IF you lived by the sea, you’d know that typhoons are frequent(頻繁的)visitors during summer .They bring Strong winds, heavy rain and flooding(洪水)But most of the time, when people stay indoors, they’re just all right.

This is what the people in the Philippines used to believe – until they met the “super typhoon”, Haiyan. 

The typhoon hit the country on Nov 8, at around 5 am, when most people were still asleep. But being at home didn’t keep them safe, since few buildings remained standing once they were hit by wind as violent as 376 kilometers per hour, according to NBC News.

“This is at the top end of any tropical system that we’ve seen on our planet,” said Bryan Norcross, a weather scientist working for NBC. And so far, Haiyan has caused more than 3,600 deaths and left millions of people homeless.

.But where did Haiyan get its destructive power?

According to Brian McNoldy, a tropical weather expert at the University of Miami, US, Haiyan was so strong because “it had everything working for it”

“All typhoons feed off the warm ocean waters,” Colin Price, a weather researcher at Tel Aviv University in Israel, told National Geographic. Tropical storms are like giant engines(發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)),powered by the heat transferred(傳導(dǎo))from the ocean waters to the air above. However, because of climate change, the oceans have been warming up in recent decades. “Warmer oceans will result in more intense(強(qiáng)烈的)storms,” Price said.

Also, Haiyan started near the equator(赤道),where it was able to pick up more heat before heading to the Philippines. Moreover, the route(路線)it traveled was mostly along open ocean, which means no land prevented it from gathering steam(水蒸氣).

In addition, there happened to be very little “wind shear(風(fēng)切變)in the area this time. Wind shear is a sudden change in wind speed or direction, which can tear apart developing storms. This is like when you stir(攪動(dòng)) a glass of water with a chopstick: a swirl(漩渦)will form, ‘but if you move the chopstick in the opposite direction, the swirl will quickly disappear.”

“When all those things align in a certain way, you’re going to get something like‘Haiyan’.”Jim Kossin, a scientist with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told National Geographic.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about typhoons according to the article?

A. They mostly happen early in the morning.

B. They mostly do damage during winter.

C. During most typhoons people can keep safe just by staying at home.

D. This year, more intense storms have happened in the world,

2.Which of the following made Haiyan so powerful?

a, lts starting point was the equator

b, The frequency of other intense storms

c. More heat was transferred from the ocean waters to the air above,

d. There was a strong wind shear in the area

e. There was no land in its way

A. abc              B.a(chǎn)cd               C.a(chǎn)ce             D.  ade 

3.The underlined word “alignin” the last paragraph is closest in meaning to_____

A. disappear         B. affect each other

C. Arrive at the top     D. Happen at the same time

4.The article mainly talks about

A. how destructive Haiyan was             

B. Why Haiyan was so destructive

C. how typhoons like Haiyan form(形成)  

D. ways to protect yourself when typhoons hit

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文介紹了“超級(jí)臺(tái)風(fēng)”海燕給菲律賓人帶來的災(zāi)難:3600人死亡,上百萬人無家可歸。海燕的危害如此巨大的原因有三:1海燕在赤道附近開始聚集更多的熱量前往菲律賓。2.它移動(dòng)的路線主要是沿海,沒有土地阻止它收集水蒸氣。3. 碰巧那里很少有風(fēng)切變。

1.推理判斷題。文章第一段的意思是在夏季的海邊臺(tái)風(fēng)頻繁,臺(tái)風(fēng)帶來暴風(fēng)雨,但大多數(shù)情況下,菲律賓人相信,只要呆在家里就沒事。由此可知,選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。在介紹海燕的強(qiáng)大破壞力的原因時(shí)提到許多因素使然:1海燕在赤道附近開始聚集更多的熱量前往菲律賓。2.它移動(dòng)的路線主要是沿海,沒有土地阻止它收集水蒸氣。3. 碰巧那里很少有風(fēng)切變。故選C。

3.詞意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文介紹和本句話的意思(當(dāng)所有這些事情以某種方式聚齊時(shí),你就會(huì)有像海燕那樣的強(qiáng)臺(tái)風(fēng)。)可知alignin的意思是這些因素碰在一起,與D一致。

4.主旨大意題。閱讀全文尤其是開頭可知,文章主要報(bào)道了臺(tái)風(fēng)“海燕”強(qiáng)大破壞力的原因,與B一致。

考點(diǎn):新聞報(bào)道類閱讀。   

 

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