Ⅱ.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Heavy rain and a typhoon have caused the worst flooding in Thailand (泰国) in more than 50 years.The flood has 16 seven of the Asian country’s 50 districts, killing nearly 400 people and causing 17 110,000 to leave their homes.
Flooding has already 18 one of Bangkok’s two airports.But the main 19 is that the Chao Phraya River, which flows right 20 the metropolis (大都市), will severely flood the city when high tides (潮汐) happen.
On Saturday, the tide in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is expected to be 8.5 feet 21 .That would top the 8.2-foot-tall floodwalls(防洪堤) 22 a large part of the inner city.The floodwalls aren’t meant to 23 so much water for this long, and the government is worried that major barriers could 24 .
To prepare for possibly heavier flooding, 25 Buddhist monks are creating a floodwall around the 200-year-old Temple of Dawn 26 piling hundreds of sandbags.Phramaha Abhin, a 42-year-old monk, said he didn’t 27 the water would get high enough to cause serious problems. 28 , the monks have to protect the temple just in case the water 29 go up.Monks aren’t the only ones getting 30 .Bangkok’s citizens are beginning to store food and water, and 31 some people have been buying bright orange life jackets and other things.
mployees at the shop said they had sold over 3,000 32 in the last week.Some of the buyers need them to get to their flooded home outside the capital, 33 many roads are under water.
Officials say the flood has already caused $6 billion’s 34 to the country.But that amount could double if the water floods Bangkok. 35 the citizens have been able to manage Bangkok’s flooding so far, they may not be able to hold on for much longer.
16.A.equipped B.provided C.supplied D.covered
17.A.other B.more C.another D.the other
18.A.stopped B.closed C.delayed D.opened
19.A.worry B.luck C.wish D.aim
20.A.through B.across C.over D.above
21.A.deep B.wide C.high D.long
22.A.keeping B.protecting
C.damaging D.preventing
23.A.absorb B.remove C.destroy D.handle
24.A.disappear B.settle C.complete D.break
25.A.a great deal of B.many a
C.dozens of D.large amounts of
26.A.with B.for C.by D.at
27.A.think B.suggest C.want D.advise
28.A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Besides
29.A.can B.need C.should D.must
30.A.worried B.ready C.anxious D.eager
31.A.even B.ever C.nearly D.never
32.A.cars B.bikes C.trucks D.boats
33.A.where B.which C.that D.what
34.A.loss B.injury C.harm D.ruin
35.A.Since B.As C.When D.While
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Heavy rain and a typhoon have caused the worst flooding in Thailand (泰国) in more than 50 years.The flood has 16 seven of the Asian country’s 50 districts, killing nearly 400 people and causing 17 110,000 to leave their homes.
Flooding has already 18 one of Bangkok’s two airports.But the main 19 is that the Chao Phraya River, which flows right 20 the metropolis (大都市), will severely flood the city when high tides (潮汐) happen.
On Saturday, the tide in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is expected to be 8.5 feet 21 .That would top the 8.2-foot-tall floodwalls(防洪堤) 22 a large part of the inner city.The floodwalls aren’t meant to 23 so much water for this long, and the government is worried that major barriers could 24 .
To prepare for possibly heavier flooding, 25 Buddhist monks are creating a floodwall around the 200-year-old Temple of Dawn 26 piling hundreds of sandbags.Phramaha Abhin, a 42-year-old monk, said he didn’t 27 the water would get high enough to cause serious problems. 28 , the monks have to protect the temple just in case the water 29 go up.Monks aren’t the only ones getting 30 .Bangkok’s citizens are beginning to store food and water, and 31 some people have been buying bright orange life jackets and other things.
mployees at the shop said they had sold over 3,000 32 in the last week.Some of the buyers need them to get to their flooded home outside the capital, 33 many roads are under water.
Officials say the flood has already caused $6 billion’s 34 to the country.But that amount could double if the water floods Bangkok. 35 the citizens have been able to manage Bangkok’s flooding so far, they may not be able to hold on for much longer.
16.A.equipped B.provided C.supplied D.covered
17.A.other B.more C.another D.the other
18.A.stopped B.closed C.delayed D.opened
19.A.worry B.luck C.wish D.aim
20.A.through B.across C.over D.above
21.A.deep B.wide C.high D.long
22.A.keeping B.protecting
C.damaging D.preventing
23.A.absorb B.remove C.destroy D.handle
24.A.disappear B.settle C.complete D.break
25.A.a great deal of B.many a
C.dozens of D.large amounts of
26.A.with B.for C.by D.at
27.A.think B.suggest C.want D.advise
28.A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Besides
29.A.can B.need C.should D.must
30.A.worried B.ready C.anxious D.eager
31.A.even B.ever C.nearly D.never
32.A.cars B.bikes C.trucks D.boats
33.A.where B.which C.that D.what
34.A.loss B.injury C.harm D.ruin
35.A.Since B.As C.When D.While
