高考英语二轮专题限时训练：38科普知识型阅读理解2Word版含答案.docVIP

专题限时训练(三十八)　[科普知识型阅读理解(二)] (限时：25分钟) (一) A huge cloud of dust rose and an overpass disappeared. This was the scene in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province on May 17.Nine people were killed and sixteen injured. Things were similar in 2008 in the Sichuan earthquake. Thousands of people were buried in the ruins and lost their lives. What if we could have warned them? People are always racking_their_brains to find a way of preventing buildings collapse. Better materials and technologies help, but they are not a solution. Just like humans, a building has its own life cycle from“birth” to “death”．If we know wh