2021學(xué)年高中英語Module6單元素能自測課時作業(yè)含解析外研版必修4

Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorld

單元素能自測

I.完形填空

Whenourrestaurantbusinessfailed,weheadednorthinacampingtrucktoTexas,

hopingtohavea“freshstart”.

Atthe1ofPaloDuroCanyon（峽谷）StatePark,Igajobadvertisement

hiringparkhosts.Thepositionoffereda3,permanentcampsiteinthepark,

and4,thehostsservedasalinkbetweenthepark'sguestsandtherangers（護

林人）.Itwastheperfectsolution:arent-freeplacetoreorganizeourlives.We

enteredtheparkandImadean5forthefollowingday.

Theparkwas6,soittookussometimetofindanavailablesite.Thatevening,

aswefinishedourdinner,mywifesawtwolargeskunks（臭鼬）walkingtowardour

table.We7climbedontothetableand,forthenextfourhours,waitedforthem

to8ourcamp.

Havingsurvivedthatnight,wewere9thateverythingelsewouldbeall

right.Thenextdaywemetwiththepeoplewhoranthepark.Theyexplained

our10andgaveusabeautifulcampsite.Thatevening,11,welearnedabout

thecanyon12.Theywerestrongandcold,rockingourlittlecampingtruck

violently,andwelay13inthedarkuntilthewindsdiedaway.

14theweeksthatfollowed,welearnedtosurviveinourtruckand15the

littlemoneymywife16bysubstituteteaching.Buildingasuccessfulbusinessand

thenlosingithadleftverylittletimeforbuildingasuccessful17,Foratime

afterourbusiness18IthoughtImightlosemyfamilyaswell.

Livinginthetiny19withnotelevision,wesatclosetogetherreadingand

talking.Oneevening,standingunderajeweledsky,Ifoundmyself20forallthe

hardships.Wehadwalkedthetrailsandclimbedthecanyonwalls.Wehadbecomea

family!

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。講述我們生意失敗后，去了帕洛杜羅峽谷州立公園，在那里，

我們遇到了一些困難，但是一家人更加親密了，我感激我們遇到的所有的困難。

1.A.backB.edge

C.centreD.entrance

答案：D

解析：由下文可知，我們是在公園的入口處看到的廣告。entrance,“入口”，符合語

境。

2.A.sponsoredB.published

C.noticedD.answered

答案：C

解析：由語境可知，此處很顯然表示“我們在公園的入口處無意當(dāng)中注意到有則要雇用

看公園的人的廣告”。由句意可知C項正確。

3.A.safeB.free

C.convenientD.beautiful

答案：B

解析：由本段倒數(shù)第二句話可知，此處營地是永久免費的。故B項正確。

4.A.inreturnB.intime

C.inshortD.inturn

答案：A

解析：提供永久的、免費的營地；作為回報，看公園的人得充當(dāng)公園的游客和護林人之

間的聯(lián)系者。由語境可知A項正確。

5.A.attemptB.agreement

C.appealD.appointment

答案：D

解析：由語境可知，顯然作者是看到這則廣告，很感興趣，所以就預(yù)約了第二天。make

anappointment,“預(yù)約”，符合語境。

6.A.crowdedB.dangerous

C?idealD.quiet

答案：A

解析：由后半句"soittookussometimetofindanavailablesite”可知,公

園很擁擠。

7.A.repeatedlyB.immediately

C.eventuallyD.calmly

答案：B

解析:由前句信息“mywifesawtwolargeskunks（臭鼬）walkingtowardourtable”

可知，看到兩只大的臭鼬朝我們的桌子走來，我們肯定害怕，因此馬上就爬上桌子，故B

項正確。

8.A.attackB.leave

C.passD.search

答案：B

解析：我們爬到桌子上很顯然是要等臭鼬離開，故B項正確。

9.A.satisfiedB.determined

C.confidentD.aware

答案：C

解析：由前半句"Havingsurvivedthatnight”可知，我們很自信其他一切都會好起

來的，故C項正確。

10.A.responsibilitiesB.requirements

C.circumstancesD.conditions

答案：A

解析：由第二段信息“thehostsservedasalinkbetweenthepark'sguestsand

therangers（護林人）”可知，此處表示“我們要承擔(dān)的責(zé)任”，故A項正確。

11.A.moreoverB.therefore

C.meanwhileD.however

答案：D

解析：前一段提到我們遇到經(jīng)營公園的人，他們給我們介紹了我們的責(zé)任，給了我們一

個漂亮的營地；而后面顯然是我們了解到的一些事情，前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用however,故

