- 1 - 题型专项突破题型专项突破-Unit4 完形填空（自然灾完形填空（自然灾 难篇）难篇） 一、完形填空 Earthquakes are common; thousands of them happen each day. But most are (1) weak to feel. During a (2) earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth (3) terribly and many houses (4) down. Railway tracks break and trains go (5) lines; a great many factories are (6) ; thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes. . . (7) the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake (8) , other disasters such as fires often (9) . More buildings are destroyed and more (10) caused. It is well known of the (11) of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2, 000 years ago, (12) , a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng (13) a machine which could find out from which (14) the seismic(地震的) waves had come, and this machine is still (15) by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and (16) they happen, but we still cannot (17) exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot (18) it from happening. So earthquakes are among the (19) disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes. (20) , scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths. (1) A. very B. too C. quite D. so - 2 - (2) A. real B. weak C. big D. small (3) A. moves B. shakes C. jumps D. breaks (4) A. get B. put C. set D. fall (5) A. off B. on C. into D. behind (6) A. burst B. struck C. destroyed D. buried (7) A. Except B. Besides C. Instead of D. Because of (8) A. lonely B. later C. themselves D. itself (9) A. follow B. copy C. come D. enter (10) A. quakes B. deaths C. difficulties D. results (11) A. information B. questions C. dangers D. frights (12) A. as a result B. in fact C. for example D. as well (13) A. invented B. discovered C. found D. bought (14) A. country B. directions C. ways D. city (15) A. improved B. repaired C. protected D. used (16) A. where B. when C. what D. why (17) A. speak B. tell C. talk D. point (18) A. make B. prepare C. stop D. let (19) A. worst B. best C. most D. fast (20) A. However B. But C. And D. So 二、完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分 0） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从(21)(40)各题所给的四个选项 A、B、C 和 D 中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。学. 科网 (2016 浙江卷浙江卷) During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be (21) him. I hated the place, I had never (22) been so unhappy, My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was (23) -almost 125 even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). (24) a soul to talk to, The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the every air I breathed, were (25) with sand, sand, sand! I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was (26) - 3 - and coming back home. I said I couldnt stand it one minute longer. I (27) be in prison! My father answered my (28) with just two lines-two lines that will always sing in my (29) - two lines that completely changed my life： Two men looked out from prison bars One saw the mud, the other saw the stars I read those two lines (30) I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present (31) ; I would look for the stars. I made friends with the natives, and their (32) amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had (33) to sell to tourists, I studied the delightful forms of the cactus, I watched for the desert sunsets, and (34) for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the desert had been an ocean (35) What brought about this (36) change in me ? The desert hadnt changed, (37) I had, I had changed my (38) And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing (39) of my life, I was excited by this new world that I had discovered I had looked out of my self-created prison and (40) the stars (21) A. off B. behind C. near D. beyond (22) A. before B. already C. then D. still (23) A. inflexible B. incomprehensible C. uncontrollable D. unbearable (24) A. Only B. Not C. Many D. Such (25) A. covered B. filled C. buried D. charged (26) A. catching up B. keeping up C. giving up D. getting up (27) A. ought to B. might well C. would rather D. had better (28) A. request B. call C. question D. letter (29) A. comparison B. imagination C. consideration D. memory (30) A. over and over B. by and by C. up and down D. now and then (31) A. company B. occupation C. situation D. relationship (32) A. movement B. reaction C. guidance D. purpose (33) A. refused B. failed C. managed D. happened - 4 - (34) A. asked B. hunted C. waited D. headed (35) A. floor B. surface C. rock D. level (36) A. shocking B. challenging C. puzzling D. astonishing (37) A. as B. but C. for D. or (38) A. attitude B. principle C. identity D