[人教版][高二上英语选修6][第10讲-Thepower-of-nature-B]-演练方阵-(教师版).docx

演练方阵
第10讲 The power of nature (B)

基础巩固

一、单项选择
1. You can’t imagine how terrible it was when the volcano ______!
A. rose B. formed C. erupted D. attended
2. As is known, one’s education will ______ him for his future life.
A. offer B. equip C. allow D. support
3. We must ______ a new teacher at once to teach in the mountain school.
A. appreciate B. appoint C. approve D. appeal
4. ---Do you allow your son to go to the Internet café on holidays?
---______ not!
A. Extremely B. Thoroughly C. Absolutely D. Completely
5. Each child is unique and teachers should encourage each one to develop their ______.
A. power B. strength C. necessity D. potential
6. We expected 50 people to take part, but the _ number was a lot larger.
A. average B. correct C. usual D. actual
7. It is easy for adolescents to ______ the habit of smoking. They should keep away from cigarettes.
A. get over B. get through C. get into D. get in
8. ______ various difficulties, Mr. Zhang kept on studying until he got the proper answer.
A. In spite of B. In point of C. In view of D. On behalf of
9. Few people have ever ______ deep into the forest, for it is extremely dangerous.
A. risked to B. tried to go C. tried going D. risked going
10. When questioned by the police, the shopkeeper said he didn’t know it’s ______ to sell alcohol to anyone under 18.
A. abnormal B. impolite C. misleading D. illegal

二、单句写作
1. 20年前，作为一名火山学家，我被派到夏威夷火山观测站（HVO）工作。
I ______ ______ ______ a volcanologist ______ ______ the Hawaiian Volcano
Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago.
2. 收集和评估了这些信息后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测下次火山熔岩将流向何处，流速是多少。
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
3. 然而火山喷发本身的确是很壮观的，我永远也忘不了我第一次看见火山喷发时的情景。
However, the eruption itself ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ and I shall never forget my first sight of one.
4. 我刚要再睡，突然我的卧室亮如白昼。
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ suddenly my bedroom became ______ ______ ______ day.
5. 穿着这些衣服走起路来不容易，但我们还是缓缓往火山口的边沿走去。
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ in these suits, but we slowly ______ ______ ______ the edge of the crater.

三、单句语法填空
1. I feel so ______ (comfortable) that I won’t go to school.
2. They were so quiet that he was completely unconscious ______ their presence.
3. Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way ______ (use) the sun and the stars.
4. ______ (spend) the past year as an exchange student in Hong Kong, Linda appears more mature than those of her age.
5. The sunlight is white and blinding, ______ (throw) hard-edged shadows on the ground.
6. Lionel Messi, ______ (set) the record for the most goals in a calendar year, is considered the most talented football player in Europe.
7. The cooling wind swept through our bedroom windows, ______ (make) air conditioning unnecessary.
8. Do you wake up every morning ______ (feel) energetic and ready to start a new day?
9. More highways have been built in China, _____ (make) it much easier for people to travel from one place to another.
10. Many eyes ______ (stare) at him, he felt a bit nervous.
11. I hate to rush you but I have another _______ (appoint) later on.
12. We need to carry out a proper ______ (evaluate) of the new judging system.
13. The ______ erupt) of that volcano last year made many people lose their lives.
14. I get very nervous because I am using a lot of expensive ______ (equip).
15. It is difficult to cross the desert by car, but not ______ (absolute) impossible.
16. ______ the distance, he could see the tall chimneys of the factory.
17. Buses were destroyed and a tourist hotel was burned ______ the ground, although no holidaymakers were injured.
18. Mary quickly moved out ______ the way and Donald put a heavy box there.
19. All the staff are enthusiastic ______ the project.
20. He was about to leave the office ______ the telephone rang.

能力提升

一、短文改错（共10小题）
I like travelling and my dream of visit Beijing, the capital city of our country, come true during the National Day holidays this year. In October 1st, I went to Tian’anmen Square with my parents, there we watched the flag-raising ceremony. As I watched flag rising slowly, I sang a national anthem, feeling extremely exciting. Then we went to some other famous tourist attraction, like the Great Wall. Standing on the Great Wall, I felt very proudly. I thought of the old saying that “One who fail to reach the Great Wall is not a hero.” Although I was tired, but I really had a good time.

