1、Unit 5 The power of nature Section Learning about Language .根据汉语意思，将下列句子补充完整1由于生病，我不得不待在家里。_ _，I had to stay at home.2他把咖啡杯掉在地上，摔得粉碎。He dropped the coffee cup，_ _ _ _.3从山上看，我们发现这湖泊更加漂亮了。_ _ _ _，we find that the lake looks more beautiful.4听到这个消息我们都高兴得跳了起来。_ _ _，we all jumped with joy.5杰克完成作业后，外出散步。_
2、_ _ _，Jack went out for a walk.答案：1.Being ill 2.breaking it into pieces 3.Seeing from the hill 4.Hearing the news 5.Having finished his homework.用所给词的适当形式填空1_(warn) against the earthquake, the villagers moved outside to see a film.2_(be) still five years old, he went to Japan with his parents.3_(ope
3、n) the window, you will see the garden below.4He sat at the desk，_(read) a newspaper.5_(not know) her phone number, we couldnt get in touch with her.6While _(watch) TV, we heard the doorbell ring.7My cousin came to see me from the country, _(bring) me a full basket of fresh fruits.8Weather _(permit)
4、, well go for a picnic the day after tomorrow.答案：1.Having been warned 2.Being 3.Opening 4.reading 5.Not knowing 6.watching 7.bringing8permitting.单项填空1Dont waste your _ time chatting online all day long. Its high time you got down to business.Amiserable BconstantCtemporary Dprecious答案：D miserable“悲惨的
5、，可怕的” ；constant“连续的，不断的” ；temporary“暂时的” ；precious “宝贵的，珍贵的” ，这里指的是宝贵的时间，故选 D 项。2The news reporters hurried to the airport, only _ the film stars had left.Ato tell Bto be toldCtelling Dtold答案：B only to do 作结果状语时，表示预料之外的结果。句意为“新闻记者匆忙赶到机场，结果却被告知影星已离开了” 。3Tom was hit on the head by the robber and was k
6、nocked _.Auncomfortable BunconditionalCunaware Dunconscious答案：D unconscious “失去知觉的” ；knock/beat sb.unconscious“把某人打晕” 。uncomfortable“不舒服的 ”；unconditional“无条件的” ；unaware“未察觉的” 。4Having eaten too much meat, he felt _ so he had to see a doctor.Acomfortable BuncomfortableCunforgettable Dunable答案：B uncom
7、fortable “不舒服的，不舒适的” ；句意为“他吃了太多的肉感到不舒服，因此不得不去看医生” 。comfortable“舒适的，舒服的” ；unforgettable“难忘的，永远记得的 ”；unable “不能的，不会的 ”。5Unluckily，he was _ in the battle, for which his mother was in deep sorrow.Aaccused BshotCtreated Dassisted答案：B shoot“射中，射伤” 。句意为“不幸的是，他在战斗中牺牲，为此他的母亲悲痛欲绝” 。accuse“指责，谴责，控告” ；treat “治疗
8、，对待，款待”；assist “帮助，协助，援助” 。6As the light turned green，I stood for a moment, not _， and asked myself what I was going to do.Amoved BmovingChas been moved Dbeing moved答案：B 句意为“当灯变绿的时候，我在那里站了一会儿，没有动一下，问自己要干什么” ，stood 和 asked 是并列关系，I 与 move 之间是主动关系，此处 moving 是现在分词作伴随状语。7As a result of the serious flood,
9、 twothirds of the buildings in the area _.Aneed repairing Bneeds to repairCneeds repairing Dneed to repair答案：A 考查动名词作宾语的用法。need 后可加动名词的主动式或不定式的被动式，主语是复数形式，故选 A 项。句意为 “由于遭受严重的洪水，这个地区三分之二的建筑需要维修” 。8_ his homework made his father very angry.AThe boys not having finishedBThe boys having not finishedCThe
10、 boy not having finishedDThe boy having not finished答案：A 非谓语动词的否定形式为：not非谓语动词，所以排除 B、D两项；动名词复合结构作主语时必须用所有格的形式，不能用宾格或者普通格的形式，所以也可排除 C 项。9It is difficult to imagine his _ the decision without any consideration.Ato accept BacceptCaccepting Daccepted答案：C 此题考查 imagine 后用动名词复合结构作宾语。10Peter received a lett
11、er just now _ his grandma would come to see him.Asaid BsaysCsaying Dto say答案：C 考查现在分词作伴随状语的用法。句意为“彼得刚才收到了一封信，信中说他的祖母要来看他” 。C 项是现在分词作伴随状语，说明 letter 的情况，排除 A 项和 B 项；D 项是不定式作目的状语。.完形填空Let me take you back a couple of years. Come with me as we relearn a lesson, one that has stuck with me, in my present
12、memory, and _1_ me yet.We walked into Elida Road Hardware，an oldfashioned hardware _2_ .No automatic door, not a computer in the building. It was one that I went to fairly often. As we entered the door, two sounds _3_ us. The sleigh bells of last year made that sweet, peaceful tinkle as we opened th
