Unit 4 Earthquakes
(满分：120分 时间：120分钟)
一、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1．—Jane，I really appreciate your painting.
—________.
A．No，I don't think so
B．Not at all
D．Well，it's not good
C．Thank you very much
答案 C [考查情景交际。根据西方人的交际习惯，对别人的鼓励和赞扬应该表示感谢。No，I don't think so“不，我不这样认为”；Not at all“不客气”；Well，it's not good.“它不好”；Thank you very much“非常感谢”。句意：——珍，我真的很欣赏你的画。——非常感谢。]
2．—Do you regret spending 500 dollars on the overcoat?
—No，I would have paid ________ if the shop owner had insisted. A．twice as much C．much as twice
B．twice as many D．many as twice
答案 A [考查倍数的表达法。表示钱的多少要用much，不能用many，排除B、D。A项符合倍数表达法，补充完整为“twice as much as 500 dollars”。] 3．It was ________ terrible earthquake and ________ number of people who were
killed reached more than 20,000. A．a；the
B．the；a
C．the；the
D．a；a
答案 A [a terrible earthquake“一场可怕的地震”；the number of后接可数名词复数表示“……的数量”，符合题意。]
4．—Mr Smith，would you mind if I asked you to have the box ________ for me?
—Of course not.I think I will have my two brothers ________ it right now. A．carried；carrying
B．carried；carry
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C．carrying；carry D．carry；carrying
答案 B [问句的语境是“让人为我搬箱子”，故用have sth done结构；答语中第二句的语境是“我让我的两个弟弟给你搬”，故用have sb do sth“让某人做某事”结构。]
5．I heard from Jim the other day and he offered his congratulations to me ________
having passed my driving test. A．on
B．for
C．in
D．with
答案 A [congratulations与介词on/upon连用，表示“因为……而表示祝贺”。]
6．Is there anyone in your class ________ family is in the country?
A．who
B．who's
C．which
D．whose
答案 D [句意：你们班有没有家在农村的人？family与先行词anyone之间为所属关系，故用whose作引导词。]
7．The car was not seriously ________ in the accident and it won't cost much to get
it repaired. A．destroyed
B．ruined
C．damaged
D．suffered
答案 C [damage多指对无生命物体的损害，造成降低价值、破坏功能等后果；destroy多指彻底地、毁灭性地破坏，不能或很难再修复；ruin多指因外部原因而受到严重破坏或毁灭，侧重破坏的彻底性。故选C项。]
8．The little girl was so ________ when she saw the dog that she dared not move at
all.
A．frightening
B．frightened
C．shocking
D．shocked
答案 B [句意：小姑娘见到狗时吓坏了，动也不敢动。frightened意为“受惊吓的”，符合语境。]
9．Believe it or not，the ancient Chinese painting is worth more than ________
dollars!
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A．two million
B．two million of D．two millions of
C．two millions
答案 A [hundred，thousand，million等数词与具体数字连用时，不能用复数，后也不跟介词of。]
10．________ the end of last year，we had learned over 2,000 English words and
phrases. A．At
B．In
C．By
D．From
答案 C [“by＋过去时间”作状语时，句子用过去完成时。] 11．—It's getting late.Please excuse me，but I must leave ________.
—All right.See you then. A．in time
B．ever since
C．at last
D．right away
答案 D [句意；“时间不早了。对不起，我得赶紧走了。”“好的，那回头见。”right away意为“立即；马上”，符合语境。其余三项：in time“及时；迟早”；ever since“从那以后”；at last“最终”，均不符合语境。] 12．________ the singer goes，people seem to recognize her.
A．Though
B．However
C．Everywhere
D．Unless
答案 C [everywhere在此作连词，引导地点状语从句。]
13．As soon as we heard the boy shouting for help，we rushed to his ________ and
pulled him out of the river. A．shelter
B．rescue
C．disaster
D．outline
答案 B [rush to one's rescue“匆忙过来救某人”。] 14．—Why didn't Angus come to school today?
—He ________ his leg while playing football yesterday. A．beat
B．kicked
C．knocked
D．injured
答案 D [安格斯没有到校的原因是腿受伤了。injure意为“损害；伤害”，符合语境。]
15．The young helped us ________ the car，which was completely stuck in the hole.
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A．get into
B．dig out D．look into
C．work out
答案 B [句意：这些年轻人帮我们把陷入洞里的汽车挖了出来。dig out作“掘出”讲，符合语境。其余三项：get into“上(车)”；work out“算出；弄懂”；look into“调查；检查”。]
二、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面两篇短文，掌握大意，然后从16～35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
(A)
Night after night，she came to tuck(掖被子)me in，even long after my childhood years.Following her long habit，she'd lean down and push my long__16__out of the way，then kiss my forehead.I don't remember when it first__17__annoying me－her hands pushing my hair that way.But it did annoy me，for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin.One night，I__18__out at her.“Don't do that anymore－your hands are too rough！”She didn't say anything in__19__.But never again did my mother end my day with that familiar expression of her love.
With the passing years，my thoughts returned to that night.By then I missed my mother's __20__.Sometimes the__21__seemed very close，sometimes far away.But always it was in my mind.Now I'm not a little girl anymore.Mom is in her midseventies，and those hands I __22__thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family.She's been our doctor，reaching into a medicine box to__23__a young girl's stomachache or soothe(缓和)the boy's injured knee.Now，my own children are grown and__24__.Mom no longer has Dad，and on special occasions，I find myself drawn next door to__25__the night with her.So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve，as I slept in the bedroom of my youth，a familiar hand hesitantly__26__my face to brush the hair from my forehead.Then a kiss，ever so gently，__27__my forehead. 16．A.hair
B．bed
C．chair
D．arm
答案 A [掖好被子后，她会弯下身来，拨开我的长发(hair)，在我的额头上
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