課時作業(四)　[必修1　Unit 4 Earthquakes]

　　[限時：30分鐘]

　　Ⅰ.多項選擇

　　1．Our hunt for a cheaper but larger house is at last ________.

　　A．at the end

　　B．on end

　　C．in the end

　　D．at an end

　　2．Hearing her only son killed in the accident，the old woman ________ her face in her hands and cried.

　　A．bent

　　B．sheltered

　　C．buried

　　D．trapped

　　3．Due to the aging water supply facilities and poor management, waste of water is ________ severe in the city.

　　A．slightly

　　B．basically

　　C．extremely

　　D．narrowly

　　4．A party was held ________ the heroes who had helped save thousands of lives in the big earthquake.

　　A．in time of

　　B．in honor of

　　C．in danger of

　　D．in place of

　　5．Nowadays some protective parents want to________their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.

　　A．spot

　　B．dismiss

　　C．shelter

　　D．distinguish

　　6．This book gives a brief ________ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

　　A．outline

　　B．reference

　　C．article

　　D．outlook

　　7．Those who suffer from headache will find they get ________ from this medicine.

　　A．relief

　　B．safety

　　C．defense

　　D．shelter

　　8．His sudden ________ of violent anger put an unpleasant end to the meeting.

　　A．break

　　B．burst

　　C．attack

　　D．express

　　9．Nowadays，people usually think if you enter a key university，you are your parents' ________.

　　A．pride

　　B．luck

　　C．value

　　D．cheer

　　10．She was a very good wife and a very careful mother: she looked after her children unceasingly and was ________ attached to her husband.

　　A．extremely

　　B．fluently

　　C．officially

　　D．sincerely

　?、?完形填空

　　The Foreign Ministry on May 19,2008 opened a book of condolences(吊唁簿) for foreign diplomats(外交官) to express their sympathies for the __11__ of the Sichuan earthquake. It__12__ open for three days, until the __13__ of the national mourning(全國哀悼).

　　Ambassadors and diplomats __14__ more than 150 countries and international organizations on May 19,2008 __15__ to sign the book and __16__ their heads at a mourning board.

　　The diplomats also expressed their __17__ for the Chinese government, the PLA and the Chinese people

　　in __18__ the disaster.

　　Coffie Alain N. Papatchi, the Ivory Coast's ambassador to China, was the first __19__ the book of condolences，__20__ Jorge Eugenio Guajardo Gonzalez, the Mexican ambassador, led embassy__21__ in paying their respects.

　　Nirupama Rao, the Indian ambassador，__22__ arrived back in Beijing

　　after __23__ quake-hit areas, was also __24__.

　　Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi __25__ the visitors and expressed his __26__ for their friendship and support.

　　The foreign ministry's overseas __27__ also on May 19,2008 opened books of condolences and flew the Chinese flag at half-mast.

　　As of May 18,2008, the leaders of 166 countries and heads of more than 30 international organizations had offered

　　__28__ condolences(哀悼) to China.

　　As well as sending __29__ teams to the country, the international community has

　　__30__ $246 million by May 20,2008.

　　11．A.victims　B．people

　　C．soldiers

　　D．wounded

　　12．A.left

　　B．maintained

　　C．expanded

　　D．remained

　　13．A.permission

　　B．decision

　　C．conclusion

　　D．celebration

　　14．A.off

　　B．in

　　C．from

　　D．to

　　15．A.signed up

　　B．lined up

　　C．made up

　　D．stood up

　　16．A.bowed

　　B．lifted

　　C．shook

　　D．hit

　　17．A.desire

　　B．respect

　　C．understanding

　　D．support

　　18．A.connecting with

　　B．dealing with

　　C．arguing with

　　D．beginning with

　　19．A.to design

　　B．to resign

　　C．to sign

　　D．to respect

　　20．A.while

　　B．when

　　C．as

　　D．for

　　21．A.crew

　　B．team

　　C．faculty

　　D．staff

　　22．A.which

　　B．who

　　C．that

　　D．whom

　　23．A.visiting

　　B．describing

　　C．rescuing

　　D．scanning

　　24．A.consistent

　　B．absent

　　C．present

　　D．content

　　25．A.received

　　B．made

　　C．led

　　D．directed

　　26．A.attitude

　　B．altitude

　　C．latitude

　　D．gratitude

　　27．A.organizations

　　B．government

　　C．country

　　D．missions

　　28．A.our

　　B．their

　　C．his

　　D．her

　　29．A.chief

　　B．belief

　　C．relief

　　D．brief

　　30．A.made

　　B．donated

　　C．gave

　　D．collected

　?、?閱讀理解

　　Nuclear radiation from power plant leaks and bomb tests resulted in millions of fewer baby girls born worldwide, according to a new study.

