1、Unit 3Under the sea.单项填空1The difference in thickness and weight from the earlier version makes the iPad 2 more comfortable _.AheldBholdingCbe heldDto hold解析 考查动词不定式作状语。句意：厚度和重量与先前版本的不同使得iPad 2拿着更舒服。形容词easy，hard，difficult，comfortable作表语，后面需用不定式的主动形式表被动意思，故正确答案为D项。答案 D2After the earthquake，the first t
2、hing the local government did was to provide_for the homeless families.Aaccommodation BoccupationCequipment Dfurniture解析 考查名词词义辨析。句意：地震之后，当地政府首先做的事情就是为无家可归的家庭提供住处。accommodation“住处，容身之处”；occupation“职业，工作；占据”；equipment“设备，装备；素质”；furniture“家具”。由句意可知，应选accommodation。答案 A3Just as the clothes a person wea
3、rs，the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time，his house_his personality.Aresembles Bstrengthens Creflects Dshapes解析 考查动词词义辨析。句意：对于一个人来说，就像他的穿衣、吃饭以及与之过时光的朋友一样，他的房子代表了他的个性。resemble“类似，像”，强调外形的“像”；strengthen“加强，巩固”；reflect“反射，映出；反省，反映；显示(事物的自然属性或人们的态度、情感等)”；shape“塑造；(使)成形”。 根据语意及词语的意
4、思，reflects是最佳选项。答案 C4You have to be a fairly good speaker to_listeners interest for over an hour.Ahold Bmake Cimprove Dreceive解析 hold ones interest使某人保持兴趣。B项“制造；做”；C项“改善，提升”；D项“接收”。答案 A5Many people _the car accident，so it was not difficult to investigate.Awitnessed BharnessedCswallowed Ddrugged解析 句意
5、：许多人看到了那起车祸，所以不难调查。在这个句子中，witness意为“目睹”。harness治理，控制；swallow淹没，吞下；drug使服毒品；三个词都不符合句子的意思。答案 A6The new apartment built a few months ago is large enough to _ over two hundred people.Asupply BprovideCreside Daccommodate解析 accommodate“提供膳宿”。句意：几个月前建造的那个新公寓足够的大，能为二百多人提供膳宿。答案 D7Also when you write your goa
6、ls in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously_ situations that will bring you nearer to your goal.Aaware of Bworried aboutCfamiliar with Daccustomed to解析 make sb.aware of.意为“使某人意识到，明白”，据题意A项正确。答案 A8Because he was_the new limit，he was stopped and warned for speeding.Agood at Btire
7、d fromCunaware of Duninterested in解析 句意：由于他不知道新的限速，他被拦了下来并被警告超速。根据所选项意思，be unaware of不知道，不明白，没意识到。be good at 擅长；be tired from因而劳累；be uninterested in对不感兴趣。答案 C9A good mother would not_her baby.Aabandon BleaveCadapt Dquit解析 句意：一个好母亲是不会丢弃自己的孩子的。答案 A10_a moment and I will go to your rescue.AGo on BHold
8、onCMove on DCarry on解析 go on继续；hold on抓住不放，坚持；move on继续前进；carry on继续进行；根据后句的I will go to your rescue可知，这里应是“坚持住”，“别松手”。答案 B11She was scared_on the horse.Ato ride BridingCof being ridden Drode解析 be scared to do“害怕干某事”。句意：她害怕骑马。答案 A12The passengers had a chat with the college students_as conductors du
9、ring the summer vacation.Ahelp out Bhelped outCto help out Dhelping out解析 考查非谓语动词。动词不定式作后置定语表示一个将要发生的动作，过去分词表示一个已经发生了的被动的动作，故B、C两项均不符合题意。句意：旅客们同那几个暑假临时帮忙充当列车员的大学生聊天。答案 D13Seans strong love for his country is_in his recently published poems.Arelieved BreflectedCresponded Drecovered解析 reflect“反射”，比喻义为
10、“反映，表现”； relieve意为“(从危险，痛苦中)救出，使脱离，解脱”；respond意为“答应(要求)，应付(敌人等)反应”；recover意为“克服，恢复”。答案 B14We were_the most important scientific development of the century.Aseeing BwatchingClooking Dwitnessing解析 考查同义词的辨析。see表示看见的结果、内容；watch表示仔细观察或观看电视、比赛等；而look表示看的动作，且为不及物动词，后不能跟宾语。答案 D15Have you completed the proje
11、ct?Im sorry to tell you that we_it when we found how much it_.Ahave abandoned；costs Babandoned；costChad abandoned；cost Dabandoned；would cost解析 答语句意：我非常遗憾地告诉你当我们发现这一项目要花多少钱时，我们就放弃了。从we found来判断，表示过去的情况，故用过去时，“花费”这一动作还未发生要用过去将来时。答案 D.完形填空The day finally came，when I had to leave the warm home where Id
