(2022·湖北武汉·中考真题)The December day started like any other. Papa came back with his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast for the family. Seven-year-old Joonas was doing his homework, while his two little brothers ran around the yard. That day seemed peaceful, but Alejo ____16____ better.Alejo felt shaking in his legs, and his ears perked up (竖着), listening for what had already ____17____. Alejo made a crying sound, and Mama said, “Sh!” Alejo barked (吠), and Joonas complained, “Quiet, I’m trying to ____18____.”Suddenly, a strange roaring (轰鸣) sound began. Papa ran to a nearby building’s roof (屋顶) to ____19____ what was happening. But Alejo knew better. The shaking of the ground ____20____ up his padded paws (肉掌). He wanted to run, but he didn’t dare to leave his family.“Why were they ____21____? Didn’t they know that a great earthquake had roared under the ocean and would soon bring strong waves onto the land?” Alejo thought.And then Papa shouted with ____22____ from the rooftop, “Tsunami (海啸)! Run!”Mama cried, “Sons, come on! She grabbed (抓) a little one under each arm. “Joonas, run! You’re fast and strong. Follow me up the ____23____. Fast!”But the roar had gotten louder, ____24____ her words. All that Joonas had heard was, “Run!” And he ran back home where he thought he would be ____25____. Alejo barked and barked, but the tsunami made it ____26____ to hear his voice, too.Alejo gently bit (咬) Joonas’s feet, but the boy wouldn’t move. “ ____27____,” Joonas pushed the dog away, but Alejo would not give up. He grabbed Joonas’s shirt in his ____28____. He pulled and pulled until his mouth broke. With all his strength, he pulled Joonas back outside and hit him from behind. Finally, the boy ____29____.Alejo ran toward the hill, looking back to make sure Joonas was following. They raced uphill as the huge wall of ____30____ ran after them. Alejo and Joonas didn’t stop running until they reached higher up the hill and met their family. And they had a mother-father-brothers-dog thankful hug.16．A．knewB．grewC．feltD．became17．A．returnedB．movedC．startedD．stopped18．A．sleepB．speakC．thinkD．listen19．A．deal withB．find outC．worry aboutD．look through20．A．heldB．pushedC．wokeD．traveled21．A．cookingB．waitingC．playingD．complaining22．A．painB．angerC．pityD．fear23．A．hillB．roofC．boatD．land24．A．passing onB．cutting offC．breaking downD．leaving out25．A．warmB．braveC．safeD．free26．A．hardB．possibleC．lateD．clear27．A．RunB．GoC．ComeD．Look28．A．feetB．pawsC．teethD．legs29．A．refusedB．understoodC．promisedD．escaped30．A．woodB．sandC．stoneD．water
