【牛津（广州，深圳，沈阳）版】九年级下U4 Natural disasters
（B卷·提升能力）
学校：__________班级：__________姓名：_________ 考号：___________
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本试卷共分第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分，第Ⅰ卷为选择题；第Ⅱ卷为非选择题；满分为100分，考试时间
为100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷 选择题
一、语法选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
Forest fire is one of the major disasters in the world.
Every year, many fires break out in different places of the world. 1
forest fires break out in China each year. which have destroyed
lots of forests and houses. Some big fires have even taken
people's lives away.
There are mainly two causes of the forest fires： human activities and nature. Most of the forest fires 2
by people. People who go camping or hiking may fail 3 out their campfire completely. Some people may
leave the burning cigarettes（香烟）in the forest 4 .
People aren't the only ones ___5____start forest fires. Nature 6 also cause serious fire accidents in the
way of a lightning strike（雷击）.What’s worse， 7 the weather is dry and hot. the fire may spread very
fast and become out of control.
On March 30th, 2019, there was 8 big forest fire in Muli County, Sichuan Province. 9 was
reported that the fire was caused by lightning. More than six hundred firemen went to the forest to put out the fire.
However, the wind suddenly 10 strongly and changed its direction, which led to fire explosion（爆燃）.
The firemen fought___11____the big fire bravely. Sadly thirty-one people were killed in the accident, ___12___
twenty-seven forest firemen and four locals. The 13 fireman was only eighteen years old.
To Protect the forest and keep yourselves safe, you shouldn't leave 14 that may cause fire in the forest.
When you see a fire. 15 to call 119 and leave the forest as soon as possible.
1.A. Thousand of B. Thousands of C. A thousands D. A thousand of
2.A. are caused B. caused C. cause D. have caused
3.A. putting B. put C. to put D. to be put
4.A. careful B. care C. careless D. carelessly
5.A. what B. who C. which D. why6 .A. can B. should C. must D. shall
7. A. although B. if C. because D. but
8. A. a B. an C. the D. /
9.A. This B. That C. Which D. It
10.A. blowing B. blows C. blew D. to blow
11. A. against B. for C. into D. through
12.A. included B. including C. includes D. include
13.A. youth B. young C. younger D. youngest
14.A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
15.A. remember B. remembering C. to remember D. remembers
二、完形填空 阅读短文，掌握大意，选出最佳选项。（共10小题，每小题1分, 共10分）
I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5：15 in the afternoon and I was
driving along the road to __16__ my daughter from school. Our plan was to go __17__ together. I had finished
work at about 4 o’clock and then gone to the post office. Then I stopped off at a shop in order to get some
___18___ fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat after our swim when we would feel tired.
I was driving along a high road on my way to the school. Over my road was another way for cars coming the
other way. I was __19_ so I put the bag of apples in the seat beside me and started to eat one.
Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. I slowed down. Then __20__ started to
shake. I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had gone wrong with my car. I drove even slower. I
stopped the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.
I found myself in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom parts of both my legs and my __21__ were hurting
badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was __22__ .But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise.
Then I remembered what had happened. I had been in an earthquake.
For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could __23__ the bag of apples， so at least I had plenty to eat.
Then I heard people climbing towards me. A team of people had come to see if anyone was under the broken
__24__ I called out! “I’m here!” I heard a shout， soon a stranger climbed to the side of the bridge near my car，
“How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad，” I said， “but my feet and legs __25__ as if(似乎) they’re
broken.” “We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can，” he said. They didn’t get me out until the next
morning. I had been in my car for 14 hours.
16．A．take up B．bring up C．pick up D．send up17．A．skating B．shopping C．sightseeing D．swimming
18．A．fresh B．dried C．expensive D．cheap
19．A．happy B．hungry C．surprised D．excited
20．A．the road B．my hands C．my feet D．my car
21．A．hands B．arms C．feet D．fingers
22．A．quiet B．dark C．cold D．noisy
23．A．see B．reach C．catch D．hold
24．A．railway B．trees C．car D．road
25．A．appear B．feel C．seem D．look
三、阅读 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
If you’ve never lived in Asia, you might be wondering what it feels like to
experience a typhoon. But if you’ve ever survived a hurricane or tropical cyclone(热 带
气旋), you already know the answer. That’s because hurricanes, cyclones and
typhoons are all the same natural activity. So what’s the difference? Scientists just
call these storms different things depending on where they happen.
