1、第 1页（共 11页） Unit4 Narural disasters Section C Discovering Useful Structures 一、用适当的关系代词填空 1.But in half the cases she wore a specially designed fat suit increased her weight to 180 pounds. 2.No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two womenkids go to my sons nursery and who recogni
2、zed my face. 3.Being liked creates opportunities for learning and for new kinds of life experienceshelp somebody gain an advantage. 4.You should avoid eating with heavier peopleorder large portions. 5.The best books are the onesopen further as time passes. 6.The only onecares about any mistake is th
3、e one who is speaking. 7.The village lay near some wetlandsbecame his second home. 8.It also doesnt require a new type of technology people arent already familiar with. 第 2页（共 11页） 二、阅读理解 A Bored? Lonely? Out of condition? Need to relax? Why not try the SPORTS CENTER? TENNIS Indoor and outdoor court
4、s. Coaching from beginners to advanced learners. Children only. Mornings. SKIING Gentle slopes (坡). Instructors of 3 levels at weekends and Fridays. Daytime practice. 8 years old upwards. SWIMMING 2 pools, heated, Olympic length. Women：Tuesday and Thursday. Men: Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Childre
5、n: Saturday. GOLF 9hole practice course. Professional coaching.Lessons must be booked in advance in daytime.Evening practice. Minimum age9 years old. GYMNASTICS Maximum age18 years old. Children aged510: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4: 006: 00 pm. 1018 years old: Friday evenings. AND MANY MORE 第 3页（共 11页
6、） Table tennis, Snooker (斯诺克台球), Darts (掷镖), Caf (all day), Bar (lunch time and evenings), Nursery (weekdays and weekends, not evenings) Center open: 10：00 am.10：00 pm. Daily. Interested? More details, call 80012345678. 1What is the purpose of the advertisement? ATo show some ways to spend weekends.
7、 BTo introduce a place to relax ourselves. CTo introduce some events in a sports meet. DTo give people some ideas to spend their holidays. 2What can we learn from this passage? APeople can play tennis day and night. BPeople under 20 can also take gymnastics. CChildren at any age can play golf in the
8、 center. DMen and women swim in the center separately. 3How many sports events are mentioned in the passage? A5.B6.C8.D11. B As the parent of two teenagers who have played multiple sports over the years, Ive seen the good, the bad, the ugly and the absolutely cruel. However, when I think about the v
9、alue of sports and why my kids continue to play sports, I find that playing sports can help kids become successful adults. Through sports, kids learn how to work in teams, how to challenge themselves to be better, 第 4页（共 11页） and how to behave when they lose and when they win. Whether kids play socc
10、er, baseball, or football, they learn they are part of a team where one person depends on another. When my son plays baseball, hes not the only one who needs to play well；he depends on his defense to make the plays on the field. When my daughter plays tennis, she depends on her partner to cut off th
11、e ball at the net and win the point, and the tennis team depends on each person in order to win the overall match and become the champion. Sports also teach children to trust and respect the decisions of someone who understands how the entire team needs to work in order to succeed. Sadly,though,yout
12、hsportshavesufferedfromthe “winning isnt everything； its the only thing”attitude. They have become too much of a reflection of professional sports. Winning is a happy result, but the lessons fromlosingare evenmore important. When my daughter loses the tennis match, her coach reminds her that she sho
13、uldnt lose heart and that she should learn more from losing than from winning. Losing makes you focus on improving your skills and your strategy. Were going to learn from our mistakes and not repeat them. I believe that participating in youth sports is much more than building a sound body. Sports ar
14、e the best way to shape and build more selfmotivated and happier children and help them become more selfmotivated and happier adults. 4What is the authors attitude to youth sports? 第 5页（共 11页） ACritical(批评的)BPositive. CDoubtful.DUnclear. 5What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about? AWhat sports the aut
15、hors kids play. BWhat the value of sports is. CHow sports benefit the kids. DWhy the authors kids continue to play sports. 6What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean? ATeenagers dont have to win every time. BWinning is the only goal for teen players. CTeenagers should work together to succee
16、d. DWinning is not the most important in sports. 7What is the best title for the text? AYouth Sports Build Better Adults BTeenagers Suffer from Youth Sports CLosing Brings More than Winning Does DTeenagers Perform Better than Adults in Sports 三、语篇填空 Earthquakes are quite common.In fact,thousands of
17、earthquakes 1.(happen) almost at every moment.2.,most of them are too weak to feel.During a big earthquake,there is often a big noise first.Then the earth shakes 3.(terrible) and many houses fall down. 第 6页（共 11页） As one of the most deadly 4.(nature) disasters in the world,earthquakes often result i
18、n many people being injured or killed.In 2008,a severe earthquake hit Chinas Sichuan Province,5.(kill) lots of people there. Besides the great damage and 6.(death) caused by the earthquake,other accidents such 7.fires often follow.More buildings may be damaged and more 8. (injure) may be caused.For
19、centuries,people 9.(be) making studies of earthquakes.Its said that about 2,000 years ago,for example,someone invented a machine which could find out the direction 10.the earthquake waves came. 四、阅读填句 A good book can be satisfying. If reading is a habit youd like to get into, there are some ways to
20、develop it. Realize that reading is enjoyable if you have a good book. If you have a difficult book and you are forcing yourself through it, it will seem like a task.1 Set time. You should have some time during every day when youll read for at least 5 to 10 minutes.2For example, make it a habit to r
21、ead during breakfast and lunch and even dinner if you eat alone. Always carry a book.3When I leave the house, I always make sure to have my car keys and one book at hand. The book stays with me in the car, and I take it into the office 第 7页（共 11页） and to appointments and pretty much everywhere I go.
