1、选修7Units 12.单项填空1When he moved to Canada,the children_to the change very well.Aadopted Badapted Csuited Daccustomed解析adapt to“适应”;adopt“采纳,收养”;suit“适合”;be accustomed to“习惯于”。句意:他移居加拿大后孩子们很能适应变化。答案B2Julie was_with Joanna for applying for the same job.Aannoying Bannoyed Cbothered Dbothering解析be annoye
2、d with sb“生的气”;bother的搭配是be bothered about。故只有B项符合题意。答案B3Im going to Paris next week;would you like to deal with my letters during my_?Aappearance Bdistance Cabsence Dpresence解析absence“不在场,缺席”;appearance“出现”;distance“距离”;presence“出席”。由句意知C项正确。答案C4Dont_.You will_new customs and different ways of thin
3、king.Alose your heart;apply toBlost heart;apply yourself toClose your heart;adapt toDlose heart;adapt yourself to解析lose heart“灰心”,系固定搭配;adapt yourself to“使你自己适应”。答案D5Nuclear science should be developed to benefit the people_harm them.Amore than Bless thanCrather than Dbetter than解析考查短语辨析。more than多于
4、、不仅;less than少于;rather than而不是;better than比好。答案C6_smooth and soft,this kind of cloth made of silk_well.AFelt;sells BFeeling;is soldCFelt;is sold DFeeling;sells解析考查非谓语动词和主动表被动。第一空考查非谓语动词作状语,cloth与feel构成逻辑上的主谓关系,所以选feeling形式;第二空考查主动表被动,某些可以和well,easily,smoothly等副词连用的不及物动词如read,write,wash,clean,draw,bu
5、rn,cook,sell,lock,open,shut,且主语是非生命的名词或代词,用主动结构表被动意思,再如:The pen writes smoothly.这支钢笔很好用。答案D7Our neighbour has_ours.Aas a big house as Bas big a house asCthe same big house as Da house the same big as解析考查asadj.a/an名词as结构。句意:我们邻居有一个和我们的一样大的房子。答案B8He worked hard to_some money for his retirement.Aset as
6、ide Bset outCset off Dset about解析句意:他努力工作以为退休后的生活攒点钱。set aside“(为)节省(时间或金钱)”,符合句意。set out/off“出发,动身”;set about“着手,开始做”。答案A9What the manager_over the radio caused a lot of excitement.Aannounced BdeclaredCpublished Dproclaimed解析句意:经理通过广播宣布的消息引起了人们极大的兴趣。announce在此指“宣布”;declare一般指正式场合宣布官方的立场或态度;publish“
7、发表,出版”;proclaim的意思与declare相近。故A项最佳。答案A10We are not ready to go into production yet.The new switch mechanism isnt fully_.Aworked out Bturned outCleft out Dtested out解析句意:我们尚未准备好投入生产。新的开关装置还没有完全检验好。work out“解决,计算出”;turn out“证明是,结果是”;leave out“遗漏,省略”;test out“检验,试验”。答案D11Are you getting a new car this
8、year?You must be joking!I cant afford to pay my bills,_buy a new car.Alet alone Bor ratherCleave alone Dother than解析句意:你今年要买新车吗?开玩笑吧!我连账单都付不起,更别提买辆新车了。let alone更不用说,更别提;or rather更确切地说;leave alone不管;让一个人待着;other than除了。答案A12It was when Asimov was eleven years old_his talent for writing became obvious
9、.Athat Bhow Cwhich Dwhen解析考查强调句型。强调句型结构为:“It is/was被强调成分that/who其他成分”。本句强调when Asimov was eleven years old这个时间状语从句,所以选择A。答案A13He did all he could to try to get the car to start,but it_work.Awouldnt BdidntCshouldnt Dshant解析考查情态动词的用法。would表示固有性质、倾向,另外,would还可表示物品本身的问题的顽固性,从前半句可以看出;didnt表示物品出毛病后,不能发挥正常
10、功能,C、D不符合句意。答案A14How did you like the_of the interpreter(口译员)at the Chinese FM press conference of 6party talks on TV?Aperformance BachievementCmaterial Dwords解析考查名词词义的辨析。performance意为“工作,表现”。答案A15_everyone else wouldnt go to the mountain area,he went without a second thought.AAs long as BWhileCWher
11、e DIn spite of解析考查连词的用法。while引导从句表示与主句所述内容的对比、对照,所有其他人不愿到山区去,而他毫不犹豫去了。答案B.完形填空Every Saturday night my family and I go out and feed the homeless people in the city of Orlando.We wanted to see_1_it was like in the life of a homeless person.One special thing I like to_2_is,my family and I do not eat_3_
12、we begin our journey so we know how it feels to be hungry.We all get together in the_4_and prepare the food.Some of the meals are sandwiches and cookies and a bottle of water.Sometimes my mom_5_a steaming hot delicious meal.We then_6_them all up to feed 30 or more people.Before my family and I get i
13、nto the car we ask God for_7_in a family prayer.A lot of people_8_homeless people.Not all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people.Some are really nice;_9_of them just had bad things happening to them._10_when my family and I went out on the street we had to earn their trust,because a lot of p
14、eople are_11_to them for no good reason.But_12_they see us every week they_13_us.We_14_know some of their names.We all have to remember that these are people with_15_.Some of them shake our hands for giving them food.Some of them do really funny dances because they are happy.We have become really cl
15、ose_16_a man named Tony and his wife.They have all of their personal_17_in shopping carts.After_18_us several times he has told us a lot about his life.He graduated from Howard University.He_19_teach French and Spanish.After we finish feeding the homeless,it makes me_20_what I have at home.I love fe
16、eding the homeless and making a difference in someones life.【语篇解读】 作者每个星期六晚上都和家人到大街上去给无家可归的人送食物。通过帮助那些无家可归的人,作者更感激自己所拥有的东西。1A.what Bhow Cwhether Dwhy解析我们想看看无家可归的人的生活是什么样的。what引导宾语从句且在从句中作like的宾语。答案A2A.talk Bimagine Cmention Dremind解析我想提的一件特殊的事是mention表示“说起, 提到”。答案C3A.until Bbefore Cwhile Dafter解析为了体
