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1、温馨提示：此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。阅读提升作业(十三)Module4 Period1阅读理解ASandstorms(沙尘暴)happensuddenlyandhaveeffectsonlargeareas.OneexamplewasasandstormontheWesternRoute.Itmovedquicklysouthward(向南)fromMay4thto6th,1993,havingeffectsonatotalareaof1.1millionsqkm,fromnorthernXi
2、njiangtotheHexiareaofGansu,westernInnerMongoliaandmostoftheNingxiaHuiAutonomousRegion.Thewindspeedreached37.9m/s,andthevisibility(可见度)waslessthan50m.InXinjiang,Gansu,InnerMongoliaandNingxia,85personsdiedand264wereinjured;4,412housesweredamaged,and120,000animalsdiedorwentmissing.Thedirectecon
3、omiclosses(直接的经济损失)wereabout550millionyuan,whichfurtherdamagedtheenvironmentandeconomicdevelopment.AnotherexamplewasthesandstormwhichhappenedfromApril16thto18th,1998.Blowingfromwesttoeast,itevenreachedthelowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiver.Thisneverhappenedinhistory.AsandstormmeetingrainoverBeijin
4、gformed“muddy(多泥的)rain”there.FloatingdusttroubledtheInnerMongoliaAutonomousRegion,Beijing,Ji’nanofShandongProvinceandNanjing.【语篇概述】本文通过对1993年和1998年发生的沙尘暴进行描述,介绍了沙尘暴的危害。1.Howmanyareasdidthesandstormin1993haveeffectson?A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“fromnorthernXinjian
5、gtotheHexiareaofGansu,westernInnerMongoliaandmostoftheNingxiaHuiAutonomousRegion”可知1993年的沙尘暴影响了4个地区。2.Howmanypersonswereinjuredinthesandstormin1993?A.85B.264C.4,412D.120,000【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段中“264wereinjured”可知B项正确。3.Thesandstormin1998startedblowingfrom_______.A.eastB.southC.westD.north【解析】选
6、C。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中“Blowingfromwesttoeast”可知C项正确。4.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothearticle?A.Thesandstormin1998lastedthreedays.B.SandstormsjusthappeninthewestofChina.C.Sandstormsliketheonein1993neverhappenedinhistory.D.Apersoncouldseethebuilding100metersfarfromhiminthesandstormin1993.【解
7、析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段第一句中“fromApril16thto18th”可知1998年的沙尘暴持续了3天。BTherehasbeenadramaticincreaseinthenumberofnaturaldisastersoverthepastfewyears,anditisassumedthatglobalwarmingandclimatechangecouldcauseevenmoredisastersinthefuture.Someoftheworld’sleadingci
