1、选修八 Unit 4 单元话题语篇训练.完形填空(2019青岛质检)Once a businessman got so deep in a debt crisis that he was at the end of his rope. He sat on the park bench, _1_ if anything could save his company. _2_ an old man appeared before him. _3_ listening to the problem, he wrote out a check and said，“Take this _4_. Meet
2、 me here exactly one year from today, and you can _5_ me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had _6_.The businessman saw in his _7_ a check for D|S500,000, signed by John DRockefeller, then one of the _8_ men in the world! The money was more than _9_ to save his busin
3、ess. _10_， he decided to put the check in his safe. Just _11_ he had half a million dollars might give him the _12_ to work out a way to save his business, so he got up from the bench and started his new life.Feeling _13_ and working hard, he was making money once again. One year later, he returned
4、to the _14_ with the check, and the old man appeared. Just as the businessman was about to say _15_， a nurse came running up. “Im so _16_ I caught him！” she cried.“Hes always _17_ from the rest home and telling people hes JohnDRockefeller.” Then she led the old man away by the arm.Suddenly, the busi
5、nessman _18_ that it wasnt that money, real or imagined that had turned his _19_ around. It was his newfound selfconfidence that gave him the power to _20_. As is said, in most cases, selfconfidence is more important than money.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。一位商人生意失利，巧遇一位自称是富翁John D. Rockefeller的老人，老人给他开具了一张50万美元的支票
6、，商人因此信心大增，努力工作，终于走出了困境。一年后这位商人才得知，这位自称是富翁JohnDRockefeller的老人竟然是一个疯子。这位商人意识到，是自信而不是金钱挽救了他的公司。1A.mentioningBrecognizingCresponding Dwondering解析：选D这位商人坐在公园的长凳上，想知道是否有方法可以挽救他的公司。D项意为“想知道”，符合语境。A项意为“提及”；B项意为“认出”；C项意为“做出反应”，都与语境不符。2A.Occasionally BAbruptlyCFrequently DEvidently解析：选B根据该段最后一句中的“Then he turn
7、ed and disappeared as quickly as he”可知，这位老人很快消失了；结合该句“an old man appeared before him”可知，这位老人应该是突然出现在他面前的。B项意为“突然地，唐突地”，符合语境。A项意为“偶然”；C项意为“经常地”；D项意为“显然”，都与语境不符。3A.Unless BSinceCAfter DBefore解析：选C在听了这个问题之后，这位老人开具了一张支票。C项意为“在之后”，符合语境。A项意为“除非”；B项意为“自以来”；D项意为“在之前”，都与语境不符。4A.message BkeyCpaper Dmoney解析：选D
8、根据上文可知，这位老人开具了一张支票；此处指老人让他带走这笔钱。5A.spend BpayCoffer Dcost解析：选B上句描述了一位老人给这位失意的商人开具了一张支票；此处指这位老人要求商人在一年后的这个时间偿还这笔钱。pay back为固定搭配，意为“偿还，还钱”，故B项正确。A项意为“花费”；C项意为“提供”；D项意为“价格为”，都与语境不符。6A.said BexpectedCcome Dwritten解析：选C根据上文中的“_ an old man appeared before him”可知此处指，随后，这位老人转身并很快消失了，和他来的时候一样。C项意为“来”，符合语境。A项
9、意为“说”；B项意为“期望”；D项意为“写”，都与语境不符。7A.hand BeyeCpocket Dbag解析：选A根据上文可知，这位老人给商人开具了一张支票；此处指这位商人在自己的手上看到了一张50万美元的支票。8A.craziest BrichestChappiest Dfriendliest解析：选B这张50万美元的支票的签名是John D. Rockefeller，他是当时世界上最富有的人之一。B项意为“最富有的”，符合语境。A项意为“最疯狂的”；C项意为“最幸福的”；D项意为“最友善的”，都与语境不符。9A.effective BgenerousCenough Defficient
10、解析：选C根据上句可知，John D. Rockefeller给他开具了一张50万美元的支票；此处指这些钱挽救他的公司绰绰有余。C项意为“足够的”，符合语境。A项意为“有效的”；B项意为“慷慨的，大方的”；D项意为“高效的，能干的”，都与语境不符。10A.Therefore BHoweverCOtherwise DAnyhow解析：选B前一句陈述了这张支票挽救他的公司绰绰有余，再根据该句中的“he decided to put the check in his safe”可知，他决定将支票放在他的保险柜里，这两句间为转折关系，故用However。A项意为“因此，所以”；C项意为“否则，要不然”
11、；D项意为“总之，无论如何”，都与语境不符。11A.pretending BdreamingCknowing Dunderstanding解析：选C他知道自己有了50万美元，这给了他力量去想出办法挽救他的公司，于是他从长凳上起来，开始了他的新生活。C项意为“知道，懂得”，符合语境。A项意为“假装”；B项意为“梦想”；D项意为“理解”，都与语境不符。12A.courage BstrengthCuse Dwish解析：选B参见上题解析。A项意为“勇气”；C项意为“使用”；D项意为“愿望”。13A.conscious BconfusedCresponsible Dconfident解析：选D根据该句