　　Scientists noted these types of atmospheric blasts rather than on-the-ground incidents like Chernobyl(切爾諾貝利), effected birth gender across the globe.

　　Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, analysed population data from 1975 to 2007 for the U．S. and 39 European countries.

　　There was an increase in the number of baby boys relative to girls in all of the countries from 1964 to 1975. This was the case in many eastern European countries for several years after 1986.

　　Scientists are putting the first spike down to the atomic bomb tests of the 1960s and 1970s where radioactive atoms were blasted into the atmosphere. Air currents caught these atoms and then distributed them around the world.

　　They think the second spike is due to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in which the reactor exploded in the Ukraine(烏克蘭)．

　　The effects of Chernobyl were felt locally and no effect was seen in the U．S., probably because it was too far from the disaster to have an effect.

　　“The closer the country was to Chernobyl, the stronger the effect，” said study co-author Hagen Scherb, a biostatistician(生物統計學家) at the German Research Center for Environmental Health in Munich.

　　More males were born relative to females in Belarus—the Ukraine's neighbour—than in France.

　　The study is based largely on Cold War-era statistics, but the findings are highly relevant for how gender could be affected after future nuclear disasters.

　　And in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident experts are predicting another baby boy boom could come, especially on the U．S. West Coast.

　　Previous radiation experiments on animals may give a clue for the increase in male births. Tests showed that radiation caused damage to the X chromosome(染色體) in sperm, Dr Scherb said.

　　A human sperm cell contains either an X or Y chromosome, while an egg only has an X chromosome. An XY combination will become a boy, while an XX combination will be a girl.

　　31．How many nuclear radiation accidents are mentioned in the passage?

　　A．1.B．2.C．3.D．4.

　　32．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　A．The on-the-ground incidents like Chernobyl, effected birth gender across the globe.

　　B．There was an increase in the number of baby boys in many eastern European countries for several years after 1986.

　　C．The Japan's nuclear accident will not effect the birth gender of the U．S. because of the long distance.

　　D．Where radioactive material has spread, women can't give birth to children.

　　33．How does radiation effect birth gender?

　　A．It damages the Y chromosome in sperm.

　　B．It stops X chromosomes and Y chromosomes combining.

　　C．It kills baby girls before they are born.

　　D．It damages the X chromosome in sperm.

　　34．What does the passage mainly tell us?

　　A．Nuclear age has led to millions of fewer baby girls being born.

　　B．Nuclear radiation has bad effects upon people's health.

　　C．Worries about radiation risks.

　　D．Nuclear age helps reduce the world population.

　　Ⅳ.完成句子

　　閱讀下列各小題，根據每句后的漢語提示，用句末括號內的英語單詞完成句子。

　　35．She treats him as if ____________________. (stranger)

　　她對待他就仿佛他是個陌生人一樣。

　　36．Two thirds of his money ____________________ poor people up till now. (give)

　　到目前為止，他三分之二的錢都給了窮人。

　　37．____________________， they were warmly welcomed. (everywhere)

　　每到一處，他們都受到了熱烈的歡迎。

　　38．It's well known that ____________________ naughty. (all)

　　眾所周知，并非所有的孩子都很調皮。

　　39．Workers built shelters for survivors ________________. (destroy)

　　工人們為那些家被毀了的幸存者修建避難所。

　　40．Is this the young man ____________________ trapped under the ruin? (save)

　　這就是那位救出了好幾個被困在廢墟下的人的小伙子嗎？

　　41．The house ____________________ is not large. (live)

　　我們居住的那所房子不大。

　　42．________ numerous passers-by, Yue Yue, the 2-year-old girl, left the cold world after a hit-and-run accident in Foshan, Guangdong. (ignore)

　　在廣東佛山肇事逃逸事故后，悅悅，這個被無數路人漠視的兩歲的小女孩離開了這個冰冷的世界。

　　43．____________________ he has learned by heart a speech written by someone else. (if)

　　看上去好像他背誦了一篇別人寫的演講稿。

　　44．I have eaten all the food ____________________. (leave)

　　我把剩下的食物全吃了。

　　答案

　　課時作業(四)

