为深入贯彻落实党的十九大精神和习近平总书记的重要指示精神，保障人民安居乐业、社会安定有序、国家长治久安、进一步巩固党的执政基础，束城镇深入贯彻全市扫黑除恶会议精神，强化措施，深入扎实开展扫黑除恶专项斗争Unit 5The power of nature .阅读理解A(2017湖南长沙高三模拟试卷(一)Evidence of violent storms that destroyed a lost town known as Britains Atlantis has been uncovered. The finds were uncovered off the coast of Dunwich, Suffolka small village which in the 11th century was one of the largest towns in England.The town was hit by a series of storms in the 13th and 14th centuries and is now largely below the sea.Researchers said sediment (沉积物) gathered from the cliffs independently proved the historical record.“They were like the south coast storms of 2013, at least once a year for decades，” Professor David Sear, of the University of Southampton, said.The threeyear research on Dunwich has been funded by Touching the Tide, a 900,000 Heritage Lottery Fund plan to explore the changing Suffolk Coast.A diver used ultrasound (超声波) to “illuminate” findings on the seabed, and the marshes (沼泽) and eroding cliffs were surveyed.“It offers a marvelous history of climate change and coastal erosion，” said Prof. Sear with regard to the findings.In the 11th century, Dunwich was the 10th largest town in England, but now has about 120 residents.Two great storms in 1286 and 1326 resulted in the loss of its harbour and started its decline. Prof. Sear said analysis showed how people gave up on Dunwich after 1338, when another great storm choked up the port for good, and food production declined. “Sediment gathered from the cliffs，” he said, “independently confirmed the sequences of storms recorded in the historical record.”The underwater research has been carried out using acoustic (声音的) imaging technology, and has unearthed a series of buildings. We found the ruins of about four churches and weve also found ruins of what we think was a toll house. Weve also found shipwrecks (沉船), which no ones known before.A dig in 2015 discovered evidence of Dunwichs prehistoric origins, as well as evidence that it was a prosperous Saxon port, prior to its rapid growth following the Norman invasion.Bill Jenman, from Touching the Tide, said：“We found loads of pottery, a lot more than weve found before, sort of High Medievalthe peak of the wealth of Dunwich. We know it was a fairly major town in the AngloSaxon period.”【解题导语】本文讲述了研究人员发现了Dunwich被猛烈的暴风雨摧毁的新证据。1Evidence shows that Dunwich declined in history due to _.A. the rise of sea levelB. sediment from the cliffC. the Norman invasionD. a series of storms答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据第二段“The town was hit by a series of storms in the 13th and 14th centuries and is now largely below the sea”可知，这个小镇是被暴风雨摧毁的。2What can be learned from the text about Dunwichs present condition? A. It is completely below the sea. B. It still exists with about 120 residents. C. It is still hit by storms every year. D. It is still an important port in England.答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据第八段“In the 11th century, Dunwich was the 10th largest town in England, but now has about 120 residents”可知，答案为B。3With the help of modern equipment, the researchers have found all the following things underwater EXCEPT _.A. shipwrecks unknown beforeB. ruins of churches and other buildingsC. the seabed that was like a busy harbourD. lots of pottery dating back to the AngloSaxon period答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据最后三段的内容可知选项D中的“AngloSaxon period”不正确。4From the discoveries, we can conclude that _.ADunwich was thoroughly ruined by the Norman invadersB. no one believed those ships could have sunk at DunwichC. Dunwich was a prosperous town before its declineD. no historical records about Dunwich were kept after 1338答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据最后一段的最后一句“We know it was a fairly major town in the AngloSaxon period”可推知，在衰落之前，它是一个繁荣的城镇。BAlong with its neighbors, Sweden features near the top of most sexequality rankings. The World Economic Forum rates it as having one of the narrowest sex gaps in the world. Sweden is not only a good place for a woman, but it appears to be one for new dads. Close to ninety percent of Swedish fathers take paternity leave(陪产假). Last year some 340, 000 dads took a total of 12 million days leave, that is, approximately seven weeks each. Women take even more leave days to spend time with their children, but the gap is shrinking. Why do Swedish dads take so much time off work to raise their children? Forty years ago Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce a paid parentalleave allowance. Benefits consisted of ninety percent of wages for 180 days per child, and parents were free to share the days between them in whatever way they pleased. But the policy was hardly a hit with dads: in the policys first year men took only 0.5% of all paid parental leave.Today they take a quarter of it. One reason is that the policy has become more generous, with the number of paid leave days for the first child increasing from 180 to 480. In 1995 the fir