Unit 4 Earthquakes
Ⅰ.多项选择
1．He’s going to relax with friends once the exams are __________ and he has exciting plans for the summer holidays.
A．at the end B．by the end
C．in the end
D．at an end
解析：选D。be at an end表示“结束，终结”，符合句意。at the end(of)在(……的)末端；by the end(of)到(……)结束时；in the end最后。
2．Hearing her only son killed in the accident，the old woman __________ her face in her hands and cried.
A．bent
B．sheltered
C．buried
D．trapped
解析：选C。bury one’s face in one’s hands双手掩面。
3．(2011年新乡调研)—We __________ hope you will get a nice result on the National Games.
—Thank you very much.
A．rapidly
B．properly
C．gradually
D．sincerely
解析：选D。We sincerely hope that...我们真诚地希望……。
4．A party was held __________ the heroes who had helped save thousands and thousands of lives in the big earthquake.
A．in time of
B．in honour of
C．in danger of
D．in place of
解析：选B。句意：为了纪念在大地震中为帮助挽救数以千计的人的生命而牺牲的英雄举办了这次晚会。in honour of“为了纪念……”，符合语境。
5．You must learn how to communicate with others.Learning to __________ yourself well is an important part of education.
A．express
B．find
C．introduce
D．recognize
解析：选A。express表示，表现，表达。后句句意：学会把意思表达清楚是受教育的一个重要方面。
6．Nowadays，people usually think if you enter a key university，you are your parents’__________．
A．pride
B．luck
C．value
D．cheer
解析：选A。考查词义辨析。由句意可知，如果你考入一所重点大学，你就是父母的骄傲。pride骄傲；luck运气；value价值；cheer欢呼。
7．(2010年高考山东卷)Those who suffer from headache will find they get __________ from this medicine.
A．relief
B．safety
C．defense
D．shelter
解析：选A。考查名词词义辨析。句意：那些头痛的人会发现这种药物能使头痛缓解。所以A符合句意，relief表示“缓解，减轻，解除”。 safety表示“安全，保险”；defense表示“防御，防护”； shelter表示“掩蔽，保护”。
8．His sudden __________ of violent anger put an unpleasant end to the meeting.
A．break
B．burst
C．attack
D．express
解析：选B。考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的突然发怒，使会议不愉快地结束了。burst在这里强调的是感情的突然释放或突然迸发。干扰项express作名词用时，意思是“快车，快递”没有“表达”之意。
9．Nowadays，people usually think if you enter a key university，you are your parents’________________．
A．pride
B．luck
C．value
D．cheer
解析：选A。考查名词词义辨析。句意：如果你考入一所重点大学，你就是父母的骄傲。pride骄傲；luck运气；value价值；cheer欢呼。
10．She was a very good wife，a very careful mother，looked after her children unceasingly，was __________ attached to her husband.
A．extremely
B．fluently
C．officially
D．sincerely
解析：选D。考查副词词义辨析。句意：她是个地道的贤妻良母，不停不歇地照顾自己的子女，诚挚地爱自己的丈夫。sincerely意为“真挚地”。
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．After ________________(致力于)in the research for so many years，the scientist succeeded in finding the result at last.(bury)
答案：having been buried
2．I am sorry that I can not meet you at the airport.I ________________(将离开武汉)by the time you come back from abroad.(leave)
解析：考查动词时态。由by the time you come可知，本句是将来完成时。
答案：will have left Wuhan
3．They would send up another satellite，______________(据上周报道)，with the help of the foreign company.(report)
解析：考查as引导的定语从句。as此处指代整个主句作为先行词，并在从句中作主语。由于从句动词是report，本题不宜用which。
答案：as was reported last week
4．It rained for two weeks on end，completely ______________(毁了我们的假期)．(ruin)
解析：考查分词作状语。It和ruin之间是主动关系，故用现在分词。本句中ruining our holiday用作结果状语。
答案：ruining our holiday
5．Eliza remembers everything exactly as if it ______________(发生在昨天)．(happen)
解析：考查as if引导的虚拟语气。本句是对现在情况的虚拟，故从句用过去式。
答案：happened yesterday
6．I think ________________(任何做出更大贡献的人)to the company than the others should get the highest income.(whoever)
解析：考查主语从句和比较结构。由语境可知，本句是一般现在时，又根据提示语“更大”可知要用比较结构。
答案：whoever makes greater contributions
7．The city ________________(我成长的)is very hot and damp in summer.(grow)
解析：考查定语从句。本句中从句缺少状语，先行词又是表地点的词，故用in which或where。
答案：where/in which I grew up
8．Then later that afternoon，another big quake which was ________________(几乎一样强烈的)as the first one shook Tangshan.(as)
解析：考查比较结构。由比较结构的构成“as ＋形容词/副词＋ as”可知答案。almost表示比较的程度。
答案：almost as strong
9．I enjoyed very much the three years __________(我花费的)to study English at school.(take)
解析：考查定语从句和动词时态。本句是定语从句，从句缺少宾语，故用which或that；由语境可知take的动作应视为“过去的过去”，因此用过去完成时。
答案：(that/which)it had taken me
10．She is rather difficult to make friends with，but her friendship，________________(一旦获得)is more true than any other.(gain)
解析：考查状语从句。gain与her friendship之间是被动关系，故用过去分词；本句中主、从句主语都是her friendship，因此可以省略it is。
答案：once (it is) gained
Ⅲ.完形填空
Words：325 难度系数：☆☆ 建议用时：12′
(2010年辽宁抚顺高三质量监测)We always want what we cannot have.When we’re young，we want to stay out late，have romantic relationships，and be __1__.However，when we’re __2__，we want to go back to being young and we __3__ the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs，__4__ pressure，and money problems.
