职称英语真题6

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1、·6MotherNatureShowsHerStrength   Tornadoes(龙卷风)andheavythunderstormsmovedacrosstheGreatLakesandintoTrumbullCountyonSaturdayevening.Thestormsweredramaticanddangerous.   GeorgeSnyderwasdrivingthefiretruckdownRoute88whenhefirstnoticedthatafunnel(漏斗状的)cloudwasbehindhim.“Istoppedthetruckandwatche

2、dthefunnelcloud.Itwasabout100feetoffthegroundandIsawitgoupanddownforawhile.ItwasmovingtowardBradleyRoadandthensuddenlyitdisappeared,”Snydersaid.   SnyderonlysawoneofthefunnelcloudsthatpassedthroughnortheasternOhioonSaturday.InTrumbullCounty,atornadoturnedtreesontotheirsides.Sometreesfellonto

3、housesandcars.Othertreesfellintotelephoneandelectricalwiresastheywentdown.   AmandaSymcheckwashavingapartywhenthestormbegan.“Iknewsomethingwaswrong,”shesaid.“Isawtheskygogreenandpink(粉红色).Thenitsoundedlikeatrainrushingtowardthehouse.Istartedcryingandtoldeveryonetogotothebasementforprotection

4、.”   Thetornadocausedalotofdamagetocarsandhousesinthearea.Itwilltakealongtimeandmuchmoneytorepaireverything.Therewasalsoseriouswaterdamagefromthethunderstorms.Theheavyrainsandhighwindcausedthepowertogooutinmanyhomes.   Thestormscausedseriousfloodinginareasneartheriver.Morethanfourinchesofrai

5、nfellinpartsofTrumbullCounty.Theriverwasohighthatthewaterranintostreetsandhouses.Manystreetshadtobeclosedtocarsandtrucksbecauseofthehighwater.Thismadeitdifficultforfiretrucks,policecars,andotherrescuevehiclestohelppeoplewhowereintrouble.   Manypeoplewholiveneartheriverhadtoleavetheirhomesfor

6、theirownsafety.Somepeoplereportedfivefeetofwaterintheirhomes.Localandstateofficialsopenedemergencysheltersforthepeoplewhowereevacuated(撤走).TheRedCrossservedmealstothem.   “Thiswasareallyintensestorm,”saidSnyder,“Peoplewereafraid.MotherNaturecanbefierce.Wewereluckythistime.Noonewaskilled.”16.

7、 TheweatherwasniceinTrumbullCountyonSaturdayevening.17. GeorgeSnyderwasafirefighter.18. AmandaSymcheckwashavingapartyinthebasementwhenthestormbegan.19. Powersupplysystemwasnotdamagedduringthestorm.20. TherehadnotbeensuchaseverestorminTrumbullCounty