高中英语人教版 (2019)必修 第一册Unit 4 Natural disasters单元测试课时作业

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第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
IF yu can dream — Science & Ideas Festival
launches schls petry cmpetitin
Science Oxfrd is prud t be supprting this year’s IF Oxfrd festival and the IF Oxfrdshire schls petry cmpetitin especially. The cmpetitin invites yung peple aged 5-16 t hand in a pem n any science tpic.
The pem can be in any petry style yu like. It desn’t have t rhyme (押韵), but yur pem needs t be under 150 wrds and abut science. It culd be abut a scientific idea r discvery; a science lessn r a scientific prblem that is imprtant t yu; a famus scientist, r just why yu lve science!
The cmpetitin is pen t any child at primary r secndary schl, r hme-schled in Oxfrdshire, and will be judged (评判) in three age categries (类别):
Schl Years 1-2
Schl Years 3-6
Schl Years 7-11
There are lts f prizes n ffer. The winning entrant (参赛者) in each age categry will receive a cpy f The Lst Wrds by Rbert Macfarlane and Jackie Mrris.
The classes f the winners f the tw primary schl categries will win a half-day science shw r wrkshp presented by ur amazing educatin utreach team. The class f the winner f the secndary age categry will win a tur f the Rutherfrd Appletn Labratry.
The winners and runners-up (亚军) in all three age categries will have the chance t perfrm their pem at a special event at the new IF Science and Ideas Festival ver the weekend f Octber 16 /17.
The clsing date fr entries is April 20. T find ut mre infrmatin visit IF-Oxfrd.cm.
21. Which f the fllwing is a requirement fr the pem fr the cmpetitin?
A. It has t rhyme.
B. It has t be written in fur lines.
C. It has t be less than 150 wrds.
D. It has t discuss a single scientific idea.
22. Children wh want t enter the cmpetitin must _____.
A. study at secndary schl
B. be between 5-16 years ld
C. be hme-schled in Oxfrdshire
D. hand in their pem befre Octber 17
23. What will the class f the winner f the secndary age categry win?
A. A half-day science shw.
B. A cpy f The Lst Wrds.
C. A chance t attend an amazing wrkshp.
D. A tur f the Rutherfrd Appletn Labratry.

B★★★☆☆
On 26 December, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake ff the Indnesian cast sent a wall f water racing tward Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Lang was n the island f K Phi Phi, just suth f Phuket, Thailand, shpping n Main Street with her friend Rubina Wng, when suddenly everything changed. “Peple started running inland. Frm where we were, we culd nt see the beach s we had n idea what was ging n. Nbdy was saying it’s a tsunami,” she said.
Lang and Rubina started running inland in the same directin as everyne else, when she nticed water racing int the island, but s strng and fast that she culd n lnger lift her feet t run. Rubina had gne dwn a side street. Lang never saw her alive again. “At that pint I culd n lnger mve and the next thing, I saw a black wall f water. Then it just threw me right ff my feet. I didn’t have any feeling except fr fear,” she said.
Lang was stuck underwater between debris (碎片) with the surface just abve her face. “The mre I struggled (挣扎), the tighter I was stuck. I culd nt reach the surface. I thught I came here n my vacatin t die, and then I gt really angry,” she said. “I must have blacked ut because the next thing I remember is waking up underwater.”
The water was mtinless (静止的) and black. Lang lked up and culd see at the tp, there was a small circle f light. She started swimming thrugh the mtinless water and made it t the surface f the water. She pulled herself nt a flating (漂浮的) dr and culd see that the whle island was flded and a lt f buildings were gne. She culd see a huse nt far away and a man n its rf. She encuraged herself t climb ver flating bjects t the balcny (阳台) f the huse. Frm there she saw the water start t slwly g back t the cean.
24. What was Lang ding when the tsunami happened?
A. She was running in a race.
B. She was playing n the beach.
C. She was lking fr her friend.
D. She was shpping in the street.
25. Why was Lang unable t run?
A. There was a wall in the way.
B. She feared she wuld get lst.
C. She had t wait fr her friend.
D. The racing water was t pwerful.
26. What can we learn abut Lang frm paragraph 3?
A. She didn’t want t struggle.
B. She was trapped underwater.
C. She didn’t regret ging n vacatin.
D. She managed t keep awake in the water.
27. Hw did Lang manage t save herself?
A. By calling fr help.
B. By hiding in a huse.
C. By climbing up a tall tree.
D. By making use f flating bjects.

C★★★☆☆
In the hurs after the earthquake that hit Nepal n April 25, 2015, thusands f rescue teams frm arund the wrld were sent there t help search fr survivrs thrugh the ruins. This can be a very tugh task, since it can take many hurs t safely dig survivrs, ften in need f immediate medical care, ut f the ruins.