12、中的“and working hard, he was making money once again”，并结合最后一段尾句中的“selfconfidence”可知，他感到了自信，于是开始努力工作，终于再次盈利。D项意为“有信心的，自信的”，符合语境。A项意为“有意识的，有知觉的”；B项意为“困惑的”；C项意为“负有责任的，有责任心的，负责的”，都与语境不符。14A.safe BofficeCpark Dbank解析：选C根据第一段第二句中的“He sat on the park bench”可知，他们第一次碰面的地点是在公园；一年后，他带着支票回到了公园，那位老人出现了。C项意为“公园”，符
13、合语境。A项意为“保险柜”；B项意为“办公室”；D项意为“银行”，都与语境不符。15A.apology BcongratulationsCwelcome Dthanks解析：选D根据上文可知，这位商人带着支票准备还钱；正当商人要说谢谢时，一位护士跑了过来。D项意为“谢谢”，符合语境。A项意为“道歉”；B项意为“祝贺”；C项意为“欢迎”，都与语境不符。16A.glad BsadCsurprised Dnervous解析：选A根据该句中的“I caught him”可知，护士抓住了那位老人，据此可以判断，这位护士应该感到很高兴。A项意为“高兴的”，符合语境。B项意为“悲伤的”；C项意为“惊奇的”；
14、D项意为“神经紧张的”，都与语境不符。17A.shouting BstealingCescaping Dlearning解析：选C根据前一句中的“I caught him”可知，护士抓住了那位老人；此处指这位老人总是从养老院逃跑，并且告诉人们他是John D. Rockefeller。escape from为固定搭配，意为“从逃跑”，故C项正确。A项意为“呼喊”；B项意为“偷窃”；D项意为“学习”，都与语境不符。18A.demanded BrealizedCremembered Dsolved解析：选B由上文叙述的一位自称是富翁的疯子给他开具了一张50万美元的虚假支票可知，这位商人突然意识到不
15、是金钱挽救了他的生活。B项意为“意识到”，符合语境。A项意为“要求”；C项意为“记得”；D项意为“解决”，都与语境不符。19A.life BroleCchance Didea解析：选A根据第二段最后一句中的“so he got up from the bench and started his new life”可知，此处指这位商人意识到不是金钱使他的生活好转。A项意为“生活”，符合语境。B项意为“角色”；C项意为“机会”；D项意为“想法”，都与语境不符。20A.discover BrewardCexchange Dsucceed解析：选D根据第三段第一句中的“he was making mo
16、ney once again”可知，这位商人成功了，他再次盈利了；此处指他意识到，重新获得的自信给了他成功的力量。D项意为“成功”，符合语境。A项意为“发现，找到，发觉”；B项意为“奖赏，报答，酬谢”；C项意为“交换”，都与语境不符。.语法填空(2019石家庄模拟)Mike Taylor, a university student in the study of prehistoric life forms for his Ph.D， discovered a brandnew species of dinosaur, while _1_ (conduct) research at the N
17、atural History Museum in the United Kingdom. This new species _2_ (identify) as part of the sauropod family of dinosaurs. The sauropods were fourlegged, vegetarian dinosaurs, _3_ very long necks and tails, and relatively small skulls and brains. One of their most unusual _4_ (characteristic) was the
18、ir nostrils, which were higher up in their head, almost near the eyes. So far, the sauropod bones _5_ (find) in every continent except Antarctica, and they are one of the longest living group of dinosaurs, spanning over 100 million years. This new species, _6_ (name) Xenoposeidon proneneukos, which
19、means forward sloping, lived about 140 million years ago.Mike Taylor, _7_ has spent five years studying sauropod vertebrae, _8_ (immediate) knew that this was the backbone of a sauropod. However, he had never seen one like this before. _9_ (far) research proved this was indeed a new kind of sauropod
20、. The bone, which had been discovered in _10_ 1890s, had never been examined.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。迈克泰勒偶然发现了一种新的恐龙物种；经研究证明，这是一种新的蜥脚类动物。1conducting考查现在分词。该句主语“Mike Taylor”和动词“conduct”之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，且根据空前的“while”可知，该处表示动作正在发生，故用conducting。该句也可以看成状语从句的省略，省略了主语“Mike Taylor”和be动词“was”。2was identified考查时态和语态。该句主语“Th
21、is new species”和动词“identify”之间是被动关系，故用被动语态；此处陈述的是过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时。3with考查介词。该蜥脚类动物为四肢食草恐龙，它有着长长的脖子和尾巴，还有相对小的头骨和大脑。with表示“具有，带有”，符合语境。4characteristics考查名词的单复数。characteristic为可数名词，根据该句中的“One of”可知，该处用名词的复数形式。5have been found考查时态和语态以及主谓一致。根据该句中的“So far”可知，该句用现在完成时，表示过去发生的事情对现在的影响；该句的主语“the sauropod bone
22、s”为复数形式，且和动词“find”之间是被动关系，故用被动语态，谓语动词用复数形式。6named考查过去分词。分析该句结构可知，空处作“This new species”的后置定语；主语“This new species”和动词“name”之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用named。7who考查定语从句。分析该句结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为“Mike Taylor”，指人，关系词在从句中作主语，故用who引导该定语从句。8immediately考查副词。根据空后的动词“knew”可知，空处修饰该动词，表示“立即，立刻”，故用immediate的副词形式。9Further考查比较级。进一步的研究证明，这的确是一种新的蜥脚类动物。根据句意可知，空处用比较级，表示“更进一步的”。10the考查定冠词。in the 1890s表示“在19世纪90年代”，故用定冠词the。