1、2014-2015学年高中英语同步系列练习题【8】及答案：Unit2（人教新课标必修4）Working the land 同步练习(八)一、单项选择1. Justin kicked the ball into his own goal. It was_ his stupidity _ we won the game.A. thanks to; that B. thanks for; thatC. thanks to; which D. thanks for; which2. You are_ you think you are!A. not half as cleverer asB. not
2、half as clever asC. as not half cleverer asD. as not half clever as3. Mr Ii was not_ what John said at all.A. satisfied at B. satisfactory withC. satisfied with D. satisfactory at4. lisa would rather _ at home than _to the cinema.A. staying; going B. staying; goC. to stay; to go D. stay; go5. You sh
3、ould get yourself_ carefully.A. used to work B. used to workingC. be used to work D. used for working6. This kind of fish_ oil, which is good for people who have heart trouble.A. is rich in B. is rich withC. is rich at D. rich in7. She insisted that she_ at the meeting.A. was present B. presentC. be
4、 present D. is present8. But_ they grow they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting_ a natural fertilizer for the next years crop.A. whatever; become B. whichever; becomeC. whatever; becomes D. whichever; becomes9. John prefers_ alone rather than _with his co-workers in his spare
5、 time.A. to stay; gossip B. staying; gossipC. to stay; gossiping D. to stay; to gossip10. Organic farming also_ crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers.A. refers to B. refer onC. refers with D. refer at11. It is so nice_ here with you.A. to sit B. sitC. sitting D. sat12. Although
6、 he can_ play his violin, he still listens to violin music.A. not longer B. no longerC. no more D. any more13. Have you finished_ the book?Yes, I have.A. reading B. readC. to read D. reads14. A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _ in the kitchen.A. smoke B. smokingC. to smoke D. smoked15.
7、 You have made another mistake. I m sorry, but I_.A. didnt intend toB. didnt intendC. didnt intend forD. dont intend二、完形填空About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work. One day I went into a hotel there to have something to 16 . The waiter 17 my coat and put it in a small room.About an hour
8、 later I was 18 to go. The waiter19 me my coat. 20 something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. Then I took a good look at the 21 . Oh, youve brought someone 22 coat, I said to the waiter. It looks very much like mine, 23 it is quite new, and this isnt my box, either.Oh
9、, then I 24 someone has taken your coat and left this, said the waiter. This kind of thing 25 sometimes.I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold ring in it. So I went 26 to the police station. 27 lost a ring? I asked.Yes, said a policeman. A young man who came in this morning lost a ring. He los
10、t it in London.He 28 the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived.Yes, this is my ring, he said. How can I 29 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 30 I lost it on the train!After I told him the 31 of the coat, he said, You havent been on the train. I havent been in the h
11、otel. So how did my ring 32 in the coat?Did 33 sit or stand next to you on the train? asked the policeman.Yes, said the young man. But I dont remember his face.You may remember this coat, said the policeman. Was it like this one?Yes, it was, said the young man. But my friend here 34 the thief.The po
12、liceman laughed. 35 , he said. The thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didnt take the right coat away with him.16. A. do B. buyC. eat D. deal with17. A. took B. found C. liked D. watched18. A. anxious B. glad C. invited D. re
13、ady19. A. showed B. returned C. brought D. dressed20. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Obviously D. At once21. A. ring B. box C. coat D. pocket22. A. lost B. missed C. new D. elses23. A. but B. and C. instead D. for24. A. know B. wonder C. suppose D. find25. A. appears B. happens C. meets D. changes26. A.
