Book 5 Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema
培优练习
一、完形填空。
My son, Lzzy, a nine-year-old boy, was begging me to let him find his way home by subway by himself. After all, we live in New York City, and getting around by 1 transportation is a basic part of life. It’s also the first step toward feeling 2 . So last Sunday, I gave him a subway map, a transportation card, $20 for emergencies, and a few 3 so that he could call me if necessary. I didn’t give him a cellphone 4 nine-year-olds lose things. A few days later, I 5 about it for a newspaper. Little did I 6 the idea that a kid could tour the city on his own, and that a mom would agree, was big 7 .
It turned out that many TV shows called me and 8 an interview. Many people were going 9 and letters poured in. Finally I found out 10 this was such a big story: we have become fearful for our children. Fear is 11 a new thing for parents, of course. But the fear of letting our children out of 12 for even a second—that’s new. How did this happen? I asked the question when a reporter 13 me.
“News reports, ”he answered. “News reports 14 us. What is more horrible than a kidnapped(绑架)kid—no matter how far away? Because there are so many such stories, it starts to feel 15 kidnappings are happening all the time. That’s why the kid-on-the-subway story 16 the whole world. ”
Lzzy did show that kids 17 leave home alone and return home 18 , but he didn’t think it was a big 19 . “It was fun, ”he said. “But I missed some classes because of the interviews. ”Sometimes it really 20 to be brave.
1. A. new B. public C. comfortable D. correct
2. A. special B. active C. independent D. cool
3. A. coins B. tips C. addresses D. names
4. A. though B. unless C. because D. until
5. A. read B. asked C. talked D. wrote
6. A. realize B. hear C. remember D. follow
7. A. trouble B. news C. information D. advice
8. A. paid for B. answered for C. asked for D. looked for
9. A. bad B. angry C. weak D. crazy
10. A. when B. where C. how D. why
11. A. hardly B. sometimes C. always D. once
12. A. mind B. order C. range D. sight
13. A. met B. interviewed C. stopped D. supported
14. A. attract B. excite C. frighten D. interest
15. A. as if B. even though C. in case D. so that
16. A. disappoints B. discourages C. surprises D. amuses
17. A. should B. must C. might D. could
18. A. happily B. safely C. freely D. luckily
19. A. lesson B. topic C. program D. deal
20. A. hurts B. pays C. matters D. bothers
二、阅读理解。
A
Director Ang Lee joked that his latest film Life of Pi in three years hit the four most notorious(臭名昭著的)“vices” in the moviemaking process: kids, animals, water and 3-D, but reviews have said Lee’s Life of Pi is “one of the year’s most beautiful, original and adventurous pictures”.
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, Life of Pi tells the story of Pi, a young man who gets trapped at sea with a tiger after the ship carrying Pi’s family and his father’s zoo from India to Canada sinks.
“Visually, Life of Pi, which mixes real tigers with computer-generated effects, is like nothing seen on screen in some time, ”movie critic Justin Chang wrote in his review for Variety magazine. “And the 3-D in particular is the best since perhaps Avatar. ”
Lee told the New York Film Festival audience that Life of Pi was extremely hard to make. Due to weather conditions and the difficulty of controlling animals, he said, only one-eighth of his planned shots were actually filmed.
Regardless of arduous conditions, Lee was able to push an excellent lead performance from Sharma, a newcomer who originally accompanied his brother to the studio before landing the role of Pi himself.
“By the end of it, I didn’t feel like I was acting anymore, ”Sharma recently told a Hollywood reporter. “I was an instrument, of sorts, and Lee pulled the emotion through me. It just went in and came out. ”
The film isn’t perfect, though. The New York Times said there’s “a clunky(笨重)moment of exposition at the end that feels entirely too on-the-nose”. But we know what to expect from Lee, one of the most successful Chinese directors in Hollywood. One thing is for sure: he never disappoints.
