Module 4 Sandstorms in　Asia模块同步练习（含答案解析）

Module 4 Sandstorms in Asia
分层练习
基础题
一. 用下列词的正确形式填空
atmosphere，damage，chemical，dig，dust，environment，situation，forecast，survive，process
1. A ______ change takes place in any substance when it burns.
2. The ______ of the city is very much polluted.
3. We shall have to ______under the river to lay the sewage pipe.
4. The general ______of the development of the China’s is greatly encouraging.
5. The firm is now in the ______of moving the main equipment to a new place.
6. A torrent of rain came down and ______the crops.
7. The teacher ______ that twenty of his pupils would pass the examination.
8. In the summer the town becomes very ______.
9. Only two passengers ______ the air-crash.
10. Those small factories are causing a lot of ______pollution with all their noise and smoke.
二. 易混词语
1. solve/settle
（1）I’ve ______ that I’ll drop medicine and take up physical exercise.
（2）He tried to ______ a crossword puzzle.
（3）We have ______ who will pay for the meal.
（4）With the help of his friends，he finally ______ the problem.
（5）They ______ the dispute among themselves.
2. scary/scared
（1）The little child was ______ while seeing the ______ scene.
（2）The little girl’s______ expression showed she was frightened.
（3）I was made fully awake by the ______ sound.
（4）It was said that the little boat has lived through a ______ hurricane.
（5）The ______ thunder and lightning made me trembling with cold.
3. too much/much too
（1）I have ______ work to do; I can’t go to the theatre this evening.
（2）You’re going ______ fast; slow down！
（3）Don’t think ______ of yourself.
（4）He realized that he had made his boat ______ large and too heavy.
（5）There is ______ smoke here; open the window.
能力题
一. 单句改错
1. Almost 2 000 tons of sands was brought in to create a 10-acre beach.
2. It was so fine weather that we all went out to play.
3. I have nothing to be done，so I can help you with your lessons.
4. The old lady was caught in such a frightened storm that we all worried about her.
5. He is very late for the meeting because his car was held up in the heavy traffics.
6. My boy pretended to do his homework when I entered his room.
7. Tom was caught when he was cutting trees.
8. The storm did a lot of damages to the crops.
9. Please turn to the dictionary if is possible.
10. Our teachers won’t allow to cheat in the examinations.
二．词汇句型
1.The new coat looks too large on Mary，so her mother had to______.
A. cut it out B. cut it down C. cut it off D. cut it up
2. He’s got into the habit of running a while before going to bed，don’t ______ him from doing it.
A. ask B. prevent C. make D. refuse
3. The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a(n) ______of courage and power.
A. example B. sign C. mark D. symbol
4. Full of ______, he closed his eyes.
A. fright B. frighten C. frightened D. frightening
5. The evening news comes on at 7 o’clock and ______ only thirty minutes.
A. keeps B. continues C. finishes D. lasts
6. If you are feeling so tired，perhaps a little sleep would ______.
A. act B. help C. serve D. last
7. Since you have found it hard to learn Spanish，why not try ______ foreign language？
A. to learn a second B. learning a second
C. learning the second D. to learn the second
8.—What about the football match last night？
—______. I might as well have stayed at home and had a good rest.
A. It couldn’t have been any better B. It couldn’t have been any worse
C. It was the best one D. There was no better one
9. I cannot ______ puzzled，for I simply cannot understand how I could have made such a stupid mistake.
A. help feel B. help but to feel C. but to feel D. but feel
10.—Shall we go to the market to get some apples？
—Look！It ______ rain. Let’s make it another time.
A. will B. is going to C. would D. shall
提升题
完形填空
Have you seen a sandstorm? I would like to share with you my personal __36__ of the sandstorm in northern China. On April 7, 2004, we decided to __37__ a city of Jilin Province. It was supposed to be four hours’ drive from the place where we lived. We __38__ at about 7:00 only to see the most amazing _39___ we had ever seen. The sky was __40__ as if it was midnight. The _41___ from the few cars that dared travel in the streets were yellowish. So we had to stay at home, __42_ for a better condition for our trip.