After spending 80 hurs in the ruins f a building utside Kathmandu, Rishi Khanal was pulled ut alive by a French search and rescue team. Khanal had been trying t get the attentin f rescue wrkers fr days. After the team fund him, they spent 10 hurs digging him ut. The team brke the cncrete (混凝土) that trapped Khanal within the building and pulled him up thrugh a hle befre carrying him away. Khanal suffered a brken leg.
“What made his survival s unusual was that after the first three days, there was little chance f finding survivrs. It seemed he survived by willpwer,” said Akhilesh Shrestha, a dctr wh treated Khanal.
Meanwhile, rescues f a different kind were taking place n Munt Qmlangma.
On the brder (边境) between Nepal and its nrthern neighbr China, mre than 100 peple were trying t climb Munt Qmlangma when the earthquake hit. 19 peple were killed when an avalanche (雪崩) caused by the earthquake hit hundreds f tents (帐篷) at base camp. At least 61 peple were injured.
The surviving climbers, wh were stranded (滞留) in tw different camps bth abve 21,000 feet, have all been rescued and returned t base camp. Small helicpters carried the climbers dwn the muntain in grups f fur r five. Landing n Qmlangma lng enugh t pick up a passenger is dangerus even in gd cnditins, and helicpters culd nt tuch dwn fr mre than 30 secnds t pick up passengers.
28. What des the underlined wrd “tugh” in paragraph 1 prbably mean?
A. Quick.
B. Difficult.
C. Imprtant.
D. Dangerus.
29. What did Akhilesh Shrestha say abut Khanal’s survival?
A. It was thanks t Khanal’s wrk as a dctr.
B. It depended n the rescue team’s effrts.
C. It was thught t be almst impssible.
D. It encuraged ther injured peple.
30. What caused the death f the 19 climbers?
A. A pwerful avalanche.
B. Bad weather cnditins.
C. Serius muntain sickness.
D. A shrtage f fd and water.
31. Which f the fllwing can best describe the wrk f rescuing climbers?
A. Risky and hpeless.
B. Smth and creative.
C. Meaningful but bring.
D. Challenging but successful.

D★★★★☆
On August 27, 1883, just after 10 a. m., the eruptin f the Krakata vlcan in Indnesia made the ludest sund knwn t histry. It sent sund waves arund the wrld fur times and culd be heard 3,000 miles away n the island f Rdrigues in the Indian Ocean. That, fr the purpse f cmparisn, is the same as Califrnians hearing a nise made in New Yrk. In Rdrigues, as in ther faraway places, the nise was taken t be cannn (大炮) fire. In Western Australia, 2,000 miles away, peple thught war had erupted.
The sund was s pwerful that it ruptured (使破裂) the eardrums (鼓膜) f peple wrking n a British ship 40 miles frm the eruptin. “This is s surprisingly lud,” writer Aatish Bhatia nted in Discver magazine pst.
The Krakata eruptin was ne f histry’s deadliest natural disasters. Mre than 36,400 peple died, frm lava flws (熔岩流) that raced at 60 miles per hur and tsunamis that reached a height f 120 feet and destryed sme 165 castal villages.
Vlcanic matter thrwn int the air caused sunsets s strange that peple in New Yrk, Cnnecticut and ther places called the fire department, fearing fires had brken ut. In the year fllwing the eruptin, the average (平均的) temperature arund the wrld fell by 1.2 degrees Celsius (℃), and the earth remained unusually cl fr abut five mre years.
Little was left f Krakata after the eruptin. In 1927, a vlcanic island knwn as Anak Krakata was frmed at the site f the big eruptin. It is an active vlcan. An eruptin in December 2018 caused a tsunami that killed mre than 400 peple.
