【正文】 ring emergencies”以及第三段中的“earthquakes move incredibly quickly and are difficult該運動的創(chuàng)始人對此做出解釋，試圖說明地震表情是一種通用的語言交流工具，有助于挽救生命。D.How is emoji changing our life?B.Could an emoji save our life?D.Emoji is being used to convey valuable information.C.Emoji benefits people with reading disability a lot.Run for.（3）What can we infer from Dr. Sara McBride39。Appeal for.Enter for.Hope for.D.Because earthquakes are the easiest to be expressed by an emoji.C.Because earthquakes threaten many people in different regions. Pictographs (象形文字) and other visuals like emoji have a track record of being faster and easier to understand than written information. Dr. Sara McBride, a munications specialist, who is also part of the campaign, told BBC News, Emoji can cross the boundaries of written languages, helping municate valuable information to people who may struggle to read a certain language. to measure while they are still occurring. Populations in areas like Japan and Mexico are dependent on earthquake early warning technology, which issues an alert on digital devices and broadcast media. You may have seconds to get under a table or to protect yourself, explains Dr. Hicks. That can be life saving in many cases. Naturally you don39。s population are exposed to earthquakes, explains University of Southampton seismologist (地震學(xué)家) Dr. Stephen Hicks, a founder of the campaign. So we really want to be able to municate to all of those regions, all of those different languages, and an emoji is an amazing way of doing that. Emoji might not be your first choice of munication in a disaster, but researchers feel they could make a difference during emergencies, where every second counts. Now, the Emojiquake campaign is lobbying for an earthquake emoji to be added to the Unicode set — the standard group of icons available on digital devices worldwide. The campaign aims to find an earthquakeappropriate design to be submitted to Unicode. 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，如第五段提到暴風(fēng)雨前的寧靜，第六段講 “in the eye of the storm”處于風(fēng)口浪尖上，最后一段說明“brainstorm”頭腦風(fēng)暴，可知文章主要介紹與“風(fēng)暴”有關(guān)的表達， 故選B。最后一段第二句“To brainstorm means to try to solve a problem by talking with other people. ”可知頭腦風(fēng)暴的意思是嘗試通過與他人交流來解決一個問題，即困難可以通過團隊合作來解決，故選C。接著作者用家庭聚會作為例子來解釋這一種說法的含義，故選C。 （2）推理判斷題。故可知第三四段主要講述weather the storm的意義是什么。 （1）段落大意題。To tell us we should be ready for a storm.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】這是一篇說明文。To tell us some expressions about storm.C.s purpose in writing the text? A.To brainstorm can cause troubles in the program.（4）What39。A brainstorm often appears in the world of weather.C.A problem can39。To explain the meaning of an expression.D.To stress the importance of weather forecast.B.t involve actual weather.D.How we can weather the storm.C.s mainly discussed in the 3rd and 4th paragraphs? A. However, a brainstorm does not exist in the world of weather. To brainstorm means to try to solve a problem by talking with other people. And don39。 But after the storm begins and you find yourself in the middle of it, you are in the eye of the storm. In the world of weather, the eye of the storm is the calmest part, in the center of a hurricane, for example. However, in the English language, if you are in the eye of the storm, you are in the most intense part of a conflict. For example, she had no idea that walking into the meeting would put her in the eye of the storm. Often before a big storm, conditions are calm. The calm before the storm can happen anytime. It is the time before something bad happens. For example, at the beginning of a family reunion, the adults were all talking happily. But the older children knew it was just the calm before the storm. They39。 You can also weather a storm, but it doesn39。 If you weather the storm, or ride out the storm, you survive and move on without harm or injury. For example, 1et39。高考英語高中英語閱讀理解解題技巧分析及練習(xí)題(含答案)一、高中英語閱讀理解1．閱讀理解 If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can bee a storm.Stormy weather can cause people to cancel their plans. It can cause major events to be postponed. And severe stormy weather can be dangerous to people, fortune and anima1.s talk about Tornado Alley, the name for part of the central United States. During springtime, this area often has a large number of powerful tornadoes. People who live there are taught to shelter in the safest place they can find and wait for the storm to pass. People who live in Tornado Alley are used to weathering many storms!t involve actual weather. “To weather the storm” can also mean to make it through a difficult experience or trying times. So, if the stock market(股市)crashes, you might have to weather a financial storm.ve seen it happen before. The adults talk happily for about an hour. Then they start arguing about events from the past—things that should really stay buried! t worry. If we have trouble thinking of an idea for the next program, we can always brainstorm with you!（1）What39。What the meanings of weathering the storm are.B.Weathering a storm doesn39。People in Tornado Alley can survive the storm.（2）Why does the author mention a family reunion in the fifth paragraph? A.To develop the awareness of family.C.To praise the older children for being clever.（3）What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.t be solved if you worry too much.B.Difficulties can be dealt with by teamwork.D.s the author39。To tell us stormy weather can cause destruction.B.To tell us a storm can cause conflicts.D.文章主要介紹了幾個英語中與“風(fēng)暴”有關(guān)的表達。第三段第一句“If you weather the storm，or ride out the storm，you survive and move on without harm or injury. ”可知本段講述weather the storm或者ride out the storm指安全度過；和第四段最后一句“To weather the storm can also mean to make it through a difficult experience or trying times. 可知第四段講述To weather the sto