1、Unit 1Art.单项填空 1The sooner we students_to the new school, the better it will be_our studies.Aadapt; forBadjust; toCadopt; for Dadmit; to答案 Aadapt和adjust都有“(使)适应”的意思，但后跟to表示“适应于”，跟for表示“适用的目的”；adopt“采用，收养”；admit“容许，承认，接纳”。句意：我们学生对新学校适应得越快，对我们的学习就越有利。2You must keep the news a secret and dont put it_an
2、ybody else.Ain possession of Bin the possession ofCin charge of Din the charge of答案 BA项和C项的逻辑主语是人，分别表示“某人占有”和“某人负责某事”，含有主动意义；而B项和D项的逻辑主语是物，分别表示“被某人所占有”和“由某人负责”，具有被动意义。3It is_of Mathew to be badtempered, and this morning he got awfully angry with his wife for just losing one dollar.Apractical Bbenefi
3、cial Cskeptical Dtypical答案 D考查形容词。句意：Mathew经常发脾气，今天早上，仅仅因为妻子丢了一美元而对她发火。It is typical of sb. to do sth.“做是某人的特征”。再如：It is typical of him to forget his keys.他总是忘记带钥匙。(忘带钥匙是他的特点)4Sealers and whalers were the first Europeans_to New Zealand, later followed by more Europeans，_for a better life.Acoming; se
4、eking Bto come; seekingCcame; to seekDto come; to seek答案 B考查非谓语动词。第一空前有the first，所以用不定式；第二空选seeking表伴随。5World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, a grandscale global event, has_the significant theme “Better City, Better Life”Aabandoned Badopted Cadvocated Dadapted答案 B考查动词。句意：2010年上海世博会是全球的大盛事，它采用了鲜明的主题“城市，让生活
5、更美好”。adopt“采用，采纳”； abandon“遗弃，抛弃”； advocate“鼓吹，提倡”；adapt“适应，改编”。6All the Chinese are looking forward to our countrys first_to land on the moon after the successful trip of Change to it.Apractice Bpurpose Cattempt Dact答案 C考查名词。句意：嫦娥卫星探月成功后，全国人们期盼着我国首次登月尝试。attempt“尝试，企图”。7Why does teaching as a career
6、_many people?Aapply for Battract toCappeal to Dagree with答案 Cappeal to“对有诱惑力”。句意：为什么教育作为一项事业吸引了这么多人呢？apply for“申请”；attract“吸引”，attract sb./sth. to“把吸引到”；agree with“同意”。8Shes aiming_a scholarship. That is why she has been focusing her mind_her work.Aat; on Bto; onCfor; in Dat; into答案 Aaim at, focus o
7、nes mind on sth.为固定搭配。句意：她的目标是获得奖学金，这就是她为什么专心学习的原因。9Because of its_for low temperatures, it is an ideal plant for the garden pool.Astyle BpreferenceCtaste Dinterest答案 Bpreference“偏爱，更加喜欢”。句意：因为对于低温的爱好，它就成了花园水塘里的理想的植物。style“风格”；taste“口味”；interest“兴趣”。10They didnt buy the car._they didnt like its colo
8、r；_it was too expensive.AFor one thing; for anotherBFor one thing; but alsoCOn the one hand; for another handDFor the one hand; on the other hand答案 A一方面，另一方面，除了用“on the one hand.; on the other hand”，还可以用“for one thing.; for another”来表示。11Liu Xiang shouldnt have given up.What? If his injury hadnt bee
9、n so serious, he_from the race.Awould never have withdrawnBwould have withdrawnCwould withdrawDwould never withdraw答案 A考查虚拟语气。由常识或前文的虚拟条件句的时态可以看出，这是对过去发生事情的虚拟，所以主句应该用would have done结构。答句句意：什么啊，要不是他的伤这么严重，他决不会退出比赛。12American scientists_that Chinese people would fly to the moon in the near future.Apre
10、dicted BvariedCexperimented Dwatched答案 A句意：美国科学家预测，不久中国人将可以飞上月球。13She went to the bookstore and bought_.Ascore books Bscores booksCscore of books Dscores of books答案 Dscores of“许多，大量”，可修饰可数名词。score与数词或many, several连用时，其后不加s；score前有基数词表示数字时，其后一般不与of连用。14The government is_to everyone to save energy in
11、order to carry out the construction of “twooriented society”(两型社会)in Wuhan and other circle cities.Aattaching BadaptingCadjusting Dappealing答案 Dappeal to在此意为“呼吁”。15Im going to Appleby tomorrow._！ Im going up there too.AWhat a coincidence BGood luck CCongratulations DGood idea答案 A考查交际用语。答语句意：真是巧合！我也要
12、去那儿。What a coincidence！“真是巧合！”II.完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My_1_began when I was just a kid. I_2_becoming a doctor.My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that_3_people spent a lot more time reading
13、than they_4_watching television. She announced that my brother and I_5_watch two to three preselected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and_6_her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights.
