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Module 4Sandstorms in Asia.完形填空词数 321 难度系数 建议用时 15(2011湖北六市联考)I was told just now in the hospital that I was having a Bells palsy attack, a condition in which the face muscles tighten because of stress. During the long car ride home, all I could think about was my coming interview. But now I could not even_1_ myself in the mirror and my lips was unable to open normally, surely all the other applicants would have the _2_， I concluded.However, I wouldnt let my own selfconsciousness _3_ me. Not now, not when I had _4_so hard for so long to be given this opportunity. This was the kind of position Id dreamed of for all these years. “Mom, _5_ me off on Jacob Street. Im going to the_6_.”“Honey, I dont think you should. You look. _7_，” she said, ever so gently.I knew she was _8_. But if I didnt, Id always _9_ if I could have gotten my dream job.“No, Mom, take me there.”_10_， she took me where I wanted to go.“Hello，” a grayhaired man sitting behind the large desk _11_ me.“Miss Jenkins？”“Yes. Please excuse me. Im having a Bells palsy attack. My doctor explained to me that it would last a few days. I came right from the _12_.”“Youre very _13_ to come when youre in such a state，” he _14_， after a pause.He spent a few minutes looking through my _15_.“Is everything on here _16_？”he asked.“Yes, but I _17_ to mention I type seventyfive words per minute.”“Well, you have an impressive background with related experience, you are _18_ qualified. When are you _19_？” he asked.I took a deep breath and asked，“Youre hiring me？”“Not only have you got the skills Im looking for, you also have the _20_.” He gave me a big smile.语篇解读：作者马上要参加一场她梦寐以求的工作的面试，却患了面部神经麻痹，脸部肌肉不受控制。面对这样的困境，作者还是勇敢地参加了面试，并因为其勇气而被当场录用。 1.A.recognize BforgiveCbelieve Dcontrol解析：由于面部肌肉扭曲，照镜子时我都认不出自己了。recognize“辨认出，辨别出”，符合语境。答案：A2A.chance BadvantageCcourage Dsympathy解析：面部肌肉变得僵硬，说话也受到影响，其他参加面试的人自然就比我有优势了。advantage“优势，有利条件”，符合语境。答案：B3A.pardon BhelpCstop Dtransform解析：然而我不想因在乎自己的外貌或他人的看法而阻碍我(去参加面试)。答案：C4A.driven BturnedCprepared Dworked解析：从语境看，作者说这是她多年来梦想的职位，因此不是她为得到这个位置而准备了很长时间，而是经过多年刻苦工作，才终于有了这个机会。答案：D5A.take BpullCdrop Dsend解析： drop sb. off表示“(用车)顺路送某人(到某地)，顺便把某人送至(某处)”，符合语境。答案：C6A.interview BsupermarketCdoctor Doffice解析：从语境可知，作者决定还是要去参加这次面试。答案：A7A.weak BstubbornCstrange Dangry解析：上文讲到此时的我照镜子都几乎认不出自己，妈妈心疼我，温柔地说，可是你看起来那么奇怪。解题时要注意句中的省略号。文章没有提到作者身体虚弱(weak)；妈妈说话温和，因此不是责怪作者固执或生气。答案：C8A.kind BrightCwrong Dsensitive解析：妈妈说的没错，这一点我心里明白。答案：B9A.regret BbelieveCwonder Dquit解析：假如我不去参加面试，我会总是想我是否本来可以得到这个我梦寐以求的工作呢？答案：C10A.Hopefully BUnwillinglyCFortunately DUnexpectedly解析：结合上下文和所提供的选项可知，妈妈很不情愿地把我送到我要去的地方。答案：B11A.doubted BexaminedCgreeted Ddiscouraged解析：注意情景的跳跃与转换。“你好，你是Jenkins小姐吗？”显然这里是面试的考官在和我打招呼，因此选C。答案：C12A.hospital BhomeCoffice Dwork解析：结合语境判断选A，我刚从医院赶过来，医生说我患了面部神经麻痹，可能这种情况会持续几天才会恢复。答案：A13A.crazy BdeterminedCdisrespectful Dfunny解析：处于这样的状态，还能来参加面试，可见作者是真有毅力。答案：B14A.stre ssed BinterruptedCcommented Dcomplained解析：从四个动词选项看，本题应该选C，comment“评论，评价”。这句话是他对我抱病参加面试的评价。答案：C15A.face BhealthCsituation Dapplication解析：从下文考官的问话可知他是在看我的申请表。答案：D16A.cor rect BnormalCincredible Dcontradictory解析：从下文作者的回答(是的)判断选A。考官问道：你这份申请表上提供的信息都是准确的吧？其他选项normal“正常的”，incredible“难以置信的”，contradictory“相矛盾的”，均不符合语境。答案：A17A.pretended BfocusedCfailed Ddemanded解析：结合语境，此处意为：不过在申请表中我忘了说我的打字速度是每分钟75个。答案：C18A.narrowly BcertainlyCpossibly Dimpossibly解析：既然背景给人的印象深刻，而且有相关的工作经历，那么作者“当然”符合条件了。答案：B19A.accessible BconvenientCenergetic Davailable解析：你什么时候可以来报到上班呢？