It was repirted that flood destoryed a big area in (10) approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day.
Part III
It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day. Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. Why was the door to the balcony wide open? A. The weather was hot. B. It was too moist inside. C. It was too dry inside.
D. The scene outside was beautiful. Your answer A Correct answer A 2. Why was the man unable to shut the windows? A. The window was deformed. B. The wind was too strong.
C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder. D. He was frightened by the lightning. Your answer B Correct answer B 3. How did he manage to close the window? A. He asked his wife to close it together. B. He used a mop to close it.
C. He waited until the wind was less strong. D. He waited until the hail was over. Your answer B Correct answer B 4. What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning? A. He closed the window. B. He turned off the TV. C. He turned off the lights. D. He pulled out the electrical plugs
Your answer D Correct answer D 5. What is the sequence of the events?
A. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---sun---hail. B. Sun---hail---thunder and lightning---wind---sun. C. Sun---wind---thunder and lightning---hail---sun. D. Sun---wind---hail---thunder and lightning---sun. Part IV
Directions: Choose the right answer.
1. Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. A typhoon ________________ the east coast, and it was chaos. A. beat B. hit C. struck at D. attacked on Your answer B Correct answer B Your answer C Correct answer C 2. Tsunami waves can be ________________ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys. A. a dozen of B. dozen of C. dozens D. dozens of Your answer D Correct answer D 3. It is reported that at least 1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are ________________, and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of assistance. A. missing B. missed C. losing D. loss Your answer Correct answer A A 4. A key factor in the widespread destruction is the extensive deforestation and the ________________ of settlements along the floodplains of rivers. A. present B. presence C. absent D. absence Your answer B Correct answer B 5. The flood ________________ for humanitarian relief workers to rescue stranded people and deliver badly needed food, medicine and supplies to residents A. found difficult B. found it difficult C. made difficult D. made it difficult Your answer D Correct answer D
Quiz 4
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. He asks the woman to call Mr. Owen. B. He asks the woman to call Mr. Woods. C. He asks that Mr. Woods call Mr. Owen. D. He asks that Mr. Owen call Mr. Woods. Your answer Correct answer A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. C C 2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
Your answer B Correct answer B 3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. He is a self-made successful businessman. B. He inherited a large fortune. C. He is a successful young tradesman. D. He will hand his company over to his son. Your answer A Correct answer A 4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The man's father promoted the woman. B. The woman promoted the man.
C. The man's father has been promoted to the head office. D. The man's father owns the company. Your answer C Correct answer D 5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The companies John has worked in are not large enough. B. John's work experience is not long enough. C. John should be rewarded for his long service.
D. John learned little in each job, and long service means nothing today. Part II
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the
Your answer D Correct answer D main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.
The West End of London maintained its top spot as the world's most (S1) (S2) (1)office location last year as occupancy costs globally due to the uncertain economic (2)climate.
West End offices (S3) (3)$16,682 per employee (4)workstation (个人的工作区) last year, (S4) with $15,700 for second-ranked Paris, a leading real estate consultancy (S5) (5)said in its seventh annual Global Office Occupancy Costs survey.
The basis of the survey has changed to workstations, from (S6)
(6)area previously, to give a clearer picture of (S7) costs.
(7)During the economic downturn last year, the city of Toronto moved up three places to ninth in the \(8). In comparison, New York offices dropped out of the top three into sixth place.
(S9) (9). \London's West End is down 5.1 percent. However in international terms, the situation is distorted by significant currency movements. (S10) (10),\agency.
(1)
Your answer expensive
Correct answer
expensive