1、Unit 4Section 阅读理解Earthquakes happen without warning (前兆). They can happen any time of a day,at any point during the year. But dont worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt. Only a few big ones hurt people. However,its important to know what to do when an earthquake is happening. Do n
2、ot go outside. You could get injured from falling glass or parts of buildings. If you are outside,stay away from buildings and power lines (输电线). Stay under a desk,table,or other strong furniture. Hold on to it. Or stay in a corner of the building. Cover your face and head with your arms and cover y
3、our mouth with a towel or clothing. Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. Keep away from windows,pictures or advertisements on the wall or the building,and anything else that could fall and hurt you. Most people get injured by falling things during an earthquake,not by the sh
4、aking itself. Also keep away from a fire. You could fall down and burn yourself on the fire. If you are driving when an earthquake happens,stop the car if its safe. Stay inside your car until the earthquake stops,and dont drive near bridges. Try not to stop by power lines or trees. These could fall
5、and hurt you. 文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了如何在地震中保护自己。1Most earthquakes are too _B_ to hurt people. Astrong BweakCdangerousDheavy解析:细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“But dont worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt. ”可知大多数地震都很“微弱”,不会伤人。故选B。2From the passage,when an earthquake is happening,we should _B_ . Astay u
6、nder a big buildingBstay under a strong furnitureCstand by windowsDdrive near a big bridge解析:细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“Stay under a desk,table,or other strong furniture. ”可知,当地震发生时,我们应该待在一个结实的家具下面。故选B。3It isnt safe for you to _A_ while the earthquake is happening. Arun out of the buildingBstay in a corner of t
7、he buildingCcover your head with your armsDcover your mouth with a towel解析:推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. ”可知地震期间不要出去会更安全一些。故选A。4This passage tells us _B_ . Ahow dangerous the earthquake isBhow to be safe in an earthquakeCwe shouldnt be afraid of the ea
8、rthquakeDhow the earthquake comes into being解析:主旨大意题。通读全文,再根据第一段最后一句“However, its important to know what to do when an earthquake is happening. ”可知本文讲的是地震来时如何保护自己。故选B。七选五根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。(2021四川棠湖中学高一期末)Would you know what to do if a fire started in your home? Take the time n
9、ow to review the following safety tips, and your family will be prepared in time of a fire in your home: _1D_ An escape plan can help every member of a family get out of a burning house. The idea is to get outside quickly and safely. _2B_ So it is important to learn and remember the different ways o
10、ut of your home. Stay low. If you can see smoke in the house, stay low to the ground as you make your way to the exit. _3G_ You will breathe less smoke if you stay to the ground. Smoke naturally rises, So if there is smoke while you are using your escape route,staying low means you can crawl (爬) und
11、er most of it. What if you cant get out right away?If you cant get out fast because fire or smoke is stopping an escape route, you will want to yell for help. You can do this from an open window or call 119 if you have a phone with you. _4F_ Or, firefighters will have a hard time finding you. The so
12、oner they find you, the sooner you both can get out. If your clothes catch fire,what should you do?Your clothes could catch fire during a fire or by accident if you step too close to a candle. If this happens,dont run! Instead, stop, drop to the ground, cover your face with your hands,and roll. This
13、 will cut off the air and put out the flames. _5A_ AAn easy way to remember this is: Stop, Drop, and Roll! BSmoke from a fire can make it hard to see where things are. CPreventing fires is in the first place!DKnow your way out. EThey will help you prepare for what you need to do in case of a fire. F
14、Even if you are scared, never hide under the bed or in a closet. GIn a fire,smoke and poisonous (有毒的) air hurt more people than the actual flames (火焰) do. 文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了如果发生火灾的话,我们应该做的事情。解析:1下文语境题。空格处是一个小标题。根据下文内容中的get out of, get outside quickly and safely等可知,本小标题与逃跑的路线有关。故答案为D。2下文语境题。空格后说知道和记
15、住不同的出路非常重要,B项承接下文。故答案为B。3上下文语境题。空格前后都有smoke,选项G中的内容与之对应。故答案为G。4下文语境题。根据空格后“Or, firefighters will have a hard time finding you. ”可知,此处应填难以找到的原因,由F项中的hide可知,答案为F。5上文语境题。此空所在的小标题是“如果你的衣服着火了,你应该怎么办?”,空格处应该是介绍灭火的方法,上文中的stop, drop和roll与选项A中的“Stop, Drop, and Roll!”对应。故答案为A。完形填空In 1989, an 82 earthquake hit
16、 America, killing over 30,000 people. A father _1A_ his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, _2D_ to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake. Seeing this, he remembered the _3B_ he had made to his son, “No matter what happens, Ill always be there
