2010 was the year the Earth struck back.
Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards (暴风雪), landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 – the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.
“It just seemed like it was back-to-back(接二连三) and it came in waves,” said Craig Fugate, who heads the US Federal Emergency Management Agency. It handled a record number of disasters in 2010.
“The term “100-year event’ really lost its meaning this year.”
And we have ourselves to blame most of the time, scientists and disaster experts say.
Even though many disasters have the ring of random chance, the hand of man made this a particularly deadly, costly, extreme and strange year for everything from wild weather to earthquakes.
Poor construction and development practices make earthquakes more deadly than they need be. More people live in poverty in vulnerable buildings(危房) in crowded cities. That means that when the ground shakes, the river floods, or the tropical cyclone hits, more people die.
Disasters from the Earth, such as earthquakes and volcanoes “are pretty much constant,” said Andreas Schraft, vice president of catastrophic perils for the Geneva-based insurance giant Swiss Re. “All the change that’s made is man-made.”
The January earthquake that killed well more than 220,000 people in Haiti is a perfect example. Port-au-Prince has nearly three times as many people – many of them living in poverty- and more poorly built shanties(棚户区) ,than it did 25 years ago. So had the same quake hit in 1985 instead of 2010; total deaths would have probably been in the 80,000 range, said Richard Olson, director of disaster risk reduction at Florida International University.
Climate scientists say Earth’s climate also is changing thanks to man-made global warming, bringing extreme weather, such as heat waves and flooding.
The excessive(过多的) amount of extreme weather that dominated 2010 is a classic sign of man-made global warming that climate scientists have long warned about. They calculate that the killer Russian heat wave – setting a national record of 111 degrees – would happen once every 100,000 years without global warming.
Data show that 18 countries broke their records for the hottest day ever.
“The Earth strikes back in response to bad human decision-making,” said Debarati Guha Sapir.” “It’s almost as if the policies, the government policies and development policies, are helping the Earth strike back instead of protecting from it. We’ve created conditions where the slightest thing the Earth does is really going to have a surprising impact.” White House science adviser John Holdren said we should get used to climate disasters or do something about global warming. “The science is clear that we can expect more and more of these kinds of damaging events unless and until society has sharply reduced the amount of heat-trapping gases and particles(颗粒).”
1.From paragraph 1 to paragraph 3, we learn ___________________________.
A. what natural disasters mean to the people all over the world
B. how terrorism attacks struck in the past four decades
C. how the Earth struck back in 2010
D. why the world saw so many disasters in 2010
2.The author gives the example of the big earthquake in Haiti to show that ___________ .
A. poor construction largely accounts for more deaths than expected
B. man’s behaviours are to blame for the constant occurrence of natural disasters
C. the extreme weather mainly contributes to the disaster of the quake
D. the country’s poverty and over- crowdedness results in the disaster
3. Which of the following would Debarati Guha Sapir most probably agree with?
A. Environment protection should be taken into account in policy-making.
B. Natural disasters are causing increase.
C. The earth wouldn’t strike back but for the destruction by man.
D. Conditions should be created to rid the influence of disasters.
4. According to John Holdren, the best way to cut back on the number of natural disasters is __________________ .
A. to forecast the happening of natural disasters accurately
B. to build stronger houses that can stand severe earthquakes and floods
C. to make better decisions and policies of city development
D. to send out much fewer greenhouse gases and particles
5.What is the real concern of the writer of this article?
A. The major causes of natural disasters.
B. The human unawareness of environment protection.
C. The harmonious relationship between humans and nature.
D. The serious results of global warming and earthquakes.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
2010 was the year the Earth struck back.
Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards (暴风雪), landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 – the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.
“It just seemed like it was back-to-back(接二连三) and it came in waves,” said Craig Fugate, who heads the US Federal Emergency Management Agency. It handled a record number of disasters in 2010.
“The term “100-year event’ really lost its meaning this year.”
And we have ourselves to blame most of the time, scientists and disaster experts say.
Even though many disasters have the ring of random chance, the hand of man made this a particularly deadly, costly, extreme and strange year for everything from wild weather to earthquakes.
Poor construction and development practices make earthquakes more deadly than they need be. More people live in poverty in vulnerable buildings(危房) in crowded cities. That means that when the ground shakes, the river floods, or the tropical cyclone hits, more people die.
Disasters from the Earth, such as earthquakes and volcanoes “are pretty much constant,” said Andreas Schraft, vice president of catastrophic perils for the Geneva-based insurance giant Swiss Re. “All the change that’s made is man-made.”
The January earthquake that killed well more than 220,000 people in Haiti is a perfect example. Port-au-Prince has nearly three times as many people – many of them living in poverty- and more poorly built shanties(棚户区) ,than it did 25 years ago. So had the same quake hit in 1985 instead of 2010; total deaths would have probably been in the 80,000 range, said Richard Olson, director of disaster risk reduction at Florida International University.
Climate scientists say Earth’s climate also is changing thanks to man-made global warming, bringing extreme weather, such as heat waves and flooding.
