1、课时作业5.单词拼写1Its surprising that he has no _ (渴望)for wealth.2Her pale face _ (使惊觉)her mother.3Rules are rules and they must be _ (遵守)4The entire _ (全体员工)in our company has done an outstanding job this year.5It seems quite _ (荒谬的)to expect anyone to drive for three hours just for a ten minutes meeting.
2、6He kept promising her that he would _ (离婚)his wife, but he never actually did it.7There are several people with a lower rank than me in our factorythat is, they are _ (资历较浅的)to me.8To their disappointment, their father never showed them much _ (感情)答案1desire2.alarmed3.obeyed4.staff5absurd6.divorce7.
3、junior8.affection.单句语法填空阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。1As far as I know, the little boy has a strong desire_ knowledge.2Is _ surprising how quickly children get used to a new environment?3_beautiful furniture you have got in your apartment! I am green with envy.4Youve always been very close to
4、 themin fact, its one of the things I _(envy) about you.5Having been warned of danger in the street at night, she had to go home, with a friend_(accompany) her.6The young lady dressed_(elegant) when she went to work.7Could you do me _ favour and pick up Sam from school today?8The rapid spread of the
5、 disease is _(alarm) the medical authorities. They are anxious like a cat on hot bricks.9He will leave alone things that might cause trouble; as he would say, “let sleeping _(dog) lie.”10She was nervous and kept _(scan) the crowd for Paul.答案1for2.it3.What4.envied5.accompanying6elegantly7.a8.alarming
6、9.dogs10.scanning.完形填空(2019年山东省济宁市第一中学高三调研考试)I am a worrier. I worry from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep.Around a year ago, I found my worries _1_ me down and down. I needed a way to reduce my _2_ and make them disappear. Then a brilliant idea occurred to me. Instead of worrying about whate
7、ver _3_ itself to my consciousness at any given moment, and unless I had a _4_ and urgent worry to deal with, Id _5_ myself to worrying about imaginary gluons.This new system _6_ me quite well for a while _7_ the day last month when the captain of the plane I was travelling on failed in his landing
8、_8_ at Shannon Airport, because there was “a problem” with the landing gear (起落架). We _9_ for a while. Then the captain announced the issue still couldnt be solved and that the crew would take us through the _10_ for an emergency landing.Suddenly my mothers voice was in my head: “In the_11_ of an em
9、ergency, put your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye.” I laughed inwardly at my mothers joke, and I wondered why I wasnt _12_. I suddenly realized I was experiencing a complete and total absence of worry, as there was absolutely nothing I could do to _13_ the problem with the plane.As
10、 the runway rose to meet our planes_14_ underbelly and the firefighters _15_ to meet us, I felt a strange and beautiful _16_. And as the plane landed perfectlybecause, as it _17_, the problem was with a sensor and not with the landing gearand people _18_ and hugged one another, I realized I wasnt a
11、_19_ at all. The absence of worry I had just experienced was _20_ an absence of any possibility of control. So Im a control freak, wanting to control everything.And now Im terribly worried about that.1A.letBputCdragged Dcalmed2A.fears BhopesCsorrows Djoys3A.committed BpresentedCcontributed Drecommen