In the Atlantic and northern Pacific, the storms are called “hurricanes”, which were named after the bad
Caribbean god called Hurrican. In the northwestern Pacific, the same powerful storms are called “typhoons”. In the
Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific, they are called “tropical cyclones”.
To be considered as a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone, a storm must reach wind speeds of at least 74 miles per
hour (119 kilometres per hour). If a hurricane’s wind speed reaches 111 miles per hour (179 kilometres per hour), it
becomes a “strong hurricane”. If a typhoon hits 150 miles per hour (241 kilometres per hour), as Usagi did, then it
becomes a “super typhoon”.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November, while the typhoon and cyclone seasons are a
little bit different. In the northeastern Pacific, the main season runs from May to November. In the northwestern
Pacific, typhoons are most common from late June through December. And the northern Indian Ocean sees
cyclones from April to December.
Whatever you choose to call them, these storms are powerful enough to cause some serious damage. According toNOAA’s National Hurricane Center, the general hurricane eye — the still centre where pressure(压力) is the lowest
and air temperature is the highest — covers 30 miles (48 kilometres) across, with some growing as large as 120
miles (200 kilometres) wide. The strongest storms have kept winds over 155 miles per hour (250 kilometres per
hour). But with the help of satellites and computers, such storms can be known several days ahead, though it’s still
difficult to know their exact route.
26. Hurricanes, cyclone and typhoon_________.
A. happen in different areas. B. happen in different time
C. cause different problems D. are different natural disater.
27. In the _______, the powerful storms are called “typhoons”.
A. Indian Ocean B. northwestern Pacific
C. northern Pacific D. Atlantic
28. A strong hurricane can reach the speed of _______ kilometres per hour.
A. 74 B. 119 C. 179 D. 241
29. Cyclones would probably happen in the northeastern Pacific during ______.
A. February B. April C. October D. December
30.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The temperature of the hurricane eye is the lowest.
B. The hurricane eye covers 200 miles wide.
C. The strongest storms can be over 250 miles per hour.
D. We can know the storm before it happens by satellites.
B
Imagine a perfect day: the weather is good and everything seems fine. When, suddenly, your mobile phone
loses its signal, the television has no programs, and you can’t get online with your computer.
What has happened? These are just the types of problems a solar storm （太阳风暴） might cause.
You may not think of storms as putting our society in danger. But today, a solar storm is as serious as other bad
events, such as earthquakes.
A solar storm is caused by solar flares （太阳耀斑） large explosions （爆炸） near the sun that can give
off lots of energy. The strong energy can stop the satellite systems （卫星系统） that control our computers,
telecom networks and so on. These storms can even cause the power to go out for weeks or months.
In the past few months, scientists have recorded some of the strongest sun flares in years. The most recent one
happened around Valentine’s Day, 2011. It caused radio and satellite signals to go down in some northern cities inChina.
“Solar flare activity is going to be much worse than what we’ve seen in the past. We’re not talking about a few
cities losing power, it could be half of the country, maybe more. ”SolarStormWarning.com, a US website about
space weather, warned. Scientists say that little can be done to predict such a storm.
Governments around the world are trying to work together before the next storm, although they are not sure
when that may happen.
31．What are solar flares according to the passage?
A．Telecom networks. B．Solar storms.
C．Large explosions near the sun. D．US websites.
32．What does the underlined word “signal” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A．Electricity. B．Music. C．Light. D．Sign.
33．Which is the right order of the following things?
①Solar flares give off lots of energy. ②People cannot get online with their computers.
③Solar storms happen. ④Satellite systems are stopped.
A．①②③④ B．①③④② C．③①②④ D．③②①④
34．Why did the radio and satellite signals go down in some northern cities in China in February, 2011?
A．Because a strong sun flare happened. B．Because an earthquake happened.
C．Because a solar storm stopped. D．Because the satellite systems didn’t work.