22、 4Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. Dont lie down unless youre going to sleep. There shouldnt be a television or a computer near the chair, and no music or no noisy family members/roommates. If you dont have a place like this, create one. Reduce television/the Inter
23、net. If you really want to read more, try cutting back on time on TV or the Internet.5 Still, every minute you reduce of the Internet/TV, you could use for reading. This could create hours of book reading time. AGo to bookstores. BFind a quiet place. CThis may be difficult for some people. DWherever
24、 you go, take a book with you. EHave some good tea or coffee while you read. FIt means you will read no matter how busy you are. GIf this happens，give up the book and find another one that youll really love. 第 8页（共 11页） 一、用适当的关系代词填空 1.which/that 2.whose 3.that/which 4.who/that 5.that 6.that 7.which/
25、that 8.that/which 二、阅读理解 1.B细节理解题。根据文章首段“Bored？Lonely？Out of condition？Need to relax？Why not try the SPORTS CENTER？” 可知，这则广告主要是给人们推荐一个放松的地方。 2.D细节理解题。 根据 SWIMMING 部分中的 “Women： Tuesday and Thursday.Men：Monday，Wednesday and Friday.”可知，女性的游 泳时间是星期二和星期四，男性的游泳时间是星期一、星期三和星期 五，所以在体育中心，男性和女性是分开游泳的。 3.C细节理解题
26、。根据 TENNIS、SKIING、SWIMMING、GOLF、 GYMNASTICS、Table tennis、Snooker(斯诺克台球)、Darts(掷镖) 可知，文章一共提到了八种体育运动。 4.B推理判断题。通读全文可知，作者对青少年运动的态度是 积极的。 5.C推理判断题。根据第二段第二句可知，作者在第二段介绍 的是“运动是怎样使孩子们受益的” 。 第 9页（共 11页） 6.B推理判断题。根据第四段第二句可知，青少年运动已经过 多地反映了职业体育运动。由此推断画线部分的意思是“胜利是青少 年运动员的唯一目标” 。 7.A标题归纳题。根据末段末句可知，运动是塑造和培养更加自勉 的和
27、更加快乐的孩子的最好方式，可以帮助他们变成更有上进心、更 快乐的成年人。 三、语篇填空 1.are happening2.However3.terribly 4.natural5.killing6.deaths7.as8.injuries 9.have been10.where 四、阅读填句 1G根据上文“If you have a difficult book and you are forcing yourself through it, it will seem like a task.”可知， 如果你有一本难懂的书，而且你正强迫自己看完它，那看起来就像是 一项任务。 如果这样的话， 不
28、如放弃这本书， 找另外一本你喜欢的书。 G 选项符合语境，故选 G。 2F根据下文“For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast and lunch and even dinner if you eat alone.”可知， 如果你独自一人吃饭， 在早餐、 午餐甚至晚餐时都要养成阅读的习惯。 这意味着，不管你多么忙，你都会阅读，F 选项是上文自然的结果， 故选 F。 3D根据上文“Always carry a book.”可知，无论去哪里， 都带着一本书，D 选项“Wherever you go, take a book with
29、you.” 是对上文进一步的解释说明，故选 D。 第 10页（共 11页） 4B根据下文“Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair.” 可知， 要找一个安静的地方， B 选项 “Find a quiet place.”概括了本段内容，故选 B。 5C根据上文“If you really want to read more, try cutting back on time on TV or the Internet.”可知，如果想阅读更多， 尽可能减少在电视和网上的时间，再根据下文“Still, every minute you reduce of the Internet/TV, you could use for reading. This could create hours of book reading time.”可知，在互联网/电 视上减少的时间你都可以用来阅读，这可以创造数小时的读书时间。 所以 C 选项连接上下文，故选 C。 第 11页（共 11页）
