Unit 4 Earthquakes(测试)

Unit 4 Earthquakes第一节：单项填空从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. —If you are interested, I’ll bring you the book tomorrow.—_____. It couldn’t be better.A. No problemB. Thank youC. That’s rightD. Don’t mention it22. The crazy young man _____ his fist to show his great anger.A. madeB. pickedC. shookD. took23. He is one of the most excellent students in our class, and he always _____ himself in his studies.A. buriesB. hidesC. coversD. leaves24. At the sight of the _____ scene, he was almost _____ to death.A. frightening；frightenedB. frightened；frightenedC. frightening；frighteningD. frightened；frightening25. You can congratulate yourself _____ having done an excellent job.A. atB. onC. forD. in26. The young man dove into the cold water to _____ the drowning boy. Everyone was proud of him.A. rescueB. takeC. carryD. serve27. In that terrible earthquake, _____ who were killed was more than 20,000.A. a number of peopleB. the number of peopleC. many peopleD. a large number people28. _____ seemed as if nobody knew anything about the matter.A. ThisB. ThatC. ItD. One29. The police _____ the thief into a situation where he could not escape.A. caughtB. trappedC. ledD. brought30. Years of fighting has left the area _____.A. in fearB. in silenceC. in peaceD. in ruins31. The heat in the desert is _____, so there are few plants growing there.A. hotB. hugeC. seriousD. extreme32. It _____ everybody to hear the pretty girl said such rude words to her teacher.A. quakedB. shockedC. remindedD. impressed33. Here is my classmate _____ bicycle was lost yesterday.A. hisB. thatC. whoseD. which34. Anything _____ could be found has been used to repair the damaged bridge.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. 不填35. These new weather satellites can follow the _____ of storms.A. crackB. trackC. burstD. root第二节：完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

As we rolled five-year-old Mary into the MRI (磁共振成像) room, we all wondered how Mary would react. She had suffered a stroke that left half of her body paralyzed (瘫痪), 36 had recently lost her father, mother and home.She was pushed into the MRI machine without the slightest protest (反抗), and webegan the 37 . The patient was required to remain perfectly 38 for about five minutes. This would have been 39 for a five-year-old child. We were taking an image (图像) of her 40 , so any movement of her face, including talking, would 41 image distortion (扭曲).We noticed that Mary’s42 was moving about two minutes later. We 43 the exam and gently re-minded Mary not to talk. She was smiling and promised not to 44 .We reset the machine and started over. Once again we 45 her facial movement. What she was 46 wasn’t clear. Everyone was becoming a little 47 .The technologist said, “Mary, you were talking again, and that caused unclear 48 .”Mary smiled, “I wasn’t talking. I was 49 . You said no talking.”“What were you singing?” someone asked.“The World Loves Me,” she replied. “I always sing this song when I’m50 .”Everyone in the room was 51 . How could this little girl who had 52 so much be so happy?Many times since that day, when feeling stressed, unhappy or dissatisfied with53 , I would think of Mary and feel inspired. Her 54 made me see that happiness isa wonderful gift — free to anyone willing to 55 it.36. A. or B. but C. and D. so37. A. exam B. discovery C. research D. experiment38. A. quiet B. calm C. active D. still39. A. easy B. hard C. interesting D. surprising40. A. mind B. heart C. head D. hair41. A. give out B. put out C. result in D. bring in42. A. mouth B. eye C. ear D. nose43. A. continued B. repeated C. started D. stopped44. A. talk B. laugh C. move D. sleep45. A. solved B. missed C. saw D. felt46. A. saying B. doing C. eating D. thinking47. A. excited B. nervous C. certain D. impatient48. A. damages B. pictures C. movements D. expressions49. A. calling B. exercising C. reading D. singing50. A. happy B. sad C. afraid D. alone51. A. worried B. tired C. touched D. frightened52. A. earned B. suffered C. worked D. had53. A. health B. life C. Mary D. others54. A. courage B. selflessness C. example D. illness55. A. receive B. refuse C. give D. accept第三部分：阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A ★A few months ago I was at a bus stop in town in the evening. The bus came on time and I took the window seat. The bus route was by the seashore and I was enjoying the breeze (微风) while watching the sea waves. After a few minutes the bus made its next stop.A young boy and a girl got on. They were standing on my left when the bus pulled off. I looked at them curiously and realized that all the window seats were occupied (占据). They could sit but not together. Suddenly a different wave passed through my body and my inner mind gave me the advice to get up. I got up and offered them my seat. The young lady smiled kindly and said thanks. I occupied another seat and we parted our ways. I don’tremember whether I got off the bus be-fore them or not.Months passed by. Suddenly one day while I was standing at the same bus stop waiting some time for the bus to arrive I heard a voice.