宁夏银川九中2016届第四次月考英语试题及答案(3)

25. We can learn from the text that many newly married people_______.
A. have to learn to make their own furniture  
B. take DIY courses run by the government
  C. don’t earn enough to pay for what they need
D. seldom go to a department store to buy things
26. John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to______.
  A. make or repair things       B. run a DIY shop
  C. save time and money       D. improve the quality of life
27. When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim___.
  A. makes shoes in his home              B. does extra work at night
  C. keeps house and looks after his children  D. does his own car and home repairs
28. What would be the best title for the text?
  A. The course of DIY           B. You Can Do It Too!
C. Financial crisis              D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY

C
In the second half of each year, many powerful storms are born in the tropical(热带的)Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of these, only about half a dozen becomes the strong, circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that are called hurricanes, and several usually make their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and bring death to large numbers of people.  
The great storms that hit the coast start as soft circling wind hundreds — even thousands — of miles out to sea. As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the southeast winds. When conditions are just right, warm, moist(潮湿) air flows in at the bottom of such a wind, moves upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process(过程), the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it the heat is changed to energy in the form of strong winds. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to move in a counter-clockwise motion(逆时针运动). 
     The life of a hurricane is only about nine days, but it contains almost more power than we can imagine. The energy in the heat released(释放) by a hurricane’s rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of the United States for more than six months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction(毁灭) in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6 to 12 inch downpours, causing sudden floods. Worst of all is the powerful movement of the sea — the mountains of water moving toward the hurricane center. The water level rises as much as 15 feet above normal as it moves toward shore.  
29. When is an ordinary tropical storm called a hurricane?
A. When it begins in the Atlantic and Caribbean seas. 
B. When it hits the coastline.  
C. When its winds reach 75 miles per hour. 
D. When it is more than 75 miles wide.
30. What is the worst thing about hurricanes?
A. The terrible effects of water.  
B. The heat they give off. 
C. That they last about nine days.  
D. Their strong winds.  
31. Here the word “downpour” means ______.