Module 4　Sandstorms in Asia

　　I. 單項填空

　　1．—May I help you？You seem to be having some problems.

　　—________，thanks.I think I can manage.

　　A．All right B．No problem

　　C．It’s all right

　　D．There’s no way

　　答案　C　考查交際用語。句意為：——我可以幫助你嗎？你好像遇到了一些麻煩。——沒事兒，謝謝。我想我能處理好。第一個說話人主動提出為第二個說話人提供幫助，根據答語中的“I think I can manage.”可知，第二個說話人婉言拒絕了，故選C，意為“沒事兒，沒什么”。2．The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly________．

　　A．atmosphere

　　B．state

　　C．situation

　　D．phenomenon

　　答案　A　[句意：兩國高層領導人之間的會談在友好的氣氛中舉行。atmosphere“氣氛”；state“狀態”；situation“處境”；phenomenon“現象”。由句意可知A項正確。]

　　3．It is beyond my________to search the murderer's house, for I haven't got permission from my superior.

　　A．ability

　　B．force

　　C．power

　　D．strength

　　答案　C　[考查名詞辨析以及固定搭配。beyond one's power “超出某人的權力”。句意：我沒有權力搜罪犯的家，因為我沒有上級的許可。]

　　4．—I'm still working on my project.

　　—Oh, you'll miss the deadline.Time is________．

　　A．running out

　　B．going out

　　C．giving out

　　D．losing out

　　答案　A　[run out有“用完，耗盡，結束，期滿”的意思，常和time連用，表示時間耗盡。此處用現在進行時表示“即將到期”。]

　　5．Some false advertisements are taking the countryside women as their targets, because they are easy to________．

　　A．take in

　　B．take on

　　C．take over

　　D．take up

　　答案　A　[考查動詞短語辨析。句意：有些假廣告把鄉村婦女作為目標，這是因為她們容易上當。take in“欺騙”；take on“呈現，雇用”；take over“接管”；take up“占據，從事”。]

　　6．—The moment I saw him, he began to________about the bad weather he had while traveling there.

　　—He must have had a very unpleasant journey there.

　　A．complain

　　B．compensate

　　C．compromise

　　D．explain

　　答案　A　[考查動詞辨析。句意：“我一看到他，他就開始抱怨在那里旅行時的糟糕天氣。”“那他在那里的這次旅行肯定不怎么愉快”。complain“抱怨”；compensate“償還，補償”；compromise“折中，妥協”；explain“解釋”。由句意可知，A項符合。]

　　．The professor thought that the idea the young engineer________was worth considering.

　　A．brought up B．made up

　　C．set up D．picked up

　　答案　A　考查動詞短語。句意為：教授認為那位年輕的工程師提出的想法值得考慮。分析句子結構可知，“the young engineer________”是定語從句，修飾先行詞the idea，且根據句意可知，答案為A。bring up提出；make up彌補，組成；set up建立；pick up撿起，獲得。8．Since the matter was extremely________， we dealt with it immediately.

　　A．tough

　　B．tense

　　C．urgent

　　D．instant

　　答案　C　[考查形容詞辨析。根據語境中的immediately可知，應用urgent(急迫的)。tough“棘手的”；tense“緊張的，焦慮的”；instant“立即的，立刻的”。]

　　9．________magazines to find pictures that you can stick on your poster.

　　A．See through

　　B．Look into

　　C．Look through

　　D．Pull through

　　答案　C　[句意：翻閱雜志找找能貼在你的海報上的圖片。look through“翻閱，瀏覽”；look into“調查”；pull through“從……中恢復健康”；see through“看穿，看透”。]

　　10．I don't think they have any food left.________， lend them some.

　　A．If possible

　　B．If so

　　C．If not

　　D．If ever

　　答案　B　[句意：我認為他們沒有什么剩余的食物了。如果這樣的話，借給他們一些。if so“如果是這樣”，符合句意，故選B項。如把題干中的don't去掉，并把any改為some，則選C項。]

　　．The police asked John to________those photographs and try to pick out the man he had seen.

　　A．look around

　　B．look after

　　C．look up

　　D．look through

　　答案　D　句意為：警察讓約翰瀏覽(look through)那些照片并盡力找出他看到的那個人。look around四處看看；look after照看；look up查詢。12．We took our umbrellas with us when we went out in order to________us from a heavy rain.

