高中英语阅读理解灾难篇

㈠ 高一英语课文 A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP的英语原文带翻译 O(∩_∩)O谢谢

A NIGHT THE EARTH DIDN'T SLEEP

Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.A smelly gas came out of the cracks.In the farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervois to eat.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.At about 3:00 am on july 28,1976,some people saw bright lights in the sky.The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.but the one million people of the city,who thiught little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.

At 3:42 am everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world was at an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had begun.It was felt in Beijing,which is more than two hundred kilometres away.One-third of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses,roads and canals.Steam burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dir.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.The suffering of the people was extreme.Two-thirds of them died or were left without parents.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.

But how could the survivors believe it was natural?Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All of the city's hospitals,75%of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind,however,could blow them away.Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.Half a million oigs and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were shocked.Then,later that afternoon,another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.More buildings fell down.Water,food,and electricity were hard to get.people begab to wonder how long the disaster would last.

All hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.To the north of the city,most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city bu train,truck and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.

Office of the City Government

Tangshan,Hebei

河北省东北部的农村不断有些怪事发生。三天来，村子里的井水升升降降，起起伏伏，农民注意到，水井的井壁上有深深的裂缝，裂缝里冒着臭气，农家大院里的鸡设置猪也紧张到不想吃食，老鼠从田地里跑出来找地方藏身，鱼缸和池塘里的鱼会往外跳，在1976年七月28日凌晨3点左右。有些人看到天上有一道道明亮的光，即使没有飞机飞过。在唐山城外也可以听到飞机声。在市内。有些建筑物的水管爆开来，但是。唐山市的一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事。当晚照常的睡了。
在凌晨3点42分。一切开始摇晃起来了。世界似乎到了末日。二十世纪最大的地震就在唐山市正下方11公里处发生了。100公里外的北京市都感到了震感。全国三分之一的地方都有震感。一条8公里的长，30米宽的巨大裂缝横穿房舍。马路和渠道。地上一些洞穴冒出了蒸汽。石头山变成了泥沙河，在可怕的十五秒内一座大城市就沉沦在一片废墟之中。人们遭受的灾难极为严重。2/3的人在地震中死亡或受伤。成千上万个家庭遇难。许多小孩变成了孤儿。死伤人数到达了40多万。幸存的人怎么能相信这个是自然现象。人们无论朝哪里看，那里的一切几乎都被毁了。所有市内的医院，75%的工厂和建筑物，90%的家园都消失了。残砖就像秋天的红叶覆盖着大地。然而他们不可能被风吹走，两座大坝跨了。多数桥梁不是塌了就是无法完全通行了。铁轨如今变成了一条条废钢。好几万头牛再也挤不出奶来了。50万头猪和几百万头鸡全都死了。井里满是撒子而不是水 ，人们惊呆了，接着，在下午的晚些时候，又一次和第一次一样强烈的地震震撼着唐山，有些医生和救援人人员被困在废墟下面，更多发房屋倒塌了，水电和食物都很难弄到，人们开始纳闷这场灾难还会持续多久，不是所有的希望都破灭了，地震后不久，部队派了15万名战士到唐山来协助救援人员，数十万人得到了帮助，部分人员组成了小分队，将受困的人们挖出来，将死者掩埋，在唐山市的北边，有一个煤矿，其中万名矿工得救了，救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。用火车，卡车，和飞机向市内运来了水，慢慢地，这座城市又开始出现了生机

㈡ 高中英语阅读理解测试题(4)

高中英语阅读理解测试题 篇5

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways：they provide him wood and other procts;they give him shade;and they help to prevent drought(干旱)and floods.

Unfortunately，in many parts of the world，man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees，he has cut them down in large numbers Two thousand years ago，a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships，with which to gain itself an empire It gained the empire but，without its trees，its soil became bare and poor.When the empire fell to pieces，the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees，it is difficult sometimes to make the people realize this.They cut down the trees but are too careless to plant and look after new trees So，unless the government has a good system of control，or can ecate the people，the forests slowly disappear

This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees.The results are even more serious：for where

there are trees，their roots break the soil up，allowing the rain to sink in， and also bind the soil.This prevents the soil from being washed away.But where there are no trees，the rainfalls on hard ground and flows away on the surface，and this causes floods and the rain carries away the rich topsoil in which crops grow When a11 the topsoil is gone.nothing remains but worthless desert.

