1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 4Earthquakes . 语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。The World Bank has just estimated countries on how friendly they are to business.And the biggest news was _1_ progress in Africa.Two African countries.Ghana and Tanzania，_2_(list)this year among the top te
2、n in business reforms.For the last two years，the World Bank found _3_Africa had the least progress in reforms in studies of ten businessrelated areas.But _4_is reported that Africa is making progress in business reforms _5_a speed faster than Asia.Latin America and the Middle East now.Business refor
3、ms are important especially to _6_(develop)economies.For example，until recently，_7_took more than one year to receive property ownership documents in Ivory Coast.The government no longer requires a single minister to deal _8_all requests to register property.Mexico was praised for increasing _9_(pro
4、tect)for investors.And，in El Salvador，business reforms cut the time needed _10_(start)a business from more than one hundred days to just twentysix days.【解题导语】 本文讲了世界银行给非洲国家的商务带来很大的帮助。1解析：特指非洲取得的进步。答案：the2解析：主语countries与listed之间是被动关系。两个非洲的国家Ghana and Tanzania在改革方面被列入前10名。答案：are listed3解析：that引导宾语从句。最
5、近两年来，世界银行发现非洲在研究有业务关系的十个地区方面改革的进步最小。答案：that4解析：句型：it is reported that据报道。答案：that5解析：at a speed以一个速度。答案：at6解析：to是介词。商业改革对发展经济特别重要。答案：developing7解析：句型it takes some time to do sth.。例如，一直到最近，已经花费了一年多的时间接受在象牙海岸(Ivory Coast)财产所有权文件。答案：it8解析：deal with处理。政府不再要求单个的大臣处理所有注册财产的要求。答案：with9解析：墨西哥(Mexico)因为对投资者的保
6、护不断增加而受到表扬。答案：protection(s)10解析：needed是形容词作定语修饰time。动词不定式to start也作定语修饰time。在萨尔瓦多(El Salvador)商业改革把开办一家企业所需要的时间从100多天锐减到仅仅20天。答案：to start. 词汇运用1She was _(气得发抖)2He _(站起来) from the seat to welcome us.3Hearing the news，she _(突然大笑起来)4It was raining heavily outside and my dress _(淋得不成样子)5He received seri
7、ous _(伤) during the car crash.6The news of his sudden death _(使震惊) us greatly.7He often _(埋头于) himself in the books.8It was _(很荣幸的事) to have you as my friend.9The woman thanked the firefighters for _(营救) her child from the burning house.10Students are busy _(正在准备) the coming exam.答案：1.shaking with a
8、nger2.rose/raised himself3.burst into laughter4.got ruined5.injuries 6shocked7.buries8.a great honour9.rescuing10.making preparations for.阅读理解GUANGZHOUAt least 13 people were killed and nine left missing after Typhoon Hagupit swept through the countrys southern region on Wednesday，authorities said.M
9、ore than 11.5 million people in Guangdong，Hainan and Guangxi provinces were affected by the disaster，with direct economic losses reaching 13.46 billion yuan ($1.97 billion)，Ministry of Civil Affairs figures showed.Hagupit，the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong and its Pearl River Delta region in 12
10、years，reportedly headed south toward Vietnam on Thursday.The typhoon killed nine people and left nine missing in Guangdong alone，causing direct economic losses of more than 7.7 billion yuan，Yang Minyi，a press official with the provincial flood，drought and wind prevention office，said yesterday.Direct
11、 losses to agriculture，forestry，animal husbandry and fishery in the region were estimated at 4.2 billion yuan；industrial and transport sector,1.5 billion yuan；and water conservancy infrastructure,1 billion.A total of 6.52 million people in 344 towns in the cities of Maoming，Yangjiang，Zhanjiang，Zhuha
12、i，Zhongshan and Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta region and in the west of Guangdong bore_the_brunt_of the typhoon in the province.More than 15,300 houses fell down and 365,800 hectares(公顷) of farmland were affected，authorities said.Wang Yugui，a pig farmer in Maoming City，said Hagupit proved fatal
13、to his business.About twothirds of his 4,000odd pigs had drowned or were left missing in the typhoon.“The typhoon has landed me in huge debt and I really dont know how to weather the losses，” Wang told China Daily yesterday.Wang said many others in the city suffered similar losses when Hagupit hit t
14、he city on Wednesday morning.Hagupit also hit a South Korean freight ship，named Zeus，in the waters off Jiangmen. All 17 sailors onboard were still missing，the Yangcheng Evening News reported on Friday.【文章大意】 本篇报道了“黑格比”台风袭击南方地区并对一些省份所造成的损失情况。1We can know from the report that _.Aat least 13 people wer
15、e killed in GuangdongBGuangxi and Hainan suffered more economic losses than GuangdongCso far Hagupit has been the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong in this centuryDHagupit hit South Korea before it landed in Guangdong解析：判断推理题。根据第三段第一句“Hagupit，the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong and its Pearl Riv
16、er Delta region in 12 years”可以推断Hagupit是本世纪以来最强烈的台风。答案：C2The underlined word “bore the brunt of” can be best replaced by “_”Areceived the main force ofBsuffered similar economic losses fromCshared the losses caused byDstood the test of解析：词义猜测题。根据句中提到几个地方的地理位置来推测谓语“bore the brunt”的意思应是“承受主要力量”。答案：A3T
17、he example of the pig farmer Wang Yugui is used to show _.Athat pig farmers suffered the most losses in the disasterBthat many others in Maoming suffered similar lossesChow difficult it will be for people to go through the disasterDhow seriously the disaster affected people解析：细节把握题。文章主要报道“黑格比”影响及造成的损失。所以举养猪户王玉贵的例子是说明这次台风对人们造成的严重影响。答案：D4Altogether _ people are reported missing in the passage.A9 B18 C35 D26 解析：细节把握题。文章开头提到“黑格比”造成13人丧生，9人失踪，最后写到江门韩国船只“宙斯”号有17位船员失踪，所以总共有26人失踪。答案：D.精品资料。欢迎使用。高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u 版权所有高考资源网