　　A．ban

　　B．preserve

　　C．prevent

　　D．protect

　　答案　D　[protect sb from sth意為“保護某人免遭……”。ban“禁止”；preserve“保護；維護”；prevent“防止；阻止”。]

　　13．________that he might fail the driving test, he made several more calls to confirm the result.A．Concerns

　　B．Concerning

　　C．Concerned

　　D．To concern

　　答案　C　[考查concern的用法。句意：擔心自己可能不能通過這次駕駛測試，所以他多打了好幾遍電話核實考試成績。空白處是作原因狀語，表示“擔心的”，故用concern的過去分詞形式。]

　　．What the public is ________ about is whether medical workers and scientists will be able to find a cure for the new disease in a short time.

　　A．concerning

　　B．concern

　　C．concerned

　　D．to concern

　　答案　C　句意為：公眾關心的是醫療工作者和科學家們是否能在短期內找到治療這種新疾病的方法。be concerned about擔心，關心；concerning為介詞，意為“關于”，與題意不符。15．Having been warned of the likely lung cancer, Mr. White had to________on smoking.

　　A．cut down

　　B．cut off

　　C．cut in

　　D．cut out

　　答案　A　[考查短語辨析。句意：懷特先生被警告可能得了肺癌，他不得不減少吸煙的量。此句要用cut down表示“減少”。cut off“切斷”；cut in“插進”；cut out“剪裁”。]

　　II. 完形填空

　　It might have been a really bad stressful day, feeling trapped inside by the cold and snow which surrounded us.My husband got dressed and __1__that he was going outside to build a giant snowman.

　　At first he stood alone，__2__massive amounts of snow.Soon after a neighbor joined in.Then we reluctantly put on our snow gear and__3__outside.It wasn't long __4__we were smiling and enjoying the __5__of snow that Mother Nature had provided.Others came to our yard one by one to give a __6__in the making of our giant snowman.

　　In the end we all stood back and __7__at what we had created.He was eleven feet high, twenty-five feet around at the base and __8__with many household items supplied by various __9__．People drove by and smiled.Some even stopped just to enjoy his __10__．

　　With the passing of time, the spring made its __11__back into our yard and the snowman changed form __12__．In a final effort to save what we created for just a little bit __13__，somebody stopped by and changed the snowman's __14__to look like a rabbit.As I prepared for the start of another week, I decided to __15__my e-mail before going to bed.I found a (an) __16__message that contained the subject line：__17__the snowman.

　　The e-mail said：your neighbor looks on in disbelief！Now you people are relishing(享受)the sounds and smells, along with __18__of spring.But I am sure people will never forget the __19__energy displayed in Mr.Snowman.You and your family keep it up, as this is what the world needs now.More power to you and your loved ones, keep __20__with the world around!

　　Perhaps it was more than a snowman we built that day.The message seems clear.Our environments will turn out to be what we make of them.The possibilities are endless and the choice is ours.

　　Notes：

　　①reluctantly adv.勉強地，不情愿地　②disbelief n．不相信

　　1．A.announced

　　B．stated

　　C．informed

　　D．insisted

　　2．A.pressing

　　B．pouring

　　C．piling

　　D．clearing

　　3．A.looked

　　B．headed

　　C．rushed

　　D．wandered

　　4．A.when

　　B．since

　　C．after

　　D．before

　　5．A.softness

　　B．abundance

　　C．whiteness

　　D．flexibility

　　6．A.design

　　B．tip

　　C．hand

　　D．tool

　　7．A.wondered

　　B．stared

　　C．worked

　　D．suspected

　　8．A.decorated

　　B．wrapped

　　C．provided

　　D．equipped

　　9．A.societies

　　B．communities

　　C．neighborhoods

　　D．families

　　10．A.sculpture

　　B．existence

　　C．occupation

　　D．survival

　　11．A.entrance

　　B．appearance

　　C．warmth

　　D．way

　　12．A.considerably

　　B．instantly

　　C．roughly

　　D．steadily

　　13．A.further

　　B．longer

　　C．deeper

　　D．stronger

　　14．A.remains

　　B．version

　　C．form

　　D．figure

　　15．A.answer

　　B．delete

　　C．sort

　　D．check

　　16．A.serious

　　B．curious

　　C．elegant

　　D．punctual

　　17．A.recall

　　B．keep

　　C．enjoy

　　D．praise

　　18．A.beauty

　　B．scenes

　　C．sights

　　D．attraction

　　19．A.various

　　B．joyous

　　C．significant

　　D．spiritual

　　20．A.communicating

　　B．advancing

　　C．developing

　　D．sharing

　　【語篇解讀】 大雪過后，作者的丈夫準備去堆一個巨大的雪人。在眾人的努力下，一個高11英尺、底部周長25英尺的巨大雪人誕生了。從巨大的雪人身上，作者得到啟示：我們的環境由我們自己來創造，只要我們努力，一切皆有可能。

