1、必修一 Unit 4 Earthquakes reading 课时作业.完形填空When I was a boy, we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was always _1_ for growing potatoes. I can still remember those wonderful days. The whole family _2_. After my dad had tilled (耕种 ) the _3_， my mom, brothers, and I went to w
2、ork. It was my job to drop the little seed potatoes in the rows _4_ my mom dropped a little fertilizer (肥料) beside them. My brothers then _5_ them all with the freshly turned earth.Months later I would _6_ the garden sometimes while I played outside and wonder what was going on under the _7_. When t
3、he harvest time came, I was _8_ at the huge size of the potatoes my dad pulled out of the soil. They would be _9_ into meal such as baked potatoes，fried potatoes, and my _10_ ones: potatoes slowly cooked in spaghetti sauce. They would keep the entire family well _11_ throughout the whole year._12_ t
4、hose special times makes me wonder how many other _13_ I have planted that have grown in the hearts and minds of others. How many times are the little things that I said or _14_ used to grow something beautiful? _15_ can these little seedlings (幼苗) provide others soul with sweet food just like _16_？
5、Every day of our lives we step out into the _17_ of this world. Every day we plant seeds that can grow into something wonderful. We may _18_ see the growth that comes from the kind words or loving acts we share but someone really does. I hope then that you always _19_ the garden around you with care
6、. I hope that you _20_ only goodness, peace, and compassion in the lives of everyone you meet. I hope that everyday you help miracles to grow.1.A.left BknownCused Dmade2A.mattered BhelpedCgathered Dsat3A.rock BsoilCsurface Dgrass4A.while BasCwhen Dafter5A.buried BfilledCjoined Dcovered6A.glance at B
7、pick outCtake care of Dclean off7A.water BairCground Dsun8A.upset BamazedCfrightened Dworried9A.cut BappearedCturned Ddeveloped10A.lovely BdeliciousCpopular Dfavorite11A.realized BfedClearned Dstayed12A.Thinking of BTalking aboutCMaking use of DTaking down13A.qualities BvegetablesCseeds Dfruits14A.p
8、erformed BdidCacted Dmade15A.Yet BSoCBut DAnd16A.candies BdishesCchocolates Dpotatoes17A.garden BparkClake Dzoo18A.ever BonceCnever Dalready19A.enjoy BmissCvisit Dtend20A.encourage BplantCarrange Dprepare.阅读理解AIf the crust(外壳 )of the earth were not pretty solid(坚固的) ，it would be shaking about and mo
9、ving up and down frequently. However，there are places in the rocks of the earths crust where it isnt strongly held togetherwhere faults exist.Along the faults，one rock might push against another with great force.The energy is changed to vibration in the rocks, so they begin to shake and we have an e
10、arthquake!The most famous one in North America was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.Seven hundred people died and property(财产)damage amounted to about $425,000,000.The greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake.One of the most famous earthquakes in Europe took place in Lisb
11、on，Portugal，in 1755.The city was destroyed and at least thirty thousand people were killed.In 1908, in Calabria and Sicily， a quake killed about seventyfive thousand people. In 1915，in central Italy，hundreds of towns and villages were damaged and thirty thousand people were killed.Two great earthqua
12、kes that caused great damage in Asia took place in Tokyo，Japan ，and in Gansu Province in China.The Tokyo quake of 1923 killed more than one hundred thousand people and destroyed the city and the city of Yokohama，too.The Chinese quake in 1920 covered more than three hundred square miles and killed ab
13、out two hundred thousand people.21The underlined word “vibration”in the first paragraph probably means “_”Ashaking BforceCenergy Dlosing22Which of the following is the correct order of the years when the earthquakes happened?the San Francisco earthquakethe earthquake in Lisbon，Portugalthe earthquake
14、 in Calabria and Sicilythe earthquake in central Italythe earthquake in Gansu Provincethe Tokyo quakeA BC D23According to the passage，the earthquake that killed the most people happened in_.APortugal BItalyCJapan DChina24We can infer from the passage that_.Athe earths crust in Europe is weaker than
15、that in other placesBthe fires following the San Francisco earthquake caused more damage than the earthquake didCthere were 75,000 people killed in the San Francisco earthquakeDthe city of Yokohama was not greatly influenced by the Tokyo quakeBWhen they look at the sky, people usually find the sky l
