完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
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Stefan and Erika Svanstrom on a four-month honeymoon were hit by several natural disasters, including the Australian floods, Christchurch earthquake and Japanese tsunami.
The
36 couple left Sweden on December 6 and were
37 caught in Munich, Germany, due to one of Europe’s worst snowstorms.
Later, they flew on to Australia which then
38 with one of the most terrible hurricanes in the nation’s history. From there, the couple,
39 , were forced to
40 for 24 hours on the floor of a shopping centre with 2500 others.
“Trees were being
41 and big branches were scattered across the streets,” Stefan told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper. “We
42 escaped”
The couple then flew to Christchurch, New Zealand.
43 their arriving, a massive earthquake
44 magnitude 6.3 hit the city on February 22.
Erika said “We could not visit the city since it was completely in
45 , so instead we travelled around before going to Japan.” But days after the Svanstroms arrived, Tokyo was
46 by Japan’s largest earthquake
47 records began. “The trembling was horrible and we saw roof debris (碎片) fly off the buildings,” Mr. Svantrom said. “
48 seemed the buildings were swaying
49 .”
The family returned to Sweden on March 29 after a(n)
50 calmer visit to their last destination China.
But Mr. Svanstrom, who also survived the very tsunami
51 hit Southeast Asia in 2004, said “I know marriages have to experience some
52 , but I think we have
53 most of them.” ,
54 that the marriage had become strong.
“We’ve certainly experienced
55 our fair share of catastrophes, but the most important thing is that we’re together and happy.” said the couple.
小题1: | A.new-married | B.newly-marry | C.newly-married | D.new-marry |
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小题2: | A.finally | B.eventually | C.gradually | D.immediately |
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小题4: | A.in vain | B.in panic | C.in sorrow | D.in depression |
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小题5: | A.hide | B.stay | C.remain | D.shelter |
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小题6: | A.taken over | B.turned over | C.got over | D.knocked over |
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小题7: | A.nearly | B.narrowly | C.almost | D.easily |
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小题9: | A.measuring | B.is measured | C.measures | D.measured |
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小题10: | A.mess | B.order | C.chaos | D.control |
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小题11: | A.effected | B.destroyed | C.shaken | D.suffered |
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小题14: | A.in and out | B.here and there | C.backwards and forwards | D.back and forth |
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小题15: | A.pretty | B.fairly | C.much | D.even |
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小题17: | A.trials | B.tricks | C.trips | D.triangles |
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小题18: | A.looked through | B.put through | C.come through | D.got through |
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小题19: | A.added | B.adding | C.added to | D.adding to |
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小题20: | A.rather than | B.other than | C.more than | D.less than |
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