1、限时训练(一).单项填空1I sometimes call my son abroad,but its expensive.Why do you waste money you could easily use WeChat or QQ?Awhile BunlessCuntil Dwhen答案D解析连词when引导时间状语从句,表示一个不具体的时间。不可误用while。2Alice went fishing in the company of her father early in the morning and she life lessons along the way.Awas lear
2、ning Bhas learnedCis learning Dhad learned答案A解析and连接并列句,前后时态一致。第一个分句是一般过去时,故此处用相应的过去时态。3They had these advertisements strategically placed among the highest-rated TV shows to target audiences.Aassess BreachCentertain Daccompany答案B解析句意为:他们将这些广告有策略地放置在收视率最高的电视节目中,以被目标受众看到。reach在此处为熟词生义,意为“被看到”。assess评
3、价,评定;entertain娱乐,招待;accompany陪伴。4The country will not set a target to double its gross domestic product from 2021 on,more emphasis on unbalanced and inadequate development and quality of growth.Aput Bbeing putCto be put Dhaving been put答案C解析句意为:从2021年起,那个国家将不再设定国内生产总值翻一番的目标,而是将更多的重点放在不平衡和不充分的发展和质量的提
4、升上。根据句意可知,此处用独立主格结构在句中作状语,表示将来的动作且emphasis与动词put是逻辑上的动宾关系,故应用不定式的被动形式。5Alan seems a lot taller than when I last saw him.He.Hes grown a foot since you saw him in Shanghai.Ais Bwill beChas been Dwas答案A解析句意为:艾伦好像比我上一次见到他的时候又长高了很多。是的。自从你(上次)在上海见到他,他又长高了一英尺。He is是对现在事实的确认。6Echo is always complaining abou
5、t her job as a cashier,but frankly its to have a job in these difficult days.Aanything BeverythingCsomething Dnothing答案C解析此处something用来指某件“重要的事,值得庆幸的事”。Its something意为“已经不错了”。7When we seek to discover the best in others,we somehow the best in ourselves.Abring out Btake outCput on Dturn on答案A解析bring
6、out意为“使显现出来”,与从句中的discover the best in others相对应。bring out the best in ourselves使自身的优点显现出来。8She would be much healthier now with that much pressure from work when young.Ahad she not burdened herselfBwere she not burdenedCshould she not burden herselfDwere she not to be burdened答案A解析从句是省略了if的虚拟条件句,根据
7、when young可知是对过去的虚拟,用过去完成时,句中将助动词had提前,省略了连词if。9Then the spokesman turned to other issues concerning people are in respect of housing price and medical treatment over the next few years.Aof whom Bof whichCwhich Dwho答案C解析句意为:随后发言人转而谈论了其他一些使人们忧虑的问题,这些问题和今后几年的房价和医疗有关。根据句子结构和句意可知,空处在句中引导定语从句,修饰先行词other
8、issues,且在从句中作主语,故应用which来引导该定语从句。10More and more shoppers are simply heading to a shopping centre, parking is free and easy.Awhere Bwhich Cwhen Dthat答案A解析句意为:越来越多的购物者只会去一个停车免费且方便的购物中心。根据句子结构和句意可知,此处应用where在句中引导定语从句,修饰先行词a shopping centre,且where在从句中作地点状语。11More regulations should be introduced to fur
9、ther standardize bike-sharing companies which are under attack by consumers due to delays in returning .Abudgets BdepositsCexpenses Drevenues答案B解析句意为:应该实施更多的规章制度进一步规范因推迟返还押金而遭到消费者攻击的共享单车公司。根据句意可知,deposit订金,押金,符合句意。budget预算;expense开支,费用;revenue收入,收益。12Did you stay at the party until the very end last
10、 night?No,I left as early as it was with politeness.Acontent BconsistentCpatient Dpermanent答案B解析句意为:昨晚你一直待到晚会结束吗?不是。我在不失礼的情况下,提前离去了。be content with对满意;be consistent with与一致;be patient with对有耐心;be permanent with对有恒心。13His way of addressing one hard problem last Friday lead to the rise of another.Awou
11、ld rather Bmay wellCshall Dneed答案B解析此处may用来表示可能性。与well连用,意为“很有可能”。14Sparing even a day for the family is far from easy for a businessman like Thompson,who is all year round.Aon the decline Bon the lineCon the spot Don the go答案D解析句意为:对于像汤普森这样常年非常忙碌的生意人来说,即便是抽出一天来陪伴家人也很不容易。on the go非常忙碌,符合语境。on the de
12、cline在衰退中;on the line处于危险中;on the spot在现场。15I cant bear the air pollution in this city anymore.It is getting worse and worse.! Weve never had so many chemical factories before.AI wouldnt bet on it BYou said itCKeep it up DCome off it答案B解析句意为:我再也不能忍受这个城市的空气污染了。越来越糟。你说得对!以前我们从来没有过这么多的化工厂。I wouldnt bet
