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1、中学英语之家 免费英语资源下载，无需注册 无需点数 http:/江苏省石庄高级中学第一轮高考英语复习试题库二（阅读理解）1阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt came with devastating force, a natural disaster of strange intensity that shocked the world and killed tens of thousands. The waters have now receded, but disease an
2、d food and water shortages trouble a number of countries around the Indian Ocean. Millions of survivors face serious problems.The number of survivors in need of food aid after the Indian Ocean disaster has climbed to 5 million people. They stretch from Somalia to Thailand, and the figure could rise
3、further, the United Nations has said.Relief teams hope to reach all of the estimated 700 000 hungry in Sri Lanka within three more days. It could take longer before enough food aid gets to the nearly 1 million people in need in hard-to-reach parts of Indonesia. Another serious problem is the need fo
4、r purified water.Although aid had poured in from all over the world to the disaster areas,“Logistics is the big problem herejust getting the stuff out to people who need it,”said Ron Libby, emergency management specialist at the USA agency for International Development.Relief efforts are hindered by
5、 the difficulty of delivering aid to the more than 1000 islands scattered across hundreds of kilometers of ocean.For those who survived the tsunamis force, disease is now the No.1 problem. Five million people are short of water, food and basic sanitation across the region. World Health Organization(
6、WHO) crisis chief David Navarro said 50 000 more people could die from disease and other causes, as has been the case in previous humanitarian emergencies.WHO said it had already received a handful of reports of malaria(疟疾) and dengue fever(登革热) and hundreds of reports of diarrhea(腹泻) and infected w
7、ounds. It said millions of water purification tablets had been sent to Asia,along with sanitation engineers to rebuild water sanitation infrastructure.Psychologists are warning that mental health problems caused by the tsunami could prove harder to resolve than the physical damage.Some survivors say
8、 they are plagued by recurring nightmares about walls of water. Many locals are afraid to return to beachside homes. Officials also warn that suicide rates could rise dramatically as parents struggle with guilt at losing children.Psychologists estimate that 20 to 30 per cent of people who face traum
9、atic events eventually develop symptoms, such as alcohol abuse, lack of concentration at work and an inability to develop close relationships.Although the Thai Government has offered to build temporary beachside housing, many refugee families are refusing to come down from the hills. Others are afra
10、id to go back to jobs on the sea.Over 150 000 people were killed by the tsunami, but hundreds and thousands more have been left with no means to earn a living.In the village of Akirapettai in India, all that is left is the twisted wreckage of the fishing fleet. Dakshina Murti, a fisherman, not only
11、lost three family members, but also lost his boats, his nets, everything.“Everythings gone,”he says. With no government aid so far, all he has is a wreck. There are several million people who suffered the same experience. Homes have been destroyed, as well as wharves, docks, and sheds.For now, rebui
12、lding the economy remains a distant concept.56.This passage is mainly about _that happened around the Indian Oceans.A. the causes of the tsunamiB. the result after the tsunamiC. the sign of the tsunamiD. the warning of the tsunami 答案:B解析：综合判断题，全文讲述海啸造成的后果。57.According to what the United Nations has
13、said,the number of survivors in need of food aid after the disaster _.A.is not more than 5 millionB.is less than 5 millionC.has reached 5 millionD.wont reach 5 million答案:C解析：细节理解题，文章第二段首句。58.From the passage we learn that _ is the most serious problem for the time being.A.diseaseB.foodC.waterD.house
14、答案:A解析：细节理解题，文章第六段首句。59.The passage tells us that such a disaster,as tsunami will cause diseases and _ as well.A.Dengue feverB.diarrheaC.MalariaD.mental health problem答案:D解析：细节判断题,第七段指相关的疾病，第八段指精神伤害。BFor nearly a century before there was such a thing as a space program,a view of space was possible.P
15、eople could see full views of the Moon,explore Mars(探测火星),and study the outer space beauty.All of this was made possible by a small group of artist-astronomers(天文艺术家) who worked to show people how other worlds in space might look.Lucien Rudaux,a French artist,was the first to use his artistic abilit
16、y and his knowledge of astronomy in art.His paintings show a mixture of skilled observations,brilliant imagination and careful attention.As a result,many of his works have come surprisingly close to actual conditions on distant planets.His painting of Mars included moonlike craters(火山口) that were first photographed by the a
