课时跟踪检测(四) Earthquakes.doc

课时跟踪检测(四)　Earthquakes

Ⅰ.单项填空
1．(2013·兰州一中冲刺)She doesn't think she is ________ failure; it is said that ________ failure is the mother of success.
A．a; a　　　　　　　　　 　B．/; a
C．a; / D．the; /
2．(2013·金华高三质检)In a car accident, he was ________ seriously while his father was killed.
A．hurt B．injured
C．wounded D．harmed
3．(2013·甘肃西北师大附中模拟)It's great that all the visitors who ________ on the island were saved.
A．trapped B．have been trapped
C．had trapped D．had been trapped
4．(2013·温州十校模拟)His actions ________ his love of his motherland more than any words could do.
A．expressed B．judged
C．suggested D．persuaded
5．(2013·南安高三检测)Today the public is much concerned about the way ________.
A．nature is being ruined B．which nature is ruined
C．on which to ruin nature D．of nature to be ruined
6．(2013·杭州六校高三联考)I've had enough of my neighbor. I'm going to ________ their noisy parties right now.
A．put an end to B．give way to
C．look up to D．come up to
7．—Which of the two computer games did you prefer?
—Actually I didn't like ________.
A．both of them B．either of them
C．none of them D．neither of them
8．(2013·长春高中毕业班第一次调研)Have you heard the traffic _______ that happened in Yatai Street last week?
A．accident B．affair
C．incident D．event
9．(2013·莆田一中月考)Ancient Rome was a country ________ culture influenced the western world for centuries.
A．who B．which
C．whose D．where
10．(2013·河北三河一中模拟)Hearing the news ________ her son lost his life in an accident, the mother ________ tears.
A．that; burst into B．which; burst into
C．that; burst out D．which; burst out
11．________in the leg made it impossible for him to walk home.
A．Being injured B．Having injured
C．To be injured D．Injured
12．(2013·海南洋浦中学模拟)—Mary's always ________ in reading and studying.
—No wonder she always got the first place in any examination.
A．buried B．scheduled
C．burst D．shocked
13．(2013·辽宁盘锦5月月考)________ his happy look on the face, he must have passed the exam this time.
A．Judging from B．To judge from
C．Judged from D．Judge by
14．(2013·台州高三质检)The doctor diagnosed the girl's injury as the most serious one. Without quick action, she would die of ________ and loss of blood.
A．mercy B．shock
C．anxiety D．relief
15．The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if ________ whether he was going in the right direction.
A．seeing B．having seen
C．to see D．to have seen

Ⅱ.完形填空

(2013·辽宁铁岭第一高级中学月考)A man and his girlfriend were married. All of their friends and family came to partake in the festivities and celebrations. In the ceremony, everyone could tell the couple's __1__ for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a __2__， “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can __3__ our marriage，” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit __4__ with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives __5__.”
The husband __6__. So each of them went to a __7__ room and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. Then they thought about this question and wrote down what they __8__.
The next morning, they decided that they would __9__ their lists.
“I'll start，” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, __10__ to fill 3 pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that __11__ was starting to appear on her husband's face.
“What's wrong？” she asked.“Nothing，” the husband replied, “__12__ reading your list.”
The wife continued to read __13__ she had read all three pages to her husband.
“Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists，” she said __14__.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don't have anything on my list. I think that you are __15__ the way that you are. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and __16__ anything about you.”
The wife, __17__ by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his __18__ of her, turned her head and wept.
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, __19__ and annoyed. We don't really have to go looking for them. We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why __20__ time looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can see the wonderful things before us?
,1.A.honesty B．information
C．love D．marriage
2．A.question B．proposal
C．problem D．doubt
3．A.complete B．improve
C．destroy D．strengthen
4．A.annoying B．relaxing
C．delighting D．amusing
5．A.happier B．farther
C．longer D．richer
6．A.confused B．worried
C．refused D．agreed
7．A.comfortable B．separate
C．small D．quiet
8．A.fit in with B．looked up to
C．came up with D．faced up to

