2020版高考英语总复习Unit4Earthquakes课时作业（含解析）新人教版必修1

Unit4EarthquakesⅠ.阅读理解AMandaraseemedtoknowsomethingbigwasabouttohappen.Sosheletoutayellcaughtholdofhertwo-year-olddaughterKibibiandclimbedupintoatree.ShelivesattheNationalZooinWashingtonD.C.AndonTuesdayAugust23rdwitnessessaidsheseemedtosensethebigearthquakethatshookmuchoftheEastCoastbeforeanyhumansknewwhatwasgoingon.Andshe􀆳snottheonlyone.Inthemomentsbeforethequakeanorangutan猩猩letoutaloudcallandthenclimbedtothetopofhershelter.“It􀆳sverydifferentfromtheirnormalcall”saidBrandieSmiththezookeeper.“ThelemursmonkeylikeanimalsofMadagascarwillsoundanalarmiftheyseeorhearsomethinghighlyunusual.”Butyoucan􀆳tseeorhearanearthquake15minutesbeforeithappenscanyouMaybeyoucan—ifyou􀆳reananimal.“Animalscanhearaboveandbelowourrangeofhearing”saidBrandieSmith.“That􀆳spartoftheirspecialabilities.They􀆳remoresensitivetotheenvironmentwhichishowtheysurvive.”Primatesweren􀆳ttheonlyanimalsthatseemedtosensethequakebeforeithappened.Oneoftheelephantsmadeawarningsound.Andahugelizard蜥蜴ranquicklyforthecover.Theflamingosakindofbirdsgatheredbeforethequakeandstayedtogetheruntiltheshakingstopped.Sowhatkindofvibrations震动weretheanimalspickingupinthemomentsbeforethequakeScientistSusanHoughsaidearthquakesproducetwotypesofwaves—aweak“P”waveandthenamuchstronger“S”wave.The“P”standsfor“primary”.Andthe“S”standsfor“secondary”.Shethinksthe“P”wavemightbewhatsetstheanimalsoff.Notalltheanimalsbehavedunusuallybeforethequake.ForexampleSmithsaidthezoo􀆳sgiantpandasdidn􀆳tjumpupuntiltheshakingactuallybegan.Butmanyoftheotheranimalsseemedtoknowsomethingwasingbeforeithappened.“I􀆳mnotsurprisedatall”Smithsaid.

1.WhydidMandaraactstrangelyonedayA.Becauseitsensedsomethingunusualwouldhappen.B.BecauseitsdaughterKibibiwasinjured.C.Becauseitheardanorangutanletoutaloudcall.D.Becauseanearthquakehadhappened.

2.AccordingtoBrandieSmith　　　　. A.manyanimals􀆳hearingissharpB.earthquakesproducetwotypesofwavesC.primatesusuallygathertogetherbeforeaquakeD.humanscanalsodeveloptheabilitytosenseaquake

3.WhichanimalseemsunabletosenseaquakeA.Agiantpanda.B.Aflamingo.C.Alemur.D.Alizard.

4.WhatisthebesttitleforthepassageA.HowanimalssurviveaquakeB.HowanimalsdifferfromhumansC.HowanimalsbehavebeforeaquakeD.HowanimalsprotecttheiryounginaquakeBForthepast45yearsMartinandSinforosaColomerhavebeentheonlytworesidentsofLaEstrellaanabandonedvillageinSpain.It􀆳sastrangewaytolivewithoutanyhumancontactasifthey􀆳rethelasttwopeopleontheEarth.Butthetinyvillagewasnotalwaysisolatedlikethis.Itwasoncefilledwithlifewithhundredsofinhabitantsachurchtwoschoolhousesandseveralbars.Accordingtovarioussourcesaterriblestormin1883killednearlyhalftheinhabitantsanddestroyedatleast17houses.Thevillagesquareandthechurchremainedunharmedandamemorialwasbuiltforallthosewhodied.Theplacelostitscharmafterthatandlocalsgraduallybegantoabandontheirhomes.MartinandSinforosa􀆳sstorybeganabout70yearslaterwhentheybecameonepairofthefewyouthsstilllivinginLaEstrella.“Imetheronedaywhenshewasbringingthecattleinfromthefields”Martinrecalled.“Iwenttothefarmandbroughtthecattleintoo.”Theylatermetatoneofthetworemainingclubsinthevillagefellinloveandmarried.TheColomersraisedafamilyinLaEstrellachoosingtostayevenwhenmanyoftheirfellowvillagersleftforcitiesinsearchofwork.“Some150—200peoplelivedherebefore”Martinsaid.“Wehadteacherssomeprofessionalsamayorasherifftheundertakerandapriest.Inayearortwoalmosteverybodyleft.”“ManypeoplesayhowwellwelivebutIsay‘eandlivehereforawhileandseehowlongyoucanstandit’”hesaid.“Becausemywifewasborninthisplaceshehasalwaysbeenlivinghere.Shedoesn􀆳twanttoleave.Haditbeenuptomewewouldhaveleftthetownalongtimeago.ButIcan􀆳tleaveherbyherself.Whatelsecanwedo”

