职称英语考试

【单选题】Mother Nature Shows Her StrengthTornadoes(龙卷风)and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into TrumbullCounty on Saturday evening．：The storms were dramatic and dangerous．George Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he first noticed that a funnel(漏斗状的)cloud was behind him．“I stopped the truck and watched the funnel clou
D、It was about 100 feet off the ground and I saw it go up and down for a while．It was moving towardBradley Road and then suddenly it disappeare
D、”Snyder sai
D、Snyder only saw one of the funnel clouds that passed through northeastern Ohio on Saturday．In TrumbullCounty, a tornado turned trees onto their sides．Some trees feel onto houses andCars．Other trees fell into telephone and electrical wires as they went down． Amanda Symcheck was having a party when the storm began．“I knew something was wrong，”she sai
D、“I saw the sky go green and pink(粉红色)．Then it sounded like a train rushing toward the house．I started crying and told everyone to go to the basement for protection．”The tornado caused a lot of damage to cars and houses in the are
A、It will take a long time and much money to repair everything．There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms．The heavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in many homes The storms caused serious flooding in areas near the river．More than four inches of rain fell in parts of TrumbullCounty．The river was so hight that the water ran into streets and houses．Many streets had to be closed toCars and trucks because of the high water．’This made it difficult for fire trucks．police cars，and other rescue vehicles to help people who were in trouble Many people who live near the river had to leave their homes for their own safety．Some people reported five feet of water in their homes．Local and state officials opened emergency shelters for the people who were evacuated(撤走)．The RedCross served meals to them．“This was a really intense storm。”said Snyder． ’People were afraid。Mother Nature call be fierce．We were lucky this time．No one was kille
D、”There had not been such a severe storm in TrumbullCounty for a hundred years
A、Right
B． Wrong
C．Not mentioned

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
本题可译为：一百年来，‘Trumbull还没有遇到过这么大的暴风雨呢。此句的意思文章中根本没有提到，故选C。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>