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下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道題,每道題后面有4個選項。請仔細閱讀短文并根據短文回答其后面的問題,從4個選項中選擇1個最佳答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
第1篇
Hurricane(颶風) Katrina(克特里娜)
A hurricane is fiercely powerful, rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1,240 miles in diameter. The term hurricane is derived from Hurican, the name of a native American storm god. Hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter, known as the eye. They occur in tropical regions. Over its lifetime, one of these storms can release as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs.
The seed for hurricane formation is a cluster of thunderstorms over warm tropical waters. Hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27 C and the surrounding atmosphere is calm. These requirements are met between June and November in the northern hemisphere.
Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into clouds and rain ?C releasing heat in the process. It is this heat energy, combined with the rotation of the Earth, that drives a hurricane.
When the warm column of air from the sea surface first begins to rise, it causes an area of low pressure. This in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area. This spinning wind drags up more moisture-laden air from the sea surface in a process that swells the storm. Cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on the outside of the storm.
Initially, when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour, those mild, wet and grey weather systems are known as depressions. Hurricane Katrina formed in this way over the south-eastern Bahamas on 23 August 2005. Katrina has had a devastating impact on the Gulf Coast of the US, leaving a disaster zone of 90,000 square miles in its wake ?C almost the size of the UK. Thousands have been killed or injured and more half a million people have been misplaced in a humanitarian crisis of a scale not seen in the US since the great depression. The cost of the damage may top $ 100 billion.
1. what is the eye of a hurricane?
A. a native American storm god
B a rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1240 miles in diameter.
C a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter
D a storm that can release as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs
2. Which of the following is NOT the “requirements”mentioned in the second paragraph?
A the tropical waters are warm and calm
B the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27 C
C there are thunderstorms over warm tropical waters
D the atmosphere surrounding the sea is calm
3. which of the following is the best explanation of the word “drive”in the third paragraph?
A to guide, control, or direct
B to force to go through or push in/ hammer in
C to supply the motive force or power and cause to function
D to force to move in a particular direction
4. what does the warm air mentioned in the fourth paragraph produce when it is rising from the sea surface?
A high pressure
B low pressure
C wind
D cold air
5. What is NOT true of Hurricane Katrina according to the last paragraph?
A the area affected is almost the size of the UK
B it left a disaster zone of 90,000 square miles
C half a million people are forced to leave the area
標準答案: C,A,C,B,D
解析:
Hurricane(颶風) Katrina(克特里娜)
1.C. 解析:問題問“什么是颶風的眼睛?”, 問題句中出現了細節詞(eye), 利用該詞作為答案線索, 在文章中查找答案相關句:
(第一段)A hurricane is fiercely powerful, rotating form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1,240 miles in diameter. The term hurricane is derived from Hurican, the name of a native American storm god. Hurricanes are typical of(……是……具有……的特征) a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter, known as(被稱為) the eye. They occur in tropical regions. Over its lifetime, one of these storms can release as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs.
劃線句(答案相關句)說“颶風的特征是一個平靜的低壓中心區, 直徑在12英里到60英里之間, (這個低壓區域)被稱為颶風的眼睛”, 該句內容與C一致, 因此C是答案。
2.A. 解析:問題問“下列哪個選項不是在第2段中提到的'要求'?”被選項的特點是都涉及到細節信息結構, 所以分別利用被選項中的這些細節信息結構作為答案線索(A: tropical waters; B: sea-surface temperature, 27C; C: thunderstorms; D: atmosphere ), 在文章中查找與它們分別形成呼應的語句, 對被選項進行一一判斷:
The seed (種子,原因 ) for hurricane formation (形成, 構成)is a cluster of (一群)thunderstorms over warm tropical waters(與C一致). Hurricanes can only form and be fed(喂養) when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27 C (與B一致)and the surrounding atmosphere is calm(于D一致). These requirements are met (被滿足)between June and November in the northern(北方的, 北部的) hemisphere(半球).
線索詞出現的答案相關句分別于選項C,B和D呼應,而這些細節內容都與該段最后一句中的these requirements 呼應:它們屬于“要求”,因此只有A沒有提到。
3.C. 解析:問題問“下列哪個選項最恰當地解釋了第3段中drive 的含義?”首先找到第3段中的這個詞:
Under these conditions, large quantities of water evaporate and condense into clouds and rain ?C releasing heat in the process. It is this heat(熱,溫度, 加熱) energy, combined with(與……組合) the rotation(旋轉) of the Earth, that drives (驅使)a hurricane.
答案相關句(drive 在文章中所在的句子)說“正是這種熱量, 與地球的旋轉共同作用, 驅動颶風”, 顯然被選項C與drive在句子中的基本含義最接近:提供動力, 使(颶風)活動(驅動颶風)
4.B. 解析:問題問“第4段中提到的暖流當它從海面升起時產生了什么?”利用問題句中的細節信息(warm air)作為答案線索, 在第4段中查找答案相關句:
When the warm column(圓柱狀,圓柱)of air from the sea surface first begins to (開始)rise, it causes(造成) an area of low pressure. This in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area. This spinning wind drags up more moisture-laden air from the sea surface in a process that swells the storm. Cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on the outside of the storm.
第4段第1句就是答案相關句,該局說“當來自海面的溫暖的圓柱狀氣流開始上升時,它造成了低壓區域”, 因此B是答案。
5.D. 解析:問題問“根據最后一段,下列哪個說法與颶風卡特里娜的實際情況不一致?”, 被選項D(人道主義危機所帶來的危害性與經濟大蕭條的危害性一樣嚴重)與文章主題(颶風)偏差較大, 因此D可能是答案。
Initially, when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour, those mild, wet and grey weather systems are known as depressions. Hurricane Katrina formed in this way over the south-eastern Bahamas on 23 August 2005. Katrina has had a devastating(破壞性的) impact on (對……產生影響)the Gulf Coast(海灣沿岸) of the US, leaving(留下) a disaster zone of 90,000 square miles in its wake (在……之后)?C almost the size of the UK. (該句說“颶風卡特里娜對海灣沿岸造成了破壞性的影響,颶風結束后留下了面積為9萬平方英里的災難區, 這幾乎與英國的面積一樣大”, 該句內容與與A和B一致)Thousands have been killed or injured and more half a million people have been misplaced (被迫離開)in a humanitarian crisis of a scale(規模,比例, 刻度, 等級) not seen (被看見得)in the US since the great depression.(該句提到“50萬人被迫離開”, 這與C一致) The cost of the damage(損失) may top(超過, 最高的,頭等的, 頂部?。?$ 100 billion.
根據上面的分析, 只有D的內容與文章中相關內容不一致。