Unit 4Earthquakes.doc

Unit 4 Earthquakes单元自测 （模块）1完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2130各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。字数：192完成时间：14分钟难度：* The legal age for smoking in Japan is 20 and as the country' s 570,000 tobacco vending machines ( 自动售货机) prepare for a July regulation requiring them to ensure buyers are not minors, a company has developed a 1 to identify age by studying facial features. By having the customer look into a digital camera 2 to the machine, Fujitaka Co's system will 3 facial characteristics, such as wrinkles surrounding the eyes, bone structure and skin sags (松弛), to the facial data of over 100,000 people, Hajime Yamamoto, a company spokesman said. "With face 4 , so long as you've got some change and you are an adult, you can buy cigarettes like before. The problem of 5 borrowing (identification) cards to purchase cigarettes could be 6 as well," Yamamoto said. But due to concerns about its accuracy, the facial identification method has yet to be 7 . Yamamoto said the system could 8 identify about 90 percent of the 9 , with the remaining 10 percent sent to a "grey zone" for minors that look 10 , and baby-faced adults, where they would be asked to insert their driving license.1. A. system B. machineC. program D. monitor2. A. added B. attached C. covered D. devoted3. A. prefer B. adjust C. lead D. compare4. A. features B. structure C. recognition D. expression5. A. students B. youths C. adults D. minors6. A. avoided B. clarified C. raised D. improved7. A. corrected B. approved C. updated D. spread8. A. completely B. correctly C. specifically D. partly9. A. smokers B. sellers C. lookers-on D. users10. A. older B. younger C. wiser D. nicer答案：1. A 从第二段及最后一段第一句可以判断：一家日本公司研制出一套年龄识别体系。2. B attach to 所附的，“附在机器上的数码相机”。其他三个选项不符合语境。3. D compare . to . “系统将面部特征与十万多人的面部数据进行对比”。其他三个选项动词尽管可以和介词to连用，但不符合语境。4. C features 特征，structure 构造，recognition 识别，expression表情，选项C符合语境。5. D从文章第一句及最后一句可以判断。minor未成年人，本文首句提到吸烟的合法年龄是20岁，自动售货机要确保购买者不是未成年人。6. A 年龄识别系统可以避免未成年人借用身份证购买香烟的问题。clarify澄清。7. B 因涉及到准确性问题，这套面部识别方法还有待批准。8. B 该系统能正确识别出约90%的使用者。9. D 从第一段to ensure buyers are not minors判断，该系统识别的是使用自动售货机购买香烟者。故选users。10. A 从baby-faced adults可得提示。有10%的长相显老的未成年人和娃娃脸的成年人进入“灰色地带”。2语法填空 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。字数：202完成时间：10分钟难度：* Wang Hong was born in 1985 in Guangzhou, China. Even when she was a baby, she loved to draw lines everywhere. 1 (see) this, her father decided to help her. He gave her paint, brushes and paper. She practised hard 2 improved very quickly. Soon her lines became flowers, trees and animals. Some of her pictures 3 (show) in an art exhibition in Shanghai at the age of 4. By the age of six, Wang Hong 4 (make) over 4,000 paintings. She loved to draw animals, especially monkey and cats. 5 her father was good at drawing, he didn't give her any art lessons. He even stopped painting his own pictures. 6 , he often took the little girl to parks and zoos to get ideas for her work. 7 this way, Wang Hong developed her own style of painting 8 bright colours. All her pictures were different from others. At the age of 8, 9 of her monkey paintings was made into a Chinese stamp. Later, she started to draw pictures of country scenery and people. And when she was just 14, she became the youngest person to have 10 (person) shows in Washington D.C. and many other cities around the world.答案： 1Seeing，现在分词短语作时间状语，相当于when her father saw this， 2and，表并列关系： 3were shown，考查动词的被动语态用法： 4had made， 由前文By the age of six可知, 此处应用过去完成时态。 5Although/ though，“虽然，尽管”表让步关系： 6Instead，“相反，而是”，表转折： 7In，in this way是固定搭配，“用这种方法”： 8with，介词“用，有”： 9one，one of+名词复数表“之一”： 10personal，person的形容词，“个人的”：3 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是请求帮助者的资料：A. As we know, the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing and many people from other countries will come to visit China. The taxi drivers in Dongfeng Taxi Company think the way to show kindness is to be able to greet the foreigners in their languages. They need someone who can teach them languages and the best time is at night when they are not so busy.B. Tom is so addicted to on-line games that he cannot concentrate on his study like before. Now he often misses school in order to play games, thus telling lies to his teachers and parents again and again. Though he realizes what he does is wrong, he just can't stop it. How badly he needs someone's help.C. Mane, a 44-year-old single mother of three, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she doesn't know which bus to take. What's worse, since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list. Also, she can only recognize items by sight, so if the product has a different label, she will not recognize it as the product she