2018-2019学年高中英语Unit4EarthquakesSectionⅡWarmi

1、HWarm ing Up & Read in g-La nguagePoi nts即时训练i.单词拼写1.He has been buried in the novel for 3 hours.2.Females find it extremely difficult to get a job in such a field.3.Mr.Brown was seriously injured in the traffic accident, so he was in hospital.4.You may burst the balloon if you are not careful.5

2、.They organized ( 组织)the youths to form a group to protect the environment.6.After the war , the city lay in ruins(_ 废墟).7.We knew Bob had cancer , but the news of his death still came as a shock (_ 震惊的事).8.Hundreds of people are still in the water,waiting to be rescued( 援救).9.These bushes grow well

3、 in the shelter (_ 掩蔽)of big oak trees.10. A lot of people lost their lives in the disaster( _ 灾难).H. 单句语法填空I.When I mentioned the incident later to him, he burst out laughing.2.By the end of last year , he had learned 2, 000 English words.3.He was one of the lucky survivors(survive) in the crash.4.

4、In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins in the disaster.5.The job of firefighters is extremely(extreme) da ngerous.6 . We were all shocked(shock ing) at the n ews.7 . His injured(injure) look made us believe that he was treated un fairly.8 . The poor woma n was buried(bury) in grief af

5、ter her son died.9 . Because of the economic crisis , a great number of workers were (be) out of work.10 . When a pencil is partly put into water, it looks as if it were(be) broken.川.阅读理解When she was abandoned( 抛弃)at only eight weeks old because she was deaf,Unit 4 Earthquakes Secti onAlice , who wa

6、s dirty , sick and nervous , had a difficult start in life.But less than a month after beingsaved , the little dog is learning to recognize sign Ianguage orders with her new family and now she hasalready learned the sig ns for several basic orders.Marie Williams , 41 , and, Mark Morgan, 43, who are

7、themselves both deaf , adopted（ 收养 ） the dog from the animal charity the Blue Cross.The couple and their three sons Liam ，16，Lewis， 13， and Owen，5，who have normal hearing ， are teaching the lovely dog sign language orders， including instructions for sitting， coming androlling over.Marie Williams ， f

8、rom West Mersea， Essex ，said ，“Wewere thinking about getting a dog butwhen we saw Alice was deaf ， we just couldnt believe it.She was so beautiful and the fact that she wasdeaf just made us fall in love with her even more we knew that she would fit right into our family.Whenwe went to visit her at t

9、he centre ， I had tears in my eyes because she was so attractive and wedeveloped a special relationship at once. ”Julie Stone ， manager of the Blue Cross ，said ，“It was amazing to see how Marie ， Mark andtheir children immediately got along well with Alice and how they knew just how to get her atten

10、tion.Theyare an excellent match and Alice has found the perfect home where I know shell get love.”The Blue Cross ，which depends completely on public donations （捐助 ） ， rehomesthousands of dogs ，cats ，horses ，and other small animals every year through its network of adoptioncentres.1 Marie Williams ha

11、d her first son at the age of _ A25B 28C30D 36解析：数字计算题。根据第二段可知， Marie Williams 今年 41 岁，她的大儿子 Liam 16 岁。 由此可推知，她生第一个儿子的时候应该是 25 岁。答案： A2 Marie Williams and Mark Morgan adopted Alice because _ A they could get along well with a deaf dogB they wanted to teach her some sign languageC their children want

12、ed to have a dog as their friendD they needed a dog and also had pity on beautiful Alice 解析： 细节理解题。 根据第三段前两句可知， 他们正想养一只狗， 而且他们对如此美丽却失 聪的 Alice 深感同情和爱怜，于是决定收养“她”。答案： D3 What can we learn about the Blue Cross?A It mainly adopts sick animals.B All its money comes from public donations.C. It earns money

13、 mainly by selling all kinds of pets.D. It regularly receives money from the government.解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，Blue Cross 这一组织的全部资金来自大众捐款。答案：B4.It can be learned from the passage that a deaf dog_A.is good at learning sign IanguageB. is clever eno ugh to learn all ordersC. can be trained and become a wond

14、erful petD. can easily get along well with deaf people解析：推理判断题。根据文中讲述的 Alice 的实例可推知，一只失聪的狗经过训练也能看懂 手语，从而读懂主人的指令，成为很好的宠物。答案：C5.What is the purpose of the passage?A. To call on people to treat deaf dogs well.B. To prove the importanee of animal charities.C. To show a deaf couples kindness to animals.D

15、. To tell us about a deaf dog that is learning sign Ianguage.解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了一只失聪的狗学会了识别手语这一事件。 作者写这篇文章的目的是将这一事件告诉读者。答案：DIV.完形填空My old n eighbour Dr Gibbs did nt look like any doctor rd ever known. Whe n DrGibbs was nt _1_ lives, he was pla nti ng trees.His house sat on ten acres,and his life

16、s _2_ was to make it a forest.The good d octor came from no pains , no gains ” school of gardening.He had some _3_theories about pla nt man ageme nt.He _4_ watered his new trees. OnceI asked why, he said that watering plants spoiled（ 宠坏）them, and that if you _5_ them, they wouldgrow _6_. So you had

17、to make things _7_for them and then youcould get rid of the weak trees early on.He talked about how watering trees made for _8_ roots _, and how trees thatwere nt watered had to grow deep roots in _9_ of water.So he never watered his trees.He planted an oak（橡树）and , _10_ watering itevery morning , h

