（含参考答案、解析、技巧与难句分析）
Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
一、中考直通车（2019·四川广安中考）
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Last week I went to Corsica with my friends on vacation. It was my first visit to the island! We took the ship from Toulon, France, to the city Ajaccio. Although Toulon and Ajaccio seemed quite close, it took us eight hours. We chatted and played card games to kill time.
When we got there, I got a surprise because of the weather. It was already October! But we just needed to wear T-shirts and shorts. We went to the beach to enjoy the sunshine and some of my friends even went swimming in the sea. The Corsican scenery(风景) was so beautiful. We had a picnic, went for a long walk along the coast and took lots of pictures.
Ajaccio is famous for being Nepoleon’s birthplace, so we also went to the Maison Bonaparte. It was the home of the Bonaparte family. In fact, it was a museum when we visited it.
One day we took the local train to another beautiful city named Corte. We visited the citadel(城堡) and the museum where we learnt more about Corsican history and enjoyed the beautiful views of the city.
The food in Corsica was fantastic and we often visited the market to taste something delicious. We also went to some local restaurant for dinner and ate fresh seafood. At the end of the trip, we were very sad to leave and I hope to return to Corsica again some day. 1. How did the writer go to Ajaccio?
A. By air. B. By ship. C. By train. 2. How was the weather in Ajaccio?
A. Hot. B. Dry. C. Cold. 3. What did NOT the writer do in Corte?
A. Enjoyed the views. B. Visited the museum. C. Had a picnic. 4. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. The writer had a wonderful time in Corsica. B. The writer doesn’t like eating the local food.
C. The writer only visited one museum during the trip. 5. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Ways to kill time. B. The food in Corsica. C. A trip to Corsica.
(B)
These years people show all kinds of things on the Internet—good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps is becoming popular too. Why?
People are finding it important to be in good health. To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot. When they start walking, they open the step counter app in their phones to record how many steps they walk that day. After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising.
“This helps me to exercise much and keep a good habit,” Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat. We are in the same group to encourage each other to keep exercising.”
Mr. Wu likes to exercise. But in the past he was kind of lazy and didn’t want to exercise every day. “After I use the step counter app, everything is different. It’s great to exercise with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it,” he said.
Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise. Both the old and the young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking. But don’t take the number too seriously. 6. Now, _____ on the Internet is also becoming popular. A. showing the number of steps B. showing wonderful vacations
C. showing good food and nice clothes
7. What does the underlined phrase “step counter” mean? A. 备忘录 B.计步器 C.计时器 8. What CANNOT we know from the second paragraph? A. The use of the step counter app.
B. Why they show the number online. C. People who walk more steps get prizes.
9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. More people go to work on foot to save money.
B. Miss Liu and Mr. Wu like to exercise with their friends. C. People usually show the number of steps in the morning. 10. What does the writer think of showing the number of steps?
A. It can make people relaxed.
B. It can make people stop driving cars. C. It can make people develop a good habit.
(C)
Scientists looked for paw prints(爪印)in the forests. In this way, they knew the number of pandas! “It’s hard to see pandas in the wild,” said Colby, a scientist. “They hide in the thick bamboo forests.” That’s why scientists used paw prints to get be number. The number of the pandas was a surprise to scientists. They learned that more pandas lived in the wild!
“We found pandas living in areas we didn’t know, ” said Colby. Although the news is good, pandas are in danger.
Here are some fun facts of pandas. *It takes a panda more than 10 hours to eat 9kg to 14kg of bamboo every day.
*A newborn panda weighs 90-130 grams. That is about the weight of a mouse. A panda's front paws have wrist bones(腕骨). The panda uses them to catch bamboo.
The main threat to pandas is that their land is becoming smaller and smaller. Pandas lose their land when people cut down parts of the forest for wood and farming. Now, China has 13 nature reserves(保护区). People mustn’t cut down trees there. Scientists want to create more nature centers to give pandas a better chance to live.
11. Why did scientists look for paw prints in the forests? A. Because they could catch pandas in this way.
B. Because they could know where pandas were in this way. C. Because they could know the number of pandas in this way. 12. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. A panda uses its front paws to catch bamboo. B. A newborn panda is nearly as heavy as a mouse.
C. A panda usually sleeps more than 10 hours every day. 13. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. Fewer and fewer trees in China.
B. The big problem the pandas are facing. C. The number of the pandas in the wild. 14. What can we know from the passage?
A. There are fewer and fewer nature reserves in China. B. People should help pandas live a happy life in the wild. C. All the pandas should live in the panda nature reserves. 15. Where can you probably read this passage?
