高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星 *制作整理）Module 4综合技能测试本试卷分第 Ⅰ 卷(选择题 )和第 Ⅱ卷 (非选择题 )两部分，共150 分。考试时间120 分钟。第Ⅰ 卷(选择题 ) 第一部分听力第二部分阅读理解 (共两节，满分40 分) 第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题2 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A 、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。AMost of the sandstorms that had swept China last year came from foreign land，a Chinese official in charge of desertification control said on Monday.And the invasions(入侵 )could partly explain the frequent sandstorms in the country in recent years despite its achievements in desertification control. Since the start of last spring ， the north and northwestern Chinese regions had been hit by 17 sandstorms， of which ，a dozen came from foreign land. Situated in the central-Asia sandstorm region， one of the world's four largest sandstorm sources，China also suffers from sandstorms from outside the country while being blamed as a sand source to northeast Asia.The other three major sources are in Africa ， North America and Australia. The land suffering from desertification has been decreasing by 7,585 square kilometres annually in China ，and the area of sandy land has also been falling by 1,284 square kilometres a year. The shrinkage( 收 缩 )forms a clear contrast to the fact that the land suffering from desertification and sandy feature was added by 10,400 square kilometres and 3,436 square kilometres late last century ，respectively. Currently ，the desertification land in China makes up 2.64 million square kilometres ，accounting for 27.46 percent of the nation's land， and its sandy land totals 1.74 million square kilometres ，accounting for 18.1 percent of the country's total. 21．What does the underlined...