5.WhatcanwelearnfromthefirstparagraphA.PeopleinLaEstrellalivedhappily.B.LaEstrellausedtobeanactivevillage.C.Thecouplehatedlivingwithotherpeople.D.LaEstrellaisn􀆳tsuitableforpeopletolivein.

6.WhatprobablyhappenedtoLaEstrellaaftertheterriblestormA.Theresidentsleftthevillageslowly.B.Peoplebegantorepairthevillage.C.Thevillagesquarewaswellprotected.D.Thememorialremainedingoodcondition.

7.WhendidMartinandSinforosaprobablyfallinlovewitheachotherA.In

1883.B.In

1953.C.In

1973.D.In

1993.

8.Whydidn􀆳tSinforosaleavethevillageA.Shecouldn􀆳tleaveMartinbyhimself.B.Shehadtolookafterherchildren.C.Shedidn􀆳tdaretoleavebyherself.D.Shehadbeenusedtothevillagelife.Ⅱ.语法填空阅读下面短文在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式Eachyear

1.　　　　thousandoftouristsvisitthepolarregionsoftheArcticandAntarctica.ButtheincreasingnumberofpeopletravellingtotheendsoftheEarthcanhave

2.　　　　negativeeffectonfragileecosystems生态系统.Shouldtourists

3.　　　　allowtovisitpolarregions About40000touristsvisitAntarcticaeachyear.MorethanfivemilliontraveltotheArcticandsubarcticarea.Transportingtouriststotheregions

4.　　　　increaseshipandairplanetrafficaddingtotheriskofpollutionoilspillsandotherenvironmentaldamage.Becausetheplaces

5.　　　　wildlifeisaccessiblearefewinnumbertouristtrafficcanbee

6.　　　　concentrateinspecificareas

7.　　　　putArcticvegetation植被atrisk. Otherssaythataccess

8.　　　　theseveryspecialpartsoftheworldshouldnotberestrictedtoonlyresearchersandscientists.Polartourismallowspeopletodevelopdeep

9.　　　　personconnectionswithpolarregions.“ThosewhotraveltotheArcticorAntarcticaoftenbeecheerleadersforsupportingthoseplaces”JimSanovice-presidentfortraveland

10.　　　　conservativeatWorldWildlifeFundtoldTFK. Ⅲ.短文改错Goodmorningeveryone.I􀆳dliketosharemyideasaboutbooksinthefuturetoyou.Ithinkthebookswillbequitedifferentfromthattheyarenow.FirstofalltheywilllookliketheiPadstodaybuttheirsizeswillbechangeabletoo.Secondlytheircolourswillchangedependonhowthesurroundingschangewhichwillbegoodforeye.What􀆳smoretheywillbeverymuchmorepractical.Forexampleifyoumetaquestionwhenreadingyoucanimmediategetananswerby“talking”withthebook.InwordIthinkbooksinthefuturewillbemoreusefulandinterested.That􀆳sall.Thankyou!课时作业四Ⅰ.A【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文主要介绍了地震前一些动物的反常表现但同时提出并不是所有的动物都有这种感知力比如大熊猫只能在地震发生时才会感觉到震动

1.A　细节理解题根据第一段中的“Mandaraseemedtoknowsomethingbigwasabouttohappen.”可知Mandara表现得很奇怪是因为它感觉有一些不同寻常的事情要发生故选A项

2.A　推理判断题根据第四段“‘Animalscanhearaboveandbelowourrangeofhearing’saidBrandieSmith.‘That􀆳spartoftheirspecialabilities.They􀆳remoresensitivetotheenvironmentwhichishowtheysurvive.’”可知BrandieSmith认为许多动物的听觉很敏锐故选A项