13、 on it不大可能;you said it你说得对;keep it up坚持下去;come off it别胡说,住口。.完形填空We have all heard how time is more valuable than money,but is it 16 to have too much time?I 17 back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also 18 a team sport.By the time I got home,I only had a few hours to do my hom
14、ework,and I had to do it 19.When I got into college,things 20.I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time.Because of all this 21 time,there was no sense of 22 to do my school work immediately.I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a 23.Once that happened,I just kept
15、24 my studying further and further back in my day.Then I got to the point where I was 25 really late at night to get my work done.One day I 26 a former classmate of mine who was 27 a lot of money running a sideline(副业)Since his regular job was 28,I asked him why he just didnt do his sideline full-ti
16、me.He said without the job,he would 29 have too much time and would just do what I did back in 30.He said that if he 31 the job,he would lose his 32 to work and succeed.So,try 33 your time with other work.This is why there is a 34 that if you want something done,ask a 35 person to do it.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文
17、。作者回顾自己高中时期,因为忙碌,所以每天会及时完成作业,但是到大学之后有了多余的时间,反而变得拖延。作者的老同学同时做两份工作,就是为了保证自己的工作效率。因此,我们要想有更高的效率,就要保持忙碌和紧凑的工作状态。16A.true BfairCstrange Dpossible答案D解析作者在文章开头提出问题:我们都听说过时间如何比金钱更宝贵,但是拥有太多的时间,这可能(possible)吗?true真的;fair公平的;strange奇怪的。17A.remember BadmitCunderstand Dexpect答案A解析根据下文叙述可知,作者想起(remember)了高中时的生活。a
18、dmit承认;understand理解;expect期望。18A.watched BlovedCcoached Dplayed 答案D解析因为作者还参加团体性运动,所以他一天的大部分时间都是在学校里度过的。watch观看;love热爱;coach训练;play参加运动。19A.at last Bright awayCof course Das usual答案B解析根据上文可知,作者到家后只有几个小时的时间做作业,所以必须立即(right away)开始做。at last最后;of course当然;as usual像往常一样。20A.happened BrepeatedCchanged Dma
19、ttered答案C解析前面提到高中时间紧张,又由下文可知,在大学,课程中午前就结束了,所以说事情发生了变化(change)。happen发生;repeat重复;matter要紧。21A.extra BdifficultCvaluable Dlimited答案A解析课程结束得早,就有了额外的(extra)时间。difficult难的;valuable宝贵的;limited有限的。22A.duty BachievementCurgency Ddirection答案C解析因为时间充足,所以没有立即去做功课的紧迫(urgency)感。duty责任;achievement成就,成绩;direction方
20、向。23A.burden BreliefCrisk Dhabit答案D解析作者一直采取这种等待、拖延的做法,直到后来这变成了一种习惯(habit)。burden重担,负担;relief缓和,宽慰;risk冒险。24A.pushing BtakingCsetting Dcalling答案A解析由上下文可知,作者不断地把学习往后推(push.back)。take.back带回来;set.back拖后腿;call.back回电话。25A.hanging out Bstaying upCjogging round Dshowing off答案B解析因为作者把功课一直往后推,所以最后只能熬夜(stay
21、up)来完成。hang out出去闲逛;jog round在周围慢跑;show off炫耀。26A.met BhelpedCtreated Dhired答案A解析由下文叙述可知,有一天作者遇到了(meet)一个以前的同班同学。help帮助;treat对待;hire雇用。27A.raising BwastingCdemanding Dmaking答案D解析由下文提到的running a sideline(经营副业)可知,此处是指赚许多钱(make a lot of money)。raise money筹钱;waste money浪费钱;demand money要钱。28A.safe Bimpor
22、tantCboring Drewarding答案C解析由下文作者问同班同学为什么不全职经营他的副业可知,他的固定工作很无聊(boring)。safe安全的;important重要的;rewarding值得做的,报酬高的。29A.luckily BhardlyChopefully Dsimply答案D解析如果没有那份工作,他确实(simply)会有太多时间。luckily幸运地;hardly几乎不;hopefully有希望地。30A.childhood BcollegeCtown Dbusiness答案B解析结合上文可知,如果拥有太多时间,作者的同班同学就会跟作者在大学(college)里所做的
23、一样。childhood童年时期;town城镇;business生意,商业。31A.quit BfoundCaccepted Dkept答案A解析上文作者问同班同学为什么不全职经营副业,所以此处是说“如果辞职(quit)”。find找到,发现;accept接受;keep保持,保留。32A.heart BchanceCdrive Dway答案C解析如果辞职,他就会失去工作和取得成功的动力(drive)。lose ones heart倾心于;lose ones chance失去机会;lose ones way迷路。33A.saving Bfilling upCgiving up Dtrading答
24、案B解析通过上文得出结论:因此,试着用其他工作填满(fill up)你的时间。save节省;give up放弃;trade交易。34A.message BstoryCsaying Dfact答案C解析句意为:这就是为什么有这样一种说法(saying)。message信息;story故事;fact事实。35A.careful BbusyCreliable Dkind答案B解析通过上文的描述可知,越忙效率越高。故此处意为“如果你想做某事,就请忙碌的(busy)人去完成”。careful仔细的;reliable可信赖的;kind好心的。.阅读理解AGood Morning Britains Susa