wants.D. "Helping hand" organization will hold an event to help the starving children in Africa. The event starts in August and those taking part in will go without food for 30 hours. In this way, it is expected that money will be raised for the poor children.E. "Green Earth" cares a lot for the animals in danger. Still many people in the world don't know much about the importance of animal protecting. This summer vacation a lot of events will be organized to call on people to live in harmony with our earth.F. A group of young children in a remote village in southwest China are in great need of teachers. Because of the low salary, many teachers came and then went. The villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can make a difference to the children's future.以下是乐于提供帮助的人员信息介绍，请匹配他们与所对应的帮助对象。1. Stephen: Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer. When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.2. Ben: After graduation, I don't want to apply for a job at once Instead, I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve their lives. You know, education is essential to poverty relief and at the same time I'll get valuable experience for my future career.3. Susan: I'm a girl from England and has studied French for years. I'm here in Beijing University studying Chinese. I like China as it is full of mysteries. So I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China. Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the weekends.4. Tim: Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life, I understand young people's problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice. I'm working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others.5. Lisa: I burst into tears when I saw those children in a TV programme. What a sight. They have only bone and skin left. What's worse, every day the children are dying because of lack of food. I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education. The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them.答案 求助者提供帮助的人1. C 关键词：she doesnt know which bus to take; she does not know words; they could not read。2. F 关键词：in great need of teacher; knowledge; education。3. A 关键词：They need someone who can teach them foreign languages; at night; volunteer work; know about China。4. B 关键词：addicted to on-line games; realizes he is wrong; cant stop; need help; listen patiently; offer some advice。5. D 关键词：the starving children; the children are dying because of lack of food。4写作训练 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 What ls the Best Preparation for Life? Some people say that the best preparation for life is learning to work with others and be cooperative. In life we are faced with many types of situations. Each situation requires us to behave in different ways. In school or work we may be faced with a large project which demands the cooperation of many individuals. In this instance, each person must be flexible, supportive and be willing to compromise because he is only a small part of a much larger machine. Others take the opposite view and say that learning to be competitive is the be preparation. Being competitive also has a place in life. The desire to succeed arid better than others will motivate us to work hard on the job and study diligently school. But competition has its limits.写作内容 1以约30个词概括短文的要点； 2然后以约120个词就“人生最好的准备”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包括以下的内容要点： a)我们生活在竞争与合作共生共存的时代，要与人相容(compatible)，合作共处； b)今天的事业是集体的竞争，与他人相容，善于合作的人成功机会更大； c)你对此有什么看法，为什么? 写作要求 你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不能抄袭阅读材料中的句子。 评分标准 概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。_答案 There are almost two opinions about preparation for life. One is learning to work and cooperate with others. The other is to compete because the desire to succeed and do better than others motivates to work hard. We are living in the age of competition, cooperation and coexistence, so we should be compatible and cooperative with others. The business today is a collective competition, where some people are compatible with others. Those who work in closer cooperation with the other people can have a larger opportunity to succeed in the end. Similarly, students' learning goals may be structured to promote cooperative, competitive, or individualistic efforts. In cooperation, students work against each other to achieve a goal. In competition there is a negative interdependence among goal achievements. So I think too much desire to compete with others may become selfish and destructive. In order to succeed in life, we must learn to be both cooperative and competitive. The most important thing to learn in life is to know when tobe cooperative and when to be competitive.5用心 爱心 专心