1、选修7Unit 1Living well一、完形填空Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting.It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important _1_; givingaway makes life so much more exciting.You need not worry if you lack money.This is how I experinced with givingaway.If an
2、idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store _2_ to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper.If an accident takes place, the _3_ of which I think the local police should know, I _4_ them up and tell them about it, though I am not in _5_ here.One discovery I made abou
3、t this world is to give without _6_ something back, though the _7_ often comes in an unexpected form.One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important _8_ letter to my home, though it was _9_ to me at my office.I wrote the postmaster a note of _10_.More than a year later I needed a pos
4、toffice box for a new business I was _11_ .I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long _12_ list.As I was about to leave , the postmaster appeared in the _13_.“Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special deliver
5、y to your home?” I said it was.“Well, you _14_ are going to have a box in this post office even if we make one for you.You dont know what a letter like that means to us.We usually get _15_ but complaints(投诉)”1A.decision BresearchCspeech Ddiscovery2A.refers BoccursCsticks Dleads3A.story BdamageCchall
6、enge Dmaterial4A.call BholdCbreak Dpick5A.need BtroubleCcommon Dcharge6A.receiving BgettingCaccepting Dreturning7A.process BgoalCreturn Dconcern8A.curious BimmediateCspecial Dheavy9A.realized BaddressedCforgotten Dbrought10A.invitation BapologyCinstruction Dappreciation11A.dealing BprovidingCoperati
7、ng Dstarting12A.admitting BrelatingCexamining Dwaiting13A.window BdoorwayClibrary Dyard14A.luckily BmostlyCcertainly Dhardly15A.anything BeverythingCnothing Dsomething二、语法填空The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August.Brooke Astor was one hundred five years old.The extremely weal
8、thy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life (1)_ (help) the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.She was the only child of a high level military officer.After two earlier (2)_ (marry), she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.He came from a family (3)_ had been ric
9、h for least on hundred years.Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City.Brooke Astor became one of the (4)_ (rich) women in the world when Vincent Astor died.She also became head of a huge charity organization(5)_(found) by her husband.He repeatedly had told her she would have fun g
10、iving (6)_ his money.And apparently she did.Mrs.Astor gave tens of millions of dollars (7)_ (main)to places and people in New York City.She said it was the sensible choice because that was (8)_ the money had been made.She gave financial support to the citys cultural centers, its poor and disabled as
11、 (9)_ as to many other smaller charities.When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today (10)_ her support.三、阅读理解What would you think if I told you I could eat 40 percent more food than other peopleeating boxes of ice cream, bowls of noodles and plates of meatall whi
12、le losing weight?You might hate me, thinking I have one of those annoyingly good metabolisms (新陈代谢) that just burn up fat the instant it enters my body.You might wonder if I have an intestinal (肠的) worm, or perhaps an eating disorder.Or maybe youd just shrug your shoulders and figure I have a rich f
13、antasy life.Youd be wrong.For my body to finish such_a_surprising_task,_I would have to be a mouse.Not just any mouse, but one lucky enough to be involved in a new study at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.After identifying an enzyme (酶) that allows fat to be stored in the body, scientists fed
