1、高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家素能提升演练(十)必修2 Unit 5. 单词拼写1. Its not a good idea to discipline the class by giving them _ (额外的) homework. 2. His research _(形成)the basis of his new book. 3. He has _ (赚) a lot of money this month by working on a part-time job. 4. I hear the concert will be _ (广播) live on TV tomorrow e
2、vening. 5. Applying for jobs can be a long and _ (痛苦的)process. 6. She is in a relaxed, _ (自信的)mood. 7. He _ (表演) quite successfully on the stage last night. 8. The toys are _ (有吸引力的) to children due to the appearance. 9. He gave a _ (幽默的)account of their trip to Spain. 10. She _ (假装) that she likes
3、them so that she can get their help. . 完成句子1. With _ , they both have to work very hard. (support)有这么多孩子要养,他们俩不得不辛勤工作。2. The little girl _ and even didnt raise her head when her mother entered the room. (pretend)这个小女孩假装在读书,她妈妈走进房间时她连头都没抬。3. Not until Tom told me what was happening did I realize that
4、 _. (play)直到汤姆告诉我所发生的事时,我才知道我正在被人戏弄。4. There are two buildings, _ stands nearly two hundred feet high. (larger)有两幢楼,较大一些的那个有将近二百英尺高。5. Recently, I bought an ancient Chinese painting, _ was very reasonable. (price)最近我买了一幅中国古画,其价格合理。6. You may _ he will be successful one day. (rely)你可以确信早晚他会成功的。7. It
5、was because I _ that I caused the argument. (familiar)是因为我不熟悉当地的法律才引起的这次争论。8. Only after the result of the competition was announced over the loudspeaker _ . (burst)只有当广播里宣布竞赛结果之后,同学们才欢呼起来。9. It was _ that they came up with a good suggestion. (midnight)直到半夜他们才提出一条好的建议。10. The charity promised to giv
6、e away _ books as the village school had. (three)慈善机构许诺将要赠送给这所乡村学校原有书籍三倍的图书。. 多项选择1. Leave it to me! I feel much more _ about myself and my abilities these days. A. confidentB. energeticC. generousD. curious2. They decided to _ the partnership. A. break upB. break throughC. break outD. break down3.
7、Tom put his heart into the wildlife research,and finally,his efforts _ him a great success and fame. A. savedB. earnedC. madeD. offered4. I thought I was going to fail the exam, but I succeeded _ . A. after all B. above all C. in all D. at all5. 2012伊春模拟Make sure that your speech is _ and to the poi
8、nt, so that the audience will not get bored just because they have to listen to you talking for a long time. A. briefB. attractiveC. fancyD. powerful6. 2012湖北重点中学联考Its easy to become _ to the children you work with. A. attachedBdevotedC. abandonedDapplied7. Everyones attention was drawn to the eight
9、-year-old girl who was _ the piano perfectly. A. actingB. behavingC. doingD. performing8. 2012金华模拟Youd sound a lot more polite if you make a request _ a questionAin search ofBin the form ofCin need ofDin the direction of9. Many of us Chinese people are _ with the beauty of Hangzhou and Suzhou. A. at
10、tractiveB. confidentC. familiarD. sensitive10. 2012武昌模拟You cant _ him to arrive on time, because he is always late for meetingsAtake inBappeal toCrely onDcall up11. She is _ the newspapers to be thrown away and putting away the rest. A. sorting outB. figuring outC. making outD. turning out12. She is
11、 very _ about this topic, so wed better not discuss it in front of her. A. confidentB. crazyC. sensitiveD. humorous. 阅读理解(A) Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to a
12、 survey by the Guardian newspaper. Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor. ” he said. Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) culture” that is
13、to blame. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasnt because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is. ” she wrote. It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Strenger, o
14、f Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people
15、according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷). ” “As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are comparing ourselves with the most important people in the world and finding ourselves wanting, ” he said. Today, even high achievers c
16、onstantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media. The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called“active self-acceptance through a constant search for se
17、lf-knowledge through life. ” “The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement, ” he said. 1. Nowadays, young people in Britain want to _ . A. choose jobs based on interestsB. become famousC. be teacher, banker and
18、doctorD. earn more money2. According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety? A. Choices of future careers. B. Access to the global network. C. Bad influences of celebrities. D. Endless comparison with others. 3. Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should _ . A. seek ac
19、tive self-acceptanceB. stick to their own dreamsC. make great achievementsD. search for the secret of wealth4. The text is mainly written to _ . A. talk about job choicesB. analyse a social phenomenonC. encourage celebrity cultureD. introduce three famous people(B) When I was very young I remember p
