1、.单项填空1(2012江西抚州市适应性测试)Ive always been very _ about giving my address and QQ number to strangers.AcuriousBconcernedCcautious Dconfused解析:考查形容词辨析。句意:把我的地址和QQ号给陌生人我总是很谨慎。curious “好奇的;求知欲强的”; concerned “担心的;忧虑的;关注的”; cautious “谨慎的;小心的”; confused “困惑的”。答案:C2(2012大连市部分中学联考)The black box is a necessary dev
2、ice on an airplane, which records its speed, direction and whether everything on the airplane _ normally.Awill function BfunctionedCis functioning Dhas functioned解析:考查时态。句意:黑匣子是飞机上的一种必要设备,它能记录飞机的飞行速度、方向以及飞机上的一切是否正常工作。此处叙述的是客观事实,表示的是记录飞机正在飞行时的情况,所以用现在进行时。答案:C3What do you think of the songs?As a matte
3、r of fact, _ of them sounds beautiful.Ano one Bnot allCnot every one Dnot everyone解析:答句句意:事实上,并不是每一首歌曲都好听。本题考查部分否定,用“notall/both/every .”来表示部分否定。答案:C4(2012黄山模拟)It is _ for her to finish that maths problem in such a short time, because she is so clever.Aprobable BimpossibleClikely Dpossible解析:probabl
4、e和likely一般不用于It is .for sb.to do sth.句型。另由句意可排除B项。答案:D5The first one _ will get a beautiful gift.All right.Aarrived BarrivesCto arrive Darriving解析:上句句意:第一位到达的可得到一份精美礼品。由序数词或形容词最高级修饰的名词后常用不定式作定语,故选C项。答案:C6(2012泉州模拟)Convinced that her daughter was out of _ danger, the lady fell asleep at _ ease after
5、six sleepless nights.Athe; the Ba; anC不填;不填 Da; the解析:out of danger和at ease均为固定搭配,分别表示“脱离危险”和“舒服地;安心地”。答案:C7Does your sister work as a teacher in Canada?No, but she once _ there for 5 years.Ataught Bhad taughtChas taught Dwould teach解析:答句中的No和once表明答话者的姐姐现在不在加拿大教学,但她曾在那里教过5年学,所以用一般过去时。答案:A8(2012漳州质检
6、)The five rings on the Olympic flag _ the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from all over the world.Apresent BdeliverCrepresent Dresemble解析:句意:奥林匹克五环旗上的五环代表五大洲的团结和来自世界各地的运动员相会在奥林匹克运动会上。represent “代表;表示”,符合句意。present “赠送;演示”; deliver “递送;传递”; resemble “像;类似”。答案:C9(2012宿州质检)Ther
7、e are two roads leading to the park along the river. You can take _ of them.Aeither BbothCneither Dall解析:第一个句子中的two表明后面是两者之间任选一,故用either。答案:A10We hold a meeting every year in honour of those people who lost their lives in _ our motherland.Adefending BfightingCpreventing Dstruggling解析:句意:我们每年都召开会议来纪念
8、那些为保卫祖国而牺牲的人们。defend “保卫;保护”。答案:A11Come _. I want to tell you that she is _ related to him and that you must study it _.Aclose; close; close Bclosely; close; closeCclose; closely; closely Dclosely; closely; close解析:close和closely都可以作为副词,二者的区别是:close意为“接近地;紧紧地”,强调空间距离近,相当于near; closely常用来说明动作以怎样的方式进行,
9、有抽象的意义,意为“密切地;仔细地;紧紧地”等。答案:C12A new _ to teaching languages is being used here, and it has turned out to be very helpful to the students.Aapproach BmeansCmethod Dway解析:approach和空格后面的介词to构成固定搭配。其他几个选项的名词和介词to不构成搭配。答案:A13Nowadays, food safety has become the _ of the government as well as the society.A
10、advantage BfocusCstep Danger解析:考查名词。句意:如今,食品安全问题成为政府和社会关注的中心话题。focus “(兴趣、活动等的)中心;焦点”,符合句意。advantage “好处;优势”; step “步骤”; anger “愤怒”。答案:B14(2012龙岩检测)Is the smile a _ expression that means happiness and friendliness all over the world?Yes, I think so.Alikely BtraditionalCspecial Duniversal解析:考查形容词辨析。从
11、题干中all over the world可推知问句句意为:微笑是全世界都通用的表示快乐和友好的表情吗?universal “普遍的;全世界的;共同的”,符合句意。likely “可能的”; traditional “传统的”; special “特殊的;特别的”。答案:D15You have _ him he was not laughing at you; in fact, he just wanted to show his friendliness. Arespected BmisunderstoodCaffected Damused解析:考查动词辨析。句意:你误解他了他不是在嘲笑你,
