SYDNEY 2005-01-01 08:30—Mother of two, Jillian Searle, had to choose between her children when she made a life—or—death decision.
Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort, she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive. Fighting to stay above the waters, she had to choose which one would have to take his chances in the swirling torrent.
“I knew I had to let go of one of them and I just thought I’d better let go of the one that’s the older,” she told Sky News television in a report broadcast on Thursday. She said she was acpanied by the two, Lachie, 5, and two—year—old Blake, and their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck.” And I was screaming, trying to find him, and we thought he was dead.”she told reporters on arrival back in Australia.
Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.
British surfer Martin Markwell is also a lucky man. He had always dreamed of catching that perfect wave—but when it finally came along, it was a nightmare. He was on his surfboard when he was swept up by a tsunami wave.
“It was really terrible because I was surfing, I was really surfing on a wave I wasn’t supposed to be on,”he said. “As an experienced surfer, when I saw the wave e I realized something was wrong, but I couldn’t escape because my surfboard was tied to my ankle.”
His wife, Vicki and son Jake looked on in horror from a hotel balcony as he crashed towards the shore. Luckily, he stayed atop his board until he reached the hotel, jumped off and got to safety as the ocean rolled back to feed a much larger tsunami wave on its way. The family regrouped and ran to safety just minute before a giant tsunami wave 10 meters high.
【小题1】When the waves struck ,the father Brad .A．reported the disaster to Sky News televisionB．was watching a drama on TV in the hotelC．tried to find his son lost in the watersD．watched things going on, unable to do anything【小题2】The underlined word”him” refers to A．an old manB．LachieC．BradD．Blake【小题3】Which is not true about Lachie and Martin?A．They and their family were at the resort when the disaster happened.B．They both survived from the high waves when tsunami struck.C．They were both travelers from Europe on holiday in Thailand.D．They were both alive owing to their proper judgment and determination.【小题4】Which of the following is the best title?A．Narrow EscapeB．Disaster Caused by TsunamiC．Exciting Surfing ExperienceD．Struggle Against TsunamiD
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(答案→)D
解析：文章报道两家人在海啸中死里逃生的惊险场景。具体介绍当时危急的形势和他们是怎么幸存的。
【小题1】细节题：根据第三段中“their father, Brad, who had watched the drama helplessly from their first-floor hotel room, when the waves struck.”可知灾难发生的时候，爸爸在旅店的房间看着但是无能为力。故选D。
【小题2】推理题：从后面的句子“Lachie was found alive about 2 hours later clinging to a door and, looked uninjured as his mother spoke to reporters.”前面说我尖叫着，想找到他，以为他死了，后面说两个小时后，他被发现还活着，可知him指的是lachie。故选B。
【小题3】细节题：根据第三段中“she told reporters on arrival back in Australia.”可知 lachie是来自澳大利亚的，不是来自于欧洲的。故选C。
【小题4】主旨题：从全篇文章的描写可知这篇文章介绍两家人在海啸中死里逃生的惊险场景。故选A。