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1、- 1 - 题型专项突破题型专项突破-Unit4 阅读理解（自然灾难篇）阅读理解（自然灾难篇） 阅读理解(共两节, 满分 40 分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中, 选出最佳选项。 A Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Countr
2、ies that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous(多山的). The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska. Strong earthquakes are not always the ones tha
3、t kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2, 000 people died. In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake. On
4、e of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 830, 000 people were killed. This earthquake happened in 1556. Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they ar
5、e coming. People cannot prepare for them. (1) We can infer from the passage that_. A. people are not afraid of earthquakes B. only strong earthquakes kill a large number of people C. a large number of earthquakes often happen next to mountains D. earthquakes happen only in a few places along the coa
6、st (2) How many people died in the earthquake which happened in Portugal in 1755? A. 500. B. 140, 000. - 2 - C. 830, 000. D. About 2, 000. (3) When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported? A. 1964;Alaska. B. 1556;China. C. 1923;Japan. D. 1979;China. (4) According to the passage, which of th
7、e following is NOT true? A. The stronger the earthquake is, the more people are killed. B. Earthquakes often come unexpectedly. C. Earthquakes can cause fires. D. People still dont know when an earthquake will come. 答案：(1)-(4) C D B A 解析：(1) 细节理解题。根据文章第一句可知 A 项错误;从文章有关地震所致伤亡 情况的叙述来看, B 项错误;根据第一段的“Co
8、untries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous(多山的). ”可知答案为 C 项。 (2) 细节理解题。根据第三段中“In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2, 000 people died. ”可知答案。 (3) 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段内容可知答案。 (4) 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Strong earthquakes are not always the one
9、s that kill the most people. ”可知, A 项错误。 B “Earthquake!” The word flashed in my brain. A roaring sound filled my ears. I tried to slide beneath my desk. The desk did a wild tap dance, slipping and sliding towards the centre of the room. I twisted my body and grabbed at the windowsill behind me, some
10、how kicking free of my dancing chair. I tried to stand. My legs skated away as if on a bucking escalator. My fingers shook, grasped and held the windowsill tightly. Somewhere through the roar sounded the terrified scream of some wounded animal. I looked behind me and - 3 - tried to steady my gaze on
11、 the other kids but the scene was a dizzy nightmare. Some of the class were sitting in the middle of the room, surrounded by chairs and desks. One girl was screaming. A boy was trying to claw his way across the floor to the door in a crazy overarm crawl. My grip froze me to the windowsill. I cried a
12、loud, “Im going to die. Im going to die. Save me. Im not ready to die. Im not ready!” I hunched forward on my knees and pressed my face against my clenched fingers. I looked at the backs of my fingers and stupidly noticed the fragile pale hairs growing out of the pores. The fingers would soon cease
13、to exist. Somehow the impending horror of my death was too terrible to even cry about. Suddenly, I became aware that the rocking had ceased. Perhaps I wasnt going to die. (5) The roaring sound was made by _. A. a wounded animal B. people screaming C. children running D. an earthquake (6) When the na
14、rrator clenches his fingers he is_. A. afraid B. angry C. injured D. impatient (7) Paragraph 2 describes the_. A. injuries suffered by the narrator B. effects of a bad nightmare C. disorder in the classroom D. narrators fear of death (8) At the end of the passage there is a feeling of _. A. panic B.
15、 hope C. sorrow - 4 - D. excitement 答案：(5) -(8) D A C B 解析：(5) 细节理解题。根据文章, 作者在文章中谈到的现象, 还有一些响声都是 来描述地震的。 (6) 细节理解题。从文章中我们得知当描述者握紧手指时他非常害怕。 (7) 细节理解题。从文章第二段中所提到的孩子、桌子、椅子、屋子等均可说明这 地方是教室。 (8) 推理判断题。从文章最后一句“Perhaps I wasnt going to die. ”, 我们可以看出 他有希望了。 C Now many young people are travelling around the
16、world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone. Kristina Wegscheider from California first travelled alone when she was at college and believed that it was something everyone should do at least once in their life. “It opens up your mind to new things and pushes you out of your comfort zone. ” Wegscheid
