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One week before the US presidential election, an enormous Atlantic hurricane slammed the Greater Antilles and the East Coast of the US. The US states of New York (NY) and New Jersey (NJ) were hit the hardest. It is estimated that one third of the 253 fatalities occurred in NY. With $50 billion in damage in the US alone, the ruin brought about by Hurricane Sandy is unfathomable. To date, this is the second costliest hurricane in US history, and it is only exceeded by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.Sandy is the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, reaching an astonishing 1,850 km in diameter. Shortly after its size was revealed, news outlets took to calling Sandy “Frankenstorm” and “The Storm of the Century.” But what made this particular tropical cyclone so powerful was that it combined with another storm coming down from the north. This winter storm, along with Sandy, dumped snow on Philadelphia. In total, Sandy affected 20 US states, left countless people homeless, and displaced hundreds of thousands of others.The day after the storm, climatologists reported that global warming did in fact make Sandy worse. The past few years saw rising sea levels, which caused the storm surges that flooded New York City. A storm surge is a rapid rise in water level caused by high persistent winds and low pressure. As the tide rises, more water can flood the land, and this is what happened in both NY and NJ.In the wake of the storm, climate experts and politicians, as well as everyday residents, said that something needs to be done to lower the chances of another super storm like Sandy.
50. According to the passage, Sandy was called “Frankenstorm” because of its ______.
(A) strength
(B) size
(C) location
(D) speed of movement

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答案：B[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(1),B(2),C(2),D(1),E(0)

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