1、2015届高三英语一轮复习：Module 5Ethnic Culture.语法填空，单句训练1(2014届蚌埠三中高三质检改编)The number of students in our class _ more than 50 and the majority of them _ from the countryside.答案：is; are考查主谓一致。句意：我们班有50多个学生，并且大部分都来自农村。the number of.“的数量”，用作主语时，其谓语动词应用单数is；the majority of.“的大多数”，用作主语时，其谓语动词取决于of后面的名词，此时themstuden
2、ts，是可数名词复数，其后动词显然应用复数，故应用are。2(2014届济南一中高三质检改编)According to experts, China needs to _ its one child family planning policy to fight against a worsening gender (性别) imbalance and an aging population.答案：adjust考查动词词义。句意：专家认为，中国有必要调整只生一个孩子的计划生育政策，以应对性别比例失调和老龄化加剧问题。adjust“调整”，符合题意。3(2014届泰安高三质检改编)_(use)
3、playing dumb with teachers. They know their students very well.答案：Its no use考查常用句型。句意：对老师装傻是没有用的，他们太了解学生了。Its no use doing sth.“做某事没有用”，符合句意。4(2014届天津和平区高三模拟改编)Armed with the information, you have gathered you can set _ preparing your business plan.答案：about考查动词短语。句意：根据你所收集到的信息，你可以着手准备你的商业计划了。set abo
4、ut doing sth。“着手做某事”，符合句意。5Dont try to make_ any excuse, Alan. Tell me why you didnt come to school today.答案：up考查动词短语辨析。句意：不要编造什么借口，艾伦。告诉我今天为什么没来上学。make up“编造，杜撰”，符合句意。6_(Accuse) of stealing money from the bank, he was questioned by the police.答案：Accused考查过去分词作原因状语。he与accuse之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，因此用过去分词形式。7Th
5、e town has _ population of about 10,000 and 80% of _ population are farmers.答案：a; the考查冠词。句意：这个镇大约有一万人口，其中百分之八十是农民。have a population of.“有人口”；第二个空特指“这些人口”中的80%。8He rose slowly, his eyes still _(fasten) on the piece of paper.答案：fastened考查独立主格结构。句意：他慢慢地站起来，眼睛仍盯在纸上。his eyes和fasten之间是被动关系，故应用其过去分词形式。9Do
6、 you think its going to rain over the weekend?I believe_.答案：not考查否定前移。句意：“你看周末会下一整天的雨吗？”“我想不会。”根据英语习惯，当think，believe，imagine，guess，expect等动词用于一般现在时的陈述句时。其后面内容若为否定，not的位置要前移，即把think或believe变为否定式；当后面的内容省略时，肯定式要说：I think/believe so.。10(2014届河南省濮阳三高高三上学期期末改编)Tom, how was your party last night?It couldnt
7、 have been _. I had a wonderful gettogether with my old friends.答案：better考查形容词的比较等级。句意：汤姆，你昨晚的聚会怎么样？非常好。我和我的老朋友有一个很棒的聚会。从a wonderful gettogether判断出聚会很棒，前面出现了couldnt，根据“否定词比较级”相当于最高级的规律，It couldnt have been better意为“它不可能更好了”，相当于是“它是最好的，非常好”。.语法填空，篇章训练阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Peter: So,
8、how long have you been _1_(live)here?Ella：About six months now.Peter: Why did you choose Beirut?Ella：Because, Mikemy husbandand I have always loved Arab culture and_2_language. Mikes an English teacher and he got a job here in a language school.Peter: Why did you want to take a year_3_？Ella：Basicall
9、y I wanted a break from teaching. I love_4_(teach)children but I needed a change. Also Ive been drawing and painting_5_I was little but Ive never really had the chance to study drawing._6_this seemed like the perfect opportunity to have a change and learn to draw properly. I found a fantastic art te
10、acher，_7_(call)Omayma, and Ive been having classes with her since October. She s great and she speaks English，_8_is lucky, because I dont know much Arabic yet. But Im learning the language as_9_(quick) as I can.Peter: Is Arabic a difficult language to learn?Ella：Incredibly difficult! Especially the_
11、10_(pronounce). You have to learn to make a lot of new sounds.1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案：1living 考查时态。此处表示一直持续到现在的情况，所以用现在完成进行时。2the 考查冠词。此处表示特指。3off 考查介词。takeoff 表示“请假”。4teaching/to teach 考查非谓语动词。Love后面既可以跟to do也可以跟doing作宾语。5since 考查连词。根据句中的时态可知此处用since。6So考查连词。此处表示顺承关系。7called 考查非谓语动词。此处过去分词作
12、定语。8which 考查非限制性定语从句。同时从句中缺少主语，所以用which来引导。9quickly考查副词。根据句子结构可知缺少状语，所以用副词，又因为as.as结构中需用原级，所以填quickly.10pronunciation 考查名词。.完形填空Theres almost nothing good about goodbyes，but if something is missed, it is because it was good.Im not good at writing and I dont think its _1_ to write this article, but I
