1、课时训练.单词拼写1.The passage gives a general d of the girl.答案:description2.I found the room f with a desk and a chair.答案:furnished3.The work of an engineer requires intelligence p experience.答案:plus4.The twins,Jack and John,are very much a.答案:alike5.I was tired of these stupid (吵架)with my parents.答案:quarr
2、els6.Theres a(n) (可能)that well go,but it all depends on the weather.答案:possibility7.Caroline (安排)for her son to take swimming lessons during his summer vacation.答案:arranged8.Bonnie (折叠)the letter so that it would fit into her bag.答案:folded9.A policeman wears a (制服)when he is at work.答案:uniform10.The
3、 fireworks looked very s against the dark sky.答案:splendid.选词填空consist ofdivide intoleave outtake the place ofbreak downin memory oftake delight into ones creditarrange forat ones convenience1.This word is wrongly spelt.You have a letter.答案:left out2.The professor has suddenly fallen ill.Who can him
4、to give the lecture?答案:take the place of3.The Empire in 395 AD.答案:broke down4.The museum was built the great writerLu Xun.答案:in memory of5.The country nearly 200 islands.答案:consists of6.The cake four parts for us to share.答案:is divided into7.As for me,I gardening,for my father is an advanced gardene
5、r.答案:take delight in8.It is greatly that you gave back the money you found;your honesty is appreciated.答案:to your credit 9.You may come and get it .答案:at your convenience10.Because of the urgent situation,the school the children to leave school at once.答案:arranged for.翻译句子1.让我们感到高兴的是天气转晴了。(delight)答
6、案:To our delight,the day turned out fine.2.这个游泳池只在夏天开放。(available)答案:The swimming pool is available only in summer.3.我和父母说好我们可以用他们的汽车。(arrange)答案:I arranged with my parents that we could borrow their car.4.找一个代替秘书的人会很难。(place)答案:It would be difficult to find a man to take the place of the secretary.
7、5.我很惊讶你竟然用那种方式说话。(should)答案:Im surprised that you should speak in that way.语法填空Last year,my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation.Some of my friends who had been there before said 1. was a wonderful holiday destination.Before we went,we had planned for months.When the day came,we were ready.Aft
8、er our plane landed,we went to the hotel.We had made our reservation six months 2.(early),but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake.We 3.(tell) that our rooms hadnt been reserved for that week,4. for the week after.I didnt understand 5. this would happen and my credit card had alre
9、ady been charged 6. the reservation.Whats worse,the hotel had been fully booked.When we were wondering what to do,the manager came out.She was 7.(surprise)helpful.She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 8. top floor.We had never stayed in such an amazing room,and we werent cha
10、rged extra.The next day,my brother and I went to the beach 9. we watched some people play volleyball.We got a little 10.(sunburn),but the day was so relaxing that we didnt mind.答案:1.it2.earlier3.were told4.but5.why6.for7.surprisingly8.the9.where10.sunburned/sunburnt.完形填空The British Isles is made up
11、of two large islands:One is called Ireland and the other 1.Britain,or Great Britain,is the larger of these two islands,and it is 2 into three parts:Scotland,Wales and England.The United Kingdom is that 3 of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen.It is made up of Scotland,Wales and England,that is
12、,the 4 of Britain,and also about one-sixth of Ireland,the Northern part.The 5 of Ireland is self-governing.The 6 name of the United Kingdom is 7“The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.8 is larger and richer than Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland,and has the most 9 of the United
13、Kingdom,so people often use the 10“England” and “English” when they 11“Britain” and “British”.This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little 12.The Scots in particular are very 13 of their separate nationality.The Welsh too do not regard 14 as English,and have a culture and even a 15 of their
14、 own.Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801,but for forty years the “Irish 16” was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom.17,Ireland is divided into two:Northern Ireland still 18 to the United Kingdom,and in 1922 the rest of Ireland 19 to found an Irish Free State,later called Eire a
15、nd now the Republic of Ireland.The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain,and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations(英联邦).Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to 20 British in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Irela
16、nd to be a republic.1.A.Wales B.Britain C.England D.Scotland提示:由空后的“Britain,orGreatBritain,isthelargerofthesetwoislands”可推断出答案。答案:B2.A.divided B.cut C.broken D.separated提示:词组bedividedinto“被分成”;cutinto“打断,侵犯”;breakinto“破门而入”;separatefrom“分离,分开”。答案:A3.A.piece B.island C.country D.part提示:由该句可知theUnited
17、Kingdom就是theBritishIsles中被女王统治的那一部分。答案:D4.A.south B.north C.part D.whole提示:由第一段最后一句我们知道Britain是由Scotland,Wales和England三部分组成,所以说以上三部分就是整个的Britain。答案:D5.A.smaller B.larger C.rest D.island提示:爱尔兰分为两部分,北部被英国统治,其他部分自治。答案:C6.A.correct B.true C.full D.complete提示:此处指英国的全称。答案:C7.A.also B.therefore C.likely D.
