1、单元加餐练.完形填空Charlotte was in her late 50s when she developed cancer. The illness quickly _1_ to her lungs and then to her brain. She was so _2_ that she had to lie in bed. She was _3_ to even cook for herself.“The last year of her life was _4_,” her sister Barbara said. “The worst part was seeing her
2、sit in a chair in her living room, waiting to _5_. For the first time in her life, I saw her so _6_.”One day, Barbara, _7_ seeking some way to help, asked Charlotte if it would be OK to do her makeup. Barbara said, “I want to make you look better.”Charlotte replied, “You cant. Its too _8_.” But she
3、agreed at last. So weak was Charlotte that she could _9_ hold her eyes open. Finally, when she did open her eyes, she looked in the mirror in _10_. Her face looked beautiful for the first time in years.“I look pretty! Take my _11_!” she shouted. After the photos were taken, Charlotte looked at Barba
4、ra and said, “Promise me you will do this for others while I am _12_.” With tears in her eyes, Barbara said, “I _13_.”Charlotte spent her _14_ days with a smile on her face. “She _15_ herself again,” Barbara said. “And I never saw her sit in that chair in her living room again. _16_, she moved out t
5、o sit in her backyard in sunny days.”_17_ Charlottes death, Barbara kept her promise in a big _18_. She sold everything in her own store. Charlotte gave Barbara a greater _19_. She wanted to do something to _20_ others.本文是一篇记叙文。Charlotte因患癌症而陷入绝望中,Barbara的一个偶然的想法给她带来了久违的欢乐。1A.spreadBdevotedCappealed
6、 Dlinked答案:A解析:癌细胞很快就“扩散(spread)”到了Charlotte的肺部和大脑。2A.clever BseriousCsilly Dweak答案:D解析:根据“she had to lie in bed”可知,Charlotte此时身体非常“虚弱(weak)”。3A.pleased BunableCunwilling Dready答案:B解析:Charlotte终日躺在床上,甚至都“不能(unable)”给自己做饭了。4A.peaceful BbusyCterrible Dordinary答案:C解析:根据下一句可知,Charlotte生命中的最后一年情况非常“糟糕(te
7、rrible)”。5A.die BrecoverCarise Dsupport答案:A解析:Charlotte终日坐在一把椅子上,等待“死亡(die)”。6A.sensitive BcalmChappy Dhopeless答案:D解析:平生第一次,Barbara看到Charlotte如此“绝望(hopeless)”。7A.actually BtechnicallyCdesperately Dbriefly答案:C解析:Barbara“拼命地(desperately)”想办法帮助Charlotte。8A.late BearlyCfunny Dstrange答案:A解析:根据“You cant”可
8、知,Charlotte已经完全绝望,觉得一切都太“晚(late)”了。9A.surely BsimplyChardly Dsoftly答案:C解析:根据“So weak was Charlotte that.”可知,Charlotte身体非常虚弱,以至于“几乎(hardly)”都睁不开自己的双眼。10A.wonder BfearCrelief Ddisbelief答案:D解析:根据下一句可知,当Charlotte在镜子中看到自己的形象时,她几乎“不敢相信(disbelief)”这是真的。11A.cigarette BhandCpicture Dtemperature答案:C解析:根据“Afte
9、r the photos were taken”可知,Charlotte急着让Barbara给自己“照几张照片(picture)”。12A.well BdeadCalone Dabroad答案:B解析:Charlotte对Barbara说,在她“去世(dead)”之后,Barbara也要为其他人做同样的事情。13A.disagree BignoreCdoubt Dpromise答案:D解析:根据上文内容可知,Barbara向Charlotte郑重地做出了“承诺(promise)”。14A.remaining BtiringCtraining Dworking答案:A解析:在Charlotte“
10、剩下的(remaining)”日子里,她每天总是面带微笑。15A.relied on Blooked intoCcared about Dstared at答案:C解析:Charlotte开始“关心”自己了。rely on“信任,信赖”;look into“调查”;care about“关心,在意”;stare at“盯着看”。16A.Therefore BStillCThough DInstead答案:D解析:此后的日子里,Charlotte再也不每天坐在起居室的椅子上了,“相反(instead)”,在晴朗的日子里,她会到后院去坐着。17A.Before BWithoutCAfter DAb
11、out答案:C解析:在Charlotte去世“后(after)”,Barbara履行了自己的诺言。18A.way BsenseCworld Dcompany答案:A解析:in a big way表示“大规模地”。19A.present BpurposeCoccasion Dchance答案:B解析:Charlotte让Barbara萌生了一个更大的人生“目标(purpose)”。20A.save BhelpCcure Dtest答案:B解析:Barbara想做一些事情来“帮助(help)”其他人。.阅读理解Some people love eating food right after it
12、is cooked. I prefer food just taken out from the freezer. Fruit, candies, nuts, chocolate, cake with buttercream frosting (糖霜), even peas, all of them taste delicious when frozen. In fact, I often eat them that way.I was a kid when I picked up the habit. In my family, lots of things were thrown into
13、 the freezerfinally, two freezersto prevent them from going bad. Among them were some of the candies my sisters and I had collected on Halloween.If we eat when they are still warm, well find ourselves taking the cookies more than we should. Its better if we can put them into the freezer and wait. Th
14、at way well eat less and enjoy them more because they are hard and chewing becomes a slower, more patient effort. Thats the point about frozen buttercream frosting. Put it in your mouth at room temperature, and its gone very quickly. But when its frozen, you can enjoy the taste much longer as it mel
