Module 3 The Violence of Nature
分层练习
基础题
一. 单词认识
1. In 1975, the ______ caused by five days of heavy rains in that area made 233 000 people homeless.
2. People standing under a tree in a thunderstorm are likely to be struck by ______.
3. Many men were ______ underground when there was an accident at the mine.
4. An unexpected storm ______ when we were enjoying the pleasant voyage at the Yellow Sea.
5. One million five hundred thousand people died in natural ______ between 1980 and 2000.
二. 易混词语
1. occur/happen/take place
(1)There ______ to be no money with me.
(2)Great changes have ______ in my hometown.
(3)New things are ______ all around us.
(4)The meeting will ______next Friday.
(5)It never______ to me that he might be in trouble.
2. almost/nearly
(1)This is______ more than we expected.
(2)We very______ missed the train.
(3)He complained______ every time he met her.
(4)Those are pretty ______all the secrets of her success.
(5)To her great surprise, they are so alike that______ nobody can tell one from the other.
能力题
一. 单句改错
1. The fresh air is very important to our health.
2. The citizens’ yearly income has risen to 50 000 yuan in average.
3. The twenty death resulted from the improper treatment.
4. Have you seen the 10 metres high waves when at the sea?
5. The earthquake was lasted only 30 seconds, but caused great damages to the half city.
6. By the snowstorm was ended, there was nearly nothing left on the farm.
7. Rooms with few furnitures appear clean and bright.
8. All the students went to Lushan during the summer holidays except ones who had already been there.
9. All the guests managed to escape from the burnt hotel.
10. This is the best meal that I have never had.
二.单句翻译
1. 当你离开时,把杂志放回原处。(leave)
2. 汽车正在以每小时100英里的速度在高速公路上行驶。(per)
3. 昨天晚上,这家旅馆发生一场火灾,使得20人死亡,30人受伤。(occur, causing)
4. 你是我所见到的最善良的人。
5.有一种可能,那就是这位老太太可能是被闪电击中而死的。(There is the possibility that...)
提升题
完形填空
There once was a king in a faraway country. One day, he decided to _ 1 a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of _ 2. So many artists _ 3 . The king looked at all the pictures. _ 4 there were only two he really liked, and he had to _5 between them.
One picture was of a _ 6 lake. The lake was a perfect mirror with peaceful huge mountains all around it. Above was a _ 7 sky with light white clouds. All who _ 8 this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.
The other picture had _ 9, too. But these were not flat at all. Above was an _ 10 sky, from which rain fell heavily and in which lightning played __11___. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall with loud sound. This did not look __12___ at all.
But when the king looked _ 13, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush _ 14 in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had _15 her nest. There, with the current of angry water, the mother bird was ___16___ her hungry children in the nest, taking no attention to its __17___ surroundings — in perfect peace.
Which picture do you think _ 18 the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?
“Because,” said the king. “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no _ 19, trouble or hard work. Peace means although you are surrounded by noisy things you _ 20 keep calm in the heart. That is the real meaning of peace.”
1. A. take B. offer C. send D. leave
2. A. peace B. silence C. beauty D. honesty
3. A. managed B. tried C. succeeded D. went
4. A. And B. Or C. Yet D. But
5. A. like B. choose C. give D. need
6. A. calm B. noisy C. beautiful D. dirty
7. A. black B. blue C. gray D. dark
8. A. saw B. liked C. painted D. had
9. A. sky B. mountains C. peace D. clouds
10. A. gentle B. angry C. calm D. sunny
11. A. wildly B. gently C. slowly D. happily
12. A. peaceful B. noisy C. happy D. beautiful
13. A. closely B. strictly C. quickly D. seriously
14. A. planting B. growing C. rising D. coming
15. A. created B. built C. left D. lain
16. A. beating B. touching C. feeding D. speaking
17. A. silent B. beautiful C. noisy D. faraway
18. A. got B. lost C. won D. received
19. A. silence B. noise C. shock D. joy
20. A. still B. again C. even D. just
阅读理解
(A)
The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don't be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students.
Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.
The four are in a maze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese.