“Excuse me, Uncle.” I looked in the direction of the voice. It was a beautiful young lady.Puzzled, I said, “I do not recognize you.”She said, “Do you remember you gave us your window seat?”Puzzled, I said, “Maybe, but what is so great in that?”She said, “If you had not given your seat that day, perhaps I would have not sat with my friend. By sitting together it helped us bridge a misunderstanding that had been between us forever. Do you know we are getting married next month?”“Good! God bless both of you,” I replied.The young lady again said thank you and went on her journey. I realized the importance of giving that day.56. Why were the young boy and the girl standing on the bus?A. Because they wanted to enjoy the sea view.B. Because they couldn’t sit together.C. Because there were no empty seats.D. Because they preferred to stand.57. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means that the author had a feeling that ______.A. he wanted to do something specialB. the sea wave made him upsetC. a wave from the sea flooded himD. he wanted to make a sea wave in his heart58. The author’s act of kindness helped the young boy and the girl ______.A. begin to talk to each other again after a quarrelB. sit together and become friends very soonC. clear up a misunderstanding between themD. know each other and get married59. From the story, we can conclude that ______.A. small things can create great happenings in lifeB. it is giving rather than receiving that mattersC. offering one’s seat to others may win respectD. we sometimes forget what happened in the past60. The best title for the passage would be “______”.A. The empty seat on the busB. The pleasant travelC. The love on the busD. The bus rideB ★★An earthquake happens when two plates rub (碰撞) together. The earth plates travel in different directions and at different speeds. If one plate is slowly forced underneath the other, pressure builds up until the plates break apart. This process causes the ground to move. It is an earthquake. In other words, earth-quakes are the shaking of th e earth’s surface caused by the earth’s rocky outer layer as a result of the energy stored within the earth. The strain within the rocks is suddenly released (释放).The damage an earthquake causes depends on where it is and the time it is happening. If an unpopulated region is struck, there will be low loss of life or property. If it hits a large city, there may be many in-juries and much destruction. Many of the areas at risk arelargely populated now. Major earthquakes hitting those areas today could produce terrible damage.Actually, there are several million small earth-quakes every year. Large earthquakes such as the 1964 Alaskan quake that measured 9.2 on the Richter scale, cause millions of dollars in damage. In the last 500 years, millions of people have been killed by earth-quakes around the world — including 240,000 in the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in China.A 60-second or less earthquake can cause devastation that continues for years after the first tremor (小震). In 1972, a series of severe earthquakes struck Managua, Nicaragua. Fifteen years later, the city still looked the way it had a week after the earthquake hit, because the country did not have the necessary money to rebuild it.The shaking of the earth is sometimes not the greatest disaster. It is in the ensuing fires and floods that often the greatest damage occurs. In the 1906 earthquake, it was the fires caused after it that did the majority of the damage. An earthquake can also destroy dams high above a city or valleys, causing floods to sweep down and sweep away everything in their path.61. Which of the following is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. An earthquake comes from inside the earth.B. The earth has great energy in storage.C. How the earth plates move.D. How an earthquake happens.62. How many examples are used in the passage to show the damage and destruction earthquakes cause?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.63. Which of the following is mentioned to show that an earthquake can kill too manypeople?A. The 1964 Alaskan quake.B. The 1976 Tangshan earthquake.C. The 1972 Managua earthquake.D. The 1906 earthquake.64. The underlined word “ensuing” in the last paragraph probably means ______.A. causing too much heat and great damageB. causing many injuries and much destructionC. happening as a result of another eventD. happening suddenly and unexpectedly65. By giving the example in Paragraph 4, the author wants to show that ______.A. an earthquake doesn’t last longB. the damage can last longC. people in Managua suffered too muchD. Nicaragua is still a poor countryC ★★How can you build more word-of-mouth advertising (口碑广告)? In other words, why would your customers want to talk to their