最新版高中英语-Unit-4-Earthquakes-Section-Ⅱ-Warming-Up-.doc

1、Unit 4 Earthquakes Section Warming Up & Reading-Language Points 即时训练.单词拼写1He has been buried in the novel for 3 hours.2Females find it extremely difficult to get a job in such a field.3Mr.Brown was seriously injured in the traffic accident，so he was in hospital.4You may burst the balloon if you are

2、not careful.5They organized (组织)the youths to form a group to protect the environment.6After the war，the city lay in ruins(废墟)7We knew Bob had cancer，but the news of his death still came as a shock (震惊的事)8Hundreds of people are still in the water，waiting to be rescued(援救)9These bushes grow well in t

3、he shelter (掩蔽)of big oak trees.10A lot of people lost their lives in the disaster(灾难).单句语法填空1When I mentioned the incident later to him，he burst out laughing.2By the end of last year，he had learned 2，000 English words.3He was one of the lucky survivors(survive) in the crash.4In fifteen terrible sec

4、onds a large city lay in ruins in the disaster.5The job of firefighters is extremely(extreme) dangerous.6We were all shocked(shocking) at the news.7His injured(injure) look made us believe that he was treated unfairly.8The poor woman was buried(bury) in grief after her son died.9Because of the econo

5、mic crisis，a great number of workers were (be) out of work.10When a pencil is partly put into water，it looks as if it were(be) broken.阅读理解When she was abandoned(抛弃) at only eight weeks old because she was deaf，Alice，who was dirty，sick and nervous，had a difficult start in life.But less than a month a

6、fter being saved，the little dog is learning to recognize sign language orders with her new family and now she has already learned the signs for several basic orders.Marie Williams，41，and，Mark Morgan，43，who are themselves both deaf，adopted (收养) the dog from the animal charity the Blue Cross.The coupl

7、e and their three sons Liam，16，Lewis，13，and Owen，5，who have normal hearing，are teaching the lovely dog sign language orders，including instructions for sitting，coming and rolling over.Marie Williams，from West Mersea，Essex，said，“We were thinking about getting a dog but when we saw Alice was deaf，we ju

8、st couldnt believe it.She was so beautiful and the fact that she was deaf just made us fall in love with her even morewe knew that she would fit right into our family.When we went to visit her at the centre，I had tears in my eyes because she was so attractive and we developed a special relationship

9、at once.”Julie Stone，manager of the Blue Cross，said，“It was amazing to see how Marie，Mark and their children immediately got along well with Alice and how they knew just how to get her attention.They are an excellent match and Alice has found the perfect home where I know shell get love.”The Blue Cr

10、oss，which depends completely on public donations (捐助)，rehomes thousands of dogs，cats，horses，and other small animals every year through its network of adoption centres.1Marie Williams had her first son at the age of _A25B28C30 D36解析：数字计算题。根据第二段可知，Marie Williams今年41岁，她的大儿子Liam 16岁。由此可推知，她生第一个儿子的时候应该是2

11、5岁。答案：A2Marie Williams and Mark Morgan adopted Alice because _Athey could get along well with a deaf dogBthey wanted to teach her some sign languageCtheir children wanted to have a dog as their friendDthey needed a dog and also had pity on beautiful Alice解析：细节理解题。根据第三段前两句可知，他们正想养一只狗，而且他们对如此美丽却失聪的Ali

12、ce深感同情和爱怜，于是决定收养“她”。答案：D3What can we learn about the Blue Cross?AIt mainly adopts sick animals.BAll its money comes from public donations.CIt earns money mainly by selling all kinds of pets.DIt regularly receives money from the government.解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，Blue Cross这一组织的全部资金来自大众捐款。答案：B4It can be le

13、arned from the passage that a deaf dog _Ais good at learning sign languageBis clever enough to learn all ordersCcan be trained and become a wonderful petDcan easily get along well with deaf people解析：推理判断题。根据文中讲述的Alice的实例可推知，一只失聪的狗经过训练也能看懂手语，从而读懂主人的指令，成为很好的宠物。答案：C5What is the purpose of the passage?A

14、To call on people to treat deaf dogs well.BTo prove the importance of animal charities.CTo show a deaf couples kindness to animals.DTo tell us about a deaf dog that is learning sign language.解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了一只失聪的狗学会了识别手语这一事件。作者写这篇文章的目的是将这一事件告诉读者。答案：D.完形填空My old neighbour Dr Gibbs didnt look l

15、ike any doctor Id ever known.When Dr Gibbs wasnt _1_ lives，he was planting trees.His house sat on ten acres，and his lifes _2_ was to make it a forest.The good doctor came from “no pains，no gains” school of gardening.He had some _3_ theories about plant management.He _4_ watered his new trees.Once I

16、asked why，he said that watering plants spoiled(宠坏) them，and that if you _5_ them，they would grow _6_So you had to make things _7_ for them and then you could get rid of the weak trees early on.He talked about how watering trees made for _8_ roots，and how trees that werent watered had to grow deep ro

17、ots in _9_ of water.So he never watered his trees.He planted an oak(橡树) and，_10_ watering it every morning，he would _11_ it with a rolledup newspaper.I asked him _12_ he did that，and he said it was to get the trees attention.Dr Gibbs _13_ a couple of years after I left home.But the trees he planted

18、are _14_ now.I planted some trees a few years ago，_15_ water to them for a whole summer，and prayed for them.Several years of careful care has _16_ trees that grow weaker and weaker._17_ a cold wind blows，they will tremble.So Im _18_ my view on life，because life is hard.Too many times we pray for com

