1、课时限时检测(三十一) Units 34.单项填空1 (2014长沙检测)Every student admits that English is actually not easy _.Ato study B to be studiedC being studied Dstudying【解析】 不定式用做状语和被修饰的名词构成动宾关系，同时和主语构成主谓关系时，该不定式用主动形式表示被动含义。【答案】 A2 _smokers may tell you，people can become easily addicted to nicotine，which is why they have tr
2、ouble quitting smoking.AWhat BWhichC As DLike【解析】 此处关系代词as含“正如；正像”之意，作tell的宾语，引导一个非限制性定语从句。【答案】 C3 (2014黄山一中高三检测)_man sitting near the window is _famous researcher in computer engineering.AA ；a B The；aC The；the DA；the【解析】 sitting near the window作man 的定语，使其具有特指意义，因此用定冠词，researcher在句中为泛指意义，表示身份和职业，因此用
3、不定冠词。故选B项。【答案】 B4 The granny made some money by selling empty plastic bottles and_it in this bank.Adeposited BdepositingC saving Dreturned【解析】 句意：这个老奶奶靠卖空塑料瓶赚点钱并把它存在这家银行里。save也可表示“存钱”，但此处应用过去式，与made并列；return虽然形式对了，但意思不符。【答案】 A5 (2014南京市仿真试题)After all things had been discussed，the meeting was _with t
4、he applause.Acompleted BcomposedC constructed Dconcluded【解析】 conclude意为“结束”，指彻底结束、关闭，可用于讲话、写作、会议、条约、甚至生意的正式结束，有时也可指以任何方式结束；complete意为“完成”，表示“使完整”，含有成品完整的意味；compose意为“组成，构成”；construct意为“建造”。【答案】 D6 The doctor may be able to_you something for that cough.Aarm BequipC prescribe Dmatch【解析】 句意：医生也许能给你开一些咳
5、嗽药。prescribe sb.sth.for sth.给某人开治疗的药。【答案】 C7 (2014镇江一中月考)The negotiations are intended to_the path to a peace treaty.Arepair BsmoothC empty Doperate【解析】 repair补偿，补救；smooth清除；empty倒空；operate操作，操纵。句意：这次谈判是为通向和平条约之路清除障碍。【答案】 B8 “Neal，listen，”she said，looking straight at him，“I ask you not to get_in thi
6、s kind of matter.”“Its none of your business.”Acaught BinvolvedC attached Dconnected【解析】 本题考查“get 过去分词 ”结构。get involved in意为“被卷入，参与”(被动结构)。句意：“听着，尼尔。”她直视着他说，“我让你不要参与这种事。”“不关你的事。”A项get caught in“陷入”；C、 D项一般与to 搭配，get attached to意为“被粘贴在，附在，依恋 ”；get connected to意为“被连接在” 。【答案】 B9 (2014常州市检测)It was diffi
7、cult to guess what her_to the news would be.Aimpression BcommentC reaction Dopinion【解析】 reaction(to) 对的反应。【答案】 C10With international_and education exchanges increasing every year，the number of Chinese students studying abroad has increased rapidly.Acooperation BcompetitionC construction Dconflict【解析
8、】 句意：随着国际合作与教育交流每年增加，在国外学习的中国学生的数量在快速增长。cooperation合作；competition竞争；construction 建设；conflict矛盾。【答案】 A11The country lacks coal，most of which_from other countries.Ahas imported Bare importedC is imported Dimports【解析】 此处coal是不可数名词，故定语从句的谓语使用单数，且煤是被“进口”，故使用被动语态，所以选C。【答案】 C12It is_that a public library b
9、e built here.Asaid B requestedC told Dclear【解析】 从that从句的谓语动词是 (should)be built就可知道这是一个含有虚拟语气的句子。在这四个选项中，只有request 的从句中才可用虚拟语气形式。【答案】 B13The manager_ one of the hotel servants of stealing the money.Ascolded BcomplainedC accused Dcharged【解析】 句意：经理指控旅馆的一位服务员偷钱。scold 责备；complain抱怨；accuse指控、指责；charge指控，a
10、ccuse sb.of doing sth.charge sb.with sth.控告某人某事，故选C。【答案】 C14Hold the ladder for me!Thats_.Aall B it Call right D complete【解析】 本题极易错选A或 C。Thats all意思是“就这些 ”，表示讲话或文章的结束，而Thats all right意思是 “行；可以；没关系”。Thats it为固定搭配，意思是“这正是所需要的”。【答案】 B15What does the sign over there say?No person _ enter the area withou
11、t official permission.Ashall Bwill C must Dmay【解析】 shall表示法律、规则等的规定；must 表示个人的主观看法； will表示意愿；may表允许。答句句意：没有官方允许，任何人都不准进入这个地区。【答案】 A.完形填空A“Imagine youre walking along the road.Suddenly you fall over and all the passersby burst into laughter.You feel very_1_and think the world is laughing at you.But i
12、n fact，five minutes later，they have_2_it ever happened.”The other day when I came across these words in an article，I didnt agree with the_3_.The author thinks the best thing to do in this kind of situation is to pretend nothing has happened，and so avoid_4_trouble.I admit that we should keep calm bec
13、ause“Your tears will only remind others of what happened，while your_5_can let them forget it.”But this is far from satisfactory.We should do everything to make things better.I used to be shy and bad at maths.Our new maths teacher asked me a question and I still remember how I hung my head_6_when I c
