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新课标高三英语寒假作业10
新课标2016年高三英语寒假作业10
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第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题3分,满分45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。
A
TheruinsofMoore,Oklahoma,atowndestructedforthefourthtimein14yearsbyamajortornado(龙卷风),areareminderthatcurrentbuildingcodes(规范)can’tdomuchtopreventpropertydestructionandlossoflife,especiallywhenapowerfultornadocutsthroughtown.Butthetotaldeathnumbercanbereducedwhenpeopletakeshelterinundergroundstormbunkers(碉堡)andhardenedsaferooms.
ThetornadothatcarvedapathofdestructionthroughMooretook24lives.Itswindswereclockedat400kilometersperhour.Withonly15minutes’warning,residentsfledtownortookrefuge(避难)inthefirmestcornersoftheirhomes.Theluckiestwereabletoclimbintosheltersormovetosaferooms.
InMoorethoseroomssavedlives.ButattwoschoolsdestroyedbyMonday'stornado,nosuchshelterwasavailable.LeslieChapmanHendersonisCEOofanon-profitgroupcalledtheFederalAllianceforSafeHomes.She'sanadvocatefortornadosaferooms.
“Thesaferoomisaninterior(内部)roomofthehomethathasbeenreinforced(加固)andtestedtowithstandhighwind.Infact,we’vealreadyheardofstoriesofsurvivalofpeoplewhowereinsaferooms,eitheraboveorbelowground,”shesaid.
Betterstormforecastsgivepeoplemoretimetoreact.Buttheyneedsomeplacesafetogo.Buildingscanbebuilttoresiststrongwinds,butnotlikethoseintheF-5tornadothattoucheddowninMoore.ChapmanHendersonsayseventhebuildingcodesthatdoexistarenotwidelyadoptedorenforced.
Asitsresidentspreparetorebuild,Moore’smayorispushingforanordertomakesaferoomscompulsoryinallnewconstruction.Similarproposalsweremadefollowingeachoftheprevioustornadostrikes,butnonewereadopted.
25.AccordingtoChapmanHenderson,whichofthefollowingdoessheprobablyagreewith?
A.Buildingcodesmakeadifferenceinpreventingpropertydestruction.
B.Ifpeopletakeshelterinsaferooms,nobodywilldie.
C.Itisurgenttobuildtornadosaferooms.D.Saferoomscanbebuiltonlyunderground.
26.Whatcanweinferfromthetext?
A.Moorehasgonethroughtornado4timesintotal.B.ChapmanHendersonisMoore’smayor.
C.Monday'stornadotook24livesattwoschools.D.TheMoore’sproposalmightnotbeapproved.
27.Theunderlinedword“withstand”inparagraph4probablymeans________.
A.opposeB.resistC.preventD.defeat
B
DoAmericanchildrenstilllearnhandwritinginschool?
Intheageofthekeyboard,somepeopleseemtothinkhandwritinglessonsareonthewayout.90%ofteacherssaytheyarerequiredtoteachhandwriting.Butstudieshaveyettoanswerthequestionofhowwelltheyareteachingit.Onestudypublishedthisyearfoundthataboutthreeoutofeveryfourteacherssaytheyarenotpreparedtoteachhandwriting.Someteachersareteachinghandwritingbyprovidinginstructionfortentofifteenminutesaday,andthenotherteacherswhobasicallyteachitforsixtytoseventyminutesaday----whichreallyisprettymuchforhandwriting.
Manyadultsrememberlearningthatway----bycopyinglettersoverandoveragain.Today’sthinkingisthatshortperiodsofpracticearebetter.Manyexpertsalsothinkhandwritingshouldnotbetaughtbyitself.Instead,theysayitshouldbeusedasawaytogetstudentstoexpressideas.Afterall,thatiswhywewrite.
Handwritinginvolvestwoskills.Oneislegibility,whichmeansformingtheletterssotheycanberead.Theotherisfluency-writingwithouthavingtothinkaboutit.Fluencycontinuestodevelopupuntilhighschool.
Butnoteveryonemasterstheseskills.Teacherscommonlyreportthataboutonefourthoftheirkidshavepoorhandwriting.Somepeoplemightthinkhandwritingisnotimportantanymorebecauseofcomputersandvoicerecognitionprograms.
ButSteveGrahamatVanderbiltsayswordprocessingisrarelydoneinelementaryschool,especiallyintheearlyyears.Americanchildrentraditionallyfirstlearntoprint,andthentowriteincursive,whichconnectstheletters.ButguesswhatwelearnedfromaspokeswomanfortheCollegeBoard,whichadministerstheSATcollegeadmissiontest.Morethan75%ofstudentschoosetoprinttheiressayonthetestratherthanwriteincursive.
1.Wecaninferfromthefirstparagraphthat______.
A.teachersspendlittletimeinteachinghandwriting.
B.mostteachersattachimportancetoteachinghandwriting.
C.handwritingteachingisnotcommonlyrequired.
D.mostteachersareatalosshowtoteachhandwriting
2.WhichofthefollowingabouttraditionalhandwritingintheUSAisNOTtrue?
A.Thestudentsaretaughtbypracticingalongperiod.
B.Printingistaughtinpreferencetowritingincursive.
C.Handwritingistaughtforitsownsake.
D.Twoskillsgetinvolvedinhandwriting.
3.SomeAmericanpeople