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module 3 violence of nature period 1 introduction reading and vocabulary. 阅读理解a(2016北京高考)surviving hurricane sandy(飓风桑迪)natalie doan, 14, has always felt lucky to live in rockaway, new york. living just a few blocks from the beach, natalie can see the ocean and hear the waves from her house. “its the ocean that makes rockaway so special, ”she says. on october 29, 2012, that ocean turned fierce. that night, hurricane sandy attacked the east coast, and rockaway was hit especially hard. fortunately, natalies family escaped to brooklyn shortly before the citys bridges closed. when they returned to rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. many of natalies friends had lost their homes and were living far away. all around her, people were suffering, especially the elderly. natalies school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in brooklyn. in the following few days, the men and women helping rockaway recover inspired natalie. volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys. neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild. teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless high-rise buildings. “my mom tells me that i cant control what happens to me, ”natalie says, “but i can always choose how i deal with it. ”natalies choice was to help. she created a website page, matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. natalie posted information about a boy named patrick, who lost his baseball card collection when his house burned down. within days, patricks collection was replaced. in the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids: christopher, who received a new basketball; charlie, who got a new keyboard. natalie also worked with other organizations to bring much-needed supplies to rockaway. her efforts made her a famous person. last april, she was invited to the white house and honored as a hurricane sandy champion of change. today, the scars(创痕)of destruction are still seen in rockaway, but hope is in the air. the streets are clear, and many homes have been rebuilt. “i cant imagine living anywhere but rockaway, ”natalie declares. “my neighborhood will be back, even stronger than before. ”【语篇概述】本文是一篇记叙文。natalie的家乡rockaway遭到飓风桑迪的袭击, 受灾严重。看到人们帮助家乡重建, natalie也积极参与, 创建了一个网站分享求助信息, 她的行为得到了社会的认可和赞扬。1. when natalie returned to rockaway after the hurricane, she found. a. some friends had lost their livesb. her neighborhood was destroyedc. her school had moved to brooklynd. the elderly were free from suffering【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第三段的句子many of natalies friends had lost their homes and were living far away. 可知, a项错误; 根据“natalies school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in brooklyn”可知, 学校没有搬走, 她只是暂时去brooklyn上学, c项错误; 根据“people were suffering, especially the elderly”可知, d项错误; 根据“when they returned to rockaway the next day, they found their neighborhood in ruins. ”可知, 他们的街区被飓风毁了, 故选b。2. according to paragraph 4, who inspired natalie most? a. the people helping rockaway rebuild. b. the people trapped in high-rise buildings. c. the volunteers donating money to survivors. d. local teenagers bringing clothing to elderly people. 【解析】选a。细节理解题。根据第四段的句子in the following few days, the men and women helping rockaway recover inspired natalie. 可知, 是那些帮助rockaway重建的人给了natalie最大的鼓舞。3. how did natalie help the survivors? a. she gave her toys to other kids. b. she took care of younger children. c. she called on the white house to help. d. she built an information sharing platform. 【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的句子she created a website page, matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help. 可知, natalie创办了一个网站与公众分享信息, 以帮助那些需要帮助的人, 故选择d项。4. what does the story intend to tell us? a. little people can make a big difference. b. a friend in need is a friend indeed. c. east or west, home is best. d. technology is power. 【解析】选a。主旨大意题。根据倒数第二段的最后一句可知, natalie的助人行为得到了社会的认可和赞扬, 说明小人物也可以有大作为。bthe year is 2094. it has been announced that a comet(彗星)is heading towards the earth. most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth. on 17 july, a piece of four kilometers wide comet enters the earths atmosphere with a massive explosion. about half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the south atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. the sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. the wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern africa at 800 kilometers an hour. cities on the african coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned. before the waves reach south america, the second piece of the comet lands in argentina. earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the andes mountains. the shock waves move north into california and all around the pacific ocean. the cities of los angeles, san francisco and tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, and the north wont escape for long. because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. crops are ruined. the sun wont be seen again for many years. wars break out as countries fight for food. a year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive. could it really happen? in fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the earth. the dinosaurs were on the earth for over 160 million years. then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. many scientists believe that the earth was hit by a piece of object in space. the dinosaurs couldnt live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. will we meet the same end? 【语篇概述】文章描述了人类在2094年可能会遭遇的灾难。5. what is mainly described in the passage? a. a historic discovery. b. an event of imagination. c. a research on space. d. a scientific adventure. 【解析】选b。主旨大意题。文章描述了人类在2094年可能会遭遇的灾难。当然这些事情只是一种想象而已。6. when the first piece hits the south atlantic, it causes. a. an earthquakeb. damages to citiesc. an earth explosiond. huge waves【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据文章第二段第四句可知。7. why cant the northern half of the earth escape for long? a. because the land is covered with water. b. because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth. c. because people there can not live at the temperature of zero. d. because wars break out among countries. