1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。课时提升作业(十八)必修4 Unit 3. 单项填空1. (2013南京模拟)I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions _she stopped working because of ill health. A. thatB. whenC. whereD. which2. Mr. Hoffman, aged over 60, has recentlyplaying golf at week
2、ends, contributing to his rosy face. A. taken toB. slid intoC. submitted toD. broken into3. Successful people like Mo Yan have some good qualities and above all, they are nevera simple life so they keep fighting until they are top ones. A. interested inB. curious aboutC. content withD. confident in4
3、. (2013吉林模拟)Why was Jackson searching shop after shop for a sweater? Oh, he was veryabout his clothes. A. particularB. specialC. curiousD. unusual5. He seems poor, but Ithat he has quite a lot of money. A. wonderB. suspectC. convinceD. doubt6. Medical officials said an Israeli missile killed at leas
4、t 11 Palestinian civilians _ four children in Gaza on Sunday. A. includedB. includeC. includingD. to include7. When I polished his article, Isome of the material which I found to be of little value. A. cut outB. cut offC. cut upD. cut down8. My fathermy brother for driving but he wanted to pickthe k
5、nowledge of the computer during his spare time. A. advised; upB. persuaded; outC. intended; upD. managed; out9. People are programmed to pay attention to anything that is different or novel. If you make something different it will. A. stand outB. leave outC. pick outD. put out10. The audiences were
6、soby his humourous performance that they kept laughing all the time. A. movedB. frightenedC. entertainedD. shocked11. When Mom looked back on the early days of their marriage, she wondered how they had managed withmoney. A. so fewB. such fewC. so littleD. such little12. (2013武威模拟)With the priceso qu
7、ickly, I find 1, 000yuan a month can hardly cover the cost of living. A. to riseB. risenC. being risenD. rising13. Liu Yang is so excellentshe has become the first Chinese woman astronaut of our country. A. asB. thatC. whichD. where14. (2013洛阳模拟)Lets give up. Its too late. I dont think any bus will
8、come. I dont care. Ill get thereI have to walk all the way. A. even ifB. as ifC. so thatD. now that15. I dont think I am; it is said thatis the mother of success. A. a failure; failureB. failure; a failureC. a failure; a failureD. failure; failure. 阅读理解A new study has found that making someone laugh
9、 is one of the best ways to woo(求婚)ones lover. However, researchers have discovered that not all humour is equal. The quickest path to success is to use a very specific form of wit: Self-deprecation. “Many studies show that a sense of humour is attractive to women, especially to their girlfriends, b
10、ut weve found that self-deprecating humour is the most attractive of all. ” said anthropologist Gil Greengross. One possible explanation is that taking the mickey out of oneself is a high-risk strategy. “It is a risky form of humour because it can draw attention to ones real faults, thereby diminish
11、ing(缩小)the self-deprecators status in the eyes of others. But based on the idea that self-deprecating humour can be an especially reliable indicator not only of general intelligence and creativity, but also of moral virtues such as humility. ” Anthropologist Kate Fox, author of Watching the English,
12、 believes self-deprecation is uniquely vital for those with an English cultural background: “For the English, the rules of humour are the cultural equivalent of natural lawswe obey them automatically, rather in the way that we obey the law of gravity. ” “Pomposity(夸耀)and self-importance are outlawed
13、. Serious matters can be spoken of seriously, but one must never take oneself too seriously. ” she added. “As long as everyone understands the rules, they are duly impressed both by ones achievements and by ones reluctance(不愿)to talk about them publicly. ” However, Greengross warns of another danger
14、 in the use of self-deprecation. “If you are a low-status individual, using self-deprecating humour can be disastrous to you. ” he said. “Think about the secondary-school child whom nobody liked, who made fun of his shortcoming in sports. His kids laughed at him and he was considered more pathetic(悲
15、惨的)than he was previously. This is high-risk attraction. It is not for everyone. ” (330W)1. What is Kate Fox? A. A film-maker. B. An official at school. C. A lawyer. D. An expert in studying anthropology. 2. From the passage, we know that Gil Greengross. A. is attractive to women all the way, especi
16、ally to his girlfriendB. believes that he himself is really the author of Watching the EnglishC. thinks that a low-status individual can be disastrous to him/her while using self-deprecationD. loves the secondary-school child whom nobody liked because of his shortcoming in sports3. The underlined ph
17、rase “taking the mickey out of oneself” (in Paragraph 3)may be replaced by. A. making someone laughB. self-deprecationC. obeying the law of gravityD. pomposity and self-importance4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The quickest path to success is to make someone laugh. B.
