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Few people know the meaning of the word "haboob." Those that do, shudder when they think of it or hear of its approach.

Haboobs are giant dust storms that frequently occur in the desert areas of North Africa. They also occur on the plains of India.

Moving at a rate of thirty or forty miles an hour, these masses of sand sweep across the land, destroying trees, damaging property, and even taking lives.

Haboobs form when rain first begins to fall. The air, cooled by the rain, then picks up the dust and the deadly haboob is formed.

1. The best title is .

(A) Desert Regions of America

(B) Haboobs — Desert Dust Storms

(C) The Speed of Haboobs

(D) Why People Shudder

2. A haboob is a .

(A) rainstorm (B) dust storm

(C) kind of camel (D) water hole

3. A haboob is first caused by .

(A) people (B) the sun

(C) rain (D) giant fans

4. Haboobs must be .

(A) happy events (B) very small

(C) large waves (D) very frightening

5. The underlined word“approach" in Paragraph 1 means .

(A) going away (B) seeing clearly

(C) coming near (D) losing forever

語言積累

haboob n. 哈布沙暴(或塵暴)(發生在非洲北部或印度的--種強烈的

塵暴或沙暴)

shudder v.戰栗，發抖

frequently ad.頻繁地

occur v.發生

mass n. (聚成一體的)團,塊,堆，片,群

property n.財產

take lives 使死亡,使喪命

參考答案

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