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Module 1

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．This area had a heavy ______________(降雨量)last month.

2．This place is very ______________(荒凉的)．

3．You should ______________(适应)yourself to the new environment.

4．They are ______________(促销)a new product.

5．The two-year-old child has to learn to keep his b________before he can walk far. 6．Before the rain，the sky was a m________of clouds.

7．Many countries have signed the________(公约)to protect it from commercial use.

8．They will begin their________(勘查)to Antarctica next month.

9．Should we encourage international r________in sports?

10．Our________(商业的)laws are very old-fashioned.

Ⅱ.句型转换

1．The weather was even colder as the wind was blowing.

The weather was even colder________the wind________.

2．The bus was held up by the snowstorm and it caused the delay.

The bus was held up by the snowstorm，________________the delay.

The bus was held up by the snowstorm，________the delay.

3．He could dive as deep as 50 metres in the sea.

He could dive to________________________50 metres in the sea.

4．Much to my delight，I could do the work more easily.

Much to my delight，I found the work________________________.

5．He didn't finish his homework until midnight.

________________ midnight ______________________his homework.

It was ________________ midnight ________ he finished his homework.

Ⅲ.语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

（1）

One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked__1__(close) at this girl, I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then

realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, a neck and upper body，__2__(dress) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money__3__her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of __4__sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl，__5__smile just melted me__6__almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of__7__life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and__8__(bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and__9__(warm). I'm a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught__10__.

1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______

（2）

Alan：Do you have anything__1__on this evening?

Joe：No, I've got a lot of time__2__(kill)．

Alan：Well, then. Won't you come over to dinner and have a game of Mahjong afterwards? Joe: With pleasure.

Alan：You were not so eager about Mahjong before.

Joe：That's __3__ I didn't know the fun of__4__(play) it then. Why is Mahjong such a popular game, do you know?

Alan：I've got no idea. I only know that foreigners are beginning to take__5__ interest in it, besides their old card games.

Joe：That's right. Some of them are already__6__(expert)．

Alan：Indeed they are. But the trouble about Mahjong is once you're__7__(interest) in it, you can't shed it off.

Joe：Yes. Once I went crazy over other hobbies such as stamp collecting and reading, but I find them very__8__ (bore) now.

Alan：I'm sure your former hobbies are more beneficial.

Joe：I can't deny that, and I can't help it，__9__.

Alan：The bell's ringing. That__10__ be our partners.

1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______

Ⅳ.完形填空

Antarctica is the continent which is the most southern area of land on the Earth and is mostly__1__with ice.This is one of the driest and__2__places in the world.But people from all over the world come to__3__there.Near the South Pole，three thousand people live together in a

place__4__Amundsen-Scott Station.

The Station__5__libraries，cinemas，shops，sports rooms，canteens and laboratories.There is electricity，and they have telephone—the system__6__they use to have a conversation with someone in__7__place.And they have __8__—electronic machines that store information and use programs to help them find，organize，or change the information.

But the people here__9__travel by car，or train or bus，because there aren't any roads or railways near the Station.They__10__by ship，helicopter，plane，or snow tractor，or__11__dogs.

There aren't__12__trees or flowers there，but there are hundreds of different birds and other__13__.

Most of the people here are__14__.They study plant and animal life and how ice__15__.The ice can__16__us about changes in climate.Ray Kingman is an expert at Amundsen-Scott Station，telling us__17__the phone，“This is my second year here.It's a very interesting and beautiful place，but life is very__18__in winter.In summer we can go__19__in hot pools of water.We welcome newcomers here for further__20__of the continent！”

1．A. filled B．full C．discovered D．covered

2．A. warm B．coldest C．cool D．hottest

3．A.travel B．settle C．work D．live

4．A. called B．built C．known D．lived

5．A. exists B．built C．has D．lies

6．A. where B．that C．who D．how

7．A. other B．another C．the another D．the other 8．A. printers B．icons C．mice D．computers 9．A. don't B. mustn't C．shouldn't D．needn't 10．A. go B．walk C．travel D．run