41.Trees are useful to man mainly in three ways，the most important of which is that they can ____

A. keep him from the hot sunshine

B.enable him to build warships

C.make him draw quick profit from them

D .protect him from droughts and floods

42.It’s a great pity that ____

A.man is only interested in building empires

B.man is eager to profit from trees

C.man hasnt realized the importance of trees to him

D. man hasnt found out that he has lost all trees

43.Sooner or later the forests will disappear ______.

A. unless a country has a plenty supply of trees

B.unless people stop cutting down their trees

C.unless aIl people are taught the importance of planting trees

D.unless the government punishes those who cut trees instead of planting them

44.The word“bind”in Paragraph 5 means“____”

A.to wash away

B.to make wet

C.to make stay together

D.to improve

45. When there is a heavy rain.trees can help to prevent floods.as they can.

A.keep rain from falling down to soft ground

B，cause the soil to allow rainwater to sink in

C.prevent the soil from being washed away

D .make the topsoil stick together

答案：DCCCB

Passage 3

树木对于人来说有3个重要益处：树木给人类提供木材和其他产物;树木可以让人们乘凉;树木可有效地防止旱涝灾害。

可惜的是，在世界上许多地方，人类没有认识到以上三个作用中，第三个是最重要的。人们急切于从树木上快速的谋取利益，于是大量的砍伐森林。

两千年之前，有一个富裕和强大的国家。为了建立帝国，砍倒了树木来造战舰。帝国建立了，但是，没有树木的土地变得荒芜和贫瘠。当帝国四分五裂的时候，整个国家发觉自己面临的是水灾和饥荒。 就算在政府认识到足够的树木储备的重要性时，有时却很难让人民也意识到这点。人们砍倒了树木，却疏于种植和照料树苗。因此，除非政府建立一套体制来控制或者教育人们，否则森林就会渐渐消失。

森林的消失不仅仅意味着树木的减少，还有更严重的后果。在有树的地方，树根不仅把土壤粉碎成小块，便于雨水的渗入，还可以牢牢的抓住泥土，防止泥土被冲刷走。但是在没有书的地方，雨水直接落在坚硬的地面，在土地表面流走。这不仅会导致洪水，雨水还会带走庄稼赖于生长的肥沃的表层土。当所有的表层土被冲走之后，除了毫无价值的沙漠之外，什么也没有了。

高中英语阅读理解测试题 篇6

The global population is living longer，and getting older，阅读理解答案

The global population is living longer，and getting older，which presents new challenges. “The question becomes：who will take care of everyone While people will always be the best caregivers for people，there just aren’t enough people. That’s where robot17教育网：ic technology can really make a difference,” says Professor Maja Mataric at the University of Southern California.

Her group is developing robots to work with stroke (中风) patients and elderly people. The research team has found that people react well to a robot gym instructor，and seem to get less frustrated with it than with instructions given on a computer screen. The robot can act as a perfect trainer，with infinite(极大的) patience.

“People say things like ‘I prefer this robot to my husband!Can I take it home’” according to Professor Mataric. “In fact there’s a really important point here. As we create these care giving technologies，we’re helping not only the people that need the care，but also the people caring for them. We can give them a break，and help them avoid burnout.”

People are going to have to like，and importantly trust robots before they welcome them into their homes，and several groups around the world are working on making it easier to communicate with them.

Much of human communication takes place through body language. Gestures， eye contact , and concepts of personal space are all things that robots are being taught. In learning about how people interact(互动) with machines，researchers are also discovering new roles for robots in our lives. Robots can communicate with humans in ways that other technologies can not.

“If someone finds the robot to be more persuasive and more reliable，that’s going to affect how they interact with it,” says Dr Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “We can now start to think about fields where it’s the social interaction，which is the main means by which a robot helps someone.” Dr Breazeal says that means robots could be used in ecation，learning，and health care，where social support is important.

9.Professor Maja Mataric mainly focused on robots’ function of ________.