13、e door. The other sound was the electronic beeper(电子门铃) that reminded Andy of our _4_.“Good afternoon，Ryan， ” _5_ the cheerful acknowledgment.Andy was a very _6_ sort of owner. He was of medium build and height, and the smile on his face welcomed us.We walked across the old wood floor. Andy asked us
14、 what he could help us with.I told him we were _7_ a spring. He very patiently replied, “I have lots of springs. Youre going to need to be more _8_.”“Just a spring for an oldfashioned screen door. ”“Thats it.A screen door spring.Right down there.” We _9_ where he was pointing, and sure enough, there
15、 they were. Andy knew his store, and his products. That was why I came here instead of Meijer. The service couldnt be beaten.The price: Yes.But service and _10_： No.I picked up one and followed him to the _11_.He _12_ the price, doing the math in his head. “$1.88, with tax comes to $1.99.”“Put it on
16、 my dads account.”He nodded and smiled, “Good dads account.” He chuckled.“I dont know what you boys would do _13_ dads account ！”He handed me the ticket and as I _14_ it I asked, “You really trust my signature？”His reply surprised，_15 _ delighted me. “When I cant trust Jerry Hoovers boys, I can trus
17、t nobody！”We left，and the brain _16_ started to forget things, in order of importance. But what Andy said that day rang in my ears.And it rings in my ears today. Thats a tall order to live up to. Its a high standard of _17_. My father made a fame for that name, and I get to _18_ the benefits. But on
18、 account of this, I _19_ maintain that fame. And thats a(n) _20_ business.文章大意：我们去五金店买弹簧，由于父亲的好名声，老板 Andy 对我非常信任，这令我感慨万分。1A.inspires BexcitesCshocks Damazes答案：A 结合全文尤其是最后一段内容可知，这深深地鼓舞着 (inspire)我，故选 A 项。2A.restaurant BstoreCpark Dfactory答案：B 从下文语境可知，这是一家五金店，故用 store。3A.hugged BgreetedCheard Dsensed答
19、案：B 我们进门的时候，有两个声音传入耳中，所以用 greet 表示“传入的耳中” 。4A.presence BdependenceCimportance Dabsence答案：A 另外一个声音提醒店主 Andy 有顾客来了，所以用 presence 表示“出现” 。5A.shouted BsaidCwent Dcame答案：D come 在这里表示 “声音传来” 。6A.special BridiculousCfriendly Dappropriate答案：C 从下文 the smile on his face welcomed us 提示知，Andy 是一位非常友善的(friendly)
20、店主。7A.looking up Blooking forClooking into Dlooking after答案：B 从语境知，我们告诉他我们在找一个弹簧。8A.scientific BcarefulCspecific Dpractical答案：C 从语意知，Andy 说他有很多种弹簧，需要我们讲得具体点，故用 specific“明确的，具体的” 。9A.turned to Bgot toCstuck to Dreferred to答案：A 从上下文知，我们转身朝 Andy 指的地方走去。turn to 表示“转向” 。10A.description BdeterminationCsat
21、isfaction Dimagination答案：C 我们觉得在 Meijer 虽然价格可以，但我们对他们的服务和满意度(satisfaction) 表示否定。11A.corner BcounterCbank Ddoor答案：B 根据常识可知，买了东西要去柜台(counter)付款。12A.put up Bmade upCtook up Dfigured up答案：D 他算了(figured up)价格。根据本段空后的内容可知答案。13A.without BwithinCby Dfor答案：A 我们要求把账算到我父亲的账中，老板 Andy 笑道， “我不知道如果没有你们父亲的账户的话，你们该怎
22、么办？”所以这里用 without。14A.saw BwroteCsigned Dtouched答案：C 由后面的“You really trust my signature？”可知，我在上面签了名，所以用 signed。15A.yet BstillCeven Dalso答案：A 他的回答让我惊讶，但也让我高兴。16A.merely BeventuallyCimmediately Dpossibly答案：C 根据上下文语境可知，我们的大脑马上开始忘掉事情，这里表示“立刻，马上” ，故用 immediately。17A.honesty BfortuneCconsideration Ddevoti
23、on答案：A 从下文知，父亲的诚实度非常高。18A.realize BbelieveCuse Denjoy答案：D 由于父亲的名声，我也享受到了随之而来的好处。19A.would BcanCmay Dmust答案：D 从上下文知，我下决心一定要保持这种好名声，所以用 must。20A.serious BoptimisticCsilent Dsuccessful答案：A 语境表示“这是一件很重要的事” ，事关人的名声、人品，所以用 serious。.阅读理解A Canadian university student has done what Leonardo DaVinci(达芬奇)had o
