首页
登录
职称英语
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has
游客
2024-05-15
26
管理
问题
Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them.【C1】______ that logic, 2006’should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still【C2】______ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U. S. history, on【C3】______ TV. Anyone who didn’t know it before should have learned that bad things can hap pen. And they are made【C4】______ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our【C5】______ to work together before everything goes to hell;
Granted, some amount of delusion.(错觉) is probably part of the【C6】______ condition. In A. D. 63.
Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake and the locals immediately went to work【C7】______ , in the same spot until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a 【C8】______ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at 【C9】 themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we 【C10】______ did about the dangers we face. But it turns 【C11】______ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is 【C12】______ the storm, the quake or the【C13】 ______ itself. More often, it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that【C14】______ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild tile flood walls. They have got the walls to 【C15】______ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not【C16】______ , we can now say with confidence. But it may be all 【C17】______ can be expected from one year of hustle(忙碌).
Meanwhite, New Orleans officials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to【C18】______the sick and the disabled. The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a【C19】______ out. However, state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken. The【C20】______ with neighboring communities are ongoing and difficult. [br] 【C10】
选项
A、never
B、ever
C、then
D、before
答案
B
解析
ever后接过去式表示“曾经……”,本句意为“我们比以前任何时候都明白我们面临的危险”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3598807.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Americansaresufferingfromaserioussleepdeficitwhileal
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
Historically,humansgetseriousaboutavoidingdisastersonlyafteronehas
随机试题
患者,男,62岁。胸闷刺痛,痛有定处,恶心呕吐,口中粘腻,头晕目眩,心悸气短,面
对于不溶性或在酸性中析出沉淀的药物中重金属检查,宜采用的显色剂是()A.
张女士,45岁,肥胖,不爱运动,母亲和姐姐均被诊断为高血压。近一个月来,她在社区
从所给四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定规律性: A
各类测评方法在效度、公平程度、实用性和成本四项指标上使用的方法包括()。A
下列属于按规定开具发票的行为的是()。A、代开不合法发票 B、拆本使用发票
银行承兑汇票的承兑银行,应当按照票面金额向出票人收取()的手续费。A:千分之一
根据《房屋建筑与装饰工程工程量计算规范》(GB50584-2013)规定,关于屋
男,38岁,经理,2周前有婚外性行为,3天前尿道刺痒、刺痛,查尿道口轻度红肿,尿
女孩,9岁。发热、头痛、呕吐2天,烦躁不安1天,于2月20日入院。查体:T39
最新回复
(
0
)