2021年1月23日发(作者：孙鸿烈)
Unit 9
Part I

A
1.

60,000

/ 8.75
2.

452

/ 8.3
3.

100,000 / 8.6
4.

8.9

/ 2,990
5.

1,530

6.

12, 000

/ 5.8
7.

7.1

/ 12,230
8.

7.5 / 22,778
9.

6.8 / 25,000
10.

6
.7 / 50,000
11.

9
.0

/ 300,000
12.

6
9,197

/ 18,341

B:
1.

Ice, snow, earth, rock / the side of a mountain
2.

a slow-moving mudflow
3.

the sudden release

/ waves of shaking

4.


system of winds

/ about 30 to 50 kilometers an hour
5.

64 knows or 74 miles per hour

/ in the western Atlantic Ocean
6.

A violent destructive whirling wind

/ of short duration

7.

74 mph / in the Pacific Ocean
8.

A period of dryness / prevents their successful growth
9.

A body of water / normally dry land
10.

a wildfire or an uncontrolled fire

Suicide bomber






C
1.

a bomb explosion in Algiers / in a market area
2.

ocean storm / the Pacific coast of Mexico
3.

the
cause
of
a
crash
of
a
passenger
plane
/
All
143
people
/
Wednesday
4.

Austrians

/ the 38 people / at ski area
5.

the hijacker / released his remaining hostages and surrendered to
police
6.

Japanese / the nuclear reaction / has stopped

7.

victims of a train accident / 189 / Thursday / 250

8.

Russian
and
Norwegian
divers
/
the
sunken
Russian
nuclear
submarine
9.

12 / heavy rains / homes and bridges / some road became rivers of
flood waters.
10.

d
eadly storm / Europe / transportation delays / airports to close /
more than 115 people

11.

S
unday
’
s earthquake / Turkey / more than 1,200 / 50 villages
12.

f
ires / Sydney / under control / new flare-ups


Part II
A
A fire from an oil pipeline explosion
Thursday

More than 50 people dead
Near Lagos
A fuel-loading area

/ Nigeria
’
s

Stealing fuel from leaking pipes / vandal




1.

NIGERIA
–
more than 50
people have died in a fire from an oil
pipeline
explosion
near
Lagos.
The
explosion and
fire
happened
near
a
fuel- loading area owned
by
Nigeria
’
s
National
Petroleum
Corporation.
This
is
the
latest
in
a
series
of
pipeline
fires
in
Nigeria
this
year
.
The
fires
have killed
hundreds
of
people.
The
government says people who steal fuel from leaking pipes caused
some
of
the
fires.
It
also
blames
people
who
cause
damage
on
purpose.
2.


More
than
50
people
are
dead
in
Nigeria
after
a
leaking
oil
pipeline
burst
into
flames outside
the commercial capital
Lagos.
The blast and resulting fire Thursday ripped through an area near
a
fuel-loading
depot
owned
by
the
state-run
Nigerian
National
Petroleum
Corporation.
Witnesses
report
seeing
burned
bodies
littering the charred grounds while many other victims are being
treated
for
injuries sustained
in
the
blaze.
A
spokesman
for
the
petroleum company says the fire was caused by a vandal.
Ski resort

wire

aboard

operator

unhurt

crew

B
1.

a cable car accident at a ski resort in northern Italy
2.

a. American military plane / cut the wires / low-level flight
b. 20
c. 60 kilometers away
d. started investigation / suspended low-level missions

An accident at a ski resort in northern Italy in which an American
military plane cut the wires of a cable during a low-level training
flight has killed 20 people. One car plunged about 100 meters into
the
snow,
killing
everyone
aboard.
An
operator
was
rescued
unhurt from a second car left dangling in the air after the accident.
The
plane
returned
to
its
base
60
kilometers
away,
the
crew
unaware
of
the
accident.
Commanders
of
the
base
have
since
started
an
investigation
and
suspended
all
low-level
missions
in
Italy until further notice.
Questions:
a.

What is the cause of the disaster?
b.

How many people have been killed?
c.

How far away is the military base?
d.

What
have
the
commanders
of
the
base
done
since
the
accident?

C
1.

floods and landslide
V
enezuela
Homes of 140,000
–
150,000 people destroyed
30,000 people killed
poor city planning
15 billion dollars
2.

a. to give quick and generous aid to V
enezuela
b. to build new housing for those homeless people
c. in stadiums, car parks, airports and military barracks
d.


plain areas away from the coast

1.

V
enezuela
---
tens
of
thousands
of
people
affected
by
recent
floods
and
landslides
are
preparing
to
spend
the
Christmas
and New Y
ear holidays in shelters. Officials estimate that the
homes of as many as 140,000 people were destroyed. V
enezuela
officials
say
the
floods
and
landslides
may
have
caused
the
death
of
as
many
as
30,000
people.
Experts
say
poor
city
planning was a major cause f the damage. Many houses were
built
on
weak ground
of on
the
side
of
mountains along
the
northern coast. The V
enezuela Defense Minister says survivors
need to cooperate with government efforts to move them away
form the coastal area.
2.

The United Nations has urged the international community to
give
quick
and
generous
aid
to
V
enezuela
to
help
it
recover
from
last
week
’
s
devastating
floods
and
mudslides.
A