Young people believe adulthood __5__ freedom from parents and schoolwork.When they get older，they feel that __6__ is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities.To __7__ this feeling，people say，“The grass is always __8__ on the other side.”
As __9__，we like to be adults，but as young adults，we __10__ to be young again.We think about staying out late，__11__ our own money to spend.Suddenly，they see that love can result in __12__ hearts；staying out late makes it hard to get ready for __13__ the next morning.They find out that adult life is not as __14__ as they thought it would be and suddenly，__15__ becomes very scary.
Life is __16__.It gives us time to __17__ but also requires us to work.The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look back wishing we __18__ being young a bit longer.That time will not come back.It is normal to want what we cannot have but the __19__ is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have.That is the first step to growing up.__20__ life becomes more complex we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.
1．A.comfortable B．dependent
C．independent
D．polite
解析：选C。根据句意可知，年轻的时候，我们往往想摆脱父母的束缚，争得独立，所以选C。comfortable舒适的；dependent依赖的；依靠的；polite有礼貌的，均不符合句意。
2．A.older
B．defeated
C．married
D．confident
解析：选A。和“we want to go back to being young...”相对应的应该是older。however也是提示。
3．A.like
B．forget
C．regret
D．miss
解析：选D。A项表达不出对年轻时美好时光的留恋之情；B、C与句意不符。长大以后，就会“怀念”年轻时候的岁月，故选D。
4．A.study
B．job
C．age
D．health
解析：选B。根据常识，年龄、健康、学习不应该是成年人的主要压力，因此A、C、D不符合语境。成年人的主要压力应该来自工作，所以选B。
5．A.creates
B．shows
C．means
D．limits
解析：选C。此处应该是对adulthood这一概念的解释。在年轻人的眼中，成年世界是自由的，没有父母和功课的压力。
6．A.childhood
B．adulthood
C．parenthood
D．romanticism
解析：选A。和adulthood相对的是childhood。上下两句是两个年龄阶段的对比。
7．A.reduce
B．describe
C．experience
D．understand
解析：选B。由下文“people say，‘The grass is always __8__ on the other side.’”可知此处为describe。reduce减少，experience经历，understand理解，领会，均不符合语境。后文是情感的具体内容，所以用describe。
8．A.greener
B．thinner
C．yellow
D．colorful
解析：选A。根据前文内容可知，没有的东西往往觉得是最好的。草总是那边的绿。所以选A。
9．A.researchers
B．teenagers
C．adults
D．elders
解析：选B。由we like to be adults可得出答案。
10．A.wish
B．decide
C．return
D．stop
解析：选A。和上句“like to be adults”相对的含义是“wish to be young again”。从上下文的信息可知，to be young只能是“希望，想”，而不可能真正实现。
11．A.making
B．having
C．worrying about
D．showing off
解析：选B。钱的问题应该是成年人的事情，从常识判断，青少年阶段是靠父母养活的，没有自己的钱。由第一段最后一句“...when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs，__4__pressure，and money problems.”可知B项正确。
12．A.healthy
B．ambitious
C．broken
D．excited
解析：选C。由下文可知，此空应填消极意义的词。A、B、D三项均为积极含义的词，不符合语境。经受挫折后才发现，生活并不像想象得那样美好，爱换来的是破碎的心。
13．A.breakfast
B．school
C．exercise
D．work
解析：选D。由下文“They find out that adult life is not as __14__ as they thought...”可知，此句描述的是长大后的感觉，所以work应为最佳答案。由青少年到成年的蜕变是痛苦的，初为成年人的young adult此时才真正体会了成年生活的艰辛。
14．A.rich
B．busy
C．free
D．easy
解析：选D。easy容易的，概括性强，A、B、C均不符合文意。亲身体验爱的痛苦，工作的压力，使年轻人真正体会了生活的不容易。
15．A.life
B．love
C．career
D．future
解析：选A。和上句放在一起理解，这是我们对人生的两大感悟。由上下文的逻辑关系判断，此句是上句的对比句。
16．A.long
B．short
C．fair
D．beautiful
解析：选C。由下句“It gives us time to __17__ but also requires us to work...”可推出此句为“Life is fair.”。此句为本段的主题句，结合下文才能得出答案。
17．A.study
B．think
C．play
D．live
解析：选C。与“give”相对应的是“require”，与“work”相对应的应该是“play”，上下文形成对比。
18．A.stopped