1. Justin Chang thinks the film Life of Pi is .
A. excellent B. ordinary
C. notorious D. disappointing
2. The film Life of Pi was hard to make partly because .
A. Lee was not familiar with 3-D
B. it’s difficult to deal with animals
C. there were too many shots to be filmed
D. computer-generated effects were hard to produce
3. It can be inferred that Sharma .
A. didn’t like acting in the film
B. was turned into a machine by Lee
C. had never expected to get the role of Pi
D. went to Ang Lee to ask for the role of Pi
4. The underlined word “arduous”(in Paragraph 5)means .
A. difficult B. excellent
C. stable D. unfamiliar
5. We can learn from the last paragraph that .
A. the ending of Life of Pi is quite disappointing
B. Lee is a Chinese director who often confuses audiences
C. Life of Pi tells people that life is full of clunky moments
D. the New York Times was a little unsatisfied with the ending
B
When I woke up this morning to learn that short-story writer Alice Munro had won the Nobel Prize for literature, I felt as happy as a Canadian. Munro is the writer I have loved the most and loved the longest.
Munro is only the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and she is a woman who writes well, I can’t bring myself to say “wrote”, despite her announcement this summer that her recent collection, Dear Life, would be her last. Anyway, she is a woman who writes about women and their concerns: love, security, jealousy, ambition, husbands, aging, housework, boredom, regret, and children. The younger women in her older stories are often poor, or very nearly so; the older women in her later stories are sometimes successful, or married to successful men. She returns so often to the same territory in rural Ontario that her work has been called “Southern Ontario Gothic”. But the fact that she writes about one particular place belies(掩饰)the diversity(多样性)of her characters’ personalities and desires: To know one girl in 20th-century rural Ontario is not to know them all.
Munro is a writer who has greater reputation in the West, like last year’s Chinese winner Mo Yan. Munro has won the Booker, the National Book Critics Circle, the O. Henry, and just about every other award and honor the continent has to offer. When I heard she won $10, 000 for something called the “Harbourfront Festival Prize” a few weeks ago, I smiled to myself, imagining her rolling her eyes and cashing yet another check. Not that she would ever roll her eyes: At 82, she has perfected the “overwhelming favorite acts humbly surprised upon winning” dance. “I knew I was in the running, yes, but I never thought I would win, ”she told the Canadian media in a post-Nobel phone interview this morning.
6. According to the passage, we know that .
A. Munro is the 13th Canadian who has won the Nobel Prize
B. Munro has decided to stop writing
C. Munro is good at writing long novels
D. Munro is a young woman
7. Munro’s characters in her stories .
A. are similar
B. have different features
C. are a girl in 20th-century rural Ontario
D. all have a happy marriage
8. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means .
A. if you know one person, you will know all the people
B. one person in one place will stand for all the people there
C. all the girls are the same in one place
D. every person in one place has his/her own unique features
9. Which of the following is TRUE about Munro?
A. She has won many awards.
B. She is a friend of Mo Yan.
C. She won $10, 000 for the Nobel Prize.
D. She loves money very much.
10. When she knew she was offered the Nobel Prize, Munro felt .
A. astonished B. encouraged
C. moved D. excited
【拓展题型训练】根据短文内容, 从下框A~F选项中选出能概括每段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。
A. Hard work
B. Principles for success
C. Active learners
D. A sense of humor
E. A successful sales team
F. A head start
1.
I was hired to do some training for a sales team from one of the largest companies in America. There were 16 people on this team. That year their sales (for the 16 of them) were close to 250 million—that’s right, a quarter of a billion dollars! Needless to say, it was an excellent and interesting time. I decided to learn a little bit myself, so I watched them closely to see what kind of people they were and to see what common characteristics they shared.
2.
They simply weren’t a terribly serious bunch of people. Instead, they saw that life was to be enjoyed and that means they were able to laugh a little bit. Sure, there were varying levels in this but they all had a sense of humor. They were able to laugh at circumstances, and they were able to laugh at themselves. It was quite refreshing and the most important key to their success, I’m sure.
3.