12、ded4A.specific BconstantCabstract Dsecret5A.expose BreduceCattach Drestrict6A.treated BservedCinspired Dinstructed7A.since BafterCbefore Duntil8A.test BrescueCattempt Dadventure9A.circled BdivedCswung Dtaxied10A.requirement BpreparationCprocedure Darrangement11A.wake BcourseCevent Dlight12A.thrilled
13、 BamazedCdiscouraged Dterrified13A.identify BacceptCchange Dexplore14A.weird BsickCsoft Dflat15A.fled BmarchedCapproached Draced16A.excitement BnervousnessCastonishment Dcalmness17A.turned out Bbrought outCmade out Druled out18A.responded BcheeredCwept Dcomplained19A.fighter BloserCworrier Dcommande
14、r20A.actually BstrangelyCrelatively Dnaturally答案与解析本文是一篇记叙文,作者曾经是一个忧心忡忡的人,总是担心一些无中生有的事情。后来他做出了改变,在一次飞机事故中他始终都很镇定。最后他发现自己以前总是担忧是因为控制欲太强。1C考查动词辨析。A.let 让,使;B.put 放置;C.dragged 拖,拉;D.calmed 使镇定;动词短语drag down意为“拖垮”。句意:大约一年以前,发现作者的担忧把自己拖垮了。作者需要一个方法来减少自己的恐惧最终让它们消失。根据句意可知C项正确。2A考查名词辨析及上下文串联。A.fears恐惧,害怕;B.h
15、opes希望;C.sorrows悲伤;D.joys快乐;根据第一段“I am a worrier.”可知作者是一个悲观主义者,总是充满了恐惧,所以作者需要一个方法减少作者的恐惧并让恐惧消失。故A项正确。3B考查动词辨析。A.committed犯罪,承诺,托付;B.presented呈现;C.contributed捐献,贡献;D.recommended推荐,建议。句意:作者不担忧那些自动呈现在作者的意识里的事情,除非作者有清楚具体的令人担忧的事情,作者不会让自己去担心那些想象出的事情。根据句意可知B项正确。4A考查形容词辨析。A.specific具体的,清楚的;B.constant不断的,持续的
16、;C.abstract抽象的;D.secret秘密的。如果作者没有具体清楚的紧急的令人担忧的事情,作者不会让自己去担心那些想象出的事情。故A项正确。5D考查动词辨析。A.expose暴露,接触;B.reduce减少;C.attach 依附;D.restrict限制,约束。除非作者有清楚具体的紧急的令人担忧的事情,作者不会让自己去担心那些想象出的事情。作者对自己担忧的事情范围做出了限制,根据句意可知D项正确。6B考查动词辨析。A.treated对待,治疗;B.served服务,服役;有用;C.inspired鼓励,激励;D.instructed指导。作者采用的新的方法非常有用,直到有一天作者乘坐
17、飞机的时候遇见了机械故障。故B项正确。7D考查状语从句连词辨析。A.since自从,既然;B.after在之后;C.before在之前;D.until直到。作者采用的新的方法非常有用,直到有一天作者乘坐飞机的时候遇见了机械故障。故D项正确。8C考查名词辨析。A.test测试;B.rescue救援;C.attempt尝试;D.adventure冒险。当时作者乘坐的飞机在Shannon机场尝试降落的时候,起落架出现了问题,不得不在空中盘旋了一会,机长宣布问题无法解决要采用紧急降落的程序。故C项正确。9A考查动词辨析及生活常识。A.circled盘旋;B.dived潜水,跳水;C.swung游泳;D
18、.taxied滑行。飞机尝试降落失败,通常会在机场上方盘旋一会以后再次尝试降落,这属于生活常识。故A项正确。10C考查名词辨析。A.requirement要求;B.preparation准备;C.procedure程序,步骤;D.arrangement安排。作者乘坐的飞机在Shannon机场尝试降落的时候,起落架出现了问题,不得不在空中盘旋了一会,机长宣布问题无法解决要采用紧急降落的程序。故C项正确。11C考查固定短语。短语in the event of倘若,万一发生。句意:突然母亲的话浮现在脑海“万一发生了紧急情况,把头夹在两腿之间,和屁股吻别”。这是母亲说的笑话,让我乐不可支。故C项正确。
19、12D考查形容词辨析。A.thrilled激动的;B.amazed惊讶的;C.discouraged泄气的;D.terrified可怕的。当作者因为母亲的笑话而乐不可支的时候,也想知道为什么自己不害怕了。故D项正确。13C考查动词辨析。A.identify 鉴定,识别;B.accept 接受;C.change 改变;D.explore 探索。作者意识到自己不再害怕是因为自己无法做出任何事情来改变飞机的问题,故C项正确。14B考查形容词辨析。A.weird离奇的;B.sick生病的;C.soft柔软的;D.flat平坦的。根据上文可知飞机的起落架出现了故障导致无法降落,起落架位于飞机的腹部,本句
20、使用sick比喻飞机腹部生病了。故B项正确。15D考查动词辨析。A.fled逃离;B.marched行军;C.approached靠近;D.raced赛跑,奔跑。当飞机降落的时候,消防人员奔跑着过来接乘客脱离险境。使用race说明情况紧急。故D项正确。16D考查名词辨析。A.excitement兴奋;B.nervousness紧张;C.astonishment惊讶;D.calmness平静,镇定。当消防人员奔跑着过来接乘客的时候,作者感到特别的镇定,这种感觉如此特别,与之前总是忧心忡忡完全不一样了。故D项正确。17A考查动词短语辨析。A.turned out结果是;B.brought out使
21、显露;C.made out辨认出;D.ruled out排除。当飞机安全降落的时候,最终的结果是某个感应器出了问题而不是起落架的问题。使用turn out表示最终的结果。故A项正确。18B考查动词辨析。A.responded回应;B.cheered欢呼;C.wept哭泣;D.complained抱怨。人们欢呼并相互拥抱在一起,此时作者发现自己一点也不再担忧了。人们劫后余生当然会欢呼雀跃。故B项正确。19C考查名词辨析及上下文联系。A.fighter 战士;B.loser 失败者;C.worrier 担忧的人;D.commander 指挥官。人们欢呼并相互拥抱在一起,此时作者发现自己一点也不担忧
