2 . I was a young newspaper reporter, and I wanted to succeed. My first _________ was in Latin America. It was almost my last job. I had not planned to stay in the village of Zacate, _________ it had been raining hard for a whole day. So I had to stay there.
I found people there full of _________. This village was at the foot of a volcano (火山). It was becoming more _________. Men, women and children came to the square. A few _________ each other and went out of town to get as far away from the volcano as possible, with large and full _________ in their hands. Suddenly, I felt a strong _________. The villagers in the square ran away as _________ as they felt the earthquake.
At the right time, I saw black smoke _________ down the side of the mountain towards the village. Trees and grass burned up in a second. The volcano eruption was coming so __________ that in less than a minute the roads to the villages were __________. All I could do was watching and __________. Suddenly, my landlord (房东) cried out, “Look!” He __________ to a small hill. The lava (岩浆) was not coming over it but __________ on each side of the village, __________ the village center undamaged. Luckily, for a time, at least, we were __________.
My landlord gave me a __________ blanket to cover myself to avoid the __________ and we poured water over our heads to cool ourselves. We could hardly breathe because of the heat and the __________ of the burning houses. Thanks __________ my landlord, I survived the volcano.
1. A.friend | B.job | C.trip | D.shopping |
2. 3. A.happiness | B.fear | C.decision | D.power |
4. A.comfortable | B.weak | C.active | D.calm |
5. A.helped | B.saw | C.caught | D.found |
6. A.flowers | B.umbrellas | C.books | D.packs |
7. A.flood | B.earthquake | C.cold | D.fire |
8. A.fast | B.quickly | C.soon | D.quietly |
9. A.rolling | B.disappearing | C.lying | D.settling |
10. A.gradually | B.frequently | C.strongly | D.hardly |
11. A.put off | B.cut off | C.built up | D.fixed up |
12. A.waiting | B.shouting | C.complaining | D.crying |
13. A.returned | B.added | C.got | D.pointed |
14. A.recovering | B.resting | C.seeking | D.flowing |
15. A.leaving | B.making | C.letting | D.getting |
16. A.dangerous | B.warm | C.safe | D.healthy |
17. 18. A.light | B.heat | C.fear | D.coldness |
19. A.smoke | B.smell | C.sight | D.sound |
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