13、 really need to _2_ people who helped me _3_ this year, people who made _4_ in a different country easier.The first day I got here, I went to make my _5_， and of course, the first person I got to meet was Carla. Thats _6_ shes the first person I thank, because of all the help with classes and the _7
14、_ she had with me.Since as an exchange student, I cant _8_. I would like to thank all the people that sometimes offered me _9_. Thanks to all the people that were nice to me，_10_. They were friendly _11_ not knowing me, not _12_ a good day themselves, not understanding my _13_.Theres a lot more to b
15、e thankful _14_， but all I can say is that this was _15_ the best year of my life, and part of it is because of some people I met in this _16_ high school. Some of these people are already _17_， some are graduating, and some I just met this school year.I strongly believe that friends are always frie
16、nds, regardless of age，_18_， race or anything else; people in need deserve having a place in others hearts. All the friends I _19_ there will always be on my mind. Ill _20_ them.1A.easyBhardCwise Dhappy答案：A根据上文Im not good at writing可判断出，对于不善于写作的作者来说，写这篇文章不是一件“容易的”事。2A.remember BthankCrecognize Dintr
17、oduce答案：B根据下文可知，作者是想借此文对曾帮助过他的所有人表示感谢，因此选thank。3A.with BupCthrough Dout答案：C此处意为“帮助我度过这一年的人”。help. through.意为“帮助度过”。4A.traveling BstudyingCsightseeing Dsettling答案：B根据下文可知，这些人使得作者在异国的“学 习”变得容易，因此选studying。5A.schedule BdecisionCproject Dappointment答案：A第一次来到一个陌生的国度准备学习，应该是 要制定一个“计划”，即schedule，而不是做“决 定”、
18、做“项目”或是去“约会”。6A.because BwhyCwhere Dwhen答案：B根据上一句the first person I got to meet was Carla可推出此处意为：那就是她是我第一个要感谢的人的原因。why引导表语从句，表原因。7A.patience BtolerationCagreement Dsatisfaction答案：A作者要感谢的是她在功课上的帮助以及她对自己的耐心(patience)。8A.cook BdrinkCdrive Dwork答案：C根据空前的Since as an exchange student，再借助选项可判断此处指“我不会开车”。不会
19、“做 饭”、“喝酒”或“工作”都不符合逻辑。9A.wines BmealsCrides Dmaps答案：C因为作者不会开车，只好搭别人的车，作者在此也对那些让他搭车的人表示感谢。offer sb.a ride为惯用搭配，表示“让某人搭便车”。10A.no matter what Bnow and againCmore or less Dby any chance答案：A本句意为：无论如何，我得感谢所有对我好的人。no matter what有“无论如何”之意，符合语境。now and again“偶尔，时常”，more or less“或多或少”，by any chance“万一”，都不符合句
20、意。11A.still BevenConce Donly答案：B此处意为：他们甚至都不认识我，但对我很友 好。用even表示强调。12A.sharing BexpectingCdesigning Dhaving答案：D根据空后的a good day themselves可知，应选 having。have a good day意为“度过愉快的一天”。13A.accent BexpressionCfeeling Dthought答案：A因为作者是在外国求学，所以肯定有很多人听 不懂他的口音(accent)。14A.for BtoCwith Dof答案：A此处是指作者有太多的人和事要感谢。be th
21、ankful for.为固定搭配，意为“感谢”。15A.doubtfully BrelativelyCfrequently Ddefinitely答案：D作者在众多朋友的帮助下愉快地度过了一个学年，因此他认为这一年肯定是他一生中最美好的一年。definitely意为“肯定地”。16A.normal BnewCpopular Ddifferent答案：B作者来到异地求学，对他来说学校应是新 (new)学校。17A.graduated BappliedCreported Dseparated答案：A根据后面的some are graduating(有的快毕业 了)可判断，此处指“有的已经毕业”，因
22、此用 graduated(毕了业的)。18A.area BcommunityCnationality Ddistrict答案：C作者认为朋友永远是朋友，不论年龄、国籍 (nationality)、种族或是其他什么。19A.found BmadeCdreamed Dheard答案：B作者表示会把所有的朋友记在心里。make friends意思是“交朋友”，为固定搭配。20A.lose BbelieveCmiss Dtouch答案：C由上文可推出，作者会永远想念(miss)他们。.阅读理解Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to yo
23、ur life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Fart, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher
24、 risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a mans life and two to a womans. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or selfharm. Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than com
25、pensate. Linda Waite from the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who
26、doesnt smoke. Theres a flip_side,_however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30year study of
27、more than 10,000 people, Nicholas A. Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects. So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socioeconomic factors, healthservice provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanis
28、ms. For example, social contact can boost the development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner. A life partn
