1、Unit 1A land of diversitySection Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending基础测评巩固一、根据句意及首字母写出单词1By no m was Galileo the first person to use a telescope.答案:means2The m of doctors agree that smoking is extremely harmful to health.答案:majority3A large p of the hotels income is from the visitors to t
2、he lake nearby.答案:percentage4Who was e president of that club?答案:elected5In a city with b industry,land is precious and cannot be extravagantly used for traffic.答案:booming二、用下列词组或单词的正确形式完成句子become home topercentagekeep uplive onillustrateby means ofelectthe majoritymake a lifeaircraft1He his idea by
3、 relating his own experiences.答案:illustrated2The teachers are trying to improve our English listening,reading,writing and speaking.答案:by means of3A low of the immigrants are Chinese.答案:percentage4Although his house was destroyed in the heavy snow,he was encouraged to .答案:live on5He by selling the ve
4、getables planted in a greenhouse.答案:makes a life6Most of the Chinese people still the custom of eating zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival every year.答案:keep up7It was the that carried 500,000 candles to Guizhou province within 13 hours.答案:aircrafts8The conservation area has a large amount of wild li
5、fe.答案:become home to9He has been manager of the company for his hard work.答案:elected10It is a rule in the Partys constitution(章程) that the minority should obey.答案:the majority三、单项填空1(2011重庆高考)Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree?Of course,I have.It was in our village it was made.A.thatB.wh
6、ereC.whenD.which答案:A解析:考查强调句型。句意:你看过山楂树之恋这部电影吗?当然了,我看过。这部电影就是在我们村拍摄的。根据句意和句子结构可知in our village 在句中作状语,故用that 构成强调句型。2A few people were killed in the fire,but were saved.A.the majority of whomB.most of whom C.the mostD.the majority答案:D解析:由于本句中出现并列连词but,所以此处不是考查定语从句,排除A项和B项;most表示“大多数”时,其前不加定冠词 the,排除
7、C项;majority表示“大多数”时,常与定冠词the连用。3 published fifty years ago,his work still attracts much attention at present. A.In spite ofB.ThoughC.Apart fromD.Despite答案:B解析:in spite of=despite,是介词,不能接过去分词作宾语;apart from也是介词,含义是“除了之外”; though是连词,含义是“虽然,尽管”,当其引导的从句中的主语与主句主语一致,且从句中含有be动词时,可把从句的主语及be动词省略,本句中省略了it was。
8、4Since the early 1990s,China has been enjoying a(an) in scientific and technological development. A.progressB.boomC.increaseD.advance答案:B解析:progress“进步”,boom“(人口、贸易的)繁荣”;increase“增加”;advance“进步,前进”。此处表示中国在科技发展方面的繁荣,应选boom。5It was said that some Chinese film stars had to find a job in Hollywood singi
9、ng for the first time.A.as well asB.in front ofC.besidesD.by means of答案:D解析:句意:据说一些中国电影明星在好莱坞一开始不得不通过唱歌找一份工作。by means of后加动名词,表示通过某种手段;as well as“和”;in front of“在的前面”;besides“除了之外”。6A large of the employees in this company are college graduates.A.timesB.percentC.percentageD.point答案:C解析:句意:这个公司的大多数员工
10、都是大学毕业生。percentage “百分比”,后接复数名词时,谓语动词用复数形式。四、单句改错1He earns a living by mean of doing several kinds of work.答案:meanmeans2After the flood,no houses in these villages still lived.答案:lived后加on3The old man keeps off the old habit of going fishing in the river near his house.答案:offup4Made a life by cleani
11、ng the streets not only brings in income but also makes her healthier.答案:MadeMaking5By the time of next year,we will finished all the English textbooks.答案:finished 前加have五、阅读理解The first big wave of Chinese immigration to America came when gold was discovered in California in 1848.The Chinese called
12、the new land “Mountain of Gold”.Those who did not become miners found work in railroad construction,farming and light industries,doing low-paid jobs.By the 1880s,American industrialization brought changing economic realities,resulting in an explosion of resentment(仇恨) toward the Chinese laborers.The
13、y were accused of taking jobs away from the white men.The government issued Exclusion Acts(排外法案) to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States.Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and then went to the Mid-west and the East.As in California,they
14、 formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as “Chinatowns”.New Yorks Chinatown was created by men such as the Chinese laborers.Sociologists call them “sojourners”foreigners in the United States,keeping to their cultural traditions,living in the larger society in which they existed.The
15、sojourners came to America for the promise of supporting his family in China,where he expected to return one day.Those who did stay lived separately from the society.So they remained in Chinatown,an enclosed community holding on to traditions among the tides of change.1What does the underlined word
16、“issued” mean?A.brought outB.meant toC.made a lifeD.mixed with答案:A解析:词义理解题。从The government.的宾语Exclusion Acts(排外法案)和 不定式“to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States”看出此处表示出台一项法案。bring out“使显示,出版,生产”。2Before the Exclusion Acts,most of the Chinese in the United States lived .A.in
17、 the WestB.in the EastC.in the Mid-westD.in the Mid-east答案:A解析:推理判断题。由第一段中的“Many workers fled from the concentrated Chinese communities in the West and then went to the Mid-west and the East.”推出在法案公布之前,他们大多数住在西部。3From the first paragraph,we can see that Chinese immigrants .A.published Exclusion Acts
18、,tooB.fought against the white menC.were working on their own fieldD.formed small areas of Chinese culture答案:D解析:细节理解题。由第一段最后一句“As in California,they formed small pockets of Chinese culture that were known as Chinatowns.”看出他们在加州建立了自己的文化区域。4According to the passage,Chinese immigrants.A.lost their hop
19、es of returning to their countryB.tried to find a place in the larger societyC.went on with their own traditions in spite of social changesD.were free to take whatever jobs they like答案:C解析:细节理解题。由第二段第二句中的“.foreigners in the United States,keeping to their cultural traditions,living in the larger soci
20、ety in which they existed.”看出他们继续保持自己的传统。5What is the main idea of this passage?A.Chinatowns experienced great changes after gold was discovered in 1848.B.Exclusion Acts brought great sufferings to the Chinese laborers.C.Chinese laborers were cruelly exploited by the white people.D.Chinese immigration to America resulted in the forming of Chinatowns.答案:D解析:主旨大意题。从第一段的最后一句和第二段看出本文是在讨论Chinatowns的形成。