【状元之路】.高中英语 语篇提能3.3 外研版必修3.doc

语篇提能阅读理解athe morning of that march, was a busy one for the students in mrs. goodknights class in henryville, indiana. there was a morning meeting with poems to read, jokes to share, and tests to prepare for. “it was just an ordinary day，” says student lyric darling, 12.at noon, while students played basketball under a sunny sky, a huge tornado was forming 50 miles away. around 2：25 pm., 20 minutes before school was supposed to let out, a huge tornado touched down in fredericksburg, 20 miles away. as word spread, parents rushed to the school. teachers rushed to get kids onto buses or into waiting cars. by 2：45, the skies were darkening. “i was crying，” says lyric. “all around me, kids were crying.” two buses returned to the school with students whose parents had not been home. teachers brought the kids to the office, where they all took cover under desks. suddenly the power went out. and then the tornado attacked the school, filled with wood and trees and glass. the tornado was over the school for less than one minute. in that time, it almost completely destroyed the school. teachers were about to lead the group out of the office when a second tornado was upon them. when it finally ended, the group made its way out of the building.over the next few hours, parents arrived, overjoyed to find their children. the next day, it was clear: all of henryvilles people were safe.there were so many sad and frightening stories. some students saw the tornado with their own eyes. some lost their homes. but many described how the community(社区) came together to help and support each other. “you learn whats important，” mrs. goodknight says.1when did the tornado hit the school?ain the morning. bat noon.caround 2：25. dafter 2：45.2what did the teachers do in the face of the tornado?athey asked all the students to take cover under desks.bthey told parents to wait for their kids at home.cthey sent all the students to their homes.dthey helped the students get on buses.3we can learn from the text that the tornado _.agot many students killedbcaused great damage to the schoolclasted for a few minutesdmade the community feel hopeless答案与解析：1解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段中最后一句“2点45左右，天空暗下来”，可知台风袭击这个学校是在2：45之后。答案：d2解析：推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后两句和第三段对台风发生过程中学校师生活动的叙述可知，面对台风老师们把学生们带到公交车上。答案：d3解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“it almost completely destroyed the school.”可知台风对学校造成了很大的损坏。答案：bbin the past hundred years a million people have died in earthquakes, another million have been killed by hurricanes and tornadoes(龙卷风) and 9 million have lost their lives in floods. in addition to this many millions more have died as a result of hunger and disease. we should also not forget in many of the worlds countries drought, serious water shortage, is a fact of life, especially in the african sahel area bordering the sahara desert.scientists and engineers around the world have made great advances in earthquake engineering. it is, of course, physically impossible to move cities such as tokyo and san francisco that have been built on earthquake belts. but most often it is not the earthquake that kills people. it is the falling buildings, bridges and so on that cause deaths, and such a happening can be greatly reduced by better building programs.finally, perhaps we need to consider the natural disaster that we are causing ourselves. through our mismanagement of the planets resources we have sped up the dying out of hundreds of sorts of plants and animals, at the same time possibly destroying our own longterm surroundings for life. maybe this is one_disaster that could be prevented if we are willing to act with a sense of responsibility.4_people have been killed in natural disasters in the past 100 years.amore than 11 millionb11 millionc10 milliondmore than 1 million5which of the following hasnt killed people?aearthquakes and floods.bhurricanes and tornadoes.cdroughts and water shortage.dnone of the above.6according to the text, we can say that_.aearthquakes can be prevented from happeningbcities built on earthquakes can be moved in timeclosses and deaths caused by earthquakes can be reduced with human effortsdnothing can be done with earthquakes7what does the underlined“one disaster” in the last paragraph refer to?aearthquakes.bmans mismanagement of natural resources.cthe text doesnt tell us.dall of the disasters mentioned.答案与解析：4解析：推理判断题。地震、飓风、龙卷风和洪涝灾害都属于natural disasters, 再加上其他自然灾害造成的死亡人数，由于自然灾害所造成的死亡