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号顿市安谧阳光实验学校Module3TheViolenceof

Nature同步练习

一、听力（每小题1分，共15分）

第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中

选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段对话仅读一遍。

（）veyoulearnedfromthistalkaboutLi?

tenlate.

（）htimedotheyhavebeforeitstarts?

hour.

（）ndofbillsdoesthemanwant?

-dollar

bills.

（）edoesthewomancome?

e.

（）esthegirlwantfromherfather?

an.

第二节

听下面4段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中

选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。每段材料读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

（）thewomangettotheman’shou?

lbepickedupatthestation.

lbepickedupatherownhou.

ltakeatrainthere.

（）’stheman’stelephonenumber?

A.769-1919.B.709-1919.C.716-9191.

（）esthewomanplantogettothestation?

10p.m..5.p.m..2p.m..

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

（）ethespeakerstalkingabout?

allgamestheywatchedthenightbefore.

rogramstheywatchedthenightbefore.

heyhavejusten.

（）dthemanprobablydolastnight?

film.

edallnight.

（）hofthefilmdidthewomane?

leofit.

听第8段材料，回答第12和第13题。

（）themannow?

roftheabove.

（）themangoingtodo?

dancingschool.

anewjob.

听第9段材料，回答第14和第15题。

（）Alfreddriveawaywithouthelpingtheoldman?

ehethoughttheoldmanwasnotreallyinjured.

ehethoughttheoldmancouldhelphimlf.

ehethoughtnooneelwouldnoticehimandhecouldn’t

befoundout..

（）udtheaccident?

haddrunktoomuch.

wasdrivingtoofast.

ndB.

二、单项选择（每小题0.5分，共10分）

（）1.—Whatdoyouwanttobe?

—Iwanttoturn_______lawyer.

./

（）sleavethewindows________whenIsleep.

ened

（）ntsomeonewith________forthejob.

rience

ofexperience

（）etired,hisson______thecompanyfromhim.

（）wecouldtakemeasures,theboat________.

wnaway

nblownaway

（）avequestions,_______theguidebook.

to

（）l________singingthesongwhenIcameintothe

classroom.

rd

（）heearthquakewesawthe________ofthevillage

everywhere.

（）9.—Howlong______atthisjob?

—Since1990.

ubeenemployed

ubeemployed

（）testwill________tomorrow.

（）dsleftme______abouthisrealpurpo.

er

（）ghtheylistenedcarefully,theystillcouldn’thear

a_______.

（）eteacherexplainedthereasontothestudents,they

started_______howthemachineworked.

（）chersaidapartofthestudents______abntand

partofthehomework_______notfinished.

;;;;were

（）s________furnitureinthatoldhou.

numberof

（）rmstoppedbutthewaveswerestill_____theshore.

ng

（）ghhethoughthewashelpinguspreparethedinner,

hewasactually_______theway.

（）dayIboughtthesamebook______youhad.

（）uexperienced_________?

ghugry

（）20.—Youhaven’tsaidawordaboutmynewdress,

likeit?

—I’msorryI_____youaremore

beautifulinit.

’’’say

三、完成句子（每小题1分，共5分）

1.我不知道他的地址。

I_____________________ofhisaddress.

2.那个小孩站在门口，思考着什么东西。

Thelittleboystood_____________________,_______aboutsomething.

3.我祝愿你明天能通过考试。

I_______youto_______theexamtomorrow.

4.看起来好像每个人都很高兴。

_____________________everyonewasveryhappy.

5.人们经常告诉我们在街上骑车要小心。

Weareoftentold______________thebikecarefullyinthestreet.

四、完形填空（每小题1分，共15分）

Anoldandverywealthyfriendofminetoldmehehad1experience.

Hewenttoafamousjewelleryshopandaskedtobe2somegold

3veral,hedecidedtobuyagoodnecklacewith

istantsaid

thatwasquiteinorder,but4myfriendsignedhisnamehewas5

intothemanager’soffice.

