2016届高考英语一轮复习课时规范训练：Module2《No Drugs》外研版必修2_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语一轮复习课时规范训练：Module2《No Drugs》外研版必修2

　　Module2 No Drugs

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Record－breaking storm

　　If you lived by the sea，you'd know that typhoons are frequent(频繁的)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(发动机)，powered by the heat transferred(传导)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(强烈的)storms，” Price said.