15、ts (融化) in your mouth.The freezer treats a lot of fruit kindly. Take frozen grapes for example. I keep a bowl of grapes in my freezer. They become a little icy, and somehow their sweetness is improved. They are perfect and healthy dessert (点心). This is the same with oranges, apples, bananas.You migh
16、t think bananas would get superhard when frozen. Wrong! They become cool, creamy and sweet. If you have wisely covered some or all of the bananas with melted chocolate before putting them into the freezer, they will have a double taste.As long as you arent eating anything that truly has to be hot go
17、 ahead and experiment.本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者与别人截然不同的爱好喜欢吃冰箱里冷冻过的东西,并分析了自己喜欢这种吃法的原因。最后,作者建议大家也都来试一下。1What is the passage intended to tell us?AFruit should be frozen before one eats it.BFrozen food is better than hot food.CThe author prefers frozen food.DHot food is not healthy.答案:C解析:推理判断题。由文章第一段中的“I prefe
18、r food just taken out from the freezer. often eat them that way.”可推知作者喜欢吃冷冻食品。2The author began to enjoy frozen food when he _.Awas young Blearned cookingCgot married Dgot a fever答案:A解析:细节理解题。由文章第二段第一句可知,A项正确。3Why does the author NOT advise us to take hot cookies?ABecause they need more time to prep
19、are.BBecause the taste is not good when they are hot.CBecause they are too delicious to avoid our overeating.DBecause we may eat them quickly and enjoy them less.答案:D解析:推理判断题。由文章第三段可推知,我们吃冷冻的曲奇饼时可以慢慢地享受,反之,吃热的曲奇饼时我们会吃得快而不能好好地享受它们的美味。4What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to
20、?AThe taste.BButtercream.CThe cookie.DFrozen buttercream frosting.答案:D解析:代词指代题。由前文信息“Thats the point about frozen buttercream frosting.when its frozen.”可知,画线单词it指代frozen buttercream frosting,故D项正确。.短文改错假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(),并在此符号下面写出该加的
21、词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改:在错词下面画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。As we all know, everyone have a dream. I have dreamed of being a doctor since I enter the primary school. Nowadays with modern life go rapidly, many people suffer from different kind of diseases, both mentally an
22、d physically. As result, doctors are in great need at home and abroad. My dream is to become a success doctor, helping to save peoples lives. Although to be a good doctor is very difficult, but I will do whatever I can to keep everyone healthy. To make my dream come true, I have told me over and ove
23、r again that Ill concentrate more to studies. After all, only by working hardly can one succeed.答案解析1第一句:have改为has。everyone作主语,且本句陈述事实情况,用一般现在时,故应用has。2第二句:enter改为entered。主句用现在完成时,since引导的从句应用一般过去时。此处意为“从我进小学开始”。3第三句:go改为going。此处是“with宾语宾语补足语”的复合结构,modern life与go之间是主动关系,故应用going。4第三句:kind改为kinds。可数名
24、词kind前面有different修饰,应用复数形式。5第四句:result前加a。as a result“结果”,是固定短语。6第五句:success改为successful。作定语,修饰doctor,应用形容词。7第六句:去掉but或but改为yet。although与but不能同时使用,但与yet可以。8第七句:me改为myself。作宾语的代词与主语I指代一致,故应用反身代词。9第七句:to改为on。concentrate on“集中精力于”,是固定短语。10第八句:hardly改为hard。作状语,修饰working,应用副词hard“努力地”。hardly意为“几乎不”。.书面表达
25、假如你是李华,你的英国笔友Lily在她的微博中写到她为了减肥吃减肥药,而且经常不吃饭,导致身体变得很虚弱,状态很不佳。请你在她的微博上用英文给她留言,内容包括:1对她的现状表示担忧;2指出吃减肥药以及经常不吃饭的坏处;3提出一些健康的减肥方法,如慢跑、定期到健身房健身等。注意:1.词数100左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3文章开头已给出,不计入总词数。参考词汇:减肥药weightloss pill慢跑jogging健身房gymIm sorry to learn that you are upset about being overweight recently. I_think_yo
26、u_should_stop_taking_weightloss_pills_in_no_time_because_they_are_harmful_to_your_health._Besides,_you_need_to_eat_a_healthy_diet_to_recover_your_strength._There_are_many_other_ways_to_lose_weight._For_example,_jogging_is_quite_a_popular_form_of_exercise._You_may_do_it_in_the_morning_or_after_supper._Another_way_is_that_you_can_go_to_the_gym_regularly,_which_is_also_an_effective_way_of_losing_weight_and_keeping_healthy._In_a_word,_if_you_insist_on_exercising,_you_are_sure_to_have_an_attractive_figure_and_stay_slim_and_healthy.