【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 years. Earlier in the week, weather experts had predicted Hurricane Joaquin to attack the East Coast, but the hurricane turned away in the Atlantic Ocean. Despite the shift, Shepherd says tropical moisture (水分 ) from the hurricane helped boost the power of the rainstorm in the Carolinas and several neighboring states. According to the National Weather Service, Sunday was the wettest day in the history of Columbia. The rainfall total at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport was inches, the highest one day level ever recorded there. The flooding caused water main breaks that have threatened the drinking water supply for South Carolina39。s capital city. Columbia officials told all 375 000 of its water customers to boil water before drinking it. Worse still, many roads and bridges across the state were washed out or under water. One of the hardest hit areas in Columbia was near Gills Creek, where a weather station recorded over 20 inches of rain over the weekend. Rescue crews used boats to save the family of Jeff Whalen, whose house backed up on the stream. Columbia residents have also been helping one another. Rawlings LaMotte, 38, said he and a friend got into a small motorboat and transported several people to safety. 32. Governor Nikki Haley said the storm is the kind seen only once in a thousand years because ________. A. it came so suddenly B. it was so serious C. it killed many emergency workers D. it failed to be predicted 33. The underlined word “boost” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________”． A. reduce B. control C. increase D. cause 34. What damage was caused to South Carolina? A. Hundreds of people were killed in the storm. B. Drinking water supply was cut off. C. Many roads and bridges were destroyed. D. A large number of people lost their homes. 35. The best title for the passage would be ________. A. Damage Caused by a Natural Disaster B. Hurricane Striking the United States C. Rescue Operations in a Storm D. Flooding in South Carolina 第二節(jié)七選五（共 5 小題，每小題 2分，滿分 10 分） There are certain steps you can take to relieve the damage done by some of the previously mentioned reading problems. 36__ Be sure to use and practice them as you read. Take breaks. Remember tiredness can lead to all of the health problems and to other problems as well. If you do not rest your mind, you will likely get tired and it will cost you points. __37__ You can mark your place either by pointing to each word as you read it, or by placing a sheet of paper underneath the line you are reading. Pointing to each word with a pencil or your finger helps your eyes see where they should be reading. Placing a piece of paper under the line helps you to move smoothly from one line to the next. Read aloud. __38__ If you must remain silent, whisper the words to yourself, or mouth the words, and say them in your head. It is important that you actually hear the sounds, even if you only hear them in your imagination. This multisensory approach allows you to see, hear, and feel what you are reading. Reading aloud should help you stay focused, understand better and remember what you are reading. __39__ If you are thinking about what is important enough to write down, you will pay more attention to the reading. __40__ It will also help you process the main point of the passage and improve the possibility that you will remember things. In addition, the notes you take are a record of the passage that you can refer back to if you do fet elements. A. Take notes. B. Highlight text. C. Trace your place. D. This will keep your mind from wandering. E. Notes about the entire passage should be written. F. Just knowing about these techniques is not enough. G. If you39。re in your own room, you can say each word aloud. 第三部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空 （共 20 小題；每小題 分，滿分 30 分） After stepping out of the international plane, I realized my 10 hour sleepy voyage finally came to an end. Sitting on the bus, I was waiting anxiously for it to start. A woman, sitting next to me, and her daughter both seemed __41__. She told me that her daughter had an upset stomach and would throw up continuously。 __42__， the mother had lost her __43__. Apart from a significant amount of money, the purse also had her phone and a phone number of an important __44__， a person she was travelling 90 kilometers to meet for discussing a __45__ matter which had to be __46__ by tomorrow morning. I handed her my cellphone without __47__ and told her that she could make any call she wanted. I also __48__ a bottle of water I had in my bag to relieve her daughter of her __49__. After making several calls, they finally __50__ to the official! They turned to look at me __51__ and thanked me many times. The woman tried to pay for my __52__， but I jumped to do it before her __53__ I knew she had lost her money. Next morning, I received a call from the mother, saying that they couldn39。t tell how much my __54__ act touched them. They were so __55__ that they had taken down my number to thank me. I was __56__ to be thanked in this way. I never thought my simple offer __57__ so much in her heart. And I thought of how many opportunities for __58__ we had lost by plugging into cellphones and being disconnected __59__ the reality around us—something with easy access may make a big __60__ to others. 41． A. excited B.