17、 for you!” Tears began to _4C_ his eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins that once was the school, it looked _5B_ ,but he kept remembering his words to his son. He began to _6D_ his attention towards where he had walked his son to class before. Remembering his sons _7C_ had been in the back right
18、corner of the teaching building, he rushed there and started digging _8B_ the ruins. He kept digging and digging. Hours later, other well-meaning parents tried to pull him off _9D_ had been his sons classroom, saying, “Its too late! Theyre all dead!”But the father kept digging for his son. The fire
19、chief _10A_ and said, “Fires are breaking out. Youre in danger. Go home. ” Hearing this, the American father, _11D_ very tired now, asked politely, “Are you going to help me?”He went on _12B_ . He dug for eight hours, 12 hours24 hours36 hoursthen, in the 38th hour, he heard his sons _13B_ . He screa
20、med (尖叫) his sons name, “ARMAND!” And he heard his son shout back, “Dad?! Its me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were _14C_ youd save us. You promised no matter what happened, youd always be there for me! You did _15D_ ,Dad!”文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。1989年,一次82级的地震发生在美国,夺去了3万多人
21、的生命!一位父亲为了兑现自己对儿子的诺言“不论发生什么事,我都会在你身边”,一直不断在学校废墟中挖掘,他坚信儿子一定在等待他的救援。最后,奇迹果然出现了。1AleftBstayed CreachedDhad解析:leave sb. at home“让某人待在家里,把某人安顿在家里”。故选A项。2AhardlyBmainly CsurprisinglyDonly解析:“only不定式”表示意想不到的结果。故选D项。3AbeliefBpromise CdecisionDadvice解析:根据最后一段中的“You promised no matter”可知,此处应用promise。故选B项。4Ari
22、seBcover CfillDsuffer解析:此处表示“他的双眼满含泪水”。故选C项。5AsadBhopeless CneedlessDuseless解析:根据下文的but可知此处表示“似乎没有任何希望了”。故选B项。6AdrawBpay CattractDdirect解析:direct ones attention towards“把某人的注意力转移到”。故选D项。7AdoorwayBsituation CclassroomDentrance解析:他儿子的“教室”位于教学楼后部的右角处。故选C项。8AfromBthrough CbyDacross解析:既然是要把儿子挖出来,他挖的洞应穿过废
23、墟。through“(从内部)通过,穿过”。故选B项。9AwhoBwhen CwhoseDwhat解析:句意:人们试图把他从曾经是他儿子教室的地方拉开。此处whatthe place which。故选D项。10Ashowed upBshowed offCgot upDgot off解析:这时消防队的队长“出现”了。show up“出现;露面”。故选A项。11AandBbut CifDthough解析:由这位父亲的话“你打算帮助我吗?”可知他不想放弃,因此用though“尽管”。故选D项。12AlonelyBalone CtogetherDas well解析:根据下文可知只有他一个人在挖,因此此
24、处用alone。alone“独自一个人”。故选B项。13AsoundBvoice CnoiseDshout解析:此处表示人的“声音;嗓音”,因此应用voice。故选B项。14ArightBdead CaliveDinjured解析:只要你还“活着”,就一定会来救我们的。alive“活着的”。故选C项。15AthatBthis ConeDit解析:此处用it指代这位父亲遵守了诺言这件事。故选D项。语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。(2021湖北荆州中学高一期中)Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It
25、is also important to know what to do when it _1breaks_ (break) out. Every year, over 11, 000 people _2are killed_ (kill) or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are _3careless_ (care) cause about 200 deaths and over 6, 000 fires. More than half of those _4who_ die
26、 in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke. If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If _5the_ fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get ou
27、t. You should leave and dial 119 for the fire department. Before _6going_ (go) out a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke _7out_ . If the door is not hot, open it slowly. If theres a rush of smo
28、ke or heat, close it again and shout to warn _8others_ (other). Now open the window and shout“Fire!”. See whether you can drop _9safely_ (safe ) to the ground. Use this as your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm
29、s _10length_ (long) before dropping. Once outside,stay outside and make sure the fire department is called. 文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。主要讲了火灾以及火灾发生时我们应该做的事情。解析:1考查动词的时态。此处是when引导的时间状语从句,主语是第三人称单数。故填breaks。2考查动词的时态和语态。over 11,000 people与kill之间是被动关系,根据时间状语every year可知需用一般现在时的被动语态。3考查形容词。根据空格后的cause about 200 death
30、s and over 6,000 fires知空格处表示“粗心的”。故用careless。4考查定语从句。 先行词是指人的those,且引导词在后面的定语从句中作主语,可用who引导。5考查冠词。上文第一次提到fire时用不定冠词a,第二次提到时用定冠词the。6考查非谓语动词。before是介词,其后接动词时应用动名词形式。故填going。7考查副词。keepout是固定搭配,意为“让在外面”,故用副词out。8考查代词。others“其他的人”。9考查副词。用副词safely修饰动词drop。10考查名词。arms 后需用名词,long的名词是length。. 应用文写作假定你是李华,你校
31、英语报社将举办主题为自然灾害的征文活动。请你给英国朋友Alice写一封邮件,邀请她参加。内容包括:1说明缘由;2请她介绍美国的自然灾害并谈谈影响、应对措施等;3告知征文的截稿日期。注意:1词数80左右;2开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。Dear Alice,_Yours,Li Hua参考范文: Dear Alice, Our school English paper will hold an essay competition whose theme is Natural Disasters. Id like to invite you to take part in it. It is we
32、ll-known that many natural disasters happen every year in America, causing great damage. You can introduce the main natural disasters, such as hurricanes and snowstorms and tell some common knowledge about them. For example, you can discuss how they happen, what harm they may cause, and what you can do in the face of disasters. The measures you take may benefit us, as we also face many natural disasters. The deadline is June 8th, 2020 Looking forward to your article. Yours, Li Hua