Module 3 The Violence of Nature 模块精品备课

Book 3 Module 3 The Violence of Nature 第二部分： 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分） 第一节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15 分） 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。 “The wind rushed into the building. In one fast, sharp move, the roof was torn apart, 21. _____ (disappear) into the storm. Pieces of wood cut off lamp-posts and trees like large power saws (动力锯) ...” That’s the power of wind. The person quoted (引用) here watched Hurricane Luis sweep through the Caribbean island of St. Martin in 1995. But he could have been describing any of the 85 or so hurricanelike storms that form worldwide in 22. _____ average year. Hurricanes and other wind-driven storms, like tornadoes, are some of nature’s most destructive (破坏性的) events. In October 2012, 23. _____ cutting a destructive path through the Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast of the U.S., causing over $60 billion in damage. At its highest level, the storm was 1,000 miles wide. More than 100 people in 10 states died. Hardest hit 24. _____ (be) coastal areas of New York and New Jersey, 25. _____ the storm destroyed all communities.21世纪教育网版权所有 Tropical storms are hurricanes-in-the-making, with winds between 39 and 73 miles per hour. If winds reach 74 mph, scientists use the Saffir-Simpson Scale 26. _____ (measure) a hurricane’s intensity (强度).2-1-c-n-j-y Hurricanes are major storms that form in the Atlantic Ocean. Similar storms in the Pacific Ocean 27. _____ (call) typhoons, while 28. _____ in the Indian Ocean are known 29. _____ cyclones. Scientists refer to all of these events as tropical cyclones 30. _____ they form in the warm tropical waters near the equator. 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 ★★ “My mum and dad were alcoholics (酗酒者), and my mum suffered from mental health problems,” says Eileen Benham, the 19-year-old. “I ?31 ?getting into trouble, dropped out of school and went to live with a family friend in London when I was 15.? 32 , he died in a car accident while I was in the car, which sent me over the edge — and I suffered from terrible depression (抑郁).” “Yeah, it sounds a bit ?33 ?for someone of my? 34 ,” she adds. “But it’s all true!” Back home in Hertford, Eileen struggled at ?35 ?and was told by one teacher that she’d never make any ?36 . Desperate (极需要) for help, she had a chance meeting with ?37 ?from Future Hope, a local charity. “They try to ?38 ?all the youngsters drinking on the streets,” says Eileen. “When I ?39 ?them, it was the first time anybody had listened to my story? 40 ?judging me. When you sink to the bottom like I did, I guess you can either? ?41 ?or you can start building something new. I ?42 ?it was time for me to start ?43 !” Eileen began volunteering at Future Hope, ?44 ?with young people with learning di ... ...