Unit 6 Natural disasters
I. 词汇。(10分)
A)根据句意和首写字母提示,完成下列单词。(5分)
1. An a________ happened to the washer.
2. In which d________ are you going, north or south?
3. He was shaking with f________.
4. At the m________ I am working.
5. I looked e________ for my lost key.
B)用所给词的适当形式填空。(5分)
6. The girls are all ________ (frighten) of the dark.
7. Milk is the ________ (nature) food for young babies.
8. I felt a slight ________ (shake) through my body.
9. Tim was ________ (trap) in a dark place when the earthquake stopped.
10. Animals ran ________ (wild) everywhere.
II. 单项选择。(10分)
( ) 11. Since you've spilt the milk, you'll have to ________.
A. mop it up B. mop up it C. mop them up D. mop up them
( ) 12. I ________ believe that she ________ there too.
A. could, wasn't B. couldn't, was C. couldn't, is D. could, isn't
( ) 13. She ________ but could ________ nothing.
A. heard, listen B. listened, hear C. listened, listen D. heard, hear
( ) 14. He shouted ________ help, but no one came ________ a long time.
A. to, to B. to, for C. for, to D. for, for
( ) 15. They didn't know ________.
A. where go to B. where to go C. go to where D. to go where
III. 补全对话。(10分)
Daniel: __16__ the __17__ __18__ today?
Sandy: It's __19__ today. Please take your raincoat __20__ you when you leave home.
Daniel: __21__ do you know?
Sandy: I listened to the __22__ this morning.
Daniel: Is it very heavy and will it last long?
Sandy: No, it __23__. It will __24__ this afternoon and the cloud will lift __25__.
Daniel: Really?
Sandy: Yes, really.
IV. 完成下列句子。(15分)
26. 没有你的帮助,我不能做这件事。
I ________ do it ________ your help.
27. 小汽车轰然相撞。
The cars ________ ________ each other.
28. 你既然问,我就告诉你。
________ ________ ________, I will tell you.
29. 我将尽力学好英语。
I'll ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ English well.
30. 海浪把游泳者卷走了。
The waves had ________ ________ ________ ________.
V. 完形填空。(15分)
We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they do not destroy (破坏) whole cities. First, it is not a __31__ idea to build houses along the lines where __32__ of the earth's plates join together. Second, if you think there __33__ be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock, not on __34__. Third, you must make the houses as __35__ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may __36__.
Scientists are __37__ that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco. They call it "The Big One". But people today are still building more __38__. The population in and around San Francisco__39__ is ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that __40__ there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.
( ) 31. A. bad B. good C. poor D. new
( ) 32. A. one B. most C. two D. none
( ) 33. A. may B. should C. can't D. won't
( ) 34. A. sea B. land C. space D. sand
( ) 35. A. high B. big C. strong D. low
( ) 36. A. keep up B. set up C. stay up D. grow up
( ) 37. A. sorry B. pleased C. afraid D. wondering
( ) 38. A. walls B. stories C. cities D. houses
( ) 39. A. now B. still C. always D. never
( ) 40. A. before B. if C. or D. until
VI. 阅读理解。(20分)
Trees are useful to men in three important ways: they give them with wood and other products, they give them shade, and they help to prevent drought (干旱) and floods (水灾).
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, men have not known that the third of these left trees are the most important. In their eagerness (渴望) of making money from trees, some people have cut trees down in large numbers, only to find that without them they have lost the best friends they had. And besides, they are usually too careless to plant and look after new trees, so the forests slowly become smaller and smaller.
This does not only mean that men will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots(根)break up soil-allowing the rain to sink in-and also bind(固定)the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil (地表土). When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains(剩下)but desert.
( ) 41. The most important service of trees to men is ________.
A. they help them to make money
B. they help them to prevent drought and floods
C. they give them shade and cool
D. they give them wood and other products
( ) 42. In many places forests slowly disappear because ________.
A. many trees have been cut down
B. new trees are not well looked after
C. men have not paid enough attention to planting trees
D. All of the above
( ) 43. Land becomes desert after all trees are cut down because ________.
A. roots of trees break up the soil B. there is too much rain
C. of strong winds
D. there are no more trees to keep the rich top-soil from being carried away by floods
( ) 44. Some people cut down a large number of trees because ________.
A. they were eager to get wood from them
B. they were eager to make money from them
C. they didn't realize the importance of them
D. Both B and C
( ) 45. Which of the following is not true?
A. Trees can prevent drought and floods.
B. Tree roots can break up soil.
C. Tree roots can make the top-soil rich and the ground hard.
D. Trees can make the rain sink into ground. |