1、Unit 5 The power of nature课时作业.完形填空(2020合肥市高三调研性检测)Last July, I booked a twoweek adventure volunteering at a Thai elephant sanctuary (禁猎区)In preparation for my trip, I _1_ weight training. I even visited an elephant keeper in a zoo and he told me the elephants for tourism were the ones to _2_they co
2、uld be unpredictable and sometimes dangerous after years of _3_ they suffer at the hands of the tourism industry. Hardly surprising, I thought.I flew to Bangkok and then headed to the _4_. The first day was exciting. I was _5_ to my designated elephant by the mahout (驯象人), Boonsri and my tasks were
3、_6_. I tried to gain the elephants _7_， feeding her bananas and riding on her back. The mahout _8_ me, showing me how to use my feet to _9_ her and teaching me the words to make her stop or _10_. Everything went quite well. _11_， I noticed the sharp bullhooks were still used by mahouts.Day two follo
4、wed the same _12_. But as we walked to the river at dusk, Boonsri wouldnt move. So the mahout hit her with the bullhook. And Boonsri began to shake her head _13_. On the third stroke (一击) she hit me on the shoulder, knocking me over. Before I could _14_ the danger, her enormous foot was crushing my
5、_15_. It felt like a truck was driving over me and I couldnt breathe at all.I could only hear the _16_ of the mahout. He helped to pull her foot off me and _17_ my life. As Boonsri lifted her leg, I _18_ free and was dragged to safety. I burst into tears with _19_. What a lucky escape!In the followi
6、ng days, I stayed in hospital, thinking about a question: Why can these mild animals be so _20_？ If we humans treat them more gently and kindly, maybe things will be different.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。去年七月，“我”预约了为期两周的冒险在泰国的一个大象保护区当志愿者，并由亲身经历引发思考：人类如何与动物和谐相处。1A.carried on Btook upCabandoned Ddelayed答案：B根据该句中的“w
7、eight training”可知，为了准备这次旅行，“我”开始进行举重训练。take up意为“开始从事”，符合语境，故B项正确。carry on意为“继续做”；abandon意为“抛弃，放弃”；delay意为“延迟”。2A.watch Bshoot Cprotect Dbuy答案：A根据该句中的“the elephants for tourism were the ones to”，并结合破折号后的内容可知，此处表示要小心旅游区的大象，因为它们有时性情无常，因而很危险。watch意为“小心，当心”，故A项正确。3A.defeat Bloss Cfailure Dabuse答案：D由上文的“
8、unpredictable”和“dangerous”，此处表示“虐待”，故D项正确。4A.zoo Bhotel Csanctuary Dhospital答案：C根据第一段第一句中的“volunteering at a Thai elephant sanctuary (禁猎区)”可知，作者飞往曼谷之后，便前往大象禁猎区；故C项正确。5A.used Bintroduced Cattached Ddragged答案：B根据该句中的“to my designated elephant”可知，“我”由驯象人引见给指定的大象，introduce意为“介绍，引见”，故B项正确。6A.designed Bre
9、portedCexplained Daccomplished答案：C根据下文陈述的驯象人教“我”如何用脚控制大象并发出让大象停止、行走的指令并结合该句中的“my tasks were”可推知，驯象人向“我”说明了“我”的任务，该处使用了被动语态，explain意为“解释，说明”，故C项正确。7A.sympathy Bforgiveness Crespect Dtrust答案：D根据该句中的“feeding her bananas”可知，“我”给大象喂食香蕉；据此可推知，“我”试图赢得大象的信任；trust意为“信任”，故D项正确。8A.accompanied BgreetedCcomforte
10、d Dblamed答案：A根据下文“showing me how to use my feet . to make her stop .”可知，此处表示驯象人陪伴着“我”；accompany意为“陪伴”，故A项正确。9A.touch Bcontrol Ckick Dentertain答案：B根据下文中的“to make her stop or _10_”可知，驯象人教“我”如何用脚控制大象；control意为“控制”，故B项正确。10A.move on Bsing along Cturn up Dgive in答案：A根据该句中的“to make her stop”可知，空处与stop相对应，
11、表示驯象人教“我”使大象停下来或者前进(move on)的指令。故A项正确。11A.Finally BNaturally CUnfortunately DNormally答案：C根据该句中的“the sharp bullhooks were still used”，并结合下文介绍的由于使用象钩，大象开始富于攻击性可知，不幸的是，“我”发现驯象人仍然在使用象钩。unfortunately意为“不幸地”，符合语境，故C项正确。12A.challenge BpatternCinterestDidea答案：B根据该句中的“followed the same”可知，第二天也是相同的模式，pattern意
12、为“模式”，故B项正确。13A.happily Bslowly Cgently Dviolently答案：D根据上文可知，驯象人用象钩击打大象；结合该句中的“shake her head”和常识可知，大象开始猛烈地摇头；violently意为“猛烈地”，故D项正确。14A.recall Bignore Crealize Dforget答案：C根据该句中的“the danger”以及下文中的“I couldnt breathe at all”可知，“我”还没有意识到危险，她的巨大的脚便向“我”的胸部碾压过来(呼吸和胸部联系紧密)；realize意为“意识到”，故C项正确。15A.chest Bh
