1、Module 2 Traffic Jam单元素能自测.完形填空I still remember the summer when I was with my aunt at the age of seven.One day, she asked me to go to Miss Bees store with a _1_.How could I find anything on the _2_ shelves around me?I walked up to the counter, _3_ up the list, and told the lady behind it I needed th
2、ose.“So? Go to get them.” She _4_ to a sign on the door.“Theres no one here except you and me and Im not your servant._5_ yourself a basket and start filling.”The store was a _6_.I searched shelf after shelf and when I finally _7_ it, I was exhausted and it was already sundown.I visited Miss Bees, _
3、8_ with my list, twice a week that summer.Sometimes she shortcharged me.Other times she overcharged _9_ sold me an old newspaper instead of one that was current.Going to the store was more like going into a _10_.Every time I told her that she had overcharged, she just looked at me _11_ her glasses a
4、nd fixed the price.The moment I remembered the location of an item, Miss Bee rearranged the shelves and made me _12_ for it all over again.By summers end the shopping trip that had _13_ taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes.On my last trip to the store, Miss Bee asked: “What did you _14_ this summ
5、er?” “That youre mean!”I pressed my lips together.To my _15_, Miss Bee laughed.“I know what you think of me.But I am _16_ to teach every child some life lessons.When you grow up youll be glad our paths _17_!” Glad I met Miss Bee? I thought it a stupid _18_ until one day my daughter came to me with h
6、omework troubles.“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” I said.Suddenly, I was back at Miss Bees store and realized that she had really taught me _19_.Now it is my turn to share some _20_ lessons as Miss Bee did years ago.本文讲述了作者七岁的时候,他的姑姑总是让他独自去商店购买东西,以此来锻炼他。1A.basket Bpur
7、se Cpaperbag Dlist答案:D解析:第3空后的 the list 为本空提示。2A.broken Bfastened Cpacked Dlocked答案:C解析:根据下文可知该空为 packed。3A.holding Bshowing Cthrowing Dbringing答案:A解析:我走到柜台前举起手中的购物清单。hold up举起。4A.looked Bled Cpointed Ddirected答案:C解析:她指着门上的一个牌子。point to 指着。5A.Get BPrepare CPurchase DEnjoy答案:A解析:自己取一个篮子去选商品。6A.circus
8、 Bpuzzle Cpalace Dshelter答案:B解析:这家商店像一个迷宫。7A.carried Bmade Ccollected Dchose答案:B解析:我一个架子又一个架子地搜寻,当我最终成功时,我筋疲力尽,并且那时太阳已下山。8A.supported Bconvinced Cattached Darmed答案:D解析:armed with.拿着。9A.so Bor Cfor Dbut答案:B解析:她多收钱或者卖给我一张旧报纸。or 或者。10A.battle Bbargain Cmatch Ddiscussion答案:A解析:去那家商店更像参加战斗。battle 战斗。11A.
9、in Bacross Cbeyond Dover答案:D解析:她从眼镜上方看着我。12A.pay Bhunt Chead Dwait答案:B解析:她重新摆放货架让我再次到处寻找。hunt for 寻找。13A.at one time Bin time Cin no time Don time答案:A解析:at one time 过去,曾经。到夏天结束时去商店一小时的购物已在十五分钟内完成。14A.buy Bfind Close Dlearn答案:D解析:今年夏天你学到了什么?15A.amusement Bdisappointment Camazement Dexcitement答案:C解析:使
10、我吃惊的是,Miss Bee 大笑起来。16A.anxious Bwilling Cserious Dcurious答案:B解析:我知道你对我的看法。但我愿意教给孩子们一些生活教训。be willing to 愿意。17A.separated Bshaped Ccrossed Dreturned答案:C解析:当长大后,你会很高兴我们的道路有过交集。18A.feeling Breply Cmistake Didea答案:D解析:我认为这是一个愚蠢的想法。19A.something Bnothing Canything Deverything答案:A解析:突然,我好像回到 Miss Bee 的商店
11、并意识到她的确教了我一些重要的东西。20A.service Bfamily Clife Dwork答案:C解析:根据16空后 some life lessons 提示可知。.阅读理解Windbreaks(防风林) are barriers formed by trees and other plants.Farmers plant these barriers around their fields, which help prevent the loss of soil and stop the wind from blowing soil away.They also keep the w
12、ind from damaging or destroying crops.Besides, extra trees and plants can be cut down and used or sold for wood.Windbreaks can be highly valuable for protecting grain crops.For example, in parts of West Africa grain harvests were as much as twenty percent higher in fields protected by windbreaks com
13、pared to fields without them.But here is something interesting about windbreaks.They seem to work best when they allow some wind to pass through the barrier of trees or plants around a field.If not, then the movement of air close to the ground will lift the soil.Then the soil will be blown away.For
14、this reason, a windbreak works best if it contains only 60 to 80 percent of the trees and plants that would be needed to make a solid line.An easy rule to remember is that windbreaks can protect areas up to 10 times the height of the tallest trees in the windbreak.There should be at least two lines