9．A.go over B．carry out
C．answer for D．look for
10．A.equal B．accurate
C．enough D．temporary
11．A.anger B．happiness
C．sadness D．smiles
12．A.stop B．keep
C．delay D．appreciate
13．A.before B．until
C．unless D．after
14．A.happily B．miserably
C．slightly D．cautiously
15．A.wrong B．honest
C．hopeful D．perfect
16．A.tell B．change
C．discuss D．interrupt
17．A.touched B．encouraged
C．frustrated D．supported
18．A.forgiveness B．sympathy
C．acceptance D．understanding
19．A.inspired B．excited
C．satisfied D．depressed
20．A.save B．kill
C．devote D．waste

Ⅲ.阅读理解
(2013·沈阳东北中山中学高三测试)Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test­takers.
Sian Beilock：“They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive (认知的) horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test­takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
Sian Beilock：“What we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reappraise the situation. They might realize it's not as bad as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping_up when they're actually taking a test.”
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B ＋， compared to a B － for those who did not.
Sian Beilock：“What we showed is that for students who are highly test­anxious, who'd done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most prone to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don't normally get nervous in these testing situations.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
1．What may happen if students have the problem of test anxiety?
A．Test anxiety can improve students' performance to some degree.
B．Students' attention and memory resources run out when worried.
C．Students may not be admitted into their favorite college if worried.
D．Test anxiety is sure to cause students to fail the test.
2．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．In the first math test, students who sat quietly performed better.
B．In the second math test, students who wrote about their feelings did worse.
C．Some college students are highly anxious test­takers while others are not in the tests.
D．The result in the math test agrees with that in the biology test.
3．What does the underlined phrase “popping up” mean?
A．Appearing suddenly.　　　 　B．Fading away.
C．Becoming clearly. D．Giving out.
4．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．It is a common practice for students being worried before a test.
B．Being worried before tests does harm to students' performance.
C．Anxious students overcome test anxiety by writing down fears.
D．It is important for students to overcome test anxiety.

