人教版（2019）高中英语必修一期末阅读专项训练五（含解析）

人教版（2019）高中英语必修一 期末阅读专项训练五 姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 阅读理解 A In the hottest months of each year, many powerful storms are born in the Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of these, only about half a dozen cause the strong, circling winds of 75 miles per hour or more that are named hurricanes, and several usually make their way to the coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and most seriously, bring death to large numbers of people. The great storms that hit the coast start as harmless circling disturbances (大气搅动) hundreds, even thousands, of miles out at sea. As they travel aimlessly over water warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the trade winds. When conditions are just right, warm, wet air flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance, moves upward through it and comes out at the top. In this course, the wetness in this warm air produces rains, and with it the heat is changed into energy in the form of strong winds. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to swirl (旋转) in a counter-clockwise (逆时针) motion. The average life of a hurricane is only about nine days but it contains almost more power than we can imagine. The hidden energy of the heat given off by a hurricane’s rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire electrical needs of the US for more than six months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and destruction in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6-to-12-inch downpour resulting in sudden floods. Worst of all is the powerful movement of the sea, the mountains of water moving toward the low-pressure hurricane center. The water level rises as much as 15 feet above normal as it moves towards shore. 1．What is the most serious loss that hurricanes lead to A．Strong winds. B．People’s death. C．Heavy rainstorms. D．A large amount of money. 2．In which season does a hurricane usually occur A．Spring. B．Summer. C．Autumn. D．Winter. 3．The underlined word “downpour” probably refers to_____. A．heavy rainfall B．downward waves C．the pour of seawater D．the movement of circling disturbances 4．What is the passage mainly talking about A．The motion of counter-clockwise swirling. B．The process of changing strong winds into storms. C．The main cause of a hurricane and its severe destruction. D．The hidden energy shown through destructive hurricanes. B Adelaide schoolgirl Tilly Williams, aged 11, has broken a world distance running record, beating other girls who were eight years older than her to run 5000m in just 17 minutes and 22.7 seconds. The Parkside Primary student beat the previous record by 19 seconds, making her the fastest distance runner under the age of 19 across 60 countries. Tilly started running just two years ago and has already shot straight to the top. When some of her friends informed her of the international record, she decided to give it a try while competing at the SA State Championships. Since then, she has run two to three ti ... ...