1、必修5 Unit 1.用所给的词的适当填空1. It _that he didnt tell us the truth. I came to the _that he is lying. (conclude)答案was concludedconclusion2. This work has _him for several years. He seemed totally _in his work. (absorb)答案absorbedabsorbed3. The writer personally _5000 to the earthquake fund. All the _will be
2、gratefully received. (contribute)答案contributedcontributions4. The _ took a very _ approach to_.(scientific)答案scientistscientificscience5. Dont_. She stays perfectly still. She observes the gentle _of the snake. (move)答案movemovement.短语应用deal with, apart from, work on, put forward, make sense, only if
3、, be linked to, believe in, look into, lead to1. They _ a plan for reducing the level of traffic at the meeting.答案(have) put forward2. I dont _ all these socalled health foods.答案believe in3. The president of our club _ the problem now.答案is looking into4. This is a book _ Asian problems.答案dealing wit
4、h5. All this _ the great progress in that area.答案led to6. He _ his composition for hours and hasnt finished yet.答案has been working on7. _ a teacher gives permission is a student allowed to enter the room.答案Only if8. It doesnt _ for parents to give children whatever they want.答案make sense9. They beli
5、eve that this illness _ the use of chemical pesticides.答案is linked to10. Your article is well written _ a few spelling mistakes.答案apart from.完成句子11860年,一个名叫威廉的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。In 1860,a better plan _ by an Englishman,William.答案was put forward2除了遗传基因外,智力的高低还取决于日常饮食、教育和家庭环境。_ genes,intelligence also depe
6、nds on diet,education and home environment.答案In addition to3这条小路通到那个村庄。The path _ that village.答案leads to4除了几个单词外,我对法语一无所知。_ a few words,I do not know any French at all.答案Apart from5汤姆一向对孩子很严格。Torn is always _ his children.答案strict with.完形填空(2008年辽宁)I was a single parent of four small children, work
7、ing at a lowpaid job. Money was always tight, but we had a_1_over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always enough.Not knowing we were poor, my kids (孩子们)just thought I was_2_.Ive always been glad about that.It was Christmas time, and although there wasnt_3_for a l
8、ot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party.But the big_4_for the kids was the fun of Christmas_5_.They planned weeks ahead of time, asking each other what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for presents to share by all five of us.The big_6_arrived. I gave each kid
9、 a twentydollar bill and_7_them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would_8_back at the “Santa s Workshop”Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,_9_my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually_10_.She had only
10、one small, flat bag with a few candies fiftycent candies ! I was so angry, but I didn t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,_11_to be angry again. This is what she told me:“I was looking around thinking of what to buy, and I_12_to read the little cards on
11、 the Giving TreesOne was for a little girl, four years old, and all she_13_for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and_14_the doll for her. We have so much and she doesnt have anything.”I never felt so_15_as I did that day.解读:本文讲述了一位单身母亲,她养育着四个孩子,薪水不高,但一家人过得很快乐,很满足。文章描写了一次他们一
12、家人过圣诞节的经历,作者的小女儿为别人买圣诞礼物,而自己所剩下的买礼物的钱已经很少了,她只能给自己买些糖果,这让作者感动不已。1. A. roofB. hatC. sky D. star解析作者在此处要表达的是尽管钱总是很紧张,但他们有房子住,有食物吃,有衣服穿之意。由此可知,头上有的应该是房顶,这样才能表达出有房住之意。其他选项显然不合理。答案A2. A. busy B. seriousC. strict D. kind解析由下文小女儿做的事情可知,孩子们觉得母亲对他们要求很严格。答案C3. A. effort B. roomC. time D. money解析由上文提及的钱很紧张可知,这里
