36.B细节题。第一段第二、三句:艰苦的训练会使你耗尽体力,身体虚弱,是休息让你身 体强壮起来。成绩的提高只会出现在训练后的休息时期。 37.C推理题。第二段:超负荷训练综合症是指训练后未得到充分休息的 种症状。 Compensate for弥补,补上 8.D细节题。第二段的最后一句:它的标志是体力恢复期后持续的疲劳。 39. C level off平行飞翔:使平坦;事业上不能再进展;持平。例如: The pla e leveled off at 30, 000 feet. Inflation has begun to level off. 40.D文章末尾作者建议引起疲劳的疾病不应该被误认为是超负荷训练综合 症。第四段的最后一句:有必要排除引起疲劳的任何隐藏的疾病。 Part Im Vocabulary 1.C这是些倔强的人,没人能轻易地说服他们改变主意。 persuade 劝说,说服。tilt(使)倾斜,(使)翘起。 convert转换,转变。例如: How can i convert dollar into rem yuan? suppress压制,压抑。例如: She could hardly suppress a smile. 42.B马戏团一直很受欢迎,因为它既能让年轻人又能让老年人着迷 facilitate使便利,推动,帮助,使容易。 immerse使浸没,使沉浸在。例如: I immersed myself in reading. fascinate强烈地吸引 Any thing to do with my ths and legends fasc inates me. indulge使沉溺于:纵容,迁就。例如: The king indulged himself in delights of leasure 43.D经过耐心的盘问,律师设法从证人那里套出许多情报。 elicit 正式)引出,探出(实情)。 evacuate疏散,撤出,撤离(危险地)。 Impart(正式)赋 予,传授(特性,感情);透露(情报)。 withdraw取钱:部队撤离;撤下(到厨房,卧室) 44.C乔治喜欢谈论别人的私事,他是一个爱说长道短的人。 solicit or律师; coward胆小的人: rebel反叛者。 45.D新秘书写了一篇相当精彩的报道,只有短短数百字,却囊括所 有重要细节。 elaborate精心制作的。 concIse简明的,简洁的。 precise精确的。 brisk 轻快的,敏捷的 46.D由于一路从学校快跑,当他进来时,脸庞泛红。 flush(由于 尴尬等)变红。 flare(火焰)摇曳,闪烁: flutter(鸟)拍打翅膀; fluctuate(价格 )波动 47.B钢不像铸铁,它不易破碎; brittle易破碎的; elastic有弹 性的,有弹力的; adaptable易改变的,易适应的; flexible灵活的,易弯曲的。 48.C把英语作为外语来学习的最大的问题就是缺少与高水平的英语 谈话者进行口语交际的机会。 verbal口头的,口语的; instantaneous瞬间发生的; provo cative挑衅的,挑逗的;dual成双的,二重的。 49.B在十年的时间内,他们将荒山变成了绿林。 barren荒芜的;v acant空着的,未被占用的; weird怪诞的,奇怪的, wasteful浪费的。 50.D我们此次伦敦之行,最重要的是为了参观白金汉宫。 summi t 山顶:顶点,极点:首脑会议。例如: The summit meeting of the heads of European countr s has been arranged to discuss the matter.peak山峰: height高度; highlight最 突出(精彩)的部分(场面),最重要的(引人注目的)比赛
36．B 细节题。第一段第二、三句：艰苦的训练会使你耗尽体力，身体虚弱，是休息让你身 体强壮起来。成绩的提高只会出现在训练后的休息时期。 37．C 推理题。第二段：超负荷训练综合症是指训练后未得到充分休息的一 种症状。Compensate for 弥补，补上。 38．D 细节题。第二段的最后一句：它的标志是体力恢复期后持续的疲劳。 39．C level off 平行飞翔；使平坦；事业上不能再进展；持平。例如：The plan e leveled off at 30,000 feet. Inflation has begun to level off. 40．D 文章末尾作者建议引起疲劳的疾病不应该被误认为是超负荷训练综合 症。第四段的最后一句：有必要排除引起疲劳的任何隐藏的疾病。 Part Ⅲ Vocabulary 41．C 这是些倔强的人，没人能轻易地说服他们改变主意。persuade 劝说，说服。tilt (使)倾斜，(使)翘起。convert 转换，转变。例如：How can I convert dollar into REM Yuan? suppress 压制，压抑。例如：She could hardly suppress a smile. 42．B 马戏团一直很受欢迎，因为它既能让年轻人又能让老年人着迷 。facilitate 使便利，推动, 帮助, 使容易。immerse 使浸没，使沉浸在。例如：I immersed myself in reading. fascinate 强烈地吸引 Anything to do with myths and legends fasc inates me. indulge 使沉溺于；纵容，迁就。 例如：The king indulged himself in delights of leasure. 43．D 经过耐心的盘问，律师设法从证人那里套出许多情报。elicit （正式）引出，探出（实情）。evacuate 疏散，撤出，撤离（危险地）。impart（正式）赋 予，传授（特性，感情）；透露（情报）。withdraw 取钱；部队撤离；撤下（到厨房，卧室）。 44．C 乔治喜欢谈论别人的私事，他是一个爱说长道短的人。solicit or 律师； coward 胆小的人；rebel 反叛者。 45．D 新秘书写了一篇相当精彩的报道，只有短短数百字，却囊括所 有重要细节。elaborate 精心制作的。concise 简明的，简洁的。precise 精确的。brisk 轻快的，敏捷的。 46．D 由于一路从学校快跑，当他进来时，脸庞泛红。flush（由于 尴尬等）变红。 flare（火焰）摇曳，闪烁； flutter（鸟）拍打翅膀；fluctuate（价格 ）波动。 47．B 钢不像铸铁，它不易破碎；brittle 易破碎的；elastic 有弹 性的，有弹力的；adaptable 易改变的，易适应的；flexible 灵活的，易弯曲的。 48．C 把英语作为外语来学习的最大的问题就是缺少与高水平的英语 谈话者进行口语交际的机会。verbal 口头的，口语的；instantaneous 瞬间发生的； provo cative 挑衅的，挑逗的； dual 成双的，二重的。 49．B 在十年的时间内，他们将荒山变成了绿林。barren 荒芜的；v acant 空着的，未被占用的； weird 怪诞的，奇怪的，wasteful 浪费的。 50．D 我们此次伦敦之行，最重要的是为了参观白金汉宫。summit 山顶；顶点，极点；首脑会议。例如：The summit meeting of the heads of European countrie s has been arranged to discuss the matter. peak 山峰；height 高度； highlight 最 突出（精彩）的部分（场面），最重要的（引人注目的）比赛
