科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
It is midnight on September 22，2012．The sky above Manhattan，New York is filled with a curtain of colorful light． New Yorkers are fascinated by the beautiful aurora(极光)．However, their fascination is short-1ived．
Within a few seconds，electric bulbs dim(变暗)and flicker(闪烁)，then become unusually bright for a few seconds．Then all the lights second go out．Within 90 seconds，the entire eastern half of the US is without power．
Besides the US，Europe，Japan and China are also hit by the same terrible event．It is a violent solar flare(太阳耀斑)，150 million kilometers away on the surface of the sun．
Science fiction? No．A report funded by NASA and issued by the US National Academy of Sciences in January this year says it could happen．
A massive solar flare is most likely on a spring or autumn night in 2012，according to the report．
Solar flares are huge explosions on the surface of the sun．In a matter of just a few minutes they heat material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons(百万吨)of TNT explosives．Solar flares release a stream of charged high-energy particles(粒子)．They are called“solar winds”
If one solar‘‘wind’’should hit the Earth's magnetic shield(磁扬)，the result could be terrible for humans.
But there’s no need to run for cover from solar winds． They do not harm 1ife on Earth，they only affect the way we live，especially since we depend so much on modern technology．They can pump extra electricity into power line, and pipelines，causing blackouts and fuel leaks(泄漏). Solar winds are also known to affect mobile phone operations, and may disrupt wireless Internet services．
Moreover, solar winds can prevent normal satellite operations，and disrupt radio communications and navigation systems such as the Global Positioning System．
Auroras are powered by solar wind．This wind blows past the Earth at about 400-700 km per second and creates storms in the Earth’s magnetic environment．In the polar regions these explode into southern or northern polar lights．
The most serious solar storm that hit Earth in history happened in 1859． It caused the failure of telegraph(电报)systems in Europe and North America．
So, for humans，the sun is a double-edged sword． Without1 the sun, there would be no 1ife on Earth． Without the sun， Earth would be a frozen dark ball floating in space．However, on the other hand，the sun can disorder our 1ives from time to time．
10．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．It introduces to readers the advantages and disadvantages of the sun．
B．It describes a science fiction set in Manhattan on 22 September 2012．
C．It shows readers the way in which solar winds form inside the sun．
D．It explains what solar flares are and their effects on human life．
11．The first two paragraphs are written_________.
A．to show a beautiful scene in a true story
B．to describe the beautiful scenery of Manhattan
C．to describe the power problem around the world
D．to introduce the topic of this passage
12．What can we conclude from the passage?
A．Solar flares will do great harm to those who are using the Internet．
B．Solar flares cannot reach as far as the polar regions．
C．Solar flares are huge explosions that happen inside the sun．
D．1f it weren’t’t for our reliance on technology, solar flares probably wouldn’t affect us．
13．Solar winds will likely affect us in the following ways EXCEPT that ．
A．normal satellite operations will be stopped
B．the lights in the areas affected will go out at the same time
C．people on the streets will be struck to death
D．some navigation systems will be out of order
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届山西省山大附中高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Violent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at Pea Island Rescue Station. Surfman Theodore Meekins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols(巡逻)had been canceled. Still, Meekins paid close attention to the horizon. This was the type of weather that could blow ships hundreds of miles off course.
Offshore, the ship E.S. Newman was caught in the storm. The captain, whose wife and child were on the ship, feared the Newman would soon break up. He made the decision to beach his ship, then fired a signal, praying that someone onshore would see it.
Meekins, whose eyes were trained to cut through rain and surf mists, thought he saw the signal, but so much spray (水雾) covered the lookout windows that he could hardly make sure. Still, he took no chances. After summoning (召集) the station keeper, Captain Richard Etheridge, Meekins set off a coston signal, a signal made by using lamps of different colors. Together, the two men searched the darkness for a reply. A few moments later, they saw a flash of light to the south and knew a shop was in distress (遇险). Even before the return signal burned out, Etheridge had summoned his men and begun rescue operations.
For the lifesavers, the rescue of the Newman was nothing unusual. Over the years, so many ships had foundered off the Outer Banks that sailors called the region the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Noting the dangerous surf and wind conditions, Captain Etheridge quickly decided the surf boats would be impossible to control. Instead, he decided to use another way to help the survivors.
