高一英语必修1 Unit 4单元同步练习一、阅读理解：AWhat is the greatest threat to mankind? Maybe different people come up with different answers. However, there is no denying the fact that the only threat to humankind, apart from humankind itself, is, without any doubt, the nature. Natural disasters are the result of natural environmental processes that have a damaging effect on people. Natural disasters can come in many forms: such as geological（地质的）events like earthquakes, tsunamis or mud-rock flows, climatic（气候的）events like storms, hurricanes or tornadoes and fire events like forest fires and wildfires.The damage done by natural disasters is mainly as a result of our inability to predict exactly when they will happen. Although great progress has been made in designing and developing forecasting models（预测模型）for some natural disasters, complete certainty is still impossible. Even to be pessimistic（悲观地说）, there is a possibility that human beings will never achieve accurate prediction（准确预测）of the happening of all natural disasters.What’s more, even though we were able to predict these disasters from nature, preventing them is equally impossible. So we only have two ways to both prevent injuries or deaths and reduce economic losses to the least（把经济损失减到最少）. These two methods are to prepare before a natural disaster comes to hit, and to manage the necessary resources and public services after a natural disaster strikes（袭击）.These two things have always been at the leading position（首要地位）of the projects of both national governments and international organizations. In the United States, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is responsible for the “preparedness, response and recovery planning” of both man-made and natural disasters.Most natural disasters cannot be prevented, and both emergency preparation and good disaster management are the best ways to deal with them. Although natural events may appear to（似乎）serve no purpose（没有用）but simply to punish and destroy, natural disasters, a perfect symbol of the great power of the nature, are display（显示；表现）of our planet’s evolution（进化；演变）and its state of change.1. According to the passage, both humankind and nature _________.A. can be managed orderlyB. can threaten human beingsC. are hard to controlD. have a large family2. Which can’t be regarded as a similarity between tornadoes and earthquakes?A. They can not be prevented.B. They are both geological events.C. They are both the result of natural environmental processes.D. They cause damage to people.3. The reason why natural disasters cause so much damage is that _________.A. it is very difficult to predict when exactly they will happenB. our forecasting equipment is too old for many natural disastersC. we don’t do enough preparation before natural disasters strikeD. we don’t have the necessary public services to use after natural disasters strike4. It may be concluded from the passage that _________.A. natural disasters can not be predicted at allB. human beings are pessimistic to the futureC. being well-prepared can avoid economic lossesD. good preparation and disaster management are advisable5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. A Symbol of the Power of NatureB. The Greatest Threat to MankindC. Natural Disasters and MankindD. Reduce Losses to the LeastBPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama ended their first trip to India on Monday. The First Couple set off on the ten-day t our of Asia on Friday. Obama’s goals for the tour are to improve ties between the US and the region, and to promote (促进) economic growth and job creation. The President and his team will return to Washington D.C. on November 14.The Obamas began their trip in Mumbai, India, the financial and economic center of the country, on November 6. There, they met with government officials, business leaders and school groups. Up first on the schedule was a visit to a memorial at the TajMahal Palace and Tower Hotel. Ob ama’s second day in India was lighter than the first. The Presidential visit took place on Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. The five-day religious festival is celebrated each year by Hindus, Sikhs and others. The Obamas spent the holiday visiting with local schoolchildren.On Monday, Michelle Obama joined 15 Indian school girls on a field trip to a museum of Indian craft work. During the tour, the First Lady stressed to the students the importance of education. Most of the children on the trip are the first girls in their families to attend school. Mrs. Obama also encouraged the young women to stay fit, telling them that she likes to exercise because “women have to stay strong”.Early tomorrow, the Obamas will travel to Indonesia, the country in which the President spent four years as a boy. After that, they will fly to Seoul, South Korea, to attend the Group of Twenty, or G-20, economic summit. The conference brings together leaders from 20 wealthy and developing nations and the European Union. They meet twice a year to address challenges that affect the global economy.The final leg of the tour will be in Japan, where Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.6．According to Paragraph 1, what are the goals for the ten-day tour?a. To improve ties between the US and Asia.b. To do sight-seeing in the countries.c. To help economy grow faster.d. To help create more jobs.A.abcB.acdC.adD. abcd7．What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A.What the First Couple did in India.B.How long the First Couple stayed in India.C.Introduction to a traditional holiday in India.D.What the First Couple thought of their tour in India.8．During the field trip to a museum of Indian craft work, the First Lady _____.A.asked why only the first girls could go to schoolB.told the students the importance of craft workC.explained why women must stay strongD.encouraged the students to study hard9．We can know from the passage that Mr Obama _____.A.will stay in Indonesia for four daysB.will stay in Japan for the shortest timeC.hasn’t attended the Group of Twenty beforeD.will attend an important conference in Seoul10．How many countries does the First Couple plan to visit in total in their ten-day tour in Asia?A. 3B. 4C. 5D.6二、完形填空：Writing can be a lonely life. I often sit at home for long 1 books. Often I don't see the 2 of my work. I know people buy my books. 