1、Unit 3The Million Pound Bank Note.单项填空1 Sorry, but I still dont quite understand that phrase. OK,let me make another sentence to_its meaning.Abring about Bbring upCbring out Dbring in解析考查动词词义辨析。bring about 导致;引起;bring up抚养;教育;bring out 生产;阐明;bring in 提出;引入。句意:对不起,可是我仍然不明白那个短语的意思。好的,我再造一个句子来阐明它的含义。答案
2、C2Only under special circumstances_to take makeup tests.Aare freshmen permittedBpermitted are freshmenCfreshmen are permittedDare permitted freshmen解析考查倒装句的用法。only 修饰状语位于句首句子用倒装结构。句意:只有在特殊的条件下一年级新生才被允许参加补考。答案A3Recently the father has found his son increasingly_to the Internet games.Abeing attracted
3、BattractedCattracting Dhaving attracted解析句意为:最近那位父亲发现他的儿子越来越沉溺于网络游戏。本题考查非谓语动词作宾补。宾语his son与attract为逻辑上的被动关系,故排除C、D两项;A项表示正在进行,不合句意,故被排除。B项表示状态,符合句意,故为答案。答案B4I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days.Recent pressure at work may_his behavior.Aaccount for Bcall forCchange for Dstand for解析
4、account for 解释;说明;call for 需要;要求;change for 替换;更换;stand for代表。答案A5Do you know how I can_him?On his mobile phone.Alearn Breach Cseek Dtouch解析考查动词词义辨析。learn 学习;得知;reach 到达;抵达;此处指联系;seek寻找;touch触摸。答案B6The company cant afford to buy the latest equipment at present._,they keep trying new ways to improve
5、efficiency.AOn the contrary BIn contrastCNevertheless DFurthermore解析考查插入语辨析。on the contrary相反地;in contrast对比;nevertheless不过;然而;furthermore而且。句意:公司目前买不起最新的设备,尽管如此,他们在不停的尝试提高效率。两句话之间存在让步关系,故选nevertheless。答案C7 Many people believe that hunger is only a problem in the developing countries._,it is a probl
6、em all over the world.AFor one thingBIn additionCAs wellDOn the contrary解析考查介词短语。句意为:很多人认为饥饿只是发展中国家的问题。相反,这是全世界的问题。for one thing首先,其一(用来列举理由);in addition另外,除此之外;as well还;on the contrary正相反。根据句意可知应选D。答案D8We were having a lesson_a policeman came in.Awhen Bwhile Cuntil Dbefore解析句意:我们正在上课,突然一个警察进来了。when
7、用作并列连词,表示“就在那时”,相当于and at that time。答案A9On the top of this mountain,you can get a wonderful_of the nearby hills.Aview Bsight Clook Dscene解析get a view of为固定搭配,意为“看到的景象”。答案A10Used to TV shows,where everything is quick and entertaining,many people do not have the_to read a book that requires thinking.A
8、courage Bwisdom Cpatience Dfreedom解析考查名词辨析。句意:习惯于一切都是快节奏和娱乐的电视节目后,许多人已经失去了耐心去阅读需要思考的书本了。courage勇气;wisdom智慧;freedom表示“自由”,均不合题意。patience表示“耐心”,与题意相符。答案C11Though_to stop playing computer games many times,the little boy just turned a deaf ear and fixed his eyes on the screen.Aurging Bbeing urgedCurged
9、Dhaving urged解析考查省略句。由于从句的主语与主句的主语一致,且从句中有be,所以省略了从句的主语和be。句子补全为Though(he was)urged to stop playing computer games many times。答案C12Did you plan to meet here?No,_.Aby accident Bby mistakeCby the way Dby reason解析考查介词短语。by accident偶然;碰巧。可根据plan和No判断。答案A13Are you still thinking of yesterdays game?Thats_
10、makes me feel excited.Awhich Bwhat Chow Dthat解析考查名词性从句。在表语从句中that不作句子成分,what可引导表语从句,并在从句中作主语或宾语等成分。答案B14The party will be held in the garden,weather_.ApermittingBto permitCpermittedDpermit解析此处主句的主语party和weather不一致,所以weather保留,作permitting的逻辑主语,构成独立主格结构。另外,weather与permit之间是主动关系,故用现在分词。句意为:如果天气允许,聚会将在花
11、园举行。答案A15Jimmy had a lot of parties recently.Yes,that might_why he didnt do well in the test.Aaccount forBpush forCmake forDcompensate for解析考查动词词组辨析。account for表示“解释,是的原因”;push for表示“争取”;make for表示“促成”;compensate for表示“补偿,赔偿”。根据句意可知,此处表示“那就能很好地解释他为什么考得这么差了”,所以选A项。答案A.完形填空It was a winter morning,just