19、fortable life.In fact，what we need to do is to pray for _19_ that reach deep into the eternity(永恒)，so when the rain falls and the wind blows，we wont be _20_1A.startingBseeingCsaving Denjoying解析：本句意为：当Gibbs医生不治病救人的时候，他就种起了树。医生治病“救”人，故此处用save。答案：C2A.goal BuseCtime Dmoney解析：本句意为：Gibbs医生的家坐落在十英亩大的土地上，他的

20、人生“目标”就是将它变为树林。答案：A3A.frightening BinterestingCpeaceful Dsuccessful解析：根据本段第三句到第五句Gibbs医生谈种树与浇水的关系可知，Gibbs医生这种不给新种的树浇水的理论在作者看来很“有趣”。答案：B4A.always BsometimesCnever Doften解析：根据本段第四句中的watering plants spoiled(宠坏)them可以推知，Gibbs医生“从来不”给新种的树浇水。答案：C5A.watched BpreferredCheated Dwatered解析：根据本段第四句中的watering pl

21、ants spoiled(宠坏)them进行逻辑推理可知，此处表示如果给新种的树“浇水”，将会带来怎样的后果。答案：D6A.taller BweakerCdeeper Dfaster解析：此处意为：如果你给新种的树浇水，它们就会变得更“脆弱”。答案：B7A.hard BsharpCeasy Dsoft解析：本句意为：所以，你得将它们置于“艰苦的”环境中，那么你就能及早剔除那些不壮实的树。答案：A8A.deep BhighCshallow Dlight解析：根据下文中的how trees that werent watered had to grow deep roots可以推知，此处要填的是d

22、eep的反义词，故选shallow(浅的)。答案：C9A.honour BfearCface Dsearch解析：根据常识可知，若不浇水，植物就会为了“寻找”水分而深深扎根于土壤中。答案：D10A.instead of Bbecause ofCaccording to Dexcept for解析：联系上文可知，Gibbs医生是不会给树浇水的，所以此处选instead of(代替；而不是)。答案：A11A.treat BdestroyCcover Dbeat解析：联系下一句中的to get the trees attention可知，Gibbs医生为了引起树的注意，用卷成筒的报纸“抽打”树。答案

23、：D12A.how BwhyCwhen Dwhere解析：根据本句后半句的解释(to get the trees attention)可知，此处作者问Gibbs医生“为什么”这样做。答案：B13A.stood by Bpassed awayCgot around Ddied out解析：根据本段第二句“但是，Gibbs医生种的树现在还活着”可以推知，几年之后Gibbs医生“去世”了。答案：B14A.straight BaloneCstrong Dalive解析：本句意为：但是，他种的树现在长得很“茁壮”。答案：C15A.carried BshowedCproduced Dleft解析：根据本段

24、第二句中的careful care可以推知，作者悉心照料这些树，整个夏天都给它们浇水，所以此处用carry。答案：A16A.looked after Btaken upCpointed out Dresulted in解析：本句意为：几年的悉心照料却“导致”树长得越来越弱。答案：D17A.Wherever BWhicheverCWhenever DHowever解析：联系上一句树长得越来越弱可以推知，此处意为：“每当”寒风吹来的时候，它们都会禁不住寒冷而颤抖。答案：C18A.losing BchangingCkeeping Dexploring解析：联系种树的失败经历，作者的生活观念受到影响，

25、为之“改变”。答案：B19A.roots BbranchesCleaves Dhands解析：联系第三段中的trees that werent watered had to grow deep roots可知，作者认为，我们追求的生活之“根”应该是深植于永恒之中的。答案：A20A.punished BtroubledCprotected Ddamaged解析：我们有了深厚坚固的根本，面临困难的时候就不会受到“伤害”。答案：D.语法填空1On July 28，1976，eleven kilometres directly below the city of Tangshan，the 2.grea

26、test (great) earthquake of 3.the 20th century began.In fifteen terrible seconds，a large city 4.lay (lie) in ruins.Twothirds of the people died 5.or were injured.Thousands of families were killed and many children were left 6.without parents.Everywhere the 7.survivors (survive) found nearly everythin

27、g was destroyed.People began to wonder how long the disaster 8.would_last (last)All hope was not lost.Many soldiers 9.were_sent (send) there to help the rescue workers.10.Slowly (slow)，the city began to breathe again.短文改错As a tour guide，Im glad to tell you that more and more tourists are paying atte

28、ntions to environment protection.Several years before，in one place of interest I saw rubbish throwing away everywhere，such as waste paper，plastic bags.However，some tourists climbed trees or picked up flowers.Some even scared or catch little animals.Whats more，some of them made a fire to cook，which m

29、ight cause a forest fire.Recently great changes had taken place.Most tourists take rubbish away with them while they leave.They no longer hurt little animals.Trees and flowers are well taken care.In the forest，smokers give up smoking so as not to start a fire.Now I sing high praise for so good deeds

30、.答案：As a tour guide，Im glad to tell you that more and more tourists are paying to environment protection.Several years ，in one place of interest I saw rubbish away everywhere，such as waste paper，plastic bags. ，some tourists climbed trees or picked flowers.Some even scared or little animals.Whats mor

31、e，some of them made a fire to cook，which might cause a forest fire.Recently great changes taken place.Most tourists take rubbish away with them they leave.They no longer hurt little animals.Trees and flowers are well taken care .In the forest，smokers give up smoking so as not to start a fire.Now I sing high praise for good deeds.