Unit 4 Earthquakes
Part one:
1. The Second World War brought great _______to the people of Europe and the world.
A. steam
B. suffering
C. power
D. flame
2. The mountain climbers ________in the storm were finally rescued by helicopter.
A. ruined
B. transported
C. trapped
D. sheltered
3. I _______hope that you’ll make an excellent engineer in the future.
A. extremely
B. fluently
C. officially
D. sincerely
4. More than twenty miners were reported to be _______alive when the tunnel fell in.
A. buried
B. damaged
C. expressed
D. frightened
5. Don’t you realize the ________these chemicals are doing to our environment?
A. shelter
B. track
C. damage
D. outline
6. He defeated the other competitors and won the world _______for the high jump.
A. track
B. title
C. judge
D. headline
7. He _______his back in Tuesday’s game, and will be unable to play tomorrow.
A. rescued
B. trapped
C. shocked
D. injured
8. Her actions ______her love for her children more than any words could do.
A. commanded
B. scheduled
C. burst
D. expressed
9. The car accident seemed to have completely ______his confidence.
A. shocked
B. requested
C. determined
D. destroyed
10. The natural _______is believed to have caused heavy losses in this area.
A. view
B. block
C. voyage
D. disaster
11.______of people who were killed or injured reached more than 40,000.
A. The number
B.A number
C. The amount
D. An amount
12. The army organized teams to dig out those _______were trapped and to bury _______dead.
A. /; the
B. who; /
C. /; /
D. Two; the
13. The performance _______nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.
A. covered
B. reached
C. played
D. lasted
14. I was told that there were about 50 foreign students _______Chinese in the school, most ________were from Germany.
A.study; of whom B.study; of whom
C. studying; of them
D.studying; of whom
15. ---John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month .
----On, _________!
A. cheer up
B. well done
C. go ahead
D. congratulations
16. So funny did he look that everybody at the English party ________laughing.
A. burst out
B. burst into
C. burst forth
D. burst with
17. The door _______open and in rushed the crowd, shouting with anger.
A. pushed
B. knocked
C. forced
D. burst
18. As soon as she saw her boyfriend, she ______tears.
A. burst into
B. broke out
C. burst out
D. broke in
19. If ________in wet sand, the vegetables can remain fresh for a long time.
A. being buried
B. having buried
C. buried
D. burying
20._______in deep thought ,Jack didn’t notice a car racing towards him .
A. Burying
B. To bury
C. Having buried
D. Buried
21._____what you said, he could have completed the work ahead of time.
A. Judged by
B. Judged from
C. Judging from
D. To judge from
22.________the best in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships totaling $21,000.
A. Judged
B. Judging
C. To be judged
D. Having judged
23. They wouldn’t hesitate to call the police at the first sign of trouble .They did it __________.
A. at no time
B. for the moment
C. right away
D. so far
24. I’ve got something ________.I have to deal with it right away.
A. urgent
B. stable
C. delicate
D. mature
25. I’m sorry to say that our food is almost ________.We can’t survive if there is no one to help us.
A. by the end
B. at the end
C. in the end
D. at an end
Part two :完形填空
I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper(脾气) has ???26?? ?me with plenty of opportunities(机会) to make them. In one of my earliest ??27? , my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the ???28??? ?when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the ??29 ??, so he’ll know you ??30 ???it.”
?? My mother thus made the key point of a(n) ????31 ???apology: it must be direct. You must never 32??to be doing something else. You do not ???33 ??a pile of letters while apologizing to a person ???34???in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 35?? . You do not apologize to a hostess(女主人), whose guest of honor you treat ??36 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad ??37? .
?? One of the important things you should do for an ??38? ?apology is readiness to ??39 ?the responsibility(责任) for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no ??40 ?for the other person to ??41? ?us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling ???42???about themselves. That, after all, is the ??43??of every apology. It ?44 ???little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for one’s ?45 ???encourages others to take their share of the blame.
26． A．provided??????? B．mixed??????????? C．compared???????? D．treated???
