高中英语ViolenceofNaturePeriod2ReadingandVocabulary要点讲解课课后阅读作业.docx

Module 3 Violence of Nature Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary. 完形填空I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to1grade six. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school. One day after class, she2that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a3conversation. After that day, she gave me particular4and it made me feel special(特别的). I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that5believed me, and my6started to improve(提高)in her subject. Months later, she moved into a house near my7. We would walk home together after school. Her constant(不断的)support helped me, 8in my studies, as I knew she would9my grades both in her subject and the other subjects. I finally10second in my class. Then, after grade six, she started to slowly drift away(疏远)11still kept a constant(不断的)check on me. By the time I was in grade seven, we12spoke, but by then I had become the13in my class. When I left my school, I was14with her, as she never answered the15when I called her. Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths(路)16again. I met her at a wedding. I could not17asking her, “Why did you stop talking to me? ”“You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree18on your own roots, not depending on(依靠)others. Now here you are and I feel19of you. You are your inspiration and do not need to20a shoulder, ”she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. Ill always thank her. 【语篇概述】作者在小学时老师和家长认为他是个差等生, 要他留级, 这时遇到了一位Miss Sadia老师, 在她的帮助和鼓励下, 作者取得很大进步, 但是从此以后, Miss Sadia不再给他很多关注, 直到毕业后的一次偶遇, 他才知道了老师这样做的真正原因。1. A. jumpB. attendC. copyD. repeat【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据“I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless”可知老师和家长都认为“我”是差生, 所以不得不留级, 选D。2. A. heardB. noticedC. learnedD. sensed【解析】选B。根据下文可知一天下课后, 她注意到“我”一个人孤独地待着, 选B。notice注意到。3. A. stupidB. uselessC. normalD. secret【解析】选C。词语辨析题。从上下文可知这只是很平常的谈话, 但是后来老师却格外注意“我”。normal正常的。4. A. attentionB. attractionC. explanationD. examination【解析】选A。词语辨析题。根据空后内容可知“我”有一种不同的感觉, 由此判断老师对“我”特别关注, 故选A。attention注意; attraction吸引人的物; explanation解释; examination考试。5. A. everyoneB. someoneC. anyoneD. nobody【解析】选B。词语辨析题。从上文可知老师对“我”特别关注, 所以作者感受到了来自别人的信任, 选B。6. A. wordsB. objectsC. classesD. grades【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据文意可以推断作者在老师教的那科的成绩开始提高了, 选D。7. A. homeB. schoolC. hotelD. company【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。根据“We would walk home together after school”可知老师搬到了离“我”家很近的一所房子里。选A。8. A. generallyB. actuallyC. especiallyD. usually【解析】选C。词语辨析题。她不断鼓励“我”, 尤其在学业方面, 由此推断选C。especially特别, 尤其。9. A. changeB. lookC. improveD. check【解析】选D。词汇复现题。根据语境判断老师会检查他的学习情况, 会查他各科的成绩, 而且根据下文“still kept a constant check on me”内容也可以判断选D。10. A. receivedB. cameC. caughtD. held【解析】选B。词语辨析题。固定短语: come second获得第二名, 句意: 最后我获得班级第二名。选B。11. A. butB. asC. orD. so【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。从前后句内容可知此处表示转折关系, 句意: 老师开始慢慢地疏远我, 但是还是经常检查我的学习成绩, 选A。12. A. everB. oftenC. onceD. hardly【解析】选D。词语辨析题。从上文内容可知老师对作者渐渐疏远, 由此判断当“我”上七年级时, “我们”几乎就不交谈了, 故选D。13. A. oldestB. strongestC. bestD. cleverest【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。到那时, “我”已经成为班级最好的学生了, 故选C。14. A. out of touchB. in commonC. out of reachD. in touch【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。out of touch失去联系; in common共同的; out of reach够不着; in touch联系。根据情况的发展可知等“我”毕业以后, 我们再也没有联系, 故选A。15. A. roadB. schoolyardC. phoneD. machine【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据空后“when I called her”可知当“我”给她打电话时, 她从不接“我”的电话, 故选C。16. A. separatedB. formedC. addedD. crossed【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。separate分离; form形成; add增加; cross交叉。根据作者的讲述可知作者和老师渐渐不再联系, 但是后来又在一次婚礼上相遇了, 两人相遇, 也就是两条路有了交叉, 由此判断选D。17. A. finishB. helpC. preventD. keep【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据作者说的话可知“我”是情不自禁地问她“为什么不再和我说话”, 选B。