15、in each windbreak.One line should be large trees.The second line, right next to it, can be shorter trees or other plants with leaves.Locally grown trees and plants are considered the best choices for windbreaks.Trees reduce the damaging effects of wind and rain.Their roots help protect soil from bei
16、ng washed away.And trees can provide animals outdoors with shade from the sun.保护土壤的一个办法就是使用防风林,防风林是由树木和其他作物组成的障碍物。农民在农田周围种上这些障碍物,有利于增加农业收成。1The advantages of building a windbreak are as follows except _.Akeeping the wind from destroying grain cropsBincreasing the grain harvestsCproviding humans with
17、 shade from the sunDreducing the damaging effects of wind and rain答案:C解析:细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“They also keep the wind from damaging or destroying crops.”可排除A项;根据文章第二段内容可排除B项;根据文章第四段中的“Trees reduce the damaging effects of wind and rain.”可排除D项。故选C。2The author thinks windbreaks are interesting because _.Ath
18、e movement of air lifts the soilBwindbreaks work best when they allow some wind to pass throughClarge trees are lined with shorter onesDwindbreaks can stop the wind getting through答案:B解析:细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“They seem to work best when they allow some wind to pass through the barrier of trees or plants a
19、round a field.”可知,当有风可以通过时防风林效果最好。故选B。3If the trees grow to a height of 30 feet, the areas the windbreak can protect are _.A100 square feet B150 square feetC240 square feet D300 square feet答案:D解析:细节理解题。根据文章第三段中的“An easy rule to remember is that windbreaks can protect areas up to 10 times the height
20、of the tallest trees in the windbreak.”可知防风林可以保护的面积是防风林中最高的树的高度的10倍,故选D。4What can be inferred from the text?AExtra trees and plants can be cut down for wood.BThe environment is going from bad to worse.CTrees and plants from abroad are the best for windbreaks.DWindbreaks can contribute to agricultura
21、l harvests.答案:D解析:推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“For example,in parts of West Africa grain harvests were as much as twenty percent higher in fields protected by windbreaks compared to fields without them.”可知种植防风林有利于农业丰收。故选D。.短文改错下面短文共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处,每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()
22、划掉。修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。Dear Mr Smith,Im so gladly to hear from you.With the college entrance examination around a corner,I am busy in preparations for it.Meanwhile,owed to my great interest in sports, I pay close attention to the 13th National Games
23、which will held in Tianjin at the end of July.And the good news I want to tell you is what I have become a volunteer for it.In order to have a good performance, I have made a great many of preparations for it.After class, I often surf the Internet to get many information about the history and cultur
24、e of Tianjin.Practicing my oral English is also becoming his schedule.I did hope you can visit Tianjin again in the near future.Yours,Li Hua答案.书面表达随着社会的发展和人们生活水平的不断提高,越来越多的人购买了私家车。政府开始限制私家车的数量,同时大力改善公共交通,并鼓励人们骑自行车或乘坐公共汽车。请写一篇短文,发表你的看法。With_the_development_of_society_and_the_improvement_of_the_condit
25、ions_of_peoples_lives,_more_and_more_people_have_their_own_cars,_which_can_save_lots_of_time_and_bring_a_lot_of_convenience.However,_the_increase_in_the_number_of_private_cars_has_also_caused_some_problems._First,it_makes_traffic_heavier_and_heavier.There_are_more_and_more_traffic_jams_than_before,_
26、especially_during_the_rush_hours.Second,_as_more_and_more_people_drive_cars,_many_more_parking_lots_have_to_be_built.In_addition,there_are_more_traffic_accidents,_in_which_a_lot_of_people_have_lost_their_lives.Whats_worse,it_has_caused_pollution_and_energy_problems.Air_pollution_is_increasing_with_more_and_more_people_driving_cars._Therefore,I_think_the_government_should_take_some_measures_to_limit_the_number_of_private_cars.Meanwhile,it_should_do_something_about_the_conditions_of_buses_and_encourage_people_to_take_buses_or_ride_bicycles.