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训练26 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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 Earthquakes are 21 and thousands of them happen each day. But most are too weak to feel. During a 22 earthquake, there is often a great noise first. Then the earth 23 terribly and many houses 24 down. Railway tracks break and trains go 25 lines; a great many factories are 26 ; thousands of deaths are caused, and many more lose homes... 27 the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake 28 , other disasters such as fires often 29 . More buildings are destroyed and more 30 caused. It is well known of the 31 of a possible earthquake, and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes. More than 2,000 years ago, 32 __ , a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng 33 a machine which could find out from which 34 the seismic waves had come, and this machine is still 35 by scientists today. Now we know much more about earthquakes and 36 they happen, but we still cannot 37 exactly when and where an earthquake will happen, and cannot 38 it from happening. So earthquakes are among the 39 disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes. 40 , scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths. 21. A. common B. unusual C. strange D. familiar
22. A. real B. weak C. big D. small 23. A. moves B. shakes C. jumps D. breaks 24. A. get B. put C. set D. fall 25. A. off B. on C. into D. behind 26. A. burst B. struck C. destroyed D. buried 27. A. Except B. Besides C. Instead of D. Because of 28. A. lonely B. later C. themselves D. itself 29. A. follow B. copy C. come D. enter 30. A. quakes B. deaths C. difficulties D. results 31. A. information B. questions C. dangers D. frights 32. A. as a result B. in fact C. for example D. as well 33. A. invented B. discovered C. found D. bought 34. A. country B. directions C. ways D. city 35. A. improved B. repaired C. protected D. used 36. A. where B. when C. what D. why 37. A. speak B. tell C. talk D. point 38. A. make B. prepare C. stop D. let 39. A. worst B. best C. most D. fast 40. A. However B. But C. And D. So
第三部分：阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项 A A young woman was driving through the lonely countryside. It was dark and raining. Suddenly she saw an old woman by the side of the road, holding her hand out as if she wanted a lift. “I can’t leave her out in this weather,” the woman said to herself, so she stopped the car and opened the door. “Do you want a lift?” she asked. The old woman nodded and climbed into the car. After a while, she said to the old woman, “Have you been waiting for a long time?” The old woman shook her head. “Strange,” thought the young woman. She tried again. “Bad weather for the time of year,” she said. The old woman nodded. No matter what she said, the hitchhiker(搭便车的人) gave no answer except for a nod of the head or a shrug. Then the young woman noticed the hitchhiker’s hands which were large and hairy. Suddenly she realized that the hitchhiker was actually a man! She stopped the car. “I can’t see out of the rear screen,” she said. “Would you mind clearing it for me?” The hitchhiker nodded and opened the door. As soon as the hitchhiker was out of the car, the terrified young woman raced off. When she got to the next village she pulled up. She noticed that the hitchhiker had left his handbag behind. She picked it up
