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第 PAGE 10 页 共 NUMPAGES 10 页 上海市静安区2021届高考一模英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 简答题 xx题 xx题 xx题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 第 1 题：How Do Avalanches Happen If you’re ever skiing in the mountains, you’ll want to be aware of avalanches. An avalanche is a sudden flow of snow down a slope, such as a mountain. The amount of snow in an avalanche ___1___ (vary) based on many things, but it can be such a huge amount that it can bury the bottom of a slope in dozens of feet of snow. Avalanches ___2___ be caused by natural things. For example, new snow or rain can cause built-up snow to loosen and fall down the side of a mountain. Artificial triggers（诱发因素）can also cause avalanches. For example, snowmobiles, skiers, and explosives ___3___ (know) to lead to avalanches. Avalanches usually occur during the winter and spring, ___4___ snowfall is greatest. As they are dangerous to any living beings in their path, avalanches have destroyed forests, roads, railroads and even entire towns. Warning signs exist that allow experts to predict -- and often prevent -- avalanches from _______5_______ (occur). When over a foot of fresh snow falls, experts know to be on the lookout for avalanches. Explosives can be used in places ___6___ massive snow buildups to trigger much smaller avalanches that don’t pose a danger to persons or property. When deadly avalanches do occur, the moving snow can quickly reach over 80 miles per hour. Skiers caught in such avalanches can be buried under dozens of feet of snow. ___7___ it’s possible to dig out of such avalanches, not all are able to escape. If you get tossed about by an avalanche and find yourself ___8___ (bury) under many feet of snow, you might not have a true sense of which way is up and which way is down. Some avalanche victims have tried to dig their way out, only to find that they were upside down and digging ___9___ farther under the snow rather than to the top! Experts suggest that pe