51.D哈罗得宣称他是一个严厉的名艺术家,事实上,他是一个骗子 fraud骗子,骗局; alien外国的,异族的,外星人: counterpart相对应的人或者物: client客户。 52.A只要控制在预算内,我们预计完成计划没有困难。 foresee预 infer推知/断; fabricate制造; inhibit阻止,抑制,使拘谨。 他在找寻一个工作,以便给他的事业有更大的发展空间。scop e(for)(供采取行动,思考等的)天地,机会,余地; insight洞察力; momentum势头, 动力: phase时期,阶段 4.D我女儿就读的高中附属于我们大学。 mingle混合,混入:aff ciliate并入(更大的组织),加盟 55.A布朗一家住在郊区一所宽敞而舒适的带有家具的房子里。spac ious宽敞的; sufficient(量,程度)充分的,足够的;wide宽的,广阔的(二维平面上 ; wretched可怜的,悲惨的。 56.B会员证使持有者有权使用俱乐部的设施达一年之久。 authoriz e使有权力做某事; rectify(正式)改正: endow向捐款; endow somebody with使天生 赋有。 57.C哈佛大学将拉丁文从入学的必考科目中取消。 do away with 废除,取消; compulsory强制性,义务的; influential有影响力的; indispensable,必 需的,必不可少的; essential本质的,实质的,基本的,提炼的,精华的 58.A这不是巧合,大量的暴力罪行是在酒精的作用下发生的。coin cidence巧合; Inspiration灵感: correspondence通信;符合,一致; intuition直觉 59.B回忆里的大学时光比实际的要幸福一些。 retrospect回顾,回 想; retention(正式)保持,保留: revere(正式)尊敬,敬重。 60.D她随意地翻动着杂志,并未真正地看。flip翻动; tumble跌 到,绊到; switch转换,转变;Toss抛,掷。 61.A科学家正竭力使用现有的技术企图从地球那获取更多的能量 extract提取;拔出,抽出; discharge(正式)允许离开:卸下; inject注射; drain使 排出(油,水等),喝干,耗尽 62.D中国红十字会捐赠了大笔的钱以救济土耳其地震中的难民。c ontribute(常与to连用)捐款,捐献,如“ contribute food and clothing to the relief of the poor.(捐助食品和衣物救济贫民)”。 administer管理,执行 elevate 举起,提拔,振奋,提升……的职位; assess估定,评定。 63.B这一段的第一句含义模糊,有多种解释。 ambiguous含糊其词 的,可作多种解释的,模棱两可的; Intricate复杂的,错综的,难以理解的; duplicate 复制; confused困惑的,烦恼的。 64.A他们过去常常吵架,但是现在完全和好了。 reconcile和解,如be/ become reconciled with sb.同某人言归于好; negotiate(常与with连用)商议 ,协商,商谈; associate(with)和……来往,和……共事,同……联合;(在思想上) 同……联系在一起; accommodate供应,向……提供,容纳,调停,调解(及物动词 65.C突发的流行病并未怎么影响当地的生意。 hamper妨碍,牵制; intervene干涉,干预,插入,介λ; insulate使绝缘,隔离; hoist升起,吊起,扯起
51．D 哈罗得宣称他是一个严厉的名艺术家，事实上，他是一个骗子 ；fraud 骗子，骗局；alien 外国的，异族的，外星人；counterpart 相对应的人或者物； client 客户。 52．A 只要控制在预算内，我们预计完成计划没有困难。foresee 预 见；infer 推知/断；fabricate 制造；inhibit 阻止，抑制，使拘谨。 53．B 他在找寻一个工作，以便给他的事业有更大的发展空间。scop e (for )（供采取行动，思考等的）天地，机会，余地；insight 洞察力；momentum 势头， 动力； phase 时期，阶段。 54．D 我女儿就读的高中附属于我们大学。mingle 混合，混入；aff iliate 并入(更大的组织)，加盟。 55．A 布朗一家住在郊区一所宽敞而舒适的带有家具的房子里。spac ious 宽敞的；sufficient（量，程度）充分的，足够的；wide 宽的, 广阔的（二维平面上 ）；wretched 可怜的，悲惨的。 56．B 会员证使持有者有权使用俱乐部的设施达一年之久。authoriz e 使有权力做某事；rectify （正式）改正；endow 向捐款; endow somebody with 使天生 赋有。 57．C 哈佛大学将拉丁文从入学的必考科目中取消。do away with 废除，取消；compulsory 强制性，义务的；influential 有影响力的；indispensable，必 需的,必不可少的； essential 本质的, 实质的, 基本的, 提炼的, 精华的 58．A 这不是巧合，大量的暴力罪行是在酒精的作用下发生的。coin cidence 巧合；inspiration 灵感；correspondence 通信；符合，一致；intuition 直觉 。 59．B 回忆里的大学时光比实际的要幸福一些。retrospect 回顾，回 想； retention（正式）保持，保留； revere（正式）尊敬，敬重。 60．D 她随意地翻动着杂志，并未真正地看。flip 翻动；tumble 跌 到，绊到；switch 转换，转变； Toss 抛，掷。 61．A 科学家正竭力使用现有的技术企图从地球那获取更多的能量。 extract 提取；拔出，抽出；discharge（正式）允许离开；卸下；inject 注射；drain 使 排出（油，水等），喝干, 耗尽。 62．D 中国红十字会捐赠了大笔的钱以救济土耳其地震中的难民。 c ontribute （常与 to 连用）捐款，捐献，如“ contribute food and clothing to the relief of the poor.（捐助食品和衣物救济贫民）”。administer 管理, 执行 elevate 举起, 提拔, 振奋, 提升……的职位;assess 估定, 评定。 63．B 这一段的第一句含义模糊，有多种解释。ambiguous 含糊其词 的，可作多种解释的，模棱两可的；Intricate 复杂的, 错综的, 难以理解的；duplicate 复制；confused 困惑的, 烦恼的。 64．A 他们过去常常吵架，但是现在完全和好了。reconcile 和解，如 be /become reconciled with sb.同某人言归于好； negotiate （常与 with 连用）商议 ，协商，商谈；associate （with ）和……来往,和……共事, 同……联合; (在思想上) 同……联系在一起； accommodate 供应, 向……提供, 容纳, 调停, 调解（及物动词）。 65．C 突发的流行病并未怎么影响当地的生意。hamper 妨碍, 牵制； intervene 干涉, 干预, 插入, 介入；insulate 使绝缘, 隔离；hoist 升起，吊起，扯起
