高考英语复习课时提能练4Earthquakes（含解析）新人教版

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1、课时提能练(四)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2019·新疆适应性测试)SuperstormSandyslammedintotheeasternUnitedStatesthreeyearsago.Thewinddrivenwatercausedalotofflooding，especiallyintheregion'ssubwaysystem.Nowtwoteenshaveinventedadevicethatcouldhelppreventfuturesubwayfloods.InNewYorkCityalone，SuperstormSandycausedanestimated$19bill

2、ionindamage.Muchofthefloodwatersenteredthesubwaysystemthroughitsventilationgrates(通风栅)．Thosemetalgrillsusuallylieatgroundlevel.Whenthesystemisshutdownaheadofaflood，engineerstrytocoverthosegrateswithplywood(胶合板)andsandbags.Butthefloodingoftenwashesawaythosemeasures，whichallowswatertoflowintot

3、hetunnels.Raisingthosegratesevenatinybitabovegroundlevelwouldcostalotofmoney.Otherideashaveincludedbuildingtallchimneysaroundtheholes.Thatwouldraisethegratesandcostalotofmoney，too.KyleandRaymondcameupwithadifferent，lessexpensiveidea.Theydesignedametalgratewithabuiltin，adjustablecover.Whentra

4、insarerunning，onepartofthegrateslidesopentobringinfreshair.Butwhenthesystemisshutdown，thatpartcanbeslidshuttocompletelyblockthegrate.Theirgrateisthesamesizeasthegratesusednow.So，itwouldbesimple，theysay，toliftouttheoldgrateanddropinareplacement.Theirdesignincludestamperprooffeatures，whichcanp

5、reventoperationmistakes.Theymakesurethatpeopledon'tintentionallyshutoffairflowduringnormalconditions.Forpeoplewiththeproperkey，itwouldonlytakeaminuteortwotoclosethegrateaheadofaflood.【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述三年前超级风暴Sandy猛烈袭击美国东部，造成了洪水灾害，当地的地铁被洪水淹没。为防止地铁再次被洪水淹没，两位少年发明了一种装置。1．What'sthesecondparagra

6、phmainlyabout?A．Thestepstooperategrates.B．Themeasurestopreventflood.C．Thefunctionofplywoodandsandbags.D．Thedisadvantageofpresentsubwaysystem.D　[段落大意题。根据第二段第一句可知，据估计超级风暴Sandy仅在纽约市就造成了价值190亿美元的损失。文章接下来分析了超级风暴造成的洪水淹没地铁的原因：目前的地铁系统存在很大的弊端。故本题选D。]2．Whichofthefollowingwordsbestdescribesthetwoteens'

7、newinvention?A．Costly.　　　　　　　B．Timesaving.C．Practical.D．Conventional.C　[推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第一、第二句“Theirgrateisthesamesizeasthegratesusednow.So，itwouldbesimple，theysay，toliftouttheoldgrateanddropinareplacement.”他们使用的栅栏和现在使用的栅栏大小一样，所以很容易就可以把旧的栅栏取出来，放入一个替换