高中英语 Module 3 The viole

角顿市安康阳光实验学校Module3 The violence of nature Period One Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary 同步精练（外研版必修3，课标通用）时间：50分钟
Ⅰ.介副词填空
1．Because of the Gulf Stream, the United Kingdom and other places in Europe are much warmer than parts of Canada ________the same attitude. 2．Tornadoes can pick________cars，trains and even houses and put them________in the next street—or even in the next town.
3．________ average, there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year, causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.
4．The worst tornado ________all time occurred in 1925, affecting three US states.
5．The cemetery where Coghlan was buried was destroyed by the hurricane and Coghlan's coffin ended ________ in the sea.
答案 1.on 2.up down 3.On 4.of 5.up
Ⅱ.单词拼写
1．The house was ________(掩埋) under ten feet of snow.
2. An unexpected storm ________(发生) when we were enjoying the pleasant voyage at the Yellow Sea.
3. We bought some ________(家具)to go with the new house.
4. I have first­hand ________(经验) of running a school.
5. You've________ (引起)us all a lot of unnecessary worry.
6. In 1975，the________ (洪水)in that area made 233,000 people homeless.
7. The boat sank in a________ (猛烈的)storm at sea.
8. The tree was________(袭击) by lightning.
答案 1.buried 2.occurred 3.furniture 4.experience 5.caused
6.floods
7.violent 8.struck
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．全球变暖日益严重，影响着我们的日常生活。

The global warming is becoming worse and worse，________________. 2．在三岁前，他没有见过他的父亲。

________ he was three，he________ his father.
3．我突然想起我在几天前见过这个人。

________________I had seen the man a few days before.
4．要把东西放在最容易找到的地方。

Always____________________without effort.
5．平均而言，我每周花30元钱。

________，I spend 30 yuan every week.
答案 1.affecting our daily life 2.By the time hadn't seen 3．It occurred to me
that 4.leave things where you can find them 5.On average
Ⅳ.语篇填词
A tornado is a rotating 1.________ of air from a 2.________to the ground. Almost all of them 3.________ in the area from Texas in the southeast to South Dakota in the north.
Tornadoes can 4.________much destruction.5.________ there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year.The worst one 6.________ appeared in 1925,7.________ three US states.By the time it ended more than 700 people 8.________ and 2,700 had been 9.________.
10．________ are strong 11.________ storms, which bring about a lot of 12.________.There are 13.________ winds of 120km per hour or more, which cause bad weathers.The 14.________one happened on the 8th September 1900, which killed 6,000 people in a population of 37,000 and 15.________3,600 buildings.
答案 1.column 2.thunderstorm 3.occur 4.cause 5．On average 6.of all time
7.affecting 8.had been killed 9.injured 10.Hurricanes 11.tropical
12.disasters
13.violent 14.worst 15.destroyed/damaged
Ⅴ.单项填空
1．The idea suddenly________me was that we had taken the wrong road. A．struck B．striking
C．appearing D．appeared
答案 B [strike“(意念等)浮上……心头”，sth strike(s)sb可表示“某人想起某事”；appear“出现”，是不及物动词，不能直接带宾语。

此处suddenly striking me相当于定语从句that suddenly struck me，作定语修饰the idea。

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2．A mine accident________at Leiyang, Hunan Province on February 16, 2012，________more than 15 deaths.
A．occurred；caused B．happened；caused
C．occurred；causing D．happened；to cause
答案 C [句意：2012年2月16日湖南耒阳发生了煤矿事故，造成15人死亡。

根据句意可知第一个空可填occurred或happened，但第二空必须填causing。

causing more than 15 deaths作结果状语。

相当于and it caused more than 15 deaths。

干扰项是D，虽然动词不定式也表示结果，但强调意外。

] 3．Many men were________underground when there was an accident in the mine.
A．burying B．buried C．built D．building
答案 B [句意：煤矿发生事故时，很多人被埋在井下。

bury“埋葬”，build“建造”。

根据句意可知选B，此处bury与主语many men之间是被动关系，故要用一般过去时的被动语态。

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4．—You must get a high income by doing that kind of job.
—Oh, my income's rather variable, but I earn 100 yuan a day________.
A．on average B．in common
C．in total D．in all
答案 A [on average“平均”，符合句意。

in common共同的；in total
总共；in all总共。

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5．We were to go out，but________watching videos at home.
A．ended up B．ended in
C．ended off D．ended with
答案 A [end up doing sth以做某事结束，且常表示意料之外的结果。

] 6．Young as he is, David has gained________rich experience
in________society.
A．the；the B．a；/
C．/；/ D．/；the
答案 C [句意：虽然年轻，但David已经获得了丰富的社会经验。

experience表示“经验”时，是不可数名词，表示抽象概念，其前不用冠词；society在此为抽象名词，其前亦不加冠词，所以选C。

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7．After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to________his health.
A．take up B．pick up C．set up D．make up
答案 B [句意：在医院待了很长时间。

