主題閱讀主題九災害防范一、

（2023·泰州統考三模）完形填空Atravellerwaswalkingacrossadesert（沙漠）alone，planningtodoitinonemonth.Morethantwentydayspassed，andthejourneyhadbeengoingon

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?.“SoonI’llbeabletowalkoutofthisdesert，”hethoughtgladly.一二三四Butthedesertwasneverfriendly

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?travellers.Inashorttime，therecameastrongsandstorm.Hehurriedly

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?hisheadwiththeclothes，prostrate（俯臥的）onthesand.Afterabouttenminutes，thesandstorm

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?.Heshooktheclothesandstoodup.Atthatmoment，hefoundhimselfinahopelesssituation—thebackpackwithfoodandwaterwassweptawaybythe

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?.Asweknow，itseems

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?toleavethedesertwithoutfoodorwater.

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?，hehadapearleft.Hehelditinhishandstightly.“Nottoobad.AtleastIhaveapear.I

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?Icanwalkoutofthedesert.”Daysandnightswentbyquickly，butthedesertstilllookedendless.Besides，hunger，thirstandfearof

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?werealwaysaroundhimlikeghosts.

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?，eachtimehewasclosetolosinghope，heforcedhimselftostareatthepearthathehadbeen

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?.“Nottoobad.AtleastIhaveapear.”一二三四Asmallpearbecamethe

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?forhissurvival（生存）.Threedayslater，

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?hesawavillagenotfaraway，helaughedwithexcitement.Hefeltcompletelyrelaxed—the“pear”broughthimbackto

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?.Tokeephopeisthebestweapon（武器）forvictory，sonevertellyourself“

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?left”becauseonlyifyoutrytosearch，youcanalwaysfinda“pear”topullyououtoftrouble.一二三四（

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）1.A.well

B.badly

C.terribly

D.heavily（

B

）2.A.at

B.to

C.on

D.by（

D

）3.A.filled

B.beat

C.played

D.covered（

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）4.A.stopped

B.hid

C.began

D.continued（

B

）5.A.snow

B.sandstorm

C.desert

D.smoke（

B

）6.A.right

B.impossible

C.safe

D.important（

D

）7.A.Sadly

B.Easily

C.Carefully

D.Luckily（

B

）8.A.wonder

B.believe

C.remember

D.advise（

A

）9.A.death

B.pain

C.illness

D.sandABDABBDBA一二三四（

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）10.A.However

B.And

C.Or

D.Also（

B

）11.A.smelling

B.keeping

C.eating

D.imagining（

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）12.A.hope

B.rule

C.question

D.plan（

D

）13.A.sothat

B.evenif

C.aslongas

D.assoonas（

C

）14.A.danger

B.thirst

C.life

D.mind（

B

）15.A.anything

B.nothing

C.something

D.everythingABADCB一二三四二、

（2023·泰州市姜堰區實驗初級中學校考階段練習）閱讀理解LakeVictoriaisthelargestlakeinAfrica.Itisalsothesecondlargestfreshwaterlakeintheworld.Itisanimportantlakebecauseitisoneofthesourcesforthelongestriverintheworld，theNileRiver.LakeVictoriaprovidesasourceofwater，foodandpowerforseveralAfricancountries.LakeVictoriaisabigpartofAfricanlife.一二三四Unfortunately，LakeVictoriahasaproblem.Itisshrinking.ThereareseveralpowerstationsatLakeVictoriainUganda.TheseareontheNileRiver，andbesidesproducingpower，theykeepthewaterofthelakeatacertainlevel.Forthepastfortyyears，thatlevelhasbeen11.9metres.Overthelastseveralyears，thewaterlevelhasdroppedbyabout2.5metres.Thereseemtobeseveralreasonsforthisdrop.Onepossiblereasonisdrought（干旱）.Droughthasbeenverybadintheareasince2000.LakeVictoriagetsallofitswaterfromrain，sothedroughtmeanslesswaterinthelake.一二三四However，someenvironmentalistsbelievethattherealproblemisthepowerplants（發電廠）onLakeVictoria.Ugandadependsonthosepowerplantsformostofitspower，andtheyweremadelargerin2000.ManypeoplebelievethepowerplantshavebeentakingtoomuchwaterfromLakeVictoria.Asaresult，theyhavebeenaskedtouselesswateruntilLakeVictoriagoesbacktoitsformerlevel.一二三四Whetherthelowwaterleveliscausedbydroughtorpowerplants，theresultisthesame.ThisisalreadyapoorareaofAfrica，wheremanypeopleliveareallyhardlife.People，animalsandplantsaroundLakeVictoriawillsufferevenmorefromthelowwaterlevelofthelake.ManypeopleneedLakeVictoriaforfishingorgrowingfood.Fishneedthewatertolive，andotheranimalsneedLakeVictoriaforwater.一二三四（