二、完形填空
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the 1 and have made up their minds to 2 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run 3 through the narrow High Street.“They not only make it 4 to sleep at night, but they are 5 damage to our houses and shops of historical 6 ,”said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 7 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don’t they build a new road that goes round the town?” Burlington isn’t much more than a 8 village. Its streets were never 9 for heavy traffic.
Harry Fields also studying 10 said they wanted to make as much 11 possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody has to 12 . “Most of them don’t 13 here anyway,” he said, “they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don’t 14 . It’s high time they realized the problem” The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were 15 on their side, and even if they weren’t, they soon would be.
I asked if they were 16 that the police might come to 17 them.
“Not really,” she said, “actually we are 18 bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no 19 against practising.”
I 20 the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
1. A. college
B. village
C. town
D. church
2. A. change
B. repair
C. ring
D. shake
3. A. now and then
B. day and night
C. up and down
D. over and over
4. A. terrible
B. difficult
C. uncomfortable
D. unpleasant
5. A. doing
B. raising
C. putting
D. producing
6. A. scene
B. period
C. interest
D. sense
7. A. If
B. Although
C. When
D. Unless
8. A. pretty
B. quite
C. large
D. modern
9. A. tested
B. meant
C. kept
D. used
10. A. well
B. hard
C. biology
D. education
11. A. effort
B. time
C. trouble
D. noise
12. A. stand
B. accept
C. know
D. share
13. A. shop
B. live
C. come
D. study
14. A. notice
B. mention
C. fear
D. control
15. A. hardly
B. unwillingly
C. mostly
D. usually
16. A. surprised
B. afraid
C. pleased
D. determined
17. A. seize
B. fight
C. search
D. stop
18. A. proper
B. experienced
C. hopeful
D. serious
19. A. point
B. cause
C. need
D. law
20. A. left
B. found
C. reached
D. pass

