My partner and I were staying in Beruwela on the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka when the tsunami(海啸) hit. We
1 from the first floor of our hotel. At that time, a wall of water swept in and tore the ground floor apart underneath us.
2 to be moved out to Colombo was very frightening because everyone was afraid that another and possibly bigger
3 would come. At one stage we heard that another wave was coming and there was
4 . Surprisingly, a fleet of small vehicles driven by local people arrived outside the hotel and we just
5 a minibus.
We were taken up a hill to a place of
6 where we were welcomed by a family who told us that we could stay as
7 as we needed to. Among all this death and
8 , these people were trying to help us! We were shown to the local Mosque where hundreds of locals were cooking, collecting and distributing food and supplies for those less
9 . In the three days we were waiting to leave, we saw many examples of ordinary Sri Lankans, many of whom had lost friends,
10 and livelihoods（生计，谋生方式）, trying to help others who were worse off. It was a very moving experience.
We have since been
11 the family who took us in and they are saying that what their country needs most urgently is practical help, doctors, nurses and medicines, helping to
12 roads and rebuilding electricity and water supplies. These people would have done anything to help us, it is time for the British Government to do more to help them.
| 小题1: | | A．heard | B．watched | C．learnt | D．moved |
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| 小题2: | | A．Telling | B．Forcing | C．Waiting | D．Ordering |
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| 小题3: | | A．wave | B．flood | C．hurricane | D．water |
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| 小题4: | | A．panic | B．peace | C．silence | D．violence |
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| 小题5: | | A．looked into | B．turned to | C．jumped into | D．broke into |
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| 小题6: | | A．safety | B．warmth | C．goodness | D．dreams |
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| 小题8: | | A．kindness | B．happiness | C．love | D．destruction |
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| 小题9: | | A．careful | B．fortunate | C．dependent | D．energetic |
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| 小题10: | | A．children | B．experts | C．family | D．relatives |
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| 小题11: | | A．in honor of | B．by way of | C．in contact with | D．on behalf of |
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| 小题12: | | A．make | B．clear | C．clean | D．build |
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