The crew set off on the long journey down the beach to the scene of the wreck (海滩). Captain Etheridge hoped to fire a line from a gun to the ship’s mast (船桅). After the ship’s crew dragged the line onboard, the surfmen would fire a second line and carry survivors safely to shore.
The surfmen crossed three miles of sand to reach the ship Newman. The water was freezing, and the men often sank up to their knees in sand. Captain Etheridge noted in his diary that “the voice of gladdened hearts greeted the arrival of the station crew,” but that “it seemed impossible for them to do anything under such circumstances. The work was often stopped by the sweeping current.”
Even when the rescue equipment proved useless, Etheridge refused to give up. Choosing two of his strongest surfmen, he tied rope lines around their waists and sent them into the water. The two men, holding a line from shore, walked with huge effort as far as they could before diving through the waves. Nearly worn out while swimming against the tide, they finally made it to the shore.
The first to be rescued were the captain’s wife and child. With the two passengers tied to their backs, the surfmen fought their way back to shore. Taking turns, Etheridge and his crew made ten trips to the Newman, saving every person onboard. It was 1:00 a.m. when the crew and survivors finally made it back to the station.
That night, as the exhausted survivors lay sleeping and his lifesaving crew rested, Captain Etheridge picked up his pen, and in the light of an oil lantern, wrote with satisfaction that all the people onboard had been saved and were “sheltered in this station”—words he would remember for many years to come.
【小题1】The beach patrols were canceled because ________.
| A．Meekins paid enough attention to the horizon |
| B．there was too much spray on the windows |
| C．the winds and tide were too strong |
| D．there was no ship near the station |
| A．stopped | B．sank | C．sailed | D．arrived |
| A．To warn sailors of the dangers of hurricanes. |
| B．To create a story describing a rescue at sea. |
| C．To inform people about Richard Etheridge. |
| D．To record the details about the Newman. |
| A．The newman was very dangerous before Richard Etheridge and his team members saw the signal. |
| B．A terrible hurricane took place off the coast of North Carolina and threatened the lives of many sailors. |
| C．At no other time in American history have so many shipwrecked passengers survived such a violent storm. |
| D．All the passengers of a shipwreck were rescued because of heroic the efforts of a special leader and his crew. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011哈尔滨六中高一下学期期中英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
The disaster at the Chernobyl(former USSR前苏联) power station happened quickly and without warning. It was in the early hours of April 26, 1986 when the cooling system of the reactor(反应堆) failed. Minutes later, a violent (猛烈地) explosion blew the top off the reactor and blasted(爆炸生成) a huge cloud of radioactive gas high into atmosphere. Two people were killed imm
ediately. Hundreds received powerful radiation overdose (过量). And more than 25,000 had to b
e taken away from their homes.
Days later, the radioactive cloud had spread as far as Scotland. Its radiation was weak, but all over Europe radioactive rain was falling. In some areas people were advised not to eat fresh vegetables, or drink fresh milk, and the sale of meat was forbidden.
The accident at Chernobyl was the world’s worst nuclear accident. In Britain, it convinced (使……相信) many people that all nuclear power stations should be shut down for good. But the Central Electricity Generating Board didn’t agree. They claimed that ·similar disasters could not happen in Britain because of safer designs, fewer deaths are caused using nuclear fuel (燃料) than by mining for coal or drilling for oil and gas. Nuclear accidents are unusually fewer compared with other types of accidents-such as air crashes, fires or dam break-down more nuclear power stations are necessary because the world’s
supplies of oil, coal and natural gas are running out.
In 1957 in Cumbria (Britain) a nuclear reactor overheated and caught fire. No one was killed but fourteen workers received radiation overdose. Small amounts of gas and dust were let out over the local countryside.
An official report said the accident was nearly a full-scale disaster. The Nuclear Authority wanted the report published but the Prime Minister at the time refused. He thought that it would make people less confident in Britain’s nuclear industry. Thirty years later, the cabinet(内阁) records of 1957 were published. Only then did the public discover what had really happened in Cumbria.