Themanagerwasvery6,butheexplainedthatsomeonewithexactly

nd

gotveryangrywhenheheardthisandsaidthathewouldbuyanecklace

gotuptogo,themanagertoldhisthatthe8

wouldarriveatanymomentandhehadbetterstay9

ough,thepolicearrived

repolite,too,10explainedthatapersonwho

had11thesamenameashiswasresponsibleforanumberofrecent

robberies（抢劫）.Thenthepoliceaskedmyfriendtocopyoutanote

e13,

“uestionandgiveallthemoneyin

thedrawer.”Fortunately,myfriend’shandwritingwasquite14

thethief’otonlyallowedtogowithoutfurtherdelay,but

alsoto15thenecklacewithhim.

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五、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）

（A）

AftertheviolentearthquakethatshookLosAngelesin1994,earthquake

ageanddeathtollcouldhave

beenmuchwor.

arison,anearthquake

ofsimilarintensitythatshookAmericain1988claimed25,000victims.

InjuresanddeathswererelativelylessinLosAnglesbecauthequake

occurredat4:iday,whentrafficwaslightonthecity’s

tion,changesmadetotheconstructioncodesinLos

Angelesduringthelast20yearshavestrengthenedthecity’sbuildings

andhighways,makingthemmoreresistant（有抵抗力的）toquakes.

Despitethegoodnews,civilengineersaren’trestingontheirsuccess.

Pinnedtotheirdrawingboardsareblueprints（蓝图的）forimproved

designsshouldofferevengreater

curitytocitieswhereearthquakesoftentakeplace.

Inthepast,makingstructuresquake-resistantmeantfirmyetflexible

（柔韧的）materials,suchassteelandwood,whichbendwithoutbreaking.

Later,peopletriedtoliftabuildingoffitsfoundation,andinrt

rubberandsteelbetweenthebuildinganditsfoundationtoreducethe

impact（影响）ofgroundvibrations（颤动）.Themostrecentdesignsgive

buildingsbrainsaswellasconcreteandsteelsupports,calledsmart

building,thestructuresrespondlikelivingorganismstoan

earthquake’egroundshakesandthebuildingstip

forward,thecomputerwouldforcethebuildingtoshiftintheopposite

direction.

r,they

wouldsavemanylivesandwouldbelesslikelytobedamagedduring

earthquakes.

（）sonwhythelossoflivesintheLosAngelearthquake

wascomparativelylowisthat________.

putershadbeeninstalledinthebuildings

edintheresidentialareas（居民区）ratherthanonthe

highways

umbersofLosAngelesresidentshadrushedintoLosAngeles

forholiday

ementshadbeenmadeintheconstructionofbuildingsand

highways

（）ctionofthecomputermentionedinthepassageisto

_________.

rbalanceanearthquake’sactiononthebuilding

tthecomingofanearthquakewithaccuracy

rengthenthefoundationofthebuilding

etheimpactofanearthquake’svibrations

（）rtbuildingsdiscusdinthepassage_________.

auriousfinancialproblems

eworthwhilethoughcostly

ncreathecomplexityofarchitecturaldesign

ucethegroundvibrationscaudbyearthquakes

（）einferredfromthepassagethatinminimizing（最

小化）thedamagecaudbyearthquakesattentionbefocudon________.

reasinguofrubberandsteelincapitalconstruction

elopmentofflexiblebuildingmaterials

uctionoftheimpactofgroundvibrations

orecastsofearthquakes

（）hor’smainpurpoinwritingthepassageisto

________.

etheresultsoftheearthquakestatoccurredintheUS

agecivilengineerstomakemoreextensiveuofcomputers

ethehistoryofthedevelopmentofquake-resistantbuilding

materials

newdevelopmentsinconstructingquake-resistantbuilding

（B）

Oneofthemostsuccessfulsingersofthetwentiethcentury,Ella

born

inVirginiabutwasbroughtupinYonkers,ebbnoticed

dhertosingwithhis

band,andwhenhediedin1939,shetookover.

