（广东专版）2013届高三英语一轮练习：Unit 5（新人教版选修6）.docVIP

一、语法填空 Storms __1__produced at least 13 tornadoes swept along New Mexicos border with Texas on Friday，__2__(destroy) homes and other buildings and injuring at least 16 people，several critically serious，authorities said. The __3__(bad) damage was reported in the towns of Logan and Clovis，which are about 80 miles apart，police said. The tornadoes damaged several __4__ (new) built buildings，toppled power lines __5__sparked fires that were later put out in Clovis，police Lt. James Schoeffel said. Thirteen people from __6__area were hospitalized at the Plains Regional Medical Center. Five were in bad condition __7__head trauma(外伤，损伤)，said Liz Crouch，the centers chief operating officer. In Logan，three people __8__(take) to a hospital，__9__others were treated at a local clinic. One of them was a visitor，saying that he wouldnt have been there if he __10__(watch) the weather forecast the day before. 二、完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 When a person is curious (好奇的) about something，it means he is __1__in it and wishes to know something about it. We can say he has curiosity about that thing. There is nothing wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad __2__on what people are curious about. Curiosity __3__can be silly or wrong.Some people with nothing to do are __4__of curiosity about what their neighbours are doing. They are anxious to know what they are eating or drinking，what they are __5__home or taking outside，or why they have come home so early or late.To be interested in these things is silly because they are not important.It is none of their __6__ to know what their neighbours do or are doing.Such curiosity is not only foolish but also harmful (有害的)．Most probably，it may __7__to small talk which often brings harm，shame or disrespect to __8__，and thus __9__their feelings. On the other hand，there is a noble (高尚的) curiosity — curiosity of wise men，who wonder at all the great things and try to find out all they __10__ about them. Columbus would neve