高三英语一轮复习 Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia阅读案 外研版必修3

Module4 Sandstorms in Asia话题了解沙尘暴的情况，进一步增强环保意识。重点知识sandstorm, prevent, cut down, to do, to be doing

Module4 Sandstorms in Asia 话题 了解沙尘暴的情况，进一步增强环保意识。 重点知识 sandstorm, prevent, cut down, to do, to be doing, to have done, 阅读导学案 使用方法：自主阅读P32课文，然后尝试完成下面的练习。作完后，自行查阅教材进行 答案校对。 Ⅰ: 汉译英填空 Sandstorms in Asia Sandstorms have been a1____________ (主要灾难) for many Asian countries for centuries. Scientists have tried many ways to solve this problem and in China, 2___________ (一场大规模的活动) has been started to help solve it. Sandstorms are 3______________ (夹带沙尘的强烈而干燥的风). They are often so thick that you cannot see the sun, and the wind is sometimes strong enough to move sand dunes. The four main places in the world where there are sandstorms are Central Asia, North America, Central Africa and Australia. RenJianbo, from Inner Mongolia described 4________________ (他小时候经历过的 一次沙尘暴) in the desert. “To have been caught in asandstorm was a terrible experience，”he said. “5 _______________ (什么也干不了). It was the most frightening and the most dangerous situation I’ve ever been in. You just had to hope you’d survive. Ithought Iwas going to disappear under the sand.” Northwest China is part of the sandstorm centre in Central Asia. Sandstorms begin in desert areas. Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years as aresult of “desertification”. This is a6 ________________(过程) that happens when land becomes desert because of 7 _______________ (气候变化) and because people 8______________ (砍倒树木) and dig up grass. Sandstorms sometimes affect Beijing. Citizens wake up to an orange sky and 9_________________________ (狂风夹着黄沙笼罩了整个城市). The storms sometimes continue all day and traffic moves very slowly because the thick dust makes it difficult to see. The Chinese Central Weather Station can 10 _______________ (预报沙尘暴) some weeks before it arrives in Beijing, but the strength of the storm sometimes surprises people. When asandstorm arrives in the city, 11 _____________________(气象专家建议人们不要外出). HuangXiaomei, who lives in Beijing says, “To be cycling in asandstorm is frightening. The winds are 1 1