四六级

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　　Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

　　5

　　A.Mexico.

　　B.Canada.

　　C.Georgia.

　　D.Maine.

　　6

　　A.The whole America was without power.

　　B.Serious snow buried American Southeast Coast.

　　C.There were 30 deaths caused by car accidents.

　　D.More than 14,000 flights have been cancelled.

　　7

　　A.To launch a program to help those in trouble.

　　B.To cooperate with Canada to deal with the bad weather.

　　C.To provide federal money to help deal with the situation.

　　D.To help Canada cope with the snow.

　　News Item Three

　　After burying the American East Coast in snow all the way from Georgia up to Maine, the storm appeared in February, 2014, has moved north to Canada. It has left an icy trail of destruction in its wake; hundreds of thousands of homes are still without power, mostly in southern states like the Carolinas, which are used to milder winter weather.

　　The extreme conditions are being blamed for at least 25 deaths, mostly in traffic accidents on roads that are slick with ice. Thirty people were injured in a multi-car pileup in Pennsylvania and more than 14,000 flights have been cancelled this week so far.

　　President Obama has left the snow in Washington for the West Coast, where he has been talking about a very different type of extreme weather; California is in the midst of its worst drought in a hundred years. He promised federal money to help deal with what he called a "very challenging situation".

　　5.Where did the storm move according to the news?

　　6.What did the storm result in?

　　7.What did President Obama promise to do?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题5】B

　　【小题6】D

　　【小题7】C

　　习题解析：

　　【小题5】新闻开头提到After burying the American East Coast in snow all the way from Georgia up to Maine, the storm appeared in February, 2014, has moved north to Canada.由此可知，这次暴风雪已经移向北方的加拿大，故本题选B。

　　【小题6】新闻中提到Thirty people were injured in a multi-car pileup in Pennsylvania and more than 14,000 flights have been cancelled this week so far，由此可知，美国暴风雪造成1.4万多次航班取消，故本题选D。其他选项内容与新闻内容不符，均排除。

　　【小题7】新闻最后提到了奥巴马总统，原文为He promised federal money to help deal with what he called a "very challenging situation"，由此可知，奥巴马承诺提供联邦资金以帮助处理当前难题，故选C。

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