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Unit 3 Watch out when nature strikes back.
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Unit 3 test
Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. 4.0. B. 4.5. C. 6.0. D. 6.5.
2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The crops were all failed in this area because of the drought. B. The area was hit by the worst drought in the last 30 years.
C. The government should improve the development of the infrastructure
in the area.
D. The irrigation system in this area played an important role in coping with the drought.
3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma Island.
B. La Palma Island will be completely submerged.
C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents.
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4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man thinks human beings can change nature.
B. The woman thinks human beings can change nature.
D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North
America.
C. The man thinks human beings can do nothing in the face of nature disaster.
D. The woman thinks human beings can do nothing but minimizing losses in the face of natural disasters.
5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does not.
B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not.
C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature.
D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature.
Part II
Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.
A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (1)ationnorthern (2)sectsthat (3)connect noon on a street near my home in a
of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue
tom two major traffic circles. It is located at the (4)bot of a high mountain.
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ningThat day, the sun was (5)shi, but the weather suddenly changed. (6)As we were the walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (7)crossboulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a
restaurant instead. (8). At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked. (9). We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.
After a few minutes, the flood's flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on. (10)Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain.
.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Your answer
at section connects bottom shining As cross
Correct answer
at section connects bottom shining As cross
Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from
something
(9)
A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we
could see everything
(10)
It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed
or disappeared that day
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Part III
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. Why was the door to the balcony wide open?
A. The weather was hot.
B. It was too moist inside.
C. It was too dry inside.
D. The scene outside was beautiful.
2. Why was the speaker unable to close the windows?
A. The window was deformed.
B. The wind was too strong.
C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder.
D. He was frightened by the lightning.
3. How did the speaker manage to close the window?
A. He asked his wife to close it together.
B. He used a mop to close it.
C. He waited until the wind was less strong.
D. He waited until the hail was over.
4. What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning?
A. He closed the window.
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B. He turned off the TV.
C. He turned off the lights.
D. He pulled out the electrical plugs.
5. What is the sequence of the events?
A. Sun—wind—thunder and lightning—sun—hail.
B. Sun—hail—thunder and lightning—wind—sun.
C. Sun—wind—thunder and lightning—hail—sun.
D. Sun—wind—hail—thunder and lightning—sun.
Part IV
Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1. Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by 12 hours. A typhoon ______ the east coast and it was chaos.
A. beat B. hit C. struck at D. attacked on
2. Tsunami waves can be ____________ meters high. They toss cars and houses
around as though they were children's toys.
A. a dozen of B. dozen of C. dozens
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