They didn’t come from families that gave them a free pass into the upper rank of the business world and they didn’t get a head start from upper outside universities. What got them to where they are now? Hard work! That’s right, another example that if you put your mind to it, work hard and get in the right situation, you can achieve great things! These folks work long hours and are disciplined in the work they do. And it is paying off.
4.
They were always occupied in the learning process. During my sessions they were attentive and listening. You could see their minds processing the information. They were asking questions and applying the material to their work and their lives. They wanted to improve in any way that they could. It was also interesting to watch them in their team meetings led by their sales manager. They were very interactive and were learning from one another. None of them was above learning from a colleague.
5.
What did I see in these successful people? The same things that can make you a success as you apply the principles to your own life: a sense of humor, hard work, and a desire to learn at every turn.
答案与解析
一、完形填空。
【文章大意】作者同意自己的儿子独自乘地铁周游城市, 这件事引发了媒体和人们的关注。
1.【解析】B。逻辑推理题。从上文的subway可推知应是public transportation公共交通。
2.【解析】C。词汇复现题。根据第一句中by himself可知, 此处填independent(独立的)。
3.【解析】A。逻辑推理题。前面提到给他20美元用于紧急情况, 此处应指给他几美分用于给作者打电话。
4.【解析】C。逻辑推理题。此处指作者没有给他手机, 因为9岁的孩子容易丢东西。
5.【解析】D。逻辑推理题。此处指几天后作者给一家报纸写了这件事。
6.【解析】A。逻辑推理题。根据下一段的Finally I found out this was such a big story可知, 作者起初没有意识到(realize)一个孩子独自周游城市并且母亲还同意这件事会成为大新闻。
7.【解析】B。词汇复现题。根据下文的story, news可知选B。
8.【解析】C。词语辨析题。此处指很多电视节目给作者打电话要求采访作者。pay for为……付钱; answer for为……负责; ask for要求得到; look for寻找。
9.【解析】D。逻辑推理题。由letters poured in可知人们对此事非常感兴趣, 达到了疯狂的地步。go crazy发疯, 迷恋。
10.【解析】D。逻辑推理题。根据本句中冒号后面的内容可知, 此处指作者发现了这件事会成为大新闻的原因。故选D。
11.【解析】A。词语辨析题。此处指恐惧对于父母来说不是新东西。hardly几乎不; sometimes有时; always总是; once曾经, 一次。
12.【解析】D。逻辑推理题。根据下文可知, 父母看不见孩子一秒钟就会害怕。out of sight看不见。
13. 【解析】B。词汇复现题。根据这一段第一句中的interview以及最后一段中的interviews可知。
14.【解析】C。逻辑推理题。根据下文中提到的内容可知, 新闻报道中有很多关于绑架的事情, 这些新闻使我们害怕。
15.【解析】A。词语辨析题。因为有很多关于绑架的新闻, 所以人们开始认为绑架好像一直在发生。as if好像; even though即使; in case万一; so that以至于, 为了。
16.【解析】C。逻辑推理题。根据全文可知, 孩子独自乘地铁这件事使全世界吃惊(surprise)。
17.【解析】D。词语辨析题。此处指Lzzy也确实表明了孩子能独自离开家。could在此表示能力。
18.【解析】B。逻辑推理题。从文中可知孩子已安全回到家。
19.【解析】D。词语辨析题。根据Lzzy说的It was fun可知, 他不认为独自离开家是一件很大的事。a big deal了不起/很重要的事情。lesson教训; topic话题; program节目, 均不合语境。
20. 【解析】B。词语辨析题。it pays to do sth. 做某事是值得的。hurt伤害; matter重要; bother打扰。
二、阅读理解。
A
【文章大意】本文主要讲了李安以及其他人或媒体对李安拍的电影Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》)的评价。
1. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第三段中Justin Chang对这部电影的评论可知, 他认为这部电影很好。故选A。
2. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第四段的内容可知由于天气和很难控制动物, 拍摄很难。故选B。
3. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第五段中的a newcomer who originally accompanied his brother to the studio before landing the role of Pi himself可知, Sharma是一个新手, 他最初是陪哥哥去摄影棚, 所以他没有想到会得到这个角色。故选C。
4. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据上文的描述可知, 拍摄这部电影很难, 由此可猜出arduous表示“很难的”, 与difficult同义。
5. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句The New York Times said there’s “a clunky moment of exposition at the end that feels entirely too on-the-nose. 可知。
B
【文章大意】本文主要介绍了2013年诺贝尔文学奖获得者艾丽丝·芒罗(Alice Munro), 加拿大短篇小说家。
6. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段的despite her announcement this summer that her recent collection, Dear Life, would be her last可知Munro已经打算停止写作。故选B。
7. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第二段的But the fact that she writes about one particular place belies the diversity of her characters’ personalities and desires. . . 可知。
8. 【解析】选D。句意理解题。句子的本意是: 你了解一个20世纪的安大略乡村的女孩不表示你了解那儿所有的女孩。由此可知每个人都有他/她的特点。故选D。
9. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段的Munro has won the Booker, the National Book Critics Circle, the O. Henry, and just about every other award and honor the continent has to offer. 可知, 她获得了很多奖项。故选A。
10. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据最后一段的surprised upon winning以及I never thought I would win可知, 她很吃惊。故选A。
【拓展题型训练】
1．E【解析】标题句。根据本段含义：我受雇为美国最大的公司之一的一个销售团队做一些培训。这个队有16个人。那一年他们的销售额(16家)接近2.5亿美元——没错，是2.5亿美元!不用说，那是一段精彩而有趣的时光。我决定自己学一点，所以我仔细观察他们，看看他们是什么样的人，看看他们有什么共同的特点。故应为：A successful sales team
2．D【解析】标题句。根据本段含义：他们只是不是一群非常严肃的人。相反，他们看到了生活的乐趣，这意味着他们可以笑一点。当然，这里面有不同的层次，但他们都有幽默感。他们能够嘲笑环境，也能够嘲笑自己。我相信这是他们成功的最重要的关键。故D A sense of humor符合。
3．A【解析】标题句。根据本段语境：他们的家庭并没有让他们免费进入商业世界的上层，他们也没有在大学以外的上层获得领先。是什么让他们走到了今天这个地步?努力工作!这是对的，这是另一个例子，如果你用心去做，努力工作，在正确的情况下，你可以实现伟大的事情!这些人工作时间很长，工作也很有纪律性。这是值得的。主题句总结为：A努力工作。
4．C【解析】标题句。根据本段语境：他们总是在学习的过程中忙碌。在我的课程中，他们很专注，也很认真。你可以看到他们的大脑在处理信息。他们提出问题，并把这些材料应用到他们的工作和生活中。他们想尽一切办法提高自己。看着他们在销售经理的带领下参加团队会议也很有趣。他们非常互动，互相学习。他们中没有一个人是不屑于向同事学习的。此处应为“C Active learners”。
5．B【解析】标题句。根据本段内容：我在这些成功人士身上看到了什么?当你把这些原则运用到自己的生活中时，同样的事情也能让你成功:幽默感，努力工作，以及随时学习的愿望。可知为：B Principles for success。
Book 5 Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema
基础练习
一、根据要求写单词。
1． ________ n．联系
2． ________ vt.解决
3． ________ n．凶手；谋杀犯
4． ________ n．恐惧；害怕
5． ________ adj.非常害怕的；极度恐慌的
6． ________ n．：a written or spoken description
7． ________ n．：someone you spend a lot of time with，especially a friend
8． ________ vi.：to rain heavily without stopping
9． ________ vt.：to suddenly feel so frightened that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly
10．________ adj.：having a strong desire to know about something
二、选词填空
1． Perhaps the trouble ________________ the engine.
2． With his money ________________，he had to go home.
3． The little girl opened that small box ____________________.
4． ________________________，Li Hua failed the important exam.
5． The poor weather may have ________________ the small crowd.