16、ooks blue not orange, red, green or yellow. Do you know why?Unlike the moon, the earth is surrounded by an atmosphere. The atmosphere is a mixture of gasses, mostly nitrogen and oxygen. The way the sunlight travels through the atmosphere makes the sky colored.Why blue? It doesnt look like it , but l
17、ight is made up of several different colours, like you see in a rainbow. Each of these colours travels in a wave, but the wavelength (distance between the tops of each wave) varies. Red light has a long wavelength, while blue light has a much shorter wavelength. When light from the sun enters our at
18、mosphere, the waves collide (碰撞) with gas molecules (分子). The longer wavelengths, like red and yellow, pass straight through and appear to us as “regular” sunlight. Shorter wavelengths, like blue, bump into the gas molecules and scatter in different directions. Some of it still makes it through dire
19、ctly, but the rest is reflected back to our eyes from all directions, so the whole sky looks blue.The sky usually looks light blue. But it would be dark blue if you stood on top of the highest mountain, where there is less air to scatter the sunlight.Sometimes the sky doesnt look blue. At sunrise an
20、d sunset, the light from the sun sometimes scattered in some way that you see red, orange, and other colours in the sky.25Why does the sky look blue?AThe sunlight is blue itself.BThe sunlight is made up of all the colours the same as a rainbow.CThe blue light is scattered most among all the lights.D
21、The sunlight contains only the blue light.26According to the passage the sky the astronaut (宇航员) sees would be _.Alight blue Bdeep greenCdark blue Dred or orange27When can you see the sky become red or orange?AIn the morning.BIn the sunshine.CWhen you stand on the top of a mountain.DWhen you are in
22、space.28Which of the following is NOT true?AWhen you stand on the peak of the highest mountain the sky looks light blue.BWe usually just see the blue light when the sunlight passes through the air.CThe sky looks orange in dusk (黄昏)DThe red light is scattered less than the blue light.答案.语篇解读：通过对小时候种植
23、马铃薯的回忆，作者 认为我 们每个人都要种植友善的种子，从而收获更多的快乐。1选 C 根据语境可知， “我”家周围有几个菜园，最大的那个被用来种植 马铃薯。 be used for . “被用来 ”。2选 B 根据下文的 “After my dad had tilled (耕种) the _3_， my mom, brothers, and I went to work.” 可知，每当种植 马铃薯时，全家人都会出动，在一起干活。故填 B 项。3选 B 根据下文的 “My brothers then _5_ them all with the freshly turned earth.” 可知，
24、 “我”父亲负责翻耕土壤。 till the soil “翻耕土壤” 。4选 A “我”负责丢留种的马铃薯，与此同 时母亲在它 们旁边撒一点儿肥料。 while “与同时” ，符合语境。5选 D 根据语境再结合常识可知， “我”的兄弟们负责给刚 种下的马铃薯盖上刚翻耕过的土壤。 cover . with “用盖上” 。6选 A 根据下文的 “while I played outside and wonder what was going on under the _7_” 可知， “我”在外面玩耍 时，眼睛 时不时地会向那个菜园瞄去。 glance at “匆匆一看，瞥一眼” 。7选 C “我
25、”在想土壤下面的马铃薯长成什么样子了。 under the ground “在土壤下面” 。8选 B 根据语境可知，看到硕大的马铃薯， “我”非常惊讶(amazed)。9选 C 根据“baked potatoes, fried potatoes” 可知， 菜园里挖出的马铃薯变成了饭桌上的菜肴。 turn . into . “把 变成” 。10选 D 作者最喜欢的马铃薯做法是把土豆放在意大利面条酱里慢煮。11选 B 根据上文的 “They would be _9_ into meal such as baked potatoes, fried potatoes” 及本空前面的 “well” 一词
26、可知， 马铃薯给我们 家提供了食物保证。12选 A 第一段和第二段是“我”对过去的时光的回忆，每当回忆这些美好的时光，“我”总是会想“我”在别人的心中播了多少别的种子。 think of “想起， 记得” 。13选 C 见上题解析。14选 B 根据前面的 “said” 可知，此空填 did。 that I said or did (我说的或做的)是定语从句，修饰 the little things。15选 D 根据上文的 “How many times are the little things that I said or _14_ used to grow something beauti
27、ful？” 及本句话可知， 这两句话都是 “我”的疑问，故 应用 And。16选 D 根据语境可知， “我 ”在想：自己在别人心中种植的幼苗也能像 马铃薯一样长大并且给他们带来甜甜的食物吗？17选 A 根据语境尤其是第一段中的 “When I was a boy, we had several gardens around our old house.” 可知， “我”把这个世界比作菜园。故填 garden。18选 C 根据下文的 “but someone really does” 可知，此空填 never。19选 D “我”希望你们总是用心地去照看这个菜园。 tend 意为“照顾，照看” ，
28、符合语境。20选 B 根据上文的 “Every day we plant seeds that can grow into something wonderful.” 可知，此空填 plant。.语篇解读：本文介绍了地震起因及历史上几次大地震。21选 A 一块岩石有可能用力挤压另一块岩石，地壳的能量发生了改变导致岩石晃动，于是地震发生了。vibration 意为“晃动” ，故 A 项正确。22选 C 由文章地震发生的时间顺序可知 C 项正确。23选 D 由地震伤亡数字可知， 1920 年在中国发生的地震 伤亡人数最多。24选 B 推理判断题。由第二段“The greatest destruct
29、ion came from the fires that followed the quake.”可知 B 项正确。语篇解读：本文介绍了天空呈现蓝色的原因。25选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段内容可知，太阳光中被散射最多的就是蓝光，因此天空看上去是蓝色的。26选 C 推理判断题。根据第四段可知，人站得越高，用于散射阳光的空气就越少，天空看起来就越蓝，所以宇航员 在太空中看到的天空应该是深 蓝色/ 蓝黑色的。27选 A 细节理解题。根据第五段第二句可知，早晨日出时天空看上去应该是红色或橙色的。28选 A 细节判断题。根据第四段中的 “But it would be dark blue if you stood on top of the highest mountain .”可知 A 项错误。
