高考英语大一轮复习 Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World跟踪检测 外研版必修4.doc

module 6 unexplained mysteries of the natural world练（一） 第卷强化增分练练规范(限时：45分钟).语法填空(2016山西省考前质检)this is a story of a little girl and her grandmother. one day, i was looking for medicine in a store _1_ i saw an old woman with a little girl in her arms. the little girl asked her grandmother, “_2_ do you think about a brand new face cream that is supposed _3_ (reduce) laugh lines？” the grandmother just laughed and said, “sweetie, i am 80 years old. i _4_ (learn) to love all my laugh lines. i have _5_ (actual) earned every one of them.” then just to prove her point, she laughed again and amused _6_ granddaughter. the laughter of the little girl and the old woman mixed together with a sound _7_ was as musical and beautiful as an angels song.i left the store feeling a lot _8_ (good) about all the laugh lines i had earned in my own life. i remembered all the beautiful faces i had seen _9_ the years. their beauty is ageless no matter how old they are. may you have a time in your life earning _10_ most attractive laugh lines.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。小女孩建议自己的奶奶购买消除笑纹的面霜，奶奶回答说，她喜欢自己的笑纹。作者也希望人们能够学会爱上自己的笑纹。1.when when在这里表示“就在这时(突然)”。2what what do you think about sth. ？表示“你认为怎么样？”。3to reduce be supposed to do sth.意为“应当做某事”，故此处填 to reduce。4have learned/have learnt根据上下文语境可知，奶奶已经学会爱上自己的笑纹，所以用现在完成时。5actually形容词 actual 转换为副词 actually，修饰整个句子。6her根据该句主语 she 可知，应填形容词性物主代词 her。7that/which分析句子结构可知，所填词引导定语从句，先行词是 a sound，关系词在从句中作主语，故用 that/which。8better根据语境以及空前的“a lot”可知，此处应用形容词的比较级，good 的比较级是better。9overover the years 表示“历年来，多年以来”。10the形容词最高级前应用定冠词the。.短文改错(2016郑州第三次质量预测)about a month ago, i was walking alone on the beach in the evening. i have already finished my homework, and i wanted to relax. suddenly, i saw two children stand on the beach. they seem to have found something made of metal, which was big and reddishbrown. when i took a look at it, i knew immediate that it was an old bomb! i told them to move away the bomb. fortunately, i had a mobile phone around with me, so i called the police and told them that had been found. about 15 minutes late, the police arrived. i was praised for it but then i went home. the next day, i heard that the police had blown the bomb up. it had been on the sand for over 60 years!答案：第二句：havehad第三句：standstanding第四句：seemseemed第五句：immediateimmediately第六句：awayfrom或away后加from第七句：去掉around; thatwhat第八句：latelater第九句：butand第十一句：onin.书面表达(2016兰州市高三实战考试)假如你是李华，今年的中国国际旅游节下个月将在你们城市举行，组委会拟招聘一些高中生担任英语导游，你打算应聘。请根据下列内容要点给组委会写一封申请信。1自我介绍(年龄、性别等)；2英语水平(口语表达能力等)；3特殊优势(相关经历、对当地旅游景点的了解、沟通能力等)；4你的承诺。注意：1.词数100左右；2开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；3可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。dear sir/madam，_looking forward to your early reply.yours faithfully，li hua参考范文：dear sir/madam，im very glad to know that china international tourism festival will be held in our city next month. id like to be an english tour guide for the festival.my name is li hua. im a boy of 18, a senior 3 student in a high school. i believe i can do a good job for the festival. first of all, im good at english and i can speak english fluently. secondly, im fond of traveling and ive worked as an english tour guide at several great festivals in our city before. most importantly, i know our local tourist spots quite well and im good at communicating and cooperating with others.i promise ill try to offer my best services to the travelers from all over the world. i would be very happy if i could be chosen as a tour guide.looking forward to your early reply.yours faithfully，li hua练（二） 英语知识运用组合练练准度(限时：30分钟).完形填空(2016河北省高考适应性考试)visitors to the dry, hot sonoran desert of the southern arizona and northern mexico are amazed at the manyarmed giants. they are the saguaro cacti (树形仙人掌), a giant which gives the landscape its _1_ appearance. in the dry desert the saguaro cacti can live for more than 200 years, grow to a _2_ of 60 feet, and have as many as 50 arms.more _3_， the saguaro cacti still persist despite the unbearable desert climate. those that have grown to old age have _4_ droughts, freezes, flash floods, and bush fires as well as the _5_ caused by groups of rats that eat their seedlings (秧苗). like all other desert _6_， these leafless giants can store water for use during the deserts long dry seasons by _7_ water through their long roots.naturally, the great saguaro cacti are a(n) _8_ part of the desert life. actually the giants may be _9_ to many animals, including woodpeckers, owls, doves, bats