66.D这次竞赛最重要的评估标准是设计作品的独创性。 criterion( 批评判断的)标准,规范: threshold开始,开端,极限; partition分割,划分,瓜分, 分开,隔离物: warrant授权,(正当)理由,根据,证明,凭证,委任状,批准,许可证 67.C这位妇女担心服用阿司匹林有副作用,但她的医生向她保证绝 对无害。 reassure使……安心,再保证,使…恢复信心,打消……的疑虑; retrieve重 新 得到; release释放,解放,放弃,让与,免除,发表; revive(使)苏醒,(使)复兴,(使 )复活,(使)再生效,回想 68.C我们不禁怀疑鲍伯,当办公室的钱被盗之后,他刚买了一辆跑 车。 suspicious可疑的,引起怀疑的,如“be/ feel suspicious of对……怀疑.例如: am su spicious of that woman-i think she may have stolen something from our shop. # 很怀疑那位妇女,我想她可能偷了我们商店的东西。 skeptical(倾向)怀疑的,好怀疑的, 如 be skeptical about(对某事)怀疑; appreciative欣赏的,有欣赏力的,表示感激的 承认有价值的; tolerant容忍的,宽恕的。 69.A他十分反感出版这本书,认为这是侵犯他人隐私。 privacy特指个人隐私,隐私权 morality道德; dignity尊严,高贵: secrecy秘密,普通用词。 70.B事实上,当他走近这座著名的雕像时,他只是在克制冲动,不去伸手掏相机; impulse 冲动,欲望; Impatience不耐烦,急躁; incentive动机;init lative主动,如: take the initiative采取主动。 PartⅣEr 【短文大意】文中谈到美国人的家庭梦想,希望拥有自己的房子,和家人团聚在一起 S1. no not修饰形容词用not(副词),修饰名词才用no(形容词)。 S2. place land land作土地,田地,地皮解释时,是不可数名词。 place而是可数名词 S3. started start为了与前面的find, build结构一致,故去掉-ed。 S4. working work为了与live并列,一般现在时。 S5. anyone everyone根据语义应该用 everyone表示每个人,而 anyone表示泛指,任 何 一个人。 S6.but(去掉) Although后面不能跟but S7. before after根据上下文判断应该是二战以后。 S8. But And应该是递进关系而不是转折关系 S9. it they指代的是 houses,应该用复数。 S10.在 house后增加 as regard.as把……视为/认为… Part v Writing It can be discerned that the American students prefer to read the popular no vels rather than any other kind of books, such as the unpopular fictions, techn cal books, poems and so on. The percentage of the popular novel is about 68. 2%c urrently. Comparatively, other kind of novels is about 16. 8%, 8. 3%, and 5. 2%. It is not difficult to understand why the popular novels can attract so man y students. The popular novel is interesting, and not so abstract as books that are full of the ma thematic formulaes. However, as university students, study is t
66．D 这次竞赛最重要的评估标准是设计作品的独创性。criterion ( 批评判断的)标准, 规范；threshold 开始, 开端, 极限；partition 分割, 划分, 瓜分, 分开, 隔离物；warrant 授权,（正当）理由, 根据, 证明, 凭证, 委任状, 批准, 许可证 。 67．C 这位妇女担心服用阿司匹林有副作用，但她的医生向她保证绝 对无害。reassure 使……安心, 再保证, 使……恢复信心, 打消……的疑虑；retrieve 重 新 得到；release 释放, 解放, 放弃, 让与, 免除, 发表；revive (使)苏醒, (使)复兴, (使 )复活, (使)再生效, 回想。 68．C 我们不禁怀疑鲍伯，当办公室的钱被盗之后，他刚买了一辆跑 车。suspicious 可疑的，引起怀疑的，如“be /feel suspicious of 对……怀疑. 例如： I am su spicious of that woman— I think she may have stolen something from our shop. 我 很怀疑那位妇女，我想她可能偷了我们商店的东西。skeptical (倾向)怀疑的, 好怀疑的， 如 be skeptical about（对某事）怀疑; appreciative 欣赏的, 有欣赏力的, 表示感激的 , 承认有价值的; tolerant 容忍的, 宽恕的。 69．A 他十分反感出版这本书，认为这是侵犯他人隐私。privacy 特指个人隐私，隐私权； morality 道德；dignity 尊严, 高贵；secrecy 秘密，普通用词。 70．B 事实上，当他走近这座著名的雕像时，他只是在克制冲动，不去伸手掏相机；impulse 冲动，欲望； impatience 不耐烦， 急躁；incentive 动机;init iative 主动，如：take the initiative 采取主动。 