1、Module 4 课时跟踪检测（一） Introduction & Reading Pre-reading阅读理解AIn the early morning on February 28，a sandstorm with strong winds caused a train to derail in Chinas far west. The accident killed four people and injured about 30.The 11car train had just left a station in Turpan in Xinjiang when it was hit.
2、“A strong sandstorm broke the window soon after the train left Turpan. Then it blew some of the cars off the rail，” a passenger said.The train had been running between the capital city of Urumqi and Aksu, in the west. Sandstorms happen a lot in that area. They are fed by the deserts of Xinjiang and
3、Inner Mongolia. Powerful winds blow the sands toward Beijing and the eastern cities each spring.A sandstorm is a common natural disaster. It usually happens in deserts. Strong winds blow a huge amount of sand into the air. Sandstorms are so strong that they can blow you 1 to 1.5 meters away from whe
4、re you were standing. Unlike some other disasters, sandstorms come with a warning. If you see the clouds with a dark brown color，that means there may be a sandstorm.Xinjiang is one of the areas where sandstorms happen most often, which results from a dry climate, vast desert and a strong wind. It is
5、 in northwestern China. Xinjiang has mountains on four sides. The Tianshan Mountains，which are in the middle, divide the land into two large basins (盆地). Both basins have deserts in their centers. They are the source of sandstorms. The passes and valleys (山谷) between the mountains are the places whe
6、re strong winds are likely to form.语篇解读：本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了发生在新疆的一场沙尘暴。1. The underlined word “derail” most probably means “ ”. A. come to an endB. crash into another trainC. come off the track D. catch fire 解析：选C词义猜测题。根据第三段第二句“Then it blew some of the cars off the rail .”可知，derail的意思是“脱轨”，故选C项。2. By sayi
7、ng the underlined sentence, the author may want to .A. warn us not to walk in sandstormsB. give us an example of a sandstormC. advise us to think of ways to reduce sandstormsD. tell us about the damage of sandstorms解析：选A句意理解题。本句句意：沙尘暴如此猛烈以至于它们可以把你吹离你原来所站的地方11.5米远。由此可见，沙尘暴的威力很大，在沙尘天气里最好不要出去。3. What i
8、s the main idea of the last but one paragraph?A. How a sandstorm happens.B. What a sandstorm is.C. Where a sandstorm happens.D. What causes a sandstorm.解析：选B段落大意题。通读倒数第二段可知，本段主要向我们介绍了沙尘暴通常在什么地方发生、它的风力和前兆，这些都是沙尘暴的基本特征，故选B项。4. According to the last paragraph, the following factors contribute to a sand
9、storm EXCEPT the .A. dry climateB. strong windC. sand source D. black cloud解析：选D推理判断题。最后一段讲述了新疆是最易发生沙尘暴的地区，主要因为气候干燥、有沙源、风力大，故A、B、C三项是引起沙尘暴的因素。BI really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. There wa
10、s a time when I thought I would never have that sort of career (职业). I wasnt an excellent student because I didnt do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didnt have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasnt the type to have a career.I then found myself a
11、 job, looking after two little girls. It wasnt too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, shed give me time off the next. But unfortunately, it
12、 didnt often work out. I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a co
13、urse and get a qualification (资格证书) if I wanted to work with children. I didnt think I would be accepted because I didnt take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leav
14、e my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.Now Ive got a fulltime job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you arent top of the class at school.语篇解读：我不是学校里的好学生，但我也能找到自己的工作，有自己的职业生涯，我的工作就是照看孩子。5. What is
15、 the authors present job?A. Working part-time in a college. B. Taking care of children for a family.C. Helping children with their schoolwork. D. Looking after children at a kindergarten.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第一段“I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awa
16、rds from the job.”可判断出作者目前的工作是照看孩子，故选D。6. When staying with the two girls family, the author .A. was paid for extra workB. often worked long hoursC. got much help from her bossD. took a day off every other week解析：选B细节理解题。从第三段“But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I would be there
