1、课时作业19基础检测1The country looks as though it is going to erupt (爆发) into civil war.2During the eightday march across the desert our supply (供应) of water decreased rapidly.3The aim is to give people more power (力量) over their own lives.4Grace tapped (轻敲) on the bedroom door and went in.5He has ordered s
2、ome plastic pipes (管子) to decorate his new house.6He waved (招手)at the waiter，who rushed to the table.7About one million workers around the world joined in the strike (罢工)8He delivered (发表)an important report at the meeting.9There is a summary (总结) at the end of each chapter.10Last month，part of Sout
3、heast Asia was struck (袭击) by floods.1The media supplies a lot of information to us every day.2Which party is in power?3He kept tapping (tap) his fingers on the table.4We will go back to normal when things calm down.5Dictionaries are a great aid in learning languages.6The workers are on strike for h
4、igher pay.7The new tax rates come into effect from April.8More attention should be paid to_improving (improve) equipment in our factory so that we can increase our production.9She had finally carried out her promise to quit smoking.10The glass broken (break) by my son has been swept away.能力提升Mandara
5、 seemed to know something big was about to happen.So she let out a yell，caught hold of her 2yearold daughter Kibibi and climbed up into a tree.She lives at the National Zoo in Washington DC.And on Tuesday，August 23rd，witnesses said she seemed to sense the big earthquake that shook much of the East C
6、oast before any humans knew what was going on.And shes not the only one.In the moments before the quake，an orangutan (猩猩) let out a loud call and then climbed to the top of her shelter.“Its very different from their normal call，” said Brandie Smith，the zookeeper.“The lemurs (monkey like animals of M
7、adagascar) will sound an alarm if they see or hear something highly unusual.”But you cant see or hear an earthquake 15 minutes before it happens，can you? Maybe you canif youre an animal.“Animals can hear above and below our range of hearing，” said Brandie Smith.“Thats part of their special abilities
8、.Theyre more sensitive to the environment，which is how they survive.”Primates werent the only animals that seemed to sense the quake before it happened.One of the elephants made a warning sound and a huge lizard (蜥蜴) ran quickly for cover.The flamingoes (a kind of birds) gathered before the quake an
9、d stayed together until the shaking stopped.So what kind of vibrations (震动) were the animals picking up in the moments before the quake? Scientist Susan Hough said earthquakes produce two types of wavesa weak “P” wave and then a much stronger “S” wave.The “P” stands for “primary”And the “S” stands f
10、or “secondary”She thinks the “P” wave might be what sets the animals off.Not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake.For example，Smith said the zoos giant pandas didnt jump up until the shaking actually began.But many of the other animals seemed to know something was coming before it happ
11、ened.“Im not surprised at all，” Smith said.文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。这篇文章主要讲了在地震前动物们的表现，有些动物对地震敏感，而有些动物对地震没有察觉。1Why did Mandara act strangely one day?ABecause it sensed something unusual would happen.BBecause its daughter Kibibi was injured.CBecause it heard an orangutan let out a loud call.DBecause an earthqua
12、ke had happened.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第一段Mandara seemed to know something big was about to happen.可知，Mandara表现得很奇怪因为它感觉有一些不同寻常的事情要发生，选A。2According to Brandie Smith，_.Amany animals hearing is sharpBearthquakes produce two types of wavesCprimates usually gather together before a quakeDhumans can also develop
13、 the ability to sense a quake答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第五段“Animals can hear above and below our range of hearing，” said Brandie Smith.“Thats part of their special abilities.Theyre more sensitive to the environment，which is how they survive.”可知Brandie Smith认为许多动物的听觉很敏锐，选A。3Which animal seems unable to sense qua
14、ke?AA giant panda.BA flamingo.CA lemur.DA lizard.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段Not all the animals behaved unusually before the quake.For example，Smith said the zoos giant pandas didnt jump up until the shaking actually began.可知在地震之前，大熊猫并没有表现异常，由此推断出大熊猫不能感知地震，选A。4What is the best title for the passage?AHow ani
15、mals survive a quakeBHow animals differ from humansCHow animals behave before a quakeDHow animals protect their young in a quake答案：C解析：标题归纳题。这篇文章主要讲了在地震前动物们的表现，有些动物对地震敏感，而有些动物对地震没有察觉，故选C。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。Last October，while tending her garden in Mora，Sweden，Lena Pahlsson pulled out a h
