人教版高中英语选修8语篇提能练习题及答案解析9.doc

语篇提能
Ⅰ.完形填空
It was a cold, wet day when 14-year-old Wasana Sanjeewa arrived at St. Anthony's College. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to __1__，Wasana looked at the __2__. Then he noticed enormous amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill behind the classroom. For a few minutes, Wasana __3__ the water, wondering why it looked so __4__.
Then it hit him —the scene was similar to the slides he was shown during Disaster Management classes.
__5__ an impending (即将发生的) disaster, Wasana swung into action. “Run, run, don't __6__ here! The rocks on the hill are going to fall on us！” he shouted and all the students ran to the open area.
Then Wasana ran over to __7__ Principal Nihal Gurauinghe what was happening.
After __8__ the hill, Gurauinghe knew the school was in __9__. He and some teachers __10__ to stop the waterflow, but they were too __11__：huge rocks fell down the hill with sand and mud, and the entire school was destroyed.
When Wasana __12__ home later that day, his white uniform covered in mud, he got the blame from his __13__. He tried to explain that he had __14__ two hundred schoolmates __15__ she didn't believe him.
His mother __16__ realized he was telling the truth when she saw a TV report about the __17__. Filled with pride, she hugged Wasana and said that he was indeed a __18__.
No one was hurt in the incident because of Wasana's __19__ action and careful observation.
“Wasana's action __20__ us that sometimes we cannot wait until
something happens before we take action. It might be too late by then，”Gurauinghe said.
1．A. play B. follow
C. arrive
D. start
2．A. sun B. rain
C. snow
D. fog
3．A. picked up B. took away
C. talked about
D. stared at
4．A. familiar B. special
C. strange
D. terrifying
5．A. Making B. Imagining
C. Fearing
D. Hearing
6．A. study B. stay
C. sing
D. act
7．A. ask B. promise
C. tell
D. persuade
8．A. inspecting B. describing
C. drawing
D. finding
9．A. charge B. surprise
C. control
D. trouble
10．A. chose B. tried
C. helped
D. agreed
11．A. late B. sleepy
C. hungry
D. shocked
12．A. missed B. left
C. moved
D. returned
13．A. father B. mother
C. sister
D. brother
14．A. cheered B. visited
C. saved
D. calmed
15．A. when B. or
C. since
D. but
16．A. naturally B. necessarily
C. completely
D. finally
17．A. adventure B. disaster
C. failure
D. experience
18．A. loser B. fool
C. hero
D. star
19．A. quiet B. tough
C. quick
D. safe
20．A. taught B. interested
C. warned
D. confused
答案与解析
语篇解读十四岁的学生Wasana利用自己所学知识及时发现险情，挽救了二百多名校友的生命。

1．C由上文的“Wasana Sanjeewa arrived at St. Anthony's College”可知，Wasana已经到了学校，在教室门口等其他同学到来(arrive)。

2．B由下文的rainwater可知是在看着雨(rain)。

3．D Wasana在教室门口等同学，因此盯着(stared at)雨水看了好几分钟。

4．A由下文的“the scene was similar to the slides”可知，Wasana觉
得眼前的场景很熟悉(familiar)。

5．C由下文Wasana让同学们快跑，警告他们山上的岩石要掉下来了可知，他害怕(Fearing)将会有灾难发生。

6．B由“Run, run”可知，Wasana叫同学们不要待在(stay)原地。

7．C Wasana跑过去告诉(tell)校长他发现的事。

8．A校长听完Wasana的话，视察了(inspecting) Wasana所说的那座山。

9．D见下一题解析。

10．B由下文的“stop the waterflow”可知，校长带着老师们尽力(tried)阻止水流是因为他知道学校将会陷入困境(trouble)。

11．A由but的转折语气及下文的“huge rocks fell down the hill with sand and mud, and the entire school was destroyed”可知，校长他们想做的一切都已经来不及了(late)。

12．D由语境可知他那天晚些时候才回到了(returned)家。

13．B下文的His mother提示了本题答案。

14．C由上文可知，由于Wasana及时发现了险情，才让校友们幸免于难，因此Wasana是挽救了(saved)二百名校友的生命。

15．D“Wasana说他救了校友”和“妈妈不相信他说的话”之间构成转折关系，故选but。

16．D妈妈看了新闻报道后，最后(finally)才意识到Wasana说的都是真的。

17．B全文讲的是雨水冲刷山上的岩石，致使岩崩发生，吞没了整个学校，因此是一场灾难(disaster)。

18．C Wasana的所作所为让妈妈为他骄傲，觉得儿子是个真正的英雄(hero)。

19．C由上文的“Wasana swung into action”和“shouted”等可知，Wasana一发现险情就采取了行动，故quick符合语境。

20．A不要等到事情发生了才采取行动，这是Wasana的事迹教给(taught)我们的。

Ⅱ.阅读理解
(2014·芜湖高二检测)
Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013, and the US is just 16th. A new study made by the Economist Intelligence Unit(the EIU) says American babies will have a less bright future than those born in Hong Kong, Ireland and even Canada. The EIU, a sister company of the Economist, tried to measure how well countries will provide the best opportunities for a healthy, safe and prosperous life in years to come.
People born in Switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life judged in terms of wealth, health and trust in public institutions, according to the analysis. The Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark also all make the top five in a ‘quality —of —life’ indexs(指数) highlighting where it is best to be born next year.
One of the most important factors is being rich, but other factors come into play — including crime, trust in public institutions and the health of family life. In total, the index considers 11 factors. These include fixed factors such as geography, others that change slowly over time such as demography(人口统计学), social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy. Small economies take up the top 10 countries, with Australia coming second and New Zealand and the Netherlands not too far behind.
Half of the top 10 countries are European, but only one, the Netherlands, if from the euro－zone. The crisis－ridden south of Europe, including Greece, Portugal and Spain, falls behind. Interestingly, the largest European economies —Germany, France and Britain —do not do particularly well. Nigeria has the title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.
1．According to the passage, the happiest people live in ________.
A. Denmark
B. Switzerland
C. Germany
D. Nigeria
答案与解析B细节理解题。

根据第一、二段的首句可知选B。

2．Which of the following is the last country parents want their baby to be born in?
A. Nigeria.
B. Australia.
C. Netherlands.
D. Greece.
答案与解析A细节理解题。

根据本文最后一句“Nigera has the title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.”可知选A。

3．The factors of telling the best place to be born don't include ________.
A. economy
B. geography
C. trust in public institutions
D. pollution
答案与解析D细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段内容可知选D。

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. The Economist Intelligence Unit is a company.
B. The Economist attempted to measure the best place to live.
C. The Scandinavian countries are hardly at the top of the list.
D. Half of the top 10 countries are from the euro－zone.
答案与解析A细节理解题。

由第一段第三句“The EIV a sister company of ...”可知选A。

Ⅲ.短文改错
Last Sunday I witnessed a traffic accident on our way home. I was wandering down the sidewalk while there went loud crash. Two taxis crashed into each other about ten meters far away. I went up and found the two drivers bad injured, bleeding and trap in the taxis. Luckily, they were rescued on time, for people came to help them and called an ambulance. As was clear that the taxi drivers were so eager to take more passengers that they drove too fast. It reflected their lack of concern for the safe of both others and them.
答案
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