1、Unit 4 Pygmalion Period 2 Learning about Language & sing Language 同步精练（人教版选修8，重庆专用）时间：30分钟.短语填空have the face to；fade away；generally speaking；make ones acquaintance；what if；rob .of.；deep in；once more；take away；deal with1._ _， patients who took this medicine suffered no ill results.2They_the bank_mill
2、ions of dollars.3_ _we won the lottery?4The sound of the motorbike_ _in the distance.5How can you_ _ _ _come home? Go away!6She lay in bed，awake，_ _thought last night.7If anybody comes，ask him to_ _his book.8It is a real wonder to_ _ _.9That is the spirit we are called to show_ _ .10He always tries
3、to_ _problems in the abstract and never thinks of the practical details.答案1.Generally speaking2.robbed；of3.What if 4faded away5.have the face to6.deep in7.take away8make your acquaintance9.once more10.deal with.完成句子1二十年后，那可怕的经历逐渐从记忆中消失了。(fade away) Memories of the terrible experience_ _after twenty
4、years.2你干这么少工作还有脸多要钱？(have the face to)How can you _ _ _ _ _ _more money when you do so little work?3如果我们将画移到那将会怎样？(what if)_ _we move the picture over there?4我们当时不知道你遇到了困难，要不然我们会帮助你的。(otherwise)We didnt know you were in trouble at that time，_we _ _ _you a hand.5如果他听我的劝告的话，就不会犯这样的错误了。(虚拟语气)If he_ _m
5、y advice，he_ _ _ _such a mistake. 答案1.faded away 2.have the face to ask for3.What if4otherwise；would have given5.had taken；would not have made.单项填空1I_sooner but I didnt know that they were waiting for me.Ahad come Bwas comingCwould come Dwould have come解析考查与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。句意：我本该早点儿来的，但我不知道当时他们正在等我。根据后面
6、一句话的意思可反推出说话人觉得自己当时应该早点到，但实际上过去并未这么做。would have done sth表示“过去本来会做某事”，暗含的意思是过去并未做到。答案D2His tastes and habits_with those of his wife.Acombine BcompeteCcoincide Dcompromise解析句意：他们夫妻习惯爱好都一样。coincide意为“巧合”。其他三个词和介词with搭配的意思分别为：combine with意为“与结合/联合”；compromise with意为“跟妥协”；compete with意为“与竞争或进行比赛”。答案C3Ame
7、rican women were_the right to vote until 1920 after years of hard struggle. Aignored BdeniedCoverlooked Dneglected解析deny sb sth拒绝给予。答案B4The bank is reported in the local newspaper_in broad daylight yesterday.Abeing robbed Bhaving been robbedCto have been robbed Drobbed解析句意：据本地报纸报道，这家银行昨天光天化日之下被抢劫。st
8、h /sb is reported to do sth某物/人被报道做某事。答案C5I wonder how anyone can_condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts.Ahave the face to Bhas the face toChave a face to Dhave face to解析句意：我真奇怪一个人在对自己的思想进行检讨后怎么还能有脸去谴责别人。have the face to do sth毫不羞耻地做某事。答案A6It was a_accidentIll spare you the details.Ah
9、orrible BhorriblyCpossible Dpossibly解析句意：这是一场可怕的事故。我会告诉你细节的。horrible可怕的，恐怖的。答案A7The mother would rather the boy_what she demands of himto set the frog_free.Ato do；caught aliveBdid；being caught livingCdid；caught aliveDhad done；caught lovely解析考查虚拟语气和形容词。句意：这位母亲想让小男孩照她说的做：把那只被活捉的青蛙放了。该句中的would rather后面
10、要用一般过去时表示虚拟；而那只鸟是被活捉，所以要用caught alive。答案C8There are too many difficulties for us_. We really dont know_to do.Ato deal with；what Bto deal with; howCto do with; how Dto do with：what解析考查动词。 句意：有大多的困难让我们处理，我们真的不知道该做些什么。处理困难要用deal with；而第二个空后面的do缺少宾语，应该用what。答案A9The sound of the train_in the distance. Wh
11、ich of the following is WRONG?Afaded out Bfaded away Cdied away Ddied out解析句意：火车的声音渐渐消失在远方。fade out，fade away，die away都可指声音渐渐消失。die out“灭绝，灭亡，绝种”。答案D10Many personnel managers say it is getting harder and harder to_honest applicants from the growing number of dishonest ones.Adistinguish BdisguiseCdis
12、solve Ddiscount解析句意：许多人事经理声称由于不诚实应征者人数上升，越来越难和诚实的应征者加以区分了。distinguish辨别；disguise掩饰，假装，假扮；dissolve溶解，消除；discount折扣。答案A11Bob and I see each other_but not as often as we used to.Aonce more Bonce in a whileCin the end Dmore or less解析句意：鲍勃与我偶尔会见面，但不像以前那么经常了。once in a while“间或，偶尔”符合句意。once more再次；in the e
13、nd最后；more or less或多或少。答案B12Many youth dont know what to_at university; they cant make up their minds about the future. Atake away Btake upCtake over Dtake after解析考查动词短语。句意：许多年轻人不知道在大学里应该学习什么，他们对自己的未来拿不定主意。take away带走，解除，消除；take up开始从事，占据；take over接收，接管；take after(面貌、言行等)像。答案B13Jack，you seem in high
