NEW YORK CITY?A hurricane warning has been given for New York City．Forecasters s

NEW YORK CITY?A hurricane warninghas been given for New York City．Forecasters say Hurricane Irene could cause widespread flooding,power failure and billions of dollars in damage．About65 million Americans live in Hurricane Irene's projected path —many of whom have been evacuated．

In New York City, Mayor MichaelBloomberg has ordered the city's first-ever evacuation． Roughly 250,000 peoplehave been told to leave their homes in low-lying areas, including the WallStreet financial district．

WASHINGTON D．C．—On Aug．24, 2011, Apple announced that Mr．SteveJobs, who has battled cancer for several years, was stepping down as the CEObut would serve as chairman．

In January, he had announced thathe was taking a medical leave of absence from Apple．In announcing his leave,he turned daily oversight of the company over to the chief operating officer,Timothy D．Cook, and it was Mr．Cookwhom Apple named to succeed him as the next CEO of the company．

TRIPOLI—Oppositionforces in Libya say they control more than 90 percent of the country．It is still not clearwhere Moammar Gadhafi is．The opposition has offeredmore than 1,600,000 dollars for his capture （逮捕）．Thehead of the opposition forces said his group supports a decision by localbusinessmen to provide the money in an effort to speed up the capture．Earlier Wednesday, government forces fired onto the formerheadquarters （总部） of Mr．Gadhafi,which is now controlled by opposition forces．Heavyfighting also continued near Tripoli's airport and in a town of Zuara．

1.The underlined word "evacuated"probably means ________．

A．sent away to safer places          

B．gathered around to higher positions

C．flooded off to lowerreaches            

D．left behind to dangerous situations

2.Who has been appointed as the new CEO ofApple?

    A．Steve Jobs．                    B．Michael Bloomberg．

    C．Moammar Gadhafi．               D．Timothy

3.From the news above, we know that in Libya_______．

    A．the local businessmen haveoffered money to catch hold of Gadhafi

    B．the opposition forcessuffered a thorough defeat near Tripoli's airport

    C．the government forces aredefending the headquarters of Mr．Gadhafi

    D．the town ofZuara is theplace where Moammar Gadhafi probably hides

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.A

【解析】略