通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

On August 23rd, 2017, the strongest typhoon named Hato (天鸽) hit Zhuhai seriously. Do you still remember how ________ it was?

It seemed people all over the city stayed at home to ________ Hato’s arrival. I sat by the ________ and kept watching the changes outside. The winds blew so strongly that the sky was in a mess. It was full of leaves and ________. More and more dark clouds hung over the city. ________, the power (电力) was cut off while the winds were blowing like a monster. It was so scary that I ________ my ears tightly. How I wished the typhoon could just disappear!

About fifteen minutes later, the powerful winds began sweeping with heavy rain. Even the big trees were uprooted. On my ________, I saw the 5-meter-high waves rushing fiercely, with Zhuhai Fisher Girl standing poorly there.

The typhoon didn’t ________ until 8 o’clock. When I got downstairs, I was shocked to see a number of fallen trees, which made the neighborhood look like a forest! Only then did I ________ how terrible Hato was. Luckily, people came together to clean up and learned a ________ from it. The typhoon broke many things apart, but it also brought people closer together.

【小题1】

A．difficult

B．strange

C．different

D．terrible

【小题2】

A．look for

B．wait for

C．ask for

D．care for

【小题3】

A．chair

B．door

C．window

D．house

【小题4】

A．birds

B．kites

C．stars

D．rubbish

【小题5】

A．Finally

B．Really

C．Usually

D．Suddenly

【小题6】

A．covered

B．touched

C．beat

D．pulled

【小题7】

A．radio

B．book

C．phone

D．photo

【小题8】

A．die out

B．die down

C．die from

D．die of

【小题9】

A．realize

B．change

C．help

D．control

【小题10】

A．report

B．neighborhood

C．lesson

D．environment