12、 a couple of weeks before Christmas.While most people were_1_their cars.Trevor,my husband,had to_2_early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work.On arrival,he_3_his bike outside the back door as he usually does.After_4_10 hours of labor,he returned to find his bike_5_.The bike,a blac
13、k Kona 18 speed,was our only tool.Trevor used it to get to_6_,putting in 60hour weeks to_7_his young family.And the bike was also used to get groceries,_8_us from having to walk long distances from where we live.I was so_9_that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them
14、 our story.Shortly after that,several people in our area_10_to help.One wonderful stranger_11_bought a bike,then called my husband to pick it up._12_my husband had a way to get to and from his job.It really is a(an)_13_that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never me
15、t before.People say that a smile can be_14_from one person to another,but acts of kindness from_15_are even more so.This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it_16_our faith in humanity as a whole.And it has_17_us to be more mindful of ways that we,too,can_18_with others.No mat
16、ter how big or how small,an act of kindness shows that someone_19_.And the results can be_20_.1A.cooling down Bwarming upCspeeding up Dslowing down解析由于是冬天,所以出行前要给车warm up(加热)。cool down冷却;speed up加快速度;slow down减慢速度。答案B2A.get up Bwake upCturn up Drise up解析Trevor,my husband,是骑车上班,所以要早起赶时间,而wake up醒来;tu
17、rn up出现;rise up升起,均不合题意。答案A3A.piled Bpushed Cparked Dpaused解析到了之后把自行车停(parked)在后门外,而pile堆放;push推动;pause停顿,都不合题意。答案C4A.putting in Bputting onCputting off Dputting away解析put in time/energy投入、花费时间或精力,符合题意。put on穿上;上映;put off推迟;put away收拾好。答案A5A.broken Brobbed Chidden Dgone解析下班后出来发现自行车不见了(gone)。break使破碎
18、;rob后跟人或地点作宾语;hide躲藏。答案D6A.study Bshop Cwork Ddeliver解析根据上文应为get to work上班。deliver投递;study学习;shop商店,均不合题意。答案C7A.live Bsupport Cserve Dprotect解析丈夫每天上班得support his family(养活家庭)。其他不符合常识。答案B8A.getting Bprotecting Csaving Dallowing解析由后面的long distances from where we live可知骑自行车节省了时间,且save sb from doing.固定短
19、语;protect sb from sth保护某人免受;get,allow均不和from搭配。答案C9A.surprised Bthrilled Cpuzzled Dsad解析小偷steal our bike,我当然是难过(sad)。surprised吃惊;thrilled兴奋的;puzzled迷惑的。答案D10A.offered Bsupported Cprovided Dagreed解析offer to help(主动帮助)为固定短语;B、C两项先排除;agree to do同意做某事,不符合上下文。答案A11A.still Bfinally Ceven Dyet解析even甚至,表示递进
20、关系,符合句意。still仍然,一直;finally最后;yet还。答案C12A.Now and then BOnce in a whileCOnce again DSooner or later解析丈夫丢了自行车后“又一次(once again)”正常的上下班,而now and then时而;once in a while偶尔,间或;sooner or later迟早。答案C13A.honor Bpity Csympathy Drespect解析陌生人会给从未见过的帮助对于我来说是honor(荣耀);pity可怜,同情;sympathy同情;respect尊重。答案A14A.thrown B
21、passed Csent Dgot解析pass sth from.to.把传递下去,微笑是一种善意的传递;throw扔;send派,发送;get得到。答案B15A.friends Bstrangers Crelatives Dparents解析从上文可知acts of kindness从strangers那里得到;friends,relatives,parents不具备代表性。答案B16A.weakened Bspread Creduced Dstrengthened解析strengthen our faith in humanity巩固了我们对人性的信任。weaken减弱;spread传播;
22、reduce减少。答案D17A.moved Bforced Curged Dinfluenced解析好的人性influence(影响)到我们和他人分享的方式。move移动;force强迫;urge敦促。答案D18A.share Bconnect Cdeal Dwork解析share with others和他人分享。答案A19A.likes Bcares Cworries Dwonders解析an act of kindness表明人“关心、帮助”他人。like喜欢;worry担心;wonder纳闷,想知道。答案B20A.short Bpromising Cpermanent Dtempora
