高二年级英语模块五检测试卷

第一部分：完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）
The captain of a ship and a merchant (商人) were friends. The merchant had a young son, who wanted to be a sailor (水手), so the captain took him for voyages (航海) in his 1  .　　
　　One day when the captain had come from a  2  with a lot of money, the merchant told him that the price of iron(铁) had 3  and suggested that he should buy some with his money. “I’ll_ 4 _it for you in my storehouse   5  you return from your next voyage, and perhaps you’ll get  6 money.”
　　But while the captain was away, the price of iron went up very  7   , so the merchant sold it and kept the money. When the captain came back, his   8  friend told him that he was very sorry and the rats (老鼠) had  9  all the iron.
　　The captain knew that his friend was  10  lies, but he stayed  11_and said, “I knew that you had problems  12 rats in your storehouse.”
　　After a few days, the captain started 13 voyage, and when he returned home, he said to the merchant, “I’m very sorry, but  14_our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away.”      
　　The merchant was very  15 and said, “Birds cannot carry boys!” “And 16 _ can rats eat iron,” answered the captain. The merchant took the captain to a 17 , who said, “The merchant must __18 the captain the money which he got when he  19  the iron, and then the captain must  20  the merchant’s son back to him.”
　　 1. A. car         B. cart         C. ship         D. plane
　　 2. A. voyage     B. travel    　C. business  　 D. visit
　　 3. A. fallen      B. changed  　 C. widened   　 D. risen
　　 4. A. keep        B. hide    　  C. hold       　D. put
　　 5. A. when       B. since   　  C. after  　　　D. until
　　 6. A. many       B. more      　C. a bit   　 　D. less
　　 7. A. slowly     B. low       　C. little  　　 D. high
　　 8. A. dishonest  B. honest    　C. real 　 　   D. former
　　 9. A. sold        B. borrowed    C. eaten   　 　D. destroyed
　　 10. A. talking    B. making  　  C. telling 　   D. saying
　　 11. A. friendly   B. calm        C. quiet   　　 D. angry
　　 12. A. about       B. in          C. on   　      D. with
　　 13. A. another    B. next        C. the other　  D. other
　　 14. A. while      B. after    　 C. during 　    D. before
　　 15. A. boring B. puzzled 　  C. angry    　  D. frightened
　　 16. A. yet   　　B. neither     C. so           D. either
　　 17. A. lawyer B. manager  　 C. child   　   D. judge
　　 18. A. return  　B. give        C. offer        D. lend
　　 19. A. kept   　 B. bought   　 C. sold        D. stole
　　 20. A. bring   　B. fetch       C. carry       D. catch
第二部分：阅读理解 (共四篇，每小题2分,满分 40 分)
Text A
A large earthquake hit Hebei province in northern China on 10th January 1998. The earthquake was very powerful. It measured 6.2 on the Richter scale. Fifty people died in the earthquake, and thousands more were injured or made homeless. Over 100,000 houses were destroyed or damaged.
January is usually the coldest month of the year in Hebei. Temperatures often fall to minus 30°C and cold winds blow both day and night. Bad weather conditions made life difficult and dangerous, especially for people made homeless by the earthquake. The victims urgently needed warm clothes, food, shelter, first aid and medicine.
The Red Cross was one of the first groups to provide help to the victims of the earthquake. The Red Cross Society of China immediately sent medical teams and food and clothes to the disaster area. In Hong Kong, donations from the HKSAR Government and from Hong Kong residents totaled over RMB 54 million.
This money bought blankets, coats, jackets, tents, food and medicine for the Hebei survivors. Also, mainland soldiers quickly arrived in Hebei. In the weeks after the earthquake, they helped to build more than 10, 000 temporary homes.
Unfortunately, natural disasters are not uncommon in China. In 1997, for example, more than 3,2
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