高中英語人教版Unit4Earthquakes unit4periodtwo

PeriodTwoLearningaboutLanguageⅠ.閱讀理解AEveryoneknowstheearthisbig，mostofwhichiscoveredbyninetypercentoftheworld’swaterissaltyandisfoundinouroceansandaswecan’tdrinkseawater，howcanitbeimportant?Everypartofourseasandoceanscontainsanamazingnumberofanimalsandfishthatliveatdifferentoceanofthedifferentspeciesofanimalsandfishdependonsimpleplantsfortheirsimpleplantscalledalgae(海藻)driftnearthesurfaceoftheoceanandusesunlighttoturncarbondioxideandwaterintofoodandfact，algaeproduceoverhalfoftheoxygenpeopleimportantseawateris!Eachplantoranimalinourseasandoceansisanimportantlinkinafoodalgaeareeateninlargeamountsbymicroscopicanimals，whichareinturnconsumedbylargerfoodchainsaredelicatelybalanced.Thebadnewsaboutthefoodchainsintheoceansisthattheyareunderthreatbecauseofoncethoughtthattheoceansweresobigthatitdidn’tmatterifwedumpedrubbishintothemorcaughthugequantitiesoffishandwhalesforwenowknowthisisnottrueandfishstocksintheoceanshavestartedtodrop.Thankfully，theworldistakingstepstoprotectthefutureofouroceansbyintroducinginternationalagreementstoprotectmarinecountrieshaveintroducedfishingrestrictionstoprotectfishstocksintheoceansandnewtechniquesarebeingpioneeredtocopewith，theimportanceofprotectingoceansisbeingmadeknowntomoreisjustthebeginningofalongprocesstoprotecttheoceansforourdependontheoceansforfishwhichareanimportantpartofthehumanimportantseawateris!【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文。說明了海洋資源的重要性、目前海洋資源所面臨的危險以及政府所采取的保護措施。1．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“delicately”mean? A．easily-damaged B．hard-broken C．simply-made D．beautifully 答案A[詞義猜測題。根據上下文，我們可以猜出delicately是“脆弱地，容易損壞地”的意思。]2．Inthepast，peopleholdtheviewthattherubbish________． A．wouldkilltheanimalinthesea B．wouldchangethebalanceofthesea C．wouldpollutethesea D．wouldn’thaveabadinfluenceonthesea 答案D[細節(jié)理解題。根據第四段中的“Peopleoncethoughtthattheoceansweresobigthatitdidn’tmatterifwedumpedrubbishintothem...”可知人們過去以為海洋那么大，扔進一點垃圾不會對海洋造成多大的影響。]3．Whichisthebesttitleofthepassage? A．Theimportanceofseawater. B．Fishingontheoceans. C．Importanceoffoodchains. D．Howtodealwithseawaterpollution. 答案A[主旨大意題。根據文章的第一段，以及第二段和最后一段的末句可知文章的中心是在說明海水的重要性。]BWhentheearthquakehitJapanonMarch11，2023，workersinasupermarketinJapandidn’trunawaywhentheyfeltthe，theyheldontheshelvesandtriedtostopthegoods(貨物)fromfallingdown.ReportersfromNHK，thecountry’slargestTVstation，stayedcalminfrontofcamerasduringtheearthquake，eventhoughsomewerefacingrealdanger.TheearthquakewasthemostpowerfulonetohitJapaninthecountry’sJapan’sreaction(反應)totheaccidenthasshownthatitisthemostearthquake－preparedcountryinthecalmtheJapaneseshowedduringandafterthequakehasimpressedtheworld.ThisisbecauseJapanhas“anearthquakeculture”．Japanesepeoplearetaughthowtoprepareforandreacttoearthquakesfromayoungage.SchoolsinJapanorganizeearthquakepracticeseverymakestudentsbecomefamiliarwithbeinginanearthquake.Japanalsohasagoodearthquakewarningsystem(警報系統(tǒng))．Warningswerebroadcastontelevision，radioandmobilephonesninesecondsafterexperts(專家)firstknewaboutthequakeonMarch11.Thewarningsystemisunabletopredictitcanusuallyalertpeopleabout15secondsbeforetheyfeelthe15or20secondscanbeenoughtimetosavepeople’slives.【語篇解讀】本文是記敘文。講述了在2023年3月11日的日本大地震中，人們面對地震表現地非常鎮(zhèn)靜；并且講述了日本的地震文化以及介紹了日本先進的地震報警系統(tǒng)。4．AfterexpertsfirstknewaboutthequakeonMarch11，warningswereNOTbroadcast________． A．onradio B．onthemovie C．ontelevision D．onmobilephones 答案B[細節(jié)理解題。由短文第六段中“Warningswerebroadcastontelevision，radioandmobilephonesninesecondsafterexperts(專家)firstknewaboutthequakeonMarch11.”可知，沒有在電影中播出。故選B。]5．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“alert”meaninChinese? A．