24、nly dreamt of: Piloting a humanpowered“ wingflapping” plane! Called an ornithopter, and the inspiration for modernday helicopters, the machine was first sketched by Leonardo da Vinci way back in 1485 and never actually built.Todd Reichert, an engineering student at the University of Toronto，made his
25、tory by carrying out the flight in his ornithopternamed Snowbirdfor 19.3 seconds and covering 475.72 feet. Snowbird is made from carbon fiber，balsa wood and foam. The 92. 59 pounds vehicle maintained an average speed of 15.91 miles per hour. Todd and his plane made the accomplishment on August 2,201
26、0, at the Great Lakes Gliding Clum in Tottenham, Ontario. The crew kept the achievement quiet for nearly two months to get the data finalized. Todd and some 30 other students had been working on the plane for 4 years.Todd endured a yearlong exercise program in which he lost 18 lbs，to prepare for the
27、 flight. Because the plane has a wingspan of 104 feetwhich is comparable to that of a Boeing 737the pilot had to pedal with his legs all while pulling on the wings to flap at the same time. And he had to do it fast enough to fly!“Our original goal was to complete this sort of original aeronautical d
28、ream to fly like a bird， ”said the 28yearold Reichert yesterday. “The idea was to fly under your own power by flapping your wings.”The flight, witnessed by the Federation Aeronautique International, is the first officially confirmed flight in an ornithopter.“Thousands of people have tried to do this
29、 for hundreds of years ， ”said Reichert. “To be honest, I dont think its really set in yet that Im the one who has been successful. I was pushing with everything I had. When I finally let go and landed，I was hit with great excitement. It was pretty wild.”I bet it was, Todd !文章大意：本文主要介绍了一位加拿大大学生和他的同伴
30、驾驶人力飞机创造历史的经历以及这次事件的意义。1. Why was Leonardo da Vinci referred to in the first paragraph?ABecause he was a famous artist.BBecause he drew a manpowered plane.CBecause he built a manpowered plane.DBecause he flew a manpowered plane.答案：B 推理判断题。从第一段最后“.the machine was first sketched by Leonardo da Vinci w
31、ay back in 1485.”可知，作者之所以在第一段提到达芬奇是因为是他画了一张人力飞机图。2. For what reason did Todd and other students keep their achievement a secret at first?AThey wanted to get all the information and checked it.BThey wanted to be ignored by the public.CThey wanted to protect the birds there.DThey wanted to work on the
32、 plane wings first.答案：A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句中的 “The crew kept the achievement quiet for nearly two months to get the data finalized.”可知他们之所以保守成功的秘密是因为他们想先收集并核实完所有信息。3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AThe humanpowered plane is named Bluebird.BTodd and other students spent about t
33、wo years preparing for the flight.CThe humanpowered planes wingspan is much larger than a Boeing 737s wingspan.DAfter his success，Todd still remained very modest.答案：D 正误判断题。A 项飞机名字不是 Bluebird，而是 Snowbird。B 项他们在制造飞机上花费的是四年，而不是两年；C 项与文中语境“这种人造飞机机翼与波音 737 的差不多”不符；根据倒数第二段中的“To be honest，I dont think its
34、 really set in yet that Im the one who has been successful.”可知 D 项是正确的。4. What does the passage mainly tell us?AA Canadian student makes history by flying a humanpowered plane.BThousands of people were excited when seeing the performance.CTodd and other students were devoted to making planes.DIt is very difficult to fly like a bird in the sky.答案：A 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了一名加拿大学生通过驾驶人力飞机创造历史的情况，故 A 项最能概括文章大意。
