. CISHAN,Aug 12-Hundreds of people were still missing today in remote villages i

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CISHAN,Aug 12-Hundreds of people were stillmissing today in remote villages in southern Taiwan and disaster officials saidthey were uncertain how many people might have been killed by mudslides triggeredby Typhoon Morakot.

Morakot, which did terrible damage toTaiwan over the weekend, has killed about 70 people across the island andcaused farm-related loss of more than NT  $9  billion (RMB 964million). More than 100 people have been killed in Asia due to Morakot andtropical storm Etau.

But several hundred villagers listed asmissing were found alive in areas where roads were washed out and access waslimited to helicopters. The government sent special forces with satellitephones to the hardest hit areas."We are anxious to do our best to get thetrapped people out," said Hu Jul-chou, an army official involved in therescue effort. "Hopes are getting slimmer as the days go by."Hu saidit was unclear how many people were buried and feared dead in villages insouthern Taiwan.

"I have to say I feel pretty good tobe alive," said Lin Dong-wen, 45, from the village of Namahsia, sitting infront of a pile of medicine after being hoisted away by a rescuehelicopter."If I had been left there any longer, I wouldn't have made it.I saw the mudslide coming," said Lin after arriving in Cishan, hub ofrescue efforts."It was really huge, and I passed out. When I awoke, therewas mud all over and I climbed out of it."

Helicopters dropped food and supplies tosurvivors .Other rescue teams piloted rubber dinghies through raging muddyrivers.

Groups of anxious relatives awaited thearrival of helicopter flights at the makeshift rescue base.Some survivors triedto call relatives on mobile phones."Right after the mudslide, we managedto get in touch with our family members through mobile phones and textmessages," said 41-year-old teacher awaiting news at the rescue hub."But later they switched off their phones to save power."

45. From the text we know that _________________

A Morakot has made more than 100 peopledead in Taiwan

B Morakot has caused as much loss to Taiwanas other parts

C Morakot stayed over Taiwan over the week

D Morakot has brought worries to theofficials

46. The villagers who were thought to bemissing_________.

A were trapped in some areas

B wouldn’t get in touch with others

C only liked to be taken out by helicopter

D wanted to keep the buried company

47.According to Lin Dong-wen,________

A the disaster lasted for a long time

B the village was destroyed in a flash

C he wanted to hold the mudslide

D the mudslide frightened him intounconsciousness

48.Which of the following is true accordingto the text ?

A  All the survivors trapped have beenrescued by helicopters.

B  All the relatives can ring the survivors

C  The government has adopted otherrescue forms.

D  The mudslide will become moreserious.

试题答案

【答案】

45 D  46 A  47 B  48 C 

【解析】略