The wind was fairly __43__ and might have been stronger at night __44__ we woke up. The visibility(能见度) at this point was close to 20 m. About two hours later the _45____ increased to 50 m and stayed so __46__ about 10:00 am.
When the dust lifted(消散) a little and the visibility __47_ to 200 m, we decided to drive out. However, everybody on the road was enveloped in thick frog with dust and the sky glowed with a dark __48_ color, so we hardly see each other __49____. Sometimes, the wind suddenly _50___ up a lot of dust and sand and the visibility occasionally decreased to 20-50 m, making it very __51___ to drive.
The dust __52__ in the air until the late afternoon when it slightly lifted. At last, we arrived at the city, but the trip that ___53_ took about four hour, took us nearly eight hours. The dust remained in the __54__ for about two more days. On the third day a short period of rain __55___ as the cold front passed the region. So the terrible scene came to an end, and everything took on a lively and fresh appearance again.
36. A. experience B. record C. idea D. action
37. A. leave B. visit C. call D. see
38. A. woke up B. sat up C. set off D. left off
39. A. storm B. snow C. rain D. wind
40. A. dark B. bright C. blue D. cold
41. A. walls B. glass C. covers D. lights
42. A. leaving B. waiting C. taking D. calling
43. A. strong B. faint C. weak D. soft
44. A. after B. when C. before D. while
45. A. speed B. power C. strength D. visibility
46. A. since B. before C. when D. until
47. A. increased B. reduced C. decreased D. stayed
48. A. red B. yellow C. green D. black
49. A. faintly B. clearly C. successfully D. perfectly
50. A. picked B. took C. turned D. looked
51. A. safe B. dangerous C. normal D. likely
52. A. remained B. jumped C. covered D. dropped
53. A. normally B. rarely C. frequently D. particularly
54. A. city B. town C. air D. car
55. A. happened B. dropped C. struck D. flew
阅读理解
A
A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter. She was very beautiful, but so conceited that she thought nobody was as beautiful and rich as her. Every day, she only idled away by playing with her servants in the garden. Moreover, she thought that none of the princes who wanted to marry her was good enough. All she ever did was make fun of them. The old king was very angry, so he decided whether she was willing or unwilling, she would marry the first man that came to their kingdom.
Two days later a traveling pianist came to the castle. He began to play under the window and begged for money. And he was brought in. When he had sung before the king and the princess, he begged for a gift. The king said, “You have sung so well that I will give you my daughter as your wife.” The princess begged and prayed, but the king said, “I will keep my word.” Words and tears were useless, and she was married to the poor pianist.
But this wasn’t the end of the story. Being the wife of a poor pianist, the once proud prince had to busy herself with lots of housework. She gradually became admirable woman capable of whatever a woman should do. She also became gentle and warm-hearted, always ready to help others. But one day, beyond her expectation, her husband told her he was actually a prince of a wealthy kingdom. He pretended to be a poor man and married her, only because he wanted to let her know, life was not that easy. Everybody, no matter a common folk or an honorable noble, should work hard to earn their own bread.
56. The underlined word “conceited” probably means _____.
A. proud B. beautiful C. polite D. graceful
57. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The poor pianist treated his wife badly and the king was very angry.
B. The princess was a proud and lazy girl when she was in her kingdom.
C. The old king was satisfied with what his daughter had done.
D. The king would marry his daughter to a man who first treated her well.
58. The rich prince pretended to be a poor pianist, because _______.
A. he wanted to ask for much more money form the king
B. he was tired of his rich life and wanted to have a change
C. he wanted to make his wife learn life was difficult
D. he wanted to make fun of his wife and made her happy
B
Because of the development of agriculture, the area of land affected by sand has gradually increased. During the 1950s and 1960s the land affected by sand expanded on average into 1,600 square kilometers per year. By the 1990s, the area had reached 2,500 square kilometers per year. This kind of situation is particularly serious in many regions upwind(逆风的) from Beijing. Fengning City in Hebei Province and Duolun City in Inner Mongolia lie to the north of Beijing, and in the last 50 years the population of these two cities has grown by 2 to 3 times. In order to obtain more resources, the inhabitants have been busy with heavy farming, tree-cutting and keeping animals. The result is that the soil which has sustained damage, and the sand layer below the earth is now exposed on the ground and the ground is rapidly being controlled by the spread of sand.
