【广东专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习 课时作业(四) Unit4 Earthquakes 新人教版必修1

课时作业(四) [必修1 Unit 4 Earthquakes]
(限时：30分钟)
Ⅰ.语法填空
Mr Jones woke early one morning. It was a beautiful morning, so 1.________ went to the window and looked out. He was surprised to see a neatly dressed, middle­aged professor, 2.________ worked in the university near his house. He had grey hair and thick glasses, and was carrying3.________ umbrella, a morning newspaper and a bag. Mr Jones thought that he must 4.________ (arrive) by the night train and decided to walk to the university instead of 5.________ (take) a taxi.
Mr Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had tied a long rope to one of its branches, so that they could swing on it.
Mr Jones was surprised to see the professor stop and look 6.________ (care) up and down the road. 7.________ he saw that there was nobody in sight, he stepped into the garden (there was no fence), put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat neatly on the grass and took hold of the rope. He pulled it hard 8.________ (see) whether it was strong enough to take his weight, then 9.________ (run) as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope.
At last the professor stopped and continued on his way 10.________ the university, looking as quiet and correct as one would expect a professor to be.
Ⅱ.阅读理解
The City of Christchurch, New Zealand was struck by a 7.1­magnitude earthquake on the early morning of Saturday, September 4, 2010.
No tsunami alert was reported.The country's army troops were on standby to assist victims and disaster recovery operation. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, flew to the affected area to inspect and assess the situation of the damaged city. The Prime Minister said that the full assessment of the damages would possibly take months to know the severity of damages. Based from his assessment on what he saw in the area, it could cost at least 2 billion New Zealand dollars or US$1.4 billion for reconstruction.
“An absolute miracle that no one died，” Prime Minister John Key said. Two were seriously injured from this quake and thousands of local residents were awakened after being shaken at 4：35 am of that Saturday.
There were people trapped inside the damaged buildings but fortunately none were reported dead from the rubble of the damaged buildings.
“We're all feeling scared—we've just had some significant aftershocks，” a survivor told TV One News. “Tonight we're just people in the face of a massive natural disaster, trying to help each other…and we're grateful we haven't lost a life.”
GNS Science reported 29 aftershocks within the 14 hours after the quake, with strength from magnitude 3.7 to 5.4.
New_Zealand_is_no_stranger_to_earthquakes. The country experiences more than 14，000 earthquakes a year—but only about 150 are felt by people.
“Many buildings here were built with earthquake protection measure.However,
in most cities in developing countries, people build how they want to…and
there're no building controls to force them to build to a higher standard that's safe，” Andrew Charleson, an architecture professor at Victoria University of Wellington told CNN.
11．How many people were killed in the New Zealand earthquake on September 4, 2010?
A．250，000. B．29.
C．2. D．0.
12．After the earthquake, all of the following occurred EXCEPT that________．A．a number of aftershocks broke out
B．army troops were there to help
C．no people were injured or killed
D．the full assessment of the damages can't take in a short time
13．What does the writer want to say by quoting Professor Andrew Charleson's words in the last paragraph?
A．Earthquakes are much more terrible and bigger in developing countries.
B．Lacking of money, developing countries can't build safe buildings.
C．Building controls are the guarantee of safe buildings.
D．In developing countries, people have more freedom to design their buildings the way they like.
14．What does the underlined sentence mean?
A．Earthquakes break out frequently in New Zealand.
B．The earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are very strange.
C．The earthquakes breaking out in New Zealand are unusual.
D．Earthquakes rarely hit New Zealand.
15．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．A massive earthquake struck the city of Christchurch of New Zealand.
B．No one was ever killed in earthquakes in New Zealand.
C．New Zealand has strict laws to guarantee the buildings' safety.
D．A miracle happened in the terrible earthquake.
Ⅲ.信息匹配
请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

