题目内容
________ Saturday, rather than ________ at home, I preferred ________.
- A.It being; stay; to travel
- B.Being; to stay; to travel
- C.Having been; stay; travel
- D.It was; to stay; traveling
Beijing, June 10 (Xinhua) --- Torrential (倾泻的) rains that troubled southern China for days have killed 66 people and resulted in 12 missing by 6:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. “Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops, completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them,” said an official with the ministry. The floods have torn down 48,000 and damaged 94,000 houses in southern China, and forced about 591,000 people to move from their homes, the official said.
From Wednesday to Saturday, continuous torrential rains, mudslides and floods hit Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Fujian, affecting more than 8.97 million people. The disasters have caused an overall economic loss of more than 2.9 billion yuan, according to the ministry. The ministry has sent rescue teams to the disaster areas to assist relief work. In Guangdong, heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities. A total of 1.72 million people were affected in the province.
Floods have damaged 49 roads in the seriously affected Meizhou City, of which 29 remained closed to traffic by 7:00 p.m. The number of people who died in floods in Guangxi has reached 13 and one remained missing by Sunday, according to local civil affairs authority. More than 1.97 million people have been affected after the floods caused by continuous heavy rains hit some 40 counties since Wednesday.
According to the local civil affairs bureau, 9,200 houses were knocked down and 75,181 hectares of crops were affected, resulting in 529 million yuan in direct economic losses. There are fewer rainstorms and the rain belt is moving out of Guangxi, but the water levels in major rivers will keep rising in next few days, according to the latest forecast of the region’s meteorological bureau on Sunday afternoon.
【小题1】 The underlined phrase “torn down” (para. 1) is closest in meaning to _______.
A.knocked down | B.placed down | C.set down | D.torn open |
A.66 | B.29 | C.20 | D.19 |
A.Hubei is one of the provinces struck by the torrential rains. |
B.The floods have caused a total loss of nearly 3 billion yuan. |
C.13 people died in Guangdong province as a result of the floods. |
D.The rain belt will remain in Guangxi in the next few days. |
A.A Disaster. | B.Heavy rains. | C.A Flood. | D.Heavy rains in Southern China. |
A.The rainstorms are becoming stronger. |
B.The water levels in major rivers are to go down soon. |
C.The rainstorms are becoming less powerful. |
D.In the next few days, rainstorms will stay in Guangxi. |
(2)提纲表格式
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(2010·福建永定湖雷中学高三第一次月考)
阅读下面背景提示,根据提示和所给写作内容用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。
[背景提示]
Earth Hour is a global WWF(World Wildlife Fund)climate change plan. The campaign invites individuals, businesses, governments and communities to turn off their lights from 20:30 to 21:30 on the last Saturday in March every year to show their support for action on climate change. Earth Hour 2009 was held on March 28,2009. More than 3000 cities from 80 countries and areas took part in it.
[写作内容]
你叫李华。最近,你们班同学就“地球一小时”活动展开了一场热烈盼讨论。下表是这次讨论的结果。请你用英语给《中学英语报》主编写一封信,介绍你们班的讨论结果并阐明你自己的观点。
60%的同学支持 | 40%的同学反对 | 你的看法 |
引起人们对全球气候变暖的关注 | 做秀,意义不大 | …… |
节约能源 | 收效甚微 | |
全世界共同努力,保护地球 | 给人们生活,学习和工作带来不便 | |
…… | …… |
2. 开头结尾已给出,不计人总词数。
参考词汇:做秀一show
不便一inconvenience
Dear Editor,
Last week our class had a heated discussion on Earth Hour.
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