available表示“可以得到的，可用的”。答案：D20A.ap pearance BcharacterCqualification Ddisadvantage解析：显然，作者的勇气与毅力也就是她坚毅的性格给考官留下了深刻的印象。答案：B.阅读理解A词数 327 难度系数 建议用时 7(2011长沙模拟)At dawn on Friday，May 19,1780，farmers in New England stopped to wonder at the pink color of the sun.By noon the sky had darkened to midnight blackness，causing Americans，still in the painful struggle of a prolonged war of independence，to light candles and tremble at thoughts of the Last Judgment.As the birds quieted and no storm accompanied the darkness，men and women crowded into churches，where one minister commented that “The people were very attentive”John Greenleaf Whittier later wrote that “Men prayed，and women wept；all ears grew sharp.”A recent study of researchers，led by Richard Guyette from the University of Missouri TreeRing Laboratory，has shown that vast forest fires in the Algonquin Highlands of southern Ontario and elsewhere in Canada brought this event upon New England.The scientists have discovered “fire scars” on the rings for that year，left when the heat of a wildfire has killed a part of a trees cambium (形成层)Evidence collected also points to a drought that year.An easterly wind and low barometric pressure (低气压) helped force smoke into the upper atmosphere.“The record fits pretty close，”says Guyette.“We had the right fuel，the drought.The conditions were all there.”Lacking the ability to communicate quickly over long distances，Americans in 1780 remained in the dark about the event，which had disappeared by the next day.Over the next several months，the papers carried heated debates about what brought the darkness.Some were the voices of angry prediction，such as one Massachusetts farmer who wrote，“Oh！Backsliding New England，attend now to the things which belong to your peace before they are forever hid from your eyes.”Others gave different answers.One stated that “a flaming star” had passed between the earth and the sun.Ash，argued another commentator.The debate，carried on throughout New England，where there were no scientific journals or academies yet，reflected an unfolding culture of scientific enquiry already sweeping the Western world，a revolution nearly as influential as the war for independence from the English.New Englanders would not soon forget that dark day；it lived on in folklore，poems，and sermons for generations.一、新新单词darken/dkn/v.使变暗；变黑comment/kmnt/ v发表意见prediction/prIdIkn/ n预言，预测二、常用短语at thought(s) of一想到belong to属于三、靓点句式Lacking the ability to communicate quickly over long distances，Americans in 1780 remained in the dark about the event，which had disappeared by the next day.Lacking the ability.为现在分词短语，在句中作原因状语。句意：由于缺乏长距离快速联络的能力，1780年的美国人对于直到第二天才消失的奇异现象的成因一无所知。语篇解读：本文介绍了新英格兰历史上“白天变成黑夜”的怪异现象和它的成因。1New Englanders crowded into churches because they were frightened by_.Athe pink color of the sunBthe darkened sky at daytimeCthe Last Judgment on FridayDthe American War of Independence解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知人们涌入教堂的原因是中午的时候天空已经像午夜那么黑了。答案：B2What can we infer about the event in New England on May 19,1780?APrayers remained silent and attentive.BNight birds no longer came out to sing.CPeoples ears became sharper than usual.DMidday meals were served by candlelight.解析：推理判断题。根据文章第一段第二句可知，天空突然像午夜那么黑，发生这种可怕现象的时间是中午，因此可以推断出人们中午吃饭时要点上蜡烛。答案：D3According to the researchers，the origin of the event was_.Aan east wind Ba severe droughtCsome burning fuel Dlow barometric pressure解析：细节理解题。