第一部分 单元过关检测卷Unit 5 What an adventure!B卷能力提升卷-【课堂百分百】 2022-2023高中英语必修三 单元培优双测卷（外研版）

B卷:能力提升卷 (时间:100分钟 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和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A NEW YORK—A massivewinterstormparalyzedmuchoftheU.S. EastCoastonThursdayandFriday,dumpingasmuchas46centimetersof snowfromtheCarolinastoMaine.Italsocausedfloodingonthestreetsof Bostonduetoswelingstormtides,forcedthecancelationofnearly5,000 flightsandclosedbusinesses,officesandschools. Somemeteorologists(气象学家)classifiedthestormasa“bombcyclone”foritssharpdrop inatmosphericpressurewouldbefolowedimmediatelybyablastofcoldairthatcouldbreakre- cordsinmorethantwodozencitiesandbringwindchilsaslowas-40℃duringtheweekend. FromBaltimore,Maryland,toCaribouinMaine,effortswereunderwaytoclearroadwaysof iceandsnowaswindchiltemperaturesweretoplungeduringtheday,reaching-40℃insome partsaftersundown,accordingtotheNationalWeatherService. UtilitycompaniesacrosstheEastworkedtorepairdownedpowerlinesearlyonFridayasa- bout21,000customersremainedwithoutelectricity,downfromalmost80,000thedaybefore, andissuedwarningsthattemperaturesmaybecomedangerouslylow. “Ifthetemperatureinyourhomebeginstofal,werecommendtakingshelterelsewhereun- tilservicecanberestored.Youcanfindwarmingcentersbycontactinglocalauthorities,”Na- tionalGridpowercompany,whichservesMassachusetts,saidonTwitter. Airlinescanceled4,000flightsonThursdayandhundredsmoreonFriday,accordingto FlightAware.com,anonlinetrackingservice. MayorBildeBlasiosaiditcouldfeellike-30℃onFridayandSaturdaynightswiththe windchil.“Thisisaserious,seriousstorm,andmaybethemostseverein2018,”hesaidata newsconference. NewYorkGovernorAndrewCuomodeclaredastateofemergencyforthesouthernpartof thestate,whileNewJerseyGovernorChrisChristiedeclaredastateofemergencyforseveral counties. 1.WhichofthefolowingisNOTtheconsequenceofthemassivewinterstorm? A.BreakdownoftheU.S.coast. B.FloodinginBoston. C.Cancelationofnearly5,000flights. D.Closureinbusiness,offices,andschools. —18— 2.Whydidsomemeteorologistsclassifythiswinterstormas“bombcyclone”? A.Becauseitwilcausechangeablea