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【題目】 Lightning is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena(現(xiàn)象).It is also one of the most deadly phenomena. A bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the surface(表面)of the Sun and gives out 30，000 amps of electricity(電).It can travel at 100, 000 kilometres per hour and has the ability to hit an object up to 40 kilometres away. About 1,000 people around the world are killed by lightning every day.

Only about ten percent of people struck by lightning will actually die, but the others are actually very badly injured, with burns, broken bones, blindness, deafness, paralysis, or memory loss. However, when the electricity passes through their brain, it can occasionally have unusual and even positive effects. Some blind people have got their sight back after being struck by lightning. One woman said a psychological(心理的)test showed her intelligence (智力)had greatly improved, and one man said he could no longer feel cold at all and could go out in temperature below freezing in just a T-shirt!

So what should you do to stay safe in a thunderstorm? The most important rule is to stay inside, but do not go near phones, electrical appliances, plumbing, or water. If you are stuck(困住)outside, do not take shelter under a tree. Instead, roll yourself up into a ball on the ground as small as possible. And do mot think it has to be raining in order for lightning to strike.

Strangely, lightning seems to prefer some people to others. If you are a man, you are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than a woman!

【1】What does the phrase " positive effects”in Paragraph Two possibly mean?

A.something goodB.something bad

C.something strangeD.something useless

【2】In order to stay safe in a thunderstorm, you should not .

A.stay insideB.roll up into a ball

C.take shelter under a treeD.stay away from water

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A.Lightning is a beautiful but dangerous phenomenon.

B.Most people struck by lightning will actually die.

C.Lightning can travel at 10,000 kilometers per hour.

D.A woman is more likely to be struck by lightning than a man.

【4】The writer uses the examples of a man and a woman in Paragraph Two to .

A.show lightning is very dangerous to human beings

B.make the readers want to know more about lightning

C.help people know lightning will surely improve their intelligence

D.prove something interesting may happen because of lightning

【5】You may read this passage in .

A.a story bookB.a science magazine

C.a tour guide bookD.an advertisement

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

文章講述的是閃電是最美麗的自然現(xiàn)象之一，也是最致命的現(xiàn)象之一。如果人類(lèi)被閃電擊中，會(huì)使人受傷甚至死亡，也有少量被擊中的人會(huì)因此而受益。有閃電在的時(shí)候，最好呆在屋里，遠(yuǎn)離電器。如果在外面，就要遠(yuǎn)離樹(shù)木。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文中Some blind people have got their sight back after being struck by lightning.一些盲人被閃電擊中后視力恢復(fù)了�？芍�positive effect是指積極的影響，根據(jù)下文作者舉例的幾個(gè)例子可見(jiàn)被閃電擊中也有好處，A指的是一些好的事情，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中If you are stuck(困住)outside, do not take shelter under a tree. 如果你被困在外面，不要躲在樹(shù)下�？芍�躲在樹(shù)下是不安全的，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Lightning is one of the most beautiful natural phenomena(現(xiàn)象).It is also one of the most deadly phenomena. 閃電是最美麗的自然現(xiàn)象之一，也是最致命的現(xiàn)象之一�？芍�A選項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)文中Only about ten percent of people struck by lightning will actually die只有大約百分之十的人會(huì)被閃電擊中而死亡�？芍�并不是大部分都會(huì)死亡，所以B選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)文中It can travel at 100, 000 kilometres per hour它可以以每小時(shí)10萬(wàn)公里的速度行駛�？芍�C選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)文中If you are a man, you are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than a woman! 如果你是男人，你被閃電擊中的幾率是女人的六倍！可知D選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容介紹可知，說(shuō)的是一個(gè)女人說(shuō)她的智力有了很大的提高和一個(gè)男人說(shuō)他再也不會(huì)感覺(jué)到冷，可能推斷出被閃電擊中帶來(lái)的一些令人驚奇的事情，D選項(xiàng)是一些令人驚奇有趣的事情發(fā)生了，比較符合題意，故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)整篇文章的理解可知，主要介紹的是閃電，被閃電擊中的一些有趣現(xiàn)象以及如何防止雷擊，因此更可能是在科學(xué)雜志上能看到此篇文章，故選B。