1、Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and volcanoes eruption are all natural disasters. Anyone who has experienced one of the above cant forget it easily. Furniture is destroyed, streets are flooded, thousands of people are buried under the houses, even more people are made homeless. Tornadoes
2、occur frequently in US, 800 a year on average. They can pick up cars, trains and even houses, also take the fur off the back of a cat and the feathers off a chicken, affecting the local people seriously.Volcanic eruption is very exciting to watch. There is an active volcano on a small island. Scient
3、ists have given a warning that it will erupt at any time recently. Hopefully, we went out to see in a boat near the island and waited patiently. Soon, we saw a terrifying scene: a column of ash rush out of the mouth of the volcano, and lava is pouring out. At the same time, the waves caused by the e
4、ruption struck our boat. Fortunately, none of us was hurt. By the time it ended, we had taken a lot of photos. 地震、洪水、飓风、龙卷风和火山喷发都是自然灾害。任何一个经历过上述情形之一的人都不会轻易忘记它们。家具被毁，街道被淹，成千上万的人被埋在房子下面，更多的人甚至无家可归。龙卷风经常在美国出现，平均一年 800 次。它们常常掀翻汽车、火车甚至房屋，或者拔掉猫背上的毛和鸡身上的羽毛，严重影响了当地人们的生活。观看火山喷发让人很兴奋。在一个小岛上有一座活火山。科学家们警告说近来它有可
5、能随时会喷发。我们满怀希望地乘坐一条小船靠近小岛，耐心地等待。不久，我们看到了骇人的一幕：柱状的灰尘从火山口冲出，岩浆往外喷涌。同时，由喷发激起的巨浪打向我们的小船。幸运的是，我们没有人受伤。到它结束时，我们已经拍了很多照片。加餐练(一) 完形阅读组合练.完形填空On August 26,1999, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to _1_ and the subway system almost came to a stop.Unfortunately, this
6、happened during the morning rush hour. Many people who were going to work were _2_ to go home. Some battled to _3_ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the _4_ bravely, walking miles to get to work. I _5_ to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway
7、 line only to find that most _6_ had stopped. After making my way _7_ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was _8_. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to _9_ the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the _10_. So I took the train going in the opposite dire
8、ction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train _11_ my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was _12_ through, exhausted and _13_.My coworkers and I spent most of the day dry
9、ing off. When it was 5：00 pm., I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer _14_ I received an email from Garth, my Director：“I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and _15_ reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these, when employees so clearly
10、show their _16_ to their jobs. Thank you.”Garths email was short, but I learned more from that _17_ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of _18_ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic _19_ had made me tired and upset. But Garths words immedi
11、ately _20_ me and put a smile back on my face.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。 文章描写了在暴风雨袭来时，仍有很多人坚持去上班，但心情不免有些沮丧，而经理的一封感谢信却使人精神重新振作起来，揭示了“表扬给人以力量和信心”这个主题。1A.break BfloodCsink Dcrash解析：选 B 可怕的暴风雨造成的后果是洪水 “泛滥”，所以选 B。 flood“大量涌入；泛滥”；符合语境。2A.forced BrefusedCadjusted Dgathered解析：选 A 地铁停止“迫使 ”上班的人不得不回家。 force “强迫；迫使”， sb.