14、 Years later we realized her marks were a_7_. My mother was illiterate.When I entered high school I was a(n)_8_， but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to_9_the guys. I went from being an Astudent to a Bstudent to a Cstudent. One night my mother came home from_10_her various jobs and
15、 I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said，“Okay, Ill give you all the money I make this week from scrubbing floors and cleaning bathroms, and you can buy_11_food and pay the bills. With everything_12_， you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.”I was very_13_with th
16、at arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was_14_left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to_15_our heads and any kind of food on the talbe，_16_buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasnt going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectu
17、al preparation. I went back to my_17_and became an Astudent again, and eventually I_18_my dream and I became a doctor.My story is really my mothers storya woman with_19_formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job
18、_20_than parenting. This I believe.文章大意：这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者出生于一个贫困的单亲家庭，然而在母亲的帮助和教导下，她克服了重重困难，努力学习，最终获得优秀的成绩，并实现了自己的梦想。这一成功事例说明：在教育子女方面，母亲永远是最好的老师。1A.belief BworkCeducation Dpromise答案 A从语境可知，此处表示“我从小就有这种信念”。2A.majored in Bgot used toCdreamed of Dgot tired of答案 C句意：我梦想成为一名医生。major in“主修”；get used to“习惯于”；
19、dream of“梦想”；get tired of“对厌烦”。3A.lazy BeasygoingCsuccessful Dreliable答案 C从下文母亲对子女的严格要求可以看出，母亲认为成功人士花在读书上的时间要多于他们看电视的时间。4A.made BpaidCtook Ddid答案 D此处用did替代前面的spent，以避免重复。5A.could only Bcould notCmust not Dshould often答案 A由“announced”可知，“我”和弟弟每周只能看到三个预先挑选好的节目。6A.read to Bpresent toCteach Dexplain to答
20、案 B母亲非常严厉，要求孩子读书后还要上交读书心得。present sth. to sb.意为“把某物呈交给某人”。7A.joke BmeansCtool Dtrick答案 D从“My mother was illiterate”可推知，母亲用的“标记”是一个“计谋”。8A.Astudent BBstudentCCstudent DDstudent答案 A依据下文“from being an Astudent to a Bstudent” 以及“but”可知，作者刚上高中时是个优等生。9A.get rid of Bhang out withCbreak away from Dkeep in t
21、ouch with答案 B从语境可知，此处指自己想和别人一起闲荡。get rid of“除去”；hang out with“与闲荡”；break away from“摆脱”；keep in touch with“与保持联系”。10A.making BstoppingCworking Dgetting答案 C从下文“scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms”可知，此处表示母亲干完各种活后回家。11A.your brother ByourselfCyour sister Dthe family答案 D此处意为“由你来替这个家管伙食，付账单”。12A.left
22、over Bpaid offCused up Dcarried out答案 A依据前句可知，此处表示用所有剩下的钱去买意大利针织衫。pay off“付清”；use up“用完”；carry out“实行”；均不符合句意。13A.angry BpleasedCdisppointed Dbored答案 B以为由自己理财就有可能买自己想要的意大利针织衫，“我”对母亲的决定感到很高兴。14A.anything BeverythingCsomething Dnothing答案 D由“but”可以看出，当“我”把该用的钱分配完毕时，手里已分文不剩。15A.put an idea into Bgive an
23、 impression onCkeep a roof over Dhave eyes in the back of答案 Ckeep a roof over our heads意为“有地方住”。16A.let alone Blet outClet in Dleave alone答案 A此处意为“更不用说买衣服了”。let alone“更不用说”；let out“放出”；let in“使进入”；leave alone“避免扰乱”。17A.guys BmotherCstudies Dplay答案 C依据上下文内容可知，此处表示“于是我又努力学习”。18A.made BfulfilledCchange
24、d Dtried答案 B从下文“I became a doctor”可推知，最终“我”实现了自己的梦想。19A.little BmuchCfew Dhigh答案 A从第二段末“My mother was illiterate”可知，母亲几乎没有接受过正规教育。20A.more interesting Bless importantCmore important Dless interesting答案 C由上文得知：没有哪一种工作比教育子女更重要。III.阅读理解ARembrandt was an extraordinary Dutch painter. He was most wellknow
25、n for his brushwork and the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not happy.He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him to have a real, learned profession but Rembrandt left the University of Leiden after becoming bored. He began stu
