An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. It took some 75 000 lives,【C1】______ 130 000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. 【C2】______ overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed【C3】______ the region, tended by international aid organizations, military【C4】______ and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set【C5】______ . Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the【C6】______ of spring, the refugees will be moved again. Camps that【C7】______ health care, food and shelter for 150 000 survivors have begun to close as they were【C8】______ intended to be permanent. For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings【C9】______ emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of【C10】______ many as 10 people have had to shelter【C11】______ a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing【C12】______ with neighbors. "They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers," officials say. "They are【C13】______ of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start【C14】______ again." But most will be returning to 【C15】______ but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical【C16】______ have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers【C17】______ that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took【C18】______. And for the thousands of survivors, the【C19】______ will never be complete. Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built【C20】______ the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.
【答案解析】解析:介词辨析。bloom本意为“开花”,这里指“大量涌现”。across意为“横过,穿过”,bloomed across the region指“在这一地区大量涌现”,故D项为正确答案。A项among意为“在……之中”,C项amid意为“在……中间”,above意为“在……之上”,均不符合语境。
单选题
【C4】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:名词辨析。military______与空格前的international aid organizations和空格后的aid groups都是对受灾人员进行援助的组织人员,C项personnel通常表示某一组织的全体员工,符合语境,为正确答案。rank意为“社会阶层;军衔”,equipment意为“设备”,installation意为“装置,设备;安装”,均不符合语境。
【答案解析】解析:动词辨析。空格后的It will take years to rebuild应该是Aid workers对未来重建计划的预测或估计,C项estimate意为“估计”,符合语境,为正确答案。A项account意为“认为”,measure意为“测量”,evaluate意为“评估”,均不符合语境。