　?、?1.D　考查介詞短語辨析。句意：我們想尋找一幢便宜些但要大些的房子的事終于有了結果。at an end結束，終止，完結；at the end of…在……末尾；in the end最后，最終，結果；on end豎立著，連續不斷。句中有at last，故排除C項。

　　2．C　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：聽到她唯一的兒子在事故中喪生，老婦人頓時用手掩面而泣。bury one's face in one's hands雙手掩面。

　　3．C　考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：由于供水線路老化和管理不善，該市浪費水的現象極為嚴重。extremely極其，非常；slightly輕微地；basically基本地；narrowly勉強地。

　　4．B　考查介詞短語辨析。句意：為了紀念在大地震中為幫助挽救數以千計的人的生命而犧牲的英雄舉辦了這次晚會。in honor of…為了紀念……

　　5．C　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：當今社會父母對孩子的呵護意識極強，他們試圖想保護孩子們不受到任何真實的或虛幻的傷害。shelter此處用做動詞，意為“保護，庇護”。spot弄臟，認出，發現，定位；dismiss開除，使解散；distinguish區別。

　　6．A　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：這本書提供了一個簡要的關于城堡歷史的提綱和大廳里藝術藏品的詳細介紹。outline概要，輪廓；give an outline of概要說明，描繪……的輪廓。

　　7．A　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：那些頭痛的人會發現這種藥物能使頭痛緩解。A符合句意，relief緩解，減輕，解除。 safety安全，保險；defense防御，防護；shelter掩蔽，保護。

　　8．B　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：他的突然發怒使會議不歡而散。burst在這里強調的是感情的突然釋放或迸發。干擾項express作名詞用時，意思是“快車，快遞”，沒有“表達”之意。

　　9．A　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：現在，人們通常認為如果你考入一所重點大學，你就是父母的驕傲。pride驕傲；luck運氣；value價值；cheer歡呼。

　　10．D　考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：她是位地道的賢妻良母：她不停不歇地照顧自己的子女，誠摯地愛自己的丈夫。sincerely意為“真摯地”。

　?、?汶川地震發生后，來自世界150多個國家的駐華使節和國際組織代表陸續抵達外交部，在吊唁簿上簽名留言，向中國政府和人民表示深切同情和誠摯慰問，對地震中的罹難者表示沉痛哀悼，還表達了他們對中國政府、軍隊以及中國人民對抗震救災的支持。我駐外使館也開展了一系列悼念活動。除了慰問外，國際組織還進行了捐款。

　　11．A　由上文的“a book of condolences(吊唁簿)”和下文的“the national mourning(全國哀悼)”可以看出，這里要表達的意思是：各國外交使節到外交部對地震中的罹難者表示沉痛哀悼。victim意思是“犧牲者，罹難者”。the wounded(受傷者)有很大的干擾性，但不符合上下文語境。

　　12．D　remain和形容詞連用，意思是“保持某個狀態”，強調繼續停留于一處或保持原狀態。而最大的干擾項是maintain “維持；保持；使繼續”，但該詞是及物動詞，后面要加賓語。

　　13．C　conclusion用作名詞，意思是“結束”。外交部舉行的此次悼念活動將持續三天，直到全國哀悼日結束為止。如果不注意一詞多義現象，忽略了conclusion還可以指“結束”，就很容易誤選其他選項。

　　14．C　句意為：來自150多個國家和國際組織的大使及外交官……from意思是“來自……”。

　　15．B　150多個國家和國際組織的駐華使節排隊在留言簿上簽名，表達他們的哀悼之情。所以只有line up “排成行，排成列”符合語境。sign up “簽約”； make up “編造”； stand up “起立”。

　　16．A　這里要表達的意思是，這些外交官員，向我們的遇難同胞低頭致哀。bow one's head意思是“向……低頭”。

　　17．D　support “支持，支援”。這些外交官還表達了他們對中國政府、軍隊以及中國人民處理災難的支持。understanding(理解，了解)有很大的干擾性，但不符合他們積極捐款捐物支援我國災區的事實，所以應該排除。

　　18．B　deal with在這里表示“處理，應對”。

　　19．C　the first to sign the book of condolences意思是“第一個在吊唁簿上簽名留言，向中國政府和人民表示深切同情和誠摯慰問”的人。design “設計，策劃”； resign “辭職”；sign “簽名；在……簽字”；respect “尊敬，尊重”。