18、Self-deprecation perhaps lowers its status in the eyes of others. C. The English obey natural laws without obeying the law of gravity. D. Nobody likes making fun of one childs shortcoming in sports. . 阅读第二节(2013长春模拟)根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Have you heard about leap year? Leap year
19、is a year that has 366 days instead of the usual 365. It normally occurs every four years, always on an even-numbered year. The extra day is added to our shortest month. That is the second month of the year, which in non-leap years has 28 days, two fewer than any other month. 1We also call leap year
20、 the bissextile year. 2In our calendar system there is a need for a leap year because the solar year(the time it takes the earth to go around the sun once)is actually slightly more than 365 days long. That extra dayFeb. 29 every four yearshelps correct the difference between our calendar and the sol
21、ar calendar. It is said that leap year was first made part of the calendar by the ancient Roman leader Julius Caesar. His astronomers had calculated the length of the solar year to be 365 days and six hours. So Caesar declared that an extra day be added to the calendar. 3However, Caesars adjustment
22、was not completely accurate because his astronomers year exceeded the true solar year by eleven minutes and fourteen seconds. By 1582, a difference of ten days had developed between the calendar year and the true solar year. To correct this error, Pope Gregory ruled that every fourth year would cont
23、inue to be a leap year except for century years that could not be divided evenly by 400. By this system, century years such as 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, but the year 2000 was a leap year. 4People born on Feb. 29 celebrate their growing up a little differently from the rest of us. 5Bu
24、t if they go strictly by the calendar, they have only one-fourth as many birthday celebrations as most people. A. They acknowledge that they get older each year. B. When you see Feb. 29 on a calendar, you know that year is a leap year. C. This is its formal, or scientific title. D. This may seem com
25、plicated, but it works. E. In a leap year, the extra day is added to the second month, giving it 29 instead of the usual 28 days. F. The leap year was introduced in the Julian calendar in 46 BC. G. This is done every four years. 【语篇随练】1. 根据阅读理解翻译汉语Many studies show that a sense of humour is attracti
26、ve to women, especially to their girlfriends, but weve found that self-deprecating humour is the most attractive of all. 【译】_ _2. 用30个词左右概括阅读理解文章大意_答案解析. 1. 【解析】选B。考查关系副词的用法。先行词occasions, 在从句中作时间状语, 所以用when, 相当于on which。句意: 我钦佩我的英语老师。在我的记忆中她几乎没有因为生病而不给我们上课的时候。【变式备选】In a sports team each player has a
27、 clear role, and there are fewwhen members are uncertain of their roles. A. occasions B. positionsC. chancesD. situations【解析】选A。考查名词词义辨析。occasion表示 “场合; (重大的)时刻(节), 时机, 机会” ; position表示 “方位, 位置; 地位, 身份; 职位, 职务” ; chance表示 “机会; 时机” ; situation表示 “形势; 情况” 。根据句意 “在一个运动队中每位队员都有清晰的角色意识, 在很少场合下会出现队员不清楚自己角
28、色的情况。” 可知应选A项。2. 【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。take to喜欢; slide into(不自觉地)陷入某种状态; submit to屈服, 认输; break into闯入。3. 【解析】选C。句意: 像莫言这样的成功的人士都拥有一些好的品质, 最重要的是他们绝不会对简单的生活感到满意, 因此他们不断奋斗直到成为顶尖人才。A项意为 “对感兴趣” , B项意为 “对感到好奇” , C项意为 “对感到满意” , D项意为 “对有信心” 。4. 【解析】选A。be particular about对挑剔。这里表达的意思是他对衣服特别挑剔。5. 【解析】选B。句意: 他看起来贫困
