1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When did the storm start?

A．This morning.

B．This afternoon.

C．Last night.

2. Who has been rescued by boat?

A．People living in low areas.

B．People living near the hills.

C．People living near the ocean.

3. How many people are without power?

A．Thousands.

B．Hundreds.

C．Several.

4. What does the Weather Service suggest people do?

A．Not leave their homes.

B．Turn off their electricity.

C．Drive carefully through water.

2 . 阅读短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

China's winter, from December to February, will be chiller than usual, according to a nationwide weather outlook    1    (release) by authorities on Wednesday.

The forecast, made    2    (joint) by the National Climate Center and the Ministry of Water Resources, said cold air will be frequent    3    northwestern and southern parts of China, including the    4    (province) of Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Guizhou, as well as the Xinjiang Uygur and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous regions,     5    temperatures an average of 1℃ to 2℃     6    (low) than in previous winters.

It    7    (add) that long-lasting and large-scale freezing weather or snowstorms will be less likely    8    (occur) in the south this winter, but shorter episodes of such weather    9    (witness) .

Meanwhile, 20 percent to 50 percent more precipitation than normal will batter North China this winter, while in the south it will decrease by    10    same amount, the forecast said.

3 . 听下面一段，回答以下小题。
1. What caused the traffic to stop?

A．The storm.

B．The snow.

C．The wind.

2. What will the weather be like on Saturday?

A．It will probably be rainy in the evening.

B．It will be fine all day,

C．It will be windy in the afternoon

3. What is the season now?

A．Summer.

B．Spring.

C．Winter.

4 . On the day the tornado(龙卷风) hit, there was no sign fierce weather was on its way— the sky was blue and the sun had been out. The first warning my husband, Jimmy, 67, and I, 65, got came around 9 p.m., from some text on the TV Jimmy was watching. He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor bedroom, and we changed the channel from the national television to our local Pensacola, Florida, station.

Soon the tornado was on top of us. It was the loudest thing I have ever heard. The bones of the house shook, and the power went out. And the wind began to roar(咆哮) through the house, most likely through blown-out windows and the door to our garage. Everything was moving. And the back wall of the house came off and flew into the darkness outside. We had three flights of steps to get to the storeroom down there, the relative safety of the first floor.

I didn’t know how or if we would make it down the steps. It felt as if there were no floor underneath me as the wind lifted me off my feet. As we finally reached the last flight of steps, our front door blew out. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch flew over our heads, missing us by inches.

By the time I reached the storeroom, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. Jimmy pushed me down to the storeroom floor, but he couldn’t get inside himself because of the wind. I held Jimmy’s arm as the tornado blew the door open. My knees were full of glass, but I felt no pain. If I had let go, Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house.

All of a sudden, Jimmy lifted off his feet. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. In those first quiet moments, I couldn’t believe it was over. Our neighbor says the storm lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses in our unit were completely destroyed. Amazingly, none of us were seriously injured.

1. Where did the couple learn about the coming fierce weather?

A．From the dark sky.	B．From the national station.
C．From the local news report.	D．From the text sent by their neighbors.

2. What can we infer from paragraph 2 about the couple?

A．They were hit by a tree branch.	B．They tried to get out of the house.
C．Their garage was blown to pieces.	D．Their house was badly destroyed.

3. What do we know about Jimmy when the author reached the storeroom?

A．He was in great danger.	B．He flew out of the house.
C．He was seriously injured.	D．He got inside the storeroom.