Unit 4　Earthquakes

　　.單項(xiàng)填空

　　1．Having heard the unfair conditions，the angry man________from the chair，________his voice.

　　　A．raised；raising

　　B．rose；raising

　　C．raised；rising

　　D．rose；rising

　　解析　句意：聽到不公平的條件，那人很生氣，大聲喊著從椅子上站起來。前一空應(yīng)該用不及物動(dòng)詞rise。第二空應(yīng)該用及物動(dòng)詞raise，而且是現(xiàn)在分詞形式，表示伴隨狀況。

　　答案　B

　　2．The American Civil War________four years________the North won.

　　A．was lasted；until

　　B．had lasted；before

　　C．were lasted；when

　　D．lasted；after

　　解析　句意：美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)持續(xù)了四年，最后北方獲得了勝利。last沒有被動(dòng)式；由win用過去時(shí)可推知前面的last應(yīng)該用過去完成時(shí)。

　　答案　B

　　3．When he opened the box，it________a bad smell.

　　A．gave away

　　B．gave in

　　C．gave out

　　D．gave up

　　解析　give out發(fā)出(氣味)，由句意可知選C。

　　答案　C

　　4．In the big fire all their houses were________，so they had to build new ones.

　　A．hurt

　　B．injured

　　C．destroyed

　　D．harmed

　　解析　句意：他們所有的房子都在大火中被燒毀了，所以不得不建造新的了。根據(jù)后半句句意可知空處要表達(dá)“燒毀”的含義，故選C。

　　答案　C

　　5．Three-fourths of the surface of the earth________covered by water.

　　A．is

　　B．a(chǎn)re

　　C．were

　　D．has been

　　解析　“分?jǐn)?shù)＋of＋名詞(代詞)”作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)取決于其后名詞(代詞)的形式和意義。

　　答案　A

　　6．A bomb________two buildings and caused many deaths.

　　A．destroyed

　　B．damagedC．harmed

　　D．injured

　　解析　destroy指徹底的、不能或很難修復(fù)的“破壞”，程度較深；damage是程度較小的“破壞”。harm強(qiáng)調(diào)“有危害”；injure指“損傷，損害”，從后面的many deaths可知，程度較深，故選A項(xiàng)。

　　答案　A

　　7．________people were killed in the quake.

　　A．The number of

　　B．A number

　　C．The number

　　D．A number of

　　解析　a number of people“許多人”；a number of為固定短語，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式。

　　答案　D

　　8．I burst out________when hearing the amusing story.

　　A．laugh

　　B．to laughC．laughter

　　D．laughing

　　解析　burst out doing“突然……起來”，為固定搭配形式。

　　答案　D

　　9．________in his study，he didn't know that all the others had left.

　　A．Burying

　　B．BuriedC．Buried himself

　　D．He buried

　　解析　句意：他專心于學(xué)習(xí)，因此不知道其他人都走了。空白處與in his study一起在句中作原因狀語。

　　答案　B

　　10．She was________by the________film.

　　A．frightened；frightening

　　B．frightening；frightened

　　C．frightened；frightened

　　D．frightening；frightening

　　解析　句意：她被那嚇人的電影嚇壞了。frightened“害怕的”；frightening“令人害怕的”。

　　答案　A

　　11．The meeting________at six o'clock in the afternoon.

　　A．a(chǎn)t an end

　　B．came to an end

　　C．brought to an end

　　D．put to an end

　　解析　A項(xiàng)為介詞短語，不能充當(dāng)謂語；C、D兩項(xiàng)中brought與put為及物動(dòng)詞，后需要加賓語，因此只有B項(xiàng)正確。come to an end“結(jié)束；終結(jié)”。

　　答案　B

　　12．It rained continuously for seven days，completely________our holiday.

　　A．ruined

　　B．to ruinC．ruining

　　D．ruins

　　解析　考查非謂語動(dòng)詞的用法。句意：連續(xù)下了好幾天的雨，把我們的假期全毀了。

　　答案　C

　　13．Broadly speaking，I would agree with Shirley，though not________.

　　A．entirely

　　B．widelyC．extremely

　　D．eventually

　　解析　考查副詞詞義的辨析。entirely完全地；widely廣泛地；extremely極端地；eventually最后。句意：我大體上同意Shirley的話，盡管不完全同意。

　　答案　A

　　14．—Jack fell off the bike yesterday，but he is all right now.