UnlikeBessieSmith,EllaFitzgeraldtaughtherlfthentimental

musicpopularinthe1930’s—songslike“MyHeartBelongstoDaddy”

—the1940’sshedevelopedher

own“scat-singing（拟声唱法）”,forsongslike“FlyingHome”and

“LadyBeGood”.

EllaFitzgeraldwastheperfectmusicalpartnerforfriend,thetrumpeter

LouisArmstrong,matchinghiminwarmthandartistry.“Ijustlike

music,”shehassaid.“Tome,it’sonlyonething

betterthansinging…it’ssinging.”

（）idFitzgeraldspendmostofherchildhood?

ana.

（）thefirsttodiscoverEllaFitzgerald’stalent?

rmstrong.

rald’sfather.

（）tzgeraldwassixteen,ChickWebbaskedherto________.

m

mwithhisband

（）esthepassageimplyaboutEllaFitzgeraldandLouis

Armstrong?

retheinventorsof“scat-singing”.

ayedthesamemusicalinstruments.

rformedwelltogether.

reamarriedcouple.

（）“friend”inthelastparagraphreferredto________.

rmstrong

ebb

（C）

Typhoonsinnorthernpartoftheworldhavegirls’mesthey

aprettynamebuttherewasnothing

heworsttyphoontoitHongKongin

tenyears.

ItbegantorainearlyonthemorningofMonday,August16th,

teno’clockinthemorning,TyphoonRowasstill130milesawaybut

alreadythewindwasblowingpeople’dbecame

hat

rybig

ferforabigshiptobeatainatyphoon

eswere

9:00intheevening,allthelightswent

out.

fficulttosleepinsuchbadweather.

InTyphoonRo,morethanonehundredpeopledied.229peoplewere

injuredand66ofthehadtogotohospital.1500peoplelosttheir

pleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRo!

（）’strueaccordingtothepassage?

nsallovertheworldhavegirls’names.

nswithprettynamesareusuallybeautiful.

nRoonlyhitHongKong.

10years,peopleinHongKonghaveneverenawortyphoon

thanTyphoonRo.

（）’sthepossibleresultofTyphoonRo?

bigshipswereblownontorocks.

antwohundredpeoplelosttheirlivesandmanymorelost

theirhomes.

didn’tsleepwellinsuchbadweather.

turnedoffthelightsat9:00intheevening.

（）pleofHongKongwillnotquicklyforgetTyphoonRo

becau_______.

edtheterribleloss

nRowasn’tasbeautifulasitsnames

dn’tsleepwellthatnight

uldn’tfindtheirshipsafterthetyphoon

（）gshipsdidn’tgoinsidethesheltersbecau_______.

dmoreanchors

feroutside

reoutataandweren’tfastenoughtoreachtheshelters

whenTyphoonRocame

ooexpensiveforbigshipstogoinsidetheshelters

（）ssageismainlyabout________.

nsinHongKong

hoons

六、短文改错（每小题1分，共10分）

LastnightIwaslonelyathomebecaumyhusbandtook1._______

Ann,mydaughter,t,2.

_______

dthetand3._______

usuallyinterestedin4.

_______

5.

_______

enjoyingitverywellwhensomethingwashappenedtothe6._______

hardtoadjustthetbecauIwantto7.

_______

ewhoturnedofftobethemurderer,butthetwasoutof8.

_______

orderandthepicturewassobadthatIfinallyhadtogivein,9.

_______

turnoffthetandgotobedatnine,muchearlythanusual.10.

______

七、书面表达（共10分）

请你根据以下要点写一篇关于“98年夏季水灾”的文章。（第一句已给出）

1.性质

（1）上世纪最严重的一次

（2）损失严重（举例：农田、房屋、灾民）

2.原因

（1）连月降雨

（2）滥伐林木，水土流失

（3）围湖造田，堵塞河道（waterway）

3.防范措施

（1）保护沿河植被

（2）改建堤坝

（3）退田还湖

Inthesummerof1998,bigfloodsoccurredinboththesouthandnorth

ofChina.

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