Althoughin1947wewerestillverynewtotheatomicageweknewaboutmushroomclouds.Ahugecrack(裂缝)spreadacrossthelibrarywallupstairssendingteachersand31screamingdownthehall.Hadanewworldwarstarted?Pale&s

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Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge crack (裂缝) spread across the library wall upstairs sending teachers and __3 1 __ screaming down the hall.
Had a new world war started? Pale­faced our young science teacher quickly__ 32 __us for a fire drill. We huddled (卷缩) in little groups on the beach side of the school grounds and__ 33 __the spreading cloud darken the bright spring sky.
Rumors flew every which way，__ 34 __two hours would pass before we got the full story. One rumor we heard was that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had__ 35 __； children whose parents__ 36 __there began to cry.
I__ 37 __—that was where my father was working that day.
The school bell called us back inside and we were dismissed (解散) to__ 38 __our way home the best way we could. I'd walked a quarter of the three­mile trip to my home__ 39 __a car horn frightened me to__ 40 __. My Uncle Barney__ 41 __alongside me in his old Ford. The instant I saw him I knew my father__ 42 __. Otherwise Papa would have__ 43 __for me himself.
As if in slow motion from a great distance Uncle Barney motioned for me to__ 44 __. Numb with grief I crawled into the back__ 45 __. I barely took notice of the man sitting there and didn't recognize him until he__ 46 __me. When Papa put his strong arms around me I forgot for a moment that Cherokees aren't supposed to__ 47 __.
Many of my fellow students lost their__ 48 __in the explosion. Tragedy would one day come to our__ 49 __， as it inevitably (不可避免地) comes to all but one day Texas City blew up it miraculously (奇迹般地) passed us by. Because he lost his keys on that April morning as he explained my father lived for__ 50 __32 years—we were to have a second lifetime forever.

【小题1】

A．headmaster

B．students

C．workers

D．books

【小题2】

A．organized

B．ordered

C．made

D．asked

【小题3】

A．heard

B．smelled

C．watched

D．felt

【小题4】

A．when

B．as

C．as if

D．although

【小题5】

A．blown up

B．been closed

C．been opened

D．been on fire

【小题6】

A．lived

B．worked

C．studied

D．visited

【小题7】

A．smiled

B．frightened

C．froze

D．worried

【小题8】

A．make

B．feel

C．push

D．find

【小题9】

A．when

B．while

C．as

D．for

【小题10】

A．decision

B．attention

C．feeling

D．expression

【小题11】

A．pulled up

B．pulled out

C．pulled in

D．pulled off

【小题12】

A．was there

B．was here

C．was gone

D．was alone

【小题13】

A．gone

B．come

C．left

D．stopped

【小题14】

A．get off

B．get over

C．get through

D．get in

【小题15】

A．seat

B．chair

C．stool

D．bag

【小题16】

A．looked at

B．helped

C．reached for

D．called on

【小题17】

A．cry

B．laugh

C．excite

D．shout

【小题18】

A．teachers

B．relatives

C．friends

D．parents

【小题19】

A．class

B．family

C．school

D．house

【小题20】

A．other

B．others

C．another

D．the other

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】A
【小题6】B
【小题7】C
【小题8】D
【小题9】A
【小题10】B
【小题11】A
【小题12】C
【小题13】B
【小题14】D
【小题15】A
【小题16】C
【小题17】A
【小题18】D
【小题19】B
【小题20】C