2.4 单元综合测试 -【帮课堂】 2021-2022学年高一英语同步精品讲义（译林版2020必修第三册）

Unit 2 Natural Disasters 单元综合测试 （考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分） 第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A （2022·海南·嘉积中学高一期末）Here is the latest news from BBC． News One More than 90 people are now known to have been killed by destructive tornadoes that swept through the Midwest of the United States on Friday. At least 80 were killed in Kentucky and 14 across five other states. A worker at a Kentucky candle factory told the BBC that many workers had been killed when they worked there. As Peter Bowes reports, what people should do is being discussed when they are warmed that a tornado is on the way. And the owner of that factory has, in fact, been talking about this. But clearly it wasn’t of any use for the people in that building. News Two The number of people killed by flash floods in the US state of Tennessee has risen to more than 20 on Tuesday. Now rescue workers are continuing to look for those who are still missing. Record rainfall of more than 40 centimeters in some areas caused widespread flooding. Buddy Frazier is the mayor (市长) of Waverly, one of the worst affected towns. “I’ve been around a long time, and I’ve been through a lot of events here, and this one really shocked me. “ He said. News Three Haiti’s civil protection service says around 1300 people are now known to have lost their lives in Saturday’s powerful earthquake which struck the southwest of the country. Hospitals in the area are fighting to cut down the number of the injured, which is almost doubled to around 6000 people. In the cities of Jeremies and Les Cayes, rescuers are trying to locate people still trapped under ruins. 1．What is the first news mainly talking about? A．Tornadoes hit parts of the US. B．Tsunamis struck Kentucky, the US. C．Volcanic eruption happened in the US. D．Hurricanes caused great damage to the US. 2．What made Waverly one of the worst affected towns that the mayor has ever seen? A．Destructive landslides. B．Terrible sandstorms. C．Flash fl