1、Module 4Sandstorms in AsiaI.单项填空1MayIhelpyou？Youseemtobehavingsomeproblems._，thanks.IthinkIcanmanage.AAllrightBNoproblemCItsallrightDTheresnoway答案C考查交际用语。句意为：我可以帮助你吗？你好像遇到了一些麻烦。没事儿，谢谢。我想我能处理好。第一个说话人主动提出为第二个说话人提供帮助，根据答语中的“I think I can manage.”可知，第二个说话人婉言拒绝了，故选C，意为“没事儿，没什么”。2The top leaders of the tw
2、o countries are holding talks in a friendly_Aatmosphere BstateCsituation Dphenomenon答案A句意：两国高层领导人之间的会谈在友好的气氛中举行。atmosphere“气氛”；state“状态”；situation“处境”；phenomenon“现象”。由句意可知A项正确。3It is beyond my_to search the murderers house, for I havent got permission from my superior.Aability Bforce Cpower Dstrengt
3、h答案C考查名词辨析以及固定搭配。beyond ones power “超出某人的权力”。句意：我没有权力搜罪犯的家，因为我没有上级的许可。4Im still working on my project.Oh, youll miss the deadline.Time is_Arunning out Bgoing outCgiving out Dlosing out答案Arun out有“用完，耗尽，结束，期满”的意思，常和time连用，表示时间耗尽。此处用现在进行时表示“即将到期”。5Some false advertisements are taking the countryside w
4、omen as their targets, because they are easy to_Atake in Btake onCtake over Dtake up答案A考查动词短语辨析。句意：有些假广告把乡村妇女作为目标，这是因为她们容易上当。take in“欺骗”；take on“呈现，雇用”；take over“接管”；take up“占据，从事”。6The moment I saw him, he began to_about the bad weather he had while traveling there.He must have had a very unpleasan
5、t journey there.Acomplain BcompensateCcompromise Dexplain答案A考查动词辨析。句意：“我一看到他，他就开始抱怨在那里旅行时的糟糕天气。”“那他在那里的这次旅行肯定不怎么愉快”。complain“抱怨”；compensate“偿还，补偿”；compromise“折中，妥协”；explain“解释”。由句意可知，A项符合。7Theprofessorthoughtthattheideatheyoungengineer_wasworthconsidering.AbroughtupBmadeupCsetupDpickedup答案A考查动词短语。句意
6、为：教授认为那位年轻的工程师提出的想法值得考虑。分析句子结构可知，“the young engineer_”是定语从句，修饰先行词the idea，且根据句意可知，答案为A。bring up提出；make up弥补，组成；set up建立；pick up捡起，获得。8Since the matter was extremely_， we dealt with it immediately.Atough Btense Curgent Dinstant答案C考查形容词辨析。根据语境中的immediately可知，应用urgent(急迫的)。tough“棘手的”；tense“紧张的，焦虑的”；ins
7、tant“立即的，立刻的”。9_magazines to find pictures that you can stick on your poster.ASee through BLook intoCLook through DPull through答案C句意：翻阅杂志找找能贴在你的海报上的图片。look through“翻阅，浏览”；look into“调查”；pull through“从中恢复健康”；see through“看穿，看透”。10I dont think they have any food left._， lend them some.AIf possible BIf s
8、oCIf not DIf ever答案B句意：我认为他们没有什么剩余的食物了。如果这样的话，借给他们一些。if so“如果是这样”，符合句意，故选B项。如把题干中的dont去掉，并把any改为some，则选C项。11ThepoliceaskedJohnto_thosephotographsandtrytopickoutthemanhehadseen.AlookaroundBlookafterClookupDlookthrough答案D句意为：警察让约翰浏览(look through)那些照片并尽力找出他看到的那个人。look around四处看看；look after照看；look up查询。
9、12We took our umbrellas with us when we went out in order to_us from a heavy rain.Aban Bpreserve Cprevent Dprotect答案Dprotect sb from sth意为“保护某人免遭”。ban“禁止”；preserve“保护；维护”；prevent“防止；阻止”。13_that he might fail the driving test, he made several more calls to confirm the result.AConcerns BConcerningCCon
10、cerned DTo concern答案C考查concern的用法。句意：担心自己可能不能通过这次驾驶测试，所以他多打了好几遍电话核实考试成绩。空白处是作原因状语，表示“担心的”，故用concern的过去分词形式。14Whatthepublicis_aboutiswhethermedicalworkersandscientistswillbeabletofindacureforthenewdiseaseinashorttime.AconcerningBconcernCconcernedDtoconcern答案C句意为：公众关心的是医疗工作者和科学家们是否能在短期内找到治疗这种新疾病的方法。be
11、concernedabout担心，关心；concerning为介词，意为“关于”，与题意不符。15Having been warned of the likely lung cancer, Mr. White had to_on smoking.Acut down Bcut offCcut in Dcut out答案A考查短语辨析。句意：怀特先生被警告可能得了肺癌，他不得不减少吸烟的量。此句要用cut down表示“减少”。cut off“切断”；cut in“插进”；cut out“剪裁”。II. 完形填空It might have been a really bad stressful d
