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课时提升作业 二十四
必修5 Unit 4 Making the news
(限时35分钟)
Ⅰ. 阅读理解
A
There is always something that happens in the world that everyone fears will happen to their town, city or country: natural disasters. The scariest part of it is that no one will ever see it coming. Though technology helps us prepare, but it never actually tells the people when it’s going to hit. It is always estimated but the result is never 100% accurate.
However, that is not the point of this article. Two different natural disasters in two different parts of the world have happened in the past few weeks. One was a major flood that has hit Louisiana in the United States. The other was an earthquake that hit Amatrice, Italy. However, there is a major difference in the news coverage of the two tragedies.
As for the flooding in Louisiana, it is reported that this disaster is the worst to hit the United States since Super-storm Sandy and it’ll cost at least $30 million. In only the first couple of weeks, 13 people had died. However, like me, many people did not hear about this tragic event. I did not learn about it until about three weeks after it happened.
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In Italy, however, it covered all media instantly. The earthquake in Italy happened on Tuesday morning. That same day, I was on Twitter and that was all that was over the news feed. Every other post was about the earthquake. Some would have the opinion that Amatrice, Italy was one of the most beautiful towns in that country. I got in deep sorrow because there were more people killed in this quake than the flooding. So far, they have a total of 73 dead and over one hundred missing.
I understand that technically the earthquake in Italy was worse than the floods in Louisiana. However, I believe that if a natural disaster happens, they all should be equally covered and taken equally seriously. We are one world united and should be there for all of the people who are in need of help. We may not be able to accurately predict disasters, but we can surely lend a hand out for the needy. 【文章大意】本文主要讲了两个不同的地方发生的不同的自然灾害。美国的路易斯安娜州发生了洪水, 也有很多受害者, 但是人们直到几周后才知道这件事, 而意大利发生的地震, 当时就被报道出来了。作者认为自然灾害无大小, 应该让人们及时知晓, 这样人们可以向受害者伸出援助之手。 1. What really concerns the author about the two natural disasters? A. The death and the injured. B. The media report.
C. The government’s responsibility. D. Their economic loss.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文中“there is a major difference in the news
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coverage of the two tragedies. ”可知, 对于这两个自然灾害, 作者关注的是媒体的报道。故选B。
2. Why did the author learn about the flood so late? A. He didn’t care about the flood. B. He felt nervous about the news. C. The media didn’t cover it in time. D. The flood frightened the author a lot.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文中“I did not learn about it until about three weeks after it happened. ”可知, 作者很晚才知道洪水的事情是因为媒体没有及时报道。故选C。
3. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Italy isn’t good at predicting the natural disasters. B. All natural disasters should be covered equally. C. The world should be united into one instantly. D. America should help Italy predict natural disasters.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文中最后一段“I understand that technically the earthquake in Italy was. . . they all should be equally covered and taken equally seriously. ”可知, 所有的自然灾害都需要平等地报道。故选B。 4. How is the text mainly developed? A. By making a comparison. B. By following the time order. C. By listing some examples. D. By analyzing the causes.
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【解析】选A。推理判断题。本文通过讲述了两个地方发生的不同的自然灾害来对比说明对自然灾害的报道时间有所不同。故选A。 【知识拓展】难句解读
We may not be able to accurately predict disasters, but we can surely lend a hand out for the needy.
翻译: 我们也许不能够准确地预测自然灾害, 但是我们肯定能为需要的人伸出援手。
【知识拓展】词汇积累
1. estimate v. 估计, 评价 2. accurate adj. 准确的
3. coverage n. 新闻报道; 覆盖范围 4. post
n. 帖子, 评论v. 张贴, 发布
5. predict v. 预测, 预言
B
Scientists think they have answered a mystery: How some ocean creatures got so huge so quickly.
A few million years ago, the largest whales averaged about 15 feet long. Then seemingly overnight, one type of whale, the toothless baleen whale(须鲸类) became huge. Modern blue whales get as big as 100 feet. Nicholas Pyenson of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum said, “Why is that? ” “It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye, which makes it harder to figure out what happened. ” said Graham Slater, lead author of the study. Their study has suggested an answer: Ice ages in the last 3 to 5 million years started it, changing the oceans and food
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supply for whales.
The researchers used fossil records of the smaller whales to create a family tree for baleen whales, which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. Using computer simulations(模拟) and knowledge about how evolution works, they concluded that when the size changes started, the poles got colder, ice expanded and the water circulation in the oceans changed and winds shifted. Slater and Pyenson said cold water went deep and moved closer to the equator(赤道) and then eventually moved back up with small fish and other small animals that whales eat. Baleen whales, which have no teeth, feed by eating huge amounts of fish they capture. Toothed whales, like sperm whales(抹香鲸), hunt individual fish, so the ocean changes that made food less evenly spread out didn’t affect them as much. But baleen whales hunt schools of fish.
Olivier Lambert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences calls it “a really convincing situation”. But he said the lack of fossils in certain time periods is an issue. As oceans warm from man-made climate change, the seas will be more like it was when the whales were smaller and they will have a more difficult time surviving.
【文章大意】文章以鲸鱼为例分析了海洋动物生长变快变大的原因, 提出了气候变化引起海洋变化, 造成鲸鱼变小生存困难的现状, 呼吁人们保护环境和动物。 5. What does the author mean by “It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye” in the second paragraph?
A. The change of baleen whales happened too quickly. B. The change of baleen whales was too difficult to explore.
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2020人教版英语高考一轮复习：课时提升作业 二十四 必修5 Unit 4