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第六句可知答案。8. by giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove. a. animals could not live in the cold climateb. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented storyc. the human beings will die out in 2094d. the earth could be hit by other objects in space【解析】选d。细节理解题。答案在文章最后一段, 作者举恐龙这一例子是为了说明地球很有可能再次遭遇袭击。. 阅读填句根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。americans use many expressions with the word“dog”. people in the united states love their dogs and treat them well. 1. _ however, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. the expression, to lead a dogs life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence. some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. 2. _ they say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. this means they have to work very, very hard. such hard work can make people dog-tired. and, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog. 3. _ this means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. to be successful, people often have to learn new skills. yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. they believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things. 4. _ people who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. mean dogs are often used to guard this property. they bark or attack people who try to enter the property. however, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. we say his bark is worse than his bite. dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. the dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. a rainstorm may cool the weather. but we do not want it to rain too hard. 5. a. still, people say every dog has its day. b. we do not want it to rain cats and dogs. c. some people are compared to dogs in bad ways. d. dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people. e. there are many other expressions waiting for you to explore. f. that means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. g. they take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. 【语篇概述】本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了英语中一些与dog相关的俗语。1. 【解析】g。根据空格前一句内容可知, 美国人喜爱而且善待狗, 故选g项, 即举例说明美国人的待狗之道。此题易错选d项。狗的忠诚与上下文毫无关系。2. 【解析】f。根据篇章结构, 每提出一个新的俗语, 下文便有文字对前面的俗语进行解释。故此处选用作解释的内容最为合适。故选f项。3. 【解析】a。空格后的内容正是对选项的解释, 故选a项。4. 【解析】c。根据空格后一句, 那些不友好、不关心他人的人通常被描述成meaner than a junkyard dog可知, 本段应该是用dog的短语来比喻不好的人。故选c项。5. 【解析】b。根据空格前提到的rain可知, 只有b项与此有关。归纳文章主旨大意的技巧归纳文章主旨大意是考查考生对文章的主题、中心思想的理解程度及辨别主要信息和次要信息的能力。要十分留意文章的开头和结尾, 要抓住文中具有概括性的信息, 再从选择项中找出最符合表达主题思想的选项。做题时, 可以快速阅读文章找出各个段落的主题句, 然后把各个段落的主题句联系起来, 就能概括出文章的中心, 抓住文章的主题。不要为局部现象迷惑, 而忽略了文章的整体思想。阅读理解aan announcementit was a small town which lay by the coast. most people there lived by catching fish. the hurricanes often struck the area from july to october. some of the people died on the sea when their boats were blown over by the heavy winds. so they paid much attention to the weather forecast(天气预报). they were afraid to meet with the hurricanes when they were catching fish on the sea. each of the families had a radio and people always took them with themselves and listened to them at any time. it was september. a hurricane attacked the town one night. plenty of trees were pushed over and all the electric and telephone lines were broken. people couldnt watch tv, or call their friends, or go to work. to their anger, they couldnt listen to the weather forecast the town radio station broadcast. the food and fresh water would soon be short and the patients couldnt be given medical careno medicine could be carried there. people didnt know what would happen and they looked anxious. on the fourth day they read an announcement(通告)on the town weekly. it was written, “recently we have to stop the weather forecast because of the bad weather. we usually get the forecast from the airport. but the roads are all blocked by the fallen trees and stones. whether or not well be able to broadcast the weather forecast tomorrow depends on the weather! ”【语篇概述】本文是一则通告, 说明一个小镇发生飓风的一些情况。1. the people in the town often took radios with themselves because. a. they felt lonely when catching fish on the sea and listened to the weather forecastb. they were interested in the weather forecastc. they couldnt watch tv on the sead. they hoped to listen to some good news【解析】选b。推理判断题。文章介绍这个城镇中的居民多数是渔民, 所以他们非常关心天气情况, 经常随身携带收音机以了解天气情况。2. the writer wrote the passage mainly to. a. describe the peoples normal life thereb. give a news reportc. describe a bad effect of natural disastersd. warn people to be careful against hurricane【解析】选c。主旨大意题。作者通篇都是在讲一个城镇居民打渔与天气的密切关系, 以及一场飓风给他们带来的危险。3. reading the announcement, the people were. a. encouragedb. happyc. excitedd. disappointed【解析】选d。推理判断题。当居民知道由于天气不能再收听天气预报时当然会感到失望的。bwe often hear the saying, “youve a greater chance of being struck by lightning than. . . ”it is used to describe something that hasnt got much chance of happening. however, this common saying undermines(削弱)the very real danger of lightning. last friday, at least five people were killed by lightning in nepal. lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths among natural disasters in the us. the first is floods. around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each year, and of those, about 73 people die. more people are killed by lightning than by tornadoes and hurricanes. because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention as other disasters. to raise awareness(意识)of the damage of lightning the us has made june 2228 national lightning safety week; it aims to warn the public of the danger of lightning and provide safety tips about what to do during thunderstorms. “if you can hear thunder(雷), you are in danger of being struck by lightning, ”said rocky lopes, a disaster educator at the american red cross. “thunder means that lightning is close enough to hit you at any minute, so you should move indoors immediately and stay there until the storm has ended. the single most important thing to remember is to find a hiding place, ”lopes said. summer is the time for most lightning storms, so when lightning strikes across the sky, remember these safety tips: stop workin