三、用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1．It is no use ________(argue) with him.
2．He tried to pretend ________(share) the pleasure with his friend.
3．The trees ________(blow) down in the storm have been moved off the road.
4．He was very __________ to hear the __________(excite) news.
5．Most of the people are willing ________ (help) those in trouble.
6．The dusty air makes it difficult ________(get) a clear picture of space.
7．We saw new buildings ________ (build) wherever we went on our visit.
8．The old man was often seen________ (stand) at the door of his house.
9．Made ________(work) 14 hours a day, the mother felt tired every day.
10．He saw a girl ________(run) into a room at that time.
四、阅读理解。
The principles about applying for jobs have altered greatly lately. In the past, people preferred a hand written application letter. However, nowadays it is becoming more and more common to apply for a job through the Internet. You can find information on the Internet about how to apply for jobs. Information can be found about how to fulfill your application letter, the clothes that you should wear and how to carry out the interview itself.
The importance of body language is often mentioned, but doesn't always get the attention it deserves. After all, before a word has even been spoken, your body language will have already given people their first impression of you. Additionally, your body language will also give out a lot more information. Based on your body language it can be seen if you are self-confident. It can also show if you are a busy or a quiet type and it helps give an impression of whether you are speaking truthfully or not. Body language can show how enthusiastic you are and if you are a nice person. Someone who will take his work seriously, but also someone who has a sense of humor and can enjoy a joke from time to time. The members of the application committee will ask you questions, but your answers won't only be oral. The committee will not only pay attention to what you say, but also to how you say it！Body language will determine first if it clicks, and sometimes all it takes is just a few seconds. Everybody uses body language, but it takes place mostly at a subconscious (下意识的) level.Using body language appropriately, you can definitely increase your chances of getting a job.
1．What kind of people is the text mainly meant for?
A．Interviewers. B．Job-hunting people.
C．Employers. D．Laid-off workers.
2．We can learn from the first paragraph that________．
A．hand-written letters are not used in finding a job
B．the more expensive clothes interviewees wear, the better
C．body language is more important than spoken words
D．the Internet is of significance in applying for a job
3．Using body language well in a job interview will probably help________．
A．get rid of the interviewers' prejudice
B．determine what position one will get
C．increase the possibility of getting the wanted job
D．remove nervousness
4．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Those using body language are usually confident.
B．Body language is often used on purpose in job hunting.
C．Body language is a mirror to reflect one's personality.
D．People enjoying jokes are preferred in a job interview.
答案和解析
一、根据要求写单词。
1 .connection 2. solve 3. murderer 4. fright 5. terrified
6. account 7. companion 8. pour 9. panic 10. curious
二、选词填空。
1. lies in 2. run out of 3. out of curiosity 4. To our astonishment 5. accounted for
三、用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. arguing 2. to share 3. blown 4. excited；exciting 5. to help
6. to get 7. being built 8. to stand 9. to work 10. running
四、阅读理解。
1. D 【解析】细节理解题。由第一句话知选D项。
2. B 【解析】细节理解题。由第二段内容知选B项。
3. A 【解析】细节理解题。由第三段内容知选A项。
4. D 【解析】细节理解题。由Some think they will look stupid if they go to see a doctor.Others don't want to talk about their secrets.知选D项。
5. C 【解析】推断判断题。Liang Yuezhu的三条建议都是鼓励有心理问题的学生与别人交流，故选C项。
Book 5 Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema
提高练习
一、单词拼写
1．I must W________ you of your wrong decision again.
2．D________never to return，he left the city.
3．Children are C________about famous cartoon characters.
4．We had to a________to our boss for every penny we spent.
5．Sorry to ________(打扰)you，but I have an urgent message from your husband.
6．He was one of my Chinese ________(同伴)during my stay in America.
7．She ________(相似)her mother in character but not in appearance.
8．They believe that God ________(创造)the world.
二、完成句子。
1．他的言行就好像没有常识似的。(as if)
________________________________________________________________________
2．我们看见他今早在花园里干活。(see sb.doing sth.)