32. Why are places like Rdrigues and Western Australia mentined in paragraph 1?
A. T draw attentin t big vlcanic eruptins.
B. T shw hw lud the Krakata eruptin was.
C. T explain the damage the Krakata eruptin caused.
D. T intrduce where vlcanic eruptins are mre cmmn.
33. What d we knw abut the peple n the ship near the eruptin?
A. They were trubled by cannn fire.
B. They suffered ruptured eardrums.
C. They thught war had brken ut.
D. They were killed by vlcanic matter.
34. What happened after the Krakata eruptin?
A. Fires brke ut in many places arund the wrld.
B. Bigger eruptins came in the fllwing years.
C. The average glbal temperature drpped.
D. A new vlcanic island appeared sn.
35. What is the text mainly abut?
A. The nisiest vlcanic eruptin in histry.
B. The deadly natural disasters in the wrld.
C. The strange birth f an island in Indnesia.
D. The mst terrible tsunami in Krakata.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In recent years, the wrld has seen a number f natural disasters: hurricanes in the Caribbean and suthern U. S., earthquakes in Mexic, and mnsns ( 季风雨) in suthern Asia. These events brught damage t cmmunities. 36
The best thing t d when facing a cming natural disaster is t pay attentin t yur area’s evacuatin ntices and take advantage f evacuatin help. 37 When faced with thse situatins, what shuld yu d t stay safe? Hw can yu be better prepared?
Every family shuld have an emergency plan that addresses the mst likely disasters in their area. Practical survival skills shuld als be part f every family’s plan. 38 This is because yu simply wn’t have time t read a survival bk during an emergency.
39 A little fear is a natural and healthy respnse (反应) t a frightening event. But when fear runs unchecked, a persn may make dangerus chices. It takes practice t learn t stay calm in frightening situatins, but it can be dne.
Is it best t wait in place fr help r search fr help? That depends n a lt f things, especially where yu are. 40 If yu think yu’re nt ging t be able t survive where yu are, yu’re better ff trying t mve tward where there are ther peple. Because peple are ging t help yu, in mst cases.
A. There are sme basic things yu must have.
B. It als depends n if yu need t mve r nt.
C. Knw what pssible dangers culd cme in yur area.
D. Hwever, it’s pssible t be caught by an unexpected emergency.
E. These skills need t be learned and practiced befre things get hard.
F. Staying calm is the mst imprtant thing a persn can d during any emergency.
G. They als brught questins abut what we can d t prepare urselves fr similar events.

第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
★★★☆☆
On May 12, 2008, a deadly earthquake rcked 23-year-ld Lia Zhi’s apartment building in Sichuan, causing it t fall dwn.
Amng the debris, Ms Lia, a dancer, heard the search and rescue team 41 her, but she didn’t have the energy (力气) t 42 . Then she heard her father calling her name. She thught: “I must 43 my father again.”
She made it ut alive after being trapped fr 30 hurs but she 44 everything: Her hme, her daughter and bth her legs.
In the hspital, she managed t bear the pain and 45 with ther patients.
They asked her: “Hw are yu still laughing at this pint?”
“Because I am still 46 ,” she replied.
Tw mnths after the earthquake, she was asked if she wanted t take up dancing 47 . At the time, she was still in recvery (康复), but that did nt stp her determinatin. “I 48 t get n the stage (舞台) ne mre time,” she said.
Hwever, frm treatment t the adjusting (适应) f prsthetic limbs (义肢), Ms Lia said it was a(n) 49 jurney. “It was cmmn t be in s much pain,” she said.
After seeing many patients culdn’t adjust t their prsthetic legs, Ms Lia almst 50 the wheelchair.
“I had t be 51 everywhere: T the shwer, t the bathrm ... I didn’t have any 52 .”
In the end, she refused t 53 anyne and decided t have prsthetic limbs fitted.
Tday, she can be seen dancing and rck-climbing.
“It’s easy t lse 54 in difficult situatins,” she said. “I was that clse t giving up many times — but I am 55 I didn’t.”