三、阅读理解
A
Hundreds of Chinese orphaned （使成孤儿）by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake have offered to take care of victims of the big earthquake in Sichuan, state media said on Thursday.
And more than 300 children orphaned in the Lijiang earthquake of 1996 have donated a year’s pocket money.
Zhang Youlu was nine when his parents died in the quake in Tangshan, about 180km east of Beijing, which flattened the city and killed as many as 300,000 people.
“My heart ached when I saw those children who lost both parents in the quake—babies who survived under the protection of dead parents and older children who find it hard to believe that their parents are dead, ” Zhang told Xinhua news agency.
Nine days after the 8.0­magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province, the number of dead and missing has risen to more than 74,000, with a further 247,000 injured. Two days after the May 12,2008 quake, Zhang put a posting on the Internet, calling on all Tangshan orphans to step up to help.
Hundreds of people have since answered his call with cash donations and offers of foster（领养）care
Liu Yuanping, a government employee in Tangshan, said he wanted to pass on a message to all quake orphans in Sichuan.“Be strong and be brave. You’ll all grow up like everyone else.”
In Lijiang in Yunnan Province, south of Sichuan, orphans donated a total of 15,174 yuan ($2,200). “We hope the orphaned children in the earthquake can have a warm Children’s Day on June 1, ” 16­year­old schoolgirl Xiao Yun, who together with her schoolmates was orphaned by the 7.0­magnitude strength quake that destroyed Lijiang in 1996, said.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A. 300 children donate a year’s pocket money
B. Victims of the earthquake in Sichuan are well cared for
C. China’s former earthquake orphans reach out to Sichuan earthquake victims
D. Victims of the earthquake in Sichuan find new homes
2. The underlined word “flattened” in Paragraph 3 means “________”.
A. destroyed B. moved
C. organized D. rose
3. According to the passage, which of the following statements might NOT be true?
A. Zhang Youlu lost both of his parents in the earthquake in Tangshan.
B. About 300,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake in Tangshan.
C. Zhang Youlu survived the Tangshan earthquake after being protected by his parents.
D. Xiao Yun is not the only child who was orphaned by the quake in Lijiang in her class.
4. It is implied in the passage that________.
A. many employees of Tangshan government have also donated money
B. many of the Sichuan orphans have been adopted by the Tangshan orphans
C. the Sichuan earthquake was much more serious than the Tangshan earthquake
D. Zhang’s posting on the Internet was well received by the Tangshan orphans
B
Animals and Earthquakes
Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have got some new helpers recently—animals.
Scientists have begun to catch on to what farmers have known for thousands of years. Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming, and they show their fear by acting in strange ways. Before a Chinese quake in 1975 snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air. Cows broke their halters（缰绳）and tried to escape. Chickens refused to enter their coops. All of this unusual behavior, as well as physical changes in Earth, alerted Chinese scientists to the coming quake. They moved people away from the dangerous area and saved thousands of lives.
One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which types of animals’ behavior predicts quakes. It’s not an easy job. First of all, not every animal can react to the danger of an earthquake. Just before a California quake in 1977, for example, an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his stall. The horse next to it, however, reminded perfectly calm. It’s also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animals restless and “earthquake nerves”. A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers to say that his cougar（美洲狮）had been acting strangely. It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach!
A second task for scientists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive. They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do. Many animals can see, hear, and smell things that people do not even notice. Some can detect tiny changes in air pressure, gravity, or the magnetism（磁力）of Earth. This extra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Animals don’t know when an earthquake is coming.
B. Animals can predict earthquakes.
C. The author doesn’t know whether the animals can feel the coming of an earthquake or not.
D. Human beings have to move the animals away before an earthquake is coming.
6. Some animals could predict earthquakes because they can detect tiny changes________.
A. in the air pressure
B. in gravity
C. in the magnetism of the earth
D. all of the above
7. How do all the animals exactly know when an earthquake is coming?
A. By their extra senses.
B. By the changes in air pressure, gravity or the magnetism.
C. People don’t know exactly.
D. The passage doesn’t mention it.
8. The author’s purpose is mainly to________.
A. express an argument
B. make a serious proposal
C. present a discovery
D. express suspicions
C
Nature’s anger made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other this week, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.
And although the calendar still said spring, the first named storm of the year was whipping up surf on the beaches of the Southeast. Overall, it wasn’t quite a week for the record books.
“It’s a major flood,” National Weather Service meteorologist（气象学家）Suzanne Fortin said of the flood in Missouri.“It won’t be a record breaker, but it will be in the top three.”
However, a three­week­old fire in southern Georgia had become that state’s biggest in five decades after burning 269 square km of forest and wet land.
Smoke­filled air created a burning smell and a dusting of ashes that coated cars and buildings through much of Florida and southeastern Georgia. The fog over most of Florida even closed several highways and sent people with breathing problems indoors.
The flooding was produced by the wet weekend thunderstorms across the Plains states that also destroyed Greensburg, Kansas. In addition to 11 tornadoes deaths, two drowning deaths were blamed on the storms, one each in Oklahoma and Kansas.
High water had poured over the tops of at least 20 levees（大堤）along the Missouri River and other streams in the state, authorities said on Wednesday.
Missouri National Guard troops were helping. And Highway Patrol（巡逻）troopers were working 24­hour shifts near Big Lake, a village town of about 150 in the state’s northwest corner, which was flooded by five levee breaks along the Missouri River and four smaller ones on other streams, said patrol Lieutenant John Hotz.
No injuries were reported but the Missouri Water Patrol rescued about 20 people from their flooded homes, including Glenn Burger, who had the patrol return him to his home to rescue his two pet cockatiels（澳洲鹦鹉）.
9. What is uncommon about the weather this year?
A. The storm happened in spring.
B. The storm lasted a long time.
C. The wind brought about flood.
D. The tornado struck a large area.
10. What can we say about the natural disaster which happened this year?
A. This year the biggest flood happened in history.
B. The damage caused by disasters is the greatest.