________________________________________________________________________
3．他站在那里，盯着我。(现在分词作状语)
________________________________________________________________________
4．不要老是打听我的事！ (curious about)
________________________________________________________________________
5．越来越多的人认为那起交通事故和驾车打电话有关。
________________________________________________________________________
三、单项填空。
1．—Jack can't concentrate on his lessons recently.
—Yes, that might________his low score in the last test.
A．stand for B．apply for
C．account for D．call for
2．Some parents are just too protective.They want to________their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
A．direct B．offer
C．shelter D．differ
3．He ________his gun under the tree where he was________.
A．lay；laying B．laid；lying
C．lied；laying D．lay；lying
4．—He looked so scary that the kids were really________.
—He often uses that________look to frighten them.
A．frightened；frightened
B．frightened；frightening
C．frightening；frightened
D．frightening；frightening
5．Trapped in the dark building for more than 5 hours, the thief looked pale and________.
A．terrifying B．being terrified
C．terrified D．to be terrified
6．Don't be too________about things you are not supposed to know.
A．strange B．amusing
C．curious D．conscious
7．The man with whom she had________left her, and she was penniless.
A．run away B．run out
C．run into D．run across
8．—It's disturbing that I haven't ________ the problem.
—Why not try a different way?
A．solved B．adopted
C．stood D．survived
9．Have you seen the horse________the pole over there?
A．tied to B．tied by
C．tying to D．tied with
10．She________ a real panic when she thought she'd lost the tickets.
A．came into B．was at
C．got into D．was into
四、完形填空。
Earthquakes are common；thousands of them happen each day.But most are __1__ weak to feel.During a __2__ earthquake，there is often a great noise first.Then the earth __3__ terribly and many houses __4__ down.Railway tracks break and trains go __5__ lines; a great many factories are __6__；thousands of deaths are caused，and many more lose homes...__7__ the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake __8__，other disasters such as fires often __9__.More buildings are destroyed and more __10__ caused.
It is well known of the __11__ of a possible earthquake，and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes.More than 2,000 years ago，__12__，a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng __13__ a machine which could find out from which __14__ the seismic waves had come，and this machine is still __15__ by scientists today.Now we know much more about earthquakes and __16__ they happen，but we still cannot __17__ exactly when and where an earthquake will happen，and cannot __18__ it from happening.So earthquakes are among the __19__ disasters in the world.
No one can stop natural earthquakes.__20__，scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.
