1、2013届高考英语一轮总复习精选创新小测试系列北师大版必修四Unit 10 A卷.单项填空1He was disappointed at the sight he saw in the famous place of interest, _ never to come back again.AdeterminingBwas determinedCto determine Ddetermined解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：他对在这个著名景点看到的景色很失望，决定再也不回来了。首先排除B项谓语动词形式，此处需要用非谓语形式。C项在此表目的不合句意。A项表决定的动作，D项是be determined
2、 to do sth.的省略。答案：D2Yesterday I bought an MP4 for only 20 yuan in a secondhand market; it was a real _.Aexchange BbargainCtrade Dbusiness解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：昨天我在二手市场花20元买了一个MP4，真便宜。It was a real bargain.常用于口语中，意为“真便宜”。exchange“交换”；trade“贸易，交易”；business“生意”。答案：B3(2012南平统考)The speech the minister made on T
3、V _ the education reform made both teachers and students excited.Abeing concerned Bto concernCconcerned Dconcerning解析：句意：部长发表的关于教育改革的电视讲话使得师生们都很兴奋。concerning prep.“关于(某人/某事)”；concerned“担心的，烦恼的，忧虑的”。答案：D4Scientists spend so much time trying to achieve something because they are _ about new things and
4、 new ideas.Aaggressive BenthusiasticCaware Dannoyed解析：aggressive“好斗的”；enthusiastic“热心的”；aware“知道的，明白的”； annoyed“苦恼的”。句意：科学家花费大量时间想有所作为，因为他们热衷于新事物和新思想。be enthusiastic about“对热心”，符合句意。答案：B5(2012开封一模)Teachers should _ students as much as possible so that students will be better involved with the class
5、discussion.Aconcern BmotivateCappeal Ddrive解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：教师应当尽可能地去激励学生，这样学生才能更好地参与班级讨论。concern“涉及，使忧虑”；motivate“激发，激励”；appeal“呼吁，上诉”；drive“迫使”。由语境可知选项B正确。答案：B6The urgent report was completed in less than one day six hours, _.Aapproximately Bto be frankCfor a start Dto be more exact解析：考查插入语。approxim
6、ately“大约”；to be frank“坦率地说”；for a start“首先，开始”；to be more exact“更确切地说”。句意：这篇紧急报告在不到一天的时间里，更确切地说，只花了六个小时就完成了。答案：D7He lost his _ while _ basketball, hurting his left foot.Abalance; playing Bbalance; playCbalances; playing Dbalances; play解析：句意：打球时他失去平衡，伤了左脚。balance n“平衡”，不可数；while playing . 是“连词现在分词”结构
7、，作时间状语，相当于while he was playing .。答案：A8Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to _.Agive out Bgive inCgive away Dgive off解析：句意：尽管Jane同意我的大多数观点，但有一点她不愿意让步。give in“让步，屈服，上交”；give away“分发，赠送，泄漏”；give off“发出(光、热、声音、气味等)”；give out“分发，用完，垮掉，出故障，发表，公布，发出(热、声音、信
8、号等)”。根据语境可知，B项合适。答案：B9In a supermarket, you can have a close look at any product you like, but you need to _ it _later.Aput; off Bput; downCput; back Dput; on解析：句意：在超市你可以仔细看你所喜欢的商品，但是过后你应将它放回原处。put . off“推迟”； put . down“写下，记下”；put . back“将放回”；put . on“将穿上”。选项C正确。答案：C10(2012安庆质检)Attendances at footba
9、ll matches have _ since the coming of television.Adropped in Bdropped backCdropped off Ddropped out解析：句意：自从电视产生以来，到现场观看足球赛已经减少了。drop off“打盹；减少”，符合题意。答案：C11I find these problems are easy _.Ato be worked outBto work them outCto work out Dto be worked them out解析：考查sth.beadj.to do句型。在这一句型中，不定式通常用主动形式表被动
10、。答案：C12I made so many changes in my composition that only I could read it. To _ else, it was hard to make out.Anone BeveryoneCsomeone Danyone解析：由句意可知，该空格处应指“除我之外的任何一个人”。表示“任何一个人”用anyone。答案：D13Some of you may have finished Unit One._， you can go on to Unit Two.AIf you may BIf you doCIf not DIf so解析：考
11、查省略。句意：你们中的一些人也许已经完成了第一单元，如果这样的话，可以继续第二单元。If so是省略形式。假如选择B项，应改为If you have。答案：D14My most famous relative of all，_who really left his mark on America, was Reb Sussel, my greatgrandfather.Aone Bthe oneChe Dsomeone解析：考查代词的用法。由句子结构知，此处缺少“my most famous relative”的同位语成分，用来表示特指，故A、D两项可排除。the one可以用来表示特指，指代
