1、Unit 2The Olympic Games.单项填空1I had no choice but_the window.Aadmit breaking Bto admit breakingCadmit to have broken Dto admit to break解析have no choice but to do“别无选择,只好”;admit doing sth“承认干过某事”。句意:我别无选择只得承认自己打破窗户的事。答案B2 Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their pr
2、ofessional_.AconsequenceBindependenceCcompetence Dintelligence解析 考查名词辨析。句意:教师必须不断地更新自己的知识来保持专业技能水平。professional competence专业技能,符合句意。consequence后果,推论;independence独立;intelligence智力,均不符合题意。答案 C3The patient is supposed to go to the hospital for_checks.Acommon Bnormal Cregular Dusual解析句意:那位病人应定期到医院去做检查。r
3、egular意为“定期的;有规律的”,符合题意。答案C4Passengers are permitted_only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.Ato carry BcarryingCto be carried Dbeing carried解析 考查非谓语动词作主语补足语。句意:旅客被允许只带一件手提行李登机。permit sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事,其被动语态为:sb.be permitted to do sth.某人被允许做某事,所以A项正确。注意permit的另一用法:permit doing sth.允许做某事。答案A
4、5Pieces of exciting news came to the city_.Astep by step Blittle by littleCside by side Done after another解析one after another意为“一个接一个地”;step by step“一步一步地”;little by little“逐渐地”;side by side“肩并肩地”。根据题意选D项。答案D6Bill wasnt happy about the delay of the report by Jason,and_.AI was neither Bneither was IC
5、I was either Deither was I解析 句意:比尔对贾森做报告推迟这件事表示不高兴,我也不高兴。根据题意可知,我也不(高兴),neither/nor系动词/助动词/情态动词sb.表示某人也不(同意或赞成上文的观点),易把either看作neither,无either was I句式,故B项正确。答案 B7I want to know why they were late.They_the train.Acan have missed Bcould missCmight miss Dmust have missed解析must have done sth意为“肯定已经做了某事”
6、,表示对过去情况的肯定推测。答案D8Customers are asked to make sure that they_the right change before leaving the shop.Awill give Bhave been givenChave given Dwill be given解析give后接双宾语,the right change作直接宾语,customers作间接宾语,所以当customers作主语时,其谓语动词要用被动语态。根据题意,故选B。答案B9Do you_that he enjoys living there and he will bring u
7、s good?Adoubted Bmake sureCmake sense Dfelt like解析句意:你确信他喜欢住在这里,而且能给我们带来好处吗?doubt表示“怀疑”;make sure表示“确信”;make sense表示“有意义,有道理”;feel like表示“喜欢”。根据句意,故选B。答案B10The director had her assistant_some hot dogs for the meeting.Apicked up Bpicks upCpick up Dpicking up解析 句意:主任让她的助手为会议买了些热狗(香肠面包)。have的用法:have sb
8、.do sth.让某人干某事。have sth.done使/让某事由别人去做(叫/让某人做某事)。have sb./sth.doing使/让某人/物持续地做某事。答案C11The flowers were so lovely that they_in no time.Asold Bhad been soldCwere sold Dwould sell解析根据主句所提供的时态信息The flowers were so lovely可判断出从句也应该用一般过去时,表示过去发生的动作或存在的状态。再根据The flowers与sell之间为动宾关系,故用被动语态。答案C12The car began
9、 to_the moment the vehicle got into the highway.Atake up Bgive upCmake up Dpick up解析take up开始从事;give up放弃;make up编造;弥补;pick up拾起;恢复(健康);开始加速。句意:车一进入高速就开始加速。答案D13It often rains in that area.Please take an umbrella with you._.AWell,it just depends BAll right,go aheadCYes,take one with me DOK,just in c
10、ase解析 句意:那个地区经常下雨。请随身带把雨伞吧。好,以防万一。in case以防万一;it just depends看情况;All right,go ahead行,请吧(用以回应对方的请求);C项不符合英语表达习惯。答案 D14The old man would sell his car for 2,000 dollars,but the young lady_1.5 thousand dollars.Aoffered Bsold Casked Dcharged解析考查动词词义的辨析。offer出价;报价,符合语境。句意:那位老人要2 000元卖这辆车,但那位年轻的女士只出价1 500元
11、。答案A15Some people like to do the shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful_in the market.Abatteries BbasketsCballoons Dbargains解析考查名词词义的辨析。battery电池;basket篮子;balloon气球;bargain便宜货;讨价还价。答案D.阅读理解AFor thousands of years,man has enjoyed the taste of apples.Apples,which are about 85 perce
12、nt of water,grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China,France and the United States.There are various kinds of apples.But a very few make up the majority of those grown for sale.The three most common kinds grown in
13、the United States are Delicious,Golden Delicious,and McIntosh.Apples are different in colour,size and taste.The colour of the skin may be red,green,or yellow.They have various sizes,with Delicious apples being among the largest.The taste may be sweet or tart.Generally,sweet apples are eaten fresh wh
