2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点20 洪水及山体滑坡的危害(学生版+解析版).pdfVIP

2023年中考英语时事热点阅 读专练 热点20洪水及山体滑坡的危害 、 阅读理解 Every year landslides cause 25 to 50 de且ths and $2 billion in damage in the United States. And in D巳cember, a single � killed more than 2000 people in the Philippines. Sending workers to stabilize mountainsides using steel bars can help a lot, but it introduces new difficulties because of dust and loosen heavy, dangerous debris from the ’ ’ work. “It s a quite dangerous job，”says Giorgio Pezzuto of D Appolonia, working with eight other companies. Now there may be an answer: a three-ton robot called Roboclimber. “The idea is to operate a machine far away that can do the stabilizing job without a human being near,says Pezzuto, manager for the project, which is supported by a European organization. Engine巳rs say that the machine will be faster and cheaper than manual labor. The robot, a large radio-controlled four-legged spider, has cost at least $2 million so f沉It should be able to climb mountainsides, dri.11 holes and ins创t steel bars th巳re. Testing should begin in May. I. The underlined word “event” refers to A 巳arthquake B. debris C. dust D. landslide 2. The purpose in writing this text is ＿一一一 A. to tell people how serious 由巴damage caused by landslides is B. to tell people that sending workers to stabilize mountainsides is a dangerous job C. to show people how to use a new robot D. to introduce a new robot that can b巳 used to stabilize mountainsides 3. What does the robot look like? A. human being B. spider C. steel bar 。 a drill 4. A landslides cause in damage in the Unired