【英语】福建省泉州市四校联考2024-2025学年高二下学期4月期中试题（解析版）.docx

福建省泉州市四校联考2024-2025学年高二下学期4月 期中英语试题 第一部分：听力 ( 略 ) 第二部分 阅读理解 ( 共两节，满分 50 分 ) 第一节 ( 共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分 ) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A 、 B 、 C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Determining the “windiest place on Earth” depends on how you quantify wind speed. Now, let’s find out where the world’s windiest places are and what makes them so breezy. Windiest City on Earth: Wellington, New Zealand Wellington is often called the world’s windiest city due to its average wind speed of around 16.5 mph, with its highest recorded wind speed of 150.7 mph in 1962. The winds in this region are called the “Roaring Forties” because the city is located 40 to 50 degrees south of the equator. There’s even a statue, “Solace in the Wind,” on the waterfront — a human figure leaning into the breeze. Fastest Recorded Wind Speed: Barrow Island, Australia Barrow Island currently holds the Guinness World Record for the highest recorded wind speed at 254 mph in 1996. Barrow Island is a major center for oil and natural gas operations, and home to a conservation reserve where sea turtles, and other rare and protected species live. Fastest Katabatic Wind: Antarctica In any case, Antaretica holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest katabatic wind (wind that travels down a slope), which was 168 mph, recorded in 1912. The region’s annual average daily maximum wind speed is 44 mph. Cold temperatures and Antaretica’s landscape, which slopes toward the coastlines, affect weather patterns. Windiest U. S. Peak: Mount Washington, New Hampshire Mount Washington with an average annual wind speed of 35 mph and average fastest monthly peak winds of 231 mph remains the windiest place in the U. S. The White Mountains, of which Washington is a member are a barrier for easterly winds and often see an encounter between low pressure from the Atlantic and inland high pressure, creating hurricane-force winds on Mount Washington’s summ