【新教材】人教版（2019）高一英语必修第一册Unit4 单元测试卷
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In late March, storms and rapid temperature shifts in veral Midwestern states led to unexpected flooding. For Nebraska, it was the worst 姘头是什么意思disaster in the state's history: 76 of 93 counties have had to apply for aid, with damage虾仁混沌 approximately $1.3 billion. Many families are receiving assistance for repairs to homes, farms, and infrastructure (基础设施).
Although it has been a destructive time for Midwestern farm counties, many volunteers have joined in despite the dangers. For volunteer Lynn Caniglia, the feeling that comes from "helping families" is all the payment she needs.
Another girl called Jeanie Goodhile talked about her efforts. She raid disabled animals on her farm in Valley, Nebraska. The floods ruined her land and nearly killed all she owned.
"When the water came, I had 20 minutes to save all of my animals," Goodhile said. "When I attempted to get some animals out of their pens(畜栏), they wouldn't come out." Across the Midwest, three people and more than 2.3 million animals died in the flooding. Goodhile is grateful for the first volunteers who risked their lives to save others.
Volunteers from as far away as Ohio and North Carolina 长针眼的原因rescued people trapped and are now providing supplies to tho in need and helping to rebuild. "I asss homes to e if they're safe to live in after all of the damage," said volunteer Steve Metcalph. "Several steps need to be taken to ensure that a hou is safe and habitable after flooding. Cleaning out a home and making repairs after flood damage can be a tough, complex process. Roads, bridges, and highways were also damaged. Most of the highways and roads have reopened, but nearly one million homes are still awaiting clean-ups."
1.Which of the following best describes Nebraska's situation in late March?
A. Terrible. B. Changeable. C. Pleasant. D. Effective.
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2.What happened to Jeanie Goodhile's farm?
A.Her efforts to save some animals were in vain.
B.The flood didn't kill any animal on the farm.
C.There was no volunteer to help save the farm.
D.She had no time to save the animals on the farm.
3.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Survivors in the flood
B.A joint effort to save animals
C.The government's great contributions
D.Volunteers helping victims through flood
The scientific study of earthquakes is comparatively new. Until the 18th century, few factual descriptions of earthquakes were recorded, and the natural caus of earthquakes were not well understood.
The earliest earthquake for which we have descriptive information occurred in China in 1177 BC. The Chine earthquake catalog (目录) describes veral dozen large earthquakes in China during the next few thousand years. Earthquakes in Europe were mentioned as early as 580 BC, but the earliest for which we have some descriptive information occurred in the mid-16th century. The earliest known earthquakes in the Americas were in Mexico in the late 14th century and in Peru in 1471, but descriptions of the effects were not well recorded. By the 17th century, descriptions of the effects of earthquakes were being published around the world.
The most widely felt earthquakes in the recorded history of North America were a ries that occurred in 1811-1812 near New Madrid, Missouri. A great earthquake, who magnitude is reported to have been about 8, occurred on the morning of December 16, 1
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811. Another great earthquake occurred on January 23, 1812, and a third, the strongest yet, on February 7, 1812. Aftershocks (余震) were nearly continuous between the great earthquakes and continued for months afterwards. The earthquakes were felt by people as far away as Boston and Denver. Becau the population in the regions was small, the destruction of human life and property was slight.
mu是什么航空公司 The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was one of the most destructive in the recorded history of North America——the earthquake and the fire that followed killed nearly 700 people and left the city in ruins.
1. When did published descriptions of the effects of earthquakes become popular in the world?
A. In the 1300s.
B. In the 1400s.
C. In the 1500s.
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D. In the 1600s.
2. What do we know about the earthquakes in 1811-1812 in North America?
A. They killed a large number of people.
B. They occurred in San Francisco.
C. They could be felt very far away.
D. They almost destroyed entire cities.
3. What can we infer from the passage?脑字组词
A. Few earthquakes were scientifically studied before the 18th century.
B. Earthquakes can be avoided with the development of technology.
C. Most of the early earthquakes caud little damage.
D. People haven't found the caus of earthquakes so far.
4. What's the best title for this passage?
A. The scientific study of earthquakes
B. Earthquakes in history
C. The effects of earthquakes on humans