12、ay, feeling trapped inside by the cold and snow which surrounded us.My husband got dressed and _1_that he was going outside to build a giant snowman.At first he stood alone，_2_massive amounts of snow.Soon after a neighbor joined in.Then we reluctantly put on our snow gear and_3_outside.It wasnt long
13、 _4_we were smiling and enjoying the _5_of snow that Mother Nature had provided.Others came to our yard one by one to give a _6_in the making of our giant snowman.In the end we all stood back and _7_at what we had created.He was eleven feet high, twentyfive feet around at the base and _8_with many h
14、ousehold items supplied by various _9_People drove by and smiled.Some even stopped just to enjoy his _10_With the passing of time, the spring made its _11_back into our yard and the snowman changed form _12_In a final effort to save what we created for just a little bit _13_，somebody stopped by and
15、changed the snowmans _14_to look like a rabbit.As I prepared for the start of another week, I decided to _15_my email before going to bed.I found a (an) _16_message that contained the subject line：_17_the snowman.The email said：your neighbor looks on in disbelief！Now you people are relishing(享受)the
16、sounds and smells, along with _18_of spring.But I am sure people will never forget the _19_energy displayed in Mr.Snowman.You and your family keep it up, as this is what the world needs now.More power to you and your loved ones, keep _20_with the world around!Perhaps it was more than a snowman we bu
17、ilt that day.The message seems clear.Our environments will turn out to be what we make of them.The possibilities are endless and the choice is ours.Notes：reluctantly adv.勉强地，不情愿地disbelief n不相信1A.announced BstatedCinformed Dinsisted2A.pressing BpouringCpiling Dclearing3A.looked BheadedCrushed Dwander
18、ed4A.when Bsince Cafter Dbefore5A.softness BabundanceCwhiteness Dflexibility6A.design Btip Chand Dtool7A.wondered BstaredCworked Dsuspected8A.decorated BwrappedCprovided Dequipped9A.societies BcommunitiesCneighborhoods Dfamilies10A.sculpture BexistenceCoccupation Dsurvival11A.entrance BappearanceCwa
19、rmth Dway12A.considerably BinstantlyCroughly Dsteadily13A.further Blonger Cdeeper Dstronger14A.remains Bversion Cform Dfigure15A.answer Bdelete Csort Dcheck16A.serious Bcurious Celegant Dpunctual17A.recall Bkeep Cenjoy Dpraise18A.beauty Bscenes Csights Dattraction19A.various Bjoyous Csignificant Dsp
20、iritual20A.communicating BadvancingCdeveloping Dsharing【语篇解读】大雪过后，作者的丈夫准备去堆一个巨大的雪人。在众人的努力下，一个高11英尺、底部周长25英尺的巨大雪人诞生了。从巨大的雪人身上，作者得到启示：我们的环境由我们自己来创造，只要我们努力，一切皆有可能。1Aannounce宣布，宣告。state声明，陈述，常用于正式场合；inform通知，告知，不符合句意；insist坚持说，坚持认为，坚持(做某事)，不符合语境。2C要堆雪人，首先要把大量的雪堆在一起，故选C。A、B、D三项意思分别为“挤，压”、“倒”、“清理”，均不符合上下文
21、语境。3Bhead作动词，常意为“(向某方向)出发，动身”；head outside走到外边。rush强调动作迅速，与句中reluctantly(不情愿地)表达的意思不符。A、D两项不符合语义。4DIt wasnt long before.是固定句型，意为“不久”。5Bthe abundance of snow意为“充足的、大量的雪”。A、C、D三项意思分别为“柔软”、“白色”、“灵活性”，均不符合语境。6Cgive a hand意为“帮忙”，指人们帮忙堆雪人，符合语境。7Awonder在文中意思是“对感到惊讶”，指作者没想到他们能堆这么大一个雪人。8A堆成雪人后，人们用家中的东西来装饰它，故
