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2015-2016学年第二学期高一年级学前考试英语试卷
（考试时间:90分钟满分：100分）
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
第Ⅰ卷（共二部分，满分60分）
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共10小题；每小题2分，共20分）
A
Therehasbeenagreatincreaseinthenumberofnaturaldisastersoverthepastfewyears，anditisreportedthatglobalwarmingandclimatechangecouldcauseevenmoredisastersinthefuture．Someoftheworld’sleadingcitiesarefacingdisasterslikefloodsandheatwaves．
London
London’sflooddefenses(防御工事)aregettingolder．Since1982，theThamesBarrier(水闸)hasprotectedthecityfromthethreatofflooding，butitwasonlydesignedtolastuntil2030andcloseonceeverytwoorthreeyears．About26yearslaterthebarriernowclosesfiveorsixtimesayearandaccordingtoEnvironmentAgencypredictions，by2050thebarrierwillbeclosedonalmosteveryfloodiftheproblemisnotsolved．
Thereare26undergroundstations，400schools，16hospitals，anairportand80billionwealthinLondon’sfloodriskarea,solargefloodingwouldbeextremelyterrible．
Paris
OverasixweekperiodinJulyandAugust2003，morethan11,400―mainlyoldpeople―diedinFrancebecauseofdehydration(脱水)andextremelyhighbodytemperatureinaterribleheatwave．Heatwavesofsimilarintensity(强度)areexpectedeverysevenyearsby2050，sowhatcanbedonetomakesuresuchadisasterdoesnothappenagain?
Onesolutionistohaveair-conditionersinelderlycarehomes．Butthisisconsideredashort-termsolution，astheincreaseindemandforelectricityalsoincreasescarbonemissions(碳排放)．
InParisthelocalgovernmentareencouragingarchitectstodesignnewtypesofbuildingssuchasthebuilding“FlowerTower,”whichusesacoveringofbambootoactasanaturalair-conditioner．
Shanghai
ShanghaiisthefastestgrowingcityonEarth．Ithasapopulationof18millionandisonly4metersabovesealevel．Sealevelsarepredictedtoriseby20cmwithinthenextcentury．
About250，000peoplemovetoShanghaieveryyearinsearchofwork,placingextrademandsonenergy．Chinareliesheavilyoncoalfiredpowerstations，buttheseemissionsincreasetemperaturesand，inturn，warmerseasincreasetheriskoftyphoons．
1.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.BigCitiesFacingBigDisasters
B.BigDisas