　　—What a lucky dog！He________himself badly.

　　A．should injure

　　B．might injure

　　C．should have injured

　　D．could have injured

　　解析　考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的用法。D項(xiàng)意為“可能會(huì)……”；should have done意為“過去”應(yīng)該干某事而沒有干。

　　答案　D

　　15．Don't touch________live wire，or you will get________shock.

　　A．the；the

　　B．the；aC．/；a

　　D．/；/

　　解析　考查冠詞的使用。第一空由形容詞live可知應(yīng)表示特指，即“ 通電的電線”，應(yīng)用定冠詞the；第二空get a shock被電擊，為短語搭配。

　　答案　B

　　.閱讀理解

　　“Tiger Mother”parenting raises media storm.A new book written by a self-described Chinese descent(血統(tǒng))on her super-strict parenting—Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media storm and fierce debates in the U．S.

　　Amy Chua is a Yale Law School professor and the mother of two teenage girls.She is the daughter of immigrants of Chinese descent.In the Chinese culture，the tiger symbolizes strength and power.In her book Ms.Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters.For example，her daughters，Sophia and Louisa，were never allowed to attend a sleep-over，be in a school play，watch TV or play computer games.They couldn't choose their own after-class activities or get any grade less than an A．They had to play piano or violin—and no other musical instruments.She writes that if a Chinese child gets a B—which she says“would never happen”—there would be“a screaming，hairtearing explosion”．She describes making her 7-year-old daughter play a piano piece perfectly—yelling and not letting her leave the bench even to use the bathroom—until it was.

　　Many people have criticized Chua.Some say her parenting methods were abusive.She even admits that her husband，who is not Chinese，objects to her parenting style.But she says that was the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.

　　Stacy DeBroff，who has written four books about parenting，says Amy Chua's parenting style is not limited to Chinese families.She says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking a better future for their children.But she also sees a risk.When children have no time to be social or to follow their own interests，they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life.Stacy DeBroff advised parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.

　　Alison Lo，an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Washington's Bothell campus said，“I don't think Amy is advocating a best practice of parenting style，or that success and achievements are critical yardsticks(衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn))of a good life.But I can imagine how strong her daughters' college applications are going to be.For many parents whose dreams are seeing their kids graduating from a competitive university，Amy is sharing with the readers that it is achievable by persistent，dedicated parental guidance，”Lo said in an interview with Julie Muhlstein，a columnist with the US-based Heraldnet.com.

　　“In that sence，a young adult's giftedness can be born，or made，”Lo continued.

　　【語篇解讀】 耶魯大學(xué)華裔教授Amy Chua的新書《虎媽戰(zhàn)歌》成為美國人熱議的話題，她提出的“中國式”嚴(yán)苛教子方法引發(fā)了巨大爭議。

　　1．According to the passage，which is TRUE of Amy Chua?

　　A．She is an easy-going woman.

　　B．She is an assistant professor.

　　C．She is a demanding parent.

　　D．She is a cruel teacher.

　　解析　推理判斷題。由文章第二段“In her book Ms.Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters.”及其后她對(duì)孩子的苛刻要求的“幾個(gè)不準(zhǔn)”、孩子自己的“幾個(gè)不能”以及成績總是A等，足見其為一個(gè)“苛求的”人，即demanding。

　　答案　C

　　2．Which of the following are Sophia and Louisa allowed to do?A．Playing the piano.

　　B．Playing the guitar.

　　C．Dating with boys.

　　D．Getting an A minus.

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段“They had to play piano or violin—and no other musical instruments.”很清楚地表明答案為A。

　　答案　A

　　3．Stacy DeBroff advised parents to________.

　　A．seek a better future for their children

　　B．develop their own style of parenting

　　C．be strict with their children

　　D．follow Amy Chua's parenting style

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章倒數(shù)第三段末尾“Stacy DeBroff advised parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.”可以得出答案為B。

　　答案　B

　　4．Alison Lo concluded that________.

　　A．persistent，dedicated parental guidance is the best parenting style

　　B．parents should respect children's personalities

　　C．a(chǎn) gifted child was born with talent

　　D．a(chǎn) teenager can be raised to be talent by strict parenting

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章末尾句：“In that sense，a young adult's giftedness can be born，or made.”“從這個(gè)意義上講，年輕人的天賦可以是天生的，也可以通過后天嚴(yán)格的教養(yǎng)而激發(fā)”，故D項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)與原文意思achievable“有成就的”有出入，文中并無信息表明“persistent，dedicated parental guidance”是“最好的”。

　　答案　D

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　　Millions of British children are“culture starved”as they have never been to an art gallery, theatre or museum, a study has claimed.

