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1、2019-2020学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题(含解析)第一部分阅读理解（版权：百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Howcanwereducetherisk?Therearefourgeneralapproachestodealingwithvolcanicdangers.Wecantrytokeepthedangerfromoccurring—oftenanimpossibletask.Wecantrytoch
2、angeitspathorreduceitsimpactonexistingdevelopment.Wecantakestepstoprotectfuturedevelopment.Wecanalsodoourbesttohavedisasterresponseplansinplacebeforetheyareneeded.RemovingtheThreatClearly,thereisnowaytostopaneruption.Wecan,however,attempttoreducetheeruption’seffectsbystren
3、gtheningstructures,forexample,buildingprotectiveworkssuchaswallstomakelava(熔岩)flowawayfromdevelopedareas.Sucheffortscanbeandhavebeensuccessful,butareoflimiteduseinalarge-scaleeruption.PlanningfortheFutureProtectingfuturedevelopmentfromvolcanicdangersisasimpletask.Beforebui
4、ldinghouses,weshouldjudgetherisk.Iftheriskseemstoogreat,asaferlocationshouldbefound.Thistypeofplanningisveryeffective,butalltoooften,peoplearedrawntothelush(葱郁的)，rollinglandofaquietvolcano.DisasterPreparedness(预案)Whenavolcanoestolife,afewweeksmaynotbeenoughtimetoavoidatrag
5、edy.Planningisthekeytosavinglives.Wellbeforethewarningsignsoccur,peoplemustbeeducatedaboutvolcanicdangers.Escapeplansmustbeinplace.municationbetweenscientists,officials,themedia,andthegeneralpublicshouldbepracticed.Emergencymeasuresmustbethoughtoutandagreedupon.Ifyoudoubtt
6、heimportanceoftheseefforts,takeanotherlookatpastvolcanictragedies,suchastheeruptionofNevadodelRuiz.municationfailuresleftthetownofArmerounpreparedforescape.Whenadeadlymudflowcamedowntheslope(斜坡),21,000people—90percentofthetown’speople—died.1.Thepassageisintendedfor________
7、.A.thegeneralpublicB.architectsC.adventurersD.geographers2.Whenbuildinghouses,peopletendto________.A.judgevolcanicdangerscarefullyB.takevolcanicdangersseriouslyC.liketolivenearaquietvolcanoD.findasaferplacefarawayfromavolcano3.ThewritermentionedNevadodelRuiztoprove________
8、.A.ThefailuretokeepvolcanicdangersfromhappeningB.Theimportanceofpreparingforavolcanicerup
