One morning, on my way home, it was raining very heavily. Nearing my town, I watched as the water level on the road __1__ in front of me. I had nowhere to go.
The driver of a fourwheel drive signaled from his car to tell me not to cross the __2__ road. Then I noticed a man in his early 30s in his front yard __3__ the situation. He quickly waved to me to come and __4__ in his driveway away from the rushing water.
The man called Trent then invited me to wait __5__ the rain inside his house. I told him I was concerned about the __6__ to my car, as the continuing rain started to ___7___ into hail (冰雹). Trent then took a cover from his garage and __8__ my car to protect it from the hail. __9__， his efforts were not in vain.
While waiting for the __10__ to improve, I learned Trent had __11__ his job ten months ago and was trying his hand as a local handyman (做零活的人) to make ends meet.
By 12：30 pm the rain __12__ and it would be safe enough to __13__ the road. As I left, I insisted on __14__ his business card, and my father has since called Trent to offer him __15__ as a handyman at our place doing various small jobs.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者描述了他在一场大雨中得到好心人的帮助的经历。
1．A.rose B．arrived
C．fell D．disappeared
解析：选A 根据后一句“I had nowhere to go.”和第二段最后“the rushing water”可知，由于雨势太大，“我”前面的路面积水升高(rose)。
2．A.busy B．wide
C．quiet D．dangerous
解析：选D 由上文可推知，路面积水升高使得道路危险(dangerous)，因此一位司机示意告诉“我”不要穿过道路。
3．A.sticking with B．dealing with
C．messing up D．sizing up
解析：选D 由下文那位叫Trent的男子向“我”招手示意去他家躲避来势汹汹的大雨可知，这位三十岁左右的男子在他家前院检查(sizing up)路面情况。
4．A.call B．park
C．wash D．stay
解析：选B 由下文的“wait__5__ the rain inside his house”可知，Trent让“我”把车停到(park)他家。
5．A.on B．for
C．out D．behind
解析：选C Trent邀请“我”去他家等待雨停(wait out the rain)。
6．A.approach B．reaction
C．damage D．attention
解析：选C 由下文“started to __7__ into hail (冰雹)”可知，“我”担心车因冰雹而受损(damage)。
7．A.turn B．bring
C．come D．grow
解析：选A 因为一直下的雨开始变成冰雹。turn into“变成”；grow into“长成”。
8．A.hid B．cleaned
C．measured D．covered
解析：选D Trent从车库拿出一个外罩并且遮住(covered)“我”的车以免被冰雹砸坏。
9．A.Suddenly B．Secretly
C．Interestingly D．Fortunately
解析：选D 由“his efforts were not in vain”可知，庆幸的是(Fortunately)，Trent的努力没有白费。
10．A.job B．water
C．weather D．business
解析：选C “我”到Trent家是为了等天气(weather)好转。
11．A.got B．lost
C．kept D．finished
解析：选B 由下文的“as a local handyman (做零活的人) to make ends meet”可推知，Trent失去(lost)工作已经十个月了。
12．A.came B．poured
C．stopped D．continued
解析：选C 由下文“it would be safe enough ”和“As I left”可知，12：30的时候雨停(stopped)了，足够安全可以上路(hit the road)了。
13．A.repair B．hit
C．follow D．build
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
14．A.taking B．accepting
C．signing D．borrowing
解析：选A “我”与Trent认识之前他就在做零工，因此为了以后帮助他，“我”离开时坚持要拿(taking)张他的名片。
15．A.chance B．work
C．service D．transport
解析：选B 由“at our place doing various small jobs”可知，父亲之后常打电话给Trent提供做零活的工作(work)。
