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The city of Joplin, Missouri, is gradually moving forward after it took a direct hit from a massive tornado last May. One hundred and sixty-one people were killed. (1) It was the deadliest twister on U.S. soil since officials started keeping records. St. J ohn’s Mercy Hospital in Joplin was left standing but severely damaged. On Sunday, a demolition crew started taking down the old building. But that was just the first ceremony in Joplin on Sunday. There was also a groundbreaking at St. John’s new site. (2) The hospital’s president said it’s hard to say goodbye to the old building, but he’s glad to be moving ahead and looking to the future.

1. What is the biggest character of this tornado? A

2. What is people’s attitude taking down the old building? D

News item 2:

When the tsunami hit southern Thailand last year hundreds of Burmese migrants working in beach front hotels were among the victims. Thai officials have identified 80 Burmese migrant workers among the dead. (3) But they believe several of the more than 800 unidentified bodies are likely to be Burmese. Thousands of Burmese migrant workers are employed along Thailand’s Andaman Sea coast ---- a source of cheap labor for contractors who often overlook the need to register the workers. (4) Those who survived the tsunami often found their jobs, homes and belongings were gone, and that they were unable to get government aid. Adisom Kurdmongkol, a Thai labor activist, says the disaster called attention to the problems the Burmese migrants faced even before the tsunami.

3. How many unidentified bodies are likely to be Burmese? A

4. What happened to the surviving Burmese after last year's tsunami? D

News item 3:

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale has hit northeast India, near its borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, killing at least nine people. (5) The quake hit at 4:35 am local time about 29 km northwest of Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, according to the US Geological Survey. Strong quakes have 福建师范大学协和学院

been felt across the region. The earthquake was originally reported to have measured 6.8 on the Richter scale. India’s Meteorological Department said it struck at a depth of 17 km. The earthquake cracked walls and (6) a newly-built six-story building in Imphal collapsed police said. Other buildings were also reported to have been damaged. At least six people have been killed in Manipur and more than 30 injured, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. In the neighboring Bangladesh, three people were reported dead while dozens were being treated in hospital for injuries sustained during the quake. (7) A 23-year-old man died when he suffered a stroke after the quake while two others died of heart attacks, news agency AFP quoted police as saying. A university student, who jumped from a fourth-floor balcony to escape, was among the severely wounded, the agency added.

5. When did the earthquake happen? B

6. What do we know about the earthquake from the news report? C

7. Why did the 23-year-old man die? D

News item 4:

(1) Last night eight million people in 16 U.S. states were under a flood warning. It was what remained of a heavy storm system that struck in late December, stretching from New Mexico to Michigan and going its way east. It brought several powerful tornadoes to Texas, destroying homes and buildings near Dallas. Hailstorms, snowstorms, hundreds of flight cancellations hit the central part of the country and (2) dozens of people died in the severe conditions brought by the system.

For some, the worst of it came well after the storm hit, as flood waters flowed in the rivers, they covered their banks and spilled through communities. The Mississippi flooded parts of Illinois and its swollen water slowly spread out along the Mississippi southern part. It ’s not expected to reach its highest point in Memphis, Tennessee, until January 9th .

1. Wh at’s the news report mainly about? C

2. What do we learn about the storm system from the news report? D 福建师范大学

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