A. In a science magazine. B. In a travel guide. C. In a storybook. 链接课文 二、完形填空·
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A terrible storm may bring many sad stories. Lots of people may 1 their houses, their cars and their pets. But sometimes these stories might have happy endings.
A family in New Jersey, US, had a cat named Vivien. She was very smart. When storm Sandy 2 hit America in October, and it began raining 3, the family moved to a safer place 13 km away from home. After the storm, when the wind was 4, they came back home. Sadly，Vivien was missing. The whole family were worried about her.
The family members searched(搜寻) everywhere in their 5, but they didn’t find her. Six months later, when the sun 6 again, Vivien returned home. Everyone was 7.
It’s known that dogs and cats find their way home through using their sense(感觉) of 8. But storm Sandy blew away the normal smell of home. “That’s too 9. I wish she could talk and tell us the 10,” said her owner. ( )1. A. get B. lose C. miss D. find
( )2. A. luckily B. suddenly C. completely D. sadly ( )3. A. heavy B. hardly C. fast D. heavily
( )4. A. dying down B. died down C. die down D. dies down ( )5. A. family
B. area C. school D. house ( )6. A. rose B. rise C. rises D. rising ( )7. A. sad B. sorry C. shocked D. silent ( )8. A. taste B. smell C. sound D. look
( )9. A. happy B. strange C. sad D. surprised ( )10. A. date B. report C. opinion D. truth
二、阅读专练
阅读理解 A
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It was raining heavily while I was walking up the hill towards the station at six o’clock on a Saturday morning. At this early hour there wasn’t much traffic and there weren’t many people. Just as I was crossing the road near the top of the hill, a car came around the corner. It was traveling very fast. Suddenly it hit a lamppost(灯杆) and turned over.
I ran to the car to help the driver at once. He was badly hurt and there was a lot of blood on his face. A young woman hurried into the station and called an ambulance(救护车) while I was taking care of the driver. Many people came to see what had happened. A policeman arrived a few minutes later and asked me a lot of questions about the accident. After a while the ambulance arrived and the driver was sent to the hospital.
On Monday morning I went to the hospital to see the man. The doctor told me that he was much better, and that he would leave the hospital in a few days. ( )1. The accident happened ____ . A. near the school B. near the top of the hill C. in the school D. near the hospital
( )2. What happened to the driver?
A. He drove the car very well. B. His car hit a lamppost. C. His car turned over. D. Both B and C.
( )3. ____ hurried into the station and called an ambulance. A. The writer B. A policeman C. Some people D. A young woman
( )4. A policeman came and ____ . A. took the driver away
B. sent the driver to the hospital C. asked the writer a lot of questions D. took care of the driver
( )5. Which of the following is NOT true? A. It was raining when the accident happened.
B. The car was traveling fast before hitting the lamppost. C. The driver was badly hurt. D. The driver died at last. 阅读理解 B
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There was a rainstorm last night. A reporter wants to know what people were doing when the rainstorm came. Here are the Whites talking about what they were doing at the time of the rainstorm.
( )1. ____ was in the bathroom when the rainstorm came.
A. Mr. White B. Mrs. White C. Lisa D. Peter
( )2. When the rainstorm came, Mr. White was____ . A. watching TV B. washing his shoes C. doing the dishes D. refreshing the screen
( )3. ____ made good preparations for the rainstorm. A. No one
B. Mr. White and Mrs. White C. Mrs. White D. Lisa
( )4. Lisa felt ____ at the time of the rainstorm. A. surprised B. scared C. sorry D. sad
( )5. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Lisa was too scared to move.
B. Peter was sleeping when the rainstorm came.
C. All the lights in the house went out when the rainstorm came. D. Mrs. White went to close the windows when the rainstorm came. 阅读理解 C
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I’m in Boulder, Colorado and I am one of the luckiest ones without flood(洪水) coming into my house. But some of my friends’ houses are in a mess after the flood. Today I went to a friend’s house and helped her do some cleaning.
Some of her friends were helping her with the housework when I arrived in the morning. She asked me to move the broken things out of the room and clear the mud(泥) in the room. With another helper, I got busy clearing the mud and broken things.
There was a desk in front of a door and a tall cactus(仙人掌) was on it. My friend asked us to be careful with that plant, because it was the only thing that meant a lot to her. It once belonged to her mother.
I thought if we could clean the tiles(瓷片) under the cactus, it would make our friend feel better. So we moved the cactus and got the mud out from under it. Then I asked my helper to get some water to make it clean. It was a small job. And I thought it would be easy for her, since she worked so well.