18、e would 11 it with a rolled-upnewspaper.I asked him _12_ he didthat , and he said it was to get the trees attention.6. A.tallerB. weakerDr Gibbs _13_a couple of years after I left home.But the trees he pla ntedare _14now.I planted some trees a few years ago , _15_ water to them for a whole summer ,a

19、nd prayed for them.Several years of careful care has _16_ trees that grow weakerand weaker._17_ _ a cold wind blows, they will tremble.So Im _18_my view on life , because life is hard.Too many times we pray forcomfortable life .In fact , what we n eed to do is to pray for _19_ that reach deepinto th

20、e eternity（永恒）,so when the rain falls and the wind blows , we wont be _20_.1. A.startingB. seeingC. savingD. enjoying解析：本句意为：当 Gibbs 医生不治病救人的时候，他就种起了树。医生治病“救”人，故此处用 save。答案：C2. A.goalB. useC. timeD. money解析：本句意为： Gibbs 医生的家坐洛在十英亩大的土地上，他的人生“目标”就是将它变为树林。答案：A3. A.frighteningB. interestingC. peacefulD.

21、successful解析：根据本段第三句到第五句Gibbs 医生谈种树与浇水的关系可知，Gibbs 医生这种不给新种的树浇水的理论在作者看来很“有趣”。答案：B4. A.alwaysB. sometimesC. neverD. often解析：根据本段第四句中的来不”给新种的树浇水。watering plants spoiled（宠坏）them 可以推知，Gibbs 医生“从答案：C5. A.watchedB. preferredC. heatedD. watered解析：根据本段第四句中的watering plants spoiled（ 宠坏）them 进行逻辑推理可知，此处表示如果给新种的

22、树“浇水答案：D”，将会带来怎样的后果。C deeperD faster解 析 ： 此 处 意 为 ： 如 果 你 给 新 种 的 树 浇 水 ， 它 们 就 会 变 得 更 “ 脆 弱 ” 。答 案 ：B7A.hardB sharpC easyD soft解析： 本句意为：所以，你得将它们置于“艰苦的”环境中，那么你就能及早剔除那些不壮 实的树。答案： A8A.deepB highC shallowD light解析：根据下文中的how trees that werent watered had to grow deep roots可以推知，此处要填的是 deep 的反义词，故选 shall

23、ow( 浅的) 。 答案： C9A.honourB fearC faceD search解析：根据常识可知，若不浇水，植物就会为了“寻找”水分而深深扎根于土壤中。 答案： D10 A.instead ofB because ofC according toD except for解析：联系上文可知，是 ) 。Gibbs 医生是不会给树浇水的，所以此处选 instead of( 代替；而不答案： A答案： B 解析：根据本段第二句“但是， Gibbs 医生种的树现在还活着”可以推知，几年之后 Gibbs医生“去世”了。答案： B11 A.treatB destroyC coverD beat解析

24、：联系下一句中的to get the trees attention 可知， Gibbs 医生为了引起树的注意，用卷成筒的报纸“抽打答案： D”树。12 A.howB whyC whenD where解析：根据本句后半句的解释生“为什么”这样做。(to get the trees attention)可知，此处作者问 Gibbs 医13 A.stood byC got aroundB passed awayD died out14 A.straightB aloneC strongD alive解析：本句意为：但是，他种的树现在长得很“茁壮”。 答案： C15 A.carriedB showe

25、dC producedD left解析：根据本段第二句中的careful care 可以推知，作者悉心照料这些树，整个夏天都给它们浇水，所以此处用 carry 。 答案： A16 A.looked afterB taken upC pointed outD resulted in解析：本句意为：几年的悉心照料却“导致”树长得越来越弱。 答案： D17 A.WhereverB WhicheverC WheneverD However解析： 联系上一句树长得越来越弱可以推知， 此处意为： “每当”寒风吹来的时候，它们都 会禁不住寒冷而颤抖。答案： C18 A.losingB changingC k

26、eepingD exploring解析：联系种树的失败经历，作者的生活观念受到影响，为之“改变” 答案： B19 A.rootsB branchesC leavesD hands解析：联系第三段中的 trees that werent watered had to grow deep roots可知，作者认为，我们追求的生活之“根”应该是深植于永恒之中的。答案： A20 A.punishedB troubledC protectedD damaged解析：我们有了深厚坚固的根本，面临困难的时候就不会受到“伤害”。 答案： DV.语法填空1. On July 28 , 1976, eleven

27、kilometres directly below the city of Tangshan,the 2.greatest (great) earthquake of3.the 20th century began.ln fifteen terribleseconds , a large city 4.lay (lie) in ruins.Two-thirds of the people died 5.or were injured.Thousa nds offamilies were killed and many childre n were left6.withoutpare nts.E

28、verywherethe 7.survivors (survive) foundn earlyeveryth ing wasdestroyed.People began to wonder how long the disaster8.would last (last) . Allhope was not lost.Manysoldiers 9.were sent(send) there to help the rescueworkers. lO.SIowly (slow) , the city began to breathe again.W.短文改错As a tour guide , rm

29、 glad to tell you that more and more tourists are payingatte nti ons to environment protect ion. Severalyears before , in one place of in terestI saw rubbish throwing away everywhere , such as waste paper, plastic bags.However , some touristsclimbed trees or picked up flowers.Some eve n scared or catch little animals.Whats more , some ofthem made a fire to cook , which might cause a forestfire.Rece ntl