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 11 A卷.单项填空1We should always keep in mind that accidents_from carelessness while driving.AariseBarouseCbegin Drise解析:句意:我们应该记住开车时,事故是因为粗心而发生的。arise“发生,出现”;arouse“唤起,激起”;begin“开始”;rise“上涨,上升”。答案:A2She pretended_me when I passed by.Anot to see Bnot seeingCto not see D
2、having not seen解析:pretend后接不定式作宾语,变为否定形式时,not应放在to的前面。答案:A3As a_boss, he expected total loyalty and dedication from his employees.Ademanding BdemandedCdemand Dhaving demanded解析:句意:他是个苛刻的老板,要求手下的人对他忠心耿耿,鞠躬尽瘁。本题考查demand的形式,demanding adj.“(指人)苛求的”。答案:A4(2012阜阳模拟)The road sign is easy to read; the words
3、_well.Amake out Bstand outCstand for Dturn out解析:make out“辨认出,理解”;stand for“代表”;turn out“结果是”。stand out“意为“显眼”,符合句意。答案:B5These days Mike has been preparing carefully for his driving test so that he can pass it at his first_.Aintention BattemptCpurpose Ddesire解析:句意:这些天迈克一直在认真准备驾驶考试以便第一次尝试就能通过考试。at on
4、es first attempt“第一次尝试”。intention“意图,打算”;purpose“目的”;desire“愿望,要求”。 答案:B6(2012安阳月考)Some classmates are against my plan while the majority are _it.Ain view of Bin favour ofCin honor of Din memory of解析:考查短语辨析。句意:有些同学反对我的计划,而大多数同学赞成它。in view of“由于,鉴于”;in favour of“同意,赞同”; in honor of“为了向表示敬意”;in memory
5、 of“作为对的纪念”。答案:B7He came up with a new_to the problem at yesterdays meeting.Aprocedure BmethodCapproach Dmeans解析:approach与介词to搭配使用,其他名词与of 连用。句意:在昨天的会议上,他想出了一个解决问题的新方法。答案:C8The boss_another 20 workers to work in his company.Afired BemployedCrented Ddismissed解析:根据题意可知应表“又雇用了二十个工人”,employ“雇用”,符合题意。fir
6、e“解雇”;rent“租用”;dismiss“解除”。答案:B9_we are united, theres no difficulty we cannot overcome.AIn order that BIf onlyCSo long as DEven if解析:句意:只要我们团结一心,就没有我们克服不了的困难。in order that“为了”,表目的;if only“要是”,表假设;so long as“只要”,表条件;even if“即使”,表让步。只有C项符合句意。答案:C10Its already 9 oclock and Mother _step in any moment.A
7、probably Bis possibleCis likely to Dis possible to解析:考查 sb./sth. be likely to do句型。在it is possible to do句型中,不能用人或事物作主语。如果选A,题干中的step应该有时态的变化。故选C。答案:C11Robert, you failed to pass the National College Entrance Examination.Exactly. How often I have regretted_ hard!Anot to study BstudyingCto not study D
8、not studying解析:答语句意:我总是后悔没有刻苦学习。依据句意,“对以前的事情后悔”用regret doing或regret not doing表达,故选D。答案:D12(2012龙岩调研)The doctor_from the symptoms that the patients disease was cancer.Ainstructed BconcludedCexcluded Ddirected解析:instruct“教导,指示”;conclude“断定”;exclude“把排除在外”;direct“指示”。conclude from.“从推断出”,符合句意。答案:B13Mr.
9、 Ham felt that he himself, rather than Alice and Lisa,_for the coldness that had grown between them.Awere to blame Bwas to be blamedCwere to be blamed Dwas to blame解析:A rather than B 结构作主语时,谓语动词由A决定;be to blame for“该受责备”,用主动形式表被动。答案:D14The customer didnt choose _of the coats and went away without lo
10、oking at a third one.Aboth BallCany Deither解析:句意:这位顾客没选这两件外套中的任何一件,也没再看一件就走了。not和all, both连用,表示部分否定;与any, either连用,表示完全否定,两者用either,三者或三者以上用any。答案:D15Bill suggested _a meeting on what to do for the 26th Shenzhen Universiade.Ahaving held Bto holdCholding Dhold解析:句意:比尔建议召开一个有关第26届深圳世界大学生运动会事宜的会议。sugge
11、st doing sth.建议做某事。答案:C.阅读理解A(2012莆田质量检测)Facebook is a social network service and website that was launched in 2004. Friends, family, and coworkers use Facebook to communicate with each other. Many businesses use the site to show their products.Users can write about themselves or their companies and
12、 include pictures and videos. They can also permit everyone, or only a few people, to see their Facebook pages.In the summer of 2010, Facebook announced that it has over 500 million active users around the world.About half of them use the site every day. About 70 percent of all Facebook users are in
13、 countries outside the United States.Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook in 2004 when he was a second year student at Harvard University in Massachusetts. He began the project by illegally using the universitys computer system. Harvard University charged him with breaking several laws.
