2020年高中英语Module4SandstormsinAsiaSectionⅣGrammar.doc

1、 Section Grammar & Writing课时作业.单句语法填空1I regret to inform (inform) you that your application has not been successful.Not successful? I performed pretty well in my interview!2Thinking of the increasingly bad situation, he couldnt but feel (feel) worried.3(2019浙江严州中学期中)Having finished her project, she

2、was invited by the school to speak (speak) to the new students.4Finding he had no key, he had no choice but to wait (wait) till his mother came back.5Im sorry I cant help water the flowers, because Im busy preparing for the singing competition to be held (hold) tomorrow.6They found it impossible to

3、get (get) everything ready in time.7Im examining the composition she has just finished to correct (correct) the possible mistakes in it.8This company was the first to produce (produce) radios as well as tape recorders in the world.9When Toms mother entered his room, he pretended to be sleeping (slee

4、p)10For nearly three hours we waited for the decision, only to be told (tell) to come again the next day.阅读理解AScientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again.They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and grow food there.They are learning a lot about the deserts,

5、but more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time.Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.Why is more and more land becoming desert？Scientists think that people make deserts.People are doing bad things to the earth.For example, scientists tell the people how important pl

6、ants are for stopping land becoming desert, but people dont pay enough attention to the green plants.Some places on the earth dont get much rain.But they still dont become deserts.This is because some green plants are growing there.Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places.Plants

7、 dont let the sun make the earth even drier.Plants dont let the wind blow the soil away.When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water.Without plants, the land can become desert more easily.The present fact is that green plants on the earth are fewer and fewer.If there were no green plants on t

8、he earth, the whole earth would become desert.【解题导语】本文讲述的是树木对于土地的重要性。呼吁人们多种树，保护树木，防止土地沙漠化。1Small green plants are very important to dry places because .Athey dont let the sun make the earth into good landBthey dont let the wind blow soil awayCthey are greenDthey have leaves解析：选B细节理解题。由第三段的第六句“Plants

9、 dont let the wind blow the soil away.”可知，植物可以阻止风把土壤吹走，由此得出答案为B项。2Land is becoming desert little by little because .Afew plants grow thereBthere is not enough rainCpeople havent done what scientists want them to doDscientists know little about the deserts解析：选A推理判断题。由整篇文章可知，植物在阻止土地沙漠化方面起着重要的作用，土地沙漠化则

10、反映了植物少的事实。由此选择A项。3From the second paragraph, we know that .Ascientists know how to change desert into good landBto stop the earth becoming desert, people should do good things to the earth as scientists sayCif scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food thereDmore and more pl

11、aces are becoming deserts all the time解析：选B推理判断题。第二段主要告诉我们土地沙漠化是由于人们对地球正在进行破坏(砍伐树木等), 因此我们可以知道：要想阻止地球土地的沙漠化，人们必须对地球做些好事(植树造林等)，由此得出答案为B项。4After reading this passage, we learn that .Aplants can keep dry land from becoming desertBit is good to get rid of the grass in the desertsCall places without muc

12、h rain will become desertsDit is better for the dry land to grow grass than to grow trees解析：选A主旨大意题。整篇文章都在告诉我们这样一个不争的事实：植物对于阻止土壤沙漠化起着非常重要的作用。由此选择A项。BWe use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.It is true

13、 that a smile means the same thing in any language.So does laughter or crying.There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings.Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry.This is probably because they are born w

14、ith those behavior patterns.Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world.In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like “he went pale and begin to tremble” suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock.However, “he opened his ey

15、es wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise.In Chinese “surprise” can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues！” Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike.Even in the same culture, people diffe

16、r in ability to understand and express feelings.Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on peoples faces.Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger p

17、eople do.【解题导语】本文讨论的是在不同的文化中相同的姿势所表达的情感可能会有不同。5According to the passage， .Awe can hardly understand what peoples gestures meanBwe can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings in words or gesturesCwords can be better understood by older peopleDgestures can be understood by

