1、Unit 5Meeting your ancestors.单项填空1Those who suffer from headache will find they get_ from this medicine.AreliefBsafetyCdefense Dshelter解析 考查名词词义辨析。句意：那些头痛患者会发现他们会通过这种药减轻疼痛。relief缓解，减轻；safety安全；defense保护；shelter庇护。答案 A2This special school accepts all disabled students，_educational level and backgroun
2、d.Aaccording to Bregardless ofCin addition to Din terms of解析 选项A意为“根据”；选项B意为“不顾；抛开不说”；选项C意为“除之外(还有)”；选项D意为“就来说”。根据语境知道，选项B合适。答案 B3As there is less and less coal and oil，scientists are exploring new ways of making use of_ energy，such as sunlight，wind and water for power and fuel.Aprimary Balternative
3、Cinstant Dunique解析 考查形容词词义辨析。语意表示“煤炭与石油”之外的可供替代的能源如阳光、风和水，alternative表示“供替代的；两者择一的”。答案 B4Look at the trouble I am in！If only I _your advice.Afollowed Bwould followChad followed Dshould follow解析 if only表示“如果就好了”，表示与事实相反，条件意味强烈，其谓语动词常用虚拟语气。此句表示过去的动作，须选用过去完成时。答案 C5_ that you are chosen to be monitor of
4、 our class，what will you do?AAssumed BTo assumeCAssuming DTo be assumed解析 根据句子结构可知前半部分为状语，assuming that表示“假设”。答案 C6Im afraid I have no _ but to ask you to leave school.A substitute BalternativeCopportunity Dobjective解析 alternative在此处是名词“可能的选择”。句意：恐怕我别无选择，只有让你离开学校。答案 B7The bell _ the end of the perio
5、d rang _ our heated discussion.Aindicating；interrupting Bindicated；interruptingCindicating；interrupted Dindicated；interrupted解析 考查非谓语动词用法。句中谓语为rang；indicating作定语修饰bell；interrupting是现在分词作结果状语。答案 A8A society was set up to _the endangered animal and plant life from dying out in this area.Areserve Bpres
6、erveCobserve Ddeserve解析 句意：建立一个团体来保护濒临灭绝的动植物以避免其绝迹。reserve预订，保留；observe观察；deserve值得。答案 B9_，we must expect changes to be made in our system of teaching.ALooking around BLooking aheadCWatching out DSeeing around解析 动词look与其逻辑主语we之间是主动关系，因此选B项。句意：展望未来，我们盼望我们的教育体制会发生改变。答案 B10The agent was _ for carrying
7、a false passport.Aarrested BaccusedCcharged Dsuspected解析 句意：那个代理商因使用假护照而被捕。arrest逮捕；be arrested for因被逮捕；be accused of因被指控；be charged with被控告；be suspected of被怀疑。答案 A11_the weather，the sports meet will be held on time.AInstead of BIn relation toCRegardless of DIn favor of解析 考查短语辨析。句意：不管(regardless of)
8、天气怎样，运动会将按时举行。instead of代替，而不是；in relation to与相关；in favor of赞成；均不符合句意。答案 C12To our _，his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.Arelief BjudgementCview Danxiety解析 to our relief令我们放心的是，judgement，view，anxiety多与介词in搭配。答案 A13_ I had seen him yesterday at the airport!AIf BIf onlyCOnly if DS
9、ince解析 if only“要是就好了”。句意：我要是昨天在机场见到他就好了。表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。答案 B14We all can go out for a picnic this afternoon_that the others agree.Ato assume BassumedCassume Dassuming解析 assuming that.假定。类似表达有：providing/supposing(that).。答案 D15He was in hospital for six months.He felt as if he was _ from the outside wo
10、rld.Acut out Bcut offCcut up Dcut through解析 句意：他住了6个月的院，他有与世隔绝之感。“cut A off from B”使A与B隔绝；“cut out”切成，剪成，开辟出某事某物；“cut up”切/剪碎；挫伤某人；“cut sth.through sth.”开辟出一条路。由句意知B项符合要求。答案 B.完形填空After 22 years of marriage，I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife，Peggy.I start
11、ed dating another woman.One day Peggy said to me，“Life is too_1_，and you need to spend time with the people you love.You probably wont believe me，but I know you love her and I think that if you spend more time with her，it will make us_2_.”The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to_3_is my mothe