12、be forced to do sth. “某人被迫做某事”。 3A.order BpayCcall Dsearch解析：选 C 根据语境，此处应是 “叫出租车”即 call a taxi。order“预定”；pay“付款”； call“呼叫”；search“搜寻”。4A.climate BsceneryCstorm Dburden解析：选 C 联系上文，上班高峰时期遇见暴风雨，很多人不得不回家，一些人奋力呼叫出租车或坐公交车，还有一些人“勇敢地面对_，步行几英里去上班”，可知此处应填 storm“暴风雨”。 5A.used BpromisedCdeserved Dhappened解析：选 D
13、 我“恰好”是那天早晨去上班的人之一。 used to do “过去常常”；promise to do“允诺，答应做 ”；deserve “值得；应受”；happen to“碰巧，偶然”；根据题意应选 D。6A.practice BroutineCprocess Dservice解析：选 D “我”沿着地铁线一路寻找结果却发现大部分的地铁都停了。 service“(公用事业的)公共设施 (的运转)。7A.to BthroughCover Dfor解析：选 B 艰难地“穿过” 人群，用 through，它指从内部穿过，through crowds of people 意为“穿过人群”。8A.op
14、erating BcyclingCturning Drushing解析：选 A 终于发现一条仍在 “运转”的地铁线。 operate“运转，运行”，符合题意。9A.check BcarryCfind Dboard解析：选 D board the subway“上地铁”。 board“登(飞机、车、船等)”。10A.street BgroundCfloor Dplatform解析：选 D 等着上地铁的人太多了我甚至不能走下台阶到站台那里去。 platform“站台，月台”，符合题意。11A.paused BcrossedCreached Dparked解析：选 C 好像过了很久列车终于 “到达”
15、了我要去的站点。 reach“到达”；pause“暂停” ；cross“通过 ”；park “停车”；根据题意应选 C。12A.wet BweakCsick Dhurt解析：选 A “我”在暴风雨中步行几个街区到达办公室后当然全身都“湿透”了。 wet through“都湿透了 ”，与虚弱、疾病、受伤都不相关。13A.ashamed BdiscouragedCsurprised Dpuzzled解析：选 B “我”步行几个街区，全身湿透，当然是感到“筋疲力尽”并且“垂头丧气”。 discouraged“沮丧的；垂头丧气的”。14A.while BwhenCwhere Dafter解析：选 B
16、be about to do sth. when .“正要做某事，就在那时”，为固定句型，不能用其他词代替。15A.hardly BcasuallyCabsolutely Deventually解析：选 D “我要感谢你们这些所有做出努力最终来上班的人”。 eventually“最终”，符合题意。16A.devotion BdonationCconnection Dreaction解析：选 A 当员工们明确表示出对工作的忠于职守时总是让人欣慰的。 devotion“奉献；投入 ”；donation“捐赠”；connection“联系”；reaction“反应”。 根据题意可知选 A。17A.a
17、ccurate BurgentCbrief Dhumorous解析：选 C 由前边的 short 可知“我”从这封“简短的”邮件里学到的东西要比以前从教科书中学到的多。 accurate“精确的”；urgent “紧急的 ”；brief “简单的，简短的”；humorous“幽默的”；根据题意选 C。18A.promise BappreciationCadvice Dguidance解析：选 B 句意：这封感谢的邮件使我认识到几句感谢的话会有极大的影响。words of appreciation“感激的话”。19A.troubles BsignalsCrules Dsigns解析：选 A 由上
18、文可知“我 ”辗转乘车才到达了工作地点，因此用 traffic troubles“交通带来的不便、麻烦”，而不是交通信号或是规则。 signal“信号”；rule“规则 ”； sign“符号” ；均不合题意。20A.corrected BsupportedCamazed Drefreshed解析：选 D 暴风雨和交通不便使我疲惫和烦恼，而一封感谢信使“我”“恢复”了精神。 refresh“使恢复精神；使生气勃勃”。.阅读理解The early life of the green sea turtle (海龟) is full of danger. Only one in 1,000 baby
19、sea turtles survive to adulthood (成年). From its home in the sand, it breaks its egg with an egg tooth. Its mother is not there to help it. Instead, it is greeted by crabs, coyotes, and dogs waiting to eat it for dinner. To survive, the baby turtle must hide in the sand until night. Then, it moves sl
20、owly to the sea.The small turtle must swim hard to reach the ocean waters. In the sea, it tries hard to find food. It must also keep itself from being food for fish.As dangerous as the sea turtles life is in the natural world, its most dangerous enemies are humans. The rubbish left by humans in the
21、ocean causes problems for the small green sea turtle. A little turtle might eat a piece of plastic (塑料) in the sea. It might also eat oil on the oceans surface. Young turtles also get caught in fishing nets. There are laws against hunting sea turtles. Still, many are hunted, both for their meat and
22、for their shells (壳). All of these dangers must be prevented.Sea turtles that do survive to grow into adulthood go through many changes. For example, adult green sea turtles weigh about 500 pounds. They stop eating jellyfish and other meat and eat only plants. And they may plan a trip to go back hom
23、e again. A mother sea turtle goes back to the beach where she was born. This is the only place where she will lay eggs. Even if it has been forty years since she was a baby, she always knows her way back home.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。海龟的成活非常不易，从出生到成年，它们需要面对各种各样的危险。1Why do baby turtles move to the sea at night?
