1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家题型专项突破-Unit4 完形填空（自然灾难篇）一、完形填空Earthquakes are common; thousands of them happen each day. But most are (1) weak to feel. During a (2) earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth (3) terribly and many houses (4) down. Railway tracks break and trains go (5) lines; a g
2、reat many factories are (6) ; thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes. . . (7) the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake (8) , other disasters such as fires often (9) . More buildings are destroyed and more (10) caused. It is well known of the (11) of a possible earthquak
3、e, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2, 000 years ago, (12) , a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng (13) a machine which could find out from which (14) the seismic(地震的) waves had come, and this machine is still (15) by scientists today. Now we know much more a
4、bout earthquakes and (16) they happen, but we still cannot (17) exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot (18) it from happening. So earthquakes are among the (19) disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes. (20) , scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying w
5、hole cities and causing too many deaths. (1) A. veryB. tooC. quiteD. so(2) A. realB. weakC. bigD. small(3) A. movesB. shakesC. jumpsD. breaks(4) A. getB. putC. setD. fall(5) A. offB. onC. intoD. behind(6) A. burstB. struckC. destroyedD. buried(7) A. ExceptB. BesidesC. Instead ofD. Because of(8) A. l
6、onelyB. laterC. themselvesD. itself(9) A. followB. copyC. comeD. enter(10) A. quakesB. deathsC. difficultiesD. results(11) A. informationB. questionsC. dangersD. frights(12) A. as a resultB. in factC. for exampleD. as well(13) A. inventedB. discoveredC. foundD. bought(14) A. countryB. directionsC. w
7、aysD. city(15) A. improvedB. repairedC. protectedD. used(16) A. whereB. whenC. whatD. why(17) A. speakB. tellC. talkD. point(18) A. makeB. prepareC. stopD. let(19) A. worstB. bestC. mostD. fast(20) A. HoweverB. ButC. AndD. So二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分0）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从(21)(40)各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，
8、并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。学. 科网(2016浙江卷) During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be (21) him. I hated the place, I had never (22) been so unhappy, My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alon
9、e. The heat was (23) -almost 125 even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). (24) a soul to talk to, The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the every air I breathed, were (25) with sand, sand, sand!I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was (26) and coming back home
10、. I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer. I (27) be in prison! My father answered my (28) with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my (29) - two lines that completely changed my life： Two men looked out from prison bars One saw the mud, the other saw the stars I read those two lin
11、es (30) I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present (31) ; I would look for the stars. I made friends with the natives, and their (32) amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had (33) to sell to tourists, I studied the deligh
12、tful forms of the cactus, I watched for the desert sunsets, and (34) for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean (35) What brought about this (36) change in me ? The desert hadnt changed, (37) I had, I had changed my (38) And by doing so, I changed
13、an unhappy experience into the most amazing (39) of my life, I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and (40) the stars (21) A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond(22) A. before B. already C. thenD. still(23) A. inflexible B. incomprehensible C. u
