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Unit4EarthquakesⅠ.单词拼写1．Without________(电),lifewouldnotbesoconvenienttoday.2．Thebuildingwascompletely________(毁坏)byfire.3．Theyareworkingunder________(极大的)pressureatthemoment.4．Afterthewartheysavedthosewhowerealiveand________(埋葬)thedead.5．Theywere________(困住)inadeepholeandcouldn'tgetout.6．The________(法官)sentencedhimtofiveyearsinprison.7．She________(突发，爆炸)intotearsatthenewsthatherfatherhadpassedaway.8．Onarrivingthere,weofferedour________(祝贺)tohimonhissuccess.9．Don'tstandsoneartheedge,you're________(吓唬)me.10．It'swrongofyoutotake________(躲避)underthetreeinthestorm.答案：1.electricity2.destroyed3.extreme4.buried5．trapped6.judge7.burst8.congratulations9.frightening10.shelterⅡ.完成句子1．Youshouldn'thavegoneouttoplay________________________________(没完成作业)．(leave)2．Thatscientistknewnothingaboutthematter,becausehe______________________________________________(总是专心于研究)．(bury)3．________________________________________(从她上一封信看),theyarehavingawonderfultime.(judge)4．Ifapenispartlyputintothewater,itlooks________________________________________(好像断了)．(as)5．Theboy________________________(突然大哭起来)onseeingthebigdog.(burst)答案：1.leavingyourhomeworkunfinished2.wasalwaysburiedinhisstudy3.Judgingby/fromherlastletter4.asifitwerebroken5.burstintotears/burstoutcryingⅢ.单项填空1．Afterthefire,theoncebeautifulhouseis________.A．inruinB．ontheruinC．onruinsD．inruins答案：Dinruins是固定短语，意为“严重受损，破败不堪”。句意：大火过后，曾经漂亮的房子成了一片废墟。2．________thenumberofcars,only________smallnumberofpeoplehaveattendedthemeeting.A．Judgingfrom;aB．Judgedfrom;aC．Judgingfrom;theD．Judgedfrom;the答案：A考查judge及a/thenumberof的用法。句意：从车的数量来看，只有少数人参加了会议。judgingfrom为固定用法，可先排除B、D。anumberof意为“一些”，thenumberof意为“……的数量”。3．Theaudiencewaiteduntilthecurtainroseandthen________laughteratthesightofthefunnyactor.A．burstoutB．burstintoC．brokenintoD．beganwith答案：B考查词语搭配。burstintolaughter＝burstoutlaughing，意为“大笑起来”。句意：观众们一直等到幕布拉起，然后一看到那个滑稽的演员，大家都突然大笑起来。breakinto“破门而入”；beginwith“以……开始”。4．________seemstomethatyoudon'tlikethatboy.A．ThatB．ItC．HeD．This答案：Bitseems(tosb.)that...为固定句型，意为“好像……”。5．Tomyanger,thedogfollowedme________Iwent.A．everywhereB．anywhereC．anyplaceD．wherethere答案：A考查everywhere作连词的用法。everywhere＝wherever/nomatterwhere。6．Asisreported，________moneyisspentontobaccoeveryyear.A．alargeamountofB．alargenumberofC．agreatmanyD．agreatmanyof答案：Amoney是不可数名词，因此只能用alargeamountof(许多，大量的)修饰。句意：据报道，每年都有许多钱花在了烟草上。anumberof和agreatmany也有此意，但只能修饰可数名词。7．Thankyousomuch.You________mefromanembarrassingsituation.A．rememberB．recoverC．rescueD．reserve答案：Crescuesb.from...意思是“把某人从……中解救出来”，符合题意。8．(2010·天津，11)Joiningthefirmasaclerk,hegotrapidpromotion，and________asamanager.A．endedupB．droppedoutC．camebackD．startedoff答案：Aendup“最后成为；最终成为”。9．Lucydidn'tanswer.________，shelookedoutofthewindow,asifthinking.A．ButB．HoweverC．InsteadD．And答案：C考查词语辨析。句意：露西没有回答。相反，她向窗外看去，好像在思考问题。instead“相反”，符合句意。10．Hesighedagainandthefailureinphysicsseemedtohavecompletely________hisconfidence.A．injuredB．destroyedC．shockedD．attacked答案：B考查动词。句意：他叹了口气，物理考试不及格好像彻底摧毁了他的自信心。injure指在事故中受伤或者损害名誉、自尊等；destroy“摧毁，毁灭”，符合句意；shock“使震惊”；attack“袭击”。11．—________wasnotcarefulenoughinthetest.—Iagreewithyou.Bob,forexample,isalwaysacarelessboy.A．AnyoneB．NoneC．AllD．Everyone答案：D从答语知这一句话为部分否定句式，故应从C、D中选择；而all若指人，应用复数谓语动词对应，故排除C。12．Itwasrainingmoreandmoreheavily,andweallstoodthereunderthe________，justoutsidethedoor.A．windowB．tentC．roofD．shelter答案：D考查名词辨析。由语境可知，雨下得很大，我们正在避雨，地点就在“outsidethedoor”，由此可以排除window,roof，更不可能是tent“帐篷”，所以应选shelter“躲避处”。13．(2013·贵州省六校联盟第一次联考)________inaclassicdetectivenovel,thelandlorddidn'tnoticeathiefwascreepinguptohisbedroom.A．BuriedB．TobeburiedC．BuryingD．Havingburied答案：A考查非谓语动词作状语。句意：因为全神贯注于一部经典侦探小说，房东没有注意到一个贼正在蹑手蹑脚地向他的卧室走去。句子主语thelandlord与bury构成逻辑上的动宾关系，所以排除C、D两项；B项不定式表示将来，不符合语境，也可以排除。14．(2012·宝鸡质检一)—I'vepassedmydrivingtest,andsoonI'llgetmydrivinglicense.—________.A.GoodluckB.CongratulationsC．NoproblemD．Bepatient答案：B考查交际英语。由前句可知，应该选Congratulations，意思是“恭喜，恭喜”。15．(2012·万州区一诊)Thoughfirst________toseethecaraheadsuddenlyturnedover,hecalmlypulleduptogiveahandimmediately.A.shockingB.shockedC.tobeshockedD.beingshocked答案：B考查非谓语动词。句意：看到前面的车突然翻了，一开始他很吃惊，但是他很快平静下来，把车停在旁边，立即开始施救。由句意可知，他很惊讶，所以用shocked。该句though后省略了句子的主语he，和动词be的形式was，也可以补充在though后，得出填shocked。Ⅳ.阅读理解AEveryonehasheardoftheSanAndreasfault(断层),whichconstantlythreatensCaliforniaandtheWestCoastwithearthquakes.ButhowmanypeopleknowabouttheequallyseriousNewMadridfaultinMissouri?BetweenDecemberof1811andFebruaryof1812,threemajorearthquakesoccurred,allcenteredaroundthetownofNewMadrid,Missouri,ontheMississippiRiver.Propertydamagewassevere.Buildingsintheareawerealmostdestroyed.Wholeforestsfellatonce,andhugecracksopenedintheground,releasingsomestrongsmellchemicals.TheMississippiRiveritselfcompletelychangedcharacter,developingsuddenrapidsandwhirlpools(激流和漩涡).Severaltimesitchangeditscourse,andonce,accordingtosomeobservers,itactuallyappearedtorunbackwards.FewpeoplewerekilledintheNewMadridearthquakes,probablysimplybecausefewpeoplelivedintheareain1811;buttheseverityoftheearthquakeswasshownbythefactthattheshockwavesrangbellsinchurchtowersinChar