1、2014年高中外研版必修 4语篇训练卷（十五）Module 6 英语试卷与答案（带解析） 完型填空 It was July 1976. An unmanned spaceship, Viking One, had arrived at Mars. On July 20th, the spaceship . Part of it continued toward a landing on the planet. It fell through the late afternoon Mars sky. Forty kilometers above the planet, the thin bega
2、n to slow its fall. Six kilometers above the planet a big parachute(降落伞 )opened. The landing craft fell more slowly. Then, three rocket engines . And the landing craft set down on the surface. in the Viking One Lander immediately sent a message to the earth. It said, “I am here. I am down safely. I
3、am beginning my work. ” The message at the speed of light. It took twenty minutes to reach the earth, more than three hundred and twenty million kilometers . Scientists and engineers at the control center . Moments later, television receiver in the control center began to the first picture from Viki
4、ng One. People at the center could see the feet of the landing craft sitting firmly on the 11 soil of Mars. Those pictures were our first look at the planet. They showed a red surface, full of rocks, with no sign of . It was our first look at a planet that is full of surprises, mysteries and promise
5、. Viking One was launched toward Mars in August, 1975. The spaceship had two : an orbiter(轨道飞行器 )and a lander(着陆器 ). The orbiter would circle Mars. It would take pictures of Mars surface. It would the atmosphere. The would go down to the surface. It would carry to dig up and study soil and . It also
6、 would report about any evidence of life on the planet. The lander would send this to the orbiter and then back to the earth. 【小题1】 A separated B appeared C worked D started A correctly B slowly C quickly D directly A air B universe C space D atmosphere A fired B fell C opened D floated A heavily B
7、softly C suddenly D immediately A A computer B A rocket C A pilot D An astronaut A spread B traveled C shot D moved A far B long C distant D away A shouted B watched C cheered D welcomed A make B take C show D search A red B brown C gray D black A careful B close C real D clear A men B life C trees
8、D air A parts B rockets C engines D centers A through B towards C over D around A enter B examine C collect D discover A orbiter B lander C spaceship D rocket A engineers B astronauts C parachutes D instruments A surface B trees C rocks D pictures A spaceship B rocket C lander D information 答案： 【小题
9、1】 A 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 A 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 B 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 A 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 B 【小题 17】 B 【小题 18】 D 【小题 19】 C 【小题 20】 D 【文章大意】文章介绍了 “海盗一号 ”无人宇宙飞船在火星登陆的情况。 【小题 1】选 A。根据文章倒数第三段可知 “海盗一号 ”宇宙飞船由 orbiter和lander两部分组成 , 到了火星上空两部分分离。 【小题 2】选
10、C。根据常识判断宇宙飞船应该在飞行时是很快的 , 在遇到阻力时才会减速 , 这也与后面飞行减缓后的 “slowly”相对应。 【小题 3】选 D。 thin可以修饰 air和 atmosphere, 但是只有 atmosphere符合语境 , 火星的大气减慢它的飞行 , 而且与后文也一致。 【小题 4】选 A。 rocket的作用就是通过发射把 lander送到火星上 , 着陆时需要对地面的反推力才不至于着陆太猛。 【小题 5】选 B。因为前面所述的各种措施 , 如降落伞、火箭发动机等 , 所以是轻轻着陆。 【小题 6】选 A。 “海盗一号 ”是无人载飞船 , 所以只能通过电脑发送信息说其在工
11、作。 【小题 7】选 B。根据上下文 , message以光速 “传播 ”, spread“扩散 ”; shoot“发射 ”; move“移动 ”。 【小题 8】选 D。表示距离时 , 如果有具体的数字 , 后面应是 away。 【小题 9】选 C。火星登陆成功 , 人们欢呼起来 , shout“大喊 ”; watch“看 ”; welcome“欢迎 ”。 【小题 10】选 C。在屏幕上 show“显示 ”发送回来的图片 , 其他三项意思不符。 【小题 11】选 A。火星上的土壤是红色的 , 所以后面第二句提到红色的火星表面。 【小题 12】选 B。这些照片是在火星上拍摄的 , 所以是 clo
12、se look“近看 ”, real不修饰 look。 【小题 13】选 B。根据常识可知 , 火星上没有生命的迹象 , 更没有树和人。 【小题 14】选 A。宇宙飞船有两部分 , 由下一句话可得知答案：。 【小题 15】选 D。 circle around Mars环绕火星飞行。 【小题 16】选 B。 examine指 “检验 ”。 enter“进入 ”, collect“收集 ”, discover“发现 ”都不合适。 【小题 17】选 B。由上文可知 , 宇宙飞船分两部分 , 前面介绍了 orbiter, 这里介绍lander。 【小题 18】选 D。在火星上 , “海盗一号 ”只能通
13、过一些科学仪器对火星上的土壤和岩石进行检验。 【小题 19】选 C。由前文中 “full of rocks”可知答案：。 【小题 20】选 D。着陆器把在火星上得到的信息传给轨道飞行器 , 然后传到地球上来。 阅读理解 One night in March 1999, a man was driving from California to Oregon, US, to visit some friends. He had stopped his car to have some food when he started to hear strange noises. Turning on t
14、he headlights, he saw an 8-foot-tall creature covered in thick, dark hair. The creature stared at him for a minute, turned in the road and walked off slowly into the woods. In the past 50 years alone, there have been thousands of reported sightings of similar creatures in the US, Canada, the Himalay
15、as(喜马拉雅山地区 )and even Hubei Province in China. The creature is known as bigfoot. Bigfoot is said to be a very tall(between 2 and 4. 5 metres), ape-like(类人猿似的 )creature that is covered in hair and walks upright on two legs. It is very wary(警惕的 )of human beings. Believers think bigfoot is a direct desc