14、ncontrollable D. unbearable(24) A. Only B. Not C. Many D. Such(25) A. covered B. filled C. buried D. charged(26) A. catching up B. keeping up C. giving up D. getting up (27) A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D. had better(28) A. request B. call C. question D. letter(29) A. comparison B. imag
15、ination C. considerationD. memory(30) A. over and over B. by and by C. up and down D. now and then(31) A. company B. occupation C. situation D. relationship(32) A. movement B. reaction C. guidance D. purpose(33) A. refused B. failed C. managed D. happened(34) A. asked B. hunted C. waited D. headed(3
16、5) A. floor B. surface C. rock D. level(36) A. shocking B. challenging C. puzzling D. astonishing(37) A. as B. but C. for D. or (38) A. attitude B. principle C. identity D. standard(39) A. vacation B. operation C. affair D. adventure(40) A. sought B. counted C. found D. reached参考答案： 一、(1)-(5)B C B D
17、 A (6)-(10) C B D A B (11)-(15) C C A B D(16)-(20) D B C A A解析： (1) too. . . to. . . “太以至于不能”。有些地震太弱了, 以至于人们感觉不到。(2) 根据其后的“there is often a great noise first”可推知应选big。(3) 由常识可知, 发生地震时, 地面在晃动(shake)。(4) 地震导致房屋倒塌(fall down)。get down“下来”;put down“放下”;set down“记下, 写下”。(5) 由“Railway tracks break”可知, 铁轨断了
18、, 火车出轨(off)了。(6) 工厂被破坏(destroyed)。burst“爆发”;strike“袭击, 攻击”;bury“埋”。 (7) 由后文的“other disasters such as. . . ”可知“除了”地震造成的损失之外, 还有别的灾难, 故B项正确。(8) 与后面的火灾相对应, 强调地震“本身”造成的破坏。(9) 此处表示伴随地震而来的灾害, 用follow“跟着”。(10) 由于火灾随之而来, 在原来地震造成的房屋倒塌和人员死亡的基础上有更多的房屋倒塌和人员死亡。(11) 由常识可知, 地震是很危险的。(12) 下面是作者的举例, 说明人们为预测地震所作的研究, 故
19、选C项。(13) invent指发明原来世上不存在的东西或事物, 符合句意。discover“发现”;find“发现, 找到”;buy“买”。(14) 预测地震从什么方向传过来。direction“方向”。country“国家”;way“方法, 道路”;city“城市”。(15) 现代的科学家仍然在“使用”张衡发明的地动仪。由still可知D项正确。(16) 由后面的when and where判断, 选why。(17) tell“说明白, 讲清楚”。(18) 我们已经研究出为什么会发生地震, 但无法预测它什么时间发生, 在哪里发生, 也无法阻止它发生。stop. . . from doing
20、. . . “阻止做”。(19) worst“最坏的”;best“最好的”; most“最多的”;fast“快的”。由于无法准确预测地震何时发生, 故认为其是最严重的灾难之一。(20) 前后句存在转折关系, but表示转折时不用逗号与其后内容隔开。二、(21)- (25)C A D B B(26)-(30)C C D D A(31)-(35)C B A B A (36)- (40)D B A D C【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述自己为了离丈夫近一些，住在他所在的沙漠的军营里，寂寞的生活和艰苦的生活条件让作者难以忍受，她写信告诉父母要回家。父亲给他的信中就两行字，就是这两行字使作者改变了自
21、己对人生的态度。(21) 根据上文的I went to live there，可知，作者去住在丈夫的军营为了靠近丈夫。A. 远离；B. 在后面；C. 靠近；D. 超过。故选C。考点：考查介词辨析。(22) 根据下文I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. 可知，作者以前从没有感觉这么不开心。A. 以前；B. 已经；C. 然后；D. 仍然。故选A。考点：考查副词辨析。(23) 根据almost 125，可知炎热让人无法忍受。A不灵活的；B. 无法理解的；C. 不能控制的；D. 不能忍受的。故选D。考点：考查形容词辨析。(24) 根据上文a desert和alon
22、e，可知，没有一个人可以交谈。A. 仅仅；B. 没有；C. 很多；D. 这样。故选B。考点：考查副词辨析。(25) 根据上文a desert可知，作者吃的食物，呼吸的空气都充满了沙子。A. 覆盖；B. 填满；C. 埋葬；D. 负责，要价。故选B。考点：考查动词辨析。(26) 根据下文coming back home，可知，作者写信给父母，告诉他们她要放弃。A. 赶上； B. 维持； C. 放弃；D. 起床。故选C。考点：考查动词短语辨析。(27) 根据上文I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer，可知，我宁愿在监狱里。A. 应该；B. 不妨，最好；
23、C. 宁愿；D. 最好。故选C。考点：考查短语辨析。(28) 根据上文I wrote to my parents，可知，作者的爸爸回复了作者的信，只有两行字。A. 请求；B. 电话；C. 问题；D. 信。故选D。考点：考查形容词辨析。(29) 根据句意：这两行字将永远在我记忆里唱响一这是永远改变我的生活的两行字。A. 对比; B想象；C. 考虑；D. 记忆。故选D。考点：考查名词辨析。(30) 根据下文I was ashamed of myself. 可知，作者一遍又一遍地读这两行字。A. 一遍又一遍；B. 不久；C. 上上下下； D. 不时。故选A。考点：考查短语辨析。(31) 根据上文I
24、would look for the stars，可知，作者决定要发现在现在的环境中好的东西。A. 公司，陪伴；B. 占据，职业；C. 环境； D. 关系。故选C。考点：考查名词辨析。(32) 根据下文They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had (33) to sell to tourists, 可知，作者和当地人交朋友，他们的反应让作者很惊讶。A. 运动；B. 反应；C. 指导； D. 目的。故选B。考点：考查名词辨析。(33) 根据句意：他们给我最喜欢的艺术作品的礼物，这些作品是他们拒绝卖给游客的。A. 拒
25、绝；B. 失败；C. 设法完成；D. 碰巧。故选A。考点：考查动词辨析。(34) 根据下文for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago可知，作者寻找几百万前留下的贝壳。A. 问；B. 打猎；C. 等待；D. 前往。hunt for寻找。故选B。考点：考查动词辨析和短语搭配。(35) 根据上文millions of years ago可知，几百万年前，沙漠曾经是海床。A. 地板；B. 表面；C. 岩石；D. 水平。故选A。考点：考查名词辨析。(36) 根据上文two lines that completely chang
26、ed my life ：，可知，这里是：什么造成我这样令人惊讶的改变？A. 令人震惊的；B. 有挑战的；C. 令人困惑的；D. 令人惊讶的。故选D。考点：考查形容词辨析。(37) 根据句意：沙漠没有改变，但是我变了。表示转折关系。A. 正如，因为，随着；B. 但是；C. 因为；D. 或者。故选B。考点：考查连词辨析。(38) 根据下文I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing可知，虽作者改变了自己的态度。A. 态度；B. 原则；C. 身份；D. 标准。故选A。考点：考查名词辨析。(39) 根据上一段内容可知，作者将不愉快的经历变成最令人惊叹的人生冒险。A. 假期；B. 手术；C. 事务；D. 冒险。故选D。考点：考查名词辨析。(40) 根据上文I would look for the stars. 可知，作者从自己创造的监狱向外看，发现了星星。A. 寻找; B. 数数，重要；C. 发现；D. 到达。故选C。考点：考查动词辨析。版权所有：高考资源网()- 7 - 版权所有高考资源网