11．A. with B．instead of C．on D．in front of 12．A. some B．any C．many D．much 13．A. plants B．life C．animals D．things 14．A. teachers B．scientists C．doctors D．workers 15．A. flows B．melts C．freezes D．moves 16．A. show B．tell C．suggest D．say

17．A. in B．with C．by D．on

18．A. pleasant B．easy C．hard D．comfortable 19．A. boating B．swimming C．fishing D．washing 20．A. study B．life C．visit D．climate

Ⅴ.阅读理解

The Arctic is a polar region. It surrounds the North Pole.

Like Antarctica，the Arctic is a land of ice and snow. Antarctica holds the record for a low temperature reading 125 degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Reading of 85 degrees below zero are common in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Winter temperatures average 30 degrees below zero in the Arctic. At the South Pole the winter average is about 73 degrees below zero.

One thing alone makes it almost impossible for men to live in Antarctica and in parts of the Arctic. This one thing is the low temperature—the killing chill of the far North and the polar South.

To survive，men must wear the warmest possible clothing. They must build windproof shelters. They must keep heaters going at all times. Not even for a moment can they be unprotected against the below-zero temperatures.

Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polar explorers wrap themselves in warm coats and furs. The cold makes life difficult，but the explorers can stay alive.

What about animals？Can they survive？Do we find plants？Do we find life in the Arctic and in Antarctica？Yes，we do. There is life in the oceans. There is life on land.

Antarctica，as we have seen，is a cold place indeed. But this has not always been the case. Expedition scientists have discovered that Antarctica has not always been a frozen continent. At one time the weather in Antarctica may have been much like our own.

Explorers have discovered coal in Antarctica. This leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests. Heat and moisture must have kept the trees in the forests alive.

1．What does the underlined word “chill” probably mean?

A．coldness B．coolness C．damp D．desert 2．One of the reasons why there is no man living in Antarctica and in parts of the Arctic is that________.

A．there are no wildlife there B．there are no minerals

C．they are extremely cold D．they are hard to access

3．According to the passage，which statement is TRUE?

A．The lowest temperature of the world is in the Arctic.

B．To survive in the Poles，the explorers wear the warmest possible clothing.

C．Antarctica has always been a cold place.

D．Coal has been found in the Arctic.

4．If you are exploring the polar region，you need to______.

A．wear only furs B．build a windproof shelter

C．use heaters sometimes D．live in groups

Ⅵ.短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Several days before，a few of my friend and I went on a picnic on the beach of the Jialing River.It is about five miles far from the city.We arrived that place in the morning.Most of us go swimming immediately.While in the water，we played an interesting game.Those which were on the beach had some other activity.Some of them even sang and danced happy.There were still others who were interested in nothing，except picked beautiful stones.In the evening，we returned home.How a happy day it was!

答案：

I.

1.rainfall

2.inhospitable

3.adapt

4.promoting

5.balance

6.mass

7.treaty

8.exploration

9.rivalry10．commercial

II.

1.with；blowing

2.which caused；causing

3.a depth of

4.easier to do

5.Not until；did he finish；not until；that

III.

（1）

1．closer/closely

2．dressed

3．from

4．a

5．whose

6．And

7．what

8．brought

9．warmth

10．Me

（2）

1．particular

2．to kill

3．because

4．playing

5．an

6．experts

7．interested

8．boring

9．either

10．must/may

IV.

1---20 DBCAC BBDAC ABCBD BDCBA

V .

1---4 ACBB

VI.

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and I went on a picnic on the beach of the Jialing River. It is about five miles far from the city.We arrived ∧at

that place in the morning.Most of us go went

swimming immediately.While in the water ，we played an interesting game.Those which who/that were on the beach had some other activity activities

.Some of them even sang and danced happy happily .There were still others who were interested in nothing ，except picked picking beautiful stones.In the evening ，we returned home.How What

a happy day it was!

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