医生劝说病人到海边去恢复健康。

pick up“恢复健康”，符合语境。

take up从事；set up建立；make up补偿，占。

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8．His career began to________in his later thirties.
A．take off B．take in
C．take on D．take up
答案 A [句意：他的事业在他年近40时开始腾飞。

take off(事业)成功，起飞，符合句意。

take in吸收，欺骗；take on 呈现；take up占，从事。

] 9．By the time Jane gets home, her aunt________for London to attend a meeting.
A．will leave B．leaves
C．will have left D．left
答案 C [by the time引导的从句用一般现在时，主句常用将来完成时。

] 10．Don't leave the water________while you brush your teeth.
A．run B．running C．begin run D．to run
答案 B [考查“leave＋宾语十宾补”结构。

现在分词running作宾补，表示主动及动作正在进行。

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11．Though the flood did great________to the crops，farmers still won a good harvest.
A．hurt B．ruin C．damage D．injury
答案 C [“对……造成损坏”用do/cause damage to sth表示。

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12．I think you'd better tell me the________for your being late again and again.
A．reason B．cause C．purpose D．desire
答案 A [the reason for sth/doing sth“做某事的原因”。

the cause of“……的理由”；purpose“目的”；desire“渴望”。

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Ⅵ.完形填空
Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It __1__ suddenly in the mid­afternoon and __2__ more than three hours.
At first，the sky grew__3__all of a sudden within minutes, forks of lightening forced a way into the sky. Then it was__4__by the
boom­boom­boom of__5__.A very strong wind blew into my room.My valuable notes，__6__ on my desk in the room，__7__high into the air.I jumped up to__8__them but unluckily a few sheets__9__out of the open
window.__10__I ran out to get the notes, big drops of rain began to__11__. As soon as I ran back into the house，the __12__began to pour in waves.I__13__to close the windows. I did it but was wet all
over.I__14__myself with a towel.Then I heard a sudden loud__15__from the back of the house.I ran out of the room to__16__what it was.A tree was broken.Part of its big branch lay__17__the floor.The table was__18__ into pieces.It would__19__a lot of work to rebuild it.However，we were __20__that no one was hurt.
1．A.fell B．reached C．came D．went 答案 C [暴风雨“来临”用come。

fall“降落”；reach“到达”是及物动词；go“去”。

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2．sted B．kept C．flowed D．blew 答案 A [表示“持续”时间的长短用last，keep是“保持，维持”，不符合语境。

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3．A.bright B．grey C．blue D．dark 答案 D [由常识知暴风雨来临时，天会变暗 (dark)。

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4．A.followed B．caused
C．made D．brought
答案 A [雷鸣跟在电闪之后用follow。

cause“导致”；make“形成”；bring“带来”，这三个动词都含有人为意味。

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5．A.rain B．thunder C．wind D．storm 答案 B [由常识可知，一般先闪电，之后是thunder(雷鸣)。

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6．A.placing B．putting
C．lying D．picking
答案 C [place与put作“放”讲时均为及物动词。

lie在此意为“躺”。

] 7．A.threw B．jumped C．flew D．rose
答案 C [根据文意，“my valuable notes”是飞入(flew)空中。

throw“扔”；jump“跳”；rise“上升”。

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8．A.take B．catch C．draw D．stop 答案 B [由于纸被风吹走，“我”跳起来去“抓”(catch)。

take“带走”；draw“画”；stop“停止”。

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9．A.moved B．came C．ran D．sailed 答案 D [从开着的窗户中纸“飘”了出去用sail。

move“移动”；come“来”；run“跑”。

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10．A.Before B. As
C．During D．Since
答案 B [“当……的时候”用as，表示前后两个动作几乎同时发生。

] 11．A.fall B．rain C．drop D．burst 答案 A [雨从上而下降用fall“降落”。

drop“扔”；burst“爆发”。

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12．A.storm B．water C．wind D．rain
答案 D [由上段最后一句提示知选D项，雨倾盆而下。

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13．A.walked B．fought
C．went D．got
答案 B [因为当时有风，故关窗子很用力，用fight生动形象。

] 14．A.dried B．cleaned
C．swept D．helped
答案 A [由上句的wet all over及本句的with a towel知选dry。

] 15．A.noise B．scream
C．voice D．sound
答案 D [由下文的“A tree was broken.”知选sound(声音)。

noise“噪音”；voice“(人的)声音”；scream“叫喊”。

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16．A.learn about B．look for
C．see into D．find out
答案 D [find out“弄清楚”。

learn about“了解”；look for“寻找”；see into“调查”。

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17．A.across B．through
C．over D．pass
答案 A [across the floor“横在地板上”。

在某物体的表面上“横过”用across。

through指从内部“穿过”；over指从“上面过”；pass“从旁边过”。

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18．A.turned B．changed
C．broken D．found
答案 C [树砸在桌子上，桌子break(断了)，这里“break into pieces”表示桌子被砸得支离破碎。

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19．A.give B．pay C．spend D．take
答案 D [take在此意为“花心思，费心”。

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20．A.good B．afraid
C．thankful D．careful
答案 C [由“no one was hurt”知用thankful“庆幸的”。

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