17、if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, shed give me time off the next.”可以看出作者在两个女孩家里时，常常工作很长时间，故选B。7. Why did the author leave her first job?A. She found a fulltime job. B. She was fed up with children.C. She decided to attend a pa
18、rt-time course. D. She needed a rest after working extra hours.解析：选C细节理解题。第四段“My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.”说明作者离开这两个小女孩家的原因是她参加了业余学习班，故选C。8. What has the author learned from her own
19、 experiences?A. Less successful students can still have a career.B. Qualifications are necessary for a career.C. Hard work makes an excellent student. D. One must choose the job she likes.解析：选A细节理解题。最后一句话“I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if you arent top of the class at
20、school.”说明即使学习差的学生也可以有自己的事业，故选A。CDo you want to see the effects of global warming？Then head north. Will Steger is going to take all of us there.Steger, 64，the first person to make a dogsled trip to the North Pole，is a very famous and admired polar explorer. Hes at home in frozen parts of the world w
21、here few humans ever step on. Steger is also a devoted environmentalist who was early to ring the alarm bell on global warming. He saw its effects firsthand in frequent polar expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica.Now Steger is about to lead a team of six young adventurers on a 1,400mile,60daylong
22、 dogsled trip across Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian Arctic. The sea ice in that region should still be frozen. “We want to take our audience to the front lines of global warming，” says Steger. The team will be uploading videos, stories and photos to the website global warming as they march along,
23、 allowing armchair adventurers and kids in classrooms to follow their progress day to day. “We can actually bring the audience up there，” Steger says.Stegers team will include some already-famous young explorers. Sam Branson, the 22yearold son of British airline tycoon (大亨) Richard Branson, is an ex
24、perienced Arctic traveler. Also on the journey will be 27yearold Norwegian Sigarid Ekran. Last year, Ekran became only the second woman in history to win Rookie (新秀) of the Year for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.What they will see may be very surprising. Even Steger doesnt know exactly what to expect.
25、Climate change has already reshaped the geography of the Arctic. “Within a decade or less, its going to be impossible to reach the North Pole by dog team without flotation (漂浮)，” says Steger.“Climate change is happening, but people can change too. Their willingness to change will determine the shape
26、 of the Earths future.”语篇解读：Steger要带六名年轻的探险家利用狗拉的雪橇到北极探险以了解全球变暖带来的影响。9. Why is Steger about to organize the adventure to the Arctic?A. To collect evidence for his scientific research.B. To develop the young peoples adventurous spirit.C. To let more people enjoy its natural beauty.D. To let people re
27、alize the bad effects of global warming.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第一段的第一句以及第三段的“We want to take our audience to the front lines of global warming”可以判断Steger是想通过到北极探险，让人们了解全球变暖对北极以及对地球的影响。10. Global warming will lead to many unexpected events EXCEPT that .A. the North Pole adventure team led by Steger are not sur
28、e about what they are going to seeB. it will be impossible to reach the North Pole just by dogsled since the sea ice around the North Pole will be meltedC. the animals living in the Arctic are going to face great dangers because their living environment changesD. more audience will be taken to the f
29、ront lines of global warming and reflect on their behaviors and way of life解析：选D细节理解题。从第五段可以直接得出A、B两项是正确的；C项也可以从第五段第三句推断出来：极地地理环境将改变，这同时也是极地生物的生存环境，它们的生活必将面临危险。而D项则是极地探险活动希望达成的目的，即引起人类对此问题的关注和对自身行为的反思。11. According to Steger, people can save the earth by .A. changing their harmful way of lifeB. lear
30、ning more about the environmentC. willingly giving up their comfortable lifeD. getting used to the present changes of the earth解析：选A推理判断题。根据最后一段中的信息可知Steger认为如果人们愿意改变现在的生活方式，就可以重塑地球的未来。12. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The Arctic is in dangerB. Sledding through the ArcticC. Discoveries of the ArcticD. Consequences of global warming解析：选B标题归纳题。根据文章内容可知Steger要带六名年轻的探险家利用狗拉的雪橇到北极探险，因此选B项。