When our friend came back, she was really moved by what we did to her mom’s plant. She smiled and put her hand to her heart. For her, it was not one little space without mud, but something that warmed her heart.
( )1. The writer went to her friend’s house to ____ .
A. have a party
B. help her do some cleaning C. go shopping with her D. take care of her children
( )2. What were others doing when the writer arrived at her friend’s house? A. They were waiting for the writer. B. They were drinking tea.
C. They were helping the writer’s friend with the housework. D. They were having a party.
( )3. What do the underlined words “belonged to” mean in Paragraph 3? A. 属于 B. 喜欢 C. 来到 D. 照顾
( )4. What did the writer do to the cactus?
A. She moved it to the room. B. She did nothing to it.
C. She planted it in a new place. D. She cleaned the tiles under it. ( )5. How did the writer’s friend feel when she saw the cactus? A. Excited. B. Angry. C. Moved. D. Nervous. 阅读理解 D
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阅读短文,从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,每个选项只能用一次。 Last summer I had an awful car accident and 1 I hope my sad experience will be a lesson to all drivers, especially those who think it is safe to drink and drive.
2 I had a lot of wine with my friends. I thought I could drive home that night, but thirty minutes later, I was losing control of myself, yet I still went on because I really wanted to go to bed. 3 The last thing I remember was trying to get out of the car with blood pouring down my head and broken glass all over my body. I remember trying to get out but my legs were stuck and I could hardly move. Luckily, I was wearing a seat belt. 4 The next thing I remember was lying on a hospital bed. I wasn’t hurt seriously.
5 I hope that people both young and old will drive more safely in the future. A. This is one of the dangers of drinking and driving. B. Most people say that saved my life.
C. I remember that day I was feeling a bit upset. D. I had to spend two months in hospital.
E. My car then hit a parked truck on the side of the road. 1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 任务型阅读
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When I was a young girl, my family lived a poor life in a village. One evening we were visiting our friends. Suddenly the storm came. We went home quickly. On our way home, my dad carried me on his back. My mom held my elder brother’s hand, and held an umbrella for Dad and me. It rained heavily and the wind blew hard. It took us about two hours to get home. When we arrived home, our clothes were completely wet. The rain had come through the roof and windows, so our house was filled with rainwater. Mom helped my brother and me change some dry clothes and put us to bed. Then she put some bowls to collect the rain. I fell asleep soon. When I woke up, Dad and Mom were sleeping in chairs.
This is my earliest memory. I realized my parents’ great love for the first time. Though time passed, I won’t forget the rain we lived through together. The rain of that evening, and especially my parents’ love, will stay in my mind forever. 阅读短文,根据其内容回答下列问题。
1. When did the writer’s family visit their friends?
________________________________________________ 2. How many people are there in the writer’s family? ________________________________________________ 3. How long did it take them to get home?
________________________________________________ 4. Was there rainwater in the writer’s house?
________________________________________________ 5. What’s this passage about?
________________________________________________ 语法填空·规范表达
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阅读短文,在文中空白处填入适当的词或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空(每空不多于3个词)。
Peter is twenty-one years old. He remembers the 1—May 6th, 1998. It has special meaning to him and his family. At ten o’clock on the morning of that day, Peter was 2 (play) basketball with his friends. 3 (sudden), Peter’s neighbor came up and told him his mother had an accident and died. He was completely 4 (shock) and didn’t believe his neighbor at first. When he got home he 5 (see) his father and his sister 6 (cry). He knew it was true. He didn’t cry and he didn’t say anything to his father, 7. He went into his bedroom in 8 (silent). He 9 (cover) his face with his jacket and then he saw his mother in his dream. When he woke up, he found his jacket wet. He still felt so sad. He wished he would never woke up again 10 he missed his mother so much. Although he is an adult now, he will never forget the day when he lost his mother. And he believes his mother will live in his heart forever.
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____ 6. ____ 7. ____ 8. ____ 9. ____ 10. ____ 话题积累
围绕“难忘的事件”这一话题,本单元中会涉及谈论发生在过去且令人印象深刻的事件,如学校活动、自然灾害、事故、旅行等。这类话题作文以记叙文为主,可写人可叙事,写作时要注意写清事情发生的前因后果及发展过程等。写作此类话题作文的常用表达有： (1)An important event that I remember well was ... (2)It happened at ...
(3)I was ... when ...
(4)... was very important to me because ...
