Module 3单元加餐练（一）~（二）

　　加餐练(一)　完形阅读组合练

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　On August 26,1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to __1__ and the subway system almost came to a stop.

　　Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were __2__ to go home. Some battled to __3__ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the __4__ bravely, walking miles to get to work. I __5__ to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most __6__ had stopped. After making my way __7__ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was __8__. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to __9__ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the __10__ . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train __11__ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was __12__ through, exhausted and __13__.

　　My co­workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5：00 p．m., I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer __14__ I received an email from Garth, my Director：

　　"I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and __15__ reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly show their __16__ to their jobs. Thank you."

　　Garth's email was short, but I learned more from that __17__ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of __18__ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic __19__ had made me tired and upset. But Garth's words immediately __20__ me and put a smile back on my face.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。 文章描写了在暴风雨袭来时，仍有很多人坚持去上班，但心情不免有些沮丧，而经理的一封感谢信却使人精神重新振作起来，揭示了"表扬给人以力量和信心"这个主题。

　　1．A.break　　　　　　　　　 B．flood

　　C．sink D．crash

　　解析：选B　可怕的暴风雨造成的后果是洪水"泛滥"，所以选B。 flood"大量涌入；泛滥"；符合语境。

　　2．A.forced B．refused

C．adjusted D．gathered