1、Unit 4Pygmalion . 语法填空阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。An American inventor，Dean Kamen，says he has invented the worlds first selfbalancing individual transport vehicle，_1_ is called the Segway Human Transporter.The Segway looks like a long stick _2_ two wheels.The stick has han
2、dles for a person _3_(hold)The wheels are connected by a platform.The person stands on the platform and holds _4_ handles.The vehicle moves forward or backward _5_ the person moves his body in that direction.The driver turns the handles _6_(go) left or right.The Segway has computers and gyroscope de
3、vices to make _7_ move and balance.It is powered by batteries that can be recharged in a few hours by _8_(use) an electric outlet.It can travel at a speed of nineteen kilometers per hour.It costs less than ten cents a day to operate.It does not produce pollution.Mister Kamen says the Segway could re
4、place cars in _9_(crowd)city centers.He says it was designed to reduce pollution and solve other _10_(environment)problems in cities.However，it was not designed to travel on roads.1解析：关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句。答案：which2解析：介词短语作定语，表示“带两个轮子”。答案：with3解析：动词不定式作宾补。答案：to hold4解析：定冠词特指stick上的handles。答案：the5解析：从属
5、连词引导时间状语从句。答案：when6解析：动词不定式作目的状语。答案：to go7解析：人称代词it指代The Segway。答案：it8解析：习惯用法by using“通过使用”。答案：using9解析：过去分词作定语。答案：crowded10解析：构词法：名词派生出形容词。答案：environmental. 词汇运用1The novel _(改编成了电影)2Seeing the boy drop into the river，he jumped in _(毫不迟疑地)3The answer to the question _(结果是错的)4Bob has _(错误的想法) that to
6、morrow is holiday.5Its unfair to _(把人们按肤色分类成) the master and his slaves.6If you are late again，Ill _(解雇你)7I _(熟悉一点法语)8He is smaller than you，but he _(比你优秀)9Make sure you give each word _(正确发音)10This happened _(一个可怕的夜晚)11The movie was so bad that we walked out _(厌烦地)12We _(眺望大海) from the window of th
7、e hotel.13This medicine _(对抗癌有效)答案：1.was adapted for a film2.without hesitation3.came out wrong4.a mistaken idea5classify people according to complexion into6.dismiss you from the job7.have some acquaintance with French8.is superior to you9.the correct pronunciation10.on a horrible night11.in disgus
8、t12.overlooked the sea13.is effective against cancer.阅读理解HERE are many different Londons，and they appeal to people with many different passions: museum lovers，theatergoers，opera buffs (爱好者，迷；热心人)，devotees of royalty，students of history，people who like to walk in the rain.But richest of all，perhaps，i
9、s the London for book lovers.Because the city is the star and the backdrop of so much great literature，it is possible to believe you know it very wellhow it looks，how it feelswithout ever leaving your home country，or indeed your home.But it is better to visit，if only for the joy of seeing the landsc
10、ape of your imagination come to life.How breathtaking to happen upon Pudding Lane，where a bakery accident led to the Great Fire of 1666，after reading Pepys account in his diaries.Or to wander along Baker Street，where Sherlock Holmes once fictionally solved the unsolvable.Walk across London Bridge an
11、d gaze down，toward Southwark Bridge: this is the stretch of the Thames where Dickenss sinister characters dredged up corpses in “Our Mutual Friend.”The city is not so foggy as it was in 1952，when Margery Allingham published “The Tiger in the Smoke，” or as socially stratified as it when Marianne Dash
12、wood waited in “Sense and Sensibility” for a suitor who never called；or as greedy as it was in the thrusting 1980s of Martin Amis “Money.” But it is all of those Londons，an accrual of different descriptions and eras.It is a city made for descriptionreread the first passages of “Bleak House，” also on
13、 the subject of fog，for a moody introductionand one that so respects its authors that it buried a number of the best ones in style，in Westminster Abbey.There are plenty of organized literarythemed tours around the city，easily found on the Internet.Or you can wander characteristically on your own，whi
14、ch is more fun.If you take the Tube or the bus，make sure to carry a book.1What can we infer from the first paragraph?AMost people of London like visiting museums.BNo Londoners go to cinemas to see the films.CA majority of Londoners are book lovers.DAll the Londoners like to walk in the rain.解析：推理判断题
15、。根据本段中museum lovers可知，“伦敦人喜欢去参观博物馆”，但不像A项所说的most people of London，故不能选；第一段中并没有提及是否有人去看电影，但也无法排除B项正误；文中提到了people who like to walk in the rain，但这只是many different Londons的部分，文中并没有提及是 all；根据本段最后一句 But richest of all，perhaps，is the London for book lovers.可知C项正确。答案：C2What information can you get from Pepy
16、s diaries?AGreat Fire of 1666 caused by an accident in a bakery.BSherlock Holmes once lived in Baker Street.CLondon Bridge is next to Baker Street.D“Our Mutual Friend” is one of Dickenss works.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中How breathtaking to happen upon Pudding Lane，where a bakery accident led to the Great Fire o
17、f 1666，after reading Pepys account in his diaries.可知此处Great Fire of 1666 caused by an accident in a bakery.的出处是Pepys diaries；B、C、D三项中所提信息都是正确的，但与此处的题干是无关的，故不能选择。答案：A3Who is Sherlock Holmes?AA book lover.BA character of Dickenss novel: “Our Mutual Friend”CA detective.DA person who set the Great Fire
18、of 1666.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中Or to wander along Baker Street，where Sherlock Holmes once fictionally solved the unsolvable.的内容，尤其是句中fictionally可知：Sherlock Holmes应是一个detective。答案：C4In which book cant you find the description about the fog in London?A“The Tiger in the Smoke” B“Sense and Sensibility”C“Money”
19、D“Our Mutual Friend” 解析：细节理解题。根据文中第三段所提供的信息可知：此段中的四部作品都涉及到了fog的内容，而在文中没有提及在Our Mutual Friend中是否提到过这一主题。因此选择D项。答案：D5Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AMost kinds of tours around London may be found on the Internet.BYou must be shown around London by a guide.CThere
20、 are many kinds of literarythemed activities including tours.DYoud better take a book when you travel in London.解析：细节理解题。根据文中最后一段的内容：.easily found on the Internet.可知A项正确；There are plenty of organized literarythemed tours around the city，.可知C项正确；If you take the Tube or the bus，make sure to carry a book可知D项正确；Or you can wander characteristically on your own，which is more fun.可知B项不正确，故选择B项。答案：B.w。w-w*k&s%5￥u高考资源网w。w-w*k&s%5￥u