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Deadliest hurricanes
In 1903 Benjamin Spock was born in America.After he attended
The category-4 Hurricane Galveston made a surprising landing
Yale University he joined a sports team that competed in rolling
UNIT 5 HUMANS AND NATURE
along the Texas coast on September 8,1900.It caused a 16-foot
boats,which in 1924 won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in
storm wave and its wind speed reached 150 mph.
Paris.He used to work at a camp for disabled children for three
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A large part of the city of Galveston,Texas,was left in ruins
summers during his years at Yale.And the experience probably led to
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The number of deaths reached 12,000 on Galveston Island and the
his decision to enter Yale Medical School,and finally completing his
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mainland.It remains the deadliest weather disaster in the US history
medical degree at Columbia University in New York.From 1933 he
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as it gave the people no time to move out.
worked as a baby doctor,trying to fit the theories (about how
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1.How many category-5 storms have stricken the US since 1900?
children develop with what mothers told him about their children.
A.1.
B.2.
During the 1950s,Dr.Spock became famous.He wrote articles for
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C.3.
D.4.
magazines,appeared on TV programmes,taught at universities and
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Using 1900 as a starting point,here's a look at some of the
2.Which is the costliest hurricane in the US?
gave speeches to talk to parents about their concerns ()
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most powerful and destructive hurricanes in the last 120 years in
A.Hurricane Camille.
Benjamin died in 1998 at 95.Yet his advice still continues to affect
the US.
B.Hurricane Andrew.
the lives of millions of children and their parents.
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Most powerful hurricanes
C.Hurricane Katrina.
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four
Hurricane Camille,which landed on August 17,1969 near
D.Labor Day Hurricane.
heart surgeries (reached the top of Mount Qo