14、Mark Zuckerberg was almost forced to leave school. But the university withdrew the charges. Mark Zuckerberg was also accused of stealing other peoples ideas and using them in Facebook. He has denied (否认) the charges.Several people have taken legal action against him.At first, only Harvard students c
15、ould use Facebook. But it quickly expanded to other universities. The website was also opened to high school students. Now, anyone at least 13 years old with an email address can join.In the early days, only a small group of people managed Facebook. Now it has over 1,700 workers in 12 countries.Face
16、book makes money by selling advertising. It has been extremely successful. The financial company SecondMarket, says Facebook is worth 41 billion dollars.A movie about the creation of Facebook, called “The Social Network”, was released in October 2010.语篇解读:本文介绍了知名的社交网站Facebook(脸谱网)的历史。1What can we le
17、arn about Facebook?AThe minority of its users are Americans.BUsers can see anyones Facebook pages.CMore than 500 million people are using it.DIt provides social network service for Americans.解析:细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句可知,脸谱网站的用户中只有一小部分是美国人。答案:A2Why was Mark Zuckerberg charged by Harvard University?AHe secre
18、tly designed illegal computer programs.BHe devoted too much time working on his project.CHe stole other peoples ideas when writing his essay.DHe used the universitys computer system to start Facebook illegally.解析:细节理解题。根据文章的第四段可知,Mark Zuckerberg在哈佛大学上二年级期间,非法使用学校的电脑系统创立了脸谱网站,因而他被学校指控。答案:D3Which of t
19、he following can take the place of the underlined word “withdrew” in Paragraph 4?Adropped Btook awayCheld on Drejected解析:词义猜测题。根据文章第四段内容可知,Mark Zuckerberg遭到大学的指控,几乎被迫退学,但是哈佛大学后来撤诉了。短语withdrew the charge(撤诉)中的动词withdrew可用dropped替换。答案:A4Facebook manages to make huge profits mainly by _.Aattracting use
20、rsBselling advertising Cproducing moviesDincreasing cooperation解析:细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的内容可知,脸谱网主要通过卖广告获得丰厚的利润。答案:BB(2012皖南八校第三次联考)If a business wants to sell its products internationally, it had better do some market research first. This is a lesson that some large American corporations have learned the ha
21、rd way.Whats in the name?Sometimes the problem is the name. When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova to Latin America, it overlooked the fact that Nova in Spanish means “It doesnt go”Sure enough, the Chevy Nova never went anywhere in Latin America.Translation problemsSometimes it is the slogan
22、that doesnt work. No company knows this better than Pepsi Cola with its “Come alive with Pepsi!” campaign. The campaign was so successful in the United States that Pepsi translated its slogan literally for its international campaign. As it turned out, the translations werent quite right. Pepsi was b
23、egging Germans to “Come out of the grave” and telling the Chinese that “Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave”A pictures worth a thousand wordsOther times, the problem involves packaging. A picture of a smiling baby has helped sell countless jars of Gerber baby food. When Gerber started se
24、lling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in African countries, the picture on the jar shows what the jar has in it, for many people there cant read.Twist of fateEven culture, religious factors and pure coinciden
25、ce can be involved. Thom McAn shoes have a Thom McAn signature inside.To people in Bangladesh, which is a Muslim country, this signature looked like Arabic script for the word Allah. In that country,feet are considered unclean, and Muslims felt the company was offending Gods name by having people wa
26、lk on it.语篇解读:如何在激烈的商战中立足?如何才能拓展国际市场?文章告诉我们首先一定要做一些市场调查。5From the text we learn that _.AChevy Nova was brought to Latin AmericaBGeneral Motors did the best market research of all companiesCPepsi still sold well in China owing to the translation problemsDthe “Come alive with Pepsi” campaign worked we
27、ll in the US解析:细节理解题。由文章Translation problems中的“The campaign was so successful in the United States”可知D项正确。答案:D6What was Gerbers problem?AA translation problem.BCultural factors.CReligious factors.DThe picture on the jar.解析:细节理解题。由文章A pictures worth a thousand words中提到的“the picture on the jar shows w
28、hat the jar has in it, for many people there cant read”可知问题出在包装图案上,答案选D项。答案:D7For what reason were Thom McAn shoes turned down in Bangladesh?AThey are not designed attractively.BTheir advertisements are not persuasive.CA signature looking like the word Allah was in the shoes.DProblem For Thom McAn w
29、as the companys name.解析:推理判断题。由文章Twist of fate中的“this signature looked like Arabic script for the word Allah”可知Thom McAn鞋在Bangladesh滞销的原因,所以答案选C项。答案:C8What does the text mainly tell us?ALessons from some large corporations.BHow to make use of advertisements. CThe importance of market research.DThe importance of packaging.解析:主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文讲述了市场调查的重要性,答案选C项。答案:C