25、nna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning,but she is cooking up a storm in her latest roleshowing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.In Save Money:Good Food,she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers t
26、op tips on how to reduce food waste,while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day.And the Good Morning Britain presenter says shes been able to put a lot of what shes learnt into practice in her own home,preparing meals for sons,Sam,14,Finn,13,and Jack,11.“We love Mexican churros,so I buy the
27、m on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant,” she explains.“I pay 5 for a portion(一份),but Matt makes them for 26p a portion,because they are flour,water,sugar and oil.Everybody can buy takeaway food,but sometimes were not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves.”The eight-part
28、series(系列节目),Save Money:Good Food,follows in the footsteps of ITVs Save Money:Good Health,which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.With food our biggest weekly household expense,Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week.In
29、 tonights Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget.The team transforms the familys long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.语篇解读本文是一篇新闻报道。早安英国的节目主持人苏珊娜瑞德新推出了一档节目Save Money:Good Food,向观众展示如何用较少的预算做出美味营养的饭菜。36What
30、do we know about Susanna Reid?AShe enjoys embarrassing her guests.BShe has started a new programme.CShe dislikes working early in the morning.DShe has had a tight budget for her family.答案B解析推理判断题。根据第一段中的“.she is cooking up a storm in her latest roleshowing families how to prepare delicious and nutri
31、tious meals on a tight budget.”可知,苏珊娜瑞德在她的最新角色中起劲儿地炒菜做饭向家庭展示如何用较少的预算做出美味营养的饭菜,由此可知,她推出了新的节目。37How does Matt Tebbutt help Susanna?AHe buys cooking materials for her.BHe prepares food for her kids.CHe assists her in cooking matters.DHe invites guest families for her.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“.with the help o
32、f chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste.”可知,苏珊娜在厨师马特的帮助下向人们提供关于如何减少食物浪费的建议,也就是说马特会在烹饪问题上协助苏珊娜。38What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 4?ASummarize the previous paragraphs.BProvide some advice for the readers.CAdd some background information.DIntroduce a new topic for
33、 discussion.答案C解析推理判断题。第四段介绍了Save Money:Good Food这一节目效仿了Save Money:Good Health的风格,说明了创作该系列节目的背景。39What can be a suitable title for the text?AKeeping Fit by Eating SmartBBalancing Our Daily DietCMaking Yourself a Perfect ChefDCooking Well for Less答案D解析标题归纳题。全文介绍了Save Money:Good Food这个节目旨在教人们如何用较少的预算做
34、出美味营养的饭菜,因此D项作为标题最合适。B(2017南京、盐城一模)Scientists have known for decades that having measles(麻疹) suppresses kids immune systems for several weeks or months,leaving them ill-equipped to fight off pneumonia,bronchitis and other infections.Now a team of researchers has suggested that the measles virus may
35、also leave a longer-lasting sort of “immune-amnesia(免疫缺失)” that makes it harder for people to stave_off other illnesses for two years or more.“That re-emphasizes the importance of vaccination(疫苗),” said biologist Michael Mina,lead author of a paper that was published in the journal Science.“There ma
36、y be a long-lasting impact that you cant undo if your child gets measles,” he said.“I hope this study can impress upon people the danger measles poses.”The researchers used what Mina called “an unconventional approach” to search for the long-lasting immune system effects.Previous work in monkeys sug
