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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮总复习第一部分重点全程攻略Unit5Thepowerofnature限时规范特训新人教版选修Ⅰ.阅读理解(建议用时16′)A[xx·长沙一模]EvidenceofviolentstormsthatdestroyedalosttownknownasBritain'sAtlantishasbeenuncovered.ThefindswereuncoveredoffthecoastofDunwich,Suffolk—asmallvillagewhichinthe11thcenturywasoneofthel
2、argesttownsinEngland.Thetownwashitbyaseriesofstormsinthe13thand14thcenturiesandisnowlargelybelowthesea.Researcherssaidsediment(沉积物)gatheredfromthecliffsindependentlyprovedthehistoricalrecord.“Theywerelikethesouthcoaststormsofxx,atleastonceayearfordecades，”ProfessorDavi
3、dSear,oftheUniversityofSouthampton,said.ThethreeyearresearchonDunwichhasbeenfundedbyTouchingtheTide,a￡900,000HeritageLotteryFundplantoexplorethechangingSuffolkcoast.Adiverusedultrasound(超声波)to“illuminate”findingsontheseabed,andthemarshes(沼泽)anderodingcliffsweresurveyed
4、.“Itoffersamarveloushistoryofclimatechangeandcoastalerosion，”saidProf.Searwithregardtothefindings.Inthe11thcentury,Dunwichwasthe10thlargesttowninEngland,butnowhasabout120residents.Twogreatstormsin1286and1326resultedinthelossofitsharbourandstarteditsdecline.Prof.Searsai
5、danalysisshowedhowpeoplegaveuponDunwichafter1338,whenanothergreatstormchokeduptheportforgood,andfoodproductiondeclined.“Sedimentgatheredfromthecliffs，”hesaid,“independentlyconfirmedthesequencesofstormsrecordedinthehistoricalrecord.”Theunderwaterresearchhasbeencarriedou
6、tusingacoustic(声音的)imagingtechnology,andhasunearthedaseriesofbuildings.Wefoundtheruinsofaboutfourchurchesandwe'vealsofoundruinsofwhatwethinkwasatollhouse.We'vealsofoundshipwrecks(沉船),whichnoone'sknownbefore.AdiginxxdiscoveredevidenceofDunwich'sprehistoricorigins,aswell
7、asevidencethatitwasaprosperousSaxonport,priortoitsrapidgrowthfollowingtheNormaninvasion.BillJenman,fromTouchingtheTide,said，“Wefoundloadsofpottery,alotmorethanwe'vefoundbefore,sortofHighMedieval—thepeakofthewealthofDunwich.WeknowitwasafairlymajortownintheAngloSaxonperi
8、od.”篇章导读：本文讲述了研究人员发现了英国一个衰落的小镇“Dunwich”被猛烈的暴风雨摧毁的新证据。1．EvidenceshowsthatDunwichdeclinedinhistorydueto________.A．theri
