1、Unit 1Living well.单项填空1 _thats important is that you are doing your best and moving in the right direction.AOneBAllCEverything DAnything解析 考查不定代词的用法。句意:最重要的是你要尽力并朝着正确的方向前进。one一个人;all一切,所有;everything每一件事;anything任何事。通览全句,all符合语意及语境。答案 B2This kind of animal is able to protect itself from danger in man
2、y years._,the colouring of its hide makes it almost invisible when it is feeding in the shadow of trees.AFirst at all BFirst of allCIn all DAfter all解析 句意:多年间这种动物能保护自己避免危险。首先,当它在树阴下进食时,它的色彩的隐蔽性使它不易被看到。空白处用来强调重要性,因此只能用first of all。无A项这种表达法。in all相当于altogether“总计”;after all“毕竟”,表程度。答案 B3For profession
3、al athletes,_ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.Aappeal BattachmentCaccess Dapproach解析 考查名词词义辨析。access进入。句意:对于专业运动员来说,参加奥运会就意味着他们有机会被载入史册。appeal请求;attachment附加;approach接近;方法。答案 C4When we climbed up to the top of the hill,we all were _.Aout of the breath Bshort
4、of breathCout of breath Dshort of breaths解析 考查固定短语out of breath的用法。out of breath为“气喘吁吁”,名词breath前没有冠词a,the,也没有复数breaths形式。答案 C5Must I turn off the gas after cooking?Of course.You cant never be _ careful with that.AenoughBtoo CsoDvery解析 考查cant/can never.too.句型,意为“再也不过分”。答案 B6Id also like to _ you on
5、your good work in these two years.Acongratulate BcelebrateCwish Dhope解析 考查动词词义辨析。congratulate sb.on sth.“祝贺某人某事”,从搭配来看,应选择A项。celebrate的宾语通常是“物”,如节日、生日等。答案 A7The good thing about children is that they_ very easily to new environments.Aadapt BappealCattach Dapply解析 考查短语辨析。句意:关于孩子们,好的一点是他们很容易适应新环境。adap
6、t to表示“使适应于”;appeal to表示“对有吸引力”;attach to表示“(使)相关”;apply to则表示“运用,适用于”。根据句意,A项正确。答案 A8Frank put the medicine in a top drawer to make sure it would not be_to the kids.Aaccessible BrelativeCacceptable Dsensitive解析 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:Frank把药放在顶层抽屉中,以确保孩子们够不到。accessible表示“可以得到的,可以接近的”,通常与to 搭配。后三项分别表示“相关的”“可接
7、受的”“敏感的”。答案 A9Whos most likely to_the old ladys death?Abenefit Bbenefit fromCbe beneficial Dbe beneficial to解析 benefit对有益,benefit from从获益,be beneficial to对有益,所以B项正确。答案 B10He has devoted himself_mankind.Ato benefit BbenefitingCto benefiting Dbenefited解析 考查devote的用法,即devote oneself to doing sth.。答案 C1
8、1After a number of disagreements with the committee,the chairman decided to_.Aretire BretreatCwithdraw Dresign解析 retreatwithdraw“撤退”;resign“辞职”。句意:与委员会有了许多分歧后,主席决定辞职。答案 D12He _his post because he had been offered a better job.Aresigned BretiredCdismissed Dfired解析 考查动词词义辨析。句意:他辞去了他的工作因为他找到了更好的工作。reti
9、re表示“退休;退职”;dismiss表示“解雇”;fire表示“解雇”;resign表示“辞职;放弃”,符合句意。答案 A13Over two thirds of the population were believed to have no_to the health care in the west rural area in China.Aaid BbasisCbelief Daccess解析 have no access to“得不到,没有的机会”。句意:人们相信在中国西部农村地区,有超过三分之二的人口得不到卫生保健。答案 D14We must make sure that publ
10、ic facilities in the newlybuilt buildings,like the restroom and the lift,are _ to disabled visitors.Aimpressive BindependentCremarkable Daccessible解析 accessible可接近的;可进入的;可使用的,常用于短语be accessible to sb.。impressive给人深刻印象的;independent独立自主的,不受约束的;remarkable非凡的,显著的。答案 D15I soon found that the work I was d
11、oing had already been done by somebody else,_,I was wasting my time.Ain a word Bwith wordsCin other words Dby word解析 考查短语辨析。句意:不久我就发现我在做的工作已经被其他人做了,也就是说,我在浪费时间。in a word表示“一句话,总之”;B、D两项搭配错误;in other words表示“换句话说”,符合句意。答案 C.完形填空I met Ryan,a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫),in my biology class.My si
12、mple “Hello!” and his cheerful reply were the_1_to our friendship from the first day of school.There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school.He was in a great deal of_2_after having a surgery on his legs,but he_3_his sufferings from everyone.In our junior year,we found that we didnt _4_a
13、 single class.This was not a problem,though.We just talked a little more in the hallway_5_the break.That year seemed to fly by.One day,Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runners flag that would_6_the spot where Ryan would_7_his Olympic torch run.He gently explained that he would be honored _8_I wo
14、uld accept this position for him.The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone_9_to him.He said I was the only true friend he had_10_made that talked to him and not to his wheel chair.How could I_11_such a request?On the morning of June 5th,as
15、 I walked down the sidewalk,my heart_12_and my mind became a factory of questions.I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would_13_the huge crowd of thousands of people.After the van arrived,the other runners got out and lined up outside the van,chanting his name,“Ryan!Byan!
