高考英语一轮复习课时作业15 Module 3　The Violence of Nature 外研版必修3.doc

课时作业(十五)必修3module 3the violence of nature限时：35分钟.单项填空1the telephone _， but by the time i got indoors, it stopped. ahad rung bwas ringingcrings dhas rung2we had never_this kind of holiday before and had no idea what to expect. awent btried out cexperienced dheard3_ by typhoon morakot(莫拉克), taiwan _ water and electricity shortage. ahaving struck; facing bhaving struck; facedcstruck; facing dstruck; faced4students are always interested in finding out _ they can go with a new teacher. ahow far bhow soonchow often dhow long5two middleaged passengers fell into the sea. _, neither of them could swim. ain fact bluckily cnaturally dunfortunately6the strong winds sweep over the sea, and the rolling waves constantly _the shore. ahit bbeat cstrike dpat7did it_ to you that he was jealous?ahappen boccurcstrike dtake place8it is a pity that most slimmers _ putting weight back on. aended up bbrought up ctook up dbroke up9when i got home i realized that one of my suitcases _. adisappears bdisappeared chas disappeared dhad disappeared 10im _ in books these days since the finals are coming.acaught bburied cstuck dmissed .完形填空in 1989 an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened america, killing over 30, 000 people in less than four minutes. in the middle of complete damage and disorder, a father rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, _11_ to find that the building was _12_. after the unforgettable shock, he _13_ the promise he had made to his son: “no matter _14_， ill always be there for you！” and tears began to _15_ his eyes. as he looked at the pile of ruins, it looked hopeless, but he kept remembering his _16_ to his son. he rushed there and started _17_ the ruins. as he was digging, other helpless parents arrived, _18_： “its too late! theyre all dead! _19_， face reality. theres nothing you can do！” to each parent he responded with _20_： “are you going to help me now？” no one helped. and then he continued to dig for his son, stone by stone. courageously he went on alone because he needed to know _21_： “is my boy _22_ or is he dead？” he dug for eight hours12 hours24 hours36 hoursthen, in the 38th hour, he 23 a large stone and heard his sons _24_. he screamed his sons name, “armand！” he heard back, “dad! its me, dad! i told the other kids not to worry. i told them that if you were alive, you _25_ me and _26_ you saved me, theyd be saved. you promised, no matter what happens, ill always be there for you！ you did it, dad！”“whats going on there？” the father asked. “there are 14 of us _27_ out of 33, dad. were scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful youre here. when the building collapsed, it made _28_， and it saved us.”“come _29_， boy！”“no, dad! let the other kids come out first, _30_ i know youll get me! no matter what happens, i know youll always be there for me！”11a.just bonly cever dstill12a.as flat as a pancake bas high as a mountaincas strong as an ox das weak as a kitten13a.memorized bforgotckept dremembered14. awhat bwhat happencwhich dwho15. afill bfill in ccome dburst16. apicture bpromisecpresent dencourage17. adigging bdigging throughcdigging out ddigging into18. ato say bsaidcand saying dsaying19. acome out bcome againccome on dcome off20. aone word bone soundcone row done line21. afor himself bof himselfcby himself dto himself22. alive bliving calive dlively23. atook back bpicked upccalled up dpulled back24. asound bvoice cnoise dtone25. awill save bwould savecsave dwould have saved26. awhen bbecauseceven if dthough27. aremained bmissingcleft dgone28. aa promise bspacecroom da triangle29. ain bfor cout dalong30. abecause bthoughcwhen deven though.阅读理解aa serious problem for todays society is who should be responsible for our elderly(老年人) and how to improve their lives. it is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. i would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.first, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. to make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. but when a company must take lifelong responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. this means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. this does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. this means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.in addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. this could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions(养老金). furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. the government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.one further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.to sum up, all these options(选择)have advantages and disadvantages. therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.31what is the passage mainly about?athe problems faced by the old in society.bwhy we should take responsibility for the old.chow we can improve the lives of the old.dwhere the old can go to get their pensions.32according to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?aset aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.bincrease savings levels of people during their working years.cincrease the discounts for food and transport for the old.dmake available pensions for those who have retired.33the underlined word “viable” most probably means “_”aimpossible bpracticalcuseful dsuccessful34what can be concluded from the passage?ataking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.bemployers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.cbecoming independent should be the goal of most old people.dthere is no single solution to the problems of the old.ba japanese student called mami told me about her own experiences in britain. she spent 10 months in the uk last year, studying english at a language school. she really enjoyed her first two weeks in the uk. but soon she started to miss things of her own country. she found it hard to make friends, and got annoyed(恼火)about local peoples behavior. mami said, “after a few weeks i started to cry a lot. i felt homesick. i thought the weather was dark and too changeable and that affected my mood as well.”to comfort herself, mami began to spend many hours on the internet chatting with her friends back home. she spent a couple of weeks in the countryside in kent. she went to a social club for british people who were interested in japan and started to make some friends there. in addition, she took a short course in calligraphy(书法)to get an opportunity of mixing with local people. a few months later, mamis impression of the uk had greatly changed. she found that most of the british were friendly, witty and fun. however, once mami was back in japan, she experienced “culture shock” again. she said, “i missed the friends i had made in england. my way of thinking had changed. sometimes i was annoyed by the views of people in my country, for example, about the value of money and time. i thought people around me lived in such a small world.” mami noticed some changes in her behavior, “i kept the habit of