16、endent(后代 )of ancient gigantopithecus(巨猿 ). But it remains one of the planets undiscovered secrets. There is a little evidence(证据 )to support the believers theory: traces of hair, footprints and body prints as well as the reported sightings. Some people have even showed what they say with photos or
17、films of bigfoot. But so far, no one has found bones or any other definite proof that the giant creature exists. As a result many people believe the evidence is just part of a big trick. The footprints are easy to make and they say: all you need to do is to make two large feet out of plaster(石膏 ), a
18、ttach them to the bottom of your shoes and walk with big steps. As for the photos and films, they are just people dressed in ape suits. They also say the sightings are not real, just people making mistakes. For example, bigfoot could be a bear living in the wild that sometimes stands up on its back
19、legs. 【小题 1】 So far what we can be sure about is that . A there exist savages(野人 )in several places in the world B there are some traces of hair, footprints and body prints of the “bigfoot” C bigfoot is a direct descendent of ancient gigantopithecus D all the big foot discovered have the same look 【
20、小题 2】 It was in that man first found the ape-like creature. A 1999 B the 1960s C the 1950s D the 1940s 【小题 3】 The article infers but doesnt say so that some people bigfoots existence. A may fool the world into believing B have definite evidences to prove C refuse to believe D will soon offer proofs
21、of 【小题 4】 If bigfoot is just a misunderstanding, what they saw might NOT be . A apes B bears C gigantopithecus D people dressed in animal skins 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【文章大意】本文描述了 “雪人 ”的一些目击证据并对其进行了分析说明 , 也给出了一些相对比较科学的猜测。 【小题 1】选 B。细节理解题。的确是有 “bigfoot”留下的痕迹 , 到底 bigfoot是谁留下的 , 谁也没有把握
22、 , A项属于将猜测的东西当成事实 ; C项是一些人的 “认为 ”; D项与文章描述不符。 【小题 2】选 C。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句 “In the past 50 years alone, there have been thousands of reported sightings of similar creatures in the US, Canada, the Himalayas and even Hubei Province in China. ”推测可知是 the 1950s。 【小题 3】选 A。推理判断题。由文章中 “As a result many people
23、believe the evidence is just part of a big trick. ”作者在暗示有人有意捏造证据 , 骗人相信。 【小题 4】选 C。推理判断题。如果真的是 gigantopithecus留下的脚印 , 那就证明的确有这样的动物 , 而整篇文章都是用的推测的语气 , 由此可得答案：为 C。 Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others
24、are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “Wheres the beef ”It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s“Wheres the beef ”was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone using it at the time. Beef, of
25、 course, is the meat from a cow, and this kind of food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called this “McDonalds”. Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last
26、 in America. Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendys” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonalds or anyone else. The Wendys Company began to use the expression “Wheres the beef ”to make people know t
27、hat Wendys hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendys television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Wheres t
28、he beef ”she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendys hamburger restaurants was success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Wheres the beef ”. 【小题 1】 started McDonalds restaurant. A Ray B McDonald C Wendy D Three old women 【小题 2】 Other people wanted to open hambur
29、ger restaurants because they thought . A they could sell hamburgers at a low price B hamburgers were easy to make C beef was very popular in America D they could make a lot of money 【小题 3】 Wendys made the expression known to everybody . A with many old women eating hamburgers B by a television adver
30、tisement C while selling bread with a bit of meat in it D at McDonalds restaurant 【小题 4】 We can learn from the passage that the expression “Wheres the beef ” means . A The beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be B The hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be C It is used when
31、something is not as good as it is said to be D Wendys is the biggest 答案： 【小题 1】 【小题 2】 【小题 3】 【小题 4】 【文章大意】本文主要讲述 “Wheres the beef ”这一表达语是如何产生并流行于美国大众的。 【小题 1】选 A。细节理解题。根据短文第二段内容 Ray called this“McDonalds”, 即 McDonalds(麦当劳 )restaurant是由美国商人 Ray创办的。 【小题 2】选 D。推理判断题。由于 Ray的成功 , 他成了富豪 , 其他商家也看到了商机 , 所以他们也开办快餐店 (hamburger restaurants), 因为他们认为能赚大钱。 【小题 3】选 B。细节理解题。根据文章内容 The Wendys television advertisement showed. . . 可知 the expression “Wheres the beef ”是 Wendy通过电视广告使大众感知的。 【 小题 4】选 C。细节理解题。文章的第一段中 It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. 意为某种东西不如介绍的那么好 , 因此选 C。