16、andful of small _1_ (carrot) and was about to throw them away.But something made her look closer，and she noticed a _2_ (shine) object.Yes，there beneath the leafy top of one tiny carrot was her longlost wedding ring.Pahlsson screamed _3_ loudly that her daughter came running from the house.“She thoug
17、ht I had hurt _4_ (I)，”says Pahlsson.Sixteen years _5_ (early)，Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring _6_ (cook) a meal.When she wanted to put the ring back on later，it was gone.She suspected that one of her three daughtersthen ten，eight，and sixhad picked it up，but the girls said they hadnt.Pahlsson
18、and her husband _7_ (search) the kitchen，checking every corner，but turned up nothing.“I gave up hope of finding my ring again，”she says.She never replaced it.Pahlsson and her husband now think the ring probably got _8_ (sweep) into a pile of kitchen rubbish and was spread over the garden，_9_it remai
19、ned until the carrots leafy top accidentally sprouted (生长) through it.For Pahlsson，its return was _10_ wonder.文章大意：本文讲述了主人公Pahlsson在一个胡萝卜的茂密的叶子下面，找到了她遗失很久的结婚戒指。16年前Pahlsson在厨房做饭时取下戒指，之后戒指就找不到了。而16年后花园中胡萝卜的意外发芽使戒指又被找回。他们现在认为戒指可能和一堆厨房垃圾被扫到花园中了。戒指的失而复得对他们来说是个奇迹。1carrots解析：句意：Lena Pahlsson拔出一把小胡萝卜正要扔掉。a
20、 handful of意为“一把，几个”，后加可数名词复数形式。故填carrots。2shiny/shining解析：句意：她注意到一个闪亮的物体。由语法知识可知，形容词修饰名词object。故填shiny/shining。3so解析：句意：Pahlsson大声地喊叫以至于她女儿从房子里跑出来。so.that.意为“如此以至于”。故填so。4myself解析：句意：她认为我伤到了我自己。由语境可知，女儿听到母亲的叫声后跑出门，以为母亲伤到了她自己。myself是反身代词，指“我自己”，故填myself。5earlier解析：由语境可知，这个戒指是十六年前丢的。数词years earlier表示
21、“年前”，故填earlier。6to_cook解析：句意：Pahlsson把钻石戒指摘掉去做饭。这里用不定式表目的，故填to cook。7searched解析：句意：Pahlsson和她的丈夫在厨房寻找。由语境可知，这段是她回忆戒指丢失时的场景，故谓语动词需要用过去时。故填searched。8swept解析：句意：Pahlsson和她的丈夫现在认为戒指可能和一堆厨房垃圾被扫到花园中了。由语境可知，戒指是被扫到花园中，故空白处填被动形式。故填swept。9where解析：句意：Pahlsson和她的丈夫现在认为戒指可能和一堆厨房垃圾被扫到花园中了，在那里直到胡萝卜意外地发芽使戒指通过绿叶又被找到
22、。前后两句很完整，由句意可知，后半句是对花园进行了进一步的解释说明。故后半句是定语从句，先行词是garden，在从句中作地点状语，由where引导。故填where。10a解析：句意：它的回来(指戒指失而复得)是一件很奇妙的事。wonder在这句话中的词性是名词，可数名词单数前需要加冠词。故填a。阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。A friend of mine whose name was John Smith had a_bad_memory，which made him famous.He was so forgetful that he sometimes fo
23、rgot what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence.His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings，his classeseven his meals！Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast twice，at home and at school.His wife liked to remind her neighbors，“If John didnt have his head tied on，he would forget
24、that too！” Since Smith was a professor at a wellknown university，his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment to him.It wasnt that he was not clever，as some critical people tended to say，but just very very absentminded.One hot_summer_day，Professor Smith decided to take his_children to a seaside town
25、 about a threehour train ride away.To make the trip more interesting for his young children，he kept the name of the town a secret.However，by the time they arrived at the_station，Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit.Luckily，a friend of his happened to be in the station.He offere
26、d to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.The professors wife was surprised to see him again so soon.“Oh，my dear，I forgot the name of the town.”“What? You forgot the name? Maybe one day you will forget my name！Now Ill write the name of that town on a
27、_piece_of_paper，and you put it in your pocket and please，please dont forget where you put it.”Satisfied that she had solved the problem，she sent her husband off again.Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside_the_house for the third time.注意：1所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3续写部分分为
28、两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。答案Paragraph 1：“What is the matter now？” asked his wife.“I just cant remember why I come back and where I am supposed to be going on such a hot_summer_day，”replied the professor.However，the real reason was that he forgot where he had left his_children.Sensing so
29、mething wrong，Mrs Smith didnt believe his words，because whenever he told a lie，he would blink his eyes usually quickly.“Tell me the truth，” ordered his wife.“As you told me，I didnt forget where I put the name of that town，but I forget the_station where I left our children！” whispered the professor，h
30、is voice trembling.“What a_bad_memory！” shouted the wife.Paragraph 2：Hearing the cry，out rushed their neighbors，trying to find out what had happened.A fight between the couple was about to start when the professors cell phone began to ring.His friend，whose patience had worn thin，phoned to complain.T
31、he professor apologized，got into his car and drove away，leaving behind a bunch of people outside_the_house.Being afraid that he would make matters worse again，Mrs Smith decided to follow him，who then called a taxi.By the time she caught up with her husband，the children were already back home safe and sound.