Part Ⅳ Error Correction 【短文大意】文中谈到美国人的家庭梦想，希望拥有自己的房子，和家人团聚在一起。 S1. no not 修饰形容词用 not （副词），修饰名词才用 no （形容词）。 S2. place land land 作土地，田地，地皮解释时，是不可数名词。place 而是可数名词 。 S3. started start 为了与 前面的 find ,build 结构一致，故去掉-ed。 S4. working work 为了与 live 并列，一般现在时。 S5. anyone everyone 根据语义应该用 everyone 表示每个人，而 anyone 表示泛指，任 何 一个人。 S6. but (去掉) Although 后面不能跟 but。 S7. before after 根据上下文判断应该是二战以后。 S8. But And 应该是递进关系而不是转折关系。 S9. it they 指代的是 houses ，应该用复数。 S10.在 house 后增加 as regard...as 把……视为/认为…… Part V Writing It can be discerned that the American students prefer to read the popular no vels rather than any other kind of books, such as the unpopular fictions, techni cal books, poems and so on. The percentage of the popular novel is about 68.2% c urrently. Comparatively, other kind of novels is about 16.8%, 8.3%, and 5.2%. It is not difficult to understand why the popular novels can attract so man y students. The popular novel is interesting, and not so abstract as books that are full of the mathematic formulaes. However, as university students, study is t
he primary task for us to do. So it dvisable that we should pay more attent n to the books in our major Fictions may make our life rich and colorful, but i t cannot become the ma jor part of our life As far as I am concerned, I would like to spend my spare time on reading ademic collection of dissertations, periodicals in my major, such as technology digests, computer newspapers and so forth, because I want to do a good job in my subjects. Fortunatel dreams come true. Meanwhile, I have gained other thin gs, i.e. I' ve laid a solid foundation in specialized field, which makes me feel easy to contrive the electronic circuits that have to be done during our bachelo r years. Thanks to those book Part Three答案部分 2003年6月 大学英语六级考试历年全真试卷 参考答案详细解答和录音文字材料 Part I Listening Comprehension 1. W: Raise your head a little bit and hold the saddle And smile a little. You look wonderful posing like that. Should I press the shutter?V= M: Wait a minute. Let me put on a cowboy hat. Q: What are the speakers doing? 2. M: I m still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application letter for me. W: Why bother her?1 ll show you how to use the computer It's quite easy Q: What does the woman mean? M: Hey-where'd you find the journal?I need it, too. \= W: Right here on the shelf. Don t worry, John. I ll take it out on my card for both Q: What does the woman mean? 4. M: Thank you for your helpful assistance. Otherwise, I' d surely have missed it. Th
he primary task for us to do. So it’s advisable that we should pay more attentio n to the books in our major. Fictions may make our life rich and colorful, but i t cannot become the major part of our life. As far as I am concerned, I would like to spend my spare time on reading ac ademic collection of dissertations, periodicals in my major, such as technology digests, computer newspapers and so forth, because I want to do a good job in my subjects. Fortunately, my dreams come true. Meanwhile, I have gained other thin gs, i.e. I’ve laid a solid foundation in specialized field, which makes me feel easy to contrive the electronic circuits that have to be done during our bachelo r years. Thanks to those books! Part Three 答案部分 2003 年 6 月 大学英语六级考试历年全真试卷 参考答案 详细解答和录音文字材料 Part I Listening Comprehension Section A 1.W:Raise your head a little bit and hold the saddle.And smile a little.You look wonderful posing like that.Should I press the shutter?