根据第二段可以看出，发生这种现象的原因是干旱(drought)引起了森林大火，树木的燃烧又产生了浓烟，因此源头是干旱。答案：B4What can we know about the debates after the dark day?AThey focused on causes of the event.BThey swept throughout the Western world.CThey were organized by scientific institutions.DThey improved Americans ability to communicate.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知人们对于白昼变成黑夜的争论主要集中在引起这种现象的原因，因此选项A正确。答案：A5What can be the best title for the text?ANew Englands dark dayBVoices of angry predictionCThere is no smoke without fireDTree rings and scientific discovery解析：主旨大意题。通读全文，不难看出本文的话题是“新英格兰的白天变成了黑夜”，因此选项A作为标题最合适。答案：AB词数 335 难度系数 建议用时 7(2011广州质量训练)The average college student in America spent about seven hundred dollars on textbooks last year.The National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks and course materials.Association spokesman says electronic textbooks now cover just two to three percent of sales.But he says that is expected to reach ten to fifteen percent by 2012.Online versions are now available for most popular college textbooks.Etextbooks can cost half the price of a new print textbook.But students usually lose access after the end of the term.And the books cannot be loaded on more than one device，so they are not easy to share.So what do students think of etextbooks？Earlier this year Administrators at Missouri State University tested them with five hundred students in twenty classes.The University provides laptop computers to all seven thousand of its fulltime students.It does not require students to buy their textbooks.They rent them to save money.The school aims to save even more by moving to etextbooks.The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy. They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks.And fiftysix percent said they were better able to find information.But most found that using etextbooks did not change their study habits.And sixty percent felt they read more when they were reading on paper.In all，almost half the students said they still liked paper textbooks better.But the survey found that cost could be a big influence. Fiftyfive percent said they would choose etextbooks if using them meant their textbook rental fee would not increase.Roger Von Holzen heads the Center for Information Technology in Education. He tells us that administrators are disappointed with the etextbooks now available because the majority are not interactive(交互的)He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video, activities，games and other ways to interact with the information. But for now，most of the books are just words on a screen.一、新新单词二、常用短语aim to do力争做到in all总之三、靓点句式He thinks growth will come when more digital books include video， activities，games and other ways to interact with the information. growth will come.为宾语从句，在宾语从句中含有一个when引导的时间状语从句，the way to do sth.做的方式。语篇解读：本文主要是将传统的课程资料和电子教材进行比较，哪一种更好呢？看看文中是怎么说的。6The underlined word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to _.Auniversity studentsBtextbooks and course materialsClaptop computersDetextbooks解析：词义推断题。第四段第一句提出问题“So what do students think of etextbooks？”可知，后面的them指代的是etextbooks。故选D。答案：D7We can learn from the passage that _.Ait is against law to share etextbooks among studentsBstudents in Missouri State University cant afford to buy textbooksCetextbooks will not be available when the term is overDmost students refuse etextbooks though they