35．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Asking people to prevent the solar storm from happening.
B．Telling people how to solve the problems caused by solar storms.
C．Calling for scientists to predict when the next solar storm will happen.
D．Introducing what solar storms are to people.
C
In 1845, a deadly disease struck Ireland, killing all the Lumper potato plants. In another place or time, the
death of single crop species (物种) might not have been so important. But in Ireland, in 1845, people depended
almost solely on the potato for food. The death of one species caused a terrible famine (饥荒). Now, some
scientists are worried that such a famine could happen again, but on a much wider area.
Over the centuries, farmers have discovered thousands of different species of food crops. However, you won't
find many of these species in your local supermarket. To feed the seven billion people on Earth, most farmers today
are growing only species of plants and farming only species of animals that are easy to produce in large numbers.In the Philippines, there were once thousands of varieties of rice: now fewer than 100 are grown there. In
China, 90% of the wheat varieties grown just a century ago have disappeared. Scientists believe that over the past
century, more than half of the world's food varieties disappeared.
One solution to this problem is to collect and store the seeds as many different plant varieties as we can before
they disappear. The idea was first suggested by Russian scientist Nikolay Vavilov. In the 1920s and 1930s, he
collected around 400,000 seeds from five continents. More recently, others are continuing the work he began.
In the US state of Iowa, Diane Ott Whealy wanted to protect historic plant varieties, like the seeds her great –
grandfather brought to the US from Germany more than a hundred years ago. She and her husband started a place
called Heritage Farm, where people can store and trade seeds.
More importantly, the people at Heritage Farm don't just store the seeds, they plant them. By doing this, they
are reintroducing foods into the marketplace that haven't been grown for years. These food species are not just
special in terms of appearance or taste. They also offer farmers food solutions for the future, from the past.
36. What is this passage mainly about?
A. The fact that many food species are dying out.
B. The need to protect potatoes from disappearing.
C. The ways to increase the number of food species.
D. The ways to prevent food species from disappearing.
37. The underlined word "solely" in Paragraph 1 is in closest meaning to ________.
A. usually B. only C. rarely D. occasionally
38. Why are some scientists worried that such a famine could happen again?
A. Because people depend on certain species of food crops.
B. Because the same deadly disease may attack crops again.
C. Because the world's population is larger than that in 1845.
D. Because farmers grow the same potatoes as those in the past.
39. Nikolay Vavilov was the first person who ________.
A. stored and planted seeds B. realized the serious problem
C. suggested collecting plant seeds D. worried a famine could happen again
40. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The disease spread very quickly and killed thousands of people in Ireland.
B. Around 80 percent of the rice varieties in the Philippines have disappeared.
C. Heritage Farm is the first place in the US for people to store and trade seeds.D. People have been storing seeds to save plant varieties for more than 150 years.
D
Effects of Global Warming
Some effects of increasing temperatures are happening.
● Ice is melting from the North Pole to the South Pole, and everywhere in between. This includes mountain
glaciers(冰川), ice sheets(冰盖) covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
● Researcher Bill Fraser has found that the penguins(企鹅) in Antarctica are reducing. Their numbers have
fallen from 32,000 pairs to 11,000 in 30 years.
● Sea level rise has become faster over the last century.
● Some insects, animals and plants have moved farther north or to higher and cooler areas.
● Rain and snowfall have increased around the world.
● Some harmful insects have developed in Alaska because of 20 years of warm summers. The insects
have destroyed forests of more than 16 thousand square kilometres.
Other effects could happen later this century, if warming continues.
● Sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 and 59 centimetres) by the end of the century, and
continued melting at the poles could add between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimetres).
● Typhoons and other storms may become stronger.
● Floods and droughts will become more common. Rainfall in Ethiopia, where droughts are already
common, could reduce by 10% over the next 50 years.
● Less fresh water will be drinkable. If the ice cap in Peru continues to melt at its speed, it will be
gone by 2100, leaving thousands of people without drinking water and electricity.
● Some diseases will spread all over the world.
● Some creatures could die out. Wildlife research scientist Martyn Obbard has found that since the
mid-1980s, with less ice on which to live and fish for food, polar bears have gotten thinner and weaker. He fears
that if sea ice disappears, the polar bears will as well.
