周测卷九 Unit 4 Natural disasters Reading & Useful Words and Expressions (40分钟 100分) 必备知识点 教材同步词汇 关键能力点 drought、destroy、affect等词的用法 命题情境点 人与自我 人与社会 人与自然 七选五 完形填空 阅读 一、单句填空(共10小题;每小题3分,满分30分) 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 1.Years of fighting have left the area ruins. 2.Crop failures this year were mainly caused by (dry). 3.No one (trap) in the train during the accident. 4.The thieves (slide) down the roof and dropped to the ground. 5.He died while trying (rescue) his children from the big fire. 6.The roof of Notre Dame Cathedral (destroy) by the great fire in 2019. 7.You can learn to (breath) under water using special equipment. 8.The type of audience often (affect) what you say and how you say it. 9.The president's unexpected (die) has thrown the country into chaos. 10.There is only one thing that people can't take away from you, and that is your (wise). 二、阅读(共4小题;每小题5分,满分20分) 阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When hurricanes, floods and fires hit, everyone can struggle to respond and cope, but new research suggests that women, people with kids under 18, renters, and the poor are the most vulnerable (易受影响的) to weather disasters. “These groups need special help before disasters occur to make sure that they're equipped to act,” said lead researcher Smitha Rao, an assistant professor of social work at the Ohio State University. “Focusing on vulnerable groups, understanding their specific barriers, and connecting them to resources within the community are key strategies to ensure no one is left behind when a disaster strikes,” Rao said in a university news release. For the study, Rao's team used data from the 2018 Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Household Survey, which asked over 4,700 Americans questions about their preparedness for disasters. Rao's team looked at factors linked with preparedness. They found that believing in being ready for disasters was tied with being at least adequately prepared. However, people who didn't believe in their ability to act in an emergency were less likely to be prepared, the findings showed. It was no surprise that poor people were less likely to be prepared, Rao said. People who are strenuous to meet day-to-day needs often don't have the ability and resources to plan for everyday events, let alone for disasters, she said. Rao's group also found that people who had received information about preparing for a disaster were more likely to be prepared. “But 56% of the sample reported not receiving any information on preparedness in the past six months, so this is an important area of intervention (干预),” she said. “We need to find ways to help those who are most at risk of the consequences of disasters.” 11.How did the researchers get their findings A.By interviewing people. B.By doin ... ...
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