改善 B．提高 C．提醒 D．改變 答案C[詞義猜測題?！皥缶到y(tǒng)”當然是“提醒”人們了。故選C。]6．Whatdoesthestorymainlytellusabout? A．Japan’searthquakeculture. B．Thebadresultscausedbytheearthquake. C．Japanesepeoplewerescaredaftertheearthquake. D．Japanesepeoplewerehomelessaftertheearthquake. 答案A[主旨大意題。本文主要講述了日本人在地震面前表現地非常鎮(zhèn)靜，以及講述了日本的“地震文化”。]CI’mlyingonmybackinmygrandfather’sorchard(果園)，lookingupatthebranchesaboveisoneofthelastdaysofthedaysareshorterandthenightsarekindsofapplesarealreadyripe(成熟的)．Otherswillbereadytopickthinkofmygrandmother’sapplepie，andhowIusedtomakeitwithdiedlastyear，beforetheappleharvest，andIhavenothadherpiereallymisshearbeesbusilyhummingabout，visitingthelatesummergentlehumoftheirwingsnearlysendsmetosleep.Theskyisasblueasmygrandfather’sme，bigwhitecloudsraceacrosstheskylikepiecesofcottonblowinginthestartsinanotherweek，andtimeseemstohavesloweddown.“Sophie！”callsmygrandfather.“Isthatyou？”Istandup，takehishand，andtellhimallaboutmydayaswewalkthroughthetalkaboutapples，andbees，andtellsmethathemisseshertoo.Heputshisrough，brownfarmer’shandaroundmyshoulderandpullsmeclose.“Youknow，Sophie，”hesays，“Ispentthemorningintheattic(閣樓)，andyou’llneverguesswhatI’stherecipe(烹飪法)forGrandma’sappleusedtohelphermakeitcan’tdoitallalone，butyouusedtohelpherbetweenthetwoofus，wecanworkittotry？”“Butitwon’tbethesamewithoutGrandma，”Itellhim.“That’strue，”hesays，“butnothing_is_the_same__without__Grandma．Still，Idon’tthinkthatshewouldwantusnevertohaveanotherappledoyousay？”Inodyes，andwewalktowardshome...towardsanafternooninthefarmhousekitchen，makingGrandma’sfamousapplepie.【語篇解讀】Sophie在果園里看到枝頭的蘋果，想起了她的奶奶，想起了奶奶做的蘋果派。她的爺爺找到了她奶奶制作蘋果派的方法，他們祖孫倆一起學做蘋果派。蘋果派寄托了Sophie和爺爺對奶奶的深切懷念。7．WelearnfromthepassagethatSophie________． A．likestowatchcloudsintheattic B．comestotheorchardafterschool C．enjoysGrandma’sapplepieverymuch D．picksmanyapplesintheorchard 答案C[推理判斷題。根據第一段的Ithinkofmygrandmother’sapplepie及andIhavenothadherpiesince和文末的makingGrandma’sfamousapplepie可知，Sophie很喜歡奶奶做的蘋果派。]8．BothSophieandhergrandfatherusedto________． A．helpGrandmamakeapplepies B．spendsummerafternoonsintheorchard C．enjoyfreshfruitinthefarmhousekitchen D．walkaloneamongtheappletrees 答案A[細節(jié)判斷題。根據第四段爺爺說的話Iusedtohelphermakeitsometimes及Ican’tdoitallalone，butyouusedtohelphertoo可知，過去Sophie和她的爺爺都常幫助奶奶做蘋果派。]9．Theunderlinedpartinthelastparagraphshows________． A．howmuchSophie’sgrandmotherlovedSophie B．howmuchSophie’sgrandfatherlikesapplepies C．howmuchSophieloveshergrandfather’sorchard D．howmuchSophie’sgrandfathermissesGrandma 答案D[句意理解題。nothingisthesamewithoutGrandma的字面意思是：沒有奶奶，什么都變得不一樣了。這句話表明了Sophie的爺爺對奶奶的懷念。]10．Whichofthefollowingmightbethebesttitleforthepassage? A．Mygrandfather’sorchard B．Mygrandmother’sapplepie C．Amorningintheattic D．Thelastdaysofsummer 答案B[標題歸納題。本文的大意是：Sophie在果園里看到枝頭的蘋果，想起了她的奶奶，想起了奶奶做的蘋果派。她的爺爺找到了她奶奶制作蘋果派的方法，他們祖孫倆一起學做蘋果派。蘋果派寄托了Sophie和爺爺對奶奶的深切懷念。故選B。]Ⅱ.根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Areyoutrulyhappy?Doyoueverknowwhatitmeanstobehappyandwhatittakestoachievehappiness？__1__ThefollowingareafewtipsthatIfollowtocreatehappinessinmylife.Makeaplanforachievinggoalsthatyoubelievewillmakeyoumoodswillverylikelyincreaseifyouaregoingaftersomethingyouvalue.Surroundyourselfwithhappyiseasytobegintothinknegatively(消極地)whenyouaresurroundedbypeoplewhothinkthatWhensomethinggoeswrong，trytofigureoutasolutioninsteadofbeingabsorbedinselfhappypeopledon’tallowsetbacks(挫折)toaffecttheirmoodbecausetheyknowthatwithalittlethoughttheycanturnthethingsbacktotheirfavor.__3__Thesefewminuteswillgiveyoutheopportunitytofocusonthepositivethingsinyourlifeandwillleadyoutocontinuoushappiness.__4__Whetheryoutreatyourse