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安徽合肥市2017高考英语完形填空学生自练（6）就答案（解析） 完形填空 (2017·岳阳模拟) Although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. A huge crack spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and 1 screaming down the hall. Had a new world war started? Pale-faced, our young science teacher quickly 2 us for a fire drill. We huddled(蜷缩)in little groups on the beach side of the school grounds and 3 the spreading cloud darken the bright spring sky. Rumors flew every which way, 4 two hours would pass before we got the full story. One rumor we heard was that the Texas City Monsanto Chemical plant had 5 ; children whose parents 6 there began to cry. I 7 —that was where my father was working that day. The school bell called us back inside, and we were dismissed to 8 our way home the best way we could. I’d walked a quarter of the three-mile trip to my home 9 a car horn frightened me to 10 . My Uncle Barney 11 alongside me in his old Ford. The instant I saw him, I knew my father was 12 . Otherwise, Papa would have 13 for me himself. As if in slow motion from a great distance, Uncle Barney motioned for me to 14 . Numb with grief, I crawled into the back 15 . I barely took notice of the man sitting there, and didn’t recognize him until he 16 me. When Papa put his strong arms around me, I forgot for a moment that Cherokees aren’t supposed to 17 . | 
