1、课时训练 1.单词拼写1.A large r is offered for finding the famous lost painting.答案:reward2.This is the most impressive (建筑) Ive seen on this trip.答案:architecture/building/construction3.A lunar eclipse(月食) occurs when the earths s falls on the moon.答案:shadow4.She found something unusual f on the surface of th
2、e river,which quite frightened her.答案:floating5.I regretted csuch a serious mistake in my work.答案:committing6.I made Tom my (代理人) while I was abroad.答案:agent7.Television is the modern m of communication.答案:medium8.The baby was found (遗弃) outside a local hospital.答案:abandoned9.Some people say beauty
3、itself is (抽象的).Do you agree?答案:abstract10.The EC Council of Finance Ministers failed to reach a (共识) on the pace of integration.答案:consensus.用适当的副词或介词填空1.Many children dropped out of school an early age due to poverty.答案:at2.In order to pay off his debts,the young man had to sell his expensive car
4、only 5,000 dollars.答案:for3.When are you to Shanghai? Ill see you off at the airport.答案:off4.The city never fails to impress foreign tourists its scenery.答案:with5.The company announced that next month a new model of laptop computer would come the market.答案:on/onto6. being interested in modern art,the
5、 girl was also fond of collecting stamps.答案:Besides7.I advise you not to make friends such people.答案:with8.It was typical her to forget.答案:of9.The biggest fish was six feet long and weighed upwards 200 pounds.答案:of10.,we collected more than a dozen of samples.答案:Altogether.单项选择1. Once you yourself t
6、o a promise,you are supposed to carry it out no matter what happens.A.stickB.offerC.commitD.devote解析:根据下文的信息“不管发生什么情况,你都应该兑现这个承诺”可知,上文应该表示“一旦你作出承诺”,commit oneself to a promise。故C项正确。答案:C2.A cloud of dangerous gas around until multiplied in the air.A.floatedB.flewC.shippedD.blew解析:float“漂浮”;flow “流动”
7、;ship “船运”;blow “吹”。句意:一团危险的气体在四处漂浮,直到在空中大量聚集。答案:A3.The general in the office is that hes useless at his job. That is to say,everybody thinks so.A.consensusB.judgementC.suggestionD.consideration解析:consensus“共识”;judgement“判断”;suggestion“建议”;consideration“考虑”。根据下文的信息“也就是说,大家都这么认为”可知,上文指“他没有工作能力是大家的共识”
8、。故A项正确。答案:A4.Whats all that noise?Just in front of the bus an injured man,all covered with blood.A.where liesB.liesC.does lieD.lying is解析:句意:“那边的喧闹声是怎么回事?”“在公交车的前面躺着一个受伤的男子,浑身是血。”表示方位的介词位于句首,且谓语动词为lie,stand,sit等动词时,句子要用全部倒装结构。句子的正常语序为“An injured man lies just in front of the bus,all covered with blo
9、od.”。答案:B5.It was hard for them to their home. After all,they had lived there for almost thirty years,but an earthquake had destroyed it completely.A.allocateB.abandonC.approachD.avoid解析:allocate“分配”;abandon“放弃,抛弃”;approach“接近”;avoid“回避,避免”。根据下文的信息“毕竟在那里生活了近三十年”可知,上文指他们不愿意抛弃他们的家园。故选择B项。答案:B6.We have
10、 small articles of low prices, between 2 and 5 yuan.A.differingB.movingC.risingD.ranging解析:上文是“低价的物品”,下文是“介于2到5元之间”,故选D项,构成range between. and.,符合句意“价格2到5元不等”。答案:D7.It is very essential to accurately the height of a tower without any errors.A.distributeB.negotiateC.calculateD.explore解析:“塔的高度”应该是“精确计算
11、”,故用calculate。distribute “分布,分发”;negotiate“谈判,商量”;explore“探查,探测”。正确答案为C项。答案:C8.The flags of every independent country are just colourful pieces of cloth and thread sewn together.Exactly.A flag often symbolizes the origin beliefs and culture.A.rather thanB.less thanC.more thanD.other than解析:由答句可知应填表示
12、“不仅仅”之意的more than。答案:C9.He even didnt ask how much the car was ,and bought it without hesitation.A.worthyB.worthy ofC.worthwhileD.worth解析:由于引导词是how much,指的是价钱,因此只能用worth。其他三个选项都不能表示“价值多少”,只能表示“值得”。故选D项。答案:D10.Probably no man had more effects on the daily lives of people in the United States Henry Fo
13、rd .A.as;wasB.than;wasC.than;didD.as;did解析:句意:在美国或许没有一个人能像亨利福特那样对人们的日常生活有更大的影响。as引导方式状语从句,表示“像一样”;did在此代替had effects on。答案:D.完成句子1.那位母亲急着跟医生见面。(eager)The mother was see the doctor.答案:eager to2.你应该全身心投入到教育学生身上。(commit)You should to your students.答案:commit your whole being;educating3.他们动身去上海拜访他们的一个朋友。
14、(be off to)They Shanghai a friend of theirs.答案:are off to;to visit4.他就是这个样子,从不听别人的劝告。(typical)It is never to listen to others advice.答案:typical of him5.天空高挂着一道彩虹,颜色从橙到紫。(range)High in the sky hung a rainbow,with its colours orange purple.答案:ranging from;to.阅读理解1.The flag,the most common symbol of a
15、nation in the modern world,is also one of the most ancient.With a clear symbolic meaning,the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings,ships and other vehicles related to a country.The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive artifact.It is,rather,the produ
16、ct of thousands of years development.Historians believe that it had two major ancestors,of which the earlier served to show wind direction.Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats.Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers.Peoples food
17、supplies were similarly vulnerable.Even after they had learned how to plant grains,they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests.Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind,which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.Using a simple piece of cloth ti
18、ed to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods,such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire.The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable.Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems (图
19、腾) before carrying them into battle.They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.These flags developed very slowly into modern flags.The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked.The king of China
20、 around 1,000 B.C.was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him.This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past,but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India,then across Arab lands,and finally to Europe,where it met up with the other ancesto
21、r of the national flag.The best title for the passage would be .A.Development of the National FlagB.Power of the National FlagC.Types of FlagsD.Uses of Flags解析:本篇文章讲述了古代国旗发展到现代国旗的数千年间的变化。答案:A2.The underlined word “vulnerable” in Paragraph 3 means .A.impossible to make sure ofB.likely to be protected
22、C.easy to damageD.difficult to find解析:由上句可知以前人们使用的房子和船只是易碎的(fragile)。人们的食物供应也是类似的,由此推断,vulnerable意为“易毁坏的”。答案:C3.The earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because .A.they could tell wind directionB.they could bring good luck to fightersC.they were handed down by the ancestorsD.they were b
23、elieved to stand for natural forces解析:由短文倒数第二段最后一句话可知,他们相信图腾本身所代表的神仙及祖先的愿望被添加了风的力量,风是自然的力量,因此D项正确。答案:D4.What does the author know of the first national flag?A.He knows when it was sent to Europe.B.He believes it was made in Egypt.C.He thinks it came from China.D.He doubts where it started.解析:由短文最后一段
24、第二句以及下文中所描述可知答案为D项。答案:D5.What will the author most probably talk about next?A.The role of China in the spread of the national flag.B.The second ancestor of the national flag.C.The use of modern flags in Europe.D.The importance of modern flags.解析:第二段中提到历史学家相信国旗有两个主要的祖先,文中只讲了其中一个祖先,因此下面很可能讲the second ancestor。答案:B