A
I wasn’t prepared to be a climate refugee. Not after relocating my family from drought and wildfire California to the “climate shelter” of Asheville, N.C. But less than two months after we moved into our delightfully wooded, mild-weather community, we were forced to leave.
On September 26, the hurricane made its way inland from the Gulf of Mexico through Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Along its path, it tore apart community after community. And then it hit western Appalachia. At 2,000 feet above sea level and 300 miles from the coast, Asheville is a place where people went to get away from destructive hurricanes.
That night, I couldn’t sleep. Trees crashed down around my home as emergency alerts sounded on my phone. Power lines went down. Roads flooded. Despite being within a mile of the French Broad River, we were not told to evacuate ahead of the storm.
In the morning, after it seemed the worst had passed, a large pine tree crashed onto the roof directly above my young son’s bedroom while he was playing games. He was thankfully unharmed, but it drove home the severity(严重性) of what was happening around us. My young daughter held me tightly saying over and over, “I’m scared.”
It was hard to get information about what was going on across Asheville. Within hours, we lost power, internet and even cell service. A neighbour told me we could get information on the radio, so I sat in my car to listen to the local radio station’s updates. That’s how I learned that the water wasn’t safe to drink. The treatment plant was under eight feet of water and the distribution pipes had been washed away.
When we heard it would take weeks or longer to restore basic services, I made plans for my family to leave town. We were lucky—we lived near the highway that was open, and had a full tank of gas and a place to go. So on Sunday we left Asheville to stay with family on the Outer Banks.
1. The author moved to Asheville, N.C. to ______.
A. get closer to the Gulf of Mexico
B. find a new job in South Carolina
C. live near the French Broad River
D. flee California’s drought and wildfire
2. What does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph mean?
A. The family realized the pleasure of playing games.
B. The family decided to stay in the house despite the danger.
C. The family felt alarmed at the sight of the tree crashing down.
D. The family became more at ease about the situation at that time.
3. What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?
A. Timely access to information is important during a disaster.
B. The treatment plant is supposed to be built deep underwater.
C. People must depend on neighbours for survival in a disaster.
D. Protecting water resources promotes a sense of community.
4. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Consequences of a hurricane
B. Measures against the disaster
C. A new beginning in Asheville
D. The experience of a climate refugee

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A
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者从加州搬到阿什维尔寻求气候安全，却因飓风被迫再次迁移的经历，反映了气候变化下人们生活的艰难与无奈。
1. D 细节理解题。根据第一段中“I wasn't prepared to be a climate refugee. Not after relocating my family from drought and wildfire California to the 'climate shelter' of Asheville, N.C.”可知，作者搬到北卡罗来纳州的阿什维尔是为了逃离加利福尼亚州的干旱和野火。故选 D。
2. C 句意理解题。根据第四段中提到的大松树砸到屋顶上，特别是“a large pine tree crashed onto the roof directly above my young son's bedroom while he was playing games”，以及随后提到的儿子未受伤但这一事件“drove home the severity of what was happening around us”可推知，这句话意味着家人在看到树倒下的情景时感到惊恐，符合后文女儿说“I'm scared.”。故选 C。
3. A 推理判断题。根据第五段中“A neighbour told me we could get information on the radio, so I sat in my car to listen to the local radio station's updates. That's how I learned that the water wasn't safe to drink.”可知，在灾难期间，很难获取信息，而有些问题需要保证信息获取，比如饮水安全，说明在灾难期间及时获取信息是很重要的。故选 A。
4. D 标题归纳题。根据第一段中“I wasn't prepared to be a climate refugee.”以及后文描述作者一家因气候灾害而被迫离开阿什维尔可知，文章主要讲述了作者作为一名气候难民的经历。故选 D。