China has already noticed this problem, and has take measures to save the land. Nowadays, some land used for farming has returned to forestland and grassland. The Chinese government announced that it would invest more than RMB 600,000,000 to control Beijing’s sandstorms in the coming years. Only by decreasing the damage caused by man and restoring the natural environment will it be possible to well control the sources of the sand and dust. We hope in the not-distant future, we will solve the problem successfully and effectively.
59. Compared with 50s and 60s, the land affected by sand increased by _____ square kilometers by the 1990s.
A. 1,600 B. 2,500 C. 900 D. 1,100
60. Which of the following is NOT the cause of the damaged land?
A. People use the resources too much.
B. People keep animals which need more grain.
C. People prepare too much land to grow crops.
D. People cut a lot of forests and raise animals.
61. The major measure that Chinese government has taken is _____.
A. controlling the growth of the population
B. making better use of natural resources
C. killing fewer animals and cutting fewer trees
D. returning some land to forestland and grassland
62. According to the passage, it can be inferred that _____ was the major factor of the environmental damage.
A. man B. animal C. nature D. desert
答案和解析
基础题
【答案】
一．单词认识
用下列词的正确形式填空
1.答案：chemical
2.答案：atmosphere
3.答案：dig
4.答案：situation
5.答案：process
6.答案：damaged
7.答案：forecast
8.答案：dusty
9.答案：survived
10.答案：environmental
二．易混词语
1.辨析：settle“解决，安排好，应付”，常跟dispute，argument，issue，matter等作宾语，solve“解决”，后常跟problem作宾语
答案：（1）settled　（2）solve　（3）settled　（4）solved　（5）settled
2.辨析：scared意为“被吓到的，害怕的”，而scary则意为“吓人的，令人恐怖的”。
答案：（1）scared；scary　（2）scared　（3）scary　（4）scary　（5）scary
3.辨析：too much “太多、过分的”，可作形容词或名词，作副词时其后一般不再跟任何结构。much too “实在太……，非常……”，作副词用，后跟形容词或副词。
答案：（1）too much　（2）much too（3）too much　（4）much too　（5）too much
能力题
【答案】
一．单句改错
1.解析：sand表示“沙”时，是不可数名词；sands指“沙滩”。
答案：sands→sand
2.解析：当形容词后是复数名词或不可数名词时，前面需用such修饰。
答案：so→such
3.解析：主语I与to do 是主动关系。
答案：to be done→to do
4.解析：用现在分词frightening表示“令人害怕的”。
答案：frightened→frightening
5.解析：traffic是不可数名词。
答案：traffics→traffic
6.解析：表示正在进行。
答案：to do→to be doing
7.答案：cutting后加down
8.解析：不可数名词。
答案：damages→damage
9.答案：is前加it或去掉is。
10.解析：allow doing sth.允许做某事。
答案：to cheat→cheating
二. 词汇句型
1.解析：cut down 有“缩短”之意；cut out 剪裁出；cut off 切断；cut up 切碎。
答案：B
2.解析：prevent...from doing 阻止……发生。
答案：B
3.解析：symbol 象征；sign 迹象，标志；mark 痕迹。
答案：D
4.解析：fright 是名词，意为“恐惧”。
答案：A
5.解析：last 后面可接时间段，表示“持续了多长时间”。
答案：D
6.解析：help 此处意为“起作用”。
答案：B
7.解析：try to do sth.尽力做某事；try doing sth.尝试做某事；a second=another。
答案：B
8.解析：从答语中的“I might as well have stayed at home and have a good rest（我倒不如呆在家里好好休息一下）”可知“昨晚的足球赛再糟不过了”，It couldn’t have been any worse.意为“再糟不过”。
答案：B
9.解析：cannot help doing/cannot help but do/cannot but do 都可表示“禁不住……”。
答案：D
10.解析：根据迹象预测将会发生某事时，用be going to。
答案：B
提升题
【答案】
36-40 ABAAA 41-45 DBACD 46-50 DABBA
51-55 BAACB 56-60 ABCCB 61-6 DA