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参考答案、解析、技巧与难句分析
一、中考 1-5：BACAC 6-10 ABCBC 11-15 CCBBA 二、完形填空 【语篇大意】
本文讲述了一只名为Vivien的小猫在暴风雨后失踪，但在六个月后重新回到主人家的故事。 1. B根据上句“A terrible storm may bring many sad stories.”可知，暴风雨可能会让人们流离失所，故选B。
2. B suddenly意为“突然”，符合语境。故选B。
3. D rain是动词，应用副词来修饰。rain heavily“雨下得很大”，故选D。
4. A根据下文“... they came back home.”可知，他们是在暴风雨过去，风力逐渐减弱的时候回家的。die down意为“逐渐减弱”。因空格前有was，故此处应用过去进行时，故选A。 5. B根据句意“这家人在他们(生活)的区域到处搜寻”可知，此处应用area“地区”，故选B。 6. A由上文知该文描述的是过去的事情，故应用一般过去时。rise的过去式是rose，故选A。 7. C Vivien能够在暴风雨过后的六个月安全回来，这是一件令人震惊的事情，shocked“震惊的”，故选C。
8. B根据常识可知，狗和猫通常能靠嗅觉找到它们回家的路，故选B。
9. B根据上文的描述“But storm Sandy blew away the normal smell of home.”可知，主人对于Vivien能够在暴风雨过后的六个月回到家感到奇怪，故选B。
10. D联系上文，主人对Vivien的归来感到震惊和奇怪，因此，想要知道真相。tell sb. the truth意为“告诉某人真相”，故选D。 阅读理解A 【语篇大意】
本文主要讲述了“我”目睹了一起车祸的发生，并和其他人共同救助受伤司机的故事。 1. B细节理解题。 由第一段第三句“Just as I was crossing the road near the top of the hill ...”可知，事故发生在山顶附近，故选B。
2. D细节理解题。由第一段最后一句“Suddenly it hit a lamppost and turned over.”可知，司机的汽车撞到了灯杆并且翻了，故选D。
3. D细节理解题。由第二段第三句“A young woman hurried into the station and called an ambulance ...”可知，一位年轻的女士急忙进了车站，打电话叫了救护车，故选D。
4. C细节理解题。由第二段第五句“A policeman arrived a few minutes later and asked me a lot of questions about the accident.”可知，警察到达以后询问了“我”一些问题，故选C。
5. D细节理解题。由最后一段最后一句“The doctor told me that he was much better， and that he would leave the hospital in a few days.”可知，最终司机脱离了危险，因此，很明显D项是错误的，故选D。 阅读理解B 【语篇大意】
本文中怀特一家对一位记者讲述了昨晚暴风雨来临时他们各自的活动情况。
1. C细节理解题。由Lisa的描述中的最后一句“But I still tried to get out of the bathroom to help my little brother.”可知，当暴风雨降临的时候，Lisa在卫生间里，故选C。 2. D细节理解题。由Mr. White的描述中的第一句“I was refreshing the screen.”可知，Mr. White当时在刷新屏幕，故选D。
3. C细节理解题。由Mrs. White的描述可知，她准备好了手电筒并关好了窗子，故选C。 4. B细节理解题。由Lisa的描述中的“I heard my little brother shouting for help and it made me more scared.”可知，Lisa在暴风雨来临时感到害怕。故选B。
5. C推理判断题。由“the lights went out/ it suddenly got dark/ the lights in the house went out/ I couldn’t see anything”等描述可知，C项是正确的，而其他三个选项都不符合文意，故选C。 阅读理解C 【语篇大意】
本文描述了“我”在洪水过后帮助朋友清理房间的时候，特意和另一位助手小心翼翼地将对她有特殊意义的仙人掌清洗干净，这件小事却让朋友倍感温暖。
1. B细节理解题。由第一段最后一句“Today I went to a friend’s house and helped her do some cleaning.”可知，作者去朋友家是为了帮助她做清理工作，故选B。
2. C细节理解题。由第二段第一句“Some of her friends were helping her with the housework when I arrived in the morning.”可知，当时他们在帮助“我”的朋友做家务，故选C。
3. A词义猜测题。由上文“My friend asked us to be careful with that plant， because it was the only thing that meant a lot to her.”可推知，这盆仙人掌是朋友的妈妈留下来的，故选A。 【方法技巧】巧借上下文暗示突破词义猜测题
能够通过上下文暗示猜测词义是考查考生语言运用能力的一个重要方面。因此，多数的词义猜测题都需要联系上下文，整合信息，确定词义。本题中，由上文“My friend asked us to be careful with that plant，because it was the only thing that meant a lot to her.”可知，“我”的朋友非常珍惜这盆仙人掌，故可以推知这曾经属于她妈妈，由此可知，belong to意为“属于”。
4. D细节理解题。由第四段的描述可知，作者将那盆仙人掌清洗干净了，故选D。
5. C细节理解题。由最后一段第一句“When our friend came back， she was really moved by what we did to her mom’s plant.”可知，“我”的朋友看到这一切时非常感动，故选C。 阅读理解D 【语篇大意】
本文作者以第一人称的语气讲述了自己亲身经历的一次车祸，并希望所有司机——尤其是那些认为酒后开车没问题的司机都能够谨记要安全驾驶。
