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| Our country had endured many hardships, which make us 1 firm and brave, outstanding traits that distinguish us from other nations. This is my experience in one of those 2 . The number of 1993 was a typically hot season. The high 3 and the long drought caused raging bush fires. The 4 next to ours was on fire when the wind caught and 5 flames. Mum 6 my brother and me early from school and explained the situation to us on our way home. As we got closer, we could smell the thick smoke and 7 what was happening. I couldn't yet see the flames but I knew that they were there. Further down the road I saw the flames 8 the houses close by, though they hadn't reached them yet. Spot fires had broken out further and were only meters from more 9 . My father and grandfather were there trying to 10 the potential danger. The fire hadn't reached our house yet, 11 we started to pack things and tried our best to 12 our house from the flames. I stood on the veranda and looked down at the 13 that ran through the communities. How terrible! The area on the 14 was ablaze, and on the right were our neighbors-flats, which began to 15 , too. The fire came close to our house but never reached us. The 16 thing that protected us was the stream that hadn't 17 . Had it not been there, we'd have lost everything. We Australians are still 18 from bush fires, but it is through these hardships 19 we realized how strong our country and its people really are, and more importantly, how 20 life is. Cherish what you have now! Cherish every minute in your life. | ||||
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Saturday, January 30, 2009 ---- A week-long heat-wave has caused disaster in southern Australia, where bushfires have destroyed up to ten homes, weather records have been broken, and up to 19 people, many elderly, have died during high temperatures averaging over 40°C （104F）.
In what is described as "Black Friday", bushfires are burning across the east of the southern state of Victoria, which today rises to a high of 45.1C, its record-breaking third continuous day above 43°C．
The bushfires ----- two blazes that combined after wiping out a plantation at the town of Boolarra in the Latrobe Valley to the east of Melbourne ----- have so far destroyed a reported ten homes and burned through more than 2,260 hectares.
Five hundred firefighters have tried to hold back the blazes over the past 24 hours but they are still burning.
One woman in Boolarra, named Laura, has lost her home and told the Australian Broadcasting that Melbourne and Adelaide were disrupted（混乱）by power blackouts as millions of overheated people switched on air conditioners, and people faced lengthy transport delays as train and streetcar lines buckled（扭曲）in the heat.
In Adelaide nineteen, mainly elderly, people are reported to have died during the heat-wave, a higher than average daily figure of sudden deaths. Only two sudden deaths were recorded last Friday.
John Hill, the South Australian Health Minister, would not confirm whether the deaths were heat-related, but acknowledged that the increase was high.
Even the tennis players at the Australian Open couldn’t escape the heat. On Tuesday Novak Djokovic, the men’s No 3 seed, retired ill from a game after heat-related complaints and the retractable （可伸缩的）roofs on Rod Laver Arena have been closed for part of the past three days.
The heat-wave has also affected Tasmania, traditionally Australia’s coolest state, which reached 42.2℃ at Scamander ---- an all-time record for the island．
1． What was the probable temperature in southern Australia when the bushfires broke out?
A．under 40℃ B．42.2℃ C．45.1℃ D．above 43℃
2．The bushfires caused by high temperature have led to the result that________.
A．ten homes were destroyed in Boolarra
B．Melbourne and Adelaide were out of order
C．Tennis Australian Open had to be put off three days
D．electrical equipment and traffic lines were damaged in Adelaide
3．The last paragraph implies that ___________.
A．Tasmania is an island state of Australia
B．the coolest day in Tasmania is recorded 42.2°C
C．Scamander is the hottest place during the heat-wave
D．the heat-wave has changed the climate in Tasmania
4．Which of the following is the best title for the piece of news?
A．High Temperatures Causing Bushfires in Southern Australia
B．Some Old People Killed in Bushfires in Southern Australia
C．Heat-wave Bringing about Disaster to Southern Australia
D．Bushfires Burning Lots of Forests in Southern Australia
查看习题详情和答案>>within just three centuries, according to some scientists.
These scientists found that rising temperatures in some places mean humans would
be unable to adapt or survive. "' It would begin to occur with global - mean warming
of about 7℃, calling the habitability of some regions into question," the researchers
wrote in a paper.
With 11-12℃ warming, such regions would spread to include the majority of the
human population as currently distributed. Professor Steven said there was no chance
of the earth heating up by 7℃ this century, but there was a serious risk that the
continued burning of gas and coal could create the problem by 2300. "'There's
something like a 50/50 chance of that over the long term," he said.
The study, which examined climate change over a longer period than most other
research, looked at the "heat stress" produced by combining the influence of rising
temperatures and increased humidity (湿度).
Professor Steven said climate change research had been "short-sighted" not to
realize the long-term consequences of the influence of greenhouse gases blamed for
global warming. "It needs to be paid attention to," he said. "There's not much we can
do about climate change over the next two decades but there's still a lot we can do
about the longer term changes." "Near 2300, we may be faced with temperature
increases of 12 degrees or even more," Professor Tony Michael said." If this happens,
our current worries about sea level rise, occasional heat waves and bushfires,
biodiversity (生物品种) loss and agricultural difficulties will appear in front of us -- as
much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for people to
live there. "
B. Burning of fuel adds to the earth's heating.
C. We may be faced with temperature increases of 12 degrees.
D. Climate change would not stop until 2100.
B. doesn't think we can do anything to avoid global warming
C. believes we can do much to prevent the longer term changes
D. wishes to examine climate change over a longer period
B. large parts of the earth may be too hot for humans to live on by 2300
C. greenhouse gases are to blame for global warming
D. human beings will die out three centuries later