The excessive(过多的) amount of extreme weather that dominated 2010 is a classic sign of man-made global warming that climate scientists have long warned about. They calculate that the killer Russian heat wave – setting a national record of 111 degrees – would happen once every 100,000 years without global warming.
Data show that 18 countries broke their records for the hottest day ever.
“The Earth strikes back in response to bad human decision-making,” said Debarati Guha Sapir.” “It’s almost as if the policies, the government policies and development policies, are helping the Earth strike back instead of protecting from it. We’ve created conditions where the slightest thing the Earth does is really going to have a surprising impact.” White House science adviser John Holdren said we should get used to climate disasters or do something about global warming. “The science is clear that we can expect more and more of these kinds of damaging events unless and until society has sharply reduced the amount of heat-trapping gases and particles(颗粒).”
1.From paragraph 1 to paragraph 3, we learn ___________________________.
A. what natural disasters mean to the people all over the world
B. how terrorism attacks struck in the past four decades
C. how the Earth struck back in 2010
D. why the world saw so many disasters in 2010
2.The author gives the example of the big earthquake in Haiti to show that ___________ .
A. poor construction largely accounts for more deaths than expected
B. man’s behaviours are to blame for the constant occurrence of natural disasters
C. the extreme weather mainly contributes to the disaster of the quake
D. the country’s poverty and over- crowdedness results in the disaster
3. Which of the following would Debarati Guha Sapir most probably agree with?
A. Environment protection should be taken into account in policy-making.
B. Natural disasters are causing increase.
C. The earth wouldn’t strike back but for the destruction by man.
D. Conditions should be created to rid the influence of disasters.
4. According to John Holdren, the best way to cut back on the number of natural disasters is __________________ .
A. to forecast the happening of natural disasters accurately
B. to build stronger houses that can stand severe earthquakes and floods
C. to make better decisions and policies of city development
D. to send out much fewer greenhouse gases and particles
5.What is the real concern of the writer of this article?
A. The major causes of natural disasters.
B. The human unawareness of environment protection.
C. The harmonious relationship between humans and nature.
D. The serious results of global warming and earthquakes.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
THIS was the year the Earth struck back.
Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, snow storms, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter of a million people in 2010 – the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.
"It just seemed like it was back-to-back and it came in waves," said Craig Fugate, who heads the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. It handled a record number of disasters in 2010.
And we have ourselves to blame most of the time, scientists and disaster experts say.
Even though many catastrophes have the ring of random chance, the hand of man made this a particularly deadly, costly, extreme and weird(古怪的) year for everything from wild weather to earthquakes.
Poor construction and development practices conspire to make earthquakes more deadly than they need be. More people live in poverty in vulnerable(脆弱的) buildings in crowded cities. That means that when the ground shakes, the river breaches, or the tropical cyclone hits, more people die.
Disasters from the Earth, such as earthquakes and volcanoes "are pretty much constant," said Andreas Schraft, vice president of catastrophic perils for the Geneva-based insurance giant Swiss Re. "All the change that's made is man-made."
The January earthquake that killed well more than 220,000 people in Haiti is a perfect example. Port-au-Prince has nearly three times as many people - many of them living in poverty - and more poorly built shanties than it did 25 years ago. So had the same quake hit in 1985 instead of 2010, total deaths would have probably been in the 80,000 range, said Richard Olson, director of disaster risk reduction at Florida International University.
In February, an earthquake that was more than 500 times stronger than the one that struck Haiti hit an area of Chile that was less populated, better constructed, and not as poor. Chile's bigger quake caused fewer than 1,000 deaths.
Climate scientists say Earth's climate also is changing, bringing extreme weather, such as heat waves and flooding.
In the summer, one weather system caused oppressive heat in Russia, while farther south it caused flooding in Pakistan that inundated 161,200 square kilometers, about the size of Wisconsin. That single heat-and-storm system killed almost 17,000 people, more people than all the worldwide airplane crashes in the past 15 years.
Scientists have calculated that the killer Russian heat wave—setting a national record of 43.9℃—would happen once every 100,000 years without global warming.
1.What is responsible for the most human deaths in 2010?
A.Natrual disasters. B.Terrorist attacks.
C.Poor buildings. D.Too rapid developrnent.
2.According to Andreas Schraft, ________.
A.earthquakes are happening more often because of human beings
B.earthquakes are causing more damage because of human beings
C.stronger houses should be built to limit storm damage
D.Port—au—Prince is now overpopulated
3.The main point of the article is to________.
A.list the natural disasters that occurred in 2010
B.give the details of some natural disasters of 2010
C.warn that more natural disasters are to strike
D.blame humanity for not helping those affected by the disasters
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Global warming is the process of earth's atmosphere heating up. Over the last 100 years, the average temperature of earth's atmosphere has gone up 1 Fahrenheit. The weather has not changed exactly the same way in every area of the planet. But scientists think that the rise in average temperature is already affecting the earth, s climate.
Many scientists now believe that global warming is caused by cutting down trees, producing more trash, and polluting the environment are some of the that the temperature has gone up. Many scientists believe that the biggest causes of global warming are new human technologies that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
The greenhouse effect is not new. Certain gases in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane, prevent heat energy from escaping back into space. In the past, the climate didn’t change much because nature produced just the right amount of greenhouse gases to deal with it.