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）1.LakeVictoriais

?.A.animportantlakeinAfricaB.thelargestlakeintheworldC.thesourceofwater，foodandpowerforAmericaD.theonlysourcefortheNileRiver（

C

）2.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentence“Itisshrinking.”mostprobablymean？A.Itisbecominglarger.B.Itisbecomingmorebeautiful.C.Itisbecomingsmaller.D.Itisbecomingmoreuseful.AC一二三四（

D

）3.ThewaterlevelofLakeVictoriaisnowabout

?.A.2.5metresB.11.9metresC.14.4metresD.9.4metres（

C

）4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage？A.Rainwateristheonlysourceofthelake.B.Therehasbeenlittleraininthelakeareasince2000.C.ThepowerplantsinUgandaprovidewaterforthelake.D.ThepowerplantsinUgandaweremadelargerin2000.DC一二三四（

B

）5.Accordingtothepassage，whatcanbedonetosolvetheproblemsaroundLakeVictoria？A.Peoplemustbuildmorepowerplants.B.Moresourcesofwatermustbefound.C.EverycountryshouldoffersomemoneytoAfrica.D.Allthepeoplelivingintheareashouldmovetoanotherplace.B一二三四三、

（原創題）閱讀表達（每題答案不超過10個詞）Whatisawave？Awaveisadisturbance（干擾）thatmovesthroughmatter（物質）.Energycreatesthedisturbancethatmakesawave.Oceanwavesarecreatedwhenenergydisturbsthewater.Mostwaterwavesarecausedbywindblowingacrossthewater’ssurface.Tsunamiwavesarenotlikemostwaterwaves，however.TheenergythatcreatestsunamisisadisturbanceintheEarth—anearthquake.Theshakingenergyofanearthquakepushesthewater.一二三四Tsunamiwavescanbemorepowerfulthanordinarywaterwavestoo.Tsunamiwavesindeepoceanwaterscanbehuge.Theycanbemileslongandliftupthewaterbyabout3feet.Thesewavesmovewiththespeedofajetplaneuntiltheyapproachland.Thentheyslowdownandgrowtaller.Scientistsstudytsunamisinordertobeabletowarnpeople.Theyusetoolsthatmeasureseismicwaves（地震波）.SeismicwavesaretheshakingenergythatmovesthroughtheEarthduringanearthquake.Seismicwavestellscientistswhenandwhereearthquakesarehappeningundertheocean.Theytellhowmuchtheenergyisinanearthquake.一二三四Tsunamisdonothappenveryoften，buttheycanbeverydangerous.Foryoursafety，knowifthereyouliveortravelisinatsunamizone.Ifthereisanearthquake，atsunamicouldfollow.SolistentoaradioorwatchTVforinstructions.Theimportantthingistogettohighergroundandgoasfarinlandasyoucan.Youcouldbetoldyouhavetwohourstogettosafety，oronlyminutes.一二三四Sometimes，peopleatthebeachobservethewaterpullingbackunusuallyfarfromtheshore.Thisiscalled“drawback”，anditcanhappenbeforeatsunamihits.Peoplemaybecuriousandgotowardsthewaterwhentheyseethewaterdrawingback.NEVERdothis！Runtosafetyintheoppositedirection，awayfromthewater.一二三四1.Whatisatsunamiwavelike？

Itishuge.

?2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“They”inParagraph4referto？

Scientists.

?3.Howcanpeopleknowwhetheratsunamimayhappenornot？

Bylisteningtoaradio，watchingTVorobservingdrawback.

?4.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage？

Totellpeoplesomethingaboutthetsunami.

?5.Wherecanweprobablyreadthepassage？

Inamagazine.

?Itishuge.

Scientists.

Bylisteningtoaradio，watchingTVorobservingdrawback.

Totellpeoplesomethingaboutthetsunami.

Inamagazine.

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缺詞填空（每空1詞）Mostofushavespenttimeatamuseum，lookingatandlearningaboutthethingsthere.Everyyear，museumsputalotofmoneyandworkintokeepingtheirobjects（物品）ingoodc

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?.Theymakesurethetemperatureandlightlevelsarealwaysjustr

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?andthattheairisn’ttoowet.一二三四However，evenifallofthemarecorrect，somethingscanstillbeharmfultoavaluableobject—insects（昆蟲）.Oftentheyenterthemuseuminsidetheobjectitself.Theymaya

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?bebroughtinbyaccidentonvisitors’clothes.Onceinsidethemuseum，theycanquicklym

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?fromoneobjecttoanother，andtheyenjoyeatingnaturalmaterial（天然材料）suchaswood，cotton，silkandwool.一二三四Museumexperts（專家）saythattheoldertheobjectsare，themoretheinsectsseemtolikethem.That’saproblembecausethesethingscan’te

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?berepaired.Asaresult，museumswilltryalmostanythingtos

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?insectsfromharmingtheircollections.Forexample，anewobjectwillbekeptseparatelyatfirst.Then，whenstaff（工作人員）aresuret