英语专四 新闻听力 news 4-7-4

 新闻

Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news.

The late rainy season storm sweeps across Bangkok，sending sheets of rain down， forcing traffic to a crawl, and quickly flooding low-lying areas.

(28) Flooding is a regular feature of this city of 10 million. Usually the water drains away within a few hours. But some climate experts and city planners say future floods may cause lasting¹ damage because of rising sea waters.

Batteries of reports warn of the threat of rising waters to this city and other lowlying communities. (29) The conservation group WWF lists Bangkok alongside Dhaka, Manila，Jakarta，Calcutta，Phnom Penh，Ho Chi Minh City and Shanghai as some of the most vulnerable to massive flooding.

And the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on climate change lists Bangkok among the 20 major cities at risk of being swamped by rising sea levels. Samith Dhannasaroja is the former head of Thailand’s metrological department. He gained fame by warning that Thailand’s coasts were vulnerable to tsunamis³.

The warnings were ignored until the deadly December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami². (30) Now Samith warns that rising sea levels could swamp Bangkok within two decades. He says the issue has received little public attention, and unless something is done, Bangkok could be flooded permanently⁴.

 

题目

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Questions 28 to 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the news.

28.Bangkok has a population of____.

A.1  million        B. 5 million

C.8    million     D. 10 million

29. WWF lists Bangkok alongside_____flooding.

A. Dhaka

 B. Jakarta

C. Shanghai 

D. all of the above

30. Samith warns that rising sea levels could swamp Bangkok within_____

A. 5 years 

B. a decade

C. two decades 

D. three decades?

 

答案解析

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28.D细节题。新闻说曼谷的人口有1000万，因此选D。

29.D细节题。WWF将曼谷、达卡、马尼拉、雅加达、加尔各答、金边、胡志明市和上海 列人最容易发生大洪水的城市名单中，因此选D。

30.C细节题。撒米斯警告说曼谷将在未来20年内因海平面上升而被淹没，因此 选C。

 

1 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

2 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

3 tsunamis   

n.海啸( tsunami的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our oceans are alive with earthquakes, volcanoes, and more recently, tsunamis. 海中充满着地震、火山，包括最近发生的海啸。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号
• Please tell me something more about tsunamis! 请您给我讲讲海啸吧！ 来自辞典例句

4 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。