12、实际上他是想表示友好。misunderstand “误解”,符合句意。respect “尊重”; affect “影响”; amuse “使高兴”。答案:B.完形填空(2011福州质量检测)The teacher sat crosslegged in front of the gathering of fourth grade students. She asked them what kinds of things would _1_ world peace. Immediately they began offering such_2_ as “Get rid of all the bom
13、bs.” “There ought to be a _3_ against war.” The teacher rose to note each offering on the board. Once the list was _4_, she sat again with the children and asked them if there was anything _5_ war in their lives.They were _6_ at first but eventually they seemed to begin to _7_ that the teacher meant
14、 “war”as a metaphor (暗喻). One student said, “My brother declares war on me when I _8_ his things.” “My dad blows up at bad drivers,” offered one girl. _9_ said she did war with one of her dishonest friends._10_ the thought appeared that all violence was in conflict with the idea of _11_. Through the
15、 discussion the teacher _12_ the concept that they could decrease violence and increase peace in their own lives by giving up the idea of _13_ with others. She asked them to _14_ the rest of the week keeping track of the times when they would choose to carry out peace _15_ violence.By the end of the
16、 week the students had experienced dozens of examples _16_ violence and conflict had been avoided in their _17_ lives.Eventually the class created a peace movement in the school. They helped rewrite school_18_ that decreased conflict. Homework became more inventive and _19_. Parentteacher meetings a
17、lways _20_ activities of the students (adance, or an art or science exhibit). Cooperation became the +9primary path to peace.语篇解读:本文主要介绍的是老师如何向学生解释“war”这个词的含义,并使学生们明白在生活中他们应该减少冲突,加强合作。1 A.break BignoreCincrease Dwitness解析:由第一段第三句中学生们的回答可知,老师问的是如何能促进世界和平,故C项正确。答案:C2A.cases BeventsCchances Dsuggestion
18、s解析:根据该空后面学生们的回答可知这是学生根据老师提出的问题说出的一些解决“建议”,故选D项。答案:D3A.law BwillCdeal Dduty解析:制定一部“法律”来制止战争。故选A项。答案:A4A.missing BnecessaryCsimple Dcomplete解析:根据空处后的内容可知老师已经把清单列完了,故选D项。complete表示“已完成的;已结束的”。答案:D5A.but BlikeCagainst Dafter解析:根据第二段第一句中的“the teacher meant war as a metaphor (暗喻)”可知,老师问学生的是在他们的生活中有没有遇到“像
19、”战争一样的事情,故用like。答案:B6A.puzzled BfrightenedCexcited Dencouraged解析:刚开始学生们感到很“困惑”,但是最终他们“意识到”老师说的“战争”是一个暗喻。故选A项。答案:A7A.state BproveCrealize Dguess解析:参见上题解析。realize意为“意识到”。答案:C8A.receive BbotherCcollect Dreserve解析:一个学生说:“当我打扰我的哥哥做事情时,他就向我宣战。” bother表示“打扰;烦扰”,符合语境。答案:B9A.Each BAnotherCThe one DThe other解
20、析:由“One student said”和“offered one girl”可知此处是指又一个女孩说,故选B项。答案:B10A.Luckily BSuddenlyCHopefully DFinally解析:由第二段学生们的回答可知任何暴力都是与和平理念相冲突的,这也是对上文的总结,故用副词finally。答案:D11A.peace BpowerCculture Dwealth解析:peace与上半句的violence相对应,任何暴力都与“和平”相冲突,故A项正确。答案:A12A.returned BpassedCintroduced Dmoved解析:根据学生的谈论,老师进行总结,并且“引
21、出”了一个理念,故选C项,其他三项均不符合语境。答案:C13A.joking BfightingCdiscussing Dworking解析:根据该空前面的“decrease violence and increase peace in their own lives”可以推知是通过放弃武力的方式来减少暴力,增加和平,故选B项。答案:B14A.waste BappointCspend Dfinish解析:她要求学生记录一下在这周余下来的时间里用和平而不是暴力的方式来处理问题的次数。spend some time doing sth.表示“花费时间做某事”,故C项符合语境。答案:C15A.asi
22、de from Baway fromCregardless of Dinstead of解析:见上题解析。instead of表示“而不是”。前三项分别表示“除了”“远离”“不顾;不管”,均不符合语境。答案:D16A.that BwhereCwhether Dwhose解析:where引导定语从句修饰先行词examples,且where在从句中作状语,故选B项。答案:B17A.political BtraditionalCpersonal Dnatural解析:由第三段第二句中的“in their own lives”提示可知应选C,此处表示“个人生活”。答案:C18A.rules Bdeci
