Natural disasters
Getting ready & Reading
一、词汇运用
i. 同义替换
( ) 1. The street will be flooded when it rains heavily.
A. filled with cars
B. filled with people
C. filled with water
( ) 2. She sat and stared at the letter in front of her,
A. thought about ... for a long time
B. copied down ... in a short time
C. looked at ... for a long time
( ) 3. The telephone rang, and he answered it immediately.
A. after a while
B. at last
C. at once
( ) 4. She looked up in surprise when I shouted.
A. amazement
B. happiness
C. particular
( ) 5. I'm too busy. I don't have time to go shopping with you.
A. have much time
B. don't like
C. have no time
( ) 6. His advice fell on deaf cars, so he was very angry.
A. was accepted
B. was paid no attention
C. was put into action
( ) 7. For now, I have to stay at home because of my illness.
A. At present
B. For example
C. As for me
( ) 8. Our boss will be on business next week, and he asked me to book a ticket
for him.
A. leader of a family
B. leader of a company
C. leader of a country
ii. 词汇释义
( ) 9. If people or other creatures are still living and not dead, they are _______
A. good
B. useful
C. alive
( ) 10. To_______ something means to see or hear somebody or something.
A. notice
B. catch
C. manage
( ) 11. A _______ is a comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances.
A. train.
B. coach .
C. truckiii. 根据上下文线索猜词
( ) 12. The road is so narrow that buses are unable to _____.
A. stay
B. come
C. pass
( ) 13. The car was _____ damaged in the accident, and it cannot be repaired.
A. lightly
B. badly
C. hardly
( ) 14. I ______ at four this morning, and I couldn't fall asleep any more.
A. got up
B. stayed up
C. woke up
( ) 15. The police are searching through the forest to find the _______ child.
A. missing
B. clever
C. lucky
二、阅读理解
Mr. King worked in a factory. He liked playing soccer and spent much time on
it, so he was sometimes late for work. His boss was so angry that he fired Mr. King.
Mr. King couldn’t find another job. Finally he got into trouble and lived a difficult
life.
One of his friends felt sorry for him and introduced him to a headmaster, whose
school was just in need of swimming coaches. Mr. King began to teach the school
children to swim. He wasn’t a good coach. Two months later, the children learned
nothing. Few of them could swim.
It was a hot Saturday. The children wouldn’t stay in the classroom and wanted
to swim in the river. Mr. King failed to stop them. Before they started, he drew
a red line below the knee of each child. He said to them, “Come out of the river
at once if the water reaches the line.”
1. Why did the boss fire Mr. King?
A. Because Mr. King didn’t like his job.
B. Because Mr. King was ill.
C. Because Mr. King talked too much.
D. Because Mr. King was sometimes late for work.
2. Mr. King couldn’t find another job and his life was ________.
A. happy B. hard C. relaxing D. free
3. Who helped Mr. King find a job in a school?
A. The boss of the factory B. His friend
C. The school children D. Nobody
4. Two months later, the children learned nothing because ________.
A. Mr. King taught them to play soccer B. they didn’t like swimming at
all
C. they were afraid of water D. Mr. King was a poor coach
5. Mr. King _______, so he drew a red line below the knee of each child.
A. didn’t want the children to swim B. wanted to make the children
look funny
C. wanted to make the children happy D. wanted to help the children swim
better 参考答案
一、1-5 CCCAC 6-10 BABCA 11-15 BCBCA
二、1-5. D B B D A