41. A. praising B. treating
C. lking fr D. running after
42. A. exercise B. try
C. answer D. dance
43. A. help B. see
C. fllw D. find
44. A. lst B. needed
C. remembered D. knew
45. A. cmpeted B. walked
C. wrked D. jked
46. A. satisfied B. healthy
C. alive D. amazed
47. A. again B. t
C. instead D. sn
48. A. refused B. wanted
C. prmised D. failed
49. A. imprtant B. shrt
C. difficult D. dangerus
50. A. discvered B. received
C. changed D. chse
51. A. carried B. sent
C. encuraged D. welcmed
52. A. right B. freedm
C. idea D. time
53. A. learn frm B. talk with
C. care abut D. depend n
54. A. interest B. pwer
C. hpe D. trust
55. A. afraid B. glad
C. surprised D. sure
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As a surfer (冲浪运动员), Jn Rse has persnal ties t the surfing cmmunities f New Yrk and New Jersey 56. ________ (strike) hardest by Hurricane Sandy. When he learned a friend’s restaurant had been destryed by the strm, he chse 57. ________ (bring) his clean water rganizatin, Waves Fr Water, t help with recvery effrts. In an interview, he shared his disaster relief plan and the mst satisfying part f his experience.
“As we were getting mre infrmatin frm 58. ________ (difference) cmmunities up and dwn the castline, I cnsidered 59. ________ (develp) a plan that culd be used in each cmmunity. I made a three-step plan fr addressing this disaster. I wrte it ut, put it n ur site, and ... within a week’s time, we 60. ________ (have) supprt cming in.”
“The first step is distributing (分配) supplies. I have strehuses in New Yrk and New Jersey 61. ________ were able t receive things. Then we set up relief centers where we wuld give ut supplies.”
“The secnd step is clearing debris. Yu’re either cleaning ut huses, r peple have already cleaned ut 62. ________ (they) huses and yu’re trying t clean away the rubbish.”
“The third step is rebuilding. We’ve gt 10 sites that we’re rebuilding but we still have a large amunt f wrk t d. We almst have 63. ________ (much) wrk nw than we did six mnths ag.”
“There’s always 64. ________ sense f achievement when yu’re able t change smene’s state. There’s an bvius physical change; yu lk 65. ________ smebdy and g, ‘Ww, yu lk 20 years yunger; yu’re back n yur feet.’”

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是李华，上周五你校举办了主题为“预防森林火灾”的校园活动。请你为校英语报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1. 参加人员；
2. 活动内容：观看短片、制作黑板报；
3. 活动反响。
注意：写作词数应为80左右。





第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
“Why did Dad’s jb make us mve t Suth America anyway?” I asked Mm. “The TV shws are in Spanish and I miss ging t schl. The wrst part is that I dn’t have any friends here. All f the kids speak Spanish.”
“I knw it’s hard, sweetheart. I’m lnely here t,” Mm said.
“It’s hard t make friends when I can’t talk t anybdy.”
Mm hugged (拥抱) me. “We’ll nly be living here fr eight mre mnths.”
At that mment, eight mnths sunded like frever. A few days later, Dad said that a man at his wrk had a daughter my age. “Wuld yu like t invite her ver t play?”
“Des she speak English?”
“N,” Dad said, “but I can teach yu a few Spanish wrds s the tw f yu can talk a little bit.”
I shrugged (耸肩). “It’s hard t be friends with smene when yu can’t really talk t them.”
Dad ndded. “I understand, but yu wished fr a friend.”
“I mean a friend wh speaks English.”
“I knw, but this might be fun anyway. I’m ging t ask her dad t bring her ver t ur huse.”
The fllwing afternn, Maria and her dad came ver. I felt funny because I didn’t knw hw we’d play tgether withut being able t talk t ne anther.
“Hla,” I said quietly, which means “hi” in Spanish.
Maria smiled and said smething I didn’t understand. I lked at Dad and whispered (低声说), “This isn’t ging t wrk.”
“Give it a chance,” he said.
Then Maria shwed me a cardbard bx. She’d brught a game called Cnnect Fur.
Dad smiled. “Yu dn’t need t speak the same language t play that game.”
Maria and I went t my bedrm and set up the game. We tk turns putting the clred disks (圆片) int the bard, trying t get fur in a rw. Suddenly Maria smiled and pinted at the fur red pieces in a rw.
I smiled and said, “Yu wn. Gd game.”
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Althugh I’m sure Maria didn’t understand my wrds, I culd tell she understd my smile.




As we were bth laughing, I realized that althugh we spke different languages, I’d actually made a friend.




参考答案
听力（略）
21-25 CBDDD 26-30 BDBCA
31-35 DBBCA 36-40 GDEFB
41-45 CCBAD 46-50 CABCD 51-55 ABDCB
56. struck 57. t bring 58. different 59. develping 60. had
61. which / that 62. their 63. mr e 64. a 65. at
写作
第一节
One pssible versin:
Last Friday, ur schl held an activity abut frest fire preventin. Over 500 teachers and students tk part.