3 , I'll get a message or even a letter online. Or I'll 4 someone who says, "I love what you write." I had a woman tell me through my 5 that a chapter in one of my books 6 her to give her job a second chance. A dad 7 told me online he'd heard me speak on the radio. It had convinced him that he hadn't been 8 enough time with his children. He went on to tell me how that had changed his 9 with his family. Those are the things that keep writers going and the moments that touch our hearts. But they're often few. However, it's been 10 with my new book. I've 11 something I've never faced before. I've gotten to see the faces of the people who are being 12 by my work. I asked 13 of my books to post pictures of them with the book when they received their copies or 14 it in stores. Dozens of pictures began flowing in with beautiful 15 faces and comments about the influences this 16 book has on their lives. I was 17 to tears.You 18 aren't writers. But you have dreamed big dreams and worked hard for years. But maybe it seems like nothing is happening. You feel like what you're doing isn't of 19 . You're wrong. You might not get to see the faces of those whose lives you've touched. So keep doing what you're doing. I can 20 you it's worth it.1. A. referring to B. relying on C. turning to D. working on2. A. behaviors B. results C. experiments D. memories3. A. For example B. In brief C. On occasion D. At first4. A. look into B. dream of C. figure out D. run into5. A. website B. book C. letter D. picture6. A. informed B. demanded C. forced D. persuaded7. A. physically B. primarily C. privately D. immediately8. A. owning B. spending C. using D. selecting9. A. relationship B. hardship C. condition D. situation10. A. strange B. different C. powerful D. wonderful11. A. passed B. scheduled C. experienced D. understood12. A. waken B. directed C. adapted D. affected13. A. purchasers B. salesmen C. publishers D. carriers14. A. searched B. found C. gathered D. made15. A. clear B. colorful C. sweet D. wide16. A. exciting B. interesting C. big D. new17. A. moved B. scared C. beaten D. sentenced18. A. officially B. probably C. certainly D. actually19. A. quality B. service C. value D. necessity20. A. promise B. remind C. support D. request三、词汇运用：1.We offered our c______to you on your passing the 2016 College Entrance Examination.2. J______ from what he did，he isn’t a person to depend on.3. Finally, the big fire was put out, but two firefighters were badly i______.4. The writer of this book is the only s______ of the accident.5. The rescue workers tried their best to d______ out the people who were trapped.6. I have not understood enough of your difficulties and______.7. Many e______were added to the modern Olympic Games.8. The old lady told a story to calm the f______ boy down.9. ______ (祝贺) to you on your winning the contest.10. He was one of the ______ (裁判员) at the football match.11. It was a great ______to be invited here to make a speech.12. I received a letter of i______ and was asked to attend the meeting.13. They took s______ from the rain under a big tree.14. Don’t go skating today—there are dangerous c______in the ice.15. The workers came to the survivors’ r______ shortly after the accident.四、语法填空：Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei. For three days the water in the village wells kept rising and _____1_____ (fall). Farmers noticed that _____2_____ well walls had deep cracks in them. A _____3_____ (smell) gas came out of the cracks. In the farmyards, the chickens and even the pigs were too nervous _____4_____ (eat). Mice ran out of the fields looking for _____5_____ (place) to hide. Fish jumped out of _____6_____ (they) bowls and ponds. At about 3:00 a.m. _____7_____ July 28th,1976, some people saw bright lights in the sky. The sound of planes could _____8_____ (hear) outside the city of Tangshan even _____9_____ no planes were in the sky. In the city, the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst. But the one million people of the city, _____10_____ thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.五、补全对话（七选五）：We were high in the mountains of Xishuangbanna, as far south as you can get in Yunnan, skirting the borders of Myanmar and Laos. The drive was typical, textbook beauty: mountains thick with rubber tree forests, pure tea plantations, banana palms and tiny Dai villages. Hidden among the fields of green, I spotted an odd collection of wooden boxes near a tent on the side of the road.1We run into the current home of Wei Dajing, a 17-year-old apprentice (学徒) bee-keeper who was manning his hives. Wei was fresh to the bee-keeping life, and had been on the job for just two months and was here to learn from a master bee-keeper. Their tent and hive set-up is always temporary.2“This particular spot was stationed at a sunny patch ofyellow flowers. Once these flowers die, the rubber trees will be flowering, so we will move toward them,” he told Sam.Like thieves in the night, the bee-keepers will stealthily pack up their hives in the dark once the bees go to sleep. “They are most active around midday when they are collecting their nectar (花蜜). 3” Wei explained.The hives were humming, and bees were invasively buzzing around Wei as he spoke to us. Pieces of fruit laid drying among the hives, used to feed the bees and give them an extra boost of energy once Wei bottled up their hard-earned honey. Sam, who also had a couple of his own small hives in his backyard, told us you must always leave a little bit of honey in the hive.4We waved goodbye to Wei. Back at Sam's house, he gave us a bowl of local honey. 5 Lacking the usual sweetness of honey but instead rich with a more savory, spiced flavor, it tasted just like China.A.It was smooth, thin and runny.B.Wei skillfully collected honey from the hives.C.Otherwise the bees would get fed up and abandon you.D.Maybe it is the flowers that give such unique taste to the honey.E.By 10 pm they are asleep in their hives, which is when we move.F.I asked our excellent guide and new best friend, Sam, to pull over.G.Wei and his master move their camp as the flowers bloom and die.六、书面表达注意：(1)短文必须包括以上所有内容，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；(2)词数：100左右。