\= M:Wait a minute.Let me put on a cowboy hat.\= Q:What are the speakers doing? 2.M:I’m still waiting for my sister to come back and type the application letter for me.\= W:Why bother her?I’ll show you how to use the computer.It’s quite easy.\= Q:What does the woman mean? 3.M:Hey-where’d you find the journal?I need it,too.\= W:Right here on the shelf.Don’t worry,John.I’ll take it out on my card for both of us.\= Q:What does the woman mean? 4.M:Thank you for your helpful assistance.Otherwise,I’d surely have missed it.Th
e place is so out of the way. \ W: It was a pleasure meeting you. Goodbye Q: Why does the man thank the woman? 5. W: Were informed that the 11: 30 train is late again. M: Why did the railway company even bother to print the schedule?\E Q: What do we know from the conversation? 6. M: Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly. It contains a lot of useful information. W: Why not read it in the library and save the money?V= Q: What is the womans advice to the man? 7.M: I ve been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be ex cellent. And with our student discount, the tickets will be real cheap W: Uh-oh. I' m afraid I left my student I.D. card in the dorm. V Q: What does the woman impl 8. M: Mister Smith, our history professor, announced that we'll be doing two paper and three exams this semester. I wonder how i' m going to pull through when two ot her courses have similar requirements. W: Well can' t you drop one course and pick it up next semester?\ Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 9. W: Renting a conference room at the hotel will cost us too much. We' re already r unning In M: How about using our dining room for the meeting?= Q: What s worrying the woman? 10. W: Jerry, can you pick me up after work today ?I left my car at the garage. F M: Im afraid I can't. i have scheduled a meeting with a client at dinner time Q: What is the man going to do? B Pa assage one A few months ago, millions of people in London heard alarms all over the te rgency services, the fire departmen t, the p olice, hospitals and ambulances by, ready to go into action. In railway and underground stations, people read notices and maps which told them where to go and what to do in the emergency. This was Exercise Flood Call, to prepare people for a flood emergency. London wasn't fl ooded, yet. But it is possible that it would be In 1236 and in 1663, London was badly flooded In 1928, people living in Westminste r, the heart of London, drowned in floods. And in 1953, one hundred people living or the eastern edge of the london suburbs were killed again in the