課后閱讀訓練 二十 Unit 5 Period 4

1、課后閱讀訓練 Unit 5 Period 4. 完形填空Earthquakes are common and thousands of them happen each day. But most are too1to feel. During a2earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth3terribly and many houses4down. Railway tracks break and trains go5lines; a great many factories are6; thousands

2、of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes. . . 7the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake8, other disasters such as fires often9. More buildings are destroyed and more10are caused. The11of a possible earthquake are well known of, and for centuries man has been making researches on ea

3、rthquakes. More than 2, 000 years ago, 12, a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng13a machine which could find out from which14the seismic(地震的)waves had come, and this machine is still15by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and16they happen, but we still cannot17exactly when and

4、where an earthquake will happen, and cannot18it from happening. So earthquakes are among the19disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes. 20, scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying the whole city and causing too many deaths. 【語篇概述】地震每天都在發(fā)生, 不過有很多我們感覺不到而已, 大地震更是會給人類帶來無窮的災(zāi)難。因

5、此, 準確地預(yù)報地震就顯得非常重要了, 這樣會給人類避免巨大的損失和傷亡。張衡的地動儀的發(fā)明就是一個很好的例證。1. A. weakB. strongC. strangeD. familiar【解析】選A。生活常識題。weak虛弱的; strong強大的; strange意為“奇怪的, 陌生的”; familiar意為“熟悉的”。由常識可知絕大多數(shù)地震比較弱。2. A. realB. littleC. bigD. small【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。由后面的關(guān)鍵詞great和terribly可知這里是說在“大”地震中。3. A. movesB. shakesC. jumpsD. breaks【

6、解析】選B。邏輯推理題。在地震中大地會“搖動, 震動”。4. A. getB. putC. setD. fall【解析】選D。詞匯辨析題。房屋在地震中“倒塌”。get down意為“記下”; put down意為“放下, 寫下”; set down意為“記下”; fall down意為“倒下”。5. A. offB. onC. intoD. behind【解析】選A。詞匯辨析題。off意為“脫離”, 這里指火車“脫離”軌道。6. A. burstB. struckC. destroyedD. built【解析】選C。詞匯辨析題。在地震中許多工廠被毀壞了。其他選項不符合句意。7. A. Exce

7、ptB. BesidesC. SinceD. Without【解析】選B。詞匯辨析題。besides意為“除之外(還有)”, 符合句意。except意為“除之外(排除在外)”。8. A. themB. itC. themselvesD. itself【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。這些嚴重的毀壞和死亡是由地震“本身”引起的。9. A. followB. copyC. disappearD. enter【解析】選A。詞匯辨析題。follow作“跟隨”講, 指火災(zāi)等自然災(zāi)害也隨著地震的發(fā)生而發(fā)生。copy意為“模仿, 復(fù)制”; disappear意為“消失”; enter意為“進入”, 均與句意不相符。

8、10. A. quakesB. deathsC. difficultiesD. results【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。更多的建筑物遭到破壞, 也有更多的人死亡。此處deaths最符合語境。11. A. informationB. questionsC. dangersD. frights【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。地震帶來的“危險”是人所共知的。12. A. as a resultB. in factC. for exampleD. as well【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。for example意為“例如”, 符合語境。as a result意為“結(jié)果”; in fact意為“事實上”; as

9、 well意為“也”。13. A. inventedB. discoveredC. foundD. bought【解析】選A。詞匯辨析題。張衡“發(fā)明”了地動儀。14. A. countryB. directionC. wayD. city【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。地動儀能夠測出地震波來自哪個方向。15. A. improvedB. repairedC. protectedD. used【解析】選D。詞匯辨析題。這個儀器至今仍被科學家“使用”。16. A. whereB. whenC. whatD. why【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。今天我們更加了解地震及其發(fā)生的原因, 即“為什么”會發(fā)生地震。1

10、7. A. speakB. tellC. talkD. point【解析】選B。詞匯辨析題。tell表示“判斷, 知道”, 即我們還不能準確判斷何時何地會發(fā)生地震。18. A. makeB. prepareC. stopD. let【解析】選C。固定搭配題。stop. . . from doing意為“阻止做”, 即我們不能阻止地震的發(fā)生。19. A. worstB. bestC. mostD. quickest【解析】選A。背景常識題。地震是世界上“最嚴重的”災(zāi)難之一。20. A. HoweverB. ButC. AndD. Or【解析】選A。however作副詞, 表示轉(zhuǎn)折, 常用逗號與句

11、子的其他成分隔開。but是連詞, 其后直接跟句子。. 短文改錯假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文, 請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤, 每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加: 在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(), 并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除: 把多余的詞用斜線( )畫掉。修改: 在錯的詞下畫一橫線, 并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意: 1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞; 2. 只允許修改10處, 多者(從第11處起)不計分。It is Mothers Day today. Though its a western festival, its pop

12、ular in China now. great mother. Both Dad or I planned to do something on Mothers Day. We get up early in the morning. Dad cleaned the house, and then went on shopping. When he came back, I found a bunch of flowers in her hand. I asked Mom to stay in the sitting room and I cooked in kitchen. The dis

13、hes what I cooked were Moms favoritest. At dinner, we said to her, “Happy Mothers Day! ”Mom was grateful and moving. 答案: 1. 【解析】第三句中的so改為but?？疾檫B詞。句意: 母親有一份全職的工作, 但是她得做大部分的家務(wù)活。根據(jù)邏輯關(guān)系可知, 此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。2. 【解析】第三句的houseworks改為housework。考查名詞。housework意為“家務(wù)活”, 是不可數(shù)名詞, 沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式。3. 【解析】第五句的or改為and?？疾楣潭ńY(jié)構(gòu)。句意: 我和爸爸計

14、劃在母親節(jié)做點什么事情。both. . . and. . . 意為“和都, 不僅而且, 既又”, 是固定結(jié)構(gòu)。4. 【解析】第六句的get改為got?？疾闀r態(tài)。此處描述母親節(jié)當天的事, 根據(jù)上下文可知, 此處應(yīng)用一般過去時態(tài)。5. 【解析】第七句去掉on?？疾楣潭ńY(jié)構(gòu)。go shopping去購物, 是固定結(jié)構(gòu); go on doing sth. 繼續(xù)做某事。6. 【解析】第八句的her改為his。考查代詞。此處指父親手拿一束花, 應(yīng)使用指代男性的形容詞性物主代詞his。7. 【解析】第九句在kitchen前加the。考查冠詞。此處應(yīng)特指自己家的廚房, 應(yīng)在kitchen前面加the。8. 【解析】第十句的what改為that或which, 或者去掉what。考查定語從句。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)和句意可知, 此處為dishes之后所接的定語從句,