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.
21. The book Who Moved My Cheese is __________.
A. written all over the world B. read across the world
C. sold only in America D. loved only by teens
22. What does the text mainly discuss?
A. Never change in our life. B. Change when you like to do.
C. Change with the changes. D. Pay attention to the changes,
23. The underline word “four”(paragraph 3)refers to __________.
A. Mice and little people B. Students
C. Cheese D. Readers
24. In our lives, we should learn from __________.
A. Mice B. Little people
C. Chris D. Spence Johnson
25. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The author is Britain.
B. There are three terms in every school.
C. Most teens don't understand Chris' story.
D. The book tells teens how to face changes in their lives.
(B)
Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a county. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country's economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country; keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Business can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
26 .Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?
A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.
B. Building roads and hotels is essential.
C. Support facilities are highly necessary.
D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.
27.The underlined word “inhabitants”(in Paragraph 1) probably means _______.
A. tourists B. passengers C. population D. citizens
28. Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT _______.
A. a bad effect on other industries
B. a change of tourists' customs
C. over-crowdedness of places of interest
D. pressure on traffic
29. It can infer from the text that _______.
A. the author doesn't like tourism developing so fast
B. local people will benefit from tourist attraction
C. other parts of a country's economy won't benefit from tourism much
D. we can't build too many support facilities
30. The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will _______.
A. waste a lot of money B. weaken their economy
C. help establish their customs D. help improve their life
答案和解析
基础题
【答案】
一.单词认识
1. floods 2. lightning 3. buried 4. occurred 5. disasters
二.易混词语
1. 辨析:三者都可表示“发生”之意,都是不及物动词或短语,不能用于被动语态。
happen为常用词语,指“一切客观事物或情况的偶然或未能预见地发生”;occur属正式用语,指“按计划使某事或效果发生”,通常所指的时间和事件都比较确定,在以具体事物、事件作主语时, 可与happen 互换;而take place则表示“发生事先计划或预想到的事物”。
答案:(1)happened (2)taken place (3)happening/occurring (4)take place (5)occurred
2. 辨析:
(1)修饰more than,too,用almost。
(2)被very,not,pretty修饰用nearly。
(3)在肯定句,修饰all,every,always等时可互换。
(4)同(2)。
(5)修饰no,none,never,any及由no或any构成的合成词用almost。
答案:(1)almost (2)nearly (3)almost/nearly (4)nearly (5)almost
能力题
【答案】
一.单句改错
1. 解析:air是不可数名词,前面不需要加定冠词。
答案:The fresh→Fresh
2. 解析:on average 平均起来。
答案:in→on
3. 解析:此处是指死亡的人数。
答案:death→deaths
4. 解析:合成形容词作前置定语,名词用抽象形式。
答案:10 metres→10-metre
5. 解析:lasted是不及物动词,意为“持续”;damage表示“损失;损害,损坏”是不可数名词;half与名词连时,中间需要加冠词。
答案:去掉was;damages→damage;the half→half the
6. 解析:ended此处指snowstorm的自然停止状态,并不是人为的动作,所以要用作不及物动词;by与时间名词连用时,时态为完成时;nearly后面不接否定词。
答案:去掉was;was→had been;nearly→almost
7. 解析:furniture 意为“家具”,是不可数名词。
答案:few furnitures→little furniture
8. 解析:the ones相当于those表示“……的那些人”。
答案:ones前加the
9. 解析:此处是指“正然着火的旅馆”。
答案:burnt→burning
10. 解析:此处是指“我所曾经吃过的”。
答案:never→ever
二.单句翻译
1. 答案:Please leave the magazines where they were when you go away.
2. 答案:The car was running at 100 miles per hour on the freeway.
3. 答案:A big fire occurred in the hotel last night,causing 20 deaths and 30 injuries.
4. 答案:You are the kindest man that I have ever met.
5. 答案:There was the possibility that the old lady was struck to death by lightning.
提升题
【答案】
1-5 BABDB 6-10 ABABB 11-15 AAABB 16-20 CCCBA
21—25 BCAAD 26—30 DDBBB