A.teaching B.exploring

C.making things D.giving care

10.Why can robots be wonderful trainers in the gym

A.Because they are more clever.

B.Because they give correct instructions.

C.Because they cost less money.

D.Because they are more patient.

11.The underlined word “burnout” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.

A.feeling tired B.feeling angry

C.getting hurt D.becoming disappointed

12.The scientists are presently working hard to help robots .

A.to use less electricity B.to communicate better

C.to react more quickly D.to have more functions

答案解析：

【答案】

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.B

全球人口的寿命越来越长，年龄越来越大，这带来了新的挑战。“问题变成了：谁来照顾每一个人，而人们永远是最好的照顾者，只是人太少了。这就是机器人的问题。”教育网：南加州大学的Maja Mataric教授说，IC技术真的能起到作用。

她的团队正在开发用于治疗中风的机器人(中风) 病人和老年人。研究团队发现，人们对机器人健身教练的反应很好，而且似乎对机器人健身教练的失望程度比对电脑屏幕上给出的指令要低。该机器人可以作为一个完美的教练，具有无限的灵活性(极大的) 耐心

马塔里克教授说：“人们会说‘比起我的丈夫，我更喜欢这个机器人！我能把它带回家吗’。”。“事实上，这里有一个非常重要的观点。当我们创造这些护理技术时，我们不仅帮助了需要护理的人，也帮助了护理他们的人。我们可以让他们休息一下，帮助他们避免精疲力竭。”

人们在欢迎机器人进入自己的家之前，必须喜欢机器人，更重要的是要信任机器人。世界各地的几个组织正在努力让机器人更容易与它们沟通。

人类的大部分交流都是通过肢体语言进行的。手势、眼神交流和个人空间的概念都是机器人学习的内容。了解人们如何互动(互动) 有了机器，研究人员也发现了机器人在我们生活中的新角色。机器人可以用其他技术无法实现的方式与人类通信。

麻省理工学院个人机器人小组主任辛西娅·布雷泽尔博士说：“如果有人发现机器人更具说服力、更可靠，这将影响他们与机器人的互动方式。”。“我们现在可以开始思考社会互动的领域，这是机器人帮助他人的主要方式。”布雷泽尔博士说，这意味着机器人可以用于教育、学习和医疗保健，而在这些领域，社会支持非常重要。

高中英语阅读理解测试题 篇7

英语阅读答案

Here’s something to think about the next time you ask your teacher for help：trying hard to do schoolwork on your own can help you learn.According to a recent study，the more you try while you are learning new information，the better you can remember it later.

This might surprise you.When teachers are presenting new information，they often give students lots of help.But a new study shows this may not be the best way to support learning.“Don’t be too quick to get help when learning something new，”ecation expert Ma Kapur said.“Try to work on it yourself even if it means trying different ways.’’

Kapur came up with the idea that trying hard can lead to better learning.Then he tested it out on students in Singapore.He separated students into two groups.In the first group，students were asked to solve math problems with the teacher’s help.In the second group，students were asked to solve the same problems by helping one another，instead of getting help from the teacher.

With the teacher’s help，students in the first group were able to find the correct answers.Students in the second group did not solve the problems correctly.But they did come up with a lot of good ideas.

The students were then tested on what they had 1earned.The group without any help from a teacher scored much higher than the group who had help.Kapur said working to find the answers helped students understand the process(过程)，not just the solution.

Kapur’s advice for kids is to put a 1ot of effort(努力)into learning something new rather than going to your teacher for help.“Simply doing a little work or nothing at all won’t work.”says Kapur.“Try to solve a problem in as many ways as possible.’’

13.What is the best title for the text

A.Work Your Mind

B.Practice Makes Perfect

C.The Best Way to Learn

D.Teachers’ Role in Schoolwork

14.Manu Kapur holds that _______ .

A.it’s necessary for students to ask for teachers’ help

B.students should try to solve problems by themselves

C.students with teachers’ help have more good ideas

D.students in the first group are cleverer than those in the second group

15.The author develops the text mainly by _________ .