首先，请阅读以下手机游戏介绍：
A
Angry Poo Game
Are you looking for a free game with amazing graphics, 100's of levels, and completely original? Well then, Angry Poo may not be for you! This is a free game that might make you laugh for a few minutes. Laugh your head off at the hilarious sound effects.
B
Bingo
The classic bingo game with balls drawn from a basket, a lightboard showing the balls drawn to date and three cards on which you mark your squares as the numbers are drawn. It may not be the prettiest bingo game you can play, but it is the most functional！
C
Country Guess
A simple game where you are given hints about a country's name and you have to guess what the country is. Test your geography skills. It's a wonderful game that helps your learning of geography and entertains you at the same time while you're playing.
D
Crazy Taxi
You're a crazy cabbie racing against the clock! Swerve to avoid other cars…or just jump right over them! You must get to the checkpoint no matter what! It's designed for the lovers of cars, and it also helps you develop driving skills too！
(续表)
E
Attack of the Flying Goats
In this adventure game your mountain town is being attacked by a seemingly endless number of Flying Goats sticking their tongues out and wagging them at everyone! You've been recruited to take on the adventure of holding these creatures back at
all costs.
F
Developer Rescue
The year is 2020. Apple Inc. has finally decided to kidnap the lead jailbreak developers they have hated for so many years. Upon learning of Apple's plans you decide to rescue the developers before Apple can
succeed in kidnapping them.
请阅读以下人员信息，然后匹配人员与相关游戏：
16．Frank wishes to get a game for his new Apple phone. He loves to play those kinds of games in which his role is a pilot, a brave soldier or a tough man of other kinds who fights to rescue people in trouble.
17．Charlie wants to download a game with different levels of difficulty for his mobile phone. He wants it for free and hopes that it will bring him lots of laughter. Of course, he wishes it would have wonderful visual and sound effects.
18．Eddie is a young man with sporting blood. He likes to do things that can bring him challenges and adventures. So when it comes to mobile phone games, he definitely wants to get one adventure games for his phone.
19．For Brad Green, no games can attract him more than those related to cars. Now he would love to download a car racing games for his new phone. And of course, he wishes to get one that can help to improve his driving skills at the same time.
20．Tony loves to play games with his new cell phone. It seems that nothing
can prevent him from playing those games, so his father Mr Greg has got a new idea instead. He wants to find a game that could help with Tony's knowledge of geography.
课时作业(四)
Ⅰ.1.he 考查代词。

这里是指Mr Jones，作主语，用he。

下一句有原词复现。

2．who 考查关系代词。

代替上文指人的先行词professor，引导一个非限制性定语从句，在从句中作主语用who。

3．an 考查冠词。

表泛指，且修饰的名词以元音音素开头，所以用不定冠词an。

下文a morning newspaper and a bag有暗示。

4．have arrived 考查动词的时态。

这里指的是对过去发生情况的肯定猜测，所以用must have done结构。

5．taking 考查非谓语动词的用法。

of为介词，后面用动名词形式作宾语。

6．carefully 考查词形变换。

修饰动词look，用副词形式作状语。

7．When 考查连词。

语境为：当他看到(周围)没人时，……。

表示的是一个时间点，所以用when。

8．to see 考查非谓语动词。

句中的it是形式主语，空格处用动词不定式作真正的主语，表示一次性的动作。

9．ran 考查动词的时态。

由语境可知，这是过去的动作。

10．to 考查介词。

the way to somewhere，为固定用法，意思是：去某地的路。

Ⅱ.2010年9月4日凌晨，新西兰的城市Christchurch发生7.1级地震，造成一些房屋倒塌，电力中断，两人受重伤，无人死亡。

新西兰总理称之为奇迹。

11．D 细节理解题。

由第三段引用的Prime Minister John Key所说的话An absolute miracle that no one died可以看出，这次地震没有人遇难。

12．C 细节理解题。

由第三段的Two were seriously injured from this quake可知，地震中有两人受了重伤，由此可知选C项。

13．C 推理判断题。

教授的话向我们揭示了地震在发展中国家造成的损失要远远高于发达国家的原因是there're no building controls to force them to build to a higher standard that's safe，由此可以推知答案为C项。

14．A 句意理解题。

由下文的解释可以看出，在新西兰经常发生地震。

15．A 主旨大意题。

文章报道了新西兰城市Christchurch的一次地震的情况，由此可知答案。

Ⅲ.16－20 FAEDC。