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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(市政廳), 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：

本文講述了全球越來越多的人所關注的問題——全球氣候變暖不是近年才有的，而是由來已久的。

1．A.根據前文的內容可以推斷出此處選A.

2．D.由后文的ready to go into action可以推斷出此處選D.本題稍難。

3．C.根據后文的where to go可知此處選C.

4．A.“疑問詞＋動詞不定式”結構中，疑問詞做不定式的邏輯賓語，指物，故選A.

5．D.此兩句意思是：倫敦還沒有發(fā)洪水，但是將來可能會，故選D.

6．B.所填詞修飾flooded,用副詞，意思是“嚴重地”，故選B.

7．B.句意為：有相當多的人住在威斯敏斯特，故選B.

8．D.根據空后的in floods可知此處選D.本題稍難。

9．A.由后文的the London suburbs可以推斷出此處選A.

10．C.根據后文的happening again可知所填詞構成prevent sb/sth(from) doing sth句型，故選C.

11．A.句意為：但是防水墻直到20世紀80年代才建成，故選A.

12． the meantime同時，故選C.

13．B.句意為：倫敦人必須做好準備。故選B.

14．A.根據本句中impassible(不能通過的)的意思可知此處選A.

15．D.由本句中的bridge可以推斷出此處選D.

16．D.破折號表示解釋，后一句是作者的想象，故此處選D.

17．A.本句意思是：這次防洪演習沒有造成恐慌，故選A.

18．C.根據后文的It‘s a flood warning, isn’t it？可知此處選C.

19．B.根據空后的along(沿著)可知此處選B.

20．B.由前文的flood可知此處選B.