First, we watched several shrt vides abut hw frest fires start, hw dangerus they can be and what t d t prevent them. Then, each class designed their wn blackbard newspaper shwing the dangers f frest fires and actins we shuld take in ur daily life t prevent frest fires.
The students thught the activity was meaningful because it let them realize frest fires can be deadly but they can d smething t prevent and cntrl them.
第二节
One pssible versin:
Althugh I’m sure Maria didn’t understand my wrds, I culd tell she understd my smile. When we were dne playing the game, Maria pinted at the paints n my desk. She said smething in Spanish, but I knew what she meant. I pinted at each clr and tld her the English wrds fr them. After that, we tk turns pinting at things in my rm and saying the wrd fr each thing, and I learned the Spanish wrds fr thse things. Maria made a face when I held up my math bk. I laughed.
As we were bth laughing, I realized that althugh we spke different languages, I’d actually made a friend. That night, I thanked Dad fr inviting Maria t ur huse. “We had fun and I learned a little bit f Spanish,” I said. I asked Dad t help me wrk n my Spanish s I culd talk with Maria when she came ver next time. While I still missed my friends in Indiana, I knew the next eight mnths were ging t be a lt mre fun with Maria arund.

部分解析
阅读
第一节
A篇
主题语境：人与自我——生活与学习
本文是应用文。文章为一则诗歌竞赛通知。
21. C。细节理解题。由第二段中的yur pem needs t be under 150 wrds and abut science可知，参赛诗歌作品得少于150词。
22. B。细节理解题。由第一段中的The cmpetitin invites yung peple aged 5-16 t hand in a pem n any science tpic及第三段中的The cmpetitin is pen t any child at primary r secndary schl, r hme-schled in Oxfrdshire可知，该诗歌竞赛面向五到十六岁的学生。
23. D。细节理解题。由倒数第三段中的The class f the winner f the secndary age categry will win a tur f the Rutherfrd Appletn Labratry可知，中学年龄段冠军的班级可以参观卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室（Rutherfrd Appletn Labratry）。
补充说明：
卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室是一个多学科、综合性的大型国家实验室，位于英国的牛津郡，它的历史可以追溯到1921年。
B篇
主题语境：人与自然——灾害防范
本文是记叙文。文章描述了主人公Lang在海啸中逃生的经历。
24. D。细节理解题。由第一段中的Lang was n the island f K Phi Phi, just suth f Phuket, Thailand, shpping n Main Street with her friend Rubina Wng, when suddenly everything changed可知，海啸发生时，Lang正和朋友逛街购物。
25. D。细节理解题。由第二段中的she nticed water racing int the island, but s strng and fast that she culd n lnger lift her feet t run可知，涌向岛上的水流很急、水力太大，Lang根本跑不动。
26. B。推理判断题。由第三段中的Lang was stuck underwater between debris with the surface just abve her face 和 The mre I struggled, the tighter I was stuck. I culd nt reach the surface可知，Lang被困在了水里，无法动弹。black ut 暂时失去知觉；昏厥。
27. D。细节理解题。由最后一段中的She pulled herself nt a flating dr and culd see that the whle island was flded and a lt f buildings were gne及She encuraged herself t climb ver flating bjects t the balcny f the huse可知，Lang利用水中的漂流物支撑着自己，最终她爬到不远处一座房子的阳台上，脱离了危险。
