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1、韩老师编辑延津县高级中学高三间周考英语试卷第一部分听力（略）提示：高考要求涂卡！第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ANaturaldisasterssuchasearthquakes,tsunamis,andfloodscanoftencomeattheleastexpectedtime．Others,suchashurricanesareincreasingin
2、severityanddestruction．Typically,thosepoorcountriesaretheworsthitfortheyhavetheleastresourcestodealwiththedestructionandrebuildtheirhome．Thispartoftheglobalissues.orgwebsitelooksatsomeoftheseissues．JapanEarthquake,TsunamiandNuclearCrisisTheearthquakeofft
3、hecoastofJapanonMarch11,2011wasoneofthebiggestrecorded,measuring9ontheRichterscale（里氏震级）．Itwastheresultingtsunami,however,thatcausedthemostdestruction．ItdevastatedthenortheastofJapan,leavingmanythousandsdeadormissing,and-hundredsofthousandshomelessorleav
4、ingthearea．Inaddition,variouspowergenerators（发电机组）failed．Someoldernuclearpowerstationsriskedmeltdownandsufferedexplosionsandradioactiveleaks．Workersbattledforweekstotryandbringthesituationundercontrol．Radioactivematerialwasdetectedinvariousplaces．Itistho
5、ughtthatthecostoftheearthquakeandtsunamicouldbeover$300billion-theworld'smostexpensivenaturaldisasteronrecord．HurricaneKatrinaHurricaneKatrinawasadestroyedcategory4（四级）hurricane,thehighestcategory,thathittheGulfofMexicoandvariousSouthernregionsoftheUnite
6、dStatesattheendofAugust,2005,causingtheworstdamageinthatcountry'shistory,estimatedat$100billion．ThefamousNewOrleanscityandsurroundingareaswereworsthitasmuchofitsitssome6feetbelowsealevel．Citydefenses,suchasbanks,onlydesignedforcategory3typehurricanes,gav
7、eway,leadingtoenormousfloodingandassociateddamage,deathanddisplacementofaround100,00014韩老师编辑peoplewhoeitherchosetosaythecourse,orcouldnotaffordtoflee．21．Wherewouldthispassagemostprobablyappear?A．Inatextbook．B．Inamagazine．C．Inapaper．D．Inawebsite．22．Whyare
8、thosepoorcountriestheworsthitbynaturaldisasters?A．Becausetheyarelazyandpoor．B．Becausetheydesirehelpfromrichcountries．C．Becausetheylackresourcestodealwiththedestructionandrebuildtheirhome．D．Becausetheyneverthinkofprotecting