13、应该是尽管买礼物的钱不多,“我们”还是决定用家庭聚会的形式庆祝圣诞节。答案D4. A. improvement B. problemC. surprise D. excitement解析由后文的fun可知,这里表达的是孩子们最大的快乐就是故用excitement。答案D5. A. shopping B. travellingC. parties D. greetings解析下文讲述的内容都跟购物有关,故答案选A。即圣诞节购物。答案A6. A. day B. chanceC. cheque D. tree解析前文提及为圣诞节做的准备,这里讲的是圣诞节这一天来临了。the big day在此指重要
14、的一天,即圣诞节那天。答案A7. A. forced B. remindedC. invited D. begged解析作为孩子的母亲,在孩子们购物前交代孩子们注意的问题:找每件4美元的礼物。force迫使,invite邀请,beg祈求,均不符合语境。只有remind提醒,符合文意。答案B8. A. draw B. stayC. move D. meet解析上文提及了then everyone scattered,所以这里应该是购物完了之后再集合,故用meet。答案D9. A. including B. besidesC. except D. regarding解析由下文可知,大家情绪都很高,
15、除了我的小女儿之外,所以用except。答案C10. A. quiet B. excitedC. happy D. ashamed解析由下文可知,小女儿买的礼物少,别人都很高兴,她却情绪不高,故用unusually quiet(异常地安静)。答案A11. A. waiting B. readyC. hoping D. afraid解析作者将女儿叫到自己的卧室,关上门,又开始生气。因为上文提及了I was so angry,可知其他几个答案均不符合语境。答案B12. A. forgot B. stoppedC. failed D. hated解析stop to do sth停下来去做某事。答案B
16、13. A. wanted B. didC. got D. played解析由卡片得知,小女孩想要的圣诞礼物是个玩具娃娃。所以用wanted。答案A14. A. made B. searchedC. bought D. fetched解析由文章内容可知,女儿剩了50美分买了些糖果,其余的钱当然是给那个小女孩买她想要的玩具娃娃了。所以选C。答案C15. A. angry B. richC. patient C. bitter解析本文的作者并不富裕,但其小女儿的做法让作者很感动,觉得很“富有”。angry生气的;patient耐心的;bitter痛苦的。答案B.阅读理解A(2009年天津,B)I
17、am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it can evoke (唤起)an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.Language_is_the_tool_of_my_trade. And I use them all all the Englishes I grew up with.Born into a Chinese family that had recently
18、arrived in California, I ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken” , as if it were da
19、maged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, “limited English” , for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people s perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker.I know this for a fact, because when I was growin
20、g up,my mother s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact t
21、hat people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get into today, I began to write stories using
22、 all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal (内在的) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence,but neither an English nor a Chinese st
23、ructure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.语篇解读本文主要记叙了作者在不同时期对母亲所使用的语言的不同看法。1By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that_.A. she uses English in foreign tradeB. s
24、he is fascinated by languagesC. she works as a translatorD. she is a writer by profession解析推理判断题。此句中the tool of my trade中的trade指的是职业。由本文第一句可知“我”是一名作家;此句又说语言是“我”的职业工具,故此句指的自然是“我”的职业为作家。答案D2The author used to think of her mother s English as _.A. impoliteB. amusingC. imperfect D. practical解析推理判断题。由文中倒
25、数第二段中“.because she expressed them imperfectly,her thoughts were imperfect”一句可知选C,作者一度以为自己妈妈所说的英语是不完美的。答案C3Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?A. Americans do not understand broken English.B. The author s mother was not respected sometimes.C. The author s mother had positive influ
26、ence on her.D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts.解析细节理解题。由文章倒数第二段最后一句话可知选B。此题易误选D。其实,此句只是“我”小时候对妈妈的一种误解,由最后一段可知这种误解已经消除了,因此D项的说法是不对的。答案B4The author gradually realizes her mothers English is_.A. well structured B. in the old styleC. easy to translate D. rich in meaning解析推理判断题。由最后一段可知,
27、我写小说时开始运用她与我说话时所用的英语。我尽力地保留她语言的精髓,但未运用她所使用的英语或汉语的结构。我想领悟语言能力测试中所不能反映但我妈妈语言中所包含的意思。故选D。答案D5What is the passage mainly about?A. The change of the author s attitude to her mother s English.B. The limitation of the author s perception of her mother.C. The authors misunderstanding of “limited” English.D.
