1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Book 8Unit 1A land of diversity.单项填空1The World Trade Centre twin towers which_ destroyed in September 2001，_ 417 and 415 metres high.Awere；wereBwas；wasCwere；wasDwas；were2Research_ that eating habits are changing fast.ApointsBsaysCindicatesDmeans3We look forward to the day when the ca
2、r will be replaced by some less dangerous_ of transport.AmethodsBmeansCmannersDways4Did you hear about _ car accident on Spring Road yesterday? Yes，I heard they took both drivers to hospital.One needed _ surgery.Athe；/Ba；aCthe；theDa；the5The match is to take place in two days and they are busy _ the
3、tennis court.Aturning outBmarking outCmaking outDbreaking out6_ percentage of the students pass the Band4 English test in your college?AHowBWhatCWhichDWhen7Why didnt you pay the accommodation rent?The rent？_AIt all depends.BIts up to you.CYou are crazy!DThat isnt due yet.8After studying in a medical
4、 college for five years，Jane_ her job as a doctor in the countryside.Aset outBtook overCtook upDset up9He can hardly_ his wifes badtemper，so he decided to seek divorce with her.Ateamed up withBcaught up withCput up withDkept up with10By the time Jane gets home，her aunt_ for London to attend a meetin
5、g.Awill leaveBleavesCwill have leftDleft11It suddenly_ to me that we should use the computer to do the job.AstruckBoccurredChappenedDsaw12The wounded soldier lost _ blood.Aa great manyBa great numberCquite a littleDa great deal13_ he referred to in his article was unknown to the general readers.ATha
6、tBWhatCWhetherDWhere14_ my dear teacher couldnt understand was _ fewer and fewer middle school students showed interest in her lessons.AWhat；whyBThat；whatCWhat；becauseDWhy；that15See the flags on the top of the building？That was _ we did that morning.AwhenBwhichCwhereDwhat.完形填空My son Joey was born wi
7、th club feet(畸形足)The doctors told us that with _16_ he would be able to walk _17_ but would never run very well.The first three years of his _18_ were spent in surgery (手术)By the time he was eight，you wouldnt know he had a _19_ when you saw him walk.The children in our _20_ ran around as most childr
8、en do during play，and Joey would jump right in and run and play，too.We never told him that he probably wouldnt be _21_ to run as well as the other children.So he didnt know.In seventh grade he _22_ to go out for the crosscountry team.Every day he trained with the team.He worked harder and ran more t
9、han any of the others.Perhaps he _23_ that the abilities that seemed to come _24_ to so many others did not come naturally to him._25_ the entire team runs，only the top seven runners have the _26_ to score points for the school.We didnt tell him he probably would never make the team，so he didnt know
10、.He _27_ to run four to five miles a day，every dayeven the day he had a fever.I was _28_，so I went to look for him after school.I found him running alone.I asked him how he felt.“_29_，” he said.He had two more miles to go.The _30_ ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever.Yet he look
11、ed _31_ ahead and kept running.We never told him he _32_ run four miles with a fever.So he didnt know.Two weeks later the names of the team runners were _33_.Joey was number six on the list.Joey had made the team.He was in seventh gradethe other six team members were all eightgraders.We never told h
12、im he couldnt _34_ to make the team.We never told him he couldnt do it.We never told him he couldnt do all those things.So he didnt know.He _35_ did it.16A.examinationBexperimentCexcitementDtreatment17A.silentlyBusuallyCnormallyDquickly18A.schoolBlifeCillnessDtime19A.confidenceBproblemCsuccessDcomfo
13、rt20A.neighborhoodBcityCfamilyDchildhood21A.pleasedBcertainCableDwilling22A.refusedBdecidedCrememberedDpromised23A.sensedBunderstoodClearnedDdrove24A.suddenlyBactuallyCnaturallyDpossibly25A.IfBSinceCAlthoughDBecause26A.strengthBbenefitCintelligenceDchance27A.continuedBhadCwantedDindicated28A.upsetBa
14、ngryCworriedDdisappointed29A.SorryBOkayCRightDAbsolute30A.tearsBheatCsweatDfailure31A.obviouslyBanxiouslyCstraightDtypically32A.couldntBwouldntCmustntDneednt33A.discoveredBcalledCcompletedDexamined34A.expectBlikeCfailDtry35A.seldomBjustCalwaysDnever.阅读理解Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in New York City
15、.During his long life，he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world.Whitman was influenced by events around him.But his poetry spoke of the inner self.He celebrated great people like President Abraham Lincoln.He also celebrated common people.As a young ma
16、n，Whitman worked as a school teacher，a printer and a newspaper reporter.He was thirtysix years old when his first book of poetry was published.He called it Leaves of Grass.It has only twelve poems.The poems are written in free verse.The lines do not follow any set form.Some lines are short and some
17、are long.The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound.They do not rhyme.One of Americas greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass.Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitmans work.But most other poets and writers said nothing or denounced it.The
18、American Civil War began in 1861.During the war，Whitman worked without pay at army hospitals.He helped care for the wounded and dying soldiers.He sat beside these men for hours.He brought them food and wrote letters for them.After the Civil War，Whitman worked for government agencies.He watched the U
19、nited States try to heal itself and increase democracy.To Walt Whitman，democracy was more than a political system or idea.It was a natural form of government for free people.Whitman believed democracy was meant to honor the rights of every person and the equality of all people.In 1873，Walt Whitman s
20、uffered a stroke.He spent the last few years of his life in Camden，New Jersey and wrote more poems.Whitman was poor and weak during the last few years of his life.He died in 1892.36Walt Whitman expressed his feelings by_.Asinging songsBcelebrating great peopleCwriting poemsDpraising common people37L
21、eaves of Grass was published in_.A1855B1819C1861D187338The underlined sentence “But most other poets and writers said nothing or denounced it.”(in Paragraph 3) is most likely to tell us that_.Amany great writers liked Whitmans poems very muchBa lot of people agreed with EmersonCmany poets and writer
22、s thought ill of Whitmans poemsDfew poets and writers didnt like talking to Whitman39It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that Whitman was_.Aa brave soldierBa man of devotionCan honest officialDa great politician40Which of the following is the right order of Whitmans life?aHis first collecti
23、on of poetry was published.bHe taught in a school as a teacher when he was young.cHe helped the wounded soldiers in the war.dHe passed away in Camden，New Jersey.eHe was born in New York City in 1819.Ae，c，b，a，dBe，b，c，a，dCe，b，c，d，aDe，b，a，c，d1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.D 8.C 9.C 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.B 14.A15.D16.D 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.A 21.C 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.C 26.D 27.A 28.C29.B 30.C 31.C 32.A 33.B 34.A 35.B 36.C 37.A 38.C 39.B 40.D高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