3.A　推理判断题根据最后一段“Notalltheanimalsbehavedunusuallybeforethequake.ForexampleSmithsaidthezoo􀆳sgiantpandasdidn􀆳tjumpupuntiltheshakingactuallybegan.”可知在地震之前大熊猫并没有异常的表现由此推断出大熊猫不能感知地震故选A项

4.C　主旨大意题本文主要讲了地震前动物们的表现有些动物对地震敏感而有些动物对地震没有察觉故选C项B【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文1883年的一次强烈的暴风雨使得LaEstrella的许多人丧生许多房屋也受到毁坏之后村子里的人就慢慢地离开了几十年以来整个村子就只有Martin和他妻子在那里生活

5.B　推理判断题根据第一段最后一句“Itwasoncefilledwithlifewithhundredsofinhabitantsachurchtwoschoolhousesandseveralbars.”可知这里曾经充满生命力有数百名居民、一座教堂、两间校舍和几家酒吧据此推断这个村子过去是充满活力的故选B项

6.A　细节理解题根据第二段最后一句“Theplacelostitscharmafterthatandlocalsgraduallybegantoabandontheirhomes.”可知那次暴风雨之后这个地方就失去了魅力当地人开始慢慢地离开他们的家园故选A项

7.B　推理判断题根据第三段第一句“MartinandSinforosa􀆳sstorybeganabout70yearslaterwhentheybecameonepairofthefewyouthsstilllivinginLaEstrella.”可知大约七十年后Martin和Sinforosa的故事开始了那时他们成为仍然居住在LaEstrella村中少有的年轻人中的一对再联系第二段暴风雨发生的时间是1883年可知他们相爱大约是在1953年故选B项

8.D　推理判断题根据最后一段第二句“‘Becausemywifewasborninthisplaceshehasalwaysbeenlivinghere.’”可知因为Sinforosa在这个地方出生所以她一直居住在这里因此Sinforosa已经习惯了这里的生活这是她没有离开村子的原因故选D项Ⅱ.【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文每年有成千上万的游客前往北极和南极地区对极地地区的自然生态造成了严重的影响本文介绍了人们对此现象所持的不同观点

1.thousands　考查固定用法句意:每年有成千上万的游客参观北极和南极地区thousandsof成千上万的

2.a　考查冠词句意:但越来越多的人前往地球的两端会对脆弱的生态系统产生负面影响havean…effecton“对……有影响”negative发音的第一个音素为辅音音素故用不定冠词a

3.beallowed　考查被动语态句意:游客应该被允许参观极地吗主语tourists与allow之间是被动关系根据情态动词should可知填beallowed

4.increases　考查主谓一致句意:将游客运送到该地区增加了船舶和飞机的交通……主语transportingtouriststotheregions是动名词短语故谓语动词用单数形式本文的时态是一般现在时故填increases

5.where　考查定语从句句意:因为人们可接近野生动物的地方的数量很少……此句是定语从句先行词theplaces指地点从句缺少状语故用where引导定语从句

6.concentrated　考查固定用法句意:……旅游交通集中在特定区域结果使北极植被面临危险be/beeconcentratedin集中于……;被集中在……

7.putting　考查非谓语动词句意:……旅游交通集中在特定区域结果使北极植被面临危险逻辑主语touristtraffic与put之间是主动关系故用现在分词putting作结果状语

8.to　考查介词句意:其他人说进入这些非常特殊的地方不应该仅仅局限于研究人员和科学家accessto为固定短语意为“接近进入”

9.personal　考查形容词句意:极地旅游使人们与极地地区建立了深厚的私人联系修饰名词connections用形容词故填personal表示“个人的私人的”

10.conservation　考查名词句意:世界野生动物基金会的旅游和保护副总裁JimSano告诉TFK……作介词for的宾语需用名词conservation表示“保护保存”Ⅲ.Goodmorningeveryone.I􀆳dliketosharemyideasaboutbooksinthefuturetoyou.┬withIthinkthebookswillbequitedifferentfromthattheyarenow.FirstofalltheywilllookliketheiPadstoday┬whatbuttheirsizeswillbechangeabletoo.Secondlytheircolourswillchangedependonhowthesurroundingschange┬and/so┬dependingwhichwillbegoodforeye.What􀆳smoretheywillbeverymuchmorepractical.Forexampleifyoumetaquestion┬eyes┬meetwhenreadingyoucanimmediategetananswerby“talking”withthebook.In∧┬awordIthinkbooksinthefuture┬immediatelywillbemoreusefulandinterested.┬interestingThat􀆳sall.Thankyou!。