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Unit6DevelopingideasandPresentingideas能力提升练

一、阅读理解

（2020湖南师范大学附属中学高一上期末）

Ameteorite（陨石）movedquicklyacrosstheskyandexploded（爆炸）overcentralRussiaonFeb.15,rainingfireballsoveravastareaandcausingashockwavethatsmashedwindows,damagedbuildingsandinjured1,200people.

PeopleheadingtoworkinChelyabinskheardwhatsoundedlikeanexplosion,sawabrightlightandthenfelttheshockwave,accordingtoaReutersjournalistintheindustrialcity,1,500kmeastofMoscow.

Thefireball,travellingataspeedof30kmpersecondaccordingtoRussianFederalSpaceAgency（Roscosmos）,hadblazed（熊熊燃烧）acrossthehorizon（地平线）,leavingalongwhitetrailthatcouldbeseenasfaras200kmaway.

Caralarmswentoff,thousandsofwindowswerebrokenandmobilephonenetworkswereinterruptedforashorttime.TheMinistryofInternalAffairssaidthemeteoriteexplosion,averyraresight,alsoreleasedagreatexplosivesound.

Iwasdrivingtowork.Itwasquitedark,butitsuddenlybecamebrightasifitwereday,saidViktorProkofiev,36,aresident（居民）ofYekaterinburgintheUralregion.IfeltlikeIwasblindedbyheadlights（车头灯）.

Themeteorite,whichweighedabout10tonnesandmighthavebeenmadeofiron,enteredEarthsatmosphereandbrokeapart30km-50kmaboveground,accordingtoRussianAcademyofSciences.TheenergyreleasedwhenitenteredtheEarthsatmospherewasequaltothepowerofasmallatomicweaponthatweightsafewkilotonnes,theAcademysaid.

NodeathswerereportedbuttheEmergenciesMinistrysaid20,000rescueandclean-upworkersweresenttotheUralregionafterPresidentVladimirPutintoldEmergenciesMinisterVladimirPuchkovtoeaseandhelpthevictims.

TheInteriorMinistrysaidabout1,200peoplehadbeeninjured,atleast200ofwhomwerechildren,andmostfrombrokenpiecesofglass.

1.Whatdowelearnaboutthemeteoritefromthepassage?

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