Module 6 Animals in Danger
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．Jim went to answer the phone.________(同时)Peter started to prepare lunch.
2．One of the ________(条件)of the job is that you should be able to drive.
3．I'd like to ________(预订)a table for three for eight o'clock.
4．Running your own business usually ________(涉及)working long hours.
5．Dinosaurs have been ________(绝种的)for millions of years.
6．These rare tigers are ________(保护)by special laws.
7．It's a________(奇迹)that more people weren't hurt.
8．Bring the object into ________(焦点)if you want a sharp photograph.
9．She ________(奋斗)for 10 years to achieve success as an actress.
10．A lot of small towns in this area are ________(值得)visiting.
答案：1.Meanwhile 2.conditions 3.reserve 4.involves 5.extinct 6.protected 7.wonder 8.focus 9.struggled 10.worth
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．我们都为她的安全担忧。
We're all ______________________ her safety.
2．有太多的人与此事有瓜葛。
There were too many people ________________ the matter.
3．读这本书是值得的。
It is ____________________ read this book.
4．让人惊奇的是这么多年之后你还认得我。
______________________ that you recognized me after all these years.
5．字母X常被用来代表未知数。
The letter “X” is often used to ____________________ an unknown number.
答案：1.concerned about 2.involved in 3.worthwhile to 4.It is a wonder 5.stand for
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．Natural gas like other forms of ________， has greatly increased in price in recent years.
A．powerB．strength
C．force
D．energy
答案：D 考查名词辨析。句意：像其他能源一样，近年来天然气的价格也迅速上涨。power“能力，力量，功率，势力，权力”；strength“力气”，force“力量，武力，军队”；energy“能源，精力”。结合句意，D项正确。
2．—Can I sit at the table near the window?
—Sorry. It has been ________.
A．deserved
B．reserved
C．preserve
D．served
答案：B 考查动词辨析。后句意：对不起，那张桌子已经有人订下了。deserve “保存，保护，维持”；serve “招待，供应，为……服务”。由句意可知B项正确。这几个词都含有serve，要注意加以区别。
3．The little girl showed no anxiety before the competition. She seemed ________ for it pretty well.
A．to prepared
B．to have prepared
C．having prepared
D．to be preparing
答案：B 句意：那小女孩在竞赛前没露出焦虑的神情。她似乎已经准备得很充分了。seem to have done为动词不定式的完成式，表示动作先于另一动作发生。
4．The animals are skinned ________ and the wool taken to India，where it is made into the shawls.
A．on the point
B．on the way
C．on the spot
D．oin the field
答案：C 句意：这些动物被就地剥皮，羊毛被运到印度，在那里被织成披肩。on the point即将……；on the way在路上；on the spot当场，在现场；on the field在战场上。
5．This is the house ________ we can store grain and many other things.
A．of which
B．in which
C．which
D．that
答案：B 考查介词＋关系代词引导的定语从句。句意：这就是我们可以储存粮食和其他很多东西的房子。粮食等要放在房子里面，所以要用in which。
6．Two ________died of cold last winter.
A．scores of old people
B．score of old people
C．scores of old peoples
D．score of old peoples
答案：B score前有具体数字或many，several等修饰时，本身不加“s”；people为集合名词，不用加“s”，所以应选B项。
7．Mary got the first place in the 100meter race.________she looks so excited.
A．No doubt
B．No wonder
C．No way
D．No problem
答案：B no wonder“难怪，怪不得”。后句意为：难怪她看起来如此兴奋。
8．All her energies are ________ upon her children and she seems to have little time for anything else.
A．guided
B．aimed
C．directed
D．focused
答案：D 考查介词与动词的搭配。句意：她所有的精力都集中在孩子身上，似乎没有时间顾及别的事情。focus sth. on/upon sth.意为“把……集中在……”，这儿是被动语态。
9．The two things ________ the couple felt most proud were their small garden and their sports car.
A．of which
B．about which
C．for which
D．in which
答案：A 考查定语从句。先行词为things，be proud of以……自豪，所以选择A。
10．It's really a hard job sweeping the house.They began to regret ________ such a big house.
A．persuading
B．ensuring
C．purchasing
D．negotiating
答案：C persuade意为“说服”；ensure意为“确保”；purchase意为“购买”；negotiate意为“谈判”。根据句意判断应选C项。句意：打扫房子真是一件很难的事情。他们开始后悔买这么大的房子了。
11．He took part in the workers' struggle ________ better pay.
A．against B．for C．with D．to
答案：B 句意：他参加了工人们为提高工资而进行的斗争。struggle for“为……作斗争”；struggle against“反对，与……作斗争”；struggle with“和……并肩奋斗”；D项语法上讲不通，故只有B项正确。
12．After graduation from high school, I went to college; ______， all my friends got wellpaid jobs.
A．meanwhile
B．while
C．when
D．besides
答案：A 句意：高中毕业后，我上大学去了，同时，我的朋友们全都找到了收入不错的工作。此处指“我去上大学的同时”，所以要用meanwhile。while和when后面不用逗号，besides意为“除此之外”。故选A。
13．Although ________ after a whole day's work, I spend half an hour doing housework every night.
A．tiring
B．was tired
C．tired
D．being tiring
答案：C 考查状语从句的省略。句意：一天工作下来，虽然很疲劳，但我每晚仍花半小时的时间做家务。although tired为although I am tired的省略形式。
14．I want to know what she ________ before I vote for her.