1. D根据and前面的句子“Last summer I had an awful car accident ...”可知，后半句是对严重车祸后果的描述，故选D。
2. C根据第二段的描述可知是对车祸当天的回忆。故选C。
3. E根据上句的“... I was losing control of myself， yet I still went on because I really wanted to go to bed.”可知，“我”逐渐失控，但仍继续开车，因为“我”非常想睡觉，所以接下来出现了不该出现的后果，故选E。
4. B根据上句“Luckily， I was wearing a seat belt.”可知，因为“我”当时系着安全带，所以很幸运没有丧命，那么接下来很可能就是其他人对“我”系安全带一事进行评论，故选B。 5. A根据该段最后一句“I hope that people both young and old will drive more safely in the future.”可知，该段是对这次事情的一个总结并提醒司机安全驾驶，故选A。 任务型阅读 【语篇大意】
本文描述了“我”小时候与家人一同经历了一场暴风雨的故事。正是这一场暴风雨，“我”第一次意识到父母伟大的爱。
1. One evening.由第一段中“One evening we were visiting our friends.”可知，他们是在一个晚上去拜访朋友们的，故答案应为One evening。
2. Four.由第一段中“On our way home， my dad carried me on his back. My mom held my elder brother’s hand， and held an umbrella for Dad and me.”可知，除了父母，“我”还有一位哥哥。故答案应为Four。
3. About two hours.由第一段中“It took us about two hours to get home.”可知，“我们”花费了大约两个小时才到家，故答案应为About two hours。 4. Yes， there was.由第一段中“The rain had come through the roof and windows， so our house was filled with rainwater.”可知，“我”家房子里充满了雨水，故答案应为Yes， there was。 5. It’s about love between parents and children.(开放性答案，意思接近即可。)由最后一段的前两句“This is my earliest memory. I realized my parents’ great love for the first time.”可知，该篇文章是通过回忆来表达父母与孩子之间的爱的，故答案应为It’s about love between parents and children。 【难句分析】
Though time passed， I won’t forget the rain we lived through together.
分析：本句是一个含有由though引导的让步状语从句的复合句。主句是I won’t forget the rain we lived through together，从句是Though time passed。而主句中又含有一个省略掉that的定语从句，即(that) we lived through together，修饰先行词rain。
句意：尽管时间流逝，我将不会忘记我们共同经历的风雨。 语法填空 【语篇大意】
本文讲述了对于Peter来说有着特殊意义的一天——1998年5月6日，以及在这一天Peter的经历。
1. date根据后面的May 6th， 1998可知，此处考查date“日期，日子”，故答案应为date。 2. playing由该句中的时间状语“At ten o’clock on the morning of that day ...”可知，该句应用过去进行时，故答案应为playing。
3. Suddenly根据句意“忽然，彼得的邻居来告诉他，他的妈妈出了事故去世了”可知，此处应用sudden的副词形式，故答案应为Suddenly。
4. shocked空格前有be动词，还有副词，且主语是人，可知此处应用shock的形容词形式shocked，故答案应为shocked。
5. saw由从句中的got可知，此处应用see的过去式，故答案应为saw。 6. crying see sb. doing sth. 意为“看到某人正在做某事”，故答案应为crying。
7. either根据句意“他没有哭泣也没有跟他的爸爸说一句话”可知，此处应填用于否定句中表示“也”的either，故答案应为either。
8. silence in silence意为“沉默地”，故答案应为silence。
9. covered因为本句是一个由and连接的并列句，因此and前后两个分句的时态是一致的，故答案应为covered。
10. because根据空格前一个分句“He wished he would never woke up again ...”和后一个分句“... he missed his mother so much.”可知，后者是前者的原因，故答案应为because。 书面表达
One possible version:
An important event that I remember clearly was my winning the first place in a piano
competition. It happened at 10：00 a.m. on February 5th. I was drawing in my room when the phone suddenly rang. Since my parents were busy cleaning up the house，I picked up the phone. It was from my piano teacher. She told me I won the first place in the piano competition. I was so excited that I couldn’t say a word. The prize was very important to me because it was my first time to win a prize in a competition.
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