22、了。文章第一句告诉我们作者过去总是担心很多事情,现在遇见如此险境的时候,竟然非常镇定,与以前差别很大。故C项正确。20A考查副词辨析。A.actually实际上;B.strangely奇怪地;C.relatively相对地;D.naturally自然地。作者刚才不担忧实际上是不再有控制欲。人们担心是因为自己无法控制事物才会担忧。故A项正确。.阅读理解 The Intelligent Transport team at Newcastle University have turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named “DriveLAB
23、” in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are. Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health and wellbeing among older people, leading to them becoming more isolated (隔绝) and inactive. Led by Prof
24、essor Phil Blythe, the Newcastle team are developing invehicle technologies for older drivers which they hope could help them to continue driving into later life. These include custommade navigation (导航) tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations. Phil Blythe explains: “For many o
25、lder people, particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.”“But we all have to accept that as we get older our reactions slow down and this often results in peo
26、ple avoiding any potentially challenging driving conditions and losing confidence in their driving skills. The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.” Dr Amy Guo, the leading researcher on the older driver study, explains: “The DriveLAB is helping us to understand what the ke
27、y stress points and difficulties are for older drivers and how we might use technology to address these problems.”“For example, most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, we found that in 30mph zones they struggled to keep at a constant speed and so w
28、ere more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of getting fined. Were looking at the benefits of systems which control their speed as a way of preventing that.”“We hope that our work will help with technological solutions (解决方案) to ensure that older drivers stay safer behind the wheel.”1Wha
29、t is the purpose of the DriveLAB?ATo explore new means of transport. BTo design new types of cars. CTo find out older drivers problems. DTo teach people traffic rules.2Why is driving important for older people according to Phil Blythe?AIt keeps them independent. BIt helps them save time. CIt builds
30、up their strength. DIt cures their mental illnesses.3What do researchers hope to do for older drivers? AImprove their driving skills. BDevelop driverassist technologies. CProvide tips on repairing their cars. DOrganize regular physical checkups.4What is the best title for the text?AA new Model Elect
31、ric Car BA Solution to Traffic Problems CDriving Services for elders DKeeping Older Drivers on the Road答案与解析本文是一篇科普说明文,介绍了智能交通团队建立移动实验室,研究老年人开车存在的问题和难点,帮助老年人安全驾驶。1C细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的“in order to understand the challenges faced by older drivers and to discover where the key stress points are.”可知,建立实验室
32、的目的是要找出老年人开车有困难的地方。故选C。2A细节理解题。根据第四段中第二句的“For many older people,particularly those living alone or in the country, driving is important for preserving their independence, giving them the freedom to get out and about without having to rely on others.”可知,对于老年人来说,开车对保持他们生活的独立性至关重要。故选A。3B推理判断题。根据第三段中的“the Newcastle team are developing invehicle technologies for older drivers which they hope could help them to continue driving into later life”可知,研究者正在研发车载式的技术以帮助老年人晚年依然能开车。故选B。4D标题判断题。本文的关键词是老年人驾车,重点讲述了为了让他们安全驾车所进行的研究。