B．enjoyed
C．imagined
D．tried
解析：选B。enjoy享有，享受。A、C两项含义不符合语境；tried强调动作，“being young a bit longer”表状态。身为成年人的我们希望自己能享有更长的青春时光。
19．A.reason
B．result
C．dream
D．truth
解析：选D。想要拥有我们所没有的东西是正常的，但事实上，要想快乐，就要对我们所拥有的心存感激。所以选D。此句是文章的主题句，阐明了文章的主旨。
20．A.If
B．When
C．Unless
D．Before
解析：选B。考查连词。根据前后句的逻辑关系，此句应该强调时间，用when。
Ⅳ.阅读理解
Words：419 难度系数：☆☆ 建议用时：6′
(2011年安徽芜湖市高三模拟)EVERYBODY in this world is different from one another.But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money?
As we grow up，we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs.These are influenced by society，our family，the education we receive and so on.Once this value system is set up，it’s not easy to change later in life.
Financial experts say that everyone also has their own belief of how to manage their finances.This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money.
According to our different values，experts put us in three categories.They are：the ant，the cricket and the snail.
◆The ant—works first
Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter，these people don’t care about enjoying the moment.They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire.The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low risk.
◆The cricket—fun first
The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn’t think too much about the future.They even borrow money when they really want something.Many young people now belong to this group.These people have little savings.When they get old，they might have problems.They should learn to save and buy insurance.
◆The snail—lives under pressure
The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves.They take big long－term loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses.They are happy to take big loans even though they are not sure whether they can afford it.This can cause problems in the future.They should plan more carefully.
【解题导语】 这是一篇社会生活类短文。在成长的过程中，我们逐渐形成了一套自己的价值观或者人生理念。你的价值观会影响到你的花钱方式，在理财方面你属于哪一类呢？
1．People with the character of the snail would like to __________.
A．enjoy life at the moment without thinking much about the future
B．put work before everything else
C．live a luxury life at all costs
D．take the risk of investing a large sum of money
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据不同的理财理念，专家把人们分为三大类：蚂蚁型、蟋蟀型和蜗牛型。根据最后一段对蜗牛型的人的描述“They take big long－term loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses”可知，蜗牛型的人为了买豪华住房，宁愿选择巨额的长期贷款。故C项正确。
2．Our beliefs and values are affected by the following except __________.
A．society B．our family
C．education
D．money
解析：选D。细节理解题。作者在第二段中提到“These are influenced by society，our family，the education we receive and so on.”，这些价值观或信念是在社会、家庭和我们所受到的教育等因素的综合作用下形成的。
3．This passage mainly talks about __________.
A．the spending nature of people
B．the relation between man and insects
C．the insects in nature
D．the problems with dealing with money
解析：选A。主旨大意题。综观全文可知，本文主要讲述的是人们的价值观和理财观念。
4．Which of the following has the character that the author prefers?
A．The ant.
B．The cricket.
C．The snail.
D．None of the above.
解析：选A。推理判断题。根据“They should learn to save and buy insurance.”和“They should plan more carefully.”两句可知，作者认为蟋蟀型的人“应当存点钱，买些保险”；蜗牛型的人“应当有一个缜密的计划”，由此可推断作者更喜欢具有蚂蚁型品质的人。