[单项选择]Due to the heavy damage the storm has caused in some rural areas, it is predicted that the cost of fruits and vegetables will be ______ this summer.
A. increase
B. increases
C. to increase
D. increasing

[单项选择]Due to the heavy damage the storm has caused in some rural areas, it is predicted that the cost of fruits and vegetables will be （） this summer.
A. increase
B. increases
C. to increase
D. increasing

[填空题]The amount of damage caused by an earthquake depends on the place, time, strength, types of buildings, soil conditions, and ______.

[单项选择]Earthquake damage has caused some of the communications networks to shut down ______ until essential repairs are carried out.
A. complete
B. completely
C. completeness
D. completion

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W: It was a heavy storm last night, wasn’t it
M: It certainly was. The wind broke several windows. What weather!
W: Do you know that big tree in front of my house One of the biggest branches came down in the night.
M: Really Did it do any damage to your home
W: Thank goodness! It is far away from that.
M: I really hate storms. It’s about time we had some nice spring weather.
W: It’s April, you know. The flowers are beginning to blossom.
M: Yes, that’s true. But I still think the weather is terrible.
W: I suppose we should not complain. We had a fine March after all.

What happened to the tree （）
A. The tree was broken.
B. All the leaves fell down.
C. One of the branches fell down.
D. The tree was cut down.

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W: It was a heavy storm last night, wasn’t it
M: It certainly was. The wind broke several windows. What weather!
W: Do you know that big tree in front of my house One of the biggest branches came down in the night.
M: Really Did it do any damage to your home
W: Thank goodness! It is far away from that.
M: I really hate storms. It’ s about time we had some nice spring weather.
W: It’ s April, you know. The flowers are beginning to blossom.
M: Yes, that’ s tree. But I still think the weather is terrible.
W: I suppose we should not complain. We had a fine March after all.

What happened to the tree （）
A. The tree was broken.
B. AI1 the leaves fell down.
C. One of the branches fell down.
D. The tree. was cut down.

[单项选择]The earthquake has caused serious (damage) to this city.
A. destruction
B. hurt
C. injury
D. wound

[单项选择]The storm has caused（）to this region.
A. many damages
B. much damages
C. much damage
D. few damages

[填空题]Nothing in recent years has so changed the economy of the United States as the development of the supermarket.{{U}} (11) {{/U}}, people bought their food in small grocery stores, generally{{U}} (12) {{/U}}on a nearby comer. Now, almost everyone shops in large supermarkets. The small independent grocer has{{U}} (13) {{/U}}disappeared from the American{{U}} (14) {{/U}}. When a supermarket is{{U}} (15) {{/U}}in a certain section of a city, other smaller stores rise up around it almost{{U}} (16) {{/U}}The entire group of stores becomes what is{{U}} (17) {{/U}}. as a shopping center. The average supermarket covers about 35,000 square feet of shopping area.{{U}} (18) {{/U}}. Six out of every ten American shoppers drive to the supermarket. {{U}} (19) {{/U}}.On average she spends from one hour to two hours there each week. Psychologists say that women don’t go to the supermarket just to buy food, {{U}} (20) {{/U}}.In the supermarket she feels that she is part of the