12、前面出现过的人；C项虽可作同位语，但前句未提示“relative”的性别；故B项为最佳答案。答案：B15Because Henry and Mark had to work, _ of them came yesterday.Aboth BnoneCneither Deither解析：句意：因为Henry 和Mark要工作，所以昨天两人都没来。“两者都不”用neither；“两者都”用both；“三者(以上)都不”用none; “两者之一”用either。答案：C.阅读理解A(2012莆田质量检测)Economists across the world are expressing conce
13、rn about rising food prices. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently released its Food Price Index. The list showed that a number of foods cost more than during the world food crisis of 2008. The index is at its highest level since it began in 1990.The FAO predicts that world m
14、arket prices for rice，wheat, barley(大麦), sugar and meat will stay high or continue rising. One reason for this is the threat of shortages caused by bad weather. Current and recent weather disasters have harmed agriculture and affected prices in several parts of the world. For example, the current fl
15、ooding in Australia has done great damage to crops in the usually fertile Queensland area.Chickpea, wheat, sorghum (高粱) and corn are among the crops affected. Floods have also harmed other vegetables and fruits. The effects on prices from floods last year in Pakistan and China are still being felt.L
16、ast week, Russia extended an earlier ban on wheat exports. Russia acted after heat, drought and wildfires destroyed about a third of its wheat crop last summer. The ban was placed to make sure Russians have enough wheat. The first ban caused worldwide wheat prices climb to last year by almost 50 per
17、cent.In Algeria, the government has reduced taxes after food riots (暴乱) late last year and earlier this month.Among the causes of the riots were price increases for cooking oil and sugar.Several people died in the riots, and hundreds of others were injured. Food prices are also part of economic prob
18、lems to blame for the deadly riots in Tunisia. Shenggen Fan heads the International Food Policy Research Institute from its Washington DC office. Mr. Fan says countries must invest in making their farmers more productive. He says the world will need to feed more hungry people with less available lan
19、d, water and other resources.语篇解读：全球经济学家对粮食价格飞涨表示了担忧，文章分析了粮价上涨的原因和产生的后果，并援引了专家的建议。1Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?AThe FAO can affect the rising food prices across the world.BBoth Australia and Russia are countries growing wheat.CBad weather has no effect on deve
20、loping countries food prices.DRussia will increase wheat exports to meet the world market.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一、二段信息可知FAO不能左右世界粮价，因此A项错误；根据第二段内容可知恶劣天气也影响到了发展中国家的粮价，因此C项错误；根据第三段内容可知俄罗斯减少粮食出口以保证国内足够的粮食，因此D项也错误。根据第二、三段内容可知澳大利亚和俄罗斯都是种植小麦的国家，故B项正确。答案：B2From Paragraph 4, we can infer that _.AMr. Fan is in charg
21、e of the FAO in Washington DC officeBcountries must invest in making their farmers more productiveCfood prices can make some countries fall into confusionDthe limited resources cant provide enough food for more hungry people解析：推理判断题。根据Shenggen Fan heads the International Food Policy Research Institu
22、te from its Washington DC office.可知A为错误推断；B为直接信息，不属于推论；根据该段最后两句话可知，D为错误推断。根据最后一段第二、三、四句可推知粮价会使一些国家陷入混乱局面。答案：C3The passage is mainly developed by _.Aanalyzing causesBmaking comparisonsCfollowing the time orderDexamining differences解析：文章结构题。文章第一段指出食品价格指数达到历史最高值，接下来分析了导致粮价上涨的原因，因此选择A。答案：A4Which is the