29、, 但是我怀疑他很有钱。suspect “怀疑” , 为及物动词, 其后可直接接从句。wonder想知道; convince使确信; doubt不相信后面的内容。6. 【解析】选C。考查非谓语动词。句意: 医疗官员说周日在加沙地带以色列的导弹袭击至少造成11位巴勒斯坦平民死亡, 包括四名儿童。 “包括四名儿童” 为 “including four children” 或 “four children included” 。7. 【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 我在修改他的文章时把那些我认为没有什么价值的东西删去了。cut out剪下, 删掉; cut off切断, 中断; cut up
30、切碎; cut down削减, 砍倒。根据句意, 选A项。8. 【解析】选C。句意: 我父亲打算让哥哥学驾驶, 但是他想在业余时间学点电脑知识。intend sb. for doing sth. “打算让某人做某事” ; pick up “学会” , 均为固定搭配。9. 【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 人生来就爱关注任何不同的或者新奇的事情。如果你让一些东西与众不同了, 那么它就会突出出来。stand out突出, 显现; leave out遗漏, 省去; pick out挑选出; put out熄灭。A项符合题意。【变式备选】SheFrench when she was in Fra
31、nce. Now she can speak it freely. A. picked outB. made outC. made upD. picked up【解析】选D。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 当她在法国时她无意间学会了法语, 现在她能随意地说了。pick up意为 “无意间学会” , 符合语境。pick out意为 “挑选” ; make out意为 “理解; 辨认出” ; make up意为 “弥补; 编造” 。10. 【解析】选C。句意: 观众被演员滑稽的表演逗得如此高兴, 以至于他们一直笑个不停。由后面的kept laughing可知, 此处应是 “快乐的” , be enter
32、tained快乐的。11. 【解析】选C。考查so和such为修饰词的用法。句意: 当妈妈回顾他们刚结婚时的那段日子时, 她很奇怪当时是如何用那么少的钱走过来的。首先few修饰可数名词, 故排除A、B两项; 当不可数名词前有much, little(少)修饰时, 只能用so而不能用such, 这是一种固定用法, 故此处C项正确, 又如so many books这么多书; so few people这么少的人; so much money这么多的钱。12. 【解析】选D。句意: 随着物价的快速上涨, 我发现每月1, 000元钱几乎不够一月的生活费用。不及物动词rise和其逻辑主语the pric
33、e之间为主谓关系, 所以用现在分词作补语, 表主动。13. 【解析】选B。考查状语从句。句意: 刘洋是如此优秀以至于成为第一位中国女航天员。so. . . that. . . 如此以至于, 引导结果状语从句。14. 【解析】选A。考查连词。答句句意: 我不管。即使我一直步行, 我也要到那里。even if即使, 符合语境。as if好像; so that因此, 所以; now that既然, 均不符合句意。15. 【解析】选A。句意: 我认为我不是个失败者, 据说失败是成功之母。第一空failure是抽象名词具体化, 表示 “失败的人或事” ; 第二空是抽象名词。【知识拓展】failure与s
34、uccess对比failure(失败)和success(成功)是一对反义词, 但用法上有不少相似之处和需注意之处: 泛指一般意义的 “失败” 或 “成功” , 通常是不可数名词; 指具体的失败(成功)的人或事等, 或指一次失败或成功等, 通常是可数名词。例如: Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。If you fail, make failure a stepping stone to success. 假若你失败, 就把它当作通向成功的垫脚石。Success came after many failures. 多次失败之后, 终于获得了成功。H
35、e is a failure(success)in business. 他在生意上很失败(成功)。It was said that the party was a failure(success). 据说晚会开得不成功(很成功)。表示未能做某事, 通常用ones failure to do sth. ; 表示成功地做了某事, 通常用have success in doing sth. 。例如: His failure to help us was disappointing. 他未能帮助我们真是令人失望。Did you have any success in persuading her to
36、 come? 你说服了她来吗? 表示在某一方面的失败或考试不及格等, 可用介词in。例如: a failure in duty(失职), failure in love(失恋), ones failure in an exam(考试不及格). 幽默可帮助一个人获得良好的人际关系。一项新的研究发现, 让某人笑是求爱的最好办法之一。成功的最快捷途径则是运用一种独特的智慧: 自嘲。然而, 自嘲的运用是否还有高风险呢? 1. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第五段首句可知Kate Fox是研究人类学的。故选D项。2. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。对于Gil Greengross的相关信息表述, 只有C项符
37、合倒数第二段Gil Greengross所说的 “If you are a low-status individual, using self-deprecating humour can be disastrous to you” 一句的含义。3. 【解析】选B。词义猜测题。由第四段的解释 “It is a risky form of humour. . . to ones real faults, thereby diminishing the self-deprecators status in the eyes of others. . . . ” 说明, taking the mic
38、key out of oneself就是 “戏弄自己” 也就是 “自嘲” (self-deprecation)。4. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。A项错在与第一段最后一句不吻合; B项正确是因为与第四段中 “It is a risky form of humour. . . diminishing the self-deprecators status in the eyes of others. ” 一句吻合; C项错在与第五段最后一句的 “we obey them automatically, rather in the way that we obey the law of gravity. ” 不吻合; D项错在与最后一段第一句不吻合。. 答案: 15. BCGDA【语篇随练】1.很多研究表明, (男士的)幽默感对于女性来说很有吸引力, 尤其是对他们的女友来说, 但是我们已经发现(在所有的幽默形式中)自嘲是最有魅力的(一种形式)。2. A new study has found that making someone laugh is one of the best ways to woo ones lover. And the quickest path to success is self-deprecation. 关闭Word文档返回原板块。