1、2014-2015学年高中英语同步综合练习(5)及答案:Unit4(人教新课标必修5)必修五 Unit 4Making the news单元测试笔试部分:I. 单项选择. We are not prepared to compromise _ safety standards.A. with B. between C. on D. in22.Generaly speaking, when _ according to the directions, the medicine had no side effect.A. taking B. taken C. to take D. to be ta
2、ken23. The visiting cousins expressed their satisfaction with their tour, _ that they had enjoyed their stay her. A. having added B. to add C. adding D. added24. Would you classify it _ a hard drug or a soft drug?A. into B. by C. as D. apart25. I am delighted to _ your acquaintance, Mr. Baker. A. ma
3、ke B. put C. take D. have26. Our holidays were mined by the weather; have stayed at home!A. it may be as well B. it was just as well we C. we might just as well D. we might do as well as we27. Alice is visiting her mother today. In that case, you have dinner with us tonight?A. will B. can C. wont D.
4、 cant28. Bob must be very wealthy. Yes, he _ more in one day than I do in a week. A. cams B. had earned C. has been earned D. has earnings29. It displeases my parents when Richard and I stay out late at night. My parents dont approve _. A. of Richard and me staying out late at night B. of me and Ric
5、hard staying out late at nightC. to Richards and my staying out late at night D. when Richard and nm stay out !ate at night30. Be what you axe, give what you can, and the rest of the time2 A. you can mind your own business B. please mind your own businessC. you will mind your own business D. mind yo
6、ur own business31. Shall we eat here? No, I dont like to cat at this restaurant, for the waiter gave me _.A. a rare cooking steak B. a steak rarely cooked网C. a steak rarely cooking D. a rare-cooked steak. 32. _, where we can stay for a week.A. Next is another hotel to it B. Next to it another hotel
7、isC. Next to it is another hotel D. it is next to another hotel is33. That was not the first time he _ us. I think its high time we _ strong actions against him. A. betrayed (背叛), take B. had betrayed, took C. has betrayed, took D. has betrayed, take34. Once _, the clock will a month and keep good t
8、ime.A. start B. started C. to start D. starting35. Does Alan like hamburgers? Yes, very much _ that he eats that almost every day.A. for B. as C. to D. soII 完形填空 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从3655各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C,D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 What makes a child speak a language has long been a puzzle to linguists (语言学家)
9、. 36 speaking, there are two schools of linguists, both of 37 try to explain 38 a child picks up a language so easily. The fact that a child picks up a language 39 is surprising: at one year old, a child is able to 40 bye-bye; at two, he is able to use fifty words; by three he begins to 41 tenses. T
10、he famous American linguist Noam Chomsky 42 that human beings have a sort of built-in system for language use, and that the 43 is only secondary. Children are not taught language 44 they are taught arithmetic. Other linguists, 45 , hold the view that a child learns 46 of his language from the hints
11、in the environment. 47 , theorists of both schools 48 that there is a biological basis for language and language use. The 49 is which is more important, the inner ability or the environment. This is certainly a field 50 to be explored. Researchers from both schools are busy finding evidence to 51 th
12、eir own theory, but 52 side is persuading the other. It seems that in order to 53 why a child learns a language so easily, we have to 54 the joint efforts of both schools. Some linguists, like De Villiers, have recognized the value of cooperation, and 55 linguists of both sides to work together.36.
