18．Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories，destroying fourteen homes．Seven others were so badly damaged （破坏） that their owners had to leave them，and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs．One person was killed，several were badly hurt and taken to hospital，and a number of other people received smaller hurt．Altogether （总共） over two hundred people were homeless after the storm．
A farmer，Mr．Tan，said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour．
"I was eating with my wife and children，"he said，"when we heard a loud noise．A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us．We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing．I went back inside and found him，safe but very frightened．"
Mrs．Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving．She ran outside at once with her children．
"There was no time to take anything，"she said，"A few minutes later，the roof came down．"
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded （水淹的） area and the welfare department （福利机构） brought them food，clothes andshelter．
51．How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm？D
A．Fourteen． B．Twenty-one． C．Twenty-nine． D．Thirty-six．
52．Where was Mr．Tan when the storm first began？B
A．He was in bed． B．He was inside the house．
C．He was outside the house． D．He was on the roof．
53．Mrs．Woo and her family didn't get hurt becauseC．
A．her husband knew there would be a storm
B．they were all outside the house when the storm became worse
C．she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately
D．the welfare department helped her
54．The underlined word"shelter"in the last paragraph meansD．
A．something to eat B．something to wear
C．somewhere to study D．somewhere to stay
55．Which of the following may be the best title for this passage？A
A．A Terrible Storm B．A Lucky Woman
C．Good Soldiers D．Clever People．
分析 上周五在新界一场风暴袭击了两个村庄，摧毁了14个家．七个人受了重伤，他们的主人不得不放弃他们而去，15个人打破窗户或损坏了屋顶．一个人被砸死了，几个受伤严重的被送到了医院，还有很多人受了轻伤．在风暴过后总共200多人无家可归．
一个农民谭先生说风暴一大早就开始了并持续了超过了一个小时．
"当我们听到很大声响时，我正在和妻子孩子们用餐．"他说，"几分钟后我们的房子开始从我们的头顶上塌下来．我们尽最大努力从里面里爬出来，然后发现我的一个孩子不见了．我返回去并发现他，他很安全，但是非常恐惧．"
Woo Meifang太太说当她感觉到房子开始移动时她丈夫刚出去工作．她马上和他的孩子跑到外面去了．
"来不及去拿任何东西"，她说，"几分钟之后，屋顶塌了下来．"
士兵们帮助人们从被水淹的区域里出来，福利机构带来了他们的食物，衣服并为他们提供住所．
解答 51．D．根据第一段里，已知fourteen+seven+fifteen=36，故应选D．
52．B．根据第三段，已知当她感到屋子在动时，她的丈夫刚出去工作，当时他在屋子里，故应选B．
53．C．从第四段里，已知他们都没有受伤是因为他们都感到屋子在动并且他们迅速得跑了出去，故应选C．
54．D．从并列的这几项 brought them food，clothes and shelter．可猜出shelter的意思，可排除A，B．根据常识受灾的人们无家可归，除了食物，衣服之外，最需要的是什么？是学习的地方还是住的地方？当然是后者，故应选择D．
55．A．根据短文的内容讲述的是暴风雨的来袭的过程，可知这段主要讲述的是暴风雨，故应选A．
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