1 . It was 1:20 a.m. I had just gone to bed, a bit _________ after celebrating my 31st birthday. Before dinner, I’d placed _________ outside my garden door and prepared the cell phone just_________. After all, it had been _________ that week, resulting in flood warnings.
I was awakened by the _________ of rushing water. When I swung my legs off the bed, I was shocked to feel cold water already up to my knees and _________ fast.
Shaking in darkness, I _________ my phone and turned on its flashlight. Then by the light I could _________ water was from the garden door. It must have breached (在……上打开缺口) the sandbags. The river, usually such a quiet, slow moving river in my region, had _________ burst its banks. And now I had to __________!
I took __________ action. Any effects of the alcohol before sleep were gone; __________ sobers (使清醒) one up. After I went outside, I learned the river had flooded the neighbourhood. Therefore, if I had woken up just a few minutes later, I would have drowned.
In the end, I think the experience made me __________ and determined to live each day to its fullest. I came very close to drowning that day. But rather than dwell on (沉湎于) what happened, I prefer to __________ what my mother told me afterwards, “Don’t remember the day when you lost everything. Remember the day you __________. That day marked the beginning of a new chapter in your life.”
1. A.relieved | B.drunk | C.excited | D.content |
2. A.stones | B.sandbags | C.wood | D.boxes |
3. A.in doubt | B.in advance | C.in turn | D.in case |
4. A.thundering | B.snowing | C.pouring | D.blowing |
5. A.roar | B.taste | C.rhythm | D.smell |
6. A.appearing | B.spreading | C.freezing | D.rising |
7. A.grabbed | B.charged | C.dropped | D.studied |
8. A.realize | B.guess | C.see | D.check |
9. A.extremely | B.violently | C.narrowly | D.certainly |
10. A.get out | B.check out | C.calm down | D.move out |
11. A.brave | B.immediate | C.determined | D.calculated |
12. A.fear | B.shock | C.stress | D.responsibility |
13. A.active | B.proud | C.grateful | D.amazed |
14. A.ask | B.assess | C.hear | D.follow |
15. A.loved | B.gained | C.survived | D.graduated |