2013届高考英语查漏补缺阅读专练38.docVIP

2013届高考英语查漏补缺阅读专练 第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共50分） 第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。 A 2010 was the year the Earth struck back. Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards (暴风雪), Iandslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 – the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined. “It just seemed like it was back-to-back(接二连三) and it came in waves,” said Craig Fugate,who