14、ouldnt answer it.“If you dont know the answer，just tell me.”the teacher said，“If you dont，how can I know whether you know the answer or not？”All of my classmates burst into laughter.My face turned red but the teacher asked me to go to the blackboard and_7_what I knew.If I had_8_the words in the arti
15、cle，I would have given up.But I tried my best.And to everyones_9_，I succeeded！The teacher smiled and said，“Well done! I_10_you could do it！”Since then，Ive become active in maths and other subjects.Now，I know whatever I do can make things better.Everyone is the_11_of his own fate.If we make mistakes，
16、we should take on an active_12_.Laugh，and the world laughs with you；weep，and you weep alone.【语篇解读】 有人认为，当你摔一跤而觉得众人都嘲笑你的时候，最好的处理办法是假装它没发生。可作者认为这还远远不够，我们还应该尽其所能地使事情变得更好。有一次，上数学课的时候1 A.nervous BexcitedC afraid D embarrassed【解析】 根据think the world is laughing at you 再结合生活常识可知，当你摔一跤而觉得众人都嘲笑你的时候，自然是显得困窘难堪，
17、故选D。【答案】 D2 A.realized BrecognizedC forgotten Dremembered【解析】 但实际上，五分钟后，他们已经忘记了所发生的事。由此语境判断选C。【答案】 C3 A.speaker BreaderC author Dannouncer【解析】 根据The other day when I came across these words in an article可知， “我”不相信文章中的这种说法。而这种说法是作者的观点，所以说，“我”并不赞同作者的观点。故选C。【答案】 C4 A.ordinary BextraC common Dusual【解析】
18、对付这种处境的最好的办法就是假装什么也没有发生过，以避免多余的麻烦。extra意为“额外的，多余的”，符合语境。【答案】 B5 A.smile BworryC courage Dsatisfaction【解析】 根据Your tears will only remind others of what happened，while your _5_can let them forget it 中的表对应关系的while可判断，该空意思应与 “哭”相对，故用表“笑”之意的smile。【答案】 A6 A.joyfully BproudlyC shamefully Dsurprisedly【解析】 老
19、师向“我”提问“我”答不出，自然“我”会觉得非常羞耻，shamefully意为“害羞地”，符合语境，故选C。【答案】 C7 A.bring up Bput downC think about Dshow off【解析】 A项意为“教育，培养”，B项意为“写下”，C项意为“考虑”，D项意为“炫耀”。由下文And to everyones _9_，I succeeded！可知，在黑板上写下“我”所知道的。【答案】 B8 A.obeyed BsuspectedC rejected Dunderstood【解析】 如果作者根据第二段所提到的“假装事情没有发生过”而采取逃避的态度的话，她就会放弃了。但作
20、者并没有放弃，而是上黑板尽力做题了。A项意为“服从”，符合语境，故选A。B 项意为 “怀疑” ，C项意为“舍弃”，D项意为 “理解，明白”均不符合语境，故选A。【答案】 A9 A.expectation BdisappointmentC surprise Ddelight【解析】 根据上文All of my classmates burst into laughter.可知，大家没料到她会成功，但出乎大家意料，她成功了，所以，大家很惊讶。故选C。【答案】 C10A.hoped BknewC doubted Dregretted【解析】 作者起初一言不发而脸红的时候，老师还是请她上黑板做题，所以
21、此处老师会说：我早就知道你能做得出。根据此语境可判断选B。【答案】 B11A.architect B writerC host Dinspector【解析】 A项意为“建筑师”，B项意为 “作家”，C项意为“主人”，D项意为“检查员，巡视员”。生活是由自己去构建的，即每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。【答案】 A12A.position BattitudeC value Dresponse【解析】 根据Laugh，and the world laughs with you；weep，and you weep alone同样也可推断，所持的态度对生活也影响很大，所以，我们犯错的时候，应该采取积极的态度
22、。故选B。【答案】 BBA teacher told each of his students to bring a bag with potatoes in it.Each potato will be given a name of a person the child hates，_13_the number of potatoes a child will put into his or her bag will depend_14_the number of people the child hates.Some children had two potatoes；some had
23、three and_15_had up to five potatoes.The teacher then told the children to carry the bag wherever they go for a week._16_the days went by，the children started to complain because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten potatoes.After a week，the teacher asked， “_17_did you feel？”The children s
24、tarted complaining.Then the teacher said，“This is_18_situation when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart.The smell of hate will pollute your heart and youll carry_19_with you wherever you go.If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week，can you imagine_20_it is like
25、 to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime？”【答案】 13.so 14.on 15.others 16.As17How 18.the 19.it 20.what.阅读理解Bissel is a small village of the West Sahara.It lies next to a 1.5squarekilometer oasis(绿洲)，from where three days and nights are generally required to go out of the desert.Howev