A. presenting research findings

B. comparing different opinions

C. showing scientific information

D. setting down general rules

答案解析：

【答案】

13.A

14.B

15.A

下次你向老师求助时，有件事需要考虑：努力自学可以帮助你学习。根据最近的一项研究，你在学习新信息时尝试得越多，你以后就能更好地记住它。

这可能会让你大吃一惊。当老师在介绍新信息时，他们经常给学生很多帮助。但一项新的研究表明，这可能不是支持学习的最佳方式。教育专家马卡普尔说：“学习新东西时，不要太快寻求帮助。”。“试着自己动手，即使这意味着尝试不同的方式。”

卡普尔提出了努力学习可以带来更好的学习的想法。然后他在新加坡的学生身上进行了测试。他把学生分成两组。在第一组中，学生们被要求在老师的帮助下解决数学问题。在第二组中，学生们被要求通过互相帮助来解决同样的问题，而不是从老师那里得到帮助。

在老师的帮助下，第一组的学生能够找到正确的答案。第二组的学生没有正确地解决问题。但他们确实想出了很多好主意。

然后对学生们所学知识进行测试。没有老师帮助的组比有老师帮助的组得分高得多。卡普尔说，努力寻找答案有助于学生理解这个过程(过程)，不仅仅是解决方案。

卡普尔给孩子们的建议是付出更多的努力(努力)学习新东西，而不是向老师寻求帮助。“简单地做一点工作或什么都不做是行不通的。”卡普尔说。“尽可能多地解决问题。”

㈢ 高中英语阅读理解题及答案解析

高中英语阅读理解题及答案解析

下面是我给大家整理的关于高中的英语阅读理解的练习以及答案解析，一起来看一下吧!

第一篇：

The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal served as a route over which instrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city.

The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $ 7 143 789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $121 461 891.

For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”. Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.

Clinton became governor of New York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.

1. We can see that the Erie Canal ________.

A. joined the Great Lakes together

B. crossed New York from north to south

C. played an important part in developing New York City

D. was the first waterway built in the US

2. It can be inferred that ________ into the Atlantic Ocean.

A. the Great Lakes flowB. the Hudson River flows

C. Lake Erie flowsD. the Erie Canal flows

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114, 000, 000.

B. It’s 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

C. The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built.

D. Many other states helped New York built the canal.

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends.

B. Clinton started building the canal before he became governor.

C. All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.

D. Construction of the canal took eight years.

第二篇：

Death Valley is one of the most famous deserts in the United States, covering a wide area with its alkali sand. Almost 20 percent of this area is well below sea level, and Badwater, a salt water pool, is about 280 feet below sea level and the lowest point in the United States.

Long ago the Panamint Indians called this place “Tomesha”— the land of fire. Death Valley’s present name dates back to 1849, when a group of miners coming across from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story. Today Death Valley has been declared a National Monument(纪念碑) and is crossed by several well-marked roads where good services can be found easily. Luckily the change created by human settlement has hardly ruined the special beauty of this place.

Here nature created a lot of surprising, almost like the sights on the moon, ever-changing as the frequent wind moves the sand about, showing the most unusual colors. One of the most astonishing and variable parts of Death Valley is the Devil’ s Golf Course, where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams. Sand sculptures(沙雕) stand on a frightening ground, as evening shadows move and lengthen.

1. _______ is the lowest place in the desert.

A. TomeshaB. Death Valley

C. NevadaD. Badwater

2. The name of the valley comes from _______.

A. an Indian nameB. the death of the miners

C. the local peopleD. a National Movement

3. From the passage we can learn that _______.

A. no one had ever known the desert before the miners

B. it’s still not easy to travel across the desert

C. people can find gas-stations, cafes and hotels in the desert

D. people have changed the natural sight of the desert

4. Devil Golf Course is famous for _______.

A. the frequent windB. the colors of the sand

C. dream-like sightsD. the sand sculptures

5. From the passage we can see that the writer _______ the Death Valley.

A. appreciatesB. is fearful of

C. dislikesD. is tired of

>>>>>>答案及解析<<<<<<

第一篇：

本文介绍了Erie Canal的作用及修建过程。

1. C. 细节题。根据文章第1段最后一句The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city 及全段内容，可推知此题答案为C。

2. B. 推断题。根据文章第1段第2句和第3句：运河from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River 横跨了New York 把the Great Lakes和the Atlantic Ocean联系起来了可推知此题答案为B。