12、grown up.I ran to the back yard，as tears came up from my heart.Suddenly I_1_a hand rest on my shoulder.I looked up to_2_my grandfather.“It isnt_3_，is it，Billy？” he said softly.Gently_4_my hand in his，we walked，hand in hand，to the front yard，_5_a huge red rosebush sat alone.“What do you see here，Bill
13、y？” he asked.I looked at the flowers，not knowing_6_to say，and then answered，“I see something soft and_7_，grandpa.”He pulled me_8_.“It isnt just the roses that are beautiful，Billy.Its that special place in your heart that makes them so.”“Billy，I_9_these roses when my first son was born.It was my_10_o
14、f saying thank you to God.I_11_to watch him pick roses for his mother.Then，as a young man of only 20，a terrible war robbed him of his life.” Grandpa slowly stood up.“Never say goodbye，Billy.Never_12_to the sadness and the loneliness.Instead，I want you to remember the joy and the_13_when you first sa
15、id hello to a friend.”A year later，my grandpa became very_14_.Then all members of the family were_15_back，and I returned to the old house.When it came to my_16_，I took his hand as_17_as he had once taken mine.“Hello，grandpa，” I_18_.His eyes slowly opened and said，“Hello，my friend.” With a brief_19_h
16、e died.Suddenly，and truly.I knew what he had _20_ about never saying goodbyeabout refusing to give in to sadness.【语篇解读】本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述一天“我”为离开温暖的家而伤心难过时，祖父过来安慰“我”，并告诉“我”无论发生什么永远不要说再见。直到祖父去世时，“我”才真正明白祖父所说的“永远不要说再见”的真正含义不要屈服于悲伤和难过。1. A.feltBfixedCwatched Dheard解析根据语境可知，此处指“我”跑到后院，任泪水流淌。突然“我”感觉有只手放在“我”
17、的肩膀上。feel感觉到，符合语境。答案A2A.watchBinterview CseeDdiscover解析此处指“我”抬起头结果看见是祖父。see强调看的结果；watch强调有意识地“观看”。答案C3A.difficult Bhard Ceasy Dcomfortable解析由上文可知，祖父看到“我”因不得不离开家而悲伤难过得哭了，所以他会说“不容易是吗”，故此处应为easy。答案C4A.makingBtakingCleading Dcarrying解析根据倒数第二段最后一句话“.I took his hand as_as he had once taken mine.”可知，此处应填ta
18、king，与下文相照应。答案B5A.where BwhenCwhich Dwhile解析“_a huge red rosebush sat alone”为非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the front yard，先行词在从句中作地点状语，故填关系副词where。答案A6A.what Bhow Cwho Dwhether解析此处指“我”看着花不知道该说什么。_to say为宾语从句，从句中缺少成分，故应用关系代词what引导，作动词say的宾语。 答案A7A.redBtastyCfunny D beautiful解析根据下文“It isnt just the roses that are bea
19、utiful，Billy.”可知，此处应填beautiful，与下文相照应。答案D8A.closeBhardCfarDaround解析根据语境可知，此处是指祖父把“我”拉近。close符合语境。答案A9A.bought Bplanted Ctreated Ddiscovered解析根据语境可知，此处是指当祖父的第一个儿子出生时，他种植了这些玫瑰。plant意为“种植”，符合语境。答案B10A.approachBmethod Cway Dsolution解析method指相当精心安排的技术技巧所构成的方法，强调以效率与精确为其目标；way为普通用语，指一般的方法，a/the way of doi
20、ng sth./to do sth.意为“做某事的方法”；A、D项之后都接介词to。答案C11A.preferred BwantedCreferredDused解析由下文“a terrible war robbed him of his life”可知，此处为祖父过去常常看儿子摘玫瑰花给妻子，而现在无法看到了，因为战争夺去了他年轻的生命。used to do sth.意为“过去常常做某事”，符合语境。答案D12A.give up Bgive offCgive inDgive away解析give up放弃；give off发出(气味等)；give in屈服，让步；give away赠送；泄露，
21、出卖。根据文章最后一句话“.about refusing to give in to sadness.”可知，此处应填give in，与下文相照应。答案C13A.word Bhappiness Csight Dmemory解析由并列连词and可知，空格处与前面joy相呼应。答案B14A.illBweak Cold Dserious解析由下一句“Then all members of the family were_back，and I returned to the old house.”可知，祖父这时病重。答案A15A.ordered BcalledCdelivered Dsent解析由于祖
22、父病重，所以把家里所有的成员都叫回来。call符合语境。答案B16A.pleasure Bduty Cturn Dwish解析此处指祖父临终前和家人作临终告白，当轮到“我”时turn意为“轮流”，符合语境。答案C17A.happily BsadlyCcarefully Dgently解析由第二段“Gently_my hand in his.”可知，当轮到“我”时，“我”像祖父曾经抓住“我”的手一样轻轻地抓住他的手。所以gently符合语境。答案D18A.laughed BshoutedCadded Dwhispered解析laugh笑；shout喊叫，大声说；add接着说，补充说；whispe