28、 The author s experiences of using broken English.解析主旨大意题。本文以时间为线索,讲述了作者对妈妈所使用的语言的不同态度,故选A。答案AB(2008年辽宁)Tom was one of the brightest boys in the year, with supportive parents. But when he was 15 he suddenly stopped trying. He left school at 16 with only two scores for secondary school subjects. One
29、of the reasons that made it cool for him not to care was the power of his peer(同龄人) group.The lack of right male (男性的) role models in many of their lives at home and particularly in the school environment (环境) means that their peers are the only people they have to judge themselves against.They dont
30、 see men succeeding in society so it doesnt occur to them that they could make something of themselves.Without male teachers as a role model, the effect of peer actions and street culture(文化) is all-powerful. Boys want to be part of a club. However, schools can provide the environment for change, an
31、d provide the right role models for them. Teachers need to be trained to stop that but not in front of a childs peers. You have to do it one to one,because that is when you see the real child.Its pointless sending a child home if he or she has done wrong. They see it as a welcome day off to watch te
32、levision or play computer games. Instead, schools should have a special unit where a child who has done wrong goes for the day and gets advice about his problems somewhere he can work away from his peers and go home after the other children.6. Why did Tom give up studying?A. He disliked his teachers
33、.B. His parents no longer supported him.C. Its cool for boys of his age not to care about studies.D. There were too many subjects in his secondary school.解析细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话“One of the reasons that made it cool for him not to care was the power of his peer group.”可知受同龄人的影响,年轻人把不在乎学习看成是很酷的一件事情。答案C7. Wh
34、at seems to have a bad effect on students like Tom?A. Peer groups.B. A special unit.C. The student judges.D. The home environment.解析推理判断题。由第一段最后一句话和第二段内容“their peers are the only people they have to judge themselves against.”可推论出对于学生来说对他们产生很大影响的就是他们的同龄人。答案A8. What should schools do to help the probl
35、em schoolboys?A. Wait for their change patiently.B. Train leaders of their peer groups.C. Stop the development of street culture.D. Give them lessons in a separate area.解析推理判断题。由最后一段“Instead,schools should have a special unit where a child who has done wrong goes for the day and gets advice about hi
36、s problemssomewhere he can work away from his peers and go home after the other children.”可推论出学校应该为这样的学生设立独立的空间单元,来有针对性的采取措施解决他们的问题。答案D9. A teachers work is most effective with a schoolboy when he_.A. is with the boy aloneB. teaches the boy a lessonC. sends the boy home as punishmentD. works togethe
37、r with another teacher解析细节理解题。由第三段最后一句话“You have to do it one to one,because that is when you see the real child.”可知在单独面对和帮助这样的问题学生时,老师会看到他们最真实的一面,这样的方式最有效果。答案A.话题写作训练读写任务阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。Luck or Hard WorkIs it luck or hard work that brings success? The answer is “hard work”. Ones effort
38、s bring him success. It is said that “Triumphs dont come without effort.”Luck favors only those who help themselves. The harder you work,the luckier you get. A man works day and night giving up all his play and delight, and moves ahead to earn success and when he earns it people call it luck. His ac
39、hievement is, in fact, not the result of luck but a lot of hard work. Any idea cannot become a success unless we work hard on it. Today we are leading a happy and comfortable life due to someone elses hard work. We have bulbs to remove the darkness in a room because of the hard work of Edison. We ch
40、at over phone with our friends because of the hard work of Alexander Graham Bell.The world lifts its hats up to one who puts 50 percent of their efforts and on its head for those few souls who devote 100 percent thus. “Success accompanies only those who work hard and not the ones who hardly work.”【写
41、作内容】1以约30个词概括短文的内容要点;2然后以约120个词就“成功是靠运气还是努力”这一主题发表你的看法,并包括如下要点:(1)人们对如何取得成功的看法有哪些;(2)他们有何实例证明自己的观点;(3)你的观点是什么,并说明理由。【写作要求】1在作文中可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;2标题自定。【参考范文】Good Luck Always Comes with Hard WorkIt is hard work rather than luck that brings people success. Those who are co
42、nsidered to be successful must have been working hard to achieve their goals.Some people argue that one can not succeed unless he works very hard. There are many examples to show that success comes from hard work. One example is that Madame Curie had been working day and night before she made the gr
43、eat discovery of radium.Other people think that luck and opportunity are more important than hard work.They argue that even if one works hard, he can not succeed without luck and opportunity.For instance, the film star, Zhang Ziyi, could never be famous if she were not given a chance to play a role in films.I think that both hard work and good luck are important. If one wants to be successful,on the one hand, he has to work hard and on the other hand, he has to seize the opportunity and luck. These two factors are essential for ones success.