“Earthquake!”The word flashed in my brain.A roaring sound filled my ears.I tried to slide beneath my desk.The desk did a wild tap dance,slipping and sliding towards the centre of the room.I twisted my body and grabbed at the windowsill behind me,somehow kicking free of my dancing chair.I tried to stand.My legs skated away as if on a bucking escalator.
My fingers shook,grasped and held the windowsill tightly.Somewhere through the roar sounded the terrified scream of some wounded animal.I looked behind me and tried to steady my gaze on the other kids but the scene was a dizzy nightmare.Some of the class were sitting in the middle of the room,surrounded by chairs and desks.One girl was screaming.A boy was trying to claw his way across the floor to the door in a crazy overarm crawl.
My grip froze me to the windowsill.
I cried aloud,“I’m going to die.I’m going to die.Save me,I’m not ready to die,I’m not ready!”
I hunched forward on my knees and pressed my face against my clenched fingers.I looked at the backs of my fingers and stupidly noticed the fragile pale hairs growing out of the pores.The fingers would soon cease to exist.Somehow the impending horror of my death was too terrible to even cry about.
Suddenly,I became aware that the rocking had ceased.Perhaps I wasn’t going to die.
小題1:The roaring sound was made by______.
A．a(chǎn) wounded animal B．people screaming
C．children runningD．a(chǎn)n earthquake
小題2:When the narrator clenches his fingers he is ______.
A．a(chǎn)fraidB．a(chǎn)ngryC．injuredD．impatient
小題3:Paragraph two describes the______.
A．injuries suffered by the narratorB．effects of a bad nightmare
C．disorder in the classroomD．narrator’s fear of death
小題4:At the end of the passage there is a feeling of______.
A．panicB．hopeC．sorrowD．excitement

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B

小題1:根據(jù)作者在文章中談的現(xiàn)象，還有一些響聲都是來描述地震的。
小題2:從文章中我們得知當(dāng)描述者握住他手時(shí)他非常害怕。
小題3:從文章第二段中所提到的孩子、桌子、椅子、屋子等均可說明這地方是教室。
小題4:從文章最后一句內(nèi)容，我們可以看出他有希望了，他可能死不了了。
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