　　1．A　[announce宣布，宣告。state聲明，陳述，常用于正式場合；inform通知，告知，不符合句意；insist堅持說，堅持認為，堅持(做某事)，不符合語境。]

　　2．C　[要堆雪人，首先要把大量的雪堆在一起，故選C。A、B、D三項意思分別為“擠，壓”、“倒”、“清理”，均不符合上下文語境。]

　　3．B　[head作動詞，常意為“(向某方向)出發，動身”；head outside走到外邊。rush強調動作迅速，與句中reluctantly(不情愿地)表達的意思不符。A、D兩項不符合語義。]

　　4．D　[It wasn't long before...是固定句型，意為“不久……”。]

　　5．B　[the abundance of snow意為“充足的、大量的雪”。A、C、D三項意思分別為“柔軟”、“白色”、“靈活性”，均不符合語境。]

　　6．C　[give a hand意為“幫忙”，指人們幫忙堆雪人，符合語境。]

　　7．A　[wonder在文中意思是“對……感到驚訝”，指作者沒想到他們能堆這么大一個雪人。]

　　8．A　[堆成雪人后，人們用家中的東西來裝飾它，故選A。B、C、D三項意思分別為“包裝”、“提供”、“裝備”，均不符合語境。]

　　9．D　[因雪人巨大，裝飾物品由很多家庭提供。A、B、C三項意思分別為“社會”、“團體”、“街坊”，均不符合語境。]

　　10．B　[有些人甚至僅僅為了欣賞雪人(的存在)而停下來觀看。A(雕刻)、C(職業，占有)、D(幸存，生存)三項均不符合語境。]

　　11．D　[make one's way意為“(向某處)前進”，文中指“春天又回到我們的院子里”。]

　　12．A　[considerably意為“相當大地”。因天氣變暖，雪人變化相當大。B、C、D三項意思分別為“立刻”、“大體上”、“穩定地”，均不符合語境。]

　　13．B　[為了挽救雪人，讓它存在的時間更長一些，有人把雪人融化后的殘雪變成了一只兔子。]

　　14．A　[remains意為“剩余物”，文中指雪人融化后的殘雪。version版本；form形式、形狀；figure數字，體型；均不符合語境。]

　　15．D　[check意為“檢查，核實，查看”，句中指作者查看郵箱里是否有郵件。A、B、C三項意思分別為“答復，回答”、“刪除”、“分類”，均不符合語境。]

　　16．B　[curious意為“好奇的、奇怪的、不尋常的”，指作者收到一封奇怪的郵件。]

　　17．C　[enjoy the snowman意為“欣賞雪人”。A、B、D三項意思分別為“回憶”、“保存”、“贊揚”，均不符合上下文。]

　　18．C　[sights這里指春天的“景象”，與句中的“sounds，smells”一致。]

　　19．B　[joyous 意為“使人快樂的，高興的”；the joyous energy意為“令人愉快的精神”。A、C、D三項意思分別為“各種各樣的”、“有意義的”、“精神上的”，均不符合語境。]

　　20．D　[keep sharing with the world around意為“與周圍的人共享”。A、B、C三項意思分別為“交流”、“前進”、“發展”，均不符合語境。]

　　III. 閱讀理解

　　A

　　Are you the type of person who always says “yes”？I’ve come to learn that it is very important to learn to say “no”．It’s okay.People are still going to like you.They may even respect you more because they know you are honest.

　　I’m not saying to say “no” to someone who really needs your help.I’m talking about turning down that meeting that you really do not want to attend or that birthday party that you don’t want to be a guest at.

　　Think for a moment how you feel when you say “yes” to something that you really don’t want to do.If you’re like I once was，you can’t sleep at night and you think about it too much.It weighs on your mind.You try to find ways out.Whatever you’re saying to yourself，if you really wanted to go，you wouldn’t have all of these thoughts.

　　So，why not just say “no” from the beginning？Maybe you feel like if you don’t show up at the meeting (by the way，it is not one you must attend)，your boss isn’t going to like you or your co-workers won’t respect you.Maybe you feel as if your mom，dad or sisters won’t love you as much if you don’t do everything for them what they ask every occasion.