Module 10 A holiday journey
Unit 2 This morning we took a walk.
一、单项选择
1. —How was your holiday last weekend
—Good. I ___________ to the mountains with my parents.
A. go B. went C. am going D. will go
2. —Who met her at the station
—_________________________.
A. Tom is B. Tom does C. Tom will D. Tom did
3. We enjoyed ___________ there.
A. we B. us C. our D. ourselves
4. —___________ did it take to get there
—About nine hours.
A. When B. What time C. How long D. How
5. We ___________ Qingdao at 9:00 in the morning.
A. got B. arrived C. reached D. got in
6. It’s time for sports. Let’s ___________ bowling, shall we
A. go B. to go C. going D. goes
7. —When did you ___________ here, Mary
—Yesterday.
A. reach in B. get to C. arrive D. arrive in
8. We spent two hours ___________ the TV.
A. mend B. mending C. to mend D. to mending
9. We went to Hollywood and ___________ there.
A. go swimming B. go to swimming
C. went swimming D. went to swimming
10. —When did you leave Tianjin ___________ Nanjing
—Last Sunday.
A. to B. for C. at D. in
二、完形填空
It was almost 9:00 p.m. When Mary left her office to go home, it was __l__. She started her car and drove back to her home in the country.
The snow was heavy. Then Mary crossed a small __2__. Suddenly the car rushed out of the bridge which was covered with ice. Mary hit her head on the steering wheel (方向盘) and lost consciousness (知觉).
When she woke up, her head was bleeding (流血), and she was shaking from the __3__. She didn’t know __4__ she was. Mary opened her car door and looked around. She was __5__ the bridge, and her car was sitting on the frozen river! She felt very sad. She knew the ice wouldn’t hold her car for very __6__.
She tried to climb up to the bridge several times, but she kept __7__ in the snow. Mary tried again and again, but she still couldn’t get up. She realized that __8__ could see her car under the bridge. She was lying in the snow, and she couldn’t move. Mary closed her eyes and waited to __9__.
Then she heard a __10__. Mary opened her eyes. There was an old man standing over her. With the help of the old man, she stood up and walked up.
1. A. raining B. snowing C. shining
2. A. road B. river C. bridge
3. A. heat B. cold C. cool
4. A. where B. what C. who
5. A. on B. under C. behind
6. A. short B. high C. long
7. A. falling B. fell C. to fall
8. A. somebody B. nobody C. anybody
9. A. sleep B. walk C. die
10. A. voice B. song C. talk
三、阅读理解
Alan Smith is blind. He teaches blind children in his country. To show the world that the blind can also do something amazing, he walked across the world’s largest salt desert, Salar de Uyuni, only with the help of a GPS.
Walking across the desert is not easy for an able-bodied person, let alone (更不用说) a blind man. Before setting off, Alan spent three years training for the journey. He studied everything he could find about the place and asked for advice from other travelers. During his journey, he only took water, food and sleeping bags. He walked about 20 kilometers a day. He showed great perseverance (毅力) and finished the 140-kilometer journey in just seven days.
The brave teacher thought his week-long journey was wonderful. He said, “The journey was quite good. There were snow storms and winds, but luckily I made it.”
1. Why did Alan cross the desert on foot
A. To tell children a story. B. To have a wonderful journey.
C. To take a risk for money. D. To show the ability of the blind.
2. The underlined phrase “setting off” in the second paragraph probably means __________.
A. preparing a journey B. starting a journey
C. breaking a journey D. finishing a journey
3. What did Alan do during the journey
A. He overcame all of the difficulties.
B. He asked for advice from other travelers.
C. He walked with an experienced tour guide.
D. He studied something useful about the place.
4. How long did Alan’s journey take
A. 140 days. B. One week. C. 20 months. D. 3 years.
5. Which of the following can best describe Alan’s journey
A. It is a piece of cake. B. It is between a rock and a hard place.
C. Nothing is impossible. D. Learning should be a lifelong journey.
参考答案
一、单项选择
1. B【解析】根据问句确定答语的时态应用一般过去时。
2. D【解析】问句是一般过去时,回答也应用一般过去时。
3. D【解析】enjoy oneself= have a good time“过得愉快/玩得高兴”。
4. C【解析】how long“多久”,询问时间段。
5. C【解析】get to …/reach …/arrive in …/arrive at …“到达某地”。
6. A【解析】go+ v.-ing= do+ some+v.-ing,属于习惯搭配,意思是“去做某事”。本题句型结构为let’s do sth.。
7. C【解析】到达的地点是副词,因此用get或arrive,且不加介词。reach后直接跟表示地点的名词或副词,不跟介词。
8. B【解析】spend “花费”,后面接on sth.或(in) doing sth.。
9. C【解析】“and”表并列,前后时态要一致。go swimming “去游泳”。
10. B【解析】leave … for …“离开……去……”。
二、完形填空
1. B【解析】由第二段中的“The snow was heavy.”可知“正下着雪”。故选B。
2. C【解析】由下文中“Suddenly the car rushed out of the bridge …”可知选C。
3. B【解析】由句意“……她冻得浑身发抖”可知选B。
4. A【解析】由句意“她不知道自己在哪儿”可知选A。
5. B【解析】由下文可知选B。
6. C【解析】由句意“她知道冰面不能支撑她的车很久”,可知选C。
7. A【解析】句意为“……但她不停地跌倒在雪里”。keep doing sth. “持续做某事”,故选A。
8. B【解析】由于她的汽车掉到了桥下,所以没有人能够看见,故选B。
9. C【解析】由“她躺在雪中不能动”可知“她只能闭上眼睛等死”,故选C。
10. A【解析】句意为“她突然听到一个声音”。voice “嗓音,声音”,故选A。
三、阅读理解
【解析】本文讲述了盲人Alan Smith为了向全世界人表明盲人也可以做出惊人的事情,他穿越了世界上最大的盐沙漠。
1. D细节理解题。根据原文To show the world that the blind can also do something amazing, he walked across the world’s largest salt desert, Salar de Uyuni, only with the help of a GPS. Alan为了向全世界人表明盲人也可以做出惊人的事情,他在GPS的帮助下穿越了世界上最大的盐沙漠Salar de Uyuni;故答案选D。
2. B词意理解题。根据下文Alan spent three years training for the journey. Alan花了三年的时间为旅行进行训练,可知是为旅行出发而训练的;故答案选B。
3. A细节理解题。根据原文The journey was quite good. There were snow storms and winds, but luckily I made it. 旅程相当不错,有暴风雪和大风,但是幸运的是我成功了。可推知他克服许多困难才成功,故答案选A。
4. B细节理解题。根据原文He showed great perseverance (毅力) and finished the 140-kilometer journey in just seven days. 他表现出极大的毅力,只用了7天就完成了140公里的旅程。可知,Alan的旅程花了7天的时间,即一个星期,故答案选B。
5. C细节理解题。根据原文To show the world that the blind can also do something amazing, he walked across the world’s largest salt desert, Salar de Uyuni, only with the help of a GPS. 盲人Alan为了向全世界人表明盲人也可以做出惊人的事情,他穿越了世界上最大的盐沙漠。结合选项可知C选项“没有什么是不可能的”符合题意,而其它选项A. 这是小菜一碟;B. 这是一个进退两难的境地;D. 学习应该是一生的旅程;均与题意不符;故答案选C。
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