{{B}}Mother Nature Shows Her Strength{{/B}} Tornadoes (龙卷风)
and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into Trumbull County on
Saturday evening. The storms were dramatic and dangerous. George
Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he first noticed that a
funnel (漏斗状的) cloud was behind him. "I stopped the truck and watched the funnel
cloud. It was about 100 feet off the ground and I saw it go up and down for a
while. It was moving toward Bradley Road and then suddenly it disappeared."
Snyder said. Snyder only saw one of the funnel clouds that
passed through northeastern Ohio on Saturday. In Trumbull County, a tornado
turned trees onto their sides. Some trees fell onto houses and cars. Other trees
fell into telephone and electrical wires as they went down.
Amanda Symcheck was having a party when the storm began. "I knew something was
wrong" she said. "1 saw the sky go green and pink (粉红色). Then it sounded like a
train rushing toward the house. I started crying and told everyone to go to the
basement for protection." The tornado caused a lot of damage to
cars and houses in the area. It will take a long time and much money to repair
everything. There was also serious water, damage from the thunderstorms. The
heavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in many homes.
The storms caused serious flooding in areas near the river More than four
inches of rainfall in parts of Trumbull County. The river was so high that the
water ran into streets and houses. Many streets had to be
closed to cars and trucks because of the high water This made it difficult for
fire trucks, police cars, and other rescue vehicles to help people who were in
trouble. Many people who live near the river had to leave their
homes for their own safety. Some people reported five feet of water in their
homes. Local and state of officials opened emergency shelters for the people who
were evacuated (撤走). The Red Cross served meals to them. "This
was a really intense storm." said Snyder. "People were afraid, Mother Nature
call be fierce. We were lucky this time. No one was
killed."
单选题
The weather was nice in Trumbull County on Saturday evening.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 借助题千中出现的特征结构Tmmbull County和Saturday evening作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：Tornadoes(龙卷风)and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into Tmmbull County on Saturday evenmg．(该句的意思是“在周六的晚上龙卷风和巨大的雷暴穿越Great Lakes，进入了Trumbull县”，因此得山的结论是：Trumbull县在那天晚上的大气应该很糟糕，这正好与问题句的内容(天气好)相反，因此该句的说法错误。
单选题
George Snyder was a fire tighter.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中出现的特征词George Snyder作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：George Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he first noticed that a funnel(漏斗状的)cloud was behind him．(从该句句意可以推断出"George Snyder是救火队员”)
单选题
Amanda Sym check was having a party in the basement when the storm began.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中出现的特征词Amanda Sym check作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句： Amanda Sym check was having a party when the storm began．(该划线句的意思是“当雷暴开始的时候Amanda Sym check正在举行舞会”，但是没有说是在哪里举行，因此需要继续看下文)“I knew some thing was wrong，” she said“I saw the sky 20 green and pink(粉红色)．Then it sounded like a train rushing toward the house．I started crying and told everyone to go to the basement for protection．该划线刊内容与问题句的内容矛盾：人们在地下室是为了躲避灾难而不是在那里举办舞会，因此问题句的说法错误。
单选题
Power supply system was not damaged during the storm.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中出现的核心词Power作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：The tornado caused a lot of damage(to cays and houses in the area．n will take along time and much money to repair everything．There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms，The heavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in many homes．(划线句在语意上与问题句的内容相反：原文说“大雨和强风造成许多家庭停电”)
单选题
There had not been such a severe storm in Trum bull County for a hundred years.
单选题
Rescue vehicles had a hard time getting to people.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中的核心结构Rescue vehicles作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：Many streets had to be closed to cars and trucks because of the high water．This made it difficult for fire trucks，police cars， and other rescue vehicles to help people who were in trouble．该划线句句意与问题句的内容一致，因此判断问题句的说法正确。