By Zhan Lisheng
Updated: 2008-09-27 07:50
More than 11.5 million people in Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi provinces were affected by the disaster, with direct economic losses reaching 13.46 billion yuan ($1.97 billion), Ministry of Civil Affairs figures showed.
Hagupit, the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong and its Pearl River Delta region in 12 years, reportedly headed south toward
The typhoon killed nine people and left nine missing in
Direct losses to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the region were estimated at 4.2 billion yuan; industrial and transport sector, 1.5 billion yuan; and water conservancy infrastructure, 1 billion.
A total of 6.52 million people in 344 towns in the cities of Maoming, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta region and in the west of
More than 15,300 houses fell down and 365,800 hectares(公顷) of farmland were affected, authorities said.
Wang Yugui, a pig farmer in Maoming city, said Hagupit proved fatal to his business.
About two-thirds of his 4,000-odd pigs had drowned or were left missing in the typhoon.
“The typhoon has landed me in huge debt and I really don’t know how to weather the losses,” Wang told China Daily yesterday.
Wang said many others in the city suffered similar losses when Hagupit hit the city on Wednesday morning.
Hagupit also hit a South Korean freight ship, named Zeus, in the waters off Jiangmen. All 17 sailors onboard were still missing, the Yangcheng Evening News reported on Friday.
46. This passage most probably appears _______.
A. in a newspaper B. on the Internet
C. in a magazine D. a travel guide
47. We can know from the report that ______.
A. at least 13 people were killed in
B. Guangxi and Hainan suffered more economic losses than
C. so far Hagupit has been the strongest typhoon to hit
D. Hagupit hit
48. The underlined word “bore the brunt of” can be best replaced by “_____”
A. received the main force of
B. suffered similar economic losses from
C. shared the losses caused by
D. stood the test of
49. The example of the pig farmer Wang Yugui is used to show ______.
A. that pig farmers suffered the most losses in the disaster.
B. That many others in Maoming suffered similar losses.
C. How difficult it will be for people to go through the disaster.
D. How seriously the disaster affected people.
50. Altogether ___ people are reported missing in the passage.
A. 9 B.18 C. 35 D. 26
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