17、验饥饿的感觉,我和我的家人在动身之前不吃东西。答案B4A.hall Byard Ckitchen Dhotel解析我们聚在厨房准备食物。其他三项不符合语境。答案C5A.buys Btakes Cbrings Dprepares解析有时,妈妈会准备一顿热腾腾的美味的饭。上文的“.prepare the food”是答案提示。答案D6A.cook Bbag Cpress Droast解析然后,我们把这些食物都包起来,给三十多个人吃。bag用作动词,相当于pack,bag.up表示“把装入袋中”。答案B7A.protection BpossessionCallowance Dexpectation解
18、析我和家人上车之前,祷告得到上帝的保护。protection“保护”,符合语境。possession“占有”;allowance“津贴”;expectation“期待”。答案A8A.hate BmisunderstandCunderstand Dsupport解析很多人误解那些无家可归的人。由下一句“Not all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people.”可知选B。答案B9A.some Bthe otherCothers Dthe rest解析他们当中有些人只是遇到了不幸的事。与上文的“Some are really nice”形成了并列
19、关系,表“一些”,故用some。答案A10A.At last BAt leastCAt first DAt once解析起初,当我和我的家人去街上,我们必须赢得他们的信任。答案C11A.generous Bkind Cmean Dgrateful解析因为很多人无缘无故对他们很刻薄。mean表示“刻薄的”。答案C12A.in case Bnow thatCfor fear Dprovided that解析由于他们每个星期都会看到我们,他们现在信任我们了。now that用作连词,表示“既然,由于”,引导原因状语从句。答案B13A.rely on Bbelieve inCtalk with Dwo
20、rry about解析由上文的“we had to earn their trust”可知,作者和家人经过努力,赢得了他们的信任。答案B14A.still Beven Cnever Dever解析我们甚至知道有些人的名字。even“甚至”,符合语境。答案B15A.love Bexpression Cfeelings Dmoney解析这些无家可归的人是有感情的。由下文的“shake our hands”和“do really funny dances because they are happy”可知此处是说这些人是有感情的。答案C16A.to Bby Cof Dwith解析我们和一个名为托尼的
21、人和他的妻子关系很近。close to sb意为“与某人关系密切”。答案A17A.belongings BclothesCgroceries Dgoods解析购物车上装着他们所有的财物。belongings意为“财产,所有物”,符合语境。答案A18A.running into Bcoming acrossCmeeting Dfinding解析与我们见过几次面之后,他给我讲了很多关于他的生活的事情。答案C19A.would Bused toCneeded Dought to解析他过去曾经教过法语和西班牙语。used to表示“曾经”。答案B20A.dislike BownCrecognize D
22、appreciate解析帮助这些无家可归的人使我感激自己所拥有的东西。appreciate表示“感激,感谢”,符合语境。答案D.阅读理解After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it b
23、ack to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years later claiming hed traveled the world and hadnt found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life.She sp
24、oke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where hed planted and made it on her own.When the 10th anniversary of his death approached,my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance.
25、The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked RI.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the date for our coming back.On Mondaythe day before the anniversaryshe went to Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that
26、she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, theres Dick.”That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my father, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can str
27、ike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug. 30, 2011, the 10th anniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she_wanted_us_all_home and my dad had waited long enough.【语篇解读】 十年间,作者的母亲时刻在缅怀亡夫,仿佛他依然活在人世。就在他去世的第十个周年纪念日那天,作者的母亲也突然离开了这个世界。1The author and her broth
28、ers and sister would_each year during the first few years since 2001.Ago home to see their fatherBgo home to see their motherCspend the special day with their motherDserve their mother on Aug.30解析细节理解题。第一段的第一句提到作者的父亲于2001年8月30日去世,作者的母亲要求孩子们每年的那一天都要进行周年纪念,根据第一段第二句的内容可知,作者和她的兄弟、姐姐此后每年都要和他们的母亲共同度过个特殊的日
29、子。答案C2From the second paragraph we know that the authors father_.Atraveled around the world and left her motherBleft her mother first but returned two years laterChad a quarrel with her mother before her mothers graduationD. was not the right man her mother wanted at that time解析细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的内容可知,作
30、者的父亲先是在作者的母亲大学毕业前离开了她,两年后又回到了她的身边。答案B3We can infer from the passage that the authors mother_.Aknew her last day was coming on Aug.30Bkept everything of her husbandsCmissed her husband though he had passed awayDremained a daily presence in her husbands life解析推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知,作者的母亲每年都为已经去世的丈夫张罗周年纪念,再结合
31、第二段中的“She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone.”可推知,她念念不忘已故的丈夫。答案C4Which of the following statements is true EXCEPT that_.AMother died the day before the anniversary of Fathers deathBMother died in the garden as Father d
32、id ten years agoCMother died because she fell to the ground accidentlyDMother died on the same date when Father did ten years ago解析细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“My mother died within hours,on Aug.30,2011,the 10th anniversary”可知,作者的母亲去世的时间与作者父亲的周年纪念日是同一天,由此可判断A项说法错误。答案A5What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?AMother wanted us to stay at home.BMother missed us very much.CMother expected us to get back.DThat day was Mothers last day.解析推理判断题。结合画线部分前后的内容可推知,那天是母亲一生中的最后一天。答案D