13、A. Surprisingly B. Personally C. Properly D. Roughly37. A. them B. who C. whom D. which38. A. that B. when C why D. how39. A. independently B. naturally C. without help D. with ease40. A. speak B. say C. wave D. respond41. A. master B. study C. have D. get42. A. doubts B. believes C. realizes D. cri
14、ticizes43. A. help B. teacher C. environment D. hint44. A. as B. for C. when D. though45. A. in particular B. as a result C. however D. therefore46. A. a little B. some C. nothing D. most47. A. Before B. From now on C. Just now D. By now48. A. suspect B. disagree C. agree D. realize49. A. case B. qu
15、arrel C. problem D. question50. A. waiting B. planning C. never D. unlikely51. A. provide B. create C. supply D. support52. A. not a B. one C. neither D. either53. A. find out B. rule put C. search for D. look for54. A. get rid of B. trust in C. rely on D. persist in55. A. ordered B. criticized C. c
16、hallenged D. urgedIII 阅读理解 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C,D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AThe human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us to adjust to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerve
17、s, we couldnt know whats happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture (折磨) is based on the human body being open to pain.网But there is a way to handle pain. kook at the Indian fakir (苦行僧) who sits on a
18、 bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude towards it. ff the dentist says, This will hurt a l
19、ittle, it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation, we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the stuff of life.*网56. What does the writer me
20、an by saying we pay for our sensitivity in the first paragraph?A. We have to take care of our sense of pain. B. We suffer from our sense of feeling.C. We should try hard to resist pain. D. We are hurt when we feel pain.57. When the author mentions file Indian fakir, he shows that _.A. fakirs possess
21、 magic power B. Indians are not afraid of pain* C. people can learn to cope with pain D. some people are born without a sense of pain58. What is essential for people to stand pain according to the writer?A. Their relaxation. B. Their interest. C. Their nerves. D. Their attitude.59. The author believ
22、es that _.A. feeling pain is part of our life B. pain should be avoided at all costs来源:网C. feeling pain can be an interesting thing D. magic power is essential for reducing painBThe eight airlines of the Oneworld alliance (联盟) have joined forces to give world travelers a simple way to plan and book
23、a round-the-world journey. Its called the Oneworld Explorer program.Oneworld Explorer is the perfect solution for a once-in-a-lifetime holiday or an extended business trip. Its a great way for you to explore the four corners of the earth in the safe hands of the eight Oneworld airlines.You can have
24、hundreds of destinations to choose from, because the Oneworld network covers the globe. And as you travel around the world, youll have the support of 260,000 people from all our airlines, who are devoted to the success of ),our journey, helping you make smooth transfers and offering support all alon
25、g the way.The Oneworld goal is to make global travel easier and more rewarding for every one of our travelers. We try our best to make you feel at home, no matter how far from home your journey may take you.We can offer travelers benefits on a scale beyond the reach of our individual networks. Youll
26、 find more people and more information to guide you at every stage of your trip, making transfers smoother and global travel less of a challenge.60. The Oneworld Explorer program is said to be most suitable for those who _.A. have been to the four comers of the earth B. travel around the world on bu
27、sinessC. want to explore the eight airlines D. need support all along the way61. The advantage of the alliance lies in _.A. its detailed travel information B. its unique booking systemC. its longest business flights D. its global service network62. We can learn from the last paragraph that Oneworld
28、_.A. offers the lowest prices to its passengersB. keeps passengers better informed of its operationsC. offers better services than any of its member airlines aloneD. is intended to make round-the-world trips more challenging63. The propose of the advertisement is to _.A. promote a special flight pro
29、gram B. recommend a long business tripC. describe an alliance flight D. introduce different airlinesCI recently wrote an autobiography in which I recalled many old memories. One of them was from my school days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from the Readers Digest to
30、 test our vocabulary.Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out It pays to Enrich your Word Power first when the Digest comes each month. I am impressed with that idea, word power. Readers Digest knows the power that words have to move people to entertain, inform, and inspire. The Digest ed
31、itors know that the big word isnt always the best word. Take just one example, a Quotable Quote from the February 1985 issue: Time is a playful thing. It slips quickly and drinks the day like a bowl of milk.Seventeen words, only two of them more than one syllable, yet how much they convey! Thats usu
32、ally how it is with Readers Digest. Small and simple can be profound.As chairman of a foundation to restore the Statue of Liberty, Ive been making a lot of speeches lately. I try to keep them fairly short. I use small but vivid words: words like hope, guts, faith, dreams. Those am words that move pe
33、ople and say so much about the spirit of America. Dont get me wrong. Im not against using big words, when it is right to do so, but I have also learned that a small word can work a small miracle if its the right word, in the right place, at the right time. Its a secret that I hope I never forget.64.
34、 The passage is mainly about _.A. one of the many old memories B. using simple words to express profound ideasC. Readers Digest and school speeches D. how to make effective speeches65. It seems that Readers Digest is a magazine popular with _.A. people of all ages B. teenagers C. school teachers D.
