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Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully   21   the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to   22  .      Mom had a two-week   23   in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike   24   cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more   25  , making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane   26  . Two days later, both oil and ice were in   27   demand.      In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to   28   the storm in their homes,   29   others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more   30   side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most   31   belongings in the car and   32   the East Texas town of Lufkin.      As Ike pushed farther inland, we   33   power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our   34   had remained well. Our hopes could not have been   35  . But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had   36  , and it was sitting on our living room,   37   a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗). We wouldn’t be allowed to return home   38   September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky. Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!” My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes   39   crying, but   40   is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay. 21. A. observe                   B. appreciate                     C. explore                   D. improve 22. A. work                  B. apologize                C. recover                   D. change 23. A. vacation            B. journey                   C. meeting                  D. schedule 24. A. must                  B. might                      C. should                   D. would 25. A. closely                     B. constantly               C. warningly                D. differently 26. A. adventure         B. equipment                     C. supplies                  D. reports 27. A. basic                 B. high                        C. pure                       D. neat 28. A. get through              B. put away                 C. test out                   D. suffer from 29. A. since                 B. when                       C. until                        D. while 30. A. dangerous        B. abundant                C. peaceful                 D. awesome 31. A. available           B. concrete                 C. precious                D. potential 32. A. set out                     B. headed     for               C. settled down           D. watched out 33. A. provided           B. reduced                  C. produced                D. lost 34. A. garden                     B. house                            C. pool                        D. yard 35. A. clearer                     B. wilder                      C. lower                      D. higher 36. A. passed                     B. stood                      C. gone                       D. followed 37. A. leaving                     B. digging                   C. filling                       D. kicking 38. A. by                     B. before                    C. until                       D. after 39. A. in spite of          B. instead of               C. apart from                     D. in terms of 40. A. faith                  B. will                          C. strength                  D. laughter 答案：21-25 BCADA    26-30 CBADA      31-35 CBDBD      36-40 CACBD

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