12、r，a 72yearold widow who has lived alone since my father_4_20 years ago.Right after his death，I_5_2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career.When I moved back near my hometown six years ago，I promised myself that I would spend more time with my mom.But with the_6_of my job and
13、three kids，I never got around to seeing her much_7_family gettogethers and holidays.Mom was_8_and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.We didnt go anywhere _9_，just a neighboring place where we could talk._10_her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows
14、，I had to read the menu for her.“I used to be the_11_when you were little，” she said.“Then it is time for you to relax and let me_12_the favor，” I said.We had a nice talk_13_dinner，just catching up on each others lives.We talked for so long that we_14_the movie.“_15_was your date？my wife asked when
15、I got home that evening.”“Nice.nicer than I thought it would be，” I said.Mom and I get out for_16_a couple of times a month.Sometimes we take in a movie，but_17_we talk.Through the talks，I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War.I know how she met my father ther
16、e，and know how they_18_the difficult times.I cant get enough of these stories.They are_19_to me，a part of my history.Peggy was right.Dating another woman has_20_my marriage.【语篇解读】22年的婚姻之后，作者发现了维系夫妇二人良好关系的秘诀，那就是与另外一个女人约会，这个女人不是别人，正是自己的母亲。1. A.easy BdifficultCshort Dhard解析根据1空后面的内容可知，作者的妻子认为人生太“短暂”。答案
17、C2 A.closer Blonger Chappier Deasier解析此处与第一段中的relationship相呼应，意思是这样做能让我们之间的关系“更加亲密”。答案A3A.date Bplease Cmeet Dconsult解析根据第一段后半部分中的dating可知，作者的妻子鼓励作者与之“约会”的对象是作者的母亲。答案A4A.passed out Bpassed byCpassed down Dpassed away解析根据4空前面的widow可知，作者的母亲是一位寡妇，由此可知她自从丈夫在20年前“去世”后就一直独居。另外，5空前面的death是线索提示。答案D5A.went B
18、drove Cmoved Dremoved解析就在父亲去世后，作者“搬”到了2 500英里之外的加利福尼亚，开始了自己的生活和事业。此外，下一句开头部分的内容也是线索提示。答案C6A.pressure BdevelopmentCdemand Dloss解析虽然作者自我承诺多花时间陪母亲，但是由于工作和三个孩子的“需要”，除了家庭团聚和假期之外，作者从未能履行自己的诺言。答案C7A.beyondBwith Cduring Don解析参见上题解析。此处beyond表示“除之外”。答案A8A.excitedBannoyed CdelightedDsurprised解析作者此前很少陪伴母亲，如今突然给
19、母亲打电话并建议两人一同外出就餐和看电影，她显然很“惊讶”。本句中的suspicious也是线索提示。答案D9A.ordinaryBfancy Cplain Dcommon解析作者和母亲并没有去任何“豪华的”地方，仅仅去了一个附近的可以说话的地方。答案B10. ASince BUntil CIf DUnless解析“因为”她的视力不佳，作者不得不将菜单读给母亲听。答案A11A.worker Bwaitress Creader Downer解析此处与上一段中的read相呼应，意思是当作者小的时候，作者的母亲经常是“读者”。答案C12A.award Breturn Cturn Danswer解析如
20、今作者的母亲年事已高，是作者“回报”恩惠的时候了。答案B13A.over Bwith Con Dacross解析作者和母亲在晚饭期间交谈甚欢，此处over表示“在期间”。答案A14A.forgot Brefused Cmissed Dabandoned解析作者和母亲交谈的时间很长，以至于“错过”了那部电影。答案C15A.What BWho CWhere DHow解析根据下一段中的内容可知，作者的妻子询问的是这次约会“如何”。答案D16A.talkBmovie Cwalk Ddinner解析根据第8空后面的“go out to dinner”可知作者和母亲每个月都要出去吃几次“晚饭”。答案D17
21、A.finallyBmerely Cmostly Despecially解析上文提到作者和母亲长时间交谈，以至于错过了电影，由此可知，两人在一起的时候“主要”是交谈。答案C18A.went through Bgot throughClooked throughDsaw through解析通过交谈，作者知道了母亲如何与父亲相识和他们如何“渡过”那些困难时光。答案A19A.friendly BkindCloyal Dimportant解析根据上下文内容可知，这些故事对作者而言很“重要”。答案D20A.ruined Bdamaged Chelped Daffected解析根据第一段第一句的内容可知，
22、与母亲约会对作者的婚姻有“帮助”。答案C.阅读理解Many of us still tend to think that emotions can affect reasonablethought，and sometimes land us in trouble.But in recent years psychologists have taken quite a different view.Keith Oatley，Professor of Psychology at Glasgow University，is involved in the research which shows t
23、he fundamental importance of emotions.He believes we_are_very_ambivalent_about_them：we think of our emotions as being unreasonable，but we also consider them as essential to being human.For example，Mr Spock，a character in the television series Star Trek，is superintelligent and he has no emotions at a