26、dying art under a local teacher but soon left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessons in six months!At the age of 22, he moved back to Leiden and began to get his own students. One of his students was the famous artist Gerrit Dou. In 1631 he returned to Amsterdam where he became t
27、he most popular portrait painter in Holland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cousin of a very successful art dealer and she helped him to meet wealthy people who commissioned(委任制作)many paintings from him. He used her as a model in many of his paintings.Rembrandts private life
28、, however, was very unfortunate. He had four children with Saskia but only one, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1642 at the age of only 30. In 1649, his housekeeper became his second wife and was also a model for many of his paintings. Even though Rembrandt was very successful as an artist, art deal
29、er and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had to declare bankruptcy(破产)in 1656. He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts.His unfortunate life, however, didnt affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time. His new love, Hendrickje, died i
30、n 1663 and his 27yearold son, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven months later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He produced more than 600 paintings and over 2,000 drawings!文章大意：荷兰艺术家Rembrandt大学还没毕业就拜师学画画，一生有2600多幅作品问世。然而他的一生极具悲剧色彩。1Which of the following is the reason that made his business
31、 fail?AAs an extraordinary Dutch painter, he knew nothing about business.BHe spent most of his time on art, leaving no time to care his business.CAll his children but Titus died, which made him very sad.DLike other famous artists, he was thoughtless.答案 D细节理解题。由第四段中的“.he lived in a careless way and h
32、ad to declare bankruptcy(破产)in 1656.”可知是他的疏忽、考虑不周造成了生意的失败。题中的“thoughtless”和原文的careless意义相近。2From the passage we learn that Rembrandt_.Agraduated from the University of LeidenBbegan his teaching career in 1628Cmarried Saskia when he was 22 years oldDwas good at drawing animals and flowers答案 B细节理解题。根据
33、第二段的“He was born on July 15, 1606.”和第三段的“At the age of 22, he.get his own students”可推算出他是在1628年开始他的教学生涯的。他并没有从大学毕业，A项错误；他1606年出生，1634年结婚，时年28岁，C项错误；D项文中未提及。3How many members of Rembrandts family died before him, not including his parents?AFour.BFive.CSix.DSeven.答案 C推理判断题。第四段提到他的第一个妻子与三个孩子辞世，第五段提到他的2
34、7岁的儿子Titus和第二个妻子也去世了，总共6个家人在他之前去世。4Whats the best title for this passage?AA brief biography of RembrandtBA great Dutch painterCThe greatest painter in the worldDRembrandts unhappy family答案 A主旨大意题。本文按时间顺序简单介绍了Rembrandt的成长、事业、家庭等，也就是他一个简单的“传记”，故A项作为本文标题最合适。BThe greatest artistic creative geniuses Ive
35、ever seen, have been those who can turn garbage into art. Not just gluing together junk, but really making waste into something unique, cool, and well, something youd put into your home for instance. Theres something to be said about recycling of those items we commonly throw away.The ability to tak
36、e trash and garbage and turn it into art, or something intriguing that is fascinating to look at is a skill all of its own. I have often said that the tree geniuses of our time, that is to say the creative genius artists of our era are those who can do this, create art that can command a high price