floods. At last Greater London Council took action to prevent this disaster from happening again. Though a flood wall was built in the 1980s, Londoners still mu prepar fo r the possible disaster. If it happens, 50 underground stations will be under wate r. Electricity, gas, and phone services will be out of action. Roads will be drowned. It will be impossible to cross any of the bridges between north and south londo n Imagine! London will look like the famous Italian city, Venice
e place is so out of the way.\= W:It was a pleasure meeting you.Goodbye.\= Q:Why does the man thank the woman? 5.W:We’re informed that the 11:30 train is late again.\= M:Why did the railway company even bother to print the schedule?\= Q:What do we know from the conversation? 6.M:Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly.It contains a lot of useful information.\= W:Why not read it in the library and save the money?\= Q:What is the woman’s advice to the man? 7.M:I’ve been waiting all week for this concert.The performance is said to be ex cellent.And with our student discount,the tickets will be real cheap. W:Uh-oh.I’m afraid I left my student I.D. card in the dorm.\= Q:What does the woman imply? 8.M:Mister Smith,our history professor,announced that we’ll be doing two papers and three exams this semester.I wonder how I’m going to pull through when two ot her courses have similar requirements.\= W:Well can’t you drop one course and pick it up next semester?\= Q:What does the woman suggest the man do? 9.W:Renting a conference room at the hotel will cost us too much.We’re already r unning in the red.\= M:How about using our dining room for the meeting?\= Q:What’s worrying the woman? 10.W:Jerry,can you pick me up after work today?I left my car at the garage.\= M:I’m afraid I can’t.I have scheduled a meeting with a client at dinner time.\= Q:What is the man going to do? Section B Passage One A few months ago,millions of people in London heard alarms all over the town.Eme rgency services,the fire department,the police,hospitals and ambulances stood by ,ready to go into action.In railway and underground stations,people read notices and maps which told them where to go and what to do in the emergency.This was “Exercise Flood Call,” to prepare people for a flood emergency.London wasn’t fl ooded,yet.But it is possible that it would be. In 1236 and in 1663,London was badly flooded.In 1928,people living in Westminste r,the heart of London,drowned in floods.And in 1953,one hundred people living on the eastern edge of the London suburbs were killed again in the floods.At last, Greater London Council took action to prevent this disaster from happening again .Though a flood wall was built in the 1980’s,Londoners still must be prepared fo r the possible disaster.If it happens,50 underground stations will be under wate r.Electricity,gas,and phone services will be out of action.Roads will be drowned .It will be impossible to cross any of the bridges between north and south Londo n.Imagine!London will look like the famous Italian city,Venice