时事热点 2022年中考英语阅读理解
专题11 自然灾害与防范
Passage 1
（2021·浙江宁波市·中考真题） Jason and his father were going to the grocery store by car to pick up some apples. It had been an unusual day. The sky was dark but there were few clouds. As they drove up the street, there started to be a rumbling （隆隆的） sound heard across the ground.
Jason’s father immediately realized that a tornado （龙卷风） was coming. He stopped the car and told Jason to get out immediately. Jason and his father got out of the car and made their way to the clost building. By this time the wind was blowing harder, and it was hard to e or hear. Debris新生儿出生率 was falling all over the place. Jason couldn’t e his dad anymore. He also realized that he wasn’t getting to the building fast enough. He was afraid he would be picked up by the wind and thrown into the air. 初安
As he made his way towards the building, he noticed a field to his right. He could e an irrigation ditch（灌溉渠）. In a panic, he scrambled （爬） to the ditch and lay flat on the ground. More debris and objects flew overhead. His heart was beating hard, and he was nervous. He had never been in a tornado before.
After a while, the winds died down and the loud roaring sound was gone. Jason slowly lifted his head and nervously looked around. What he saw was a great mess. Jason could hardly recognize the buildings in front of him becau of all the damage.
He stood up and with shaky legs walked to the building. Once there, he pushed the door open and went inside. It was a public building owned by the city. It was empty, but Jason could hear nois further inside. He walked into the large room and saw his dad. He ran across the room and gave him a big hug.
“Jason! How are you? I’ve been worried sick about you!” said his father. “I couldn’t find you anywhere!”
Jason breathed a sigh of a relief（松了一口气）and sat down. He did have a story to tell!
1．From Paragraph 1, we can get the ________ of the story.四时田园杂兴的意思
A．background B．development C．climax (most exciting part) D．ending
2．Which of the following is the right order according to the passage?儿童智力玩具
① Jason nervously looked around from the irrigation ditch.
② Jason ran across the room and gave his father a big hug.
③ Jason got out of the car.
④ Jason noticed a field to his right.
A．②①③④ B．③④①② C．④①②③ D．③①②④
3．The underlined word “Debris” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A．parts of the tornado B．apple pies C．broken pieces D．drop of rain
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4．The story tells us that when we are in danger, ________.
A．we should wait patiently until help comes B．we should work hard to make our dreams come true青葱
C．we should be brave enough to change nature D．we should be quick-thinking and believe in ourlves
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Passage 2
（2021·山东泰安市·中考真题）
Scientists say they’ve developed a new system(系统). It can u “machine learning” to predict when and where lightning(闪电) will strike(闪击). The rearch was led by engineers from Switzerland.
European rearchers have estimated(估算) between 6, 000 and 24,000 people are killed by lightning worldwide each year. The strikes can also cau power cuts, destroy hous
and start forest fires. For the reasons, some climate scientists have studied to develop methods to predict and control lightning. But no system has been created to effectively predict lightning.
The new system is being tested in the experiments(实验). It ud a combination of data(数据资料) from weather stations and machine learning methods. The rearchers developed a prediction model. It was trained to tell weather conditions that were possible to cau lightning.
幽灵的礼物
The model was created with some data. The data was collected over a 12-year period from 12 Swiss weather stations in cities and mountain areas. The data related to(与……有关) four main surface conditions: air pressure, air temperature, relative humidity(相对湿度) and wind speed.
The atmospheric(大气的) data was put into a machine learning algorithm(计算程序), which compared it to records of lightning strikes. Rearchers say the algorithm was then able to learn the conditions under which lightning happens.
Amirhosin Mostajabi is a PhD student who led the development of the new system. He said, “Common systems for collecting such data are slow and complex, and they require expensive collection equipment(设备) like radar or satellites (卫星).”
“Our system us data that can be gotten from any weather station,” Mostajabi said. “This will improve data collection in the areas which are not covered by radar and satellites or in places where communication systems have been cut,” he added.