friends about their experience of doing business with you?When you perform your service or deliver your product competently (出色地), you are just doing what the customer expects. (If you don’t meet the customers’ expectations, they may tell their friends what you don’t want them to hear!) In or der to increase the number of the customers who want to share their good experience with their friends, you must make your ser-vice impressive, going beyond what is expected.Recently my daughter Dawn and I had lunch with my team members at the CampbellHouse. The food and service were truly excellent. My daughter asked for her leftovers (剩菜) to be packed. They were returned to her in aluminum foil (铝箔) shaped like a swan(天鹅). Guess what she talked about when she got home? How much more do you think it cost the Campbell House to produce that “Wow!” experience? Answer —not a cent!Disneyland should be an inspiration to us all in providing a “Wow!” experience. What do people talk to their friends about when they come home? “You should have seen how c lean that park was! With all of the people there, it’s unbelievable! There’s not even a gum wrapper on the ground!” Walt Disney understood that cleanliness is marketing.66. According to the passage, customers would like to share their good experience with their friends if ______.A. what they need is provided on timeB. the price of the service is low enoughC. the service is better than they expectedD. the after-sale service is good enough67. How did Dawn feel the moment she saw her packed leftovers?A. Disappointed and angry.B. Excited and crazy.C. Worried and unhappy.D. Surprised and pleased.68. By saying “Answer —not a cent!” the author seems to believe that ______.A. it is always possible to satisfy all of the customersB. sometimes it is easy to provide a good experienceC. most customers are easy to do business withD. the service should be as cheap as possible69. According to the last paragraph, what impresses Disneyland’s visitors most is that ______.A. it is much cleaner than they can imagineB. it is more crowded than other theme parksC. it offers so many exciting adventuresD. there are so many interesting things to see70. For whom is the passage most likely written?A. Tourists.B. Journalists.C. Businessmen.D. Customers.D ★★★You’re finishing up your history homework when your cell phone rings. You’ve got 30 minutes to reach head-quarters, get your equipment packed and receive your task. There’s a lost hiker in the mountains near the edge of town. Your task: find the missing person; provide emergency medical treatment, if necessary; and be prepared to operate 48 hours on your own with only the supplies you carry.Sounds like some kind of film’s plot (情节)? Not if you’re a member of the Arapahoe teen rescue patrol (阿拉帕霍少年搜救队) in the suburbs of Denver. About 25 teen guys and girls are active members of this search, rescue and emergency organization, and they know firsthand that you don’t have to be an adult to save lives.These 9th-through-12th graders are the real deal when it comes to emergency services. In fact, they’re the only teen-commanded patrol in the nation. Sure they have adult advisers to turn to if necessary, but in the field it’s a teen patrol officer calling the shots —sometimes even giving direction to adults.Members are trained in rock-high-angle，swift-water and avalanche rescue (雪崩施行营救), winter and alpine operation (高山营救训练), wilderness life sup-port and emergency care, among other skills. They also regularly ride along with the local fire and police departments, providing support such as security details and evidence searching.When asked what qualities make a good patrol member, founder and president Stan Bush named good physical conditioning and an interest in helping people. “We put in lots and lots of hours helping people in trouble,” he says. “So if a person is not really interest-ed in doing that kind of thing, he won’t last as a member.”71. In the first paragraph, the author describes ______.A. a plot in some kind of filmB. a teen patrol member’s lifeC. an emergency rescueD. a lost hiker in trouble72. Which of the following is NOT true about the Arapahoe teen rescue patrol?A. They are trained to have many special skills.B. They also work with local firemen and policemen.C. They turn to adults for help sometimes.D. They think they can save lives only when grow-ing up.73. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.A. beginning to shootB. shouting loudlyC. giving ordersD. making phone calls74. If you want to become a good rescue patrol member, you must ______.A. be strong and interested in offering helpB. be a 9th-through-12th graderC. finish your history homework firstD. spend many hours helping people first75. What would be the best title for the passage?A. What qualities make a good patrol member?B. The Arapahoe teen rescue patrolC. How to become a rescue patrol memberD. Skills a rescue patrol member needs第四部分：写作第一节：单句改错下列每个句子中均有一处错误，请找出并改正。