A．stands aside
B．stands out
C．stands by
D．stands for
答案：D 句意：在我投票之前我想知道她主张什么。stand aside“袖手旁观”；stand out“突出；显眼”；stand by“无动于衷；袖手旁观”；stand for“代表；主张，支持”。由句意可知D项正确。
15．He said life wouldn't be worth ________ without friendship.
A．being lived
B．to be lived
C．living
D．to be living
答案：C 考查worth的用法。句意：他说人生如果没有友情就没有价值。be worth doing某事值得被做，worth后不用被动形式。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
Thousands of eggs of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles (海龟) on the beach have failed to hatch this year because of the recent oil spill. An oil coat had spread over a seven km area near the nesting site off the Rushikulya beach after around eight tons of furnace oil leaked from an Essarowned vessel near Gopalpur port, 20 km from here, on April 12.
Being pushed by high tide, the spilled oil spread to the coast. Villagers claimed that they had seen carcasses of adult turtles along the coast after the sea water had been contaminated. Around 155, 000 of the rare Olive Ridleys had nested along the coastline in March while the mass hatching of eggs, which continued for a week, ended last week.
“The authorities cleaned only 2 km—3 km stretch of the beach. Many eggs were damaged due to the effect of oil deposits. Moreover, many baby turtles failed to move out of the nest as the soil also got harder，” Sahu, who along with villagers of Purunabandha has been working in the turtle conservation programme in the last 16 years, said.
Turtle expert Kartik Shanker also raised similar concerns. “The oil spill will have an effect on the mortality rate of the hatchings. But scientifically, it is not possible to arrive at a mortality figure for it，” Shanker, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, said.
Marine scientist Bijay Kumar Sahu said there was an immediate need for a detailed multidiscipline faculty study on the longterm impact of the oil spill on the marine environment. State forest and wildlife officials, however, refuted (反驳) the claims. “The oil spill has had no effect on the hatching process. Oil was cleaned from the beach a long time ago and the issue is now a closed chapter，” the state's Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Srivastava said.
The mortality rate of the hatchings is usually high with only one out of every thousand surviving to become an adult turtle. “Out of around 100120 eggs laid by a single female turtle, only about 80 of them hatch. The newborns then face threats from predators like crows, jackals, etc. They also get eaten up by sea predators，” wildlife activist Biswajit Mohanty said.
石油的泄漏给海洋生物带来了很大的影响，本文主要论述了石油泄漏对海龟孵化的影响。
1．Many baby turtles couldn't get out of their nests after they were hatched because ________.
A．their parents failed to find them
B．the oil made the soil hard to break
C．there was too much oil surrounding them
D．they were too weak to get out of their nests
答案：B 考查细节理解。根据文章第三段中的“many baby turtles failed to move out of the nest as the soil also got harder”可知许多小海龟在被孵化出来后无力破开经过石油浸透而变硬的土壤。
2．The underlined “it”in Paragraph 4 probably refers to ______.
A．the oil spill
B．the mortality rate
C．the rate of hatching
D．the survival of turtles
答案：A 考查代词指代。根据文章第四段内容可知，如今还很难对因为石油泄漏而造成的死亡数字作出科学统计，因此it指代的是前面提到的石油泄漏。
3．Srivastava's opinion is different from that of some other scientists in that ________.
A．the longterm effect of the oil spill remains to be seen
B．the effect of the oil spill is quite clear and it needs no study
C．the hatching of turtles is free from the effect of the oil spill
D．the oil spill does lead to a higher mortality rate of the hatchings
答案：C 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段可知， Srivastava认为石油泄漏对于海龟的孵化没有影响，这一点与一些科学家的看法相反。
4．The best title for the passage should be “________”．
A．The mortality rate of the hatching of turtles
B．Oil spill spoils thousands of turtle eggs
C．How turtles survive the oil spill
D．Effect of oil spill on the environment
答案：B 考查主旨大意。浏览全文不难看出本文主要是围绕石油泄漏对海龟孵化的影响来讨论的，因此选项B适合作标题。
Ⅴ.短文填空
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Developing selfconfidence is one of the most important things you can do to create a more powerful，successful life.It influences all aspects of our lives，from relationships to career.But the journey is long.That's why it's so important to have a long term goal，but to break it up into small manageable parts.__1__
Here are 5 quick tips to make this a confident week：
1．Sit up!
Set your arms to go off 3 times throughout the day to check in with your posture(姿势)．Body language is one of the quickest ways to gain instant confidence.
2．__2__
Have lunch with someone in your office that you don't normally hang out with.Breaking your routine(常规)allows you to jump out of your comfort zone which is a great means for selfconfidence breakthroughs.
3．Work it out
__3__ Whether it be a fast walk for part of your lunch，or a quick work out during the tea break in the afternoon，it will surely do you good.Exercise fills the body with positive energy that you will be projecting throughout the day.Good health is not just an important part of living well－it also happens to be an instant confidence builder.
4．Involve yourself in a social activity that you normally wouldn't
__4__ Putting yourself out in the world forces you to face situations and meet people.In this way you can slowly build your confidence so you can find your place in it.This is one of the most rewarding things you can do.
5．Knowledge is power.
You have to keep feeding your mind.__5__So whether it's a new language，a new skill，or a new hobby－sign up for something this week that will broaden your knowledge，skill level and happiness.Learning something you can be proud of and providing you happiness is an immediate confidence builder and the recipe for success.
A．Once you've learned something，no one can ever take it away.
B．Small but achievable victories will have you well on your way.
C．Make a point to get some exercise during the day.
D．Have lunch in the office.
E．Get to know someone new.
F．Whether you like it or not，the world is a social being.
G．Sitting at your office does not contribute to confidence building.
答案：1～5 BECFA