sohere to stay

5. Which of he folloing may be the best title for this passage?

A. A Terrible Storm B. A Lucky Woman

C. Good Soldiers D. Clever People

【答案及解析】

一场暴风雨席卷了两个村庄——不仅摧毁了房屋，也是造成了人员伤亡，还有二百多人无家可归。

1. D。根据第一段出现的三个数字14，7，15即可知D为正确答案。

2. B。根据“I as eating ith my ife and children.”可排除A和D，由下文可知C也不合题意。

3. C。答案即在即在…she felt that her house as moving中。

4. D。考虑全文意思及最末一段，可知暴风雨过后，房屋倒塌，人员伤亡。人们不仅需要食品、衣物，还需要住的地方。

5. A。这篇阅读材料主要描述了暴风雨袭击的过程。显然选项A是本文的主旨。