14、spirits._We won the match 40.AGuess what? BSo what?CNo wonder. DNo doubt.解析考查情景交际。句意：杰克，看起来精神不错呀。你猜猜怎么了？我们以四比零赢得了比赛。Guess what？“猜猜怎么了？”So what“那又怎么样呢？”No wonder.“难怪；怪不得”；No doubt.“毫无疑问”。根据句意选A项。答案A14Human behaviour is mostly a product of learning，_the behavior of an animal depends mainly on instinct
15、.Aotherwise BwhereasCunless Dnevertheless解析句意：人类的行为大多是学习的产物，而动物的行为则主要依靠本能。whereas 意为“然而，却”，引导对立的从句；otherwise意为“否则”；unless意为“除非”；nevertheless 意为“然而”，不引导从句。答案B15Before you decide to leave your job，_the effect it will have on your family.Aconsider BconsideringCto consider Dconsidered解析before 引导的是时间状语从句
16、， 填空句为主句， 而此主句为祈使句， 故动词用原形。其中 it will have.为修饰名词 the effect 的宾语从句。答案A.阅读理解AIf youre out for a walk and a bird in a tree says to you “Hello there”， dont worry, youre not going mad.Naturalists have reported a growing phenomenon of pet parrots that have been taught to repeat phrases by their owners bef
17、ore escaping from their cages and then passing on the technique to the wild flocks they join. “Hello there！”， “Hello darling！”and “Whats happening？”are among the chorus of comments that flocks of wild birds have been repeating after picking up words and sentences from other birds that were once hous
18、ehold pets.Naturalist Martyn Robinson said：“Weve had people calling us thinking theyve had something put into their drink because theyve gone out to look at the flock of birds in their back yard and all the birds have been saying something like Whos a pretty boy, then？”Mr.Robinson, who is based at t
19、he Australian Museum in Sydney, said the usual sequence of events saw a caged parrot of some kind which had been taught phrases but had then made its escape. It would then join a wild flock and chatter away in the trees，its words being learned by younger birds in the flock.The older ones would be un
20、likely to start learning. When chicks are born, they hear the words being spoken by the older birds and grow up repeating the phrases.And so it continues, generation after generation.Mr.Robinson said that because of a drought in the western regions of New South Wales, flocks of wild birds“speakers”a
21、mong themhave been flying to Sydney, where more food is available, and have been hanging around suburban gardens. From the tree tops in gardens, from chimney pots and lamp posts, the flocks have been talking away, leaving many people wondering if their minds were playing tricks on them.“These birds
22、are very smart and very social, meaning that communication and contact is important between them，” said Mr.Robinson.“I just hope a pet bird thats been taught dirty words doesnt join a flock because we dont want to hear that kind of thing going around the back gardens.”【语篇解读】 很多悉尼居民可以在自家的花园中听到一群野生鹦鹉在
23、树梢上对他们说，“你好”“出什么事了”，这是为什么呢？1When people heard a flock of birds say “Hello there！” , they felt_.Athere was something wrong with their mindsBthey had drunk some wineCthey were in a world of parrotsDthey heard people speaking解析细节理解题。根据文章第一段、第三段以及倒数第二段的信息可知，人们在听到野生鹦鹉说话时感到很诧异，以为自己的大脑出了什么问题。答案A2Flocks of
24、wild bird “speakers” have been flying to Sydney because_.Athey are following some escaped pet parrotsBit is easy for them to find food in SydneyCthere are fewer birds left in New South WalesDthey are on their way of migration解析细节理解题。从文章倒数第三段可知，这些会说话的野生鹦鹉从新南威尔士州飞到了悉尼，原因是新南威尔土州大旱，缺少食物，而悉尼有很多食物。答案B3Whi
25、ch of the following gives the correct order of events given in the passage?aPeople hear a bird in a tree say“Hello there！”bThe pet parrot escaped from its cage.cA flock of wild parrots learned to speak from the escaped“speaker”dA pet parrot picked up some sentences from its owner.eThe pet parrot joi
26、ned a flock of wild birds.Ah, c, d, a, e Be, a, c, d, bCd, b, e, c, a De, b, c, a, d解析细节理解题。根据第二段和第四段的信息可知，C项符合文章所陈述的事实的顺序。答案C4We can learn from the passage that_.Aparrots like to learn to speak human languageByounger birds are most likely to learn the language from the escaped parrotsCparrots can l