18、 most of the people while words can not解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一段提到“We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.”可知，我们会用语言和手势来表达自己的感情，但问题是这些语言和姿势可以有不同的理解方式，故选B项。6Peoples facial expressions may be misunderstood bec

19、ause .Apeople of different ages may have different understandingBpeople of different countries speak different languagesCpeople of different sex may understand a gesture in a different wayDpeople have different cultures解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第三段给出的几个例子可知，在不同的文化中对于同样的表情会有不同的理解，故选D项。7From this passage, we can

20、 conclude .Awords are used as frequently as gesturesBwords are often found difficult to understandCwords and gestures are both used in expressing feelingsDgestures are more efficiently used than words解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章第三、四段给出的例子可知，我们的姿势经常被用来表达我们的情感，故选C项。8The best title for this passage may be .AWords a

21、nd FeelingsBWords, Gestures and FeelingsCGestures and FeelingsDCulture and Understanding解析：选B标题归纳题。文章讨论的是在不同的文化中相同的姿势所表达的情感可能会有不同，故选B项。.语法填空A big fire broke out in a clothing factory in our city last Wednesday.At 918 that morning, when the employees were working 1. (busy) in the 4storeyed building,

22、heavy smoke was seen 2. (come) out of the windows on the second floor.The fire lasted nearly an hour, and the majority of the 345 employees managed 3. (escape) from the fire.Unfortunately, 7 were killed, and 23 injured, lightly or seriously.Some workers 4. (complain) that aids came too late, 5. the

23、firemen did come just 10 minutes after the fire was reported.To rescue everyone from the burning and smoking building in such a short time was too difficult.The only two exits of the big building were not enough for so many people to withdraw in 6. hurry.The reason of the fire, according to an inves

24、tigator, was 7. someone broke the nonsmoking rule in the factory, because some cigarette 8. (end) were found.Next two weeks, 15 inspection teams will be working in all the factories 9. turn, aiming to clear away the possibility of more fires.10. (hope), no disasters like this will happen again.【解题导语

25、】文章描述了一家服装厂发生的火灾。虽然消防人员及时赶到但还是造成了人员死伤。1解析：考查副词。此处修饰动词work用副词，指“忙碌地工作”，故填busily。答案：busily2解析：考查动词形式。此处是see sb.doing sth.用法，表示“看到某人正在做某事”。此处指“烟正在飘出来”，故填coming。答案：coming3解析：考查不定式。manage to do sth.“设法成功做某事”，故填to escape。答案：to escape4解析：考查时态。全文是过去时，此处也用过去式，故填complained。答案：complained5解析：考查连词。句意：一些工人抱怨救援来晚了

26、，但是消防人员接到火灾报警后10分钟就来了。前后句表转折，故填but。答案：but6解析：考查冠词。in a hurry “在匆忙中”是固定短语，故填a。答案：a7解析：考查代词。此处是表语从句，用that引导。故填that。答案：that8解析：考查名词。cigarette end “烟头”，此处由some修饰用复数，故填ends。答案：ends9解析：考查介词。in turn “轮流”是固定短语，故填in。答案：in10解析：考查副词。对后面整个句子进行修饰，用副词，故填hopefully。答案：Hopefully.书面表达请根据下表提示，写一篇关于环境问题以及如何保护环境的作文。词数10

27、0左右。环境问题大气污染、水污染、沙尘暴等原因现代社会的迅速发展，人们对大自然的破坏结果有害人类的健康，使动植物灭绝我的建议Nowadays, there are many environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution and sandstorms. One possible version：Nowadays, there are many environmental problems such as air pollution, water pollution and sandstorms. The pollute

28、d air does harm to peoples health.The polluted water causes diseases and deaths.Whats more, many animals and plants are dying out as a result of all kinds of environmental problems.It is people who should be responsible for the problems.With the development of society, more cars and waste are produc

29、ed and more natural resources are being used, which has made our environment worse and worse.As far as Im concerned, to protect the environment, the government must take more effective measures.It should let people fully realize the importance of environmental protection and those who destroy the environment should be severely punished.Only in this way can we have a good environment.