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Module4 第4课时Cultural corner Ⅰ.单项填空 1．Helen________with anger when she saw a fly in her soup. A．exploded　B．explainedC．expressed D．said 答案：A　此处表示“勃然大怒”之意。 2．All of us still remember the terrible earthquake that________Tangshan twenty years ago. A．attacked B．struck C．knocked D．exploded 答案：B　strike意为“袭击”。表示地震、洪水等灾害侵袭某地，也可用hit。 3．No matter how much you may dislike the adverts, theres no way to________them in an age of globalization. A．miss　　 　B．meet　　 　C．see　　 　D．escape 答案：D　考查动词词义辨析。句意：不论你多么不喜欢广告，在这个全球化的时代，没有方法能够逃避它们。关键是对句子的理解，否则易误选B项。 4．Each player of chess is trying to trap the other players king into a position________escape is impossible. A．when B．that C．in which D．from which 答案：D　escape from a position“从处境中逃脱出来”。介词from提前。 5．________of food________to the countries struck by the seaquake(海啸)． A．Large quantities; is sent B．Large quantities; are sent C．Large numbers; is sent D．Large numbers; are sent 答案：B　large quantities of/a large quantity of既可以修饰可数名词又可以修饰不可数名词；large numbers of/a large number of只能修饰可数名词。另外，当quantities of＋名词作主语时，谓语动词用复数，所以答案为B。 6．Now many crops can be improved________different species of plant, such as rice, wheat. A．by making B．by crossing C．by converting D．by changing 答案：B　这里by doing something是指“通过某种方式来做某事”，通过常识我们可以判断，物种改良主要通过杂交，故答案为B。 7．I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson________. A．cut in B．cut down C．cut out D．cut up 答案：A　本句句意：我正要跟玛格里特说话，突然约翰逊打断了我们的谈话。本题考查以cut为中心词的短语辨析：cut in“插嘴；(突然)插入；汽车抢道”；cut down“砍倒；减少”；cut out“剪除；剪掉；停止；放弃”；cut up“切碎；歼灭”；根据句意选A。 8．Along with the letter was his promise________he would visit me this coming Christmas. A．which　　B．that　　C．what　　D．whether 答案：B　这是一个同位语从句。解释promise的具体内容，要用that引导。 9．—Hi, this way, please. —OK. I sometimes have no sense of________when I arrive at the crossroad. A．position B．direction C．situation D．condition 答案：B　“嗨，请这边走。”“好，当我到达十字路口时，有时会没有方向感。”direction“方向”。 10．Nearly all the streets are in________lines, running from east to west. Those that run from north to south are called avenu