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单选题Section C
Directions：In this section．you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions．The recordings will be played only once．After you hear a question，you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A ，B ，C and D ．Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre．
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard．

A．How catastrophic natural disasters turn out to be to developing nations．
B．How the World Meteorological Organization studies natural disasters．
C．How powerless humans appear to be in face of natural disasters．
D．How the negative impacts of natural disasters can be reduced．

参考答案D

解析:听力原文：
[16] The negative impacts of natural disasters can be seen everywhere．In just the past few weeks，the world has witnessed the destructive powers of earthquakes in Indonesia，typhoons in the Philippines．and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands．
A study by the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that，between 1980 and 2007．nearly 8400 natural disasters killed more than two million people．These catastrophic events caused more than$1．5 trillion in economic losses．
U．N．weather expert Geoffrey Love says that is the bad news．“Over the last 50 years．Economic losses have increased by a factor of 50．That sounds pretty terrible．but the loss of life has decreased by a factor of 10 simply because we are getting better at warning people．We are making a difference．Extreme events，however,will continue to occur．But．the message is that they may not be disasters．”
Love．who is director of Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Meteorological Organization，says most of the deaths and economic losses were caused by weather，climate，or water related extremes．These include droughts floods，windstorms，strong tropical winds and
wildfires．
He says extreme events will continue．[17] But．he says extreme events become disasters only when people fail to prepare for them．
“Many of the remedies are well—known．From a planning perspective，it’s pretty simple．Build better buildings．Don’t build where the hazards will destroy them．From an early-warning perspective，make sure the warnings go right down to the community level．Build community action plans．”
[18] The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action．
It says tropical storms formerly claimed dozens，if not hundreds of lives．each year,in Cuba．But，the development of an early。Warning system has reversed that trend。In 2008，Cuba was hit by five successive hurricanes．but only seven people were killed．
Bangladesh also has achieved substantial results．Major storm surges in1970and 1991 caused the deaths of about 440．000 people．Through careful preparation．the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3500．
Q：What is the talk mainly about?
【解析】D。短文一开始就提到，自然灾害带来的负面影响随处可见，接下来通过数据和案例介绍提出一些防范措施。D是对整个录音内容的高度总结。

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A．By training rescue teams for emergencies．
B．By taking steps to prepare people for them．
C．By changing people’s views of nature．
D．By relocating people to safer places．

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A．How preventive action can reduce the loss of life．
B．How courageous Cubans are in face of disasters．
C．How Cubans suffer from tropical storms．
D．How destructive tropical storms can be．

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单选题Recording Two

A．Pay back their loans to the American government．
B．Provide loans to those in severe financial difficulty．
C．Contribute more to the goal of a wider recovery．
D．Speed up their recovery from the housing bubble．

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