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1、课时作业4Ⅰ.阅读理解(2019·石家庄市第一中学高三月考)Thereisalwayssomethingthathappensintheworldthateveryonefearswillhappentotheirtown,cityorcountry:naturaldisasters.Thescariestpartofitisthatnoonewilleverseeitcoming.Thoughtechnologyhelpsusprepare,butitneveractuallytellsthepeoplewhenit'sgo
2、ingtohit.Itisalwaysestimatedbuttheresultisnever100%accurate.However,thatisnotthepointofthisarticle.Twodifferentnaturaldisastersintwodifferentpartsoftheworldhavehappenedinthepastfewweeks.OnewasamajorfloodthathashitLouisianaintheUnitedStates.Theotherwasanearthquaketha
3、thitAmatrice,Italy.However,thereisamajordifferenceinthenewscoverageofthetwotragedies.AsforthefloodinginLouisiana,itisreportedthatthisdisasteristheworsttohittheUnitedStatessinceSuperstormSandyandit'llcostatleast$30million.Inonlythefirstcoupleofweeks,13peoplehaddied.H
4、owever,likeme,manypeopledidnothearaboutthistragicevent.Ididnotlearnaboutituntilaboutthreeweeksafterithappened.InItaly,however,itcoveredallmediainstantly.TheearthquakeinItalyhappenedonTuesdaymorning.Thatsameday,IwasonTwitterandthatwasallthatwasoverthenewsfeed.Everyot
5、herpostwasabouttheearthquake.SomewouldhavetheopinionthatAmatrice,Italywasoneofthemostbeautifultownsinthatcountry.Igotindeepsorrowbecausethereweremorepeoplekilledinthisquakethantheflooding.Sofar,theyhaveatotalof73deadandoveronehundredmissing.Iunderstandthattechnicall
6、ytheearthquakeinItalywasworsethanthefloodsinLouisiana.However,Ibelievethatifanaturaldisasterhappens,theyallshouldbeequallycoveredandtakenequallyseriously.Weareoneworldunitedandshouldbethereforallofthepeoplewhoareinneedofhelp.Wemaynotbeabletoaccuratelypredictdisaster
7、s,butwecansurelylendahandoutfortheneedy.本文主要讲了两个不同的地方发生的不同的自然灾害，但是对其报道的消息却是不同的。美国的路易斯安那州发生了洪水，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，媒体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．Whatreallyconcernstheauthoraboutthetwonaturaldisasters?A．Thedeathandtheinjured.B．Them
8、ediareport.C．Thegovernment'sresponsibility.D．Theireconomicloss.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据文中第二段thereisamajordifferenceinthenewscoverageofthetwotragedi