16、” Then all of the people_14_in,“Ryan!Ryan!” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground.There he was,in all his_15_.It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch.The runner lit Ryans torch and then Ryan began his_16_.As he took off down the street,the chanting became louder and louder.Th
17、e_17_filled the air and I felt I was on cloud nine.I could not have been any prouder of Ryan!He_18_this momenta historic moment a moment that he was a part of and_19_me to be a part of,too.Mr Weinheimer,the next torch runner,bent over and gave Ryan a hug.That moment will last in time forever.It symb
18、olized the whole_20_of the flame:love,excitement,enthusiasm,brotherhood,and life of any man.The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.【语篇解读】本文通过讲述“我”与Ryan的交往以及Ryan在火炬接力时人们对他的帮助和支持,说明了爱心让这个小小的世界运转起来。 1.A.solutionsBkeys Croutes Dresponses解析根
19、据文章内容可知,“我”和Ryan的友谊始于“我”简单的问候和他快乐的回应,也就是说这打开了我们之间友谊的大门,因此选keys。答案B2A.danger Bfear Cpain Dpuzzle解析他刚做完腿部的手术,因此选pain疼痛。答案C3A.hid Bprevented Creleased Drelieved解析尽管如此,他还是对大家都隐瞒了,因此选hid。prevent阻止;release释放;relieve缓解,均不符合语境。答案A4A.change Bmiss Cattend Dshare解析根据4空的后面两句内容可知,三年级时我们不在同一个班上课,因此选share。答案D5A.ex
20、cept Bfor Cduring Dbefore解析我们只能在课间休息期间在走廊里交谈。during the break表示“课间休息期间”。 答案C6A.mark Btest Cnumber Ddecorate解析Ryan参加了奥运会火炬接力,他让“我”举着旗站在标志着他开始进行火炬接力的地方。mark表示“标志”,符合语境。答案A7A.cover Bbegin Ccontinue Dlead解析begin开始,符合语境。答案B8A.while Balthough Cif Dunless解析Ryan在请求“我”的时候,并不能肯定“我”会同意,因此选if。 答案C9A.politeBkind
21、CgratefulDimportant解析那个为他举旗的人必须是对他来说重要的人,因此选important。答案D10A.ever Bnever Calso Deven解析他说“我”在任何时候都是他唯一的真正的朋友。ever表示“在任何时候”,符合语境。答案A11A.admit Brefuse Cmake Drepeat解析根据下文可知“我”没有拒绝他的请求,因此选refuse。答案B12A.ached Braced CstoppedDsank解析根据12空后面的“a factory of questions”可知,“我”想了很多问题,“我”的心跳加速。race表示“(因害怕、兴奋而)急速跳动
22、,快速转动”。答案B13A.explain toBdiffer from Crespond toDcall on解析“我”想知道他面对这么多人会作出怎样的反应。respond to“对作出反应或应对”,符合语境。答案C14A.joined Bstepped Cpoured Dbroke解析根据上文可知,此处应选joined,表示“所有人都加入”。答案A15A.potentialBpreference Cglory Dsurprise解析Ryan在人们的欢呼声中隆重登场,因此选glory。答案C16A.trainingBjourney Clife Dstruggle解析journey“旅行”,在
23、此用来表示“火炬接力的一段行程”。答案B17A.anxiety Bsatisfaction Charmony Dexcitement解析此情此景,人们能够感受到的当然是兴奋了,“我”高兴极了。on cloud nine表示“极为高兴”。答案D18A.deservedBrecalled Ctreasured Dchose解析他应该得到这一刻,故选deserved,表示“应该得到”。recall回忆;treasure珍惜;choose选择,均不符合语境。答案A19A.promised Bencouraged CallowedDfollowed解析这个时刻让“我”也感觉到了自己就是其中的一员。all
24、ow允许,准许,符合语境。答案C20A.mysteryBpower CinformationDmeaning解析根据冒号后面的内容可知,此处应选meaning,表示“它将火炬接力的含义表示出来”。答案D. 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Most Direct Solution to Any ProblemWhen trying to solve various problems in life,an approach I find very useful is to first identify what Id consider th
25、e most direct solution,regardless of how I feel about actually implementing (实施) it.What is the clearest,most direct path to my goal or the most efficient way to get around an obstacle?Many problems will have multiple direct solutions,but often these solutions will be unpleasant at first glance beca
26、use theyll require courage,selfdiscipline,creativity,or persistence to implement._1_For example,suppose you want to lose weight.And suppose we can say that one of direct solutions is to eat the same as youre eating now and increase your exercise output by 500 calories a day._2_It may require discipl
27、ine and persistence,but most people would agree that it will work if you follow through.Another example:_3_However,you dont know how that person feels about you.One direct solution would be to simply walk up,explain your thoughts and feelings,and ask if she or he is interested in discussing the poss
28、ibility of a closer relationship.This will take less than a minute to say,and whatever the outcome is,at least you know where you stand._4_Anyhow its very simple and straightforward._5_Whats the simplest and quickest way to reach your goal,assuming that you had limitless courage and discipline?AOf c
29、ourse this solution may require a lot of courage to overcome the possibility of rejection.BBut if we can get ourselves to follow through,we know the solutions will actually work.CSee if you can identify the most direct solution to some of your problems.DSo the best way to overcome the difficulty is
30、to ask your friends for advice.EIf you implement this rather simple solution,youll lose weight.FSuppose youre interested in starting a relationship with someone.GHowever,the solution implemented does not work.答案 1B2.E3.F4.A5.C.短文改错The other day after work,I was walking down the street I saw a boy ri
31、ding a unicycle,one of those with only one wheel. in all pink from head to toe,he was singing a song which was sounded like a kids song.I thought he must be crazy.Just then,a lady dropped 20dollar bill on the ground,but didnt realize it and started to walk away.The guy in pink picked the money and gave it back to her.After that,he rode on soon disappeared before the lady could thank him. a strange and good guy!