and it was chaos.
2. Tsunami waves can be ____________ meters high. They toss cars and houses
around as though they were children's toys.
3. A blizzard is a severe weather condition ___________ low temperatures and
strong winds, greater than 35 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of
snow.
4. But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard,
___________ merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several
conditions.
A. which opposed to B. which opposed with
A. beat B. hit C. struck at D. attacked on
A. a dozen of B. dozen of C. dozens D. dozens of
A. characterized by B. characterized with C. characteristic of D. characteristic with
C. as opposed to D. as opposed with
5. When all of these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the
storm ________________ a ground blizzard.
6. People _________ in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, ________
their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction.
7. The scale of the resulting deaths or property damage depends on the human
ability to ________ the disasters.
8. During a drought, food and water supplies can _________.
A. is referred as B. is referred to C. is referred to as D. referring to as
A. catching...losing B. caught...lost C. catching...lost D. caught...losing
A. resist B. resist to C. resist against D. resist from
A. run lowly B. run low C. drop lowly D. drop low
9. Thousands of stock farmers will have to slaughter their livestock ________
because there is no grass left.
10. The fire department from the nearby town was called to put the fire _____.
A. on a big way B. with a big way C. in a large scale D. on a large scale
Unit 4 test
A. out B. down C. away D. off
Part I Script
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man has been offered many good jobs because he is well-rounded.
B. The man is having an interview.
C. The woman wants to join in some courses too.
D. The woman thinks it's unnecessary to learn occupational skills.
2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The companies John has worked in are not large enough.
A. Wednesday morning.
B. Thursday morning.
C. Thursday evening.
D. Not settled.
A. He is a self-made successful businessman.
B. He inherited a large fortune.
C. He is a successful young tradesman.
D. He will hand his company over to his son.
A. She thinks the man will be fired.
B. She thinks the man will be severely punished.
C. She thinks the man's work will be given to his colleagues.
D. She thinks the man should be courageous to admit the mistake.