24、AThey dislike sunshine.BThey need to avoid enemies.CThey can find food easily then.DThey prefer lower temperatures.解析：选 B 推理判断题。由第一段中的 “Instead, it is greeted by crabs . eat it for dinner.”可知，刚出生的小海龟选择在夜间爬向大海是为了避免天敌的袭击。2What does the author think of the young turtles in Paragraph 3?APitiful. BCarele
25、ss.CInteresting. DCourageous.解析：选 A 推理判断题。作者在第三段描述了人类给海龟带来的严重威胁，表达了对小海龟的深切同情。3What can we learn about sea turtles?AThey mainly feed on fish and meat.BThey can live for around forty years.CThey always produce eggs at their birthplaces.DThey visit their beach homes several times a year.解析：选 C 细节理解题。由最
26、后一段中的 “This is the only place where she will lay eggs.”可知，雌性海龟只在她的出生地产卵。4What is the text mainly about?AThe homes of green sea turtles.BHow sea turtles find their food.CThe dangers faced by sea turtles.DHow young turtles become adults.解析：选 C 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了海龟从小到大面临的各种危险。加餐练(二) 主观题规范增分练.语法填空Its
27、not often that a tomato _1_ (describe) as so sweet that “whenever people see it they just want to hug it”， but this is not an ordinary piece of fruit. The heartshaped tomato was grown by a _2_ (retire) knife maker, Rod Matless, who said he was shocked when he noticed it in his greenhouse while check
28、ing his _3_ (late) produce.Mr. Matless, who suffered a heart attack a few years ago, was so astonished by the fruit _4_ he decided to sell it at auction(拍卖) and contribute the money _5_ the British Heart Foundation.The 2.26 oz tomato was bought _6_ the price of 16 on eBay by a woman from Wales，_7_ s
29、aid she planned to give it to someone special.Mr. Matless said, “I hope it will do someone good. Its very sweet whenever people see it they just want to hug it.” But because its very important to keep the tomato fresh, Mr. Matless was racing against time to send it to its new _8_ (own) before it goe
30、s bad.He said, “I didnt want to send someone something _9_ (horror). I _10_ (probable) could have raised a bit more money with more time but I was worried about it. It will certainly make a nice present for a loved one. I hope that he or she will like it. Ive really enjoyed growing this very special
31、 tomato.”答案：1.is described 2.retired 3.latest 4.that 5.to 6.at 7.who 8.owner 9.horrible 10.probably.短文改错I just come back from Britain last week. I was luckily enough to be one of the student from different countries to visit the UK from Feb.16 to 28. We paid a visit to many places, like London, Oxfo
32、rd or the Lake District. I learned much about British culture and history in London, where was my favorite. I also liked Oxford, in which I saw much more old buildings. The Lake District was beautiful, but it was pity that it rained heavily when they were there. The most excited thing for me in the
33、Britain was that I made a lot of friends there. 答案：第一句：comecame第二句：luckilylucky; studentstudents第三句：orand第四句：wherewhich第五句：muchmany第六句：pity 前加 a; theywe第七句：excitedexciting; 去掉 the .书面表达台风是中国东南部沿海地区常见的自然灾害，你一定在电视上目睹过台风来袭的场景。请你写一篇短文，介绍一下沿海地区台风袭击的场面。内容包括：1台风主要袭击中国东南部省份；2台风一般会带来强风和暴雨；3台风来袭时，大树被刮倒，许多街道、房
34、屋被淹没，交通受到严重影响；4许多居民将被迫离开家园，损失惨重。注意：1.词数 100 左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。参考词汇：台风 typhoon 影响 affect参考范文：Typhoon is a terrible nature disaster that often strikes southeastern parts of China. It has been threatening human beings of all time. When the typhoon lands, there will be strong winds along with heavy ra
35、in. At the same time, many tall trees are blown down and a lot of houses and streets will be flooded by water, making the traffic affected seriously. It can cause great damage to property and peoples lives. Because of the heavy loss caused by the typhoon, many residents have to leave their homes and move to safe places. It seems that everything was destroyed.
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