Bangkok Thailand’s worst floods in 50 years began ____(36)____ from Bangkok’s suburbs into
the city Fright night, hours after the government ____(37)____ a natural disaster. Over the past two
months, the flooding ____(38)____ a third of the country, causing billions of dollars’ worth of
damage, and led to hundreds of deaths. As Newsweek went into press, sandbags were ____(39)____
around Bangkok and crews were erecting under cinder-block walls in front of the buildings. Stores
were experiencing ____(40)____ on bottled water and instant noodles. And residents went to sleep
uncertain of what the city would look like the next morning.
【題組】37. (A) warned (B) declared (C) refuted (D) declaimed