22、选A。B、C、D三项意思分别为“包装”、“提供”、“装备”，均不符合语境。9D因雪人巨大，装饰物品由很多家庭提供。A、B、C三项意思分别为“社会”、“团体”、“街坊”，均不符合语境。10B有些人甚至仅仅为了欣赏雪人(的存在)而停下来观看。A(雕刻)、C(职业，占有)、D(幸存，生存)三项均不符合语境。11Dmake ones way意为“(向某处)前进”，文中指“春天又回到我们的院子里”。12Aconsiderably意为“相当大地”。因天气变暖，雪人变化相当大。B、C、D三项意思分别为“立刻”、“大体上”、“稳定地”，均不符合语境。13B为了挽救雪人，让它存在的时间更长一些，有人把雪人融化后
23、的残雪变成了一只兔子。14Aremains意为“剩余物”，文中指雪人融化后的残雪。version版本；form形式、形状；figure数字，体型；均不符合语境。15Dcheck意为“检查，核实，查看”，句中指作者查看邮箱里是否有邮件。A、B、C三项意思分别为“答复，回答”、“删除”、“分类”，均不符合语境。16Bcurious意为“好奇的、奇怪的、不寻常的”，指作者收到一封奇怪的邮件。17Cenjoy the snowman意为“欣赏雪人”。A、B、D三项意思分别为“回忆”、“保存”、“赞扬”，均不符合上下文。18Csights这里指春天的“景象”，与句中的“sounds，smells”一致。
24、19Bjoyous 意为“使人快乐的，高兴的”；the joyous energy意为“令人愉快的精神”。A、C、D三项意思分别为“各种各样的”、“有意义的”、“精神上的”，均不符合语境。20Dkeep sharing with the world around意为“与周围的人共享”。A、B、C三项意思分别为“交流”、“前进”、“发展”，均不符合语境。III. 阅读理解AAreyouthetypeofpersonwhoalwayssays“yes”？Ivecometolearnthatitisveryimportanttolearntosay“no”Itsokay.Peoplearestill
25、goingtolikeyou.Theymayevenrespectyoumorebecausetheyknowyouarehonest.Imnotsayingtosay“no”tosomeonewhoreallyneedsyourhelp.Imtalkingaboutturningdownthatmeetingthatyoureallydonotwanttoattendorthatbirthdaypartythatyoudontwanttobeaguestat.Thinkforamomenthowyoufeelwhenyousay“yes”tosomethingthatyoureallydon
26、twanttodo.IfyourelikeIoncewas，youcantsleepatnightandyouthinkaboutittoomuch.Itweighsonyourmind.Youtrytofindwaysout.Whateveryouresayingtoyourself，ifyoureallywantedtogo，youwouldnthaveallofthesethoughts.So，whynotjustsay“no”fromthebeginning？Maybeyoufeellikeifyoudontshowupatthemeeting (bytheway，itisnotone
27、youmustattend)，yourbossisntgoingtolikeyouoryourcoworkerswontrespectyou.Maybeyoufeelasifyourmom，dadorsisterswontloveyouasmuchifyoudontdoeverythingforthemwhattheyaskeveryoccasion.Ifthesepeopleareyourtruefriends，familymembers，oragoodboss，theywilllikeorloveyouthesamenomatterwhat.Peopletreatyouthewayyout
28、eachthemto，andifyouresomeonewhoalwayssays“yes”，thenthatswhattheyreexpecting.Youneedtodowhatisrightforyou.Ofcoursewedohaverealobligationsinlifetofulfill，butwedonothavetodoeverythingotherswantustodo.1Whichofthefollowingstatementswouldthewriteragreewith?AWeshouldtrytodowhatourfriendsaskustodo.BWeshould
29、helpothersinneed.CAlwayssaying“yes”meansyouaredishonest.DAlwayssaying“no”meansyouarebrave.2Generallyspeaking，weagreetodowhatwehatetodobecausewe_.AhaveabadhabitBhaveakindheartChavemuchconcernDhaveobligations3Thewriterbelievesthatifyousay“no”toyourfamilymembers，youll_.Ahavethesamerelationshipwiththema
30、sbeforeBhavealooserelationshipwiththemCdisappointthemDupsetthem4Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?ALearntoMakeaRightChoiceBToBeYourselfCDoWhatYouWanttoDoDLearntoSay“No”【语篇解读】生活中，我们有义务完成应该做的事情，但是不必出于太多的顾虑，凡事惟命是从，要学会拒绝，学会说“不”。1B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的内容可知，作者认为我们应该帮助需要帮助的人，故B项正确。2C推理判断题。结合第三段第二句中的“you think ab
31、out it too much”以及本段后半部分的内容可推知，我们之所以同意做我们讨厌做的事情是因为我们有很多顾虑。3A细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第一句的内容可知，作者认为如果你对你的家人说“不”，他们与你之间的关系仍然会和以前一样。4D主旨大意题。文章第一段就开门见山地点明了本文的中心话题，即要学会说“不”，所以D项作为本文的标题最合适。BIts come to this：Climateconscious policymakers are beginning to consider the possibility of playing God with the weather in the
32、hope of slowing global warming.For years it was considered completely stupid in official Washington to discuss geoengineering：changing the climate by reflecting sunlight back into the sky, sucking carbon dioxide from the airor a number of other surprising plans.But in the past year the thought won i
