2015届高考英语一轮单元测试：外研版必修3module4sandstormsinasia.docVIP

第  PAGE 13 页 共  NUMPAGES 13 页 Module 4　 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。 第Ⅰ卷(选择题) 第一部分　听力 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 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。 A Most of the sandstorms that had swept China last year came from foreign land，a Chinese official in charge of desertification control said on Monday.And the invasions(入侵)could partly explain the frequent sandstorms in the country in recent years despite its achievements in desertification control. Since the start of last spring，the north and northwestern Chinese regions had been hit by 17 sandstorms，of which，a dozen came from foreign land. Situated in the central-Asia sandstorm region，one of the worlds four largest sandstorm sources，China also suffers from sandstorms from outside the country while being blamed as a sand source to northeast Asia.The other three major sources are in Africa，North America and Australia. The land suffering from desertification has been decreasing by 7,585 square kilometres annually in China，and the area of sandy land has also been falling by 1,284 square kilometres a year. The shrinkage(收缩)forms a clear contrast to the fact that the land suffering from desertification and sandy feature was added by 10,400 square kilometres and 3,436 square kilometres late last century，respectively. Currently，the desertification land in China makes up 2.64 million square kilometres，accounting for 27.46 percent of the nations land，and its sandy land totals 1.74 million square kilometres，accounting for 18.1 percent of the countrys total. 21．What does the underlined word“decreasing”mean in Paragraph 4? A．Going down.　　　　　 B．Going up. C．Coming from. D．Taking up. 答案： A　词义猜测题。根据第四段最后的has also been falling by 1,284 square kilometres a year可知，该词的意思是“减少”，与fall的意思接近，故选A项。 22．Where do most of the sandstorms in China come from? A．The northwestern Chinese regions. B．The northern Chinese regions. C．The western part of China. D．Foreign countries. 答案：D　细