27、earn to speak from each other, whether old or youngDparrots flock together because they speak the same language解析细节理解题。从文章第四段的第二、三、四句可知，幼鸟更有可能跟逃出来的会说话的宠物鹦鹉学习人类的习惯用语。答案BBIn 1890 William James, the American philosopher and physician and one of the founders of modern psychology, defined psychology as “
28、the science of mental life” and this definition provides a good starting point for our understanding even today. We all have a mental life and therefore have some idea about what this means, even though it can be studied in rats or monkeys as well as in people and the concept remains difficult to un
29、derstand.Like most psychologists, William James was particularly interested in human psychology, which he thought consisted of certain basic elements: thoughts and feelings, a physical world which exists in time and space, and a way of knowing about these things. For each of us, this knowledge is pr
30、imarily personal and private. It comes from our own thoughts, feelings and experience of the world, and may or may not be influenced by scientific facts about things. For this reason, it is easy for us to make judgments about psycho1ogical matters using our own experience as a standard. We behave as
31、 amateur psychologists when we offer opinions on complex psychological phenomena. However, problems arise when two people understand these things differently. Formal psychology attempts to provide methods for deciding which explanations are most likely to be correct, or for determining the circumsta
32、nces under which each applies. The work of psychologists helps us distinguish between inside information, which is subjective, and may be prejudiced and unreliable, and the facts: between our predictions and what is “true” in scientific terms.Psychology, as defined by William James, is about the min
33、d or brain, but although psychologists do study the brain, we do not understand nearly enough about its workings to he able to comprehend the part that it plays in the experience and expression of our hopes, fears, and wishes, or in our behavior during experiences as varied as giving birth or watchi
34、ng a football match. Indeed, it is rarely possible to study the brain directly. So, psychologists have discovered more by studying our behavior, and by using their observations to obtain hypotheses (假设) about what is going on inside us.【语篇解读】 虽然被誉为“美国现代心理学之父”的威廉詹姆斯给出了心理学的定义，但是这种抽象的理论研究仍然存在许多难以洞察的现象。
35、5The first paragraph is mainly about_.Athe founder of modem psychologyBthe definition of psychologyCthe complexity of psychologyDthe influence of psychology解析主旨大意题。本段第一句开门见山地交代了中心话题，后面进行了深入分析，所以本段的大意是”心理学的定义”。答案B6From Paragraph 2，we can know that problems arise because_.Aof the difference between in
36、side information and the factsBof different thoughts and feelings about psychologyCpeople usually make judgments based on their own ideasDamateur psychologists cannot use scientific terms解析推理判断题。根据第二段的“For this reason，it is easy for us to make judgements.However, problems arise when two eople unders
37、tand these things differently.”可推断之所以出现问题是因为人们通常用自己的观点作出判断。答案C7According to the passage, psychologists study the brain mainly_.Ain a direct wayBwith their own experienceCby observing how it worksDby watching peoples behavior解析细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句可知心理学家主要是通过观察人们的行为对大脑进行研究。答案D8Which of the following can b
38、e the first sentence in the fourth paragraph?APsychology is also about the ways people use their mental abilities to operate in the world around them.BWilliam James is considered to be the greatest psychologist in the 1890s.CPsychology suggests that living beings adapt to a changing environment so that they can survive.DIt is important for psychologists, as well as ordinary people, to be, aware of the reasons.解析推理判断题。第四段应该承接的是第三段的内容，根据第三段第一句前半部分中的内容可推测A项与文章结构最吻合。答案A版权所有：高考资源网()