C篇
主题语境：人与自然——灾害防范
本文是新闻报道。文章描述了尼泊尔地震后的救援工作。
28. B。词义猜测题。本句中的This指代上文中的search fr survivrs thrugh the ruins。由本句中的since it can take many hurs t safely dig survivrs, ften in need f immediate medical care, ut f the ruins可知，救援队需要花好长时间才能把幸存者从废墟中安全救出来。结合下文中救援队救助Khanal的不易过程可推断，tugh在此应该表示“困难的，不容易的”。
29. C。推理判断题。由第三段中Akhilesh Shrestha 所说的What made his survival s unusual was that after the first three days, there was little chance f finding survivrs可知，在Akhilesh Shrestha看来，地震三天后，找到幸存者的可能性微乎其微。 Khanal能活下来简直是个奇迹。
30. A。细节理解题。由第五段中的19 peple were killed when an avalanche caused by the earthquake hit hundreds f tents at base camp可知，地震引发珠穆朗玛峰雪崩,许多基地大本营被埋, 造成19人死亡。
31. D。推理判断题。由最后一段的描述可知，直升机每次只能运送四五名受伤者，而且只能在珠穆朗玛峰上短暂停留，这使得救援工作变得困难。但是，最终所有的伤者都被成功营救。也就是说，救援工作虽然充满挑战，但圆满完成了。tuch dwn 着陆，降落。
D篇
主题语境：人与自然——灾害防范
本文是说明文。发生于1883年的喀拉喀托火山爆发产生了有史以来最大的响声。
32. B。写作目的题。文章首句提到喀拉喀托火山爆发产生了有史以来最大的响声。由第一段中的It sent sund waves arund the wrld fur times and culd be heard 3,000 miles away n the island f Rdrigues ... the same as Califrnians hearing a nise made in New Yrk及In Western Australia, 2,000 miles away, peple thught war had erupted可知，喀拉喀托火山爆发时，声波随着火山物质喷涌而出，传到3,000英里外的罗德里格斯岛，人们以为在放炮；与此同时，2,000英里外的西澳大利亚州也为之震憾，人们以为战争爆发了。由此可知，作者提到罗德里格斯岛和西澳大利亚州是为了说明喀拉喀托火山爆发时的响声之巨大。take ... t be ... 误以为……是……。
33. B。细节理解题。由第二段中的The sund was s pwerful that it ruptured the eardrums f peple wrking n a British ship 40 miles frm the eruptin可知，喀拉喀托火山爆发时的声波将离岛40英里的英国船员的鼓膜震裂了。
34. C。细节理解题。由第四段中的In the year fllwing the eruptin, the average temperature arund the wrld fell by 1.2 degrees Celsius (℃ ), and the earth remained unusually cl fr abut five mre years可知，喀拉喀托火山爆发后第二年，全球平均气温下降了1.2摄氏度。
35. A。主旨大意题。全文共分为五个段落：第一、二段讲述喀拉喀托火山爆发产生了剧烈的响声；第三、四段讲述喀拉喀托火山爆发的灾害影响；最后一段讲述喀拉喀托之子火山的再次喷发。因此，本文主要介绍喀拉喀托火山爆发。A项表示“历史上响声最大的火山爆发”，符合文意，且突出了关于喀拉喀托火山爆发的世界之最。
第二节
主题语境：人与自然——灾害防范
本文是说明文。文章讲述了如何防范自然灾害。
36. G。空前的These events 指代上文中的hurricanes in the Caribbean and suthern U. S., earthquakes in Mexic, and mnsns in suthern Asia。下文讲述的是人们应如何应对自然灾害。所有选项中，只有G项符合语境。G项中的They指代上文中的These events， They als brught 顺接上文These events brught damage t cmmunities。
37. D。空前讲述的是面对即将发生的自然灾害，可以提前做些准备。结合空后的When faced with thse situatins, what shuld yu d t stay safe? Hw can yu be better prepared?及下段中的during an emergency可知，本空所讲内容与“突发的自然灾害”相关，故选D项。
38. E。空前提到了生存技能；空后讲述有突发情况时，你根本来不及查阅书籍了解生存技能。由This is because可知，空后内容对本空作进一步解释，故选E项。E项中的These skills指代上文中的Practical survival skills。
39. F。由本段中的But when fear runs unchecked, a persn may make dangerus chices. It takes practice t learn t stay calm in frightening situatins, but it can be dne可知，本段讲述在紧急情况下应保持冷静、不要过度恐惧，因此，F项作本段的主旨句最恰当， 且Staying calm与下文中的stay calm为原词复现关系。 本段中的unchecked 意为“不受抑制的，未加拘束的”。