29、er, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The ultimate social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says，“People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”文章大意：文章通过婚姻关系等一系列的社会关系来说明，良好的社会网络关系会使人健康长寿。1William Farrs study and other studies sho
30、w that _.Asocial life provides an effective cure for illness.Bbeing sociable helps improve ones quality of lifeCwomen benefit more than men from marriageDmarriage contributes a great deal to longevity.答案：D细节理解题。从文章第一段的“.but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalen
31、t relationship.”可知，良好的婚姻关系可以使人长寿，故正确答案为D项。2Linda Waites studies support the idea that _.Aolder men should quit smoking to stay healthyBmarriage can help make up for ill healthCthe married are happier than the unmarriedDunmarried people are likely to suffer in later life答案：B细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句“Even if t
32、he odds are stacked against you，marriage can more than compensate.”以及下文叙述可知，婚姻可以弥补身体上的疾病。3It can be inferred from the context that the “flip side” (Para. 2) refers to _.Athe disadvantages of being marriedBthe emotional problems arising from marriageCthe responsibility of taking care of ones familyDt
33、he consequence of a broken marriage答案：A词义理解题。画线词后介绍了婚姻的一些弊端，结合上文内容可以推断“flipside”表示“另外一个方面”，即婚姻的弊端。故正确答案为A项。4What does the author say about social networks?AThey have effects similar to those of marriage.BThey help develop peoples community spirit.CThey provide timely support for those in need.DThey
34、help relieve people of their lifes burdens.答案：A细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句及后文的叙述可知，社会网络关系有着同婚姻关系相同的影响。5What can be inferred from the last paragraph?AIts important that we develop a social network when young.BTo stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.CGetting a divorce means risking a reduced life
35、 span.DWe should share our social networks with each other.答案：B推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100.”可以判断出，如果你想要活到100岁，你需要有生活伴侣，孩子或是一些好朋友，即有恰当的社会网络关系。故正确答案为B项。.短文填空根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。No fight can end，and no fri
36、endship can move on，until everyone says these little words：Im sorry.Sometimes，though，they can be difficult to say._1_It is not about winning.Friendships arent like the Super Bowl，and there should never be a winner and a loser.When you start fighting with a friend，it may feel important that you“win”
37、the fight by proving youre right and he is wrong，or by making him be the first to apologize.In reality，youll both lose if you let your fight ruin your friendship，and youll both win if you find a way to heal it._2_You may have heard the expression “His pride stood in the way”It is usually used to des
38、cribe a person who is so determined to be“right”that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever._3_Remember：as time goes on，we usually forget who was right and who was wrong in a disagreement，and only remember the sadness of losing a friend.Take the first step.Are you sick of fighting？
39、Do you think this fight is just not important enough to ruin your friendship？_4_ you dont have to take full responsibility for starting the fight，or even say that your feelings were wrong.But you should find something you did or said thats worth apologizing for.Maybe youre sorry that you let the fig
40、ht go for so long，or that you overreacted to something your friend did.If you say youre sorry，its like an invitation for your friend to do the same._5_AThen try to be the first to apologize.BStop thinking about your pride.CIts about taking some responsibility for the argument.DDont let this happen to a friendship you care about.EHere are some things to keep in mind.FThere are some special cases when you shouldnt be the one to apologize first.GOnce youve both said it，youll both feel a million times better.答案：15EBDAG