27． A．dreams????????? B．courses????????? C．memories???????? D．ideas
28． A．side??????????? B．ground?????????? C．wall???????????? D．bottom
29． A．mind??????????? B．soul???????????? C．face???????????? D．eye
30． A．imagine???????? B．enjoy??????????? C．mean???????????? D．regret
31． A．useful????????? B．successful?????? C．equal??????????? D．basic
32． A．pretend???????? B．forget?????????? C．refuse?????????? D．expect
33． A．hold on???????? B．put away???????? C．look through???? D．pick up
34． A．poorer????????? B．weaker?????????? C．worse??????????? D．lower
35．A．fault??????????? B．reason?????????? C．result?????????? D．duty
36．A．cruelly????????? B．freely?????????? C．roughly????????? D．foolishly
37．A．manners????????? B．excuses????????? C．efforts????????? D．roles
38．A．active?????????? B．effective??????? C．extra??????????? D．easy
39．A．raise??????????? B．perform????????? C．admit??????????? D．bear
40．A．situation??????? B．need???????????? C．sign???????????? D．room
41．A．advise?????????? B．forgive????????? C．warn???????????? D．blame
42．A．wiser??????????? B．warmer?????????? C．better?????????? D．cleverer
43．A．purpose????????? B．method?????????? C．end????????????? D．advantage
44．A．cares??????????? B．matters????????? C．depends????????? D．remains
45．A．facts??????????? B．states?????????? C．rights?????????? D．actions??
Part three :阅读理解
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Car Pollution
Some cars do not run the way they should. Bad smoke from a car can get into the air. This bad smoke is called pollution.
Pollution turns the air a gray(灰色的) color. It is very dirty. It is not good for people to breathe this dirty air.
To keep pollution down, the states tests cars every two years. This test checks to make sure the cars do not pollute the air. If a car does not pass the test, the owner cannot drive it the next year.
Some car owners drive their cars even though they cannot pass the test. It is also very bad for the air.
People want to find a way to get these cars off the road. So a state program(项目) was started that now seems to be helping. In this program the States buys cars that cannot pass the test or will help pay for repairs. This program has been helping people buy better cars or fix their old ones. It has also been helping to cut down on pollution.
To meet the needs for the program, a car must be drivable and the owner must meet certain income(收入) restrictions(限制). In order to get help from the program, a motorist must have a family income of no more than 185% of the national poverty guidelines(贫困线). For a family of four, that would be no more than $32,653 each year.
The state program that takes polluting cars off the road has just finished its first year, and people say it has been successful.
For the past year, the state program has been buying cars that can’t pass the test. Some car owners get as much as $1,000 for their old ones, while others receive as much as $500 for repairs.
The cars bought by the States through the program are put out of use and sent to dismantlers(拆卸厂).
46. Cars get tested every two years to make sure ________.
A. the owners can get some money??? ?????? B. they can get repaired on time
C. they don’t pollute the air????????? ???????? ?D. the government can decide to buy them or not
47. A car owner can get some money from the program if he / she has ________.
?? A. a motor???????????????????? B. only one car????? C. a small family??????????? D. a low income
48. After being bought by the government, a car will be ________.
?? A. put out of use???????? ?? B. repaired ???????? ??C. tested again?????????????? ?D. reused
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One silly question I simply can’t understand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question I asked of a man’s action—a man on the go, walking along the street or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He’ll probably say, “Fine, I’m all right, ” but you’ve put a bug in his ear—maybe now he’s not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked(忽略) that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else. “How do you feel?”
Every question has its time and place. It’s perfectly acceptable, for example, to ask “How do you feel?” if you’re visiting a close friend in hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying take a train, or sitting at his desk working, it’s no time to ask him that silly question.
When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him, “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age, ” he said, “either you feel all right or you’re dead. ”
49. The question “How do you feel？” seems to be correct and suitable when asked of ______.
? A. a man working at his desk?????????????????????? ? B. a person having lost a close friend
? C. a stranger who looks worried???????????????????? D. a friend who is ill
50. The writer seems to feel that a busy man should______.
? A. be praised for his efforts?????????????????????????? B. never be asked any question
? C. not be bothered(烦扰)?????????????????????????? ?? D. be discouraged from working so hard
51. George Bernard’s reply in the passages shows his______.
? A. cheerfulness????????B. cleverness?????????? C. kindness????????D. politeness
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6-10 B D D D D
11-15A D D D D
16-20A D A C D
21-25C A C A D
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