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Nowadays the whole world are worrying about a danger—global warming.In fact this began a long time ago. Yet not all of us seem to realize it.

One day around 30 years ago,the nine million citizens of London heard sirens(a loud noise of warning made by a special machine) all over the town. Emergency services, the __1__, the police, doctors and nurses __2__ by, ready to go into action. In railway and underground stations, people read posters and __3__, telling them where to go and __4__ to do in the emergency.

This was Exercise Floodcall. London wasn‘t flooded yet. But it is __5__ that it will be.

In 1236 and 1663 London was __6__ flooded. In 1928, unluckily, quite a __7__ people living in Westminster, the heart of London, __8__ in floods. And in 1953, 100 people living on the eastern __9__,

the London suburbs, were killed again in the floods. At last, the Great London Council(市政厅), is taking actions to __10__ this disaster happening again. But the flood __11__ were not built until the 1980s. And in the __12__, Londoners must be __13__. When it happens, 50

underground stations will be underwater.Electricity,gas and phone services will be out of action. __14__ will be impassable.It will be impossible to __15__ any of the bridges between North and South London. __16__ -London will look like Venice.

But Exercise Floodcall didn't cause __17__ among Londoners.Most people knew it was just a __18__ .One comment from a lady who was __19__ along the Embankment when the sirens sounded was, “It's a flood warning, isn't it? The water doesn't look __20__ to me.”

1.rs               B.firemen               C.engineers                D.repairmen

2.d                B.went                  C.watched                  D.stood

3.                 B.magazines           C.maps                      D.dictionaries

4.A what                   B.how                    C.why                        D.which

5.able            B.true                    C.natural                    D.possible

6.                  B.heavily                C.strongly                   D.poorly

7.                  B.few                     C.lots                         D.plenty

8.d              B.killed                   C.survived                   D.drowned

9.                   B.area                   C.part                         D.district

10.                B.keep                   C.prevent                    D.object

11.                 B.channel               C.shelter                      D.fence

12.               B.past                   C.meantime                  D.end

13.ted           B.prepared             C.frightened                 D.encouraged

14.A.Roads               B.Power                 C.Messages                  D.Traffic

15.                   B.pass                   C.build                         D.cross

16.A.Guess               B.Remember           C.Consider                   D.Imagine

17.                 B.attention             C.notice                       D.care

18.               B.plan                    C.warning                     D.joke

19.                 B.walking                C.working                     D.studying

20.                 B.high                     C.shallow                     D.wide

答案及解析:

本文讲述了全球越来越多的人所关注的问题——全球气候变暖不是近年才有的,而是由来已久的。

1.A.根据前文的内容可以推断出此处选A.

2.D.由后文的ready to go into action可以推断出此处选D.本题稍难。

3.C.根据后文的where to go可知此处选C.

4.A.“疑问词+动词不定式”结构中,疑问词做不定式的逻辑宾语,指物,故选A.

5.D.此两句意思是:伦敦还没有发洪水,但是将来可能会,故选D.

6.B.所填词修饰flooded,用副词,意思是“严重地”,故选B.

7.B.句意为:有相当多的人住在威斯敏斯特,故选B.

8.D.根据空后的in floods可知此处选D.本题稍难。

9.A.由后文的the London suburbs可以推断出此处选A.

10.C.根据后文的happening again可知所填词构成prevent sb/sth(from) doing sth句型,故选C.

11.A.句意为:但是防水墙直到20世纪80年代才建成,故选A.

12. the meantime同时,故选C.

13.B.句意为:伦敦人必须做好准备。故选B.

14.A.根据本句中impassible(不能通过的)的意思可知此处选A.

15.D.由本句中的bridge可以推断出此处选D.

16.D.破折号表示解释,后一句是作者的想象,故此处选D.

17.A.本句意思是:这次防洪演习没有造成恐慌,故选A.

18.C.根据后文的It‘s a flood warning, isn’t it?可知此处选C.

19.B.根据空后的along(沿着)可知此处选B.

20.B.由前文的flood可知此处选B.