37、tag from junk. Over the years while traveling through the United States I had stopped into museums in many parts of the country.Some of the best art Ive ever seen in my life has come from garbage, trash, or junk that has been reworked and recycled into something spectacular. Best of all the artists
38、dont spend much on material costs, therefore it is mostly profitable. In fact they are using their minds to do a lot with very little. Just think if we all used our minds to do this, how little we might actually throw away, and how more efficiently we could run our factories, production, and even ho
39、useholds.After all, anything that is not used is waste, and it is thrown away. It ends up in a landfill, or a dump somewhere, and eventually it decays in the soil, causing perhaps ground water pollution. However, if we can rework these items for a couple of more rounds, and waste less, then we are p
40、roviding efficiency for our civilization, and thats a good thing. Any artist who can do this is not only one caring the environment, but he is also one with humanity, and using his brain power and creative genius to make us all better.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。用垃圾制作艺术品不仅体现了艺术家的聪明才智，而且还有利于环保。5What would be the b
41、est title for the passage?A. Garbage in art outB. Recycle garbage in a new wayC. A new kind of artD. A new way to protect the environment答案 C标题概括题。文章主要介绍某些艺术家用垃圾制作艺术品，点缀了我们的生活，而且有利于保护环境，因此A项符合文章的主旨。6The author believes the art work created from junk_.A. is not suitable to be put in our homeB. is of
42、little valueC. can be of great value D. will end up in landfills答案 C细节理解题。从文章第二段倒数第二句中的“create art that can command a high price tag from junk”可知有时垃圾制成的艺术品有很高的价值，故选C项。7What do we know about the author from the third paragraph?A. He cant afford good art from garbage.B. Art made from garbage doesnt co
43、st much in material.C. He collects a lot of art from garbage.D. He thinks its easy to make art from garbage.答案 B细节理解题。从文章第三段的第二句可知，由垃圾制成的艺术品成本不高，故选B项。8We learn from the last paragraph that_.A. real artists are those with humanityB. creating art from garbage can also help the environmentC. there is n
44、o good way to deal with waste todayD. a great amount of waste has been reused by artists答案 B推理判断题。文章最后一段说明，把垃圾制作成艺术品，不仅美化了我们的生活，而且能够减少污染。9Whats the authors attitude towards the artists who turn garbage into art? A. Neutral. B. Pitiful. C. Doubtful. D. Supportive.答案 D作者态度题。综合全文可知，作者显然对用垃圾制作艺术品的艺术家非常支
45、持。IV.书面表达假设你的名字叫李华，今年18岁，想利用暑假打工，你在报纸上看到了某咖啡厅的招聘广告。请根据报纸内容写一封120150字的求职信。注意：1. 图下框内为李华个人的相关信息;2. 信的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。TEMPORARY JOB OFFERDear sir, I would like to apply for the position _Yours faithfully, Li Hua【范文】Dear sir, I would like to apply for the position of a part-time waiter, as was advertised
46、 in the newspaper. I am an eighteen-year-old student studying at Senior High school. As the summer vocation is coming, I hope to get a job to help me to gain some social experience and enrich my life. Im available during the week so I have enough time for the work. I once worked as a waiter for thre
47、e months in a fast-food restaurant in my spare time, so Im sure the working experience will qualify me for the position. Im outgoing, friendly as well as helpful, which I think will help me a lot in dealing with different customers. Besides, I can play the piano and it can surely build up a warmer and more friendly atmosphere. I would be available for an interview at any time and I look forward to your reply. Yours faithfully, Li Hua