14、mice without those enzymes, and found those mice were able to consume far more food than other miceand still weigh 10 to 15 percent less.Best of all, the mice that had no enzymes were in very good health, producing baby mice with no problem and generally acting like any other mouse.Thats great news
15、for obesity (肥胖) researchers, who think that scientists may figure out a way to prevent the fat metabolizing (脂肪代谢) enzyme in humans and control weight gain.And such a pill would be very exciting for many struggling to get rid of dangerous extra pounds.But dont start planning any big dinner just yet
16、.At this point, of course, any pill for humans is but a twinkle (闪烁) in the eye of every medicine companys CEO.More tests are to be made, and eventually humans will be introduced in the test.But for now, unfortunately, control in diet is still the key.1What does “such a surprising task” in Paragraph
17、 4 refer to?AEating a lot of food while losing weight.BBurning fat very quickly.CControlling the diet.DHaving a rich fantasy life.2Why did the author say he/she had to be a mouse in Paragraph 4?ABecause a mouse can lose weight no matter how much it eats.BBecause the weight losing tests were made on
18、the mouse.CBecause the mouse has a very good metabolism.DBecause the author wants to try the food without the enzyme.3In the experiment, the mice without those enzymes _.Awere in good conditionBput on weightCbecame weakDcould not have baby mice4What does the author want to show through the last two
19、paragraphs?AYou can be free of guilt when having big dinners.BScientists cannot find the key to identifying the enzyme.CDont overeat before the test is made on humans.DIt is unnecessary to control weight at present.5The purpose of the passage is to _.Atell the ways to lose weightBexplain the cause o
20、f obesityCtell people to be aware of the obesity problemDintroduce a new study that might be good for the obese选修7Unit 1Living well能力检测一、作者通过亲身经历的一件事阐述了他对人生新的感悟,生活不仅是获得,不图回报的付出也会使生活变得精彩。1D同词复现。由第二段最后一句中的discovery可知选D。2B本句主语为 an idea。主意在某人脑海中出现用occur。happen to.发生在某人身上;stick to坚持; lead to导致,其宾语一般不为人。3
21、Astory故事,事情。出现事故,警察应了解事情的经过。damage 破坏;challenge 挑战;material物质,材料。4A根据后文tell them about it 可知作者是打电话告诉警察事情的经过。5D作者虽然不“负责”这里的事情,但他却主动帮助警察了解事故经过。6B由空后的back可知选B。get back获得回报。其他选项均不能与back搭配。7Creturn回报。根据转折连词though和下文所列举的事例表明,帮助别人有时候在不经意时也会得到回报。8C根据下文的postmaster说的话“.delivering a special delivery to your ho
22、me”中可知答案为delivery。9Baddress此处为动词,表示“注明的地址”。句意为:“信上标明收信人的地址是我办公室的地址,但邮递员却把它送到了我的家里。”10Dappreciation欣赏,赞赏。邮递员把本来该送到办公室的信送到家里,人们通常只会责备他们,而作者却与此相反,非但没有责备,而是写了一封表扬信。11D本句为定语从句,横线上所缺动词的宾语为new business。start new business意为“开办新业务。”12D邮局里没有剩余的邮箱,要想安装邮箱,只能“等”到有的时候。13B根据故事发生的地点,可排除library, yard。另外,根据介词in排除wind
23、ow。作者正要离开,邮递员在门口拦住了他。14C本句句意为:“在这个邮局里,你应该得到一个邮箱,即便是我们给你做一个。”luckily幸运地;mostly大多数;certainly当然;hardly几乎不。故只有C项符合句意。15C本题考查“nothing but.”结构意为“什么都没有除了”。二、本文讲述了慈善家布鲁克阿斯特夫人的一生。1helpingsb.spend time (in) doing sth.某人花(时间、精力)做某事。2marriages由空前的数词two及形容词earlier可知应填名词。3that/whichhad been rich前缺主语。这是定语从句,只能用tha
24、t/which。4richest考察“one ofthe形容词最高级复词复数”,意为“最之一”。5foundedfound创办,成立;建立。此处为过去分词短语作定语,表被动。6awaygive away赠送;赠予;颁发,为固定搭配。7mainly修饰前面的动词gave应用副词。8where主句中的that指New York City。9wellas well as也,又,和。10without“没有”她的支持,就成就不了现在的纽约。三、真的能够尽情品尝美味不增加体重吗?休斯敦贝勒医学院的一项实验为你展示了人类控制体重的最新研究成果。1A词义猜测题。此处所说的任务是指第一段中作者指出的大量进食体重却不增加。故选A。2B细节理解题。作者在第四段指出要想多吃还不胖,除非变成休斯敦贝勒医学院减肥实验中所用的那只老鼠。故选B。3A细节理解题。根据第六段第一句话可知,没有酶的老鼠的身体仍然健康如故,能繁育后代,行为与其他老鼠并无两样。故选A。4C推理判断题。文章最后两段说明此类药物仍在开发过程中,还未在人类身上进行实验。目前要想保持体重,关键还是在于不要过量饮食。故选C。5D主旨大意题。本文主要介绍休斯敦贝勒医学院的一项新的研究,这将可能给肥胖者带来福音。