Today, most scientists are pretty sure that the rising temperature can,, t be blamed on nature. Ever since the industrial revolution in the 1700s, humans have relied on machines for daily life. And many of those machines give off a lot of greenhouse gases. An increase in the release of greenhouse gases from human activities is throwing nature off balance.
The climate is a very complicated thing, but many scientists agree that the rising atmospheric temperature has already damaged the environment. Sheets of ice, called glaciers, are melting in Antarctica and other parts of the globe. As glaciers break off and melt into the oceans, they are adding warm water to the oceans and causing the sea level to rise.
Over the past last 100 years, the sea level has risen 6-8 inches around the world. That means land along the coasts is beginning to disappear under water. Bigger and warmer oceans are also adding to other weather problems caused by pollution in the atmosphere. Some places have received more rain, others have had bigger storms and a few areas in the world have experienced unusual droughts.
1.What is mainly talked about in this passage?
A.The melting of glaciers. B.Global warming.
C.The world's weather. D.The earth's temperature.
2.What causes global warming according to scientists?
A.Human activities B.The nature itself
C.The earth's atmosphere D.New discoveries
3.From passage we can see that global warming will bring about________.
A.the pollution in the atmosphere. B.the rise of glaciers.
C.noisy pollution. D.natural disasters.
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Millions of years ago dinosaurs (恐龙) lived on the earth. In the days of dinosaurs the whole earth was warm and wet. There were green forests and they could find enough to eat. Later, parts of the earth became cold and dry. and the forests there died. Then dinosaurs could not find enough to cat. This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out.
We can guess another reason. New kinds of animals came on the earth. Some had big brains and were fast and strong. They could kill dinosaurs. There may be other reasons that we don’t know about yet. Scientists are trying to make more discoveries about dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes (形状). Some were as small as chickens, while some were about 90 feet long.
There were also terrible fights between dinosaurs. They might have happened more than 100 million years ago. Though there was no man to see any of the fights, we can be told by the animal’s footprints (足迹) that fight did take place.
1.According to the passage, dinosaurs did exist only ______on the earth.
A. for millions of years
B. millions of years ago
C. more than 100 millions years ago
D. when it was warm and wet somewhere
2. One reason why dinosaurs died out is that______.
A. there were too many dinosaurs
B. parts of the earth became cold and dry
C. the dead forests there could not supply them with enough food
D. they couldn’t find enough to eat
3.. One more reason may be that ______.
A. new kinds of animals came on the earth
B. some fast and strong animals with big brains could kill them
C. some dinosaurs were as small as chickens
D. some big dinosaurs died in the fights
4.We can see from this passage ______.
A. scientists are trying to make some dinosaurs
B. dinosaurs are dangerous enough
C. dinosaurs are worth studying
D. scientists know nothing about dinosaurs
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Millions of years ago dinosaurs (恐龙) lived on the earth. In the days of dinosaurs the whole earth was warm and wet. There were green forests and they could find enough to eat. Later, parts of the earth became cold and dry. and the forests there died. Then dinosaurs could not find enough to cat. This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out.
We can guess another reason. New kinds of animals came on the earth. Some had big brains and were fast and strong. They could kill dinosaurs. There may be other reasons that we don’t know about yet. Scientists are trying to make more discoveries about dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs were of many sizes and shapes (形状). Some were as small as chickens, while some were about 90 feet long.
There were also terrible fights between dinosaurs. They might have happened more than 100 million years ago. Though there was no man to see any of the fights, we can be told by the animal’s footprints (足迹) that fight did take place.
1. According to the passage, dinosaurs did exist only ______on the earth.
A. for millions of years
B. millions of years ago
C. more than 100 millions years ago
D. when it was warm and wet somewhere
2. One reason why dinosaurs died out is that______.
A. there were too many dinosaurs
B. parts of the earth became cold and dry
C. the dead forests there could not supply them with enough food
D. they couldn’t find enough to eat
3. . One more reason may be that ______.
A. new kinds of animals came on the earth
B. some fast and strong animals with big brains could kill them
C. some dinosaurs were as small as chickens
D. some big dinosaurs died in the fights
4. We can see from this passage ______.
A. scientists are trying to make some dinosaurs
B. dinosaurs are dangerous enough
C. dinosaurs are worth studying
D. scientists know nothing about dinosaurs
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In the year 2010 Yushu earthquake struck on April 14, 2010,_____ came as ___great shock to
all of our Chinese.
A.That;a | B.which; a | C.what; a | D.which ;不填 |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
At this time of last year, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from _____ effects the people are still suffering.
A. that B. whose
C. those D. what
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last year, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ________ effects the people are still suffering.
A.that B.whose C.which D.what
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Not until the early years of the 19th century ________ what heat was.
A.man did know | B.did man knew |
C.didn't man know | D.did man know |
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Not until the early years of the 19th century ________ what heat was.
A. man did know B. did man knew C. didn't man know D. did man know
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析