高中Unit 4 Adversity and Course习题

这是一份高中Unit 4 Adversity and Course习题，共5页。试卷主要包含了阅读理解，课文语法填空等内容，欢迎下载使用。
On 14th April, 2010, my entire life changed in an instant. One mment I was jyfully riding thrugh the sunshine. The next mment, metal, flesh and bne were spreading against the pavement in a thunderus crash. Anther cyclist, biking carelessly, had cut me ff and sent me super manning twards ncming traffic.
As if t symblise the accident that had hit my life, anther disaster als ccurred n 14th April, 2010. It cst the airline industry $1.7 billin. Ten millin travellers were stuck fr days. Ecnmies all ver the wrld were disturbed. This was theeruptin f Eyjafjallajkull, ne f Iceland’s many vlcanes.
Hwever, vlcanes are nt all bad. In fact, they are necessary. They are respnsible fr the birth f new earth, and fr the creatin f rich sil. This eruptin gave ff 0.15 millin tns f carbn dixide int the atmsphere daily. But cancelling 48%f the wrld’s flight travel saved abut 2.8 millin tns f CO, frm entering the atmsphere, temprarily decreasing ur carbn ftprint.
Similarly, the accident had badly affected my emtin but it als allwed me t lk mre clsely inside myself and discver things abut myself I never wuld have realised. I learnt hw nt t judge myself fr my new limitatins.
In 1973, anther Icelandic vlcan, Eldfell, brke ut. Icelanders decided t bmb it with cld water until it frze and chse a different path. After their plan wrked, they used the gethermal (地热的) energy fr the next 1.5 years t heat their hmes. A gd example f life bringing lemns, and making lemnade! One must mve n frm misfrtunes, fcusing nly n the present mment and being hpeful fr the future.
I ran frm 14th April, 2010, t every kind f escape. Eventually I ended up in university fr a new-fund lve in Earth sciences.
1. What happened t the writer n 14th April, 2010?
A. He was invlved in a car crash.
B. He was stuck in Iceland’s airprt.
C. He witnessed a vlcanic eruptin.
D. He was badly injured n a bike ride
2. Which was an effect f the eruptin f Eyjafjallajkull?
A. Ecnmy was cst glbally by the eruptin
B. Carbn dixide was increased temprarily.
C. Mst f the wrld’s planes were held up.
D. The earth in Ireland was terribly plluted.
3. Why did the writer mentin the Eldfell vlcan?
A. It brke ut in Iceland n 14th April as well.
B. It symblised the accident that changed his life.
C. It tld us t make the mst f given situatin.
D. It encuraged him t knw mre abut himself.
4. What is the best title fr the passage?
A. Escape frm Vlcanes
B. Inspiratin frm Disasters
C. Lve fr Earth Sciences
D. Attitude Twards Nature
二、课文语法填空
Althugh nt 1. ________ (allw) t jin the expeditin t the Suth Ple, Perce Blackbrw managed 2. ________ (g) abard the Endurance and wrked as a steward there. Their vyage didn’t g smthly and the ship was stuck in the ice. Befre the ship was crushed and 3. ________ (sink) int the sea, Shackletn gave the rder t abandn ship and nly rescue essential 4. ________ (supply). The crew had t camp n ice, but with spring cming, 5. ________ was dangerus t stay there.
They then sailed t Elephant Island. Things went frm bad t wrse. Sn after their arrival, Shackletn set ff fr Suth Gergia Island t seek fr help. They were cld and hungry. T keep 6. ________ his spirits, Perce tried t think f happier things. Hwever, these happy memries 7. ________ (interrupt) by a sudden cld rush f air.
Perce lst his patience 8. ________ (gradual) but sn realised his mistake thanks t Frank’s cncern. He thught he shuld be 9. ________ (gratitude) t Frank and Shackletn. Withut their cncern and perseverance, he wuld have died. It was their reslve 10. ________ filled him with hpe. Maybe they culd return hme!
参考答案
一、阅读理解
【语篇导读】作者通过自已的经历和冰岛的火山爆发告知人们应该从灾难中振作起来，把灾难化为对人们有益的事情。
1. D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段的描述可知，作者在骑车的时候受了严重的伤，故选D项。
2. A 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段中It cst the airline industry$1.7 billin. Ten millin travellers were stuck fr days. Ecnmies all ver the wrld were disturbed. This was the eruptin f Eyjafjallajkull, ne f Iceland’s many vlcanes.可知，火山爆发使全球经济付出代价，故选A项。
3. C 【解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中A gd example f life bringing lemns, and making lemnade! One must mve n frm misfrtunes, fcusing nly n the present mment and being hpeful fr the future. 可知，作者想要告诉我们要充分利用目前的状况，故选C项。
4. B 【解析】标题归纳题。根据全文的描述可知，本文的主旨是从灾难中振作起来，故选B项。
二、课文语法填空
1. allwed 【解析】分析句子结构可知，空处作状语，allw与句子的主语Perce Blackbrw是逻辑上的动宾关系，故填过去分词allwed。
2. t g 【解析】manage t d sth意为“设法做成某事”，是固定搭配。
3. sank 【解析】引根据语境可知，空处表示发生在过去的事情，应用一般过去时，故填sank。
4. supplies 【解析】supply在此意为“补给，补给品”，常用复数形式，故填supplies。
5. it 【解析】引该句中t为形式主语，真正的主语为后面的动词不定式t stay there。
6. up 【解析】keep up意为“使不低落”。
7. were interrupted 【解析】happy memries和interrupt是被动关系，故空处应用被动语态；主语是happy memries，再结合时态可知，应填were interrupted。
8. gradually 【解析】空处作状语，修饰动词lst，故填副词gradually。
9. grateful 【解析】空处作表语，表示“感激的”，故填形容词grateful。
10. that 【解析】该句为“it is/was. that/wh”的强调句型，此处强调主语their reslve，故填that。