2014届高三英语二轮专题复习强化训练：完形填空46.docVIP

1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中， 选出最佳选项。 It was a terrible night for Lubeck and lightning flashed through the darkness over his bedroom. Before the 80-year-old 1 _____ worker could count one thousand one, he was shaken by a blast of thunder. It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved 2 _____ over his two-story wood home. Then he heard the smoke 3 _____ ringing. Lubeck rushed 4 _____ barefoot to investigate. The flames from a fire, most likely caused by lightning, exploded out. Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911. But the phone didnt 5 _____. and when Lubeck tried to go down outsides, he was stopped by a wall of flames. Lubeck realized he was 6 _____ . His young granddaughters, who lived with him, were 7 _____ for the night. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be 8 . Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubecks 9 _____ neighbors, Wentworth and his wife. When it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector, Wentworth jumped out of bed, grabbed a wireless phone and a flashlight, and 10 _____ down the hillside toward the noise.. Wentworth called out，Is anyone there? as he 11 _____ the house. Then he heard, Help me! Im trapped! coming from Lubecks balcony(阳台).Inside the house, windows broke up all around him. After one more 12 _____ inside the house,he gave up and there was no 13 _____ to get to him. Suddenly, he noticed a ladder. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed. ‘ Within the year, Lubeck and his family 14 _____ the house at the site of the fire. Wentworth and Lubeck dont run into each other 15 _____ , but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there. 1. A excited B tired C retired D .relaxed 2. A directly B slightly C- slowly D smoothly 3. A packet ‘ B alarm C box D chimney 4. A forwards B upstairs C towards D downstairs 5. A work B use C call D make 6. A rescue