　　The research, commissioned by Visit Birmingham, found four in 10 children had never been to an art gallery, while a quarter of parents had never taken their offspring to the theatre.One in five parents said they did not think their child would be interested.

　　The study surveyed 2,000 parents of five to 12-year-olds around the UK.It also found 17% of children had never visited a museum, while one in 10 had not been outside their hometown to visit other sites in the UK.Half of parents said they made little effort to educate their children about culture or history and relied on schools to do so.A quarter said they could not afford to visit attractions with 28% saying they did not have the time and 18% believed their child was“too young for culture”．However，half said they were more likely to take their children sightseeing when they were abroad on holiday.

　　When asked ________their children had participated in, the most popular was learning an instrument (39%), with ballet (24%), painting (23%) and singing in a choir (22%) the next most popular cultural activities.

　　Emma Gray, from Marketing Birmingham, which runs the Visit Birmingham campaign, said it was important for all generations to embrace cultural activities.

　　“Culture can take many kinds of forms and it's essential that our children are encouraged to get involved with this at an early age，”she said.“A few trips during the year to museums, landmarks or even cultural festivals will prove to be memorable, informative and fun occasions for youngsters.”

　　1．What is the main idea of the text？(no more than 8 words)

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　答案　Millions of British children are “culture starved”．

　　2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.(no more than 4 words)

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　答案　what cultural activities

　　3．List three kinds of places children should go to experience culture.(no more than 5

　　words)

　　①______________________________________________________________

　　②______________________________________________________________

　　③______________________________________________________________

　　答案　art galleries；theatres；museums；landmarks(任選其三作答)

　　4．What kind of opinion does Emma Gray hold？(no more than 14 words)

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　答案　It is important for all generations to embrace cultural activities.

　　5．How do youngsters like the trips to museums, landmarks or cultural festivals？(no more than 8 words)

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　答案　They are memorable, informative and fun occasions.

　　Unit 4　Earthquakes

　　.單項(xiàng)填空

　　1．Having heard the unfair conditions，the angry man________from the chair，________his voice.

　　　A．raised；raising

　　B．rose；raising

　　C．raised；rising

　　D．rose；rising

　　解析　句意：聽到不公平的條件，那人很生氣，大聲喊著從椅子上站起來。前一空應(yīng)該用不及物動(dòng)詞rise。第二空應(yīng)該用及物動(dòng)詞raise，而且是現(xiàn)在分詞形式，表示伴隨狀況。

　　答案　B

　　2．The American Civil War________four years________the North won.

　　A．was lasted；until

　　B．had lasted；before

　　C．were lasted；when

　　D．lasted；after

　　解析　句意：美國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)持續(xù)了四年，最后北方獲得了勝利。last沒有被動(dòng)式；由win用過去時(shí)可推知前面的last應(yīng)該用過去完成時(shí)。

　　答案　B

　　3．When he opened the box，it________a bad smell.

　　A．gave away

　　B．gave in

　　C．gave out

　　D．gave up

　　解析　give out發(fā)出(氣味)，由句意可知選C。

　　答案　C

　　4．In the big fire all their houses were________，so they had to build new ones.

　　A．hurt

　　B．injured

　　C．destroyed

　　D．harmed

　　解析　句意：他們所有的房子都在大火中被燒毀了，所以不得不建造新的了。根據(jù)后半句句意可知空處要表達(dá)“燒毀”的含義，故選C。

　　答案　C

　　5．Three-fourths of the surface of the earth________covered by water.

　　A．is

　　B．a(chǎn)re

　　C．were

　　D．has been

　　解析　“分?jǐn)?shù)＋of＋名詞(代詞)”作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)取決于其后名詞(代詞)的形式和意義。

　　答案　A

　　6．A bomb________two buildings and caused many deaths.

　　A．destroyed

　　B．damagedC．harmed

　　D．injured

　　解析　destroy指徹底的、不能或很難修復(fù)的“破壞”，程度較深；damage是程度較小的“破壞”。harm強(qiáng)調(diào)“有危害”；injure指“損傷，損害”，從后面的many deaths可知，程度較深，故選A項(xiàng)。

　　答案　A

　　7．________people were killed in the quake.

