1、Module 3 The Violence of Nature单元素能自测.完形填空Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years.It 1 suddenly in the midafternoon and 2 more than three hours.At first, the sky grew 3 all of a sudden.Within minutes, forks of lightning forced a way into the sky.Then it was 4 by the boomboomboom of 5 .A very stro
2、ng wind blew into my room.My valuable notes, 6 on my desk in the room, 7 high into the air.I jumped up to 8 them but unluckily a few sheets 9 out of the open window. 10 I ran out to get the notes, big drops of rain began to 11 .As soon as I ran back into the house, the 12 began to pour in waves.I 13
3、 to close the windows.I did it but was wet all over.I 14 myself with a towel.Then I heard a sudden loud 15 from the back of the house.I ran out of the room to 16 what it was.A tree was broken.Part of its big branch lay 17 the floor.The table was 18 into pieces.It would 19 a lot of work to rebuild it
4、.However, we were 20 that no one was hurt.1A.fell Breached Ccame Dwent答案：C解析：词语辨析题。暴风雨“来临”用come。fall “降落”；reach “到达”是及物动词；go “去”。2A.lasted Bkept Cflowed Dblew答案：A解析：词语辨析题。表示“持续”时间的长短用last。keep “保持，维持”，不符合语境；flow“流动”；blow“吹”。3A.bright Bgrey Cblue Ddark答案：D解析：背景常识题。由常识知道暴风雨来临前，天会变暗(dark)。4A.followed B
5、caused Cmade Dbrought答案：A解析：逻辑推理题。雷鸣跟在闪电之后用follow。cause “导致”；make “形成”；bring “带来”，这三个动词都含有人为意味。5A.rain Bthunder Cwind Dstorm答案：B解析：背景常识题。由常识可知，一般先出现闪电，之后是雷鸣(thunder)。6A.placing Bputting Clying Dpicking答案：C解析：词语辨析题。place与put作“放”讲时均为及物动词。lie在此意为“躺”。7A.threw Bjumped Cflew Drose答案：C解析：逻辑推理题。根据文意，“My val
6、uable notes”是飞入(flew)空中。因为当时风力不小。8A.take Bcatch Cdraw Dstop答案：B解析：逻辑推理题。由于纸被风吹走，“我”跳起来去抓(catch)。take “带走”；draw “画”；stop “停止”。9A.moved Bcame Cran Dsailed答案：D解析：词语辨析题。纸从开着的窗户中“飘”了出去用sail。move “移动”；come “来”；run “跑”。10A.Before BAs CDuring DSince答案：B解析：句式结构题。“当的时候”用as，表示前后两个动作几乎同时发生。11A.fall Brain Cthrow
7、 Dburst答案：A解析：词语辨析题。雨从天上降下用fall。throw “扔”；burst “爆发”。12A.storm Bwater Cwind Drain答案：D解析：词汇复现题。由上段最后一句提示可知选D项，雨倾盆而下。13A.walked Bfought Cwent Dgot答案：B解析：词语辨析题。因为当时有风，故关窗子很用力，用fight生动形象。14A.dried Bcleaned Cswept Dhelped答案：A解析：逻辑推理题。由上句的wet all over及本句的with a towel可知选dried。15A.noise Bscream Cvoice Dsoun
8、d答案：D解析：词语辨析题。由下文的“A tree was broken.”可知选sound(声音)。noise “噪音”；voice “(人的)嗓音”；scream “叫喊”。16A.learn about Blook forCsee into Dfind out答案：D解析：词语辨析题。find out “弄清楚”；learn about “了解”；look for “寻找”；see into “调查”。我跑出去的目的是弄清楚发生了什么事。17A.across Bthrough Cover Dpass答案：A解析：词语辨析题。across the floor “横在地板上”，across指
9、在某物体的表面上，符合语境。through指从内部“穿过”；over指从“上面过”；pass指从“旁边过”。18A.turned Bchanged Cbroken Dfound答案：C解析：词语搭配题。树砸在桌子上，桌子坏了(break)，这里“was broken into pieces”表示桌子被砸得支离破碎。19A.give Bpay Cspend Dtake答案：D解析：词语辨析题。take在此意为“花心思，费心”。20A.good Bafraid Cthankful Dcareful答案：C解析：逻辑推理题。由“no one was hurt”可知用thankful “庆幸的”。.阅
10、读理解Hurricane Babette reached the northeastern United States today and caused death and destruction everywhere.The killer storm carried winds of 135 miles per hour.The high winds and heavy rains, together with the force of the Atlantic Ocean, created extremely dangerous waves.It is not yet known how
11、many people died or were hurt in this storm, but it is said that the numbers will be very high.The damage to homes, business and crops will run into billions of dollars.Now that the storm is over, the long, slow rebuilding will begin.With the arrival of the tornado season，the National Weather Servic
12、e is again telling people how to protect themselves from these deadly storms.The winds from tornadoes are the most violent winds on earth.They can blow up to 400 miles per hour.A tornado looks like a funnel(漏斗)It is also very loud.It may sound like a train coming at you.In fact, the winds from a tor