答 案
课时跟踪检测(四)
Ⅰ.1.选C　a failure为“失败的人或事”，而failure意为“失败”时为不可数名词，后半句意为“失败是成功之母”。
2．选B　考查动词词义辨析。句意：在一次车祸中，他严重受伤，而他的父亲则去世了。此处指意外事故造成的伤害，B项最佳。
3．选D　trap与其逻辑主语visitors之间是被动关系，且发生在谓语动作were saved 之前，故用过去完成时的被动语态。
4．选A　express one's love意为“表达某人的爱”，符合句意：他用行动表达了他对祖国的爱，这胜过任何言语。
5．选A　考查the way的定语。句意：当今公众非常关心大自然正遭受怎样的破坏。the way表示“方式；方法”时，其后可跟that，in which引导的定语从句，实际应用中关系词常省略；也可跟不定式或of短语，构成the way to do sth.或the way of doing sth.结构。结合以上情况，只有A项符合要求。
6．选A　考查动词短语辨析。前一句提到已经受够了邻居，由此可知我想立刻“终止”他们吵闹的聚会。put an end to sth.“结束某事”，符合语意。
7．选B　考查部分否定与全部否定。“I didn't like either of them.”相当于“ I liked neither of them.”，是完全否定，意为“我哪一个也不喜欢”。
8．选A　考查名词辨析。根据句意可知应选A，traffic accident 意为“交通事故”。affair“个人的事”；incident“严重事件；暴力事件(如犯罪、袭击等)”；event“重要的事情；大事”。
9．选C　句意：古代罗马是一个其文化影响了西方世界几个世纪的国家。culture和a country是所属关系，故用whose引导定语从句。
10．选A　第一个空用that引导同位语从句，说明news的内容；第二个空用burst into，后跟名词tears，表示“突然大哭起来”，burst into tears ＝ burst out crying。
11．选A　动名词作主语表示笼统的、抽象的行为；动词不定式作主语表示具体的、一次性行为。“他”和“受伤”之间是被动关系，所以用动名词的被动式作主语。
12．选A　句意：“玛丽整天埋头于学习和读书中。”“难怪她每次考试都得第一名。” be buried in “埋头于；专心于”。
13．选A　judging from为插入语结构，不受句子主语和语态限制，故正确答案只能选A。
14．选B　考查名词辨析。句意：医生确诊这个女孩的伤势最严重，若不立刻采取行动，她就会死于休克和失血。mercy “宽容；怜悯”；shock “休克；震惊”； anxiety “焦虑；担心；不安”； relief “减轻；缓解”。
15．选C　句意：我们跟随的那个人突然停了下来，好像要看看他是否走对了方向。as if to see ...的完整形式是as if he was to see ...
Ⅱ.
语篇解读：生活中总是有许多令人失望、沮丧和烦恼的时候，但当我们的生活很美好时为什么要浪费时间去自寻烦恼呢？
1．选C　根据下文内容可知，此处表示“每个人都能看出他们对彼此的爱是真诚的”。
2．选B　本空后面的部分是妻子给丈夫提议的内容，因此答案选B，proposal意为“提议，建议”。
3．选D　结合下文可知，妻子在杂志上读到的是关于如何巩固婚姻的文章，故答案选D，strengthen意为“加强，巩固”。
4．选A　依据语境，在一张纸上写的内容应该是对方使自己不愉快的事，故答案选A，annoying意为“恼人的，使人烦恼的”。下文“that annoyed them about the other”也有提示。
5．选A　商量解决问题的目的当然是使生活更幸福，因此答案选happier。
6．选D　由“So each of them went to a __7__ room and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other”可知，丈夫同意了妻子的提议。
7．选B　根据语境推断，此处指夫妻俩各自走向不同的房间去想对方的缺点。
8．选C　接着他们都在思考这个问题，并且把他们想到的都写下来。fit in with“适合，与……一致”；look up to“尊敬，尊重”；come up with“想出，提出”；face up to“敢于面对”。
9．选A　go over“查看，细看”；carry out“执行，实施”；answer for“对……负责”；look for“寻找，期待”。第二天早上，他们决定看看彼此的缺点。
10．选C　既然“It had many items on it”，那么应该是“足足写满了三页”。
11．选C　由下文“What's wrong？”可推断，此处表示“丈夫的脸上显得有些悲伤”。
12．选B　根据“Nothing”以及下文“The wife continued to read ...”可知，此处表示“继续念吧”。
13．选B　妻子又接着念，一直把整整三页向丈夫念完。
14．选A　依据上文内容，妻子向丈夫提议双方各自写出对方的小毛病，目的是使他们的生活更幸福，因此，当她说“现在该你念了，然后我们谈谈所列举的缺点”这句话时，心情是很高兴的。happily“高兴地，愉快地”；miserably“痛苦地，悲惨地”；slightly“轻微地，稍微地”；cautiously“谨慎地，小心地”。
15．选D　由“I don't have anything on my list.”可推知“丈夫觉得妻子这样就很完美了”，因此，答案选D。
16．选B　丈夫觉得妻子很完美，所以他不想尝试来改变她。
17．选A　由“turned her head and wept”可知，妻子被丈夫的诚实和对她深深的爱所“感动”，因此答案选A。
18．选C　因为丈夫没有写妻子的任何缺点，也不想让妻子为自己改变什么，由此可知，丈夫接纳了妻子的全部。
19．选D　根据连词连接成分对等可知此处填depressed意为“沮丧的，消沉的”。inspired“激动人心的”；excited“兴奋的”；satisfied“满意的”。
20．选D　由“We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty light and promise”可知，该处表示“我们不必浪费时间……”，因此答案选waste。kill one's time“消磨时间”。
Ⅲ.
1．选B　细节理解题。第二段提到当学生在考前焦虑时会耗尽自己的注意力和脑子里记忆的东西，从而影响自己在测试中的表现。故B选项符合题意。
2．选D　细节理解题。通过阅读第五至第九段内容可知，研究人员对20位有考试焦虑的大学生的数学测试和学生生物课的表现的两项研究结果一致：学生写下有关考前焦虑的状况有助于提高自己的表现，故选D项。
3．选A　词义猜测题。根据第四段Beilock的话可知，当学生把考前焦虑写下来时，他们会想到最糟糕的情况，然后重新评估情况。这样一来，他们可能意识到并不像他们之前想的那么糟糕，而事实上，这能阻止这些念头在考试时突然出现。
4．选C　主旨大意题。本文主要介绍应对学生考试焦虑的一种方法，即考试前把自己的焦虑写出来，能有效减缓焦虑的程度，让学生在考试中表现得更好。故答案为C项。