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2024—2025学年广东省广州市禺山中学高一上学期12月月考英语试卷

一、阅读理解

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FouroftheWorld’sDisasters

Thefollowingfourdisastersdestroyedcitiesaroundtheworld.Byflood,typhoon,orearthquake,theseeventshavetotallytakenmillionsofhumanlives.

YangtzeRiverFlood

Themajorfloodof1931coveredtensofthousandsofsquaremiles,floodingricefieldsandmanycities,includingNanjingandWuhan.Thefloodaffectedmorethan50millionpeople.Governmentorganizationsestimated(估计)thatabout3.7millionpeoplediedinthisdisaster.

TyphoonNina

TyphoonNinastruckHenanprovinceofChinainAugust1975.Thetyphooncausedaseriousdam(水坝)failure,andmorethan300,000peopleweredeadorinjured.Thenumberofpeopleaffectedbythedisasterwasmorethan10,000,000.

KashmirEarthquake

OnOctober8,2005,adisastrousearthquakestrucktheKashmir.Theearthquakeregisteredamagnitudeof7.6,followedbymanyaftershocksandlandslides.Thedamageanddeathnumberwereworsenedbythepoorbuildingsintheaffectedareas.Atleast79,000peoplewerekilled.

HaitianEarthquake

Atthebeginningof2010,anearthquakehitHaiti.Theearthquakeregisteredamagnitudeof7.0andwasfollowedbyaftershocksthatregisteredmagnitudesof5.9and5.5.Therehasbeendebateaboutthetotalnumberofdeathscausedbythisearthquake,butestimatessuggestthatabout200,000-300,000peopledied.Hundredsofthousandsmorebecamehomeless.

1.Whichdisastercausedthemostdeaths?

A．YangtzeRiverFlood.

B．TyphoonNina.

C．KashmirEarthquake.

D．HaitianEarthquake.

2.WhatmadethesituationinKashmirmoreserious?

A．Theseriousaftershocks.

B．Thediseasesafterearthquake.

C．Thecontinuousfallingrocks.

D．Thelowbuildingquality

3.WhatcanwelearnabouttheearthquakethathitHaiti?

A．Ithadcausedotherdisasters.

B．Ithappenedinthehottestseason

C．Ithadadebatabledeathcount.

D．Ithappenedonly