14、around B. about C. ahead D. along27. A. Who B. Has she C. Has anyone D. Have you28. A. wrote to B. remembered C. telephoned D. knew29. A. return B. thank C. find D. help30. A. then B. soC. yet D. however31. A. model B. price C. story D. size32. A. come B. put C. set D. get33. A. he B. the thief C. t
15、he waiter D. anyone34. A. discovered B. isntC. has caught D. doesnt know35. A. Im afraid not B. Yes C. No D. Surely三、阅读理解ARecently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to day
16、life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.He says our relation with others often become clearly defined when
17、money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly w
18、eaken the relationship if he doesnt. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed som
19、e millionaires in researching his book.Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man?Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I don t know much. All I am is rich.People just have an idea
20、 of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material wo
21、rld, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.36. According to the first paragraph, people have not realized_.A. how important money is in their day-to-day lifeB. how one spends money shows what is important to himC. that money is more important than their philosophy
22、of lifeD. that their understanding of life is more important than money37. The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money_.A. is a good way to test your friendshipB. will do harm to your friendshipC. will strengthen (增进) your friendshipD. is a good way to break off your f
23、riendship38. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?A. He does not feel that he is well-educated.B. He does not think that he is a very important person.C. He does not think that being rich deserves so much attention.D. He does not consider himself to be very succes
24、sful.39. What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?A. Money is an end.B. Money is a means.C. Money is everything.D. Money is unimportant.BA childs birthday party doesnt have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun, according to Beth Anaclerio, an Evaston mother of
25、two, ages 4 and 18 months.“Having a party at home usually requires a lot of running around on the part of the parents, and often the birthday boy or girl gets lost in wild excitement. But it really doesnt have to be that way, said Anaclerio. Last summer Anaclerio and her friend Jill Carlisle, a Nort
26、hbrook mother of a 2-year-old, founded a home party-planning business called A Party in a Basket. Their goal is to help parents and children share in the fun part of party planning, like choosing the subject or making a cake, while they take care of everything.Drawing on their experiences as mothers
27、, they have created ( 制作 ) 10 ready-to-use home party packages. Everything a family needs to plan a party, except the cake and ice-cream, is delivered to the home in a large basket.Out parties are aimed for children 2 to 10, Anaclerio said, and theyre very interactive (互动) and creative in that they
28、build a sense of drama based on a subject. For example, at the Soda shopper party the guests become waiters and waitresses and build wonderful ice cream creations.The standard $ 200 package for eight children includes a basket filled with invitations, gifts, games and prizes, paper goods, a party pl
29、anner and the like. For more information, call Anaclerio at 708-864-6584 or Carlisle at 708-205-9141.40. The main purpose of writing this text is_.A. to share information about party planningB. to introduce the joys of a birthday partyC. to announce a business planD. to sell a service41. The most im
30、portant idea behind the kind of party planning described here is that_.A. it brings parents and children closer togetherB. guests play a part in the preparation of a partyC. parents are spared the trouble of sending invitationsD. it provides a subject of conversation42. What does the underlined word
31、 hassle (Paragraph 1) probably mean?A. A party designed by specialists.B. A play requiring careful thought.C. A situation causing difficulty or trouble.D. A demand made by guests.CDo students learn from programmed instruction? The research leaves us in no doubt of this. They do, indeed, learn. Many
32、kinds of students leantcollege, high school, secondary, primary, preschool, adult, professional, skilled labor, clerical employees, military, deaf, retarded, imprisonedevery kind of student that programs have been tried on. Using programs, these students are able to learn mathematics and science at
33、different levels, foreign languages, English language correctness, spelling, electronics, computer science, psychology, statistics, business skills, reading skills, instrument flying rules, and many other subjects. The limits of the topics which can be studied efficiently by means of programs are no
34、t yet known.For each of the kinds of subject matter and the kinds of students mentioned above, experiments have demonstrated that a considerable amount of learning can be derived from programs; this learning has been measured either by comparing pre-and post-tests or the time and trials needed to re
35、ach a set criterion of performance. But the question how well do students learn from programs as compared to how well they learn from other kinds of instruction, we cannot answer quite so confidently.Experimental psychologists typically do not take very seriously the evaluative experiments in which
36、learning from programs is compared with learning from conventional teaching. Such experiments are doubtless useful, they say, for school administrators or teachers to prove to themselves (or their boards of education ) that programs work. But whereas one can describe fairly well the characteristics
37、of a program, can one describe the characteristics of a classroom teaching situation so that the result of the comparison will have any generality? What kind of teacher is being compared to what kind of program? Furthermore, these early evaluative experiments with programs are likely to suffer from
38、the Hawthorne effect: that is to say, students are in the spot-light when testing something new, and are challenged to do well. It is very hard to make allowance for this effect. Therefore, the evaluative tests may be useful administratively, say many of the experimenters, but do not contribute much
39、 to science, and should properly be kept for private use.These objections are well taken. And yet, do they justify us in ignoring the evaluative studies? The great strength of a program is that it permits the student to learn efficiently by himself. Is it not therefore important to know how much and
