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2025~2026学年陕西省铜川市第一中学高一上学期第二次月考英语试卷

一、阅读理解

FouroftheWorld’sNaturalDisasters

Thefollowingfournaturaldisastersdestroyedcitiesandcommunitiesaroundtheworld.Byflood,typhoon,orearthquake,theseeventshavealtogethertakenmillionsofhumanlives.

YangtzeRiverFlood

Themajorfloodof1931coveredtensofthousandsofsquaremiles,floodingricefieldsandmanycities,includingNanjingandWuhan.Thefloodinfluencedmorethan50millionpeople.Governmentorganizations,includingtheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration,estimated(估计)thatabout3.7millionpeoplediedinthisdisaster.

TyphoonNina

TyphoonNinastruckHenanprovinceofChinainAugust1975.Thetyphooncausedaseriousdam(水坝)failure,andmorethan150,000peopleweredeadorinjured.Accordingtoreports,atleast26,000peoplediedinthefloods.About145,000peoplediedfromdiseasescausedbywaterpollutionandfamine(饥荒).Thenumberofpeopleinfluencedbythedisasterwasmorethan10,000,000.

KashmirEarthquake

OnOctober8,2005,adisastrousearthquakestrucktheJashmirregion.Theearthquakemeasured7.6,followedbymanyaftershocks,landslides,andfallingrocks.Theseriousnessofthedamageandthehighnumberofdeathswereworsenedbypoorconstruction(建筑).InKashmir,atleast79,000peoplewerekilled,andmorethan32,000buildingsbrokedown.

HaitianEarthquake

Atthebeginningof2010,anearthquakehitHaiti.Theearthquakemeasured7.0andwasfollowedbyaftershocksthatmeasured5.9and5.5.Anotheraftershockthatmeasured5.9struckonJanuary20.Therehavebeendifferentviewsaboutthetotalnumberofdeathscausedbythisearthquake,butestimatessuggestthatabout200,000—300,000peopledied.Hundredsofthousandsmorewereforcedtoleavetheirhomes.

1.Whichnaturaldisastercausedthemostdeaths?

A．TyphoonNina.

B．KashmirEarthquake.

C．HaitiEarthq