13、nado can pick up a train and throw it around.If a tornado is seen in your area, it is very important that you protect yourself.A basement (地下室) is the safest place to go.Try to wait under a table in the basement.If your building does not have a basement, stay on the ground floor but lie flat under a
14、 bed or table.Stay away from windows.If you are outside or in your car, try to find a narrow place to lie down in.As the area tries to deal with the worst flood of the century, there are many heartwarming stories of people helping other people.From all over the world people have sent food and clothe
15、s to help the thousands who have had to leave their homes.Many volunteers have come to help to make sandbags and use them to build walls against the overflowing river.While the result of this disaster will be terrible for many, it is beautiful to see people coming together to help others and save li
16、ves, and property (财产)本文讲述了自然灾害带给人们的灾难及在这些灾难中自保的方法，还有人们在这些灾难中表现出的可贵品质。1What are the three short paragraphs about? ANewspaper articles about the weather.BBad weather forecasts in newspapers.CIntroduction to climate in different places.DPopular science on climate.答案：A解析：主旨大意题。第一段讲述飓风造成的损失，第二段讲述龙卷风中人们如
17、何自救，第三段讲述了在这些灾难中人们的表现。故这篇文章应该是一篇关于天气的新闻稿。2According to the passage, a person who sees a tornado in his area, had better NOT .Astay on the ground floor but lie down under a bedBgo to the basement and wait under a tableCfind a deep narrow place to lie down inDdrive his car away as fast as possible答案：D
18、解析：细节理解题。由第二段最后一句“If you are outside or in your car，try to find a narrow place to lie down in”可知应该停车找地方躲藏而不是快速开车离开。3We can learn from the passage that .AHurricane Babette damaged the northwestern coast of the USBwhen theres flooding, sandbags can be made and used to build wallCthe National Weather S
19、ervice often takes measures to protect the local peopleDpeople are often reminded of how to protect themselves from snowstorm答案：B解析：细节理解题。由第三段“make sandbags and use them to build walls against the overflowing river”可知沙袋可以筑成墙抗洪。.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
20、该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画横线，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。This summer, I attended a journalismthemed summer camp，where I a lot.What impressed me most were the interviews out in the streets.In the beginning，I wasnt used to to strangers.But with my encouragement, I was
21、able to communicate with them.Then we noticed most of the answers we got were brief.After a discussion, my teammates and I realized that was our questions werent openended enough.So we changed questions and our interviewees were more willing to share with us their ideas in end.From this experience I
22、ve gained several for interviewing people as a journalist.书面表达台风是沿海地区常见的自然灾害，你一定在电视上目睹过台风来袭的场景。请你写一篇短文，介绍一下沿海地区台风袭击的场面。要点提示：1.台风主要袭击中国东南部省份；2.台风一般会带来强风和暴雨；3.台风来袭时，大树被刮倒，许多街道、房屋被淹没，交通受到严重影响；4.许多居民将被迫离开家园，损失惨重。注意：词数100左右。参考词汇：台风typhoon；影响affectTyphoon is a terrible natural disaster that often strikes
23、southeastern parts of China.It has been threatening human beings of all time.When the typhoon lands, there will be strong winds along with heavy rain.At the same time, many tall trees are blown down and a lot of houses and streets will be flooded by water, making the traffic affected seriously.It can cause great damage to property and peoples lives.Because of the heavy loss caused by the typhoon, many residents have to leave their homes and move to safe places.It seems that everything was destroyed.
