An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. It took some 75 000 lives,【C1】______130 000 and left nearly 3. 5 million without food

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问题     An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. It took some 75 000 lives,【C1】______130 000 and left nearly 3. 5 million without food, jobs or homes.【C2】______overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed【C3】______the region, tended by international aid organizations, military【C4】______and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set【C5】______
    Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the【C6】______of spring, the refugees will be moved again. Camps that【C7】______health care, food and shelter for 150 000 survivors have begun to close as they were【C8】______intended to be permanent.
    For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings【C9】______emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of【C10】______many as 10 people have had to shelter【C11】______a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing【C12】______with neighbors. "They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers," officials say. "They are【C13】______of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start【C14】______again. " But most will be returning to【C15】______but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical【C16】______have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers【C17】______that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took【C18】______. And for the thousands of survivors, the【C19】______will never be complete.
    Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built【C20】______the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.
【C2】

选项 A、Altogether
B、Almost
C、Scarcely
D、Surely

答案B

解析 副词辨析。空格后的overnight作副词,表示“一夜间”,应填一个表“几乎”的词来修饰,指“几乎一夜间”,四个选项中只有B项Almost意思相符,为正确答案。A项Altogether意为“完全;总而言之”,C项Scarcely意为“几乎不”,D项Surely意为“确实”,均不符合语境。
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