2017-2018届高中英语 Unit 5 The power of nature单元质量评估 新人教版选修6.docVIP

单元质量评估(五)时间：100分钟　分数：120分第一部分　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 Though larger cities were mostly spared，Sundays tornadoes damaged some small towns in the middle of the US.One of the hardest hit was Van，Texas，a town of about 2，600 people located 70 miles southeast of Dallas.Winds there reached up to 140 miles per hour and damaged about 30 percent of the area.Weather experts say it was the strongest tornado to hit the town in more than 70 years. Emergency workers in Van moved quickly to help those affected，but two people were killed and more than two dozen were injured by the tornados winds.A driver in the nearby town of Corsicana was killed by floodwaters that had risen after the storm. In Lake City，Iowa，a tornado tore the roof off South Central Calhoun High School.One hundred and fifty people had gathered in the safety of the schools basement，and all escaped without major harm. Nine people were injured in the 130-mph winds of a tornado that touched down in Delmont，South Dakota，but tornadoes werent the only severe weather that state saw on Sunday.Residents in the Black Hills region were faced with a late-spring snowfall of 10 to 18 inches. Scientists measure tornadoes using the Enhanced Fujita(EF)Scale.It categorizes tornadoes based on the amount of damage they cause and their estimated wind speed.EF1 tornadoes are the weakest，while EF5 tornadoes are the severest.The tornado in Van was categorized as an EF3. Although tornadoes can happen in any state，they are most common in the central US.This is why that part of the country is nicknamed(给……起绰号)Tornado Alley.Though this past weekends storms were damaging tornadoes hit the US in May than in any other month，according to the National Weather Service(NWS)．【语篇解读】　本文是说明文。龙卷风席卷了美国中部。　　B．The eastern part.解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的“Sundays tornadoes damaged some small towns in the middle of the US.”可知周日美国中部受到了龙卷风的袭击。答案：A the storm. D．They were not influenced by the tornado. 解析：推理判断题。由第三段中的“One hundred