1．A.very B．too
C．quite D．so
2．A.real B．weak
C．big D．small
3．A.moves B．shakes
C．jumps D．breaks
4．A.get B．put
C．set D．fall
5．A.off B．on
C．into D．behind
6．A.burst B．struck
C．destroyed D．buried
7．A.Except B．Besides
C．Instead of D．Because of
8．A.lonely B．later
C．themselves D．itself
9．A. follow B．copy
C．come D．enter
10．A.quakes B．deaths
C．difficulties D．results
11．A.information B．questions
C．dangers D．frights
12．A.as a result B．in fact
C．for example D．as well
13．A.invented B．discovered
C．found D．bought
14．A.country B．direction
C．ways D．city
15．A.improved B．repaired
C．protected D．used
16．A.where B．when
C．what D．why
17．A.speak B．tell
C．talk D．point
18．A.make B．prepare
C．stop D．let
19．A.worst B．best
C．most D．fastest
20．A.However B．But
C．And D．So
答案与解析
一、单词拼写。
1. warn 2. Determined 3. curious 4. account
5. disturb 6. companions 7. resembles 8. created
二、完成句子。
1. He behaves as if he had no common sense.
2. We saw him working in the garden this morning.
3. He stood there, staring at me.
4. Don't be so curious about my affairs!
5. More and more people believe the car accident had connection with talking on the cellphone while driving.
三、单项选择。
1. C【解析】句意：——杰克最近上课不能集中精力。——是啊。这也许能说明他为什么上次考试得分低。stand for“代表”；apply for“申请”；account for“解释，说明”；call for“号召”。
2. C【解析】考查动词意义。根据上句Some parents are just too protective.可知下文要说父母们想庇护孩子们不受到任何伤害。shelter作动词可表示“保护，庇护”；direct“指挥”；offer“提供”；differ“区别”。
3. B【解析】句意：他把抢放在他正在躺着的树下。lie作“放置”讲时，其过去式是laid；作“躺；位于”讲时，其过去式是lay，现在分词是lying。
4. A【解析】句意：——他看起来这么可怕，孩子们都吓坏了。——他经常用那种吓人的表情来吓唬他们。frightened“感到害怕的”；修饰人的表情要用过去分词形式，故选A项。
5. C【解析】句意：这个贼被困在黑暗的大楼里5个多小时，他看起来脸色苍白，极度害怕。terrifying“令人害怕的”；terrified“感到害怕的，极度恐慌的”。
6. C【解析】句意：不要对你不该知道的事情过分好奇。be curious about“对……感到好奇”。
7. A【解析】句意：带她私奔的那个人离开了她，如今她身无分文。run away“逃走，逃脱”；run out“用光，耗尽”；run into“撞到，偶遇”；run across“偶然遇到”。
8. A【解析】句意：——问题还没有解决，真是烦透了。——为什么不试着用一种不同的方法(来解决这个问题)呢？solve“解决，解答(难题等)”；adopt“采纳”；stand“站立”；survive“幸免于，幸存，生还”。
9. A【解析】句意：你看到那边拴到柱子上的那匹马了吗？tie to...拴到……，故可排除B、D两项；horse与动词tie有逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。
10. C【解析】句意：她十分惊慌，以为自己把票丢了。get into a panic惊慌起来，为常用搭配。
四、完形填空。
1. B 【解析】too...to...“太……以至于不能……”。有些地震太弱了，以至于人们感觉不到。
2. C 【解析】根据其后的“there is often a great noise first”可推知应选big。
3. B 【解析】由常识可知，发生地震时，地面在晃动(shake)。
4. D 【解析】地震导致房屋倒塌(fall down)。get down“下来”；put down“放下”；set down“记下，写下”。
5. A 【解析】由“railway tracks break”可知，铁轨断了，火车出轨(off)了。
6. C 【解析】工厂被破坏(destroyed)。burst“爆发”；strike“袭击，攻击”；bury“埋”，均不符合句意。
7. B 【解析】由第8空后的other disasters可知“除了”地震造成的损失之外，还有别的灾难，故B项正确。
8. D 【解析】与后面的火灾相对应，强调地震“本身”造成的破坏。
9. A 【解析】此处表示伴随地震而来的灾害，用follow“跟着”。
10. B 【解析】由于火灾随之而来，在原来地震造成的房屋倒塌和人员死亡的基础上有更多的房屋倒塌和人员死亡。
11. C 【解析】由常识可知，地震是很危险的。
12. C 【解析】下面是作者的举例，说明人们为预测地震所作的研究，故选C项。
13. A 【解析】invent指发明原来世上不存在的东西或事物，符合句意。discover“发现”；find“发现，找到”；buy“买”。
14. B 【解析】预测地震从什么方向传过来。direction“方向”。country“国家”；way“方法，道路”；city“城市”。
15. D 【解析】现代的科学家仍然在“使用”张衡发明的地动仪。由still可知D项正确。
16. D 【解析】由后面的when and where判断，此空选why。
17. B 【解析】tell“说明白，讲清楚”。
18. C 【解析】我们已知研究出为什么会发生地震，但无法预测它什么时间，在哪里发生，也无法阻止它发生。stop...from doing...“阻止……做……”。
19. A 【解析】worst“最坏的”；best“最好的”；most“最多的”；fastest“最快的”。由于无法准确预测地震何时发生，故认为其是严重的灾难之一。
20. A 【解析】前后句存在转折关系，but表示转折时不用逗号与其后内容隔开。
