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1、为深入贯彻落实党的十九大精神和习近平总书记的重要指示精神，保障人民安居乐业、社会安定有序、国家长治久安、进一步巩固党的执政基础，束城镇深入贯彻全市扫黑除恶会议精神，强化措施，深入扎实开展扫黑除恶专项斗争Unit5 ThepowerofnatureⅠ.阅读理解A(2017·湖南长沙高三模拟试卷(一))EvidenceofviolentstormsthatdestroyedalosttownknownasBritain'sAtlantishasbeenuncovered.Thefindswereuncoveredo
2、ffthecoastofDunwich,Suffolk—asmallvillagewhichinthe11thcenturywasoneofthelargesttownsinEngland.Thetownwashitbyaseriesofstormsinthe13thand14thcenturiesandisnowlargelybelowthesea.Researcherssaidsediment(沉积物)gatheredfromthecliffsindependentlyprovedthehistorical
3、record.“Theywerelikethesouthcoaststormsof2013,atleastonceayearfordecades，”ProfessorDavidSear,oftheUniversityofSouthampton,said.ThethreeyearresearchonDunwichhasbeenfundedbyTouchingtheTide,a￡900,000HeritageLotteryFundplantoexplorethechangingSuffolkCoast.Adiver
4、usedultrasound(超声波)to“illuminate”findingsontheseabed,andthemarshes(沼泽)anderodingcliffsweresurveyed.“Itoffersamarveloushistoryofclimatechangeandcoastalerosion，”saidProf.Searwithregardtothefindings.Inthe11thcentury,Dunwichwasthe10thlargesttowninEngland,butnowh
5、asabout120residents.Twogreatstormsin1286and1326resultedinthelossofitsharbourandstarteditsdecline.Prof.SearsaidanalysisshowedhowpeoplegaveuponDunwichafter1338,whenanothergreatstormchokeduptheportforgood,andfoodproductiondeclined.“Sedimentgatheredfromthecliffs
6、，”hesaid,“independentlyconfirmedthesequencesofstormsrecordedinthehistoricalrecord.”Theunderwaterresearchhasbeencarriedoutusingacoustic(声音的)imagingtechnology,andhasunearthedaseriesofbuildings.Wefoundtheruinsofaboutfourchurchesandwe'vealsofoundruinsofwhatwethi
7、nkwasatollhouse.We'vealsofoundshipwrecks(沉船),whichnoone'sknownbefore.Adigin2015discoveredevidenceofDunwich'sprehistoricorigins,aswellasevidencethatitwasaprosperousSaxonport,priortoitsrapidgrowthfollowingtheNormaninvasion.BillJenman,fromTouchingtheTide,said：“
8、Wefoundloadsofpottery,alotmorethanwe'vefoundbefore,sortofHighMedieval—thepeakofthewealthofDunwich.WeknowitwasafairlymajortownintheAngloSaxonperiod.”【解题导语】 本文讲述了研究人员发现了Dunwich被猛烈的暴风雨摧毁的新证据。1．Evid