【小题1】. One result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was that ______.
| A．25,000 people were killed |
| B．fresh foods were polluted |
| C．people in Scotland were taken away from their homes |
| D．hundreds of houses in Chernobyl were destroyed |
| A．are most unlikely to cause death | B．are always kept secret from the public |
| C．can only happen in underdeveloped countries | D．may happen in any country that has nuclear power station. |
| A．still believed it could not happen in their country. |
| B．were not convinced that nuclear power stations could be safe |
| C．accepted that there would be fewer deaths than in drilling for oil |
| D．supported nuclear power stations because world fuel supplies were low |
| A．Britain’s supplies of oil, coal and gas were running out |
| B．it takes thirty years for the effects of radiation to appear |
| C．fewer people died in that accident than in other types of accidents |
D．it was conce rned that the British people would doubt their country’s nuclear expertise (核技术) |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届安徽省高一上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications(资历), he said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.”
This puzzled the farmer. But he liked the young man, and hired him.
A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm. They quickly began to check things to see if all was safe from damage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse had been safely fastened, and a lot of wood had been set next to the fireplace.
The young man slept soundly.
The farmer and his wife then looked at their property (财产) carefully. They found that the farm tools had been placed in the storage room, safe from the bad weather. The tractor had been moved into the garage. The barn was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.
The farmer then understood the meaning of the young man’s words, “ I can sleep when the wind blows.”
The farmhand did his work loyally. When the sky was clear, he had prepared for the storm in case it broke. So when the wind blew, there was no need for him to be afraid. He could sleep in peace.
1.The underlined word “fastened” in Para. 3 can be replaced by ______.
A．closed B．damaged C．taken D．moved
2.From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A．at first the farmer understood his words well
B．the young man was awakened in the night by a violent storm
C．the young man had prepared for the storm before it came
D．the young man was too sleepy to wake up in the night
3.The best title for this passage is ______.
A．Sleeping in peace through the storm B．A violent storm
C．A young man and his dream D．A clever farmer
4.Which of the following proverbs can best explain the story?
A．Lookers-on see more than players
B．Two heads are better than one
C．A stitch（针）in time saves nine
D．No man can do two things at a time
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年江苏省苏南四高三12月月考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
On the IraqSyria border，a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food．The leader of the pack was a grayandwhite dog．The soldiers called him Nubs．Nubs was shaking and __36__ able to stand．Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound __37__ his chest．
Dennis couldn’t stand seeing the dog __38__．He and his men immediately treated the wound，and gave Nubs medicine．Nubs__39__but was still in pain．The next day，the team had to__40__．Ten days later，Dennis’s unit was back，and so was Nubs．He was still___41__，but the men fed him and played with him．
Before long the unit once again__42__an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away．Nubs，slowly but determinedly，__43__them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost__44__of him．Two days later，beyond Dennis’s__45__，he saw Nubs just outside the outpost．The dog had tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to__46__with the friend who had saved his life．From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place，and ran around in the same ruins．
Until an order came down from above that they were not__47__to have pets. Dennis__48__to make sure the dog would continue to live the__49__life．So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to__50__．
A month later，when Dennis and the dog were__51__in California，at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy．__52__within minutes，the dog jumped into Dennis’s arms，jumping up again and again to__53__ his friend’s face．
A little__54__and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world．But small stories，like the story of a soldier and a dog，hold a promise of a(n) __55__world．
1. A．mostly B．certainly C．hardly D．never
2. A．in B．on C．at D．behind
3. A．stand B．starve C．bleed D．suffer
4. A．pulled through B．fell asleep C．woke up D．fell down
5. A．leave B．rest C．pass D．remain
6. A．hungry B．tired C．dirty D．weak
7. A．took up B．took over C．left for D．returned from
8. A．watched B．followed C．accompanied D．barked
9. A．touch B．sight C．footprint D．smell
10. A．ability B．surprise C．imagination D．understanding
11. A．part B．fight C．meet D．break
12. A．asked B．suggested C．required D．allowed
13. A．decided B．agreed C．accepted D．proposed
14. A．moving B．good C．numb D．interesting
15. A．London B．America C．Iraq D．Syria
16. A．found B．interviewed C．linked D．reunited
17. A．So B．And C．But D．Though
18. A．lick B．touch C．bite D．clean
19. A．pity B．mercy C．care D．contribution
20. A．equal B．harmonious C．prosperous D．amazing
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