13、ead Cleg Dhand答案：A由下文中的“I couldnt breathe at all”可知此处表示与呼吸有关的部位，即胸部，故A项正确。16A.whispers Bapplause Claughs Dyells答案：D此时“我”处在危险中，只能听到驯象人的叫喊声；yell意为“叫喊”，故D项正确。17A.changed Bruined Csaved Dimproved答案：C他帮助把大象的脚拖走，挽救了“我”的生命；save意为“挽救”，故C项正确。18A.slipped Brolled Cdived Dclimbed答案：B根据该句中的“was dragged to safety
14、”可知，当大象抬起腿时，“我”得以滚动，被拉到了安全的地方。roll意为“翻滚，滚动”，故B项正确。19A.relief Bregret Cpride Dpity答案：A根据上文可知，“我”脱离了危险；结合该句内容可知，“我”欣慰得痛哭流涕；relief意为“宽慰，轻松”，故A项正确。20A.sensitive BdisgustingCfragile Daggressive答案：D根据上文表述的大象攻击“我”并结合语境可知，接下来的几天，“我”躺在医院里，思考这样的问题：为什么这些温顺的动物变得具有攻击性？aggressive意为“侵略性的，富于攻击性的”，故D项正确。.阅读理解Getting
15、 close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, its all in a days work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to redhot lava flows (熔岩流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He
16、 knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.Rampino wasnt always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I starte
17、d working with volcanoes，” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits
18、(沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earths climate in the future.Rampino doesnt work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stim
19、ulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earths atmosphere.Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but its also fun. “Its cool traveling the world studying volcanoes，” Rampino says. When he talks to students about his work, he tells them that his goal is “to understand the events that have shaped Ea
20、rths history.”篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位研究火山的专家的相关事迹。1To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is .Aadventurous but meaningfulBscary but necessaryCimpossible and unnecessaryDdangerous but urgent答案：A推理推断题。根据第一段可知这样的工作很具有冒险性；再根据文章第三段最后一句可知这样的工作也很有意义。2The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably
21、means “”Atrapped BtouchedCfrightened Dattracted答案：D词义猜测题。根据上一句中的“became interested in the subject”可知，Rampino一旦开始火山研究工作时，就会入迷、被吸引，故这里是被“吸引”的意思。故选D项。3Rampinos study on volcanoes might help .Awarn people to protect the environmentBsupport the study of Earths future climateCtell the future eruption time
22、 of the volcanoesDreduce the possibility of the volcanoes eruptions答案：B细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earths climate in the future.”以及第四段最后一句可知，他的工作有助于研究地球未来的气候。故选B项。4In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?AClimate. BHistory.CPeople. DBusiness.
23、答案：C推理判断题。本文是介绍了一位研究火山的专家，应该属于报纸中的人物版块。故选C项。(2020山西省祁县中学高三月考)College students may find a greener campus when they return to classes this fall. Some schools are repairing older buildings and constructing new ones that are better for the environment. Other steps include adding wind and solar energy sy
24、stems and planting vegetable gardens.George Washington University (GW) is a private school with 200,000 students. The university has two gardens where students volunteer their time.Over the last ten years GW has developed projects in three main areasclimate, water and ecosystems. They have begun to
25、create projects on the ground to address climate change. They are planning on becoming carbonneutral (平衡的) and, in fact, reducing the_footprint by forty percent by 2025, from creating solar hotwater systems on our rooftops to making our buildings much more energy efficient. The school also offers 14
26、0 different classes in sustainability (可持续性发展) and the environment.Mark Orlouski said, “We see numbers like less than 20% of school having a green building policy five years ago and now upwards of 80% of schools having a policy, which states that their new buildings will be built in a green fashion.