23、best title for the passage?A. World Food Prices Expected to Stay High or Keep RisingBCurrent and Recent Weather Disasters in the WorldCThe Agriculture in Developed CountriesDThe Prediction about the Food Market in Developing Countries解析：标题概括题。根据第一段和全文内容可知A项作为文章标题比较合适。B项角度太小，C、D项不能概括全文内容。答案：AB(2012福州
24、五校模拟)Youre lost in the world of dreams and sleep. You roll over, smiling as you come across a swimming pool filled with chocolate. And then, your wonderful dream becomes a nightmare (噩梦) when someone is screaming, “Get up！” Its just what every teenager goes through each morning!Now, there seems to b
25、e one school that finally understands that requiring teens to show up at 9 am is not just cruel but also harmful to both the kids and the school.Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, Britain, recently decided to experiment to see if there is any difference in student behavior if they just pushed
26、 back the start of their day by one hour, from 9 am to 10 am. And the results are surprising.Since carrying out the later start, Monkseaton has seen a 28% drop in truancy,_even hardly any lateness, and best of all, higher test scores. One of the reasons is that the teenagers are much happier to have
27、 the extra hour of sleep, but there is also a scientific reason behind why they need the extra sleep.The schools decision to push back the time was based on the research done by Oxford Professor Russell Foster, who pointed out that teenagers and adults have different sleep cycles，explaining why teen
28、agers go to bed late and wake up late.While adults are wide awake and ready at 8 am, teenagers are not fully awake until 10 am, sometimes even noon. Teachers may argue that their students perform better in the morning, but in fact, it is because they are in the zone while their students are still sl
29、eepy, making the students easier to control.Memory tests prove that the more difficult classes should be in the afternoon when teenagers are most wide awake.The Monkseaton school officials are encouraged by the results and plan on voting to make it a permanent change.语篇解读：本文介绍英国一所学校大胆推迟早上学生的到校时间，结果学
30、生迟到、旷课现象减少，成绩明显提高。学校准备投票决定是否永久将这项举措保持下去。5Whats the meaning of the underlined word “truancy”？Agrades BclassesCabsence Dpractice解析：词义猜测题。根据文章可知，自实行了这项措施后，在truancy方面下降了28%，甚至几乎没有人迟到。这里讲的是实行这项措施的好处，结合四个选项，可知选C。答案：C6What can we learn from the passage?ATeenagers and adults have the same sleep cycle.BTeena
31、gers are fully awake at 10 am as a whole.CTeenagers are much happier to sleep than study.DTeenagers need the extra sleep also for a scientific reason.解析：推理判断题。依据第五段可知学校推迟学生到校时间是有科学依据的，学生在早上需要更多的睡眠时间。答案：D7Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AMonkseaton High School i
32、s satisfied with the result of the experiment.BIt is very cruel for the teenagers to show up in class at 9 am every day.CMonkseaton High School plans to change the school time forever.DIn fact, teenagers perform better in the morning than in the afternoon.解析：正误判断题。依据第六段最后一句推断学生下午状态更佳。学生在上午更易管理(貌似专心听讲)，是因为他们在此时还没有完全清醒。答案：D8Whats the best title for this passage?AGet up early, teenagers!BFinally, a school understands teenagersCWhy do teenagers stay up late?DDifferences between teens and adults解析：主旨概括题。本文讲了一所学校根据青少年的睡眠研究改变学生上学时间的事。结合文章内容可知B项作为标题能够突出本文主旨，又比较新颖。答案：B