40、 what kind of skills, concepts, insights, or attitudes he can learn by himself from a program as compared to what he can learn from a teacher? Admittedly, this is a very difficult and complex research problem, but that should not keep us from trying to solve it.43. Of the following, the most appropr
41、iate title for the passage would be _ . A. History of Programmed Learning DevicesB. How to Use Programmed Teaching Machines in the ClassroomC. How Effective Is Programmed InstructionD. Subjects We Can Teach Ourselves Through Programmed Learning44. According to the passage, experimental psychologists
42、 typically view the results of experiments comparing programmed instruction to conventional teaching methods with_.A. skepticismB. distasteC. great interestD. complete acceptance45. The authors main purpose is to point out that programmed instruction_.A. deserves further investigationB. is a superio
43、r method of teachingC. comes in a variety of formsD. is criticized by educators46. According to the passage, which of the following experimental variables is most difficult to evaluate in experiments comparing programmed instruction to classroom teaching?A. Variability among students.B. Variability
44、among types of programmed methods.C. Variability among classroom teaching.D. Variability among school administrators.DThe speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded in agreement when he said, High school English teachers are not doing their jobs. He d
45、escribed the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a Grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this Grade 9 level had been established.My topic is not standards for its decline (降低) . What the speaker was really sayin
46、g is that he is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature (成熟的) adult.My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our di
47、ssatisfaction. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies (缺陷). But since then, English teachers have been under constant attack.The complainers think they have their own original idea. As their ow
48、n command of the language improves, they notice that young people do not have the same ability. Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect. To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of th
49、e young always seems inadequate.Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived as a generation phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to today s young people, it naturally follows that today s English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. Otherwise
50、, young people would not commit offenses against the language.47. The speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that_.A. the language of the younger generation is usually interior to that of the older generationB. the students had a poor command of English because they didnt work hard eno
51、ughC. he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for sixteen yearsD. English teachers should be held responsible for the students poor command of English48. In the authors opinion, the speaker_.A. gave a correct judgment of the English level of the studentsB. had exagg
52、erated the language problems of the studentsC. was right in saying that English teachers were not doing their jobsD. could think and speak intelligently49. It can be concluded from the passage thatA. it is justifiable to include English as a school subjectB. the author disagrees with the speaker ove
53、r the standard of English at Grade 9 levelC. English language teaching is by no means an easy jobD. language improvement needs time and effort50. In the passage the author argues that_.A. it is unfair to blame the English teachers for the language deficiencies of the studentsB. young people would no
54、t commit offenses against the language if the teachers did their jobs properlyC. to eliminate language deficiencies one must have sensitive eyes and earsD. to improve the standard of English requires the effort of several generationsEIt is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory.
55、 The meaning of thousands of everyday perceptions, the bases for the decisions we make and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It in
56、cludes not only remembering things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old
57、child learns to swing a baseball bat.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being.
58、 The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 wordsready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, fo
59、r example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight. The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words.51. According to the passage, memory is con
60、sidered to be_.A. the basis for decision making and problem solvingB. an ability to store experiences for future useC. an intelligence typically possessed by human beingsD. the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words52. The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large com
61、puter and that of a human being shows that_.A. the computers memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager sB. the computer s memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human beingsC. the computer s memory capacity is much smaller even than a teenagersD. both A and B53. The whole passage im
62、plies that_.A. only human beings have problem-solving intelligenceB. a person s memory is different from a computers in every respectC. animals are able to solve only very simple problemsD. animals solve problems by instincts rather than intelligence54. The topic of the passage is _.A. What would li
63、fe be like without memoryB. Memory is of vital importance to lifeC. How is a person s memory different from an animal s or a computersD. What is contained in memory四、短文改错Have you heard of Jacques Cousteau? Jacques Cousteau was French. 55. _.He is an aquanaut. An aquanaut can live under sea. He can w
64、ork56. _there either. Cousteau and five Frenchmen went down to the bottom57. _of the Mediterranean. They wanted study the fishes and plants. They58. _went down in a metal capsule (密封舱). It s name was Precontinent. 59. _There was a room in this capsule. The room had a kitchen and some beds, 60. _so t
65、he men could eat and to sleep. There were some windows too.61. _The men could look the fishes and plants. Cousteau and the62. _ Frenchmen werent die. Why didnt they die? For they had some63. _air and water. They stayed on the capsule for three weeks. 64. _They came up on October 13th 1965.五、书面表达 65根据下列提示，以Development of Agriculture in China为题，写一篇短文，介绍中国农业的发展。 词数100左右。 (1)中国是一个有13亿人口的大国； (2)过去的20年里，中国发生了巨大的变化，特别是农业； (3)中国仅有占世界7的土地，却种植了世界三分之一的水稻，养活了世界22的人口； (4)渔业也很重要，淡水鱼随处可见； (5)人们还利用废弃的蔬菜来养鸡和猪，利用粪便产生的气体来供热和煮饭； (6)如果世界上的其他地方也像中国一样充分发展农业，就不会再有饥饿。 参考词汇：淡水鱼fresh-watel fish；粪便waste；饥饿starvation