35、elderly readers66. The authors secret is _.A. to avoid using big words at any time B. to use words that have the power to move peopleC. to work a miracle by using a small word D. to use small and simple words where possible67. According to the author, well-chosen words can give people _.A. hope, cou
36、rage, and ideas B. confidence, determination, and strengthC. pleasure, knowledge, and encouragement D. entertainment, information, and powerDThere are two kinds of memory: short-mm and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed. The information may
37、 be kept for days or weeks. However, information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language r
38、emember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were 75 college students. They represented all levels of ability in English: beginning, intermediate (中等), and native speaking students.To begin, the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the
39、recording, the subjects took a 15-question test to see which words they remembered. Each question had four choices. The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording, Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike. For example, weather, whether, wither, and wetter are four
40、 words that sound alike. Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning. Method, way, manner, and system would be four words with the same meaning. Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of th
41、eir mistakes on words that sound alike; students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning. Hennings results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory, and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their sh
42、ort-term memory.68. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Information in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory.B. Long-term memory can be achieved only by training.C. It is easier to test short-term memory than long, term memory.D. Henning gave
43、a separate test on vocabulary to his students.69. From Hennings result we can see that _.A. beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of wordsB. advanced students always remember words by their meaningC. it is difficult to remember words that sound alikeD. it is difficult to remembe
44、r words that have the same meaning70. The word subject in the passage means _.A. memory B. the theme of listening materialC. a branch of knowledge studied D. the student experimented on71. The passage centers on _.A. memory B. two kinds of memory C. short-term memory D. an experiment on studentsESuc
45、cessful innovations (改革) have driven many older technologies to extinction (灭绝) and have resulted in higher productivity, greater consumption of energy, increased demand of raw materials and the speed of flow of materials through the economy and increased quantities of metals and other substances in
46、 use for each person. The history of industrial development has a great number of examples.In 1870, homes and mules were the prime source of power on U.S. farmers. One horse or mule was required to support four human beings, a ratio (比率) that remained almost constant for many decades. At that time,
47、had a national commission been asked to forecast the population for 1970, its answer probably would have depended on whether its consultants were of an economic or technological mm of mind. Had they been economists, they would probably have projected the 1970 home or mule population to be more than
48、50 million. Had they been technologists, they would have recognized that the power of steam had already been harnessed (受约束) to industry and to land and ocean transport. They would have recognized further that it would be the prime source of power on the farm. It would have been difficult for them t
49、o avoid the conclusion that the home and mule population would decline rapidly.72. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as a consequence of new technological developments?A. Older technologies die away. B. The quality of life is improved.C. Overall productivity increase. D. More raw
50、 materials become necessary.73. It can be inferred from the passage that by 1870 _.A. technology began to be more economicalB. the steam engine had not been invented网C. the U.S. horse population was about 10 millionD. a national commission on agriculture had been established*com74. In the second par
51、agraph, the author suggests that economists would _.A. plan the economy through yearly forecastsB. fail to consider the influence of technological innovationC. value the economic contribution of farm animalsD. consult the national commission on the economy75. What is the authors attitude towards cha
52、nges brought on by technological innovations?A. He is excited about them B. He accepts them as naturalC. He is disturbed by them D. He questions their usefulnessIV短文改错 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾();如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正: 该行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线()划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。 该行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字
53、符号(),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 该行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意:原行没有错的不要改。 When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes very 76. _ often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly we come to see 77. _ that how important our eyes are. People who are nearsighted 78. _ can only see things that are very
54、 close their eyes. Many people 79. _ who do a lot of closely work, such as writing, reading and sewing 80. _ becomes nearsighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to 81. _ 网see distant things clearly. People who are farsight suffer from 82. _ just the same problem. They can see things that ar
55、e far away, 83. _ but they have difficult reading a book unless they hold it at arms 84. _ length. If they want to do much read, they must get glasses, too. 85. _ V 书面表达在繁重的课业负担之下,中学生也应该学会适度地自我放松,请你围绕“Ways to get relaxed”这一话题,按照下列要点写一篇英语短文: 1、自我放松的途径:看电视、体育锻炼、上网等2、我更喜欢的途径及理由:注意:在表达“我更喜欢的途径及理由”时,请从要点
56、1中选择一项进行阐述。词数:100120,文章开头已给出(不计词数)。There are various ways to get relaxed for middle school students. 参考答案. C 22.B 23. C 24.A 25.A 26. C 27. C 28. A29. A 30. D 31. B 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. D 36. D37. C 38. C 39. D 40. B 41.A 42. B 43. C 44. A45. C 46. D 47. D 48. C 49. D 50. A 51. D 52. C53. A 54. C 5
57、5. D 56. B 57. C 58. D 59. A 60. B61. D 62. C 63. A 64. B 65. A 66. C 67. C 68. A69. A 70. D 71. C 72. B 73. D 74. B 75. B.com短文改错76. 77. perfectly that 78. that去掉 79. close to80. closelyclose 81. becomesbecome 82. farsightfarsighted83. sameopposite 84. difficultdifficulty 85. readreading书面表达One way
58、 is to take exercise, walking, running, playing basketball or football, etc. We can also watch TV, where we are able to enjoy varieties of colorful programs both in Chinese and English as well. Moreover, we can surf the Internet to get some relaxation and entertainment. As far as Im concerned/ As fo
59、r me, surfing the Internet appeals to me most. For one thing, the Internet offers a wide range of activities for relaxation. In general, I keep track of the latest news as an enjoyment. Sometimes, I play computer games to refresh myself. For another, the Internet makes it easy for me to make friends with people at home and abroad, for it is a great joy to communicate with them. In addition, having a glimpse of the vivid pictures and live videos on the Internet contributes to regaining my energy.