33、n part by the recent collapse of climate legislation as well as by growing interest among private entrepreneurs and foreign officials.House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon(DTenn.)，whose group will jointly release a report on climate engineering with the British House of Commons
34、 this month, said the subject is“just now starting to get some attention” even though people recognize the danger in trying to change a complex weather system.“The more you know about it, the more youre concerned about it if we can ever carry it out，” Gordon said in an interview.“However, there may
35、be a point where were up against the tipping point, and the consequences of climate change are even worse.”Over the next few months, whispering about changing the weather will evolve into written recommendations.Several key groupsincluding the Government Accountability Officewill issue their thought
36、s on how best to start a modest federal research program on geoengineering.“Were getting a sense that agencies are interested in this topic and would be open, on a certain level, to letting this program go forward，”said Jane Long, who cochairs the National Commission on Energy Policys task force.Not
37、es：geoengineering n岩土工程collapse n瓦解legislation n立法entrepreneur n企业家play God扮演上帝be up against面临；面对5Why does America want to carry out geoengineering?AThey want to get more energy from the sun.BThey want to slow global warming.CThey want to have a building project.DThey want to get something useful fr
38、om the air.6Geoengineering was thought possible last year as a result of_Amuch discussion among the scientistsBfinancial help from the governmentCfailures of many laws about climates and peoples attitude to the planDmany other countries success in this area7Though the thought has won in part，_Apeopl
39、e still worry about its safetyBthey are short of moneyCno one dares to carry it outDthe possibility is still under discussion8Whats the scientists concern about geoengineering?AThis could make the climate even worse.BThey know little about geoengineering.CThey are short of experienced engineers.DCon
40、ditions do not allow them to do so.9The purpose of the writer in writing the passage is to tell us_Amany things impossible in the past are made possible todayBchanging the climate is a difficult thing to doCreflecting the sunlight is a good idea to change the climateDa project called “geoengineering
41、”【语篇解读】全球变暖已经引起了人们的广泛关注。一群科学家正在实施“岩土工程”，即利用反射太阳光的办法来改变全球的气候。5B细节理解题。从第一段“in the hope of slowing global warming”我们知道，他们实施“岩土工程”的目的是想减缓全球变暖。6C细节理解题。从“But in the past year the thought won in part by the recent collapse of climate legislation as well as by growing interest among private entrepreneurs an
42、d foreign officials”我们知道，这项过去被认为是愚蠢的计划现在之所以获得部分胜利，是因为许多气候立法失败，以及一些企业家对这个工程的兴趣增加。7A细节理解题。从“though people recognize the danger in trying to change a complex weather system”我们可以得出答案。8A细节理解题。从“However, there may be a point where were up against the tipping point, and the consequences of climate change are even worse.”我们知道，科学家也面临着这样的一个问题：他们将把气候变得更加糟糕。9D作者意图推断题。作者写本文的目的是想让我们知道科学家在考虑实施的“岩土工程”。