3. A. 推断题。通过比较文章第2段第2句 It cost $ 7, 143, 789 和第2段最后一句中的…the state collected $121, 461, 891可推知此题答案为A。

4. D. 推断题。根据文章最后一段第1句中的…on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. 和第2段第2句中的 Between 1825, when the canal was opened… 可推知此题答案为D。

第二篇：

本文介绍了美国的一个著名沙漠——“死亡谷”名称的由来以及 “死亡谷”奇特的`风光。

1. D. 细节题。根据 …and Badwater, a salt water pool, is about 280 feet below sea level and the lowest point in the United States 可推知此题答案为 D。

2. B. 推断题。根据 …when a group of miners coming across from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story… 可知“死亡谷”的名称来源于这些迷路矿工的死亡。

3. C. 推断题。根据 …well-marked roads where good services can be found easily… 可以判断 C 为最佳答案。

4. C. 细节题。根据 …where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams 可推知答案为 C。

5. A. 推断题。根据the special beauty of this place…like the sights on the moon… ever-changing…showing the most unusual colors等关键词语可以知道作者是带着赞赏的语气来描述“死亡谷”的。

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㈣ 高中英语阅读理解 高一(2)

"I'm sorry, sir," said the first soldier. "I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back."

And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier's turn. He said, "I'm sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…"

Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, "If you say something was wrong with your bus, I'll punish you at once!"

"No, no, sir," said the young man. "My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!"

1. The military camp was built in the village to _______.

A. stop the soldiers going to towns

B. stop the soldiers meeting their friends

C. train the new soldiers

D. make the young men live quietly

2. Mr. Hunt let the nine soldiers have a holiday because _______.

A. he was kind to them

B. they felt lonely

C. they had something important to do

D. they were the best of all

3. The young officer was worried because _______.

A. a traffic accident had happened

B. he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiers

C. the nine soldiers didn't come back on time

D. the nine soldiers drank too much in the town

4. The nine soldiers returned to the camp late because _______.

A. something was wrong with their buses

B. their horses died on the return way

C. it took them much time to run back

D. they all had drunk much in the town

5. Which answer do you think right?

A. I'll believe only the last soldier.

B. The officer believed the nine soldiers.

C. I'll believe none of the nine soldiers.

D. The officer won't punish his soldiers.

>>>>>>答案及解析<<<<<<

第一篇：【答案与解析】Lao Yang 是个文学爱好者，但没能实现他的作家梦，他帮他的女儿写 my father，本来他应该描写他自己的，但他却写成了他的父亲。

1. C。细节题。根据 …he thought the writers were respected and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didn't receive any answers 可知答案为 C。

2. D。细节题。根据 He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didn't receive any answers 可知答案为D。

3. C。推断题。Lao Yang 很早就喜欢写作，多次投稿却没有回音，于是他认为帮他女儿写作文是个很好的实现理想的机会，因此选 C。

4. B。细节题。根据第4段最后一句 …he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen to post the editorial department 可知答案为 B。

5. D。细节题。文章中说 I described just my father，但根据老师的`要求他应该描写他自己。因此应该选择 D。

第二篇：【答案与解析】本文讲9个士兵为自己没有按时返回军营找借口开脱的故事。

1. C。细节题。根据第1段第2句和第3句 It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers 可知答案为 C。

2. A。推断题。根据第2段第3句 He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday 可知答案为 A。

3. B。推断题。根据 …Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men 可知答案为 B。

4. D。细节题。根据 It seemed they were all drunk 可知答案为 D。

5. C。推断题。那9个士兵在为自己的晚归找借口，他们是在说谎，因此应该选择C。

㈤ 求一篇高中英语阅读，要求:介绍一个地方，有这个地方的特色，建筑，象征，历史

This is a beautiful spot with exuberant(茂盛的) wood and grass at the foot of the West Hill in the western outskirts（郊区） of Beijing. From the Ming Dynasty on, many high－taste nobles built their private gardens in this place. In the Qing Dynasty perhaps because the Manchu aristocrats（贵族） who had just left their forests and grassland had not accommodated(适应) themselves to the environment of the palaces, they built great imperial gardens there. The Summer Palace that has survived calamities（灾难） in history is one of those architectural masterpieces. This is a marvellous conception of a paradise（天堂） on the earth:

The Long Corridor and the Seventeen Arch Bridge are like ribbons. They frame the Kunming Lake and turn it into a beautiful picture. With the Buddha Fragrance Chamber on the Longevity Hill as the highlight, the lake and mountains become a lively whole.

The West Hill and the pagoda（塔） on top of the Jade Spring Hill blot out the limit of the garden and fuse it into an open expense.

Spring in the Summer Palace is merrily colourful, the summer is leisurely exuberant, the autumn sentimentally bright and winter sober, tranquil（宁静的） and clean.

The beauty of the Summer Palace is kaleidoscopic（千变万化的）. First you enter spacious courtyards. Their owners have long passed away, but the peonies（牡丹）, crabapples and magnolias （木兰） that have survived them still beam in elegance.

Walking out the grandiose imperial courtyards, through the Long Corridor while enjoying the misty lake, along the scarcely traversed West Dike（堤） and the ride in the forest, you suddenly spot the dream－like Jade Belt Bridge...

With elapse of time those roaming around the Kunming Lake are no more imperial relatives or nobles, but the common people. The beauty of the Summer Palace, however, is timeless. Year after year people greet the spring with the willow branches at the Spring Discerning Pavilion, sink into meditation facing lotus in a kiosk of the Garden of Harmonious Delights, and whisper with the frosted leaves at the tranquil back hill... Rain or shine, the Summer Palace is always enchanting.

The beauty of the Summer Palace is, of course, deliberated. The pavilions, kiosks, terraces, bridges, dikes, corridors are crystallisation of the thousand－year old Chinese landscape gardening. The scenic spots contain a nation?謘s profound philosophical and aesthetic tradition. The Summer Palace was not built for public benefit, but through the turbulent（动乱的） century, the Summer Palace has been displaying the height a civilisation once reached to people of different times and origins.

On 2 December 1998 the Summer Palace was listed in the World Legacy（遗产） of United Nations.

The council of the World Legacy remarked, Chinese imperial gardens with the Summer Palace as a representative is a convincing symbol of one of the great world civilisations.

㈥ 求这片英语课文的翻译（高中英语必修三第四单元的）

一个全球性的问题——沙漠化

二十世纪三十年代的沙尘暴是美国历史上最为严重的农业灾害。沙尘暴在美国南部平原上肆虐了将近十年。人们出门在外时不能呼吸，孩子们戴着防尘面具去上学。那时天空常常连续数日的阴沉。超过两百万人被迫离开家乡，向西部城市移居。

这场灾难主要是由不当的种植方法造成的，并且几年来的少雨让情况变得更糟了。土地变干，风吹走了土壤。在这场沙尘暴中过五百万亩的土地变为沙漠，为改善这种情况和重新种植作物花费了超过三十年时间。

现在（沙尘暴）在全球其他地区又卷土重来。例如，在中国西北部的一些地区，土地沙漠化也是一个非常严重的问题。有关专家指出每年有约2300平方千米的耕作土地变成沙漠。其原因和后果跟（上文提到的）沙尘暴是一样的。幸运的是，中国政府正致力于提升种植方法和退更还林、还草来对抗土地沙漠化。但在土地能够真正重新被种植之前还有很多事需要做。

虽然灰尘和沙暴在每片大陆上都有，但在非洲这种情况比其他任何地方都严重。像尼日利亚和肯尼亚这样的国家正在丢失他们大部分的耕作土地，并且沙漠面积正在以每年0.6千米的速度扩大着。人们摧毁热带雨林以获得用于做饭和轻工业的能源。但现在他们不能生产出足够的食物以满足他们的人口需求。一些国家试图挽救他们的森林，但他们的政府并没有足够的钱来对抗土地沙漠化。

【没事做，随手翻的，可能有些地方比较生硬】