An AnnouncementIt was a small town which lay by the coast.Most people there live

题文

An AnnouncementIt was a small town which lay by the coast.Most people there lived by catching fish.The hurricanes often struck the area from July to October.Some of the people died on the a when their boats were blown over by the high winds.So they paid much attention to the weather forecasts.They were afraid to meet with the hurricanes when they were catching fish on the a.Each of the families had a radio and people always took them with themlves and listened to them at any time.It was September.A hurricane attacked the town one night.Plenty of trees were pushed over and all the electric and telephone lines were broken.People couldn’t watch TV,or call their friends,or go to work.To their anger,they couldn’t listen to the weather forecasts the Town Radio Station broadcast.The food and fresh water would soon be short and the patients couldn’t be given medical care—no medicine could be carried there.People didn’t know what would happen and they looked anxious.On the fourth day they read an announcement（通告）on the Town Weekly.It was written,“Recently we have to stop the weather forecast becau of the bad weather.We usually get the forecasts from the airport.But the roads are all blocked by the fallen trees and stones.Whether or not we’ll be able to broadcast the weather forecast tomorrow depends on the weather！”小题1:The people in the town often took radios with themlves becau______.A．they felt lonely when catching fish on the a and listened to the weather forecastsB．they were interested in the weather forecastsC．they couldn’t watch TV on the aD．they hoped to listen to some good news小题2:The writer writes the passage mainly to ______.A．desrcibe the importance of weather forecastB．give a news reportC．describe a bad effect of natural disastersD．to warn people to be careful against hurricane小题3:Read the announcement,the people were______.A．encouragedB．happyC．excitedD．disappointed 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题2:C小题3:D

解析

小题1:文章介绍这个城镇中的居民多数是渔民，所以他们非常关心天气情况。小题2:作者通篇都是在讲一个城镇居民打渔与天气的密切关系以及一场飓风给他们带来的危险。小题3:一般常识题，当居民知道由于天气的原因不能再收听天气预报时当然会感到失望的。

考点

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