第二节: 完形填空（共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 It was 3:43. Thunder

第二节: 完形填空（共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain pouring. Suddenly my father    16    into my room.
“Adam! Adam! Get up! We’re flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That     17    me up! I ran downstairs to the basement(地下室). It was like a swimming pool.
My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and     18    them upstairs. I had no     19     on, so my feet were absolutely freezing.
Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved     20    that we could to the first floor. The puter, big-screen television and heavy boxes    21    with our most valuable things were taken to safety. However, our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there-----being    22    . There was nothing we could do.
That was the     23    part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but realizing that you can’t do anything to stop it feels even worse. Most people don’t really know how sickening the feeling of being totally helpless is.
Water had e in our front door. Rescue    24     were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.
When it was    25     safe to walk inside, all the people in the neighborhood     26     at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People forted each other. We    27    later that the National Weather Service had     28     the storm a flash flood.
I really have learned something from this flood. I have learned what destruction is. I’ve learned what     29     means. I know in the future, when I watch people’s lives     30     by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.
16. A. rushed    B. climbed     C. fell       D. looked
17. A. showed    B. phoned     C. dressed     D. woke
18. A. take       B. catch       C. help        D. make
19. A. hat        B. shoes      C. jacket      D. glasses
20. A. something  B. nothing     C. anything    D. everything
21. A. covered    B. crowded    C. filled       D. fixed
22. A. discovered  B. arranged    C. measured   D. destroyed
23. A. hardest     B. longest     C. earliest     D. smallest
24. A. ships       B. boats      C. cars       D. buses
25.A. usually      B. finally     C. exactly    D. certainly
26.A. restored     B. developed   C. gathered    D. recovered
27. A. learned     B. realized     C. thought     D. concluded
28. A. made      B. appointed  C. declared    D. elected
29. A. truth       B. safety     C. value      D. regret
30. A. shared      B. rescued    C. risked       D. affected16---30  ADABD   CDABB   CACBD