()1. The flood ______ the old bridge, so we couldn't go across the river.
A.put away
B.kept away
C.washed away
D.moved away

()2. Look at the headlines in today's newspaper. Which one is a natural disaster?
A.Three men hurt in car accident.
B.Coach ran off road, hit tree.
C.1,200 people got homeless in earthquake.
D.Power cut left thousands without heat.

()3. Thunder ______ lightning. That's because light travels faster than sound.
A.catches
B.follows
C.causes
D.rushes

()4. Sanya is warm all year round. ______ people go there for winter.
A.Thousand of
B.Thousands of
C.One hundred thousands
D.One hundred thousands of

()5. Hearing the words, he got angry and left the room without ______ a word.
A.say
B.to say
C.says
D.saying

()6. What a big ______! The playground is all covered with snow in an hour.
A.typhoon
B.rainstorm
C.snowstorm
D.thunder and lightning

二、词汇运用
Last night, a 1 (terribly) storm hit our town. It brought strong winds and heavy rain. The 2 (闪电) made the sky as bright as day. The heavy rain caused many traffic 3 (事故) because drivers couldn't see the road clearly. Worse still, many trees were blown down and some houses were totally damaged. People in those houses became 4 .
5 (fireman) were called to help. They worked hard to make sure everyone was 6 and sound. In this 7 (紧急情况), the whole town came together. Neighbours helped each other and we all hoped to get through this difficult 8 (情况) as soon as possible.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______
5. ______ 6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______