Unit 2 课时检测(5) “Extended reading”的课文习读环节（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语必修第三册（译林版2020）

UNIT 2 课时检测(五) “Extended reading”的课文习读环节 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Standing on the ruins after the fire where his house had been, Peter Ruprecht admitted that he was not sure how or when to rebuild.He was still shocked by what Australia's increasingly changeable climate had already delivered: first a drought, then a destructive bush fire, then a foot of rain from a storm. “It's unstoppable，” said Mr Ruprecht, a former dairy farmer.“We speak about the warmth of Mother Nature, but nature can also be vicious and wild and unforgiving.” Australia's hellish (地狱的) fire season has eased (缓和), but its people are facing more than a single disaster.With floods destroying homes not far from where fires recently spread, they are facing a cycle of what scientists call “compound extremes”： one climate disaster strengthening the next. Warmer temperatures do more than just dry out the land.They also heat up the atmosphere, which means clouds hold more moisture (水汽) for longer periods of time.So droughts get worse, giving way to fires, then to heavy rains that the land is too dry to absorb. Many Australians in disaster zones complain that their government, after ignoring climate change for years, has not yet to draw up recovery plans that are clear and that take future threats into account. At the same time, the economic costs of a changing climate are rising quickly.Philip Lowe, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, warned recently that Australia was already paying a price, and that it would only go up. 语篇解读：本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了澳大利亚一系列极端气候灾难，包括它们的成因、危害及造成的经济损失等。 1．Why Peter Ruprecht is mentioned in the beginning? A．To arouse readers' pity. B．To introduce the topic. C．To stress the problem. D．To call on readers to help. 解析：选B　推理判断题。由第一段可知，提及Peter Ruprecht是为了引出话题：澳大利亚的气候灾难。 2．Which word can replace the underlined word “vicious” in Paragraph 2? A．Grateful.　　　　　 B．Advanced. C．Responsible. D．Forcible. 解析：选D　词义猜测题。画线词所在句表示“我们谈论的是大自然的温暖，但大自然也可能是vicious、野蛮和无情的”。由句中的“warmth”及转折连词“but”，并列连词“and”及“wi