Module3TheViolenceofNature维A单项填空1．—I'msorryIsteppedoutsideforasmoke.Iwasverytired.—There'sno________forthiswhileyouareonduty.A．reasonB．excuseC．causeD．explanation答案B[考查词语辨析。第一句表示“我”对因累脱岗抽烟而抱歉。第二句意为值勤期间没有任何借口可以离岗。excuse“借口”，符合题意。reason“原因，理由”；cause“原因”；explanation“解释”。]2．His________voiceshowsthathe'sgreatly________．A．terrified；terrifiedB．terrified；terrifyingC．terrifying；terrifyingD．terrifying；terrified答案A[句意：他害怕的声音表明了他非常害怕。terrified表示人内心的害怕，可修饰look/expression/voice，表示“害怕的表情/声音”。terrifyinglook/expression/voice“令人害怕的表情/声音”。]3．Amonthhadpassed,butthegovernmentdidn'tfindthe________ofthemineaccident.(·银川市一模)A．reasonB．resultC．effectD．cause答案D[句意：一个月过去了，政府还是没有找出这起煤矿事故的起因。此句要用cause表示“(事故的)起因”。reason“理由”；result“结果”；effect“影响”。]4．ThereasonwhyI________thethirdparagraphofthecompositionwasthatIthinkitwasoffthepoint.(·唐山联考)A．madeoutB．putoutC．leftoutD．broughtout答案C[句意：我删去这篇作文第三段的原因是我觉得它不切题。makeout“辨认出，理解”；putout“伸出，扑灭”；leaveout“删去，省略”；bringout“取出，出版”。]5．Theideaofawayoutofthetroublehadnever________toanyone.A．happenedB．occurredC．appearedD．flashed答案B[句意：没有人想到一个摆脱这个僵局的方法。此句要用occurred构成sthoccurredtosb句式，意为“某人想到了……”。]6．Thecampersbegantomake________firefromthedrybranchestocooktheirlunch,whichmadetheirtentcatch________fire.(·大庆一模)A．a；aB．/；aC．a；theD．a；/答案D[考查冠词。句意：露营者开始用干树枝生火做午饭，结果他们的帐篷着火了。makeafire生火；catchfire着火，失火。]7．Tobuysomesalt,thecarelesshousewifewentdownstairs，________thefish________overthegas.A．left；cookedB．leaving；beingcookedC．leaving；cookingD．left；beingcooked答案B[由第二个逗号可知，第一个空要填的不是并列谓语，而housewife与leave为主动关系，故应用现在分词leaving；fish与cook为动宾关系，且强调的是“在下楼时”，正在进行的动作，故应用现在分词的被动形式。正确答案为B项。]8．Mystudyofbiologyhas________muchofmysparetime,butithasgivenmeagreatdealofenjoyment.A．takenupB．takendownC．takenoffD．takenaway答案A[句意：生物学习占据了我的很多业余时间，但却给了我很多乐趣。takeup“占据，从事”；takedown“写下”；takeoff“脱掉，起飞”；takeaway“带走，拿走”。故A项符合句意。]9．He________hisheadunderhispillowbecauseofthenoisefromupstairs.Buthestillcouldn't________asleep.A．buried；goB．placed；falltoC．buried；fallD．laid；goto答案C[考查动词用法。句意：由于楼上的噪音，他把头压在枕头底下，但还是不能入睡。第一个空不是简单的“放置”，用bury；fallasleep“入睡”，是固定短语。]10．Ifyoukeepdrivingsofast,you'll________inhospitalsoonerorlater.(·沈阳市一模)A．roundupB．endupC．turnupD．sendup答案B[句意：如果你开车老是这么快的话，你迟早会去住院的。roundup“集拢，围捕”；endup“终究，总归，结束，结局”；turnup“出现，露面”；sendup“使(价格)上升，发射”。故B项符合句意。]维B阅读理解选材网站：http：//www.timeforkids.com高考曾用材料：安徽卷D篇选材相似度：★★★★设题相似度：★★★SuperTyphoonMegicrashedintothePhilippinesonMonday,leavingatrailofdestructioninitspath.Thousandsofresidentsfledtosafetyasheavyrainsandstrongwindscausedflooding,collapsedtreesandcutoffpower.Itwasthestrongeststormtohittheislandnationinfouryear...