18. A. standingB. flyingC. growingD. sitting【解析】选A。词语辨析题。从下文内容可知老师希望作者独立, 要像一棵树一样, 靠着自己的根站立着, 而不是依赖于别人的帮助, 故选A。19. A. sadB. proudC. goodD. ashamed【解析】选B。词语辨析题。sad伤心的; proud自豪的; good好的; ashamed惭愧的。从上文内容可知作者成绩优秀, 所以老师应该是为他自豪。20. A. give upB. get onC. look forD. take up【解析】选C。词语辨析题。give up放弃; get on进展; look for寻找; take up拿起。从老师说的话可知老师不希望他去依赖别人, 要靠自己的力量。look for a shoulder“依靠别人”, 故选C。. 阅读理解AFor more than two days in September 1974, the people of Honduras shut their windows, locked their doors and cowered(畏缩)in their homes. Fifi was outside, and they were frightened. By the time Fifi had left, 8, 000 people were dead. Fifi wasnt a pet dog as the name suggests. It was a hurricane, one of the most destructive natural phenomena in the world. Why do we give human names to swirling bundles of wind and rain and cloud? We didnt always give them human names. Two hundred years ago, many hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the saints(基督教徒的)day on which the storm occurred. Later, storms were known by the name of the city where they came ashore. Meteorologists(气象学家)then tried naming storms after the latitude(纬度)and longitude(经度)where they occurred. Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting peoples namesspecially, female names. Male names were added in 1979. There are six sets of names for what the experts call Atlantic tropical cyclones. Each list is used every six years and consists of 21 names, starting with every letter but Q, U, X, Y and Z. The names “alternate” between male and female. A storm wont get a name until its winds reach 39 mph or about 62. 4 kph, at which point it becomes a tropical storm. At 74 mph or 118. 4 kph its declared a hurricane. The 126 names on the list are used only for storms from off the Atlantic coast of the US. There are separate lists for the Pacific. So what happens if a hurricane should cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific? It has happened before. The storm just gets a new name and sometimes a new sex. Max Mayfield is the director of the National Hurricane Centre, headquartered in Miami, Florida. Hes in charge of picking up new names for storms off the Atlantic coast. He doesnt do it alone, though. His counterparts in two dozen other countries in the Caribbean, Central America and North America vote on what names will replace retired names. 【语篇概述】文章讲述飓风名字的由来。1. Fifi was a. A. pet dogB. hurricaneC. girlD. storm【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“It was a hurricane. . . ”可知答案。2. We started to give storms and hurricanes human names. A. all the timeB. two hundred years agoC. in the 1950sD. in 1979【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据短文第六段第一句“Finally, in 1953, hurricanes started getting peoples names”可知答案。3. Storms from both the Atlantic and the Pacific getnames. A. sameB. differentC. 126D. 21【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据短文倒数第四段可知形成于大西洋和太平洋的飓风有不同的名字。故选B。4. The best title for this text is. A. How Storms and Hurricanes Get Their NamesB. Storms and HurricanesC. Male or FemaleD. Hurricanes in the Caribbean【解析】选A。主旨大意题。从短文首段的Fifi, 到末段的投票决定名字, 文章始终没有离开飓风的“名字”, 所以判断A最佳, B和D没有提及“名字”, 所以不正确, C偏离文章内容。BEvery year there are hundreds of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In September, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in Chinas Shaanxi Province in 1556. It killed almost one million people. We measure an earthquakes strength on the Richter Scale. The Richter Scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious. The Earths crust(地壳)is made up of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the plate moves, they move with it. Earthquakes can also break up gas and oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself. Another effect of earthquakes is tsunamis. These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great da