【学案导学】2015-2016学年高中英语人教版必修2配套完型填空周周练—Test 15.docVIP

Test 15 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Earthquakes are __1__；thousands of them happen each day.But most are too weak to feel.During a __2__ earthquake，there is often a great noise first.Then the earth __3__ terribly；many houses __4__ down.Railway tracks break and trains go __5__ lines；a great many factories are __6__；thousands of deaths are caused，and many more lose homes...__7__ the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake __8__，other disasters such as fires often __9__.More buildings are destroyed and more __10__ are caused. It is well known of the __11__ of a possible earthquake，and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes.More than 2,000 years ago，__12__，a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng __13__ a machine which could find out from which __14__ the seismic (地震的) waves had come，and this machine is still __15__ by scientists today.Now we know much more about earthquakes and __16__ they happen，but we still cannot __17__ exactly when and where an earthquake will happen，and cannot __18__ it from happening.So earthquakes are among the __19__ disasters in the world. No one can stop natural earthquakes.__20__，scientists can help stop earthquakes destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths. 1．A.common B．unusual C．strange D．familiar 2．A.real B．weak C．big D．small 3．A.moves B．shakes C．jumps D．breaks 4．A.get B．put C．set D．fall 5．A.off B．on C．into D．behind 6．A.burst B．hurt C．destroyed D．buried 7．A.Except B．Besides C．Instead D．Because of 8．A.lonely B．later C．themselves D．itself 9．A.follow B．copy C．come D．enter 10．A.quakes B．deaths C．difficulties D．results 11．A.information B．questions C．dangers D．shock 12．A.as a result B．in fact C．for example D．as well 13．A.invented B．discovered C．found D．operated 14．A.country B．directions C．ways D．city 15．A.imported B．repaired C．protected D．used 16．A.where B．when C．what D．why 17．A.speak B．tell C．talk D．point 18．A.make B．prepare C．stop D．let 19．A.worst B