Section I Use of English

Directions:

Read the following emarkably lightly. Only three people died. Property (5) was far lower than it might have been. Beaches remained (6) intact.

(7), the storm reinforced the popular belief that hurricanes are so thoroughly tracked, probed and forecast these days that they cannot possibly cause (8) loss of life. Scientists don’t share that optimism, (9). Many believe we’re entering a cycle in which violent storms are going to be more (10), and in which the likelihood of a (11) strike will be greater than ever. The scientists’ pet nightmare is of the Btext. Choose the best word（s）for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)

Anyone trying to recover in the wake of last week’s visit by Hurricane Bonnie probably isn’t feeling especially lucky at the moment. Good fortune isn’t the first thing you think of when your living room is full of (1), your roof is missing, your power has been out for days on (2). But considering the destruction that often accompanies storms of this (3), residents of North and South Carolina and Virginia (4) rig One—a catastrophic storm that could do $100 billion dollars’ (12) of damage and kill thousands of people. No one knows when or where the Big One will (13) but the certainty is growing that it will.

Even a Little One like Bonnie, of course, can do plenty (14). Some half a million people were forced to (15) inland last week, as the 400-mile-wide storm—mammoth in size even by hurricane standards—(16) toward Cape Fear, N. C. . And though Bonnie’s 115-m. p. h. winds slowed rapidly as she lumbered inland, her forward progress (17) too, with the result that the storm (18) the state and struck it repeatedly for more than a day. Downed power lines robbed over 240,000 people of (19). Even worse than the winds were the rains more than 12 inches in some places—which caused the flooding in North and South Carolina. When the crisis seemed to be over, Bonnie regained some of her (20 ) to pound Virginia before heading out to sea.

1. A. mud B. earth C. soil D. grease

2. A. hand B. purpose C. standing D. end

3. A. magnitude B. magnet C. majesty D. manifestation

4. A. got up B. got out C. got off D. got on

5. A. casualty B. damage C. hazard D. harm

6. A. totally B. largely C. most D. almost

7. A. If everything B. If something C. If nothing D. If anything

8. A. big B. great C. more D. much

9. A. whatever B. whereas C. however D. as well

10. A. terrible B. frequent C. violent D. peaceful

11. A. strategic B. overwhelmed C. notorious D. disastrous

12. A. worth B. value C. price D. worthy

13. A. fall B. knock C. hit D. beat

14. A. for destruction B. as damage C. of harm D. on loss

15. A. go B. run away from C. flee D. leave

16. A. swirled B. hurri

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