23、r小声说，耳语。此处指“我”小声地说：“你好，祖父”。A、B、C项皆不符合语境。答案D19A.signBsighCsmile Dwave解析此处应指祖父和“我”说完话之后是含笑而终。smile符合语境。答案C20A.thought Bmeant Cworried Dcared解析此处是指突然“我”真正明白了祖父曾经说的关于“永远不要说再见”的含义。答案B.阅读理解The interview had been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well.Then，suddenly，the intervie
24、wer asks an unexpected question，“Which is more important，law or Dove？”Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange questions like this.And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.Employers want people skilled，enthusiastic and devoted.So these are the qualitie
25、s that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are.In response，employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicants true personality.The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called the Keirsey Personali
26、ty Sorter.It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.This is often called an aptitude test (能力倾向测验)According to Mark Baldwin many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult.When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she wil
27、l think there is a right answer and they may fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.This is sometimes called the prisoners dilemma.Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest.But they fail because they dont understand what the interviewer is looking for.Remembe
28、r that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.【语篇解读】本文讲述了现代企业招聘面试中的能力倾向测试并为求职者提供了回答此类问题的技巧。1The writer wrote the passage to_.Agive you a piece of advice on a job interviewBtell you how to meet a job interviewerCdescribe the aptitude test Dadvice you how to find a job解析写作目
29、的题。通读全文可知，本文意在为面试者提供建议。答案A2Why do the interviewers ask such questions?AThey want to discover what the interviewees know.BThey are curious about the answers.CThey try to discover the ability of the interviewees solving problems.DThey just ask questions without thinking much.解析细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It is an a
30、ttempt to discover how people solve problems，rather than what they know.”可知答案为C项。答案C3According to the writer，in an aptitude test，Chinese job applicants should_.Anot tell the truthBlearn to tell what they really thinkCbe more enthusiasticDtry to find out what the examiner really want to know解析细节理解题。根
31、据最后一段的最后一句“Remember that in an aptitude test，the correct answer is always the honest answer.”可知，在能力倾向测验中，求职者应该给出一个诚实的答案。答案B4From the passage we know that_.Ajob applicants are always asked such questionsBmore Chinese applicants fail to find a jobCapplicants should not act as reasonably as a prisonerD
32、the aptitude test is becoming popular worldwide解析推理判断题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，西方的求职者们不断发现他们被问到类似这样的奇怪问题，而且有迹象表明这种情况在中国也开始出现。由此可推知D项正确。答案D.短文改错Dear Tony，Thank you for your letter.To tell you the truth，Ive thought a lot of about whether you should buy a laptop computer help you with your study.In my opinion，you
33、d better not.For one reason，its very easy for you to develop some bad once you have it，such as playing computer games and movies，which will be a waste of time.For reason，buying a laptop computer mean you can study well.If you want to make a progress，you need to put your heart into your study work hard.Whether you a computer or not is not the most important.Do you agree me？Looking forward to your reply!Li Hua