37、gested that monkeys with the disease lost white blood cells their bodies had trained to fight off other illnesses,leaving them more likely to be infected.To test if a similar thing may occur in humans,the group mined historical data to find out the relationship between measles incidence(发病率) and dea
38、ths from other infectious diseases.They turned to data from England and Walesdeveloped nations where disease levels are generally low,allowing a less-confused view of measles effects.Studying measles incidence and deaths from infectious disease both before and after the introduction of the measles v
39、accine in the UK in the 1960s,Mina and the team saw a sort of shadow effect,where deaths from a variety of non-measles infectious diseases closely tracked measles incidence.The more measles in a population,the more deaths from other illnesses in the 28-month period that followed.“Really it didnt mat
40、ter what age group,what decade or what country it was,” said Mina.“They all showed consistent results.what were suggesting happens over the long term is that your immune system works fine,but it has forgotten what it previously learned.”Some researchers who were not involved in the work questioned w
41、hether the reductions in deaths as measles cases declined may have had more to do with improving nutrition and smaller family size than with prolonged immune suppression.Others thought the papers opinion of years-long suppression was seemingly reasonable but said they could not comment on the mathem
42、atical models the group used.To know for certain what was behind the effect the group saw,Mina agreed,scientists would need to look at immune cells and observe their behavior.He said he would like to push the work in a more traditional direction: back into the laboratory.语篇解读本文是一篇科技类说明文。为了研究麻疹和患感染性疾
43、病死亡之间的关联性,迈克尔米纳和他的团队开展一项基于历史数据的非传统的研究,这引起了科学界不同的看法。40Why did Mina call their research method “an unconventional approach”?ATheir research was based on the historical data.BTheir research compared monkeys with humans.CThey only paid attention to developed nations.DThey discovered a sort of shadow eff
44、ect.答案A解析推理判断题。根据第六段“To test if a similar thing may occur in humans,the group mined historical data to find out the relationship.”可知选A。41According to Mina,what is the significance of their research?AThey warned people that measles can result in other infectious diseases.BThey carried out the researc
45、h on measles in an unconventional approach.CThey showed how dangerous measles is and the importance of vaccination.DThey found out the disease levels are generally low in developed nations.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第三段“That re-emphasizes the importance of vaccination(疫苗), said biologist Michael Mina,.”和第四段第二句“I
46、hope this study can impress upon people the danger measles poses.”可知选C。42The underlined phrase “stave off” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “”Akeep away Bsurvive fromCsearch for Dturn down答案A解析词义猜测题。根据本句提到的“immune-amnesia(免疫缺失) that makes it harder for people to stave off other illnesses”可推测,
47、画线词意为“阻挡”。故选A。43Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?AMeasles Has Been the Origin of Other Diseases and DeathsBNew Research Conducted into Measles Has Been Widely QuestionedCStudy Points to Years-long Immune System Misfortunes from MeaslesDDamage Caused by Measles to the Immune System Could Last Several Weeks答案C解析标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了一个研究团队开展关于麻疹病毒对人体免疫系统的长期影响的研究。故选C。