20、laying with the girl next door,making mud cakes. We lived in a small house behind the high school in Alton. One day my dad took our pictures,mud cakes and all. My dad took a lot of pictures with his blue Kodak camera. He developed the pictures himself in our basement. I remember helping him. All the
21、 lights had to be turned out while we transferred(转印) the negatives from one pan to the other. It was a lot of fun for a small boy. My dad often came home from work for lunch. I supposed it was a way to save money since it was during the depression. While he was eating lunch one day I drove nails in
22、to three of his tires. Not too long after he left to return to work he called home saying that he had just pulled into a service station with a flat tire,only to find out he had three flat tires. When my dad questioned me about the flat tires I said,“When you had a flat tire last time,and you were p
23、umping it up with air,and I wanted to help,you said the next time you had a flat tire you would let me pump it up. ” These memories are from my short life before I was in the first grade. I know this for sure,because one day right before my sixth birthday my mother told me that I was going to sleep
24、with my dad that night. She said we were going away. I didnt know what all that meant. I remember my dad breathed deeply in his sleep and snored(打鼾) a little. The next day we moved in with my grandparents in another town. I missed doing these things with my dad. 5. We know from the passage that the
25、authors dad _ . Awas quite strict with himBwas very kind to himCdidnt love him enoughDliked to play with him6. Why did the author drive nails into the tires of his fathers car? AHe hated his father. BHe didnt want his father to leave him alone. CHe wanted to play a trick on his father. DHe wanted to
26、 try pumping. 7. What could be the reason why the author moved to live in another town? AHis father didnt like him any more. BHis father found another job in that town. CHis parents got divorced. DHis father couldnt support the family any more. 8. The purpose of the author is to tell us _ . Athe hap
27、py time he had with his fatherBhow happy a childhood he hadChe hated his parents divorceDthe role a father played in his sons life答案解析. 1. extra 2.formed3. earned 4. broadcast5. painful 6.confident7. performed8. attractive 9. humorous10. pretends . 1. so many children to support2. pretended to be re
28、ading 3. I was being played jokes on4. the larger of which 5. the price of which 6. rely on it that 7. was not familiar with the local laws 8. did the students burst into cheers9. not until midnight10. three times as many books. 1.【解析】选A。考查形容词词义辨析。句意:把它交给我吧! 这些天来我对自己和自己的能力还是比较自信的。confident自信的,符合句意。e
29、nergetic精力旺盛的; generous大方的;curious好奇的。2. 【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意:他们决定解除合作关系。break up解散,解体,分解;break through突围,突破;break out 爆发;break down打破,毁掉,出故障。根据句意选A。3. 【解析】选B。句意:汤姆潜心于野生动物研究,他的努力最终为他赢得了巨大的成功和声望。earn sb. sth. “为某人赢得某物”。save和offer后均可接双宾语,但与题意不符。【变式备选】He is said to be working in a very famous company. He
30、 must _ a very high salary, I think. A. earnB. spareC. chargeD. afford 【解析】选A。考查动词词义辨析。根据句子语境,“他在一家知名公司工作”,“他肯定挣很高的薪水”, 用earn符合语境。spare 节约,省下;charge 索要费用;索价;afford 承担得起,支付得起费用。4. 【解析】选A。句意:我原以为这次考试会失败,但我终究成功了。after all毕竟,终究,符合句意。above all首先,重要的是;in all总共,总计;at all根本,全然。【变式备选】You can depend on it tha
31、t she will come to the wedding. _ , shes accepted your invitation. A. Above allB. After all C. Whats moreD. Thats to say【解析】选B。考查插入语的用法。句意:你放心好了,她肯定会参加婚礼的。毕竟她已经接受了你的邀请。after all 毕竟, 到底,终究;above all 首先;最重要的是;whats more 更何况,而且;thats to say 也就是说。5. 【解析】选B。考查形容词词义辨析。句意:务必使你的演讲有吸引力,切中要点,这样听众才不会厌烦,因为他们要听好
32、长时间。attractive有吸引力的,符合句意。brief简洁的;fancy奇特的;powerful强有力的,均不符合句意。6. 【解析】选A。考查形容词词义辨析。句意:你会很容易地喜欢上你照顾的孩子。attached表示“依恋,爱慕”,符合语意。devote to表示“贡献,致力于”;abandon表示“放弃”,往往作及物动词;apply to表示“适用于”,都不符合句意,所以选A项。7. 【解析】选D。句意:大家的注意力都集中在那个钢琴弹得很好的八岁女孩的身上。perform“表演”,符合句意。8. 【解析】选B。句意:如果你以提问题的形式提出要求的话,听起来会有礼貌多了。 in the
33、 form of以的形式;in search of 寻找;in need of需要;in the direction of 朝着方向。9. 【解析】选C。句意:我们许多中国人都很熟悉杭州和苏州的美景。be familiar with. . . “对了解/熟悉”。attractive“吸引人的”;confident“自信的”;sensitive“敏感的”。10. 【解析】选C。句意:你别指望他按时到,因为他总是开会迟到。rely on指望;依赖;take in吸收;欺骗;appeal to呼吁;call up打电话。11. 【解析】选A。sort out“给分类”,指把物品分门别类地处理。fig
34、ure out “弄清楚;弄明白”;make out“辨认出”;turn out “结果是”。12. 【解析】选C。考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她对这个话题很容易生气,所以我们最好别在她面前谈论这事。be sensitive about sth. 易生气的;神经过敏的,符合句意。be crazy about对着迷,A、D两项的两个形容词不与about连用。. 1. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句可知,现在的英国年轻人想出名,故选B。2. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句及第四段的第一句可知,Emma Brockes认为名人的负面影响增加了焦虑程度。3. 【解析】选A。细
35、节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段的最后一句话可知选A。4. 【解析】选B。作者意图题。本文描述了这样一个社会现象现在英国的年轻人根据拥有财富的多少和知名度来评价他人和自己,并分析了这种现象产生的原因,提出了解决办法,故B项能较好地概括本文的写作目的。【文章大意】本文是记叙文。作者回忆了跟父亲度过的短暂而快乐的童年时光。5.【解析】选B。推理判断题。从作者对自己童年时期与父亲相关的事情的叙述可以看出,父亲对他非常好。6. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。从文章第四段可知,作者扎了父亲的轮胎是因为他想给轮胎打气。7. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。文章倒数第二段叙述,一天母亲让儿子晚上跟自己的父亲一块儿睡觉,然后他们就搬到了另一个城镇跟外祖父母一块儿居住,由此可推知作者离开最可能的原因是父母离婚了。8. 【解析】选A。观点态度题。纵观全文,特别是从文章最后一段可知,本文作者回忆了跟父亲度过的短暂而快乐的童年时光,这段时光令作者很难忘。高考资源网版权所有,侵权必究!