　　A．The number of

　　B．A number

　　C．The number

　　D．A number of

　　解析　a number of people“許多人”；a number of為固定短語，修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式。

　　答案　D

　　8．I burst out________when hearing the amusing story.

　　A．laugh

　　B．to laughC．laughter

　　D．laughing

　　解析　burst out doing“突然……起來”，為固定搭配形式。

　　答案　D

　　9．________in his study，he didn't know that all the others had left.

　　A．Burying

　　B．BuriedC．Buried himself

　　D．He buried

　　解析　句意：他專心于學(xué)習(xí)，因此不知道其他人都走了。空白處與in his study一起在句中作原因狀語。

　　答案　B

　　10．She was________by the________film.

　　A．frightened；frightening

　　B．frightening；frightened

　　C．frightened；frightened

　　D．frightening；frightening

　　解析　句意：她被那嚇人的電影嚇壞了。frightened“害怕的”；frightening“令人害怕的”。

　　答案　A

　　11．The meeting________at six o'clock in the afternoon.

　　A．a(chǎn)t an end

　　B．came to an end

　　C．brought to an end

　　D．put to an end

　　解析　A項(xiàng)為介詞短語，不能充當(dāng)謂語；C、D兩項(xiàng)中brought與put為及物動(dòng)詞，后需要加賓語，因此只有B項(xiàng)正確。come to an end“結(jié)束；終結(jié)”。

　　答案　B

　　12．It rained continuously for seven days，completely________our holiday.

　　A．ruined

　　B．to ruinC．ruining

　　D．ruins

　　解析　考查非謂語動(dòng)詞的用法。句意：連續(xù)下了好幾天的雨，把我們的假期全毀了。

　　答案　C

　　13．Broadly speaking，I would agree with Shirley，though not________.

　　A．entirely

　　B．widelyC．extremely

　　D．eventually

　　解析　考查副詞詞義的辨析。entirely完全地；widely廣泛地；extremely極端地；eventually最后。句意：我大體上同意Shirley的話，盡管不完全同意。

　　答案　A

　　14．—Jack fell off the bike yesterday，but he is all right now.

　　—What a lucky dog！He________himself badly.

　　A．should injure

　　B．might injure

　　C．should have injured

　　D．could have injured

　　解析　考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的用法。D項(xiàng)意為“可能會(huì)……”；should have done意為“過去”應(yīng)該干某事而沒有干。

　　答案　D

　　15．Don't touch________live wire，or you will get________shock.

　　A．the；the

　　B．the；aC．/；a

　　D．/；/

　　解析　考查冠詞的使用。第一空由形容詞live可知應(yīng)表示特指，即“ 通電的電線”，應(yīng)用定冠詞the；第二空get a shock被電擊，為短語搭配。

　　答案　B

　　.閱讀理解

　　“Tiger Mother”parenting raises media storm.A new book written by a self-described Chinese descent(血統(tǒng))on her super-strict parenting—Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media storm and fierce debates in the U．S.

　　Amy Chua is a Yale Law School professor and the mother of two teenage girls.She is the daughter of immigrants of Chinese descent.In the Chinese culture，the tiger symbolizes strength and power.In her book Ms.Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters.For example，her daughters，Sophia and Louisa，were never allowed to attend a sleep-over，be in a school play，watch TV or play computer games.They couldn't choose their own after-class activities or get any grade less than an A．They had to play piano or violin—and no other musical instruments.She writes that if a Chinese child gets a B—which she says“would never happen”—there would be“a screaming，hairtearing explosion”．She describes making her 7-year-old daughter play a piano piece perfectly—yelling and not letting her leave the bench even to use the bathroom—until it was.

　　Many people have criticized Chua.Some say her parenting methods were abusive.She even admits that her husband，who is not Chinese，objects to her parenting style.But she says that was the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.

　　Stacy DeBroff，who has written four books about parenting，says Amy Chua's parenting style is not limited to Chinese families.She says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking a better future for their children.But she also sees a risk.When children have no time to be social or to follow their own interests，they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life.Stacy DeBroff advised parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.

