2022年职称英语等级考试理工C级模拟试题(三)8

2022年职称英语等级考试理工C级模拟试题(三)8下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。请认真阅读短文并依据短文答复其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

FloridaHitbyColdAirmass

InJanuary,2022，theeasterntwo.thirdsoftheUnitedStateswasatthemercyofabitterlycoldairmassthathasendangeredFlorida’scitrustrees，chokednorthernharborswithiceandleftbewilderedresidentsofNorthCarolina’sOuterBanksdiggingoutofuptoafootofsnow.

Theicechilldeepenedastemperaturesfelltothesingledigits。inmostofme。South,withallunfamiliardipbelowthefreezingmarkasfarsouthaspartsofinteriorSouthFlorida.TemperaturesinFloridaplunged，withWestPalmBeachdroppingtoarecordlowof2degrees.

“Wecouldn’tbelievehowcolditwas，”saidMartinKing，whoarrivedthisweekinOrlando。fromEngland.“Webroughtshorts，T·shirt，andIhadtogooutandbuyanothercoat.”

ThetemperatureplungeposedathreattoFlorida’sUS$9.1billion-a-yearcitruscrop.Moreofwhichisstillonthetrees.Growerswerehurryingtoharvestasmuchofthefruitaspossiblebeforeitwasdamagedbycold.

“TimeisoftheessenceⅢingettingfruittotheplant，”saidTomRogers，acitrusgrowerwhoexpectedtoseedamagetoorangesandgrapefruitatthattime.

InFlorida，GovernorJebBushsignedanemergencyordertoeliminatetheweightlimitOiltrucksSOcitrusgrowerscouldgetasmuchfruittomarketaspossible.

CaseyPace，aspokeswomanforFloridaCitrusMutual，saidgrowershadsprayedtreeswithsprinklers。whichcreatedalayeroficeandhelpedmaintainatemperaturenearfreezing.Citrustreesareconsideredindangerofdamageifthetemperaturedropsbelowminus2degreesCelsiusforfourhoursormore.Snowrangingfromadustingtoupto30centimeters“blanketed“theCarolinas，TennesseeandpartsofVirginia.

练习：

1.Which.ofthefollowingstatementsisnotmeantinthefirsttwoparagraphs?

A)ThecoldairmasswasathreattoFlorida’scitruscrop.

B)ThetemperatureintheUnitedStatesexcepttheSouthdroppedbelowthefreezingmark.

C)Thenorthernharborswereblockedwithice.

D)TheeasterntwothirdsoftheUnitedStateswashitbycoldairmass.

2.Accordingtothesecondparagraph，inwhicharea(s)didthetemperaturefallbelowzero?

A)MostoftheSouth.来源：考试大

B)PartsofinteriorSouthFlorida.

C)WestPalmBeach.

D)Alloftheabove.来源:考试大网

3.King’sstatementthat“webroughtshorts，T-shirt，andIhadtogooutandbuyanothercoat.”showsthat

A)hewascaughtbythesuddencold.

B)heneededformalclothes.

C)fashioninFloridaistempting.

D)FloridaishotcomparedwithEngland.

4.GovernorJebissuetheemergencyorderbecausehe

A)thoughtspeedlimitfortruckswasunreasonable.

B)triedtoimprovethetrafficconditionoftheexpressways.

C)wantedtoencouragetruckstotransportasmuchfruittomarketaspossible

D)wantedtostoptrucksfromcarryingtoomuchfruittomarket.

5.WhichstatementisNOTtrueaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A)Sprinklerswereusedtoprotectcitrustreesfrombeingdamaged.

B)Citrustreeswouldbedamagedifthetemperaturedropsbelowminus2~Cforfourhours