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Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them.(1)that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still(2)in their minds. Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U. S. history, on(3)TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made(4)worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our(5)to work together before everything goes to hell.
Granted, some amount of delusion is probably part of the(6)condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work(7), in the same spot —until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a(8)of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at(9)themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we(10)did about the dangers we face. But it turns(11)that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is(12)the storm, the quake or the(13)itself. More often, it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that(14)the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineer has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to(15)they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not(16), we can now say with confidence. But it may be all(17)can be expected from one year of hustle.
Meanwhile, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to(18)the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 150,000 people will need a(19)out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The(20)with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult.

问题1选项
A.To
B.By
C.On
D.For
问题2选项
A.fresh
B.obvious
C.apparent
D.evident
问题3选项
A.visual
B.vivid
C.live
D.lively
问题4选项
A.little
B.less
C.more
D.much
问题5选项
A.reluctance
B.rejection
C.denial
D.decline
问题6选项
A.natural
B.world
C.social
D.human
问题7选项
A.revising
B.refining
C.rebuilding
D.retrieving
问题8选项
A.review
B.reminder
C.concept
D.prospect
问题9选项
A.preparing
B.protesting
C.protecting
D.prevailing
问题10选项
A.never
B.ever
C.then
D.there
问题11选项
A.up
B.down
C.over
D.out
问题12选项
A.merely
B.rarely
C.incidentally
D.accidentally
问题13选项
A.surge
B.spur
C.surf
D.splash
问题14选项
A.ensued
B.traced
C.followed
D.occurred
问题15选项
A.which
B.Where
C.what
D.when
问题16选项
A.enough
B.certain
C.conclusive
D.final
问题17选项
A.but
B.as
C.that
D.those
问题18选项
A.exile
B.evacuate
C.dismiss
D.displace
问题19选项
A.ride
B.trail
C.path
D.track
问题20选项
A.conventions
B.notifications
C.communications
D.negotiations
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