26、er，before Ken Levin discovered it in 1926，none of the Bissel villagers had ever walked out of the desert.Reportedly，they were not unwilling to leave this barren land.Many had previously tried but failed，always somehow finding themselves back at the oasis after several days of trying to walk out.When
27、 interviewed by Ken Levin，an expert at the British Royal College of Sciences，the villagers explained that no matter which direction they walked it always brought them back to the village.Why couldnt the Bissel villagers walk out of the desert？Levin was very puzzled.He had，by himself，managed to walk
28、north from the village and reach the nearest town in three and a half days.He decided to carry out an experiment to solve the mystery.He and a Bissel villager called Argutel，would walk out of the desert together.They prepared enough water for a halfamonth journey and two camels.But this time Ken Lev
29、in didnt bring his compass.Levin would follow Argutel.Ten days later，they had walked for about 500 miles but were still in the desert.On the 11th morning, an oasis came into their view.They were back at Bissel.Levin now understood why the Bissel people couldnt escape the desert.They had no knowledge
30、 of the North Star，which had for centuries provided sailors and other travelers with a point of direction.In the desert，if a person goes forward relying only on their senses，they will not be able to travel in a straight line.Rather they will travel in a very large circle and eventually track back to
31、 where they began.Levin explained to Argutel the function of the North Star and said，“As long as you rest in the daytime and walk towards the brightest star at night，you would be able to walk out of the desert.”Argutel did as he was told.Three days later， he came to the edge of the desert.Now in the
32、 West Sahara，Bissel has become a bright pearl，where tens of thousands of tourists come every year.Argutels bronze statue stands in the center of the town.On its base are the words：_.1 Villagers in Bissel had never walked beyond the desert because _.Athey had no method to find their way outBthey were
33、 discouraged by their failuresC they had a fear of the outside worldDthey had no desire to leave the oasis【解析】 细节理解题。根据Many had previously tried but failed，他们没有找到合适的方法走出来。故选A。【答案】 A2 Ken Levin asked Argutel to walk to the north in order to _.Asee how far away Bissel was to the edge of the desertBpro
34、ve that people could walk out of the desertC tell people not to walk in circlesDshow Argutel was a great person【解析】 细节理解题。根据第三段“He decided to carry out an experiment to solve the mystery.He and a Bissel villager called Argutel，would walk out of the desert together.”为了证明人们能够走出沙漠。故选B。【答案】 B3 According
35、 to the passage，Ken Levin _.Aknew Argutel before he came to the villageBcame to Bissel to do experiments on behalf of his collegeC became the first man to walk out of the desert from Bissel VillageDtaught Bissel villagers knowledge of the North Star when he first arrived【解析】 细节理解题。根据before Ken Levin
36、 discovered it in 1926, none of the Bissel villagers had ever walked out of the desert，Ken Levin是第一个走出沙漠的人，故选C 。【答案】 C4 It can be inferred from the passage that _.AKen Levin didnt walk south because it would take more daysBthe use of a compass was necessary to walk out of the desertC tourism in Biss
37、el has been greatly developed and improvedDArgutel became the leader of Bissel after his return【解析】 推理判断题。根据Now in the West Sahara, Bissel has become a bright pearl, where tens of thousands of tourists come every year，Bissel旅游业大大地提高了，故选C。【答案】 C5 Which of the following can most probably be found at t
38、he base of Argutels statue?ATwo heads are better than one.BWhere there is a will, there is a way.C A long journey starts with the first step.DA new life starts from the fixed direction.【解析】 推理判断题。根据They had no knowledge of the North Star，which had for centuries provided sailors and other travelers with a point of direction，故选D。【答案】 D