18、perhaps提示:由上文可知theUnitedKingdom包括Scotland,Wales,England以及NorthernIreland,而且Scotland,Wales和England就是指整个Britain,因此theUnitedKingdom又被称为“TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”。答案:B8.A.The UK B.The British isles C.Great Britain D.England提示:theUnitedKingdom共由四部分组成,其他三部分都提到了,就剩下England,因此答案为D项。答
19、案:D9.A.colleges B.officials C.cities D.population提示:只有人口最多,再加上面积最大和最富有,才能使人们提起Britain和British就用England和English来代替。而大学、官员和城市最多并不足以使人们这样做。答案:D10.A.words B.names C.spellings D.pronunciations提示:England和English是两个单词。答案:A11.A.call B.forget C.speak D.write提示:表示当人们称呼Britain或British时,常常用England或English。答案:A1
20、2.A.angry B.difficult C.tired D.lonely提示:因为Wales和Scotland都属于Britain,所以称呼Britain为England自然让威尔士人和苏格兰人都有点生气。答案:A13.A.proud B.fond C.full D.kind提示:beproudof“为自豪或骄傲”,符合题意。答案:A14.A.it B.Wales C.them D.themselves提示:theWelsh的反身代词为themselves。答案:D15.A.capital B.language C.history D.programmes提示:作为英国的一个相对独立的组成
21、部分,威尔士人有自己的语言。而capital是另外几个部分都具备的。答案:B16.A.Country B.Question C.Disease D.Republic提示:由下文的thegreatheadache可推出答案为B项。答案:B17.A.At last B.So C.Meanwhile D.Also提示:atlast“最终”,表示Ireland最终分为两部分。答案:A18.A.returns B.belongs C.gets D.speaks提示:belongto“属于”,NorthernIreland仍旧属于theUnitedKingdom。答案:B19.A.hoped B.refu
22、sed C.broke away D.used提示:breakaway“脱离”。答案:C20.A.feel B.touch C.fight D.help提示:爱尔兰共和国在二战中一点都没有帮助英国人。答案:D.七选五Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic,the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious.Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character?And if
23、there is,can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?At least one group of people is certain that it can.A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs(企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public.“Britain is hostile(敌意的) to success”,they said.It has
24、a culture of jealousy(嫉妒).1 Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed monster” and the UK is its home.Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea.They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money.2 Those given a little were given the ch
25、ance to destroy the large amount of money given to othersbut at the cost of losing their own.Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.3.But there is also opposite evidence.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the worlds fourth larges
26、t economy.That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success.People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe.So the British people are not lazy,either.“It is not success that the British really dislike,” said Carey Cooper,a professor of management at the University of Man
27、chester Institute of Science and Technology.Its people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.4 They set out to do things in their way.They work long hours.By their own efforts they become millionaires.5.It hardly seems worth following their
28、example.If they were more friendly,people would like them more.And more people want to be like them.A.This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.B.The one who owns most money in the end is the winner.C.As a result,the survey said,entrepreneurs were unloved,unwanted and misunderstood.D.It is not true that British people are born jealous of others success.E.Some were given a little,others a great deal.F.But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them.G.Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem.答案:15 CEAGF