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1、Module5 The Great Sports Personality新编练习（4）单词拼写1He made an_(最后的)decision to go there alone.2After two days of hard work, the army finally won the_(胜利)3We all thought the matter would be a failure, but it changed _(戏剧性的)4The mayors remark gave rise to_(抗议)from citizens.5Our main_(竞争者)in business is t
2、he AAA company.6Kelly had_ (得分) an average of 147 on three separate IQ tests.7He examined the_ (品质) of the furniture carefully.8I dont know he was once a boxing _ (冠军)9Mr.White occupies an important position in the_(部) of Education.10Conditions are rather_(困难) here.参考答案.1.ultimate2.victory3.dramatic
3、ally4.protestspetitor6.scored7.quality 8champion9.Ministry10.tough完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Im an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had 1 the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the ho
4、tel immediately and started 2 our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come 3 and get on the 4 list.The next morning I went down to the 5 at about 5 a.m., and four hours later I 6 the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to 7 me
5、, and that I would stay in 8 with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to 9 the rest of the way.And somewhere in there I became frightened that I was going into something I 10 . I once worked there in 1966 for the 11 of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12
6、, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten stories 12 . And it was burning. I started to ask 13 in which my crane might be 14 a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didnt know what to do. So I did the same, too. It w
7、as as if they had let the bulls go in 15 and we were running through the street. People falling down, people 16 them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely 17 . I didnt even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunn
8、el, and I caught my 18 and said, “Oh, my God, Im going to 19 .”Then I settled down a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we 20 into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”1.A. landedB. reachedC. hitD. passed2.A. findingB. makingC. fightingD
9、. losing3.A. awayB. nearC. inD. down4.A. volunteerB. soldierC. policeD. fireman5.A. companyB. hotelC. centerD. home6.A. answeredB. madeC. heardD. got7.A. missB. forgetC. stopD. expect8.A. peaceB. touchC. silenceD. anger9.A. walkB. completeC. cancelD. smooth10.A. builtB. metC. designedD. had11.A. con
10、structionB. planC. destructionD. use12.A. thickB. longC. tallD. deep13.A. waysB. numbersC. positionD. directions14.A. asB. whyC. whenD. because15.A. AmericaB. SpainC. JapanD. Australia16.A. pushingB. givingC. holdingD. picking17.A. dangerousB. distinctC. safeD. important18.A. viewB. sightC. breathD.
11、 sense19.A. leaveB. dieC. remainD. work20.A. turned B. ran C. gotD. put【参考答案】完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)15 CBDAC 610 DDBAA 1115 ACDCB 1620 DACBB阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 Passenger pigeons(旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19
12、th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point，there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States，making it perhaps th
13、e most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller，a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly，the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.Where the birds were most ab
14、undant，people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain，waited until pigeons had settled to feed，then threw large nets over them，taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold i
15、n restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century，the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood，which scattered(驱散)the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north，where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.Soon
16、the great flocks were gone，never to be seen again.In 1897，the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons，but by then，no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County，Ohio，in
17、 1900.For a time，a few birds survived under human care.The last of them，known affectionately as Martha，died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1,1914.【语篇导读】本文叙述了旅鸽逐渐消失的过程。1In the 18th and early 19th centuries，passenger pigeons _.Awere the biggest bird in the world Blived mainly in the
18、south of AmericaCdid great harm to the natural environmentDwere the largest bird population in the US解析事实细节题。根据文章第一段所述在18和19世纪，美国大群的旅鸽飞起来可以遮住天空几个小时，所以美国旅鸽的数量是最大的，故选D。答案D2The underlined word“undoing”probably refers to the pigeons _.Aescape BruinCliberation Devolution解析词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中“Where the birds w
19、ere abundant.by the thousands”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀，所以ruin和undoing词义相似，故选B。答案B3What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?ATo seek pleasure. BTo save other birds.CTo make money. DTo protect crops.解析事实细节题。根据文章第二段中“Commercial hunters attracted them.sold in restaurants”可知旅鸽遭到捕杀的主要原因是捕杀者要赚钱。故选C。答案C4What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?AIt was ignored by the public.BIt was declared too late.CIt was unfair.DIt was strict.解析推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中“In 1897，the state of.for 10 years”可知通过法律后的10年，鸽群数量仍然不多，所以制定法律为时已晚，故选B。答案B