2022届高考英语二轮复习：阅读与读写练讲义：加州或干旱再临素材.docxVIP

加州或干旱再临 干旱从古至今都是人类面临的主要自然灾害。即使在科学技术如此发达的今天，它造成的灾难性后果仍然比比皆是。 难词探意 1. snowpack / sno··p·k/ n. 积雪 2. powder keg 炸药桶 3. parched /pɑ：t·t/ adj. 焦的;炎热的 4. offset /offset/ v. 抵消 5. divert /da··v·：t/ v. 转移 6. reservoir /·rez·vwɑ：（r）/ n. 水库 7. meager /mi：g·/ adj. 贫乏的 8. retain / r··te·n/ v. 保存 原文复现 Californias mountain snowpack is about half of its normal level， raising fears that the state could return to drought after a period of mostly abundant wet years. On Thursday， officials of the state’s Department of Water Resources conducted a survey at a measuring station near Lake Tahoe that recorded 29 inc