B
July 21st , 2007 was a typical English summer’s day — it rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I lift work at 5 pm, however, the road into our village was flooded. Our house bad never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids weren’t with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water . We lost everything downstairs. And the plaster had to be torn off the walls, ceilings pulled down.
At first we tried to push on through. We didn’t want to move the children out of home, so we camped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community（社区）.We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbors, and I’d never thought how much I’d miss that.
Although-our situation was very bad, it’s difficult to feel too sorry for yourself when you look at what’s happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought , “We didn’t have a straw hut（茅草房）that was swept away , and our house is still sanding . We’re lucky .”
We moved back home in August. With December coming, there’s reconstruction work to be done, so it’s difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I can’t wait — I’m going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support . This year, I won’t need any gifts — living away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or miss all our possessions . Although we are replacing things , there’s really no rush — we have our home back , and that’s the main thing .
45. What does the underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph mean？
A. Wrong.B. Missing.C. Right. D. Found.
A．西藏自治区政协副主席冒着严寒，顶着冷风，深入考察地震灾后民房重建情况。并对当地农牧民进行紧急安居
B．某县累计投入资金58610万元，改造茅草房21628户，使107661人受惠
C．各级政府特别是城市政府从投资、土地、财税等方面采取有力措施，增加基本住房供给，使群众有房可租、有房可买
D．某城市从城市住房基金、单位住房基金、住房公积金等中按国家贷款资金和城市配套资金4：6的比例筹集城市配套资金，以保障居民住房、改善中低收入人群的住房条件