問題詳情
Questions 33-36 Letter 1: I read with much interest your article on the devastating effects of Hurricanes Rita and Katrinaon New Orleans, and how much land, through water saturation, you have lost. This summer in GreatBritain we have suffered much water situation. Our people were without power and drinking water,and in some cases had no homes. Unfortunately, aid seems to be little, and bearing in mind the sizeof our country and the cost of housing, there is very little room for people to move, as some of yourpeople in New Orleans did. Our problem is that our drainage system is so old and needs replacement,but our central government doesn’t bother. We have inadequate water defenses with our rivers, andmany of our homes are built on low-lying floodplains. Developers know the consequences of theweather (though this might not happen again for 40 to 50 years), but our government is still insistingon building more homes on existing floodplain areas. Letter 2: I applaud the loyalty and self-reliance of the residents in attempting to resurrect the city.However, I object to potentially having to support the recovery from another disaster with tax dollars, when hurricanes seem so likely to happen. If people want to live there, it should be at their own risk. Letter 3:Residences and decision-making alike must move to higher ground regarding the future of NewOrleans. Cool pragmatism must prevail over emotional attachment to place. Those who expect areturn to pre-Katrina Hurricane New Orleans life are selfishly myopic. Not only were residents’ livesdevastated by the tragedy, but emotional and other costs were also borne by families, friends andfellow citizens throughout the country. Rescue workers put their lives and health in harm’s way.Taxpayers bore the costs of the devastation and will be required to do so once again, inevitably. Torebuild the residential life of New Orleans is nothing less than reckless endangerment.
【題組】33. What is the subject matter that these letters all share?
(A) a tax issue
(B) an earth quake
(C) a hurricane
(D) a war
(E) a blizzard
參考答案
答案：C
難度：簡單0.7
統計：A(0),B(1),C(14),D(0),E(1)