24、ll.However，he is never made captain of the spaceship.Maybe，this is because Mr Spock is not the kind of person you can share your feelings witha person who shows his emotions.As Professor Oatley points out，our emotions have very important functions，for example，fear.If we cross the road and a car appr
25、oaches，we usually stop moving or step back.We stop what we are doing，check what we have done and pay very careful attention to the environment.The emotion of fear makes us take this small series of actions which，on average，help preserve our safety.On the other hand，if things are going well and small
26、 problems come up，we find we can solve them with the resources we have to hand.As a consequence，we tend to feel happy and usually continue doing the job.Anger is an emotion that tends to occur when someone is preventing us from doing something.Then this small “kit” of reactions enables us to prepare
27、 ourselves to be quite aggressive to that person，or to try harder，and so on.Professor Oatley believes emotions generally occur at these important moments in actions.With fear and anger our emotions make us decide to start doing something else，while with happiness they “suggest” we continue what we a
28、re already doing.【语篇解读】相关研究表明，情感对人而言至关重要，不可或缺。1Whats Keith Oatleys opinion about emotions?AThey affect reasonable thought.BThey get us into trouble.CThey are helpful to us.DThey are reasonable.解析细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句中的“which shows the fundamental importance of emotions”以及第三段中的“our emotions have very imp
29、ortant functions”可知，Oatley认为情感对我们来说是有益的。答案C2What does the underlined part “we are very ambivalent about them” in Paragraph 2 mean?AWe have contradictory feelings towards emotions.BWe have similar ideas of emotions.CWe are quite clear about emotions.DWe can do nothing about emotions.解析句意理解题。根据第二段中的“w
30、e think of our emotions as being unreasonable，but we also consider them as essential to being human”可知，我们认为我们的情感毫无道理，但对于我们人类来说，它是必不可少的，这足以说明我们的矛盾心理。答案A3Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?AFear helps us to be careful about our surroundings.BHappiness inspires us to continue what w
31、e are doing.CAnger may urge us to make greater efforts.DAnger tends to do us more harm than good.解析细节理解题。本题可用排除法。根据第三段的内容可知A项正确；根据第四段的最后一句可知B项正确；根据第五段的最后一句可知C项正确。答案D4It can be inferred from the passage that_.Awe must control our emotions in daily lifeBemotions play a more important part than we real
32、izeCpositive emotions such as love and joy are good for usDnegative emotions make us continue what we are doing解析推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的内容可推知，积极的情感和消极的情感都发挥着比我们意识到的更重要的作用。答案B.短文改错I was working in a beer company， the president do something important.At the same time，my mother was in the final stages of the c
33、ancer.I worked during the day and 40 miles home to be with her every night.It was ，but it was I want to do.I didnt want bother the president with my trouble，yet I felt someone at the company needed to know about it.So I told a friend and asked him not to share the information with .However，the president called me into his office one day.He faced me from across large desk，looked at me and said，“Alice，I hear your mother is very ill.” I was caught by a surprise and burst into tears.He just said a sentence I will never forget：“Whatever you need.”