D項正確。

12.A.windsB.snowsC.woodsD.trails

答案：A

解析：由后句信息“Theywerestrongandcold,rockingourlittlecampingtruck

violently”以及“untilthewindsdiedawayw可知，此處指的是“大峽谷的風(fēng)”，故A

項正確。

13.A.shakingB.quarrelling

C.mourningD.aching

答案：A

解析：由語境可知，風(fēng)猛烈地刮著，顯然是我們躺在黑暗中顫抖，故A項正確。

14.A.AfterB.Between

C.DuringD.Beyond

答案：C

解析：由語境可知，此處表示“在接下來的幾周里”，表示“在……里，在……期間”，

用during,故C項正確。

15.A.giveawayB.handout

C.liveonD.putaside

答案：C

解析：由句意可知，在接下來的幾周里，我們學(xué)會了在卡車上生存，學(xué)會了靠妻子當(dāng)代

課老師掙的一點錢生存，故C項正確。

16.A.borrowedB.earned

C.postedD.raised

答案：B

解析：earnmoney為固定搭配，意為“賺錢，掙錢”，故B項正確。

17.A.businessB.career

C.familyD.image

答案：C

解析：由后邊那句"IthoughtImightlosemyfamilyaswell”可知，此處表示“生

意成功然后又失去了就使得我們幾乎沒有時間來建立一個成功的家庭”，故C項正確。

18.A.startedB.failed

C.expandedD.declined

答案：B

解析：本句與文章開頭第一句話“Whenourrestaurantbusinessfailed相呼應(yīng)，

指“我們生意失敗”。

19.A.truckB.parkC.houseD.camp

答案：A

解析：前面還有幾個地方提到truck,顯然是生活在沒有電視的小卡車里，故A項正確。

20.A.desperateB.ready

C.suitableD.thankful

答案：D

解析：由前半句"wesatclosetogetherreadingandtalking”以及后半句"Wehad

walkedthetrailsandclimbedthecanyonwalls.Wehadbecomeafamily!”可知，

我們收獲頗多，我感激我們遇到的所有的艱難困苦，故D項正確。

H.閱讀理解

Iclearlyrememberthedaywhenmylittlebrotherwasborn:January1,1994.One

ofmyfavoritefamilyphotosshowsmelyingwithmymotherinthehospitalbed,happy

butunawareofthesmall,sleepingbabyinthebackground.

Istayedwithmygrandparentsfortheweekendofmybrother,sbirth,excited

aboutmynewbrotherbutnotyetawareofwhathavingalittlebrotherwouldmean.I

didn，ttrulyrealizewhatwasgoingonuntilwewereinthehospitalroomatDuke

University-coincidentally（碰巧地），thesameroominwhichIhadbeenborntwoyears

earlier.

WhenIlookedatmybrotherforthefirsttime,Ifeltamixtureoffearand

interest.LittledidIknowthatsmall,pinkcreaturewouldgrowuptobeoneof

myfavoritepeopleintheworld.

Inreality,thoughIamtwoyearsolderthanmybrother,

Iammoreoftenthannottherealbabyinthefamily.Iamverylackingwhenit

comestocommonsense.InstructionsconstantlyconfusemeandIfrequently

findmyselftotallypuzzledbythingslikeknowinghowtostartthewashingmachine

ormanagethestoragesettingsonmyiPhone.

That'swhereGibsoncomesin.Thepoorkidhashadtoguidemethroughmoretasks

thanIwouldcaretoadmit,buthenevercomplains.Though1shouldprobablybetold

tofigureitoutmyself,healwayscomestohelpmeout.

rmenviousofhisabilitytoquicklyanswertheever-presentquestion,“What

doyouwanttodowithyourlife?”Hewasquestionedatfamilygatherings."Be

adoctor,“hesaidasolidanswer,completelyoppositetomyshakyone,“Well,

rmanEnglishmajor,so...”

Mybrothertrulyismybestfriend.Nooneunderstandsmebetter,andthereisn，t

anyoneelseIwouldwanttostickwithinmyfamily.Imaynothaveaclearideaof

whereI'mheaded,butheisstickingwithme.

作者清楚地記得弟弟出生的日子，小時候不知道有個弟弟意味著什么，但現(xiàn)在作者知道

弟弟是他最親近的人。

1.Howdidtheauthorfeelwhenhesawhisbrotherforthefirsttime?

A.Scepticalandsad.B.Excitedandmoved.

C.Curiousandfrightened.D.Happyandinterested.

答案：C

解析：細節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的“WhenIlookedatmybrotherforthefirsttime,

Ifeltamixtureoffearandinterest.”可知，C項正確。

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinthefourthparagraphmean?

A.Mybrotheristherealbabyinthefamily.

B.Infact,Iseemtobelessmaturethanmylittlebrother.

C.MybrothergetsmorelovefromthefamilythanIdo.

D.Iamgrowingmoreslowlythanmybrother.

答案：B

解析：句意理解題。由下文內(nèi)容可知，雖然作者比弟弟大兩歲，但是作者卻總顯得缺乏

常識，反而弟弟顯得成熟一些，總會教作者如何做一些事情。因此，作者認為和弟弟相比，

他才是家里真正的孩子。moreoftenthannot意為“往往，通常”。

3.Whatdoestheauthor*sbrotheroftenhelptheauthordo?

A.Helphimdealwithmanydailytasks.

B.Helphimwithhisstudies.

C.Givehimadviceonhowtochooseamajor.

D.Comforthimwhenheisinabadmood.

答案：A

解析：細節(jié)理解題。由第四、第五段內(nèi)容可知，作者的弟弟經(jīng)常幫助他做一些日常生活

中的事情，故A項符合題意。

4.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.MyStrangeFamilyGatherings

B.TheRealBabyintheFamily

C.StickwithMe-MyNot-So-LittleLittleBrother

D.TheFeelingofHavingaBrother

答案：c

解析：標題判斷題。本文講述了作者和弟弟之間的故事，弟弟比作者小兩歲，卻比他成

熟堅定，是作者的好朋友，結(jié)合最后一段最后一句Imaynothaveaclearideaofwhere

I'mheadedbutheisstickingwithme.可知，作者希望永遠和弟弟在一起。

III.短文改錯

下面短文共有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（八），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

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。

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findachancetostealeverything.Theclockstrucktwelve.Mostofthepeoplewere

inbed.Quicklytheycametoahouseanditseemedeveryoneinthehousehadfallen

asleep.Standatthefrontgate,onemanwhisperedinEnglishtotheotherinalow

voice,“Youwaithereandr11goaroundthebackdoorandthengetintothehouse.”

Suddenlyoutofthehouseranadog,barkedatthem.Thetwomenwereveryfrightened

andranawayasfastaspossibly.Theydidn'tstopuntiltheygettoalonelyplace.

Themansaidtotheotherinasurprise,"It'stoobad,butIhadn，tthought,what

thedogcouldunderstandEnglish.”

答案

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