【状元之路】高中英语 语篇提能16 新人教必修1.doc

语 篇 提 能阅读理解aif the crust (外壳) of the earth were not pretty solid (坚固的), it would be shaking about and moving up and down frequently. however, there are places in the rocks of the earths crust where it isnt strongly held together where faults exist. along the faults, one rock might push against another with great force. the energy is changed to vibration in the rocks, so they begin to shake and we have an earthquake!the most famous one in north america was the san francisco earthquake of 1906. seven hundred people died and property (财产) damage amounted to about $425 000 000. the greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake.one of the most famous earthquakes in europe took place in lisbon, portugal, in 1755. the city was destroyed and at least thirty thousand people were killed. in 1908, in calabria and sicily, a quake killed about seventyfive thousand people. in 1915, in central italy, hundreds of towns and villages were damaged and thirty thousand people were killed.two great earthquakes that caused great damage in asia took place in tokyo, japan, and in gansu province in china. the tokyo quake of 1923 killed more than one hundred thousand people and destroyed the city and the city of yokohama, too. the chinese quake in 1920 covered more than three hundred square miles and killed about two hundred thousand people.语篇解读本文介绍了地震起因及历史上几次大地震。1the first paragraph mainly tells us _.a. where earthquakes happenb. how earthquakes happenc. the damage caused by earthquakesd. famous earthquakes in the world答案与解析b通读第一段可知，本段介绍了地震的起因。2which of the following is the correct order of the years when the earthquakes happened?the san francisco earthquakethe earthquake in lisbon, portugalthe earthquake in calabria and sicilythe earthquake in central italythe earthquake in gansu provincethe tokyo quakea. b. c. d. 答案与解析c由文章地震发生的时间顺序可知c项正确。3according to the passage, the earthquake that killed the most people happened in _.a. portugal b. italyc. japan d. china答案与解析d由地震伤亡数字可知，1920年在中国发生的地震伤亡人数最多。4we can infer from the passage that _.a. the earths crust in europe is weaker than that in other placesb. the fires following the san francisco earthquake caused more damage than the earthquake didc. there were 75 000 people killed in the san francisco earthquaked. the city of yokohama was not greatly influenced by the tokyo quake答案与解析b推理判断题。由第二段“the greatest destruction came from the fires that followed the quake.”可知b项正确。bthe accident happened just a few months after i picked up my new car. it was clearly not my fault (过错). the other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and ran into my car. my new and very beautiful car was destroyed. it was even frightening because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. he was not happy.the police arrived and began taking statements. i explained that i had been going at about 55 kmph. “so you were going about 50 kmph .” he said.“no, i said i was going about 55 kmph，” i said.“right, so you were going about 50 kmph .” again he repeated.in a slightly angry voice because i felt i wasnt being heard, i said: “no! i was going about 55 kmph！”“ok, if thats the way you want it，” this time the officer simply replied.i didnt realize it at the time. the city speed limit is 50 kmph. my insurance company paid me for the damages to my car. however, i ended up getting 50 percent less than i would have from the other guys insurance company because i had insisted i was going 55 kmph.i thought about what had happened again. it suddenly struck me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. he had known something about the insurance that i had not. i might have insisted that i told the truth, but i could at least have said “thank you” to him instead of acting so rudely.sometimes the hardest thing to do is to have a listening ear let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. never forget to hear, you have to be able to listen.5the writer was frightened because _ when the accident happened.a. the other driver was too carelessb. his new beautiful car was destroyedc. he had two passengers on his card. he was making a phone call while driving答案与解析c细节理解题。根据文章第一段倒数第二句可知c选项正确。6the policeman repeated the writer was going 50 kmph to _.a. question him on the city speed limitb. help him to get out of the troublec. make him angry by ignoring himd. show him he took careful statements答案与解析b推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段第二句可知警察是在帮作者。7the most important lesson the writer learned from th