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Jackson lived on the top of the hill. From his house, he could see the sea and the village ___1___. One day, the villagers ___2___ something different about the sea. The sea seemed to be moving from the ___3___. None of the villagers knew what was happening.
Jackson understood what was going on. He had seen such a(n)___4___ when he was young. A tsunami(海啸)was approaching and the villagers had to be ___5___, but there was no time to send a message to the whole village.
“Tom!" he ___6___ to his grandson.“___7___ a torch quickly!" The boy did what he was told. Jackson took the torch and set his ___8___ on fire.Immediately, red___ 9___ shot upwards and thick smoke rose into the sky.
Tom cried out, "Grandfather! Why are you setting our house on fire?" Jackson did not answer.___10___, he stood quietly and watched the villagers. Suddenly, some villagers noticed the ___11___ and shouted at everyone to run up the hill to help put out the fire. When Jackson saw everyone running towards him, he was so ___12___. The villagers did their best but they ___13___ to control the fire. Jackson's house was completely burned down but he stood on the hill ___14___. They thought Jackson had gone ___15___. They stared at him in disbelief.
Finally, Jackson said, "___16___ towards the sea."  The villagers turned and saw a huge ___17___ of water rushing towards the village. They were shocked to see the water ___18___ the whole village and destroying everything in its ___19___.
Nothing was left of their homes ___20___ everyone was safe on the hill.The villagers realized why Jackson had set fire to his house.
 

1. A. above	B.through	C.below	D.off
2.A.recognized	B. noticed	C.overlooked	D.expected
3.A.land	B.hill	C.shore	D.village
4.A.sight	B.chance	C.alarm	D.plot
5.A.found	B.persuaded	C.taught	D.warned
6.A.rushed out	B.figured out	C.called out	D.made out
7.A.Borrow	B.Make	C.Light	D.Buy
8.A.boat	B.house	C.clothes	D.tree
9.A.balls	B.candles	C.signals	D.flames
10.A.Instead	B.However	C.Furthermore	D.Therefore
11.A.torch	B.boy	C.sea	D.fire
12. A.frightened	B.confused	C.happy	D.crazy
13. A.managed	B.refused	C.intended	D.failed
14. A.crying	B.jumping	C.shouting	D.laughing
15. A.hungry	B. mad	C.blind	D.thirsty
16. A.Look	B.Wave	C.Head	D.Return
17. A.drop	B.level	C.spray	D.wall
18. A.spreading	B.flowing	C.swallowing	D.moving
19. A.course	B.path	C.shape	D.power
20. A.but	B.so	C.because	D.unless

                                 C.答案：  1-5 CBCAD   6-10 CBBDA    11-15DCDDB     16-20 ADCBA