23、sionsCrecords Dintroductions解析:根据该空后面的“that decreased conflict”可知应该是重新制订了学校“规则”,故选A项。答案:A19A.similar BfamiliarCconfusing Dinteresting解析:家庭作业变得更加有创造性和趣味性。故D项正确。其他三项分别表示“相似的”“熟悉的”“令人迷惑的”,均与语境不符。答案:D20A.started with Bbelonged toCput up with Dcame up to解析:家长教师交流会也总是以学生们的活动开始的,故选A项。后三项分别表示“属于”“忍受”“达到”,均不
24、符合语境。答案:A.阅读理解(2012龙岩市质量检查)Yawning is so contagious ( 具有传染性的) that chimpanzees can “catch” it from cartoons, according to research.Scientists from Emory University in Atlanta,US, have discovered that a cartoon of a yawning chimp will stimulate (刺激) real chimps to yawn. They describe in the Royal Soc
25、iety journal, Proceedings B, how this could assist in the future study of empathy (同感;共鸣)The work could also help explain if and how computer games might cause children to imitate what they see on screen.Previous studies have already shown contagious yawning in chimpanzees stimulated by videorecorde
26、d footage of yawns.“We wanted to expand on that,”explained Matthew Campbell, a researcher from Emory Universitys Yerkes National Primate Research Center and lead author of the study.“Were interested in using cartoons for presenting stimuli to animals, because we can control all the features of what
27、we show them,” he continued.Although Dr.Campbell doesnt think the chimps were “fooled” by the cartoons into thinking they were looking at real chimps, he explained that there was evidence that chimpanzees “process animated (动画的) faces the same way they process photographs of faces”He said, “Its not
28、a real chimpanzee, but it kind of looks like a chimpanzee, and they respond to that.”He and his team, including Devyn Carter who designed the cartoons, showed the animals the yawning sequences.“We also had the cartoons doing other movements with their mouths that the chimps often do,” he said.“The c
29、himps showed a lot more yawning during the yawn video when the control videos were playing.”He told BBC News that the only way he and his colleagues could explain the “very strong difference” they saw was that seeing the yawns made the animals yawn.语篇解读:研究表明,黑猩猩会模仿动画片中黑猩猩的打呵欠动作,如果能充分利用黑猩猩的这种模仿能力,人类对
30、动物行为的控制将取得重大突破。1According to the passage, the scientists have found that _.Ayawning is a contagious facial expression among chimpsBchimps will imitate a cartoon chimp who is yawningCchimps are able to understand cartoons very wellDchimps like watching cartoons very much解析:细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知黑猩猩看到动画片中打呵
31、欠的黑猩猩时,会进行模仿。答案:B2According to the passage we can learn that _.Ayawning on both cartoon videos and pictures can make chimps yawnBDevyn Carte led the study about contagious yawningCchildren will also be stimulated to yawn by the videos of chimpsDpeople can control all the features of animals through
32、cartoons解析:细节理解题。根据第五段后半部分中的内容可知无论是动画片中还是图片中的打呵欠动作都可以让黑猩猩打呵欠。答案:A3By studying the action of chimps, the scientists hope to _.Ateach them more body language of human beingsBlearn how chimps use their brains to studyCcontrol the actions and behaviors of animalsDcreate more charming cartoon characters解
33、析:推理判断题。黑猩猩看到动画片中打呵欠的黑猩猩后会进行模仿,第四段的后半部分提到科学家可以控制所有的播放内容,由此可推断科学家希望通过研究黑猩猩的模仿行为来控制动物的行为和举止。答案:C4The passage is mainly talking about _.Aa serious research about chimps body languageBthose contagious gestures of animalsCwhy children imitate what they see on TVDa study about chimps ability of imitating解析:主旨大意题。本文是一篇研究报道,第一段是文章的中心段,根据该段内容可知文章是关于黑猩猩模仿能力的一项研究。答案:D版权所有:高考资源网()版权所有:高考资源网()