23、ry解析act of kindness固然渺小,但其影响是permanent(永恒的)。short,promising,temporary分别为短暂的、有希望的、临时的。答案C.阅读理解One of the founding fathers of the Internet has predicted the end of traditional television.Vint Cerf,who helped to build the Internet while working as a researcher in America,said that the television was ap
24、proaching its “iPod moment”In the same way that people now download their favorite music onto their iPod,he said that viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.“85% of all videos we watch are prerecorded,so you can set your system to download them all the time,” s
25、aid Mr Cerf,who is now the vice president of Google,the worlds largest search engine.“Youre still going to need live television for certain thingslike news,sporting events and emergenciesbut increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod.”Although television on demand has not yet become a mains
26、tream activity in the UK,the BBC,ITV and Channel 4 have all spent vast sums of money on technology which enables viewers to watch their favorite shows on their computers.But some critics (批评人士),including some Internet service providers,have warned that the Internet will collapse with millions of peo
27、ple downloading programs at the same time.Over the next four years,it is thought that the number of videos watched over the Internet will be four times as big as that.Broadband companies claim that the service will cause “traffic jams”,which will cost millions of pounds to get it to normal.But Mr Ce
28、rf dismissed the warnings as “scare thoughts”,saying that critics had predicted 20 years ago that the Net would collapse when people all around the world started to use it all together.“In the past 30 years its increased a million times.Were far from reaching the capacity,” he said,“Its an understan
29、dable worry when they see huge amounts of information being moved around online.”【语篇解读】随着网络技术的发展,传统的电视将有可能退出历史的舞台。1What would happen to television according to Vint Cerf?ATelevision would come to an end.BTelevision would be replaced by the computer.CViewers would prefer watching TV programs download
30、ed on their computers.DMost people would prefer the Internet to television.解析细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“viewers would soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.”可知,人们喜欢将最喜欢的节目下载到电脑上进行观看,因此选C。答案C2“iPod moment” refers to the time when_.Apeople can enjoy the live broadcast of televisionBpeo
31、ple can download content to look at laterCall programs are recorded with careful planDthe computer and television are closely combined解析推理判断题。根据第二段叙述可知,像把音乐下载到iPod一样,人们能将最喜欢的电视节目下载到电脑上,稍后观看,故B项正确。答案B3According to the last paragraph,Mr Cerf held the idea that_.Athe Internet will collapse with many pe
32、ople downloading programs at the same timeBthe Net will collapse when people all around the world start to use it all togetherCthe Internet service will break down with many videos watched over the InternetDpeoples downloading TV programs on their computers wont cause the collapse of the Internet解析推理判断题。根据最后一段内容尤其是第一句可知,Mr Cerf认为即使人们把电视节目下载到电脑中,也不会导致网络瘫痪。答案D