高级中学名校试卷

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江苏省连云港市赣榆区2024-2025学年高一下学期

4月期中英语试题

第一部分：听力（略）

第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

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NaturalDisastersin2024:AGlobalChallenge

Lastyear,ourplanetsawmanynaturaldisastersseriouslyaffectingdifferentpartsoftheworld.Herearefourmajoronesthatoccurredin2024.

TheNotoEarthquakeinJapan

OnNewYear’sDay,apowerfulearthquakehappenedintheNotoPeninsulainwesternJapan.SomeareasoftheNotoPeninsulawereliftedasmuchas13feet,around84,000homesdamagedandatotalof14,000peopledirectlyaffected.Sadly,281peoplewerekilledwithmoreseriouslyinjured.

FloodsinSpain

OnOctober29,alargeamountofrainfallhitValenciaofSpainandthesurroundingtownswereflooded.Atotalof216peopledied,halfofwhomwereovertheageof70.Theheavyrainturnedstreetsintorivers,andcarsweretossedaroundasiftheyweretoys.Tomakeitworse,aftertheflood,publicangeroverthelackofwarningandthepoorresponsefromrescueserviceseruptedintostrikes(罢工).

HurricaneHeleneintheUnitedStates

HurricaneHeleneformedonSeptember24andquicklystrengthened,becomingthestrongesttoaffectthearea.AsitmovedacrossthesoutheasternstatesoftheUnitedStates,includingGeorgia,Virginia,TennesseeandAlabama,itleftbehindatrailofdestructionandcausedsevereflooding,takingawaymorethan230people’slives.

TheWayanadLandslide(山体滑坡)inIndia

InJuly,rainstormintheWayanaddistrictinIndia,increasingto22inchesinjusttwodays,broughtaboutlandslides.Thelandslidenearlydestroyedtwovillageswhichwerepreviouslyknownfortheirbreathtakingscenery.ByearlyAugust,thedeathtollhadsadlyrisento392with150peoplereportedmissing.

1.Whichnaturaldisasterin2024causedthemostdeaths?

A.FloodsinSpain. B.TheNotoEarthquakeinJapan.

C.TheWayanadLandslideinIndia. D.HurricaneHeleneintheUnitedStates.

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