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On 26th December, 2004, a young girl called Tilly Smith was on holiday with her family in Phuket, Thailand. No one 1 what was going to happen —a tsunami (海啸) that would 2 about 200,000 people. Tilly had studied tsunamis in her 3 class and had seen a video of a tsunami.
“My mum didn’t 4 what was happening,” said Tilly. But Tilly did. “I saw this bubbling on the water, at the edge; the water and the foam (气泡) looked as if they were boiling, and were making a 5 noise. The water was coming in, but it wasn’t going out 6 . It was coming in, and in, towards the hotel.”
She turned to her mother and sister and told them that it was a tsunami. 7 they did not believe her. She was only 10 years old. Maybe she was just hoping to see a tsunami 8 she had studied it?
Tilly’s father went back to the hotel with her sister. They told the people who worked in the hotel what Tilly had said. Tilly 9 out to the beach, to warn the people there. The hotel workers 10 Tilly. They began to get people off the 11 . Only a few minutes later a huge wave 12 over the beach. This beach was one of the few beaches in Phuket where no one was killed or seriously 13 . This was all because of 10-year-old Tilly Smith. She and all her 14 escaped (撤离). She 15 them.
1. A. forgot B. thought C. found D. knew
2. A. wash B. take C. kill D. surprise
3. A. physics B. geography C. History D. chemistry
4. A. realize B. understand C. see D. study
5. A. small B. common C. strange D. peaceful
6. A. more B. again C. then D. soon
7. A. As usual B. At once C. At first D. In fact
8. A. before B. if C. though D. because
9. A. walked B. ran C. drove D. jogged
10. A. believed B. doubted C. asked D. educated
11. A. hotel B. school C. road D. beach
12. A. swept B. flew C. ran D. went
13. A. worried B. disturbed C. carried D. hurt
14. A. group B. friends C. family D. school
15. A. left B. saved C. thanked D. moved
1D 2C 3B 4A 5C 6B 7C 8D 9B 10A 11D 12A 13D 14C 15B