14、ile tart apples are used to make apple sauce.Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve metres.They do best in areas that have very cold winters.Although no fruit is yielded during the winter,this cold periold is good for the tree.1It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are_.Agrown in Fra
15、nce Bsold everywhereCvery big Dquite sweet解析细节理解题。根据文中第三段第三句可知,Delicious是苹果品种中个头儿最大的,故选C。答案C2Cold winter weather is good for_.Athe growth of apple treesBproducing large applesCimproving the taste of applesDthe increase of water in apples解析细节理解题。由文章结尾一句可知,冬季对苹果树的生长有好处,故选A。答案A3China,France and the Uni
16、ted States are considered to_.Abe large producers of applesBbe large producers of apple sauceChave the longest history in apple productionDhave the coldest winter among apple producing countries解析细节理解题。由第一段末句可知,中国、法国和美国是苹果产量最大的国家,故选A。答案A4The underlined word“yielded”in the last sentence means“_”Aimpr
17、oved Bincreased Cproduced Dsold解析推理判断题。该词所在句的句意为“尽管冬季不产苹果,但寒冷期有益于果树的生长”。由此可知yield意为“生产”,故选C。答案CBMore than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children,a new survey showed last Tuesday.The survey,published by the Bank of America,studied the rich with $3 million or more in
18、 assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have welldeveloped plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”The majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade,firstgeneration rich.Fiftytwo percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they
19、 are,and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.They are worried that their children would become lazy,spend money freely,make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.Only 34 percent strongly agreed that th
20、eir children would be able to handle any inheritance (遗产) they plan to leave them.“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said Sallie Krawcheck,president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of t
21、he Bank of America.“Our research,however,uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”The trend is led by the worlds richest man Bill Gates,who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife,the Bill and Malinda Gates Foundat
22、ion (基金会),and not to his children.“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact,” he said.Of his plans for his children,Gates said:“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage.they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken c
23、are of.”【语篇解读】调查表明,大部分美国富人不愿向孩子炫富,甚至不打算将丰厚的资产传给后代。5We can learn from the passage that_.Arich parents may not know how to manage their inheritanceBrich parents dont equal rich kids,at least in the USCAmerican children dont get to inherit their parents wealthDpoor children dont expect themselves to be
24、 as rich as their parents解析推理判断题。第二段的后半部分提到在被调查的美国富人中,几乎没有人计划为他们的孩子保留资产或者将资产传给孩子,由此可推断在美国,父母富有并不意味着孩子富有。答案B6According to the survey,most rich Americans_.Athink they owe their children nothingBthink it best to give their money back to societyCdoubt their childrens ability to handle wealthDare confide
25、nt of their childrens ability to handle wealth解析推理判断题。根据第四段内容可推知,大部分美国富人怀疑他们的孩子处理财富的能力。答案C7The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refers to_.Aresponsible childrenBBill Gates and his wifeCfirstgeneration richDrich parents解析猜测词义题。人们期望富裕的父母把他们的财富传给下一代,此处they指代的是画线词前面的“the wealthy parents”,即“rich parents”。答案D8From the last paragraph,we can see that Bill Gates wants to show_.Athe trend of leaving no inheritance to childrenBthe positive impact of charity on societyCthe way of giving back to societyDthe importance of independence for children 解析推理判断题。根据本段中比尔盖茨所说的话可推知,他更强调孩子的个人奋斗,认为培养孩子的自立很重要。答案D