C. absent D. absence Your answer D Correct answer B 5. The flood ________________ for humanitarian relief workers to rescue stranded people and deliver badly needed food, medicine and supplies to residents A. found difficult B. found it difficult C. made difficult D. made it difficult Your answer D Correct answer D

Unit 4

1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. Forest fire is very bad this year. B. Forest fires will be worse next year.

C. Forest fire will be brought under control next year. D. Forest fire has been brought under control. Your answer B Correct answer B 2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The earthquake was not as strong as the Tokyo one. B. The earthquake was stronger than the Tokyo one. C. The two of them were lucky enough to live in an earthquake-proof hotel.

D. The earthquake has leveled the house to the ground. Your answer A Correct answer A 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. D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America. Your answer D Correct answer C 4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. She knows a lot about floods. B. She is an earthquake expert.

C. She is interested in meteorites. D. She is worried about natural disasters. Your answer D Correct answer D 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(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.

A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (S1)

(1)Your answer D Correct answer D noon on a street near my home in a northern (2)(S2) of Teheran. This area is well-known (3)because it is a beautiful avenue that (S3) major traffic circles. It is located at the (S4) high mountain.

(5)two of a (4)That day, the sun was (S5) suddenly changed. (S6) (6), but the weather we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (S7) (7)the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. (S8)

(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)(S9) 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)(S10) Later, we also learned that a dam had burst as the rain started. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Your answer at section connects bottom shining AS cross Correct answer at section connects bottom shining As cross Ten minutes later, as we were (8) looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something.