40. B。本段讨论自然灾害发生时，人们应该原地等待救援还是自己寻求救援。结合本段中的That depends n a lt f things, especially where yu are及If yu think yu’re nt ging t be able t survive where yu are, yu’re better ff trying t mve tward where there are ther peple可知，B项符合语境。B项中的It als depends n 顺接上文中的That depends n a lt f things, especially where yu are，It指代上文中的Is it best t wait in place fr help r search fr help。be better ff ding sth. 最好做某事。
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第一节
主题语境：人与自我——生活
本文是记叙文。舞蹈老师廖智在汶川地震中失去了双腿，但她坚强乐观、戴着义肢坚持跳舞。
41. C。42. C。结合廖智当时的处境及本句中的heard the search and rescue team和but she didn’t have the energy可知，此处表示廖智听到救援人员在“寻找（lking fr）”她，但她没有力气“回应（answer）”。
43. B。由上文中的Then she heard her father calling her name及下文中的She made it ut alive可知，听到父亲在喊自己的名字，廖智心想，自已一定要活着，“看到（see）”父亲。
44. A。本句中的but与下文中的prsthetic limbs说明廖智虽然活了下来，但她“失去了（lst）”家、女儿还有自己的双腿。
45. D。下文中的Hw are yu still laughing at this pint可提示在医院里廖智忍着失去双腿的疼痛，与其他病人说笑。jked（开玩笑）符合语境。
46. C。由上文中的She made it ut alive after being trapped fr 30 hurs及本句中的still可知，尽管廖智失去了很多，但她庆幸自己还能活着，故选alive。此处属于原词复现。
47. A。由上文的描述可知，廖智在地震中失去了双腿。再结合上文中的a dancer及下文中的get n the stage ne mre time可知，此处表示有人问廖智是否还想继续跳舞，again 符合语境。
48. B。上文中的she was still in recvery, but that did nt stp her determinatin说明廖智还想再次登台跳舞，故选wanted。此处的wanted t get n the stage与上文中的wanted t take up dancing同义。
49. C。由下文中的It was cmmn t be in s much pain可知，从截肢到接受治疗，再到适应义肢，这个过程很不容易，difficult符合语境。
50. D。由本句中的After seeing many patients culdn’t adjust t their prsthetic legs及下文中的In the end, she ... decided t have prsthetic limbs fitted可知，起初，廖智没打算安装义肢。由此可推断，她应该打算选择坐轮椅，故选chse。
51. A。52. B。由廖智的处境及下文中的In the end, she ... decided t have prsthetic limbs fitted可知，在没安装义肢前，廖智去哪儿都需要人“推着（carried）”，这让她觉得很不“自由（freedm）”。
53. D。由本句中的decided t have prsthetic limbs fitted可知，廖智最终决定安装义肢，这样，她就可以自由行动了。也就是说，她想独立，不想“依靠（depend n）”任何人。
54. C。由本段中的I was that clse t giving up many times可知，此处表示人们在面对困境时，很容易绝望，故选hpe。
55. B。由上文中的Tday, she can be seen dancing and rck-climbing可知，失去双腿的廖智没有放弃跳舞，靠着义肢继续着她的梦想。如今，她不仅能够继续跳舞，还能攀岩。由此可知，此处表示她很庆幸自己在困难面前没有选择放弃，设空处所填词应该与“庆幸”具有相同或相近的含义，故选glad。
第二节
主题语境：人与社会——社会服务
本文是记叙文。冲浪运动员Jn Rse致力于复兴受飓风桑迪袭击的地区。
56. struck。考查过去分词作定语的用法。设空处作定语修饰the surfing cmmunities f New Yrk and New Jersey，由空后的by Hurricane Sandy可知，strike与the surfing cmmunities f New Yrk and New Jersey之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故填struck。
57. t bring。考查动词不定式作宾语的用法。chse t d sth. 意为“决定做某事”。
58. different。考查形容词。设空处作定语修饰cmmunities，表示“不同的”，故填形容词different。
59. develping。考查动词-ing形式作宾语的用法。cnsider ding sth. 意为“考虑做某事”。
60. had。考查一般过去时。由本句中的I wrte it ut, put it n ur site可知，此处表示过去的情况，应用一般过去时，故填had。
61. which / that。考查关系词。设空处引导限制性定语从句修饰strehuses，且在从句中作主语，故填which / that。
62. their。考查代词。设空处修饰huses，表示“他们的”，故填their。
63. mre。考查比较级。由空后的than we did six mnths ag可知，此处应用much的比较级mre。
64. a。考查不定冠词。a sense f achievement 意为“成就感”。
65. at。考查介词。由本段中的Ww, yu lk 20 years yunger可知，设空处所在部分表示“你看着某个人”，故填介词at。句中的g意为“说”。