27、”GW is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington. Some neighbors say that while GW is laying to be friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood. The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents.篇章导读：
28、本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了乔治华盛顿大学的绿色校园系列环保政策及计划。5The greener campus project aims majorly at _.Awelcoming students in the new termBrepairing and constructing buildingsCadding wind and solar energy systemsDmaking schools environmentally friendly答案：D细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“better for the environment”可知，绿色校园计划是为了使校园更加环保。
29、A项文中未提及，B、C两项是具体做法。故选D。6What do the underlined words “the footprint” in Paragraph 3 refer to?AThe climate change.BThe quantity of water.CThe production of carbon.DThe main areas of the project.答案：B词义猜测题。根据下文提到的“solar hotwater systems”可知，the footprint指的是水量。故选B。7What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?A
30、Green efforts have already brought in benefits.BHigh school students prefer choosing a greener college.CGreen building policies attract more high school students.DColleges are making efforts to meet the needs of students.答案：C推理判断题。根据文章第五段中的“The school has expanded quickly and there have been tension
31、s between students and local residents.”可知，绿色校园政策让学校发展得很快，从而可以推断出，绿色校园环保政策吸引更多的高中生。故选C。8Which one of the problems is GW now facing?AIt hasnt been so friendly to its neighbors.BThere have been no green building policies.CRainwater collecting costs too much money.DThe students are making too many effo
32、rts.答案：A推理判断题。根据文章第五段中的“The school has expanded quickly and there have been tensions between students and local residents.”可知，学校迅速发展造成了学生与当地居民的关系紧张，从而可以推断出，学校的发展导致学校与当地居民关系不太友好。故选A。.短文改错(2019山东省济宁一中高三第一次调研考试)Rain is of greatly importance to us. Without rain, our water supply would cut off and we wou
33、ld die, such would plants and animals. Therefore, too much rain does a lot of harms to us. It floods fields, towns and cities, cause great losses for us. So far, mans control over rain had never stopped. If we can gain more effective control over rain, we will enjoy more freedom from the nature. Luc
34、kily, we humans have taken steps, such as planting more trees or using weather forecasts, to help avoiding flood damage and protect our water supply.答案：Rain is of importance to us. Without rain, our water supply would cut off and we would die, would plants and animals. ， too much rain does a lot of
35、to us. It floods fields, towns and cities, great losses for us. So far, mans control over rain never stopped. If we can gain more effective control over rain, we will enjoy more freedom from nature. Luckily, we humans have taken steps, such as planting more trees using weather forecasts, to help flo
36、od damage and protect our water supply.1greatlygreat考查形容词。此处importance “重要性”是名词，用形容词来修饰，故把greatly改成great。2would后加be考查被动语态。句意：没有雨水，我们的水供应将被切断。此处为含蓄条件句，would后应接动词原形；同时主语water supply和cut off之间为被动关系，因而应用被动语态，故在would后加be。3suchso考查so的用法。此处表示我们就会死去，植物和动物也会死去。“so连系动词be/助动词/情态动词另一主语”结构表示前句所述的肯定情况也适用于另外一个人或物，
37、其中so作“也这样，也如此”解，故把such改成so。4ThereforeHowever考查副词。句意：然而，太多的雨水也会对我们造成很大的伤害。前后文表示一种转折关系，故把Therefore改成However。5harmsharm考查名词。do harm to sb. “对某人造成伤害”，harm为不可数名词，故把harms改成harm。6causecausing考查非谓语动词。句意：它淹没了田野、城镇和城市，结果给我们带来了巨大的损失。此处是现在分词作结果状语，故把cause改成causing。7hadhas考查动词的时态。根据so far可知，句子用现在完成时，句子主语是control，是第三人称单数，故把had改成has。8去掉the考查冠词。nature作“大自然”讲时，前面不用冠词，故把the去掉。9orand考查连词。句意：幸运的是，我们人类已经采取了一些措施，比如种植更多的树木和使用天气预报，以帮助避免洪水破坏和保护我们的供水。此处是并列关系，故把or改成and。10avoidingavoid考查固定搭配。help (to) do sth. “帮助做某事”，故把avoiding改成avoid。