and insects. in addition, after a saguaro _10_ the age of 50 or so, coldresistant flowers _11_ at the top of the plants once a year. these flowers _12_ birds, bats and bees, which come for the honey and for the tasty flowers with their black seeds._13_ the splendid saguaros are plentiful in the southwest, they are unfortunately _14_. these giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars by uprooting and _15_ them to nurseries (苗圃). to protect these southwestern _16_， agents for the arizona department of agriculture go around and _17_ the desert. its a most important job though a hard one. but without the saguaro cacti, many desert animals would suffer a lack of _18_ and loss of nesting sites. the southwest, too, would _19_ something of unique importance, since these desert giants have become a _20_ of the dry region.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章从奇特的形状、生活特性、经济价值等方面介绍了sonoran desert (索诺兰沙漠)的标志性植物树形仙人掌。1a.generalbbasiccunique dlovely解析：选c根据下文可知，树形仙人掌有多达50个手形分支，所以形状“独特”，故选unique “独特的”。2a.length bheightcsize dwidth解析：选b根据前面的“giant”及后面的“60 feet”可知，此处表示的是“高度”，因此选height。3a.pleasingly binspiringlycinterestingly damazingly解析：选d根据上文可知，游客对树形仙人掌的形状惊讶不已，现在更令人惊讶的是它们的适应能力，因此选amazingly。pleasingly “令人愉快地”；inspiringly “鼓舞人心地”；interestingly “有趣地”。4a.lived through bbroken throughccut through dgot through解析：选a根据上下文可知，树形仙人掌“经历”了恶劣环境的考验，live through “经历”，符合语境。break through “突破”；cut through “抄近路穿过，走近路”； get through “接通电话，通过考试”。5a.crisis bdamagecdestruction dload解析：选b除了恶劣的气候外，树形仙人掌还要遭受老鼠的“破坏”，因此选damage。crisis “危机”；destruction “毁灭”；load “负担”。6a.plants blivescanimals dcreatures解析：选a像沙漠里其他所有的“植物”一样，因此选plants。life “生命”；animal “动物”；creature “生物”。7a.pouring bsqueezingcpumping dabsorbing解析：选d 树形仙人掌通过他们的长根茎吸收水。absorb “吸收”，符合语境。pour “倒，灌”；squeeze “挤压”；pump “抽出”。8a.independent bvitalcoriginal dmysterious解析：选b根据下文可知，作为许多动物赖以生存的食物和家园，树形仙人掌是沙漠“极为重要的”部分，因此选vital “极重要的”。independent “独立的”；original “原始的”；mysterious “神秘的”。9a.spot bfieldchome dcamp解析：选c根据最后一段的倒数第二句“but without the saguaro cacti . loss of nesting sites.”可知，树形仙人掌可能是许多动物的栖息地，因此选home“家园”。spot “地点”；field “田地”；camp “营地”。10a.turns btakescmeets dgains解析：选a树形仙人掌长到50岁左右。此处选turn意为“到(某年龄或某个时间)”，其后直接跟数字。11a.come up bcome outcshow off dshow up解析：选b根据上下文可知，这里指树形仙人掌开花了，因此选come out “(花朵)开放”。come up “走近，被提到”；show off “炫耀”；show up “露面，到达”。12a.call btrapcfascinate dstick解析：选c根据下文中的“which come for the honey”可知，树形仙人掌的花吸引了一些动物，因此此处选 fascinate “迷住，深深吸引”。call “召集”；trap “困住”；stick “粘”。13a.as bbutcalthough dyet解析：选c尽管在西南这壮丽的树形仙人掌很多，但它们却面临着危险。逗号前后表示让步关系，although “尽管”，符合语境。as “因为”；but “但是”；yet “然而”。14a.in danger bin demandcin need din control解析：选a根据上题解析可知，此处应选in danger “处于危险之中”。in demand “需求大，受欢迎”；in need “需要”；in control “掌管”。15a.exchanging btradingcoffering dselling解析：选d根据空格前的“these giant cacti have great value in landscape gardening, and the thieves can earn thousands of dollars”可知，树形仙人掌被偷去卖钱，sell “卖”，符合语境。exchange “交换”；trade “从事贸易，以物易物”；offer “提供”。16a.treasures bdecorationscpossessions dcreations解析：选a根据全文可知，树形仙人掌是应该受到保护的沙漠珍宝，treasure “珍宝”，符合语境。decoration “装饰”；possession “拥有物”；creation “发明，创造”。17a.look over bhand overcwatch over dturn over解析：选c为了保护这些珍宝，arizona 农业部派代理人保护沙漠，因此选watch over “保护，照看”。look over “浏览，迅速地检查”；hand over “移交”；turn over “翻转”。18a.food bscenerycwater dflavor解析：选a根据第三段的最后一句可知，树形仙人掌还是动物们的食物。没有了它们，就意味着“食物”的短缺，因此此处选food。scenery “风景”；water “水”；flavor “味道”。19a.affect babandoncincrease dlose解析：选d西南部也将失去这些极具重要性的东西，因此此处选lose。affect “影响”；abandon “遗弃，放弃”；increase “增加”。20a.signal bsigncmark dsymbol解析：选d这些沙漠巨型植物已经变成了这个干燥区域的标志。根据句意可知，此处选symbol “标志”。signal “信号”；sign “征兆”；mark “记号”。.语法填空(2016江西九校第二次联考)would you like to explore (勘探) the oceans? do you want to find _1_ life than we imagine there? for jacques cousteau, the answer was “yes”. his career was a lifelong dream, and he is _2_ (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.cousteau was born in france in 1910. even _3_ a child, he loved water. cousteau was bright, _4_ he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. his parents sent him to a strict boarding school. there, cousteau finally _5_ (challenge). he studied hard and did well in all his courses. in 1933, he served as a general officer in the french navy. he also began to explore the life under the water. he worked _6_ a breathing machine to stay under water longer. it was finished in 1943.in 1948, cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. even so, he continued to explore the oceans. two years later, he became the president of the french oceanographic campaigns. he also bought a ship _7_ (help