学年高中英语Unit4Earthquakes单元综合测评新人教版Word文件下载.docx

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sstrengthontheRichterScale.TheRichterScalewasintroducedin1935inSouthernCaliforniaintheUSA.Itmeasuresearthquakesonascaleofonetoten.Anyearthquakemeasuringfiveormoreisusuallyserious.

TheEarth'

scrust（地壳）ismadeupofrockcalledplates.Astheseplatesmove,theysometimescrashagainsteachother,causingthecrusttoquake.IncitiessuchasTokyo，wheresmallquakeshappenquiteoften,manymodernbuildingsaredesignedtobeflexiblesowhentheplatemoves,theymovewithit.

Earthquakescanalsobreakupgasandoilpipes.Thiscancausefirestobreakout,whichcandoasmuchdamageastheearthquakeitself.Anothereffectofearthquakesistsunamis.Thesearehugewavescreatedbyearthquakesbeneaththesea.Theycanbemanymetershighandcausegreatdamagetocoastaltownsandcities.China,Japan,RussiaandtheUSAhavethehighestoccurrence（发生）ofearthquakesintheworld.

【语篇解读】　本文主要讲述的是关于大自然中的一种常见的灾难——地震的具体信息等。

1．Thepassageismainlyabout．

A．scientistswhostudyearthquakes

B．thewayofmeasuringearthquakes

C．ausualnaturaldisaster—earthquakes

D．whatpeopleshoulddointheearthquake

【解析】　主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段内容可知本文主要讲述了大自然中的一种很常见的灾难——地震的具体信息。

故C项正确。

【答案】　C

2．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A．TheearthquakeinShaanxiProvincehappenedin1556.

B．TheearthquakeinShaanxiProvincekilledalmostonemillionpeople.

C．TheearthquakeinShaanxiProvincecausedalotofdamage.

D．TheearthquakeinShaanxiProvincewastheonlyearthquakeinChina.

【解析】　细节理解题。

根据第一段最后两句OneofthemostseriousearthquakeswasinChina'

sShaanxiProvincein1556.Itkilledalmostonemillionpeople.”可知A、B、C三项都是正确的，只有D项描述错误。

故选D项。

【答案】　D

3．Accordingtothepassageweknowthattsunamis．

A．cancauseearthquakes

B．arecausedbyearthquakes

C．onlyhappenonland

D．areawayofmeasuringearthquakes

根据文章最后一段倒数第三句“Thesearehugewavescreatedbyearthquakesbeneaththesea.”说明海啸是由海底的地震所导致的，故B项正确。

【答案】　B

B

Everybodyhatesrats.Butintheearthquakecapitalsoftheworld—Japan，LosAngeles，Turkey—ratswillsoonbeman'

snewbestfriends.

Whathappensafteranearthquake？

Wesendinrescuedogs.Why？

Becausetheycansmellpeople.Dogssavelives.Theyhelprescuerstofindlivingpeople.Butdogsarebigandtheycan'

tgetintosmallspaces.Sonowanewresearchprojectisusingasmalleranimaltosavelives：

therat.

Howdoesitwork？

First，theratistrainedtosmellpeople.Whenthishappens,therat'

sbraingivesasignal（信号）．Thisissenttoasmallradioonitsback，andthentherescuersfollowtheradiosignals.Whentherat'

sbrainactivityjumps，therescuersknowthatsomeoneisalive.Therathassmelledthatperson.

Althoughtherearealreadyrobotswhichcandothisjob，ratsarebetter.ChristianLinsteratCornellUniversity，NewYork,says，“Robots'

nosesdon'

tworkwellwhenthereareothersmellsaround.Ratsaregoodatthat.”Ratscanalsoseeinthedark.Theyarecheaperandquickertotrainthandogs,andunlikerobots,theydon'

tneedelectricity!

The“ratproject”isnotfinished,butJulieRyanofInternationalRescueCorpsinScotlandsays，“Itwouldbefantastic.Aratcouldgetintospaceswecouldn'

tgetto，andaratwouldgetoutifitwasn'

tsafe.”Perhapsforthefirsttimeinhistory，peoplewillbehappytoseearatinabuilding（butonlyafteranearthquake，ofcourse.）

【语篇解读】　人人痛恨的老鼠不久将在地震后的救援中成为人们的好朋友。

4．Intheworldearthquakecapitals，ratswillbecomeman'

sbestfriendsbecausetheycan．

A．taketheplaceofman'

srescuejobs

B．findthepositionofpeoplealivewhoaretrappedinbuildings

C．serveasfoodforpeoplealivewhoaretrappedinbuildings

D．getintosmallspaces

【解析】　推理判断题。

根据第三段内容可知，人们利用老鼠来搜寻地震中的被困人员，因此答案为B项。

5．Fromthethirdparagraphweknowtherescuerscanjudgeapersonwhoisaliveby．

A．thenoisemadebytherat

B．therat'

sunusualbehaviour

C．thesignalsentbytheradioontherat'

sback

D．thesmellgivenoffbytheperson

根据第三段中的“Whenthishappens，therat'

sbraingivesasignal（信号）．Thisissenttoasmallradioonitsback，andthentherescuersfollowtheradiosignals.”可知答案为C项。

6．Indoingrescuejobs，．

A．ratssmellbetterthandogs

B．dogsdon'

tneedtobetrainedtosmellpeople

C．robots'

senseofsmellcanbeaffectedbyothersmellsaround

D．ratscanseeinthedarkandaresmallerthanrobots

根据第四段中的“Robots'

tworkwellwhenthereareothersmellsaround.Ratsaregoodatthat”可知，