41 The number of the penguins was ______ 30 years ago.
A. 11,000 B. 22,000 C. 32,000 D. 64,000
42 The sea level ___________ over the last century.
A. has dropped faster B. has dropped slower C. has risen faster D. hasn’t changed
43. Some harmful insects in Alaska like__________ environment.
A. warm B. cold C. clean D. dirty
44 If the ice cap in Peru disappears, people will have no _______.A. drinking water and electricity B. drinking water and food
C. food and electricity D. drinking water, food and electricity
45 What may happen if the global warming continues?
A. The forests will disappear because of harmful insects.
B. Natural disasters will be more serious.
C. Polar bears will all be killed by humans.
D. Diseases will make the animals die out.
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据短文内容，将下面A---E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使得补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。
The Spring Festival was supposed to be a time for family gathering. _____46_____
One of the main reasons that the novel coronavirus has been spreading so quickly is that it's transmitted
through droplets (飞沫) coughed and sneezed by infected people. These droplets can travel as far as two meters in
the air. _____47_____ And even after the droplets fall and land on surfaces, they can stay alive for up to five days.
This means everything you touch in a public place might be giving you this deadly virus.
In a new development, it seems possible that the virus can be transmitted through aerosol(气溶胶), which is a
suspension (悬浮) in the air (or in gas) of fine solid particle(微粒) or liquid droplets. However, no further evidence
has been found to support this statement. _____48_____
Avoiding people and public spaces is not how we planned to spend this festival season. _____49_____
Firstly, we've developed better habits, including washing our hands thoroughly after coming home. We’ve also
learned to value the simple happiness - being able to take a walk, going to a restaurant or hanging out with friends.
Try thinking about all the things you'll be free to do after this terrible virus is defeated. _____50_____
A. This makes it dangerous to get too close to people.
B. But perhaps we can look on the bright side.
C. Even so, it's one more reason for you to stay home.
D. Then you'll find the idea of staying at home for now is not so unbearable (无法忍受的).
E. But that tradition came to a stop this year because of an epidemic outbreak.
四、写作 （共四节，满分30分）
第一节 短文填空 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分））
It was a rainy day and the sky was very dark. As 1. u_______, my mother picked me up after school. On ourway home, however, the wind blew more and more strongly. Lots of litter was blown up in the sky and the big trees
began to shake with the leaves falling down. We felt there was something unusual. So we walked fast. Unluckily,
the wind was so strong that we couldn’t 2.h________ the umbrella. The heavy rain kept falling down. We got wet
and the cold went through our bodies. Soon, we began to realize that maybe a typhoon was hitting the area. We
became 3.f_________ and began to run. But it was hard for us to run fast as the wind kept blowing strongly. After a
few minutes, we arrived home but all the clothes were wet. Later, when we watched the news online, we learned
that there was really a 4. t________ typhoon in our area and it caused lots of 5.d________. We were lucky as all of
us were fine after all.
第二节 完成句子。（共5小题，每题2分，满分10分）
1.他们惊讶地默默凝视着那处奇景
They__________ __________ the strange sight with amazement________ ___________.
2.你要暂时放弃这个念头。
You should_________ _________ this idea__________ __________.
3.多么可怕的一次自然灾害啊！很多人在这次地爲中丧生。
___________ ___________ ____________natural disaster! Many people died in the earthquake.
4.目前许多人坚持这个观点。
The opinion __________ ____________ ___________ by many people at present,
5. 大型物体从我的窗前飘过，比如长途汽车和船只
Large objects, ________ __________coaches and boats, __________ _________ my window.
第三节：书面表达(15分)
在过去几年中，我们已经目睹了人类活动引起的各种灾害。作为一名中学生，请写一份倡议书，呼吁
大家关注这些自然灾害并保护环境，内容应包括：
1．举出至少3个由人类活动引发的自然灾害的例子：
2．列出至少3种必要的保护或防范措施。
Dear friends,
I am writing this letter to call on everyone to pay attention to the present disasters caused by human
activities
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Thank you!
Sincerely yours，
Li Hua