　　Alison Lo，an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Washington's Bothell campus said，“I don't think Amy is advocating a best practice of parenting style，or that success and achievements are critical yardsticks(衡量標(biāo)準(zhǔn))of a good life.But I can imagine how strong her daughters' college applications are going to be.For many parents whose dreams are seeing their kids graduating from a competitive university，Amy is sharing with the readers that it is achievable by persistent，dedicated parental guidance，”Lo said in an interview with Julie Muhlstein，a columnist with the US-based Heraldnet.com.

　　“In that sence，a young adult's giftedness can be born，or made，”Lo continued.

　　【語篇解讀】 耶魯大學(xué)華裔教授Amy Chua的新書《虎媽戰(zhàn)歌》成為美國人熱議的話題，她提出的“中國式”嚴(yán)苛教子方法引發(fā)了巨大爭議。

　　1．According to the passage，which is TRUE of Amy Chua?

　　A．She is an easy-going woman.

　　B．She is an assistant professor.

　　C．She is a demanding parent.

　　D．She is a cruel teacher.

　　解析　推理判斷題。由文章第二段“In her book Ms.Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters.”及其后她對(duì)孩子的苛刻要求的“幾個(gè)不準(zhǔn)”、孩子自己的“幾個(gè)不能”以及成績總是A等，足見其為一個(gè)“苛求的”人，即demanding。

　　答案　C

　　2．Which of the following are Sophia and Louisa allowed to do?A．Playing the piano.

　　B．Playing the guitar.

　　C．Dating with boys.

　　D．Getting an A minus.

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二段“They had to play piano or violin—and no other musical instruments.”很清楚地表明答案為A。

　　答案　A

　　3．Stacy DeBroff advised parents to________.

　　A．seek a better future for their children

　　B．develop their own style of parenting

　　C．be strict with their children

　　D．follow Amy Chua's parenting style

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章倒數(shù)第三段末尾“Stacy DeBroff advised parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.”可以得出答案為B。

　　答案　B

　　4．Alison Lo concluded that________.

　　A．persistent，dedicated parental guidance is the best parenting style

　　B．parents should respect children's personalities

　　C．a(chǎn) gifted child was born with talent

　　D．a(chǎn) teenager can be raised to be talent by strict parenting

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章末尾句：“In that sense，a young adult's giftedness can be born，or made.”“從這個(gè)意義上講，年輕人的天賦可以是天生的，也可以通過后天嚴(yán)格的教養(yǎng)而激發(fā)”，故D項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)與原文意思achievable“有成就的”有出入，文中并無信息表明“persistent，dedicated parental guidance”是“最好的”。

　　答案　D

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　　Millions of British children are“culture starved”as they have never been to an art gallery, theatre or museum, a study has claimed.

　　The research, commissioned by Visit Birmingham, found four in 10 children had never been to an art gallery, while a quarter of parents had never taken their offspring to the theatre.One in five parents said they did not think their child would be interested.

　　The study surveyed 2,000 parents of five to 12-year-olds around the UK.It also found 17% of children had never visited a museum, while one in 10 had not been outside their hometown to visit other sites in the UK.Half of parents said they made little effort to educate their children about culture or history and relied on schools to do so.A quarter said they could not afford to visit attractions with 28% saying they did not have the time and 18% believed their child was“too young for culture”．However，half said they were more likely to take their children sightseeing when they were abroad on holiday.

　　When asked ________their children had participated in, the most popular was learning an instrument (39%), with ballet (24%), painting (23%) and singing in a choir (22%) the next most popular cultural activities.

　　Emma Gray, from Marketing Birmingham, which runs the Visit Birmingham campaign, said it was important for all generations to embrace cultural activities.

　　“Culture can take many kinds of forms and it's essential that our children are encouraged to get involved with this at an early age，”she said.“A few trips during the year to museums, landmarks or even cultural festivals will prove to be memorable, informative and fun occasions for youngsters.”

　　1．What is the main idea of the text？(no more than 8 words)

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　　答案　Millions of British children are “culture starved”．

　　2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.(no more than 4 words)

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　　答案　what cultural activities

　　3．List three kinds of places children should go to experience culture.(no more than 5

　　words)

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　　答案　art galleries；theatres；museums；landmarks(任選其三作答)

　　4．What kind of opinion does Emma Gray hold？(no more than 14 words)

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　　答案　It is important for all generations to embrace cultural activities.

　　5．How do youngsters like the trips to museums, landmarks or cultural festivals？(no more than 8 words)

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　　答案　They are memorable, informative and fun occasions.