2010-2023历年江苏省如东县高三四校联考英语试卷（带解析）.docxVIP

2010-2023历年江苏省如东县高三四校联考英语试卷（带解析）

第1卷

一.参考题库(共20题)

1.—Whydoesthelakesmellterrible?

—Becauselargequantitiesofwater______.??????????

A．havepolluted

B．isbeingpolluted

C．hasbeenpolluted

D．havebeenpolluted

2.Everwonderhowmuchacloudweighs?Whataboutahurricane?Ameteorologisthasdonesomeestimatesandtheresultsmightsurpriseyou.

Letsstartwithaverysimplewhitepuffycloud—acumuluscloud（积云）.Howmuchdoesthewaterinacumuluscloudweigh?PeggyLeMone,seniorscientistattheNationalCenterforAtmosphericResearchinBoulder,Colorado,didthenumbers.Thewaterinthelittlecloudweighsabout550tons,shecalculates.Orifyouwanttoconvertittosomethingthatmightbealittlemoremeaningful…thinkofelephants.

Thethoughtofahundredelephants-worthofwatersuspendedintheskybegsanotherquestion—whatkeepsitupthere?

Firstofall,thewaterisntinelephantsizedparticles（微粒）,itsintinytinytinyparticles,explainsLeMone.Andthoseparticlesfloatonthewarmerairthatsrisingbelow.Butstill,theconceptofsomuchwaterfloatingintheskywassurprisingeventoameteorologistlikeLeMone.Ihadnoideahowmuchacloudwouldweigh,actually,whenIstartedthecalculations,shesays.

Sohowmanyelephantunitsofwaterareinsideabigstormcloud—10timesbiggerallthewayaroundthanthepuffycumuluscloud?Again,LeMonedidthenumbers:About200,000elephants.

Now,ratchetupthecalculationsforahurricaneaboutthesizeofMissouriandthefiguresgetreallymassive.Whatweredoingisweighingthewaterinonecubicmetertheoreticallypulledfromacloudandthenmultiplyingbythenumberofmetersinawholehurricane,sheexplains.

Theresult?Fortymillionelephants.Thatmeansthewaterinonehurricaneweighsmorethanalltheelephantsontheplanet.Perhapsevenmorethanalltheelephantsthathaveeverlivedontheplanet.

【小题1】Theweightof?????isNOTmentionedinthep