1、Module 4Period Three(时间:45分钟).短语填空draw upon; in addition to; take.seriously; depend on; on the other hand1I was joking, but he _ it _.2She has 20 years teaching experience to _ _.3All living things _ _ the sun for their growth.4_ _ _ an album, I gave him a pen and a pencil.5Id like to eat out, but _
2、 _ _ _ I should be trying to save money.答案1.took;seriously2.draw upon3.depend on4In addition to5.on the other hand.完成句子1我一见到就把信给他了。I gave him the letter _ _ I saw him.2他没有来,但他本来应该来的。He didnt come, but he _ _ _.3市民们举行了仪式,纪念那些为了解放而捐躯的人。The citizens held a memorial _ _ _ those who died for the liberati
3、on. 4他们献给他一束鲜花。They _ him _ a bunch of flowers.5我不喜欢这种布,而且它也太贵了。I dont like this cloth and _ _, it costs too much.答案1.the moment2.ought to have3.in honour of4presented;with5.in addition.单项填空1Progress so far has been good. _,we are sure that the project will be completed on time. AHowever BBesides CT
4、herefore DOtherwise答案C考查副词辨析。句意:到目前为止进展很好。因此我们确信能按时完成工程。therefore因此,所以,表示前后有因果关系,符合题意。however然而,不过,可是;besides此外,而且;otherwise否则。2_genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a decent home environment.ABut for BThanks to CIn addition to DOwing to答案C句意:除了基因,智力还取决于合理的饮食、良好
5、的教育和家庭环境。but for意为“要不是因为”;thanks to意为“多亏”;in addition to意为“除了之外(还)”;owing to意为“由于”。3There is a party tonight _our new president, and I am _ to be invited.Ain honour of;in honour Bin honour of; honoured Cin place of; honoured Din favour of;in honour答案B句意:今晚有一个欢迎我们新董事长的聚会,我很荣幸地接到了邀请。in honour of“向表示敬意
6、”,be honoured to do“很荣幸做”。in place of“代替”;in favour of“支持”。4Can you tell me how many people _ at this meeting will be _ with a bunch of flowers?Apresent, present Bpresented; presented Cpresented; present Dpresent; presented答案D句意:你能告诉我参加会议的有多少人能得到鲜花吗?第一个空是形容词作后置定语,意为“出席的”;第二个空用及物动词的被动形式presented,pres
7、ent意为“赠送,颁发”。5You should _your own knowledge to solve these problems.Adraw out Bdraw in Cdraw on Ddraw up答案Cdraw on/upon利用;draw out(天黑得)渐晚;draw in(天黑得)渐早;draw up起草,制订。6I havent been to Hong Kong, but I wish _.Ato Bto have Cto be Dto have been答案A句意:我还未去过香港,但我希望能去一趟。but后的句子完整形式为I wish to go to Hong Ko
8、ng,为避免重复可省略go to Hong Kong,但需保留to。7Were having a meeting in half an hour.The decision_at the meeting will influence the future of our company.Ato be made Bbeing madeCmade Dhaving been made答案A根据前面的“Were having a meeting in half an hour.”可知会议还没开始,The decision后面的定语应用动词不定式,表示将要发生的动作,排除B、C、D项。故选A项。8The e
9、conomic crisis _ the whole of Europe in 2009, causing many people unemployed.Aswept Bmopped Crelayed Dsignified答案A句意为:2009年经济危机席卷整个欧洲,造成许多人失业。sweep迅猛地扫过;mop擦,揩(脸,汗等);relay转播,接转;signify表示,表明。9The head of the company promised to deal with it _ he returned to his office.Auntil Bwhile Cby the time Dthe
10、moment答案D句意:公司老板承诺一回到办公室他就解决此问题。the moment在此引导时间状语从句,表示“一就”,相当as soon as。10He is praised by his teacher_, but blamed by his friends_.Aon the one hand; on the other hand Bon the hand; on the other handCon the one; on other hands Don one hand; on the other hands答案A考查短语。on the one hand.on the other han
11、d “一方面,另一方面”, 为固定搭配。11I cant stand _with Jane in the same office. She just refuses_ talking while she works.Aworking stopping Bto work; stopping Cworking; to stop Dto work; to stop答案C句意:我无法忍受同简在一个办公室工作。她工作时总是讲话。cant stand doing sth 不能忍受做某事; refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事。12In my opinion, life in the twentyf
12、irst century is much easier than _.Athat used to be Bit is used toCit was used to Dit used to be答案Dit代替句中所指的life,used to be表示“过去曾经是”; be used to则表示“习惯于”。that只能表示“同类异物”,故不正确。该句表达的是与过去情况相比,故B、C不正确。.完形填空It was a cold winter morning. Half asleep at the train station,I stared into the distance,_1_for the
13、 train to take me to my_2_in Boston. The world was quiet. The very few people on the street kept to themselves,_3_their steaming cups of coffee.Reaching into my pocket as the_4_was approaching,my numb hand searched for the $20 bill to pay my fare. The pocket was_5_!I searched through my bag and then
14、 I felt_6_.Unless the money dropped from the sky,Id be_7_there.“Whats the matter?” A short,elderly man stood before me.“Oh,nothing.Well,I_8_my money and now I cant pay for the ticket. Im going to_9_my math class and the train is leaving.”“Here,use this.”The man held a $20 bill. I looked up,_10_.Peop
15、le just didnt do that any more. Everyone worried about their own_11_,rarely stopping to think about others,especially teenage strangers.“Thank you,but no,I cant.”“_12_itgo!” The man pushed me_13_the train. I bought a roundtrip ticket,and he refused the change I_14_to give him back. I did not know wh
16、at to saya million thoughts raced through my mind,yet I stood _15_.For the train ride I was silent. I began to see the world through_16_eyes.That man made a difference with such a simple_17_.A week later I was at the train station again,with an extra $20_18_I saw the man. And there he was.“Excuse me
17、,sir,I believe I owe you this.” I_19_the money into his hand.Failing to refuse,he said,“Just remember to do the same for someone in your shoes someday.” I smiled,content.The elderly man is my hero. For many,heroes are famous,but my hero is a_20_stranger who taught me a lesson in life. I will never f
18、orget his kindness.1A.watching Blooking Creaching Darranging答案Awatch for等候;look for寻找;reach for伸手去够;arrange for安排。根据语境可知,只有A项符合,即作者在等火车。2A.home Bclass Coffice Dfactory答案B根据第9题后面的my math class可知,这里应该选B。即赶去上课。3A.serving Bcarrying Cminding Dmaking答案Cmind表示“在意;关心”,即街上少有的几个人,他们只关注自己手头冒着热气的咖啡。4A.chance Bc
19、rowd Cdriver Dtrain答案D作者是在等火车,因此选train。5A.deep Bempty Cmessy Dtight答案B根据下文内容可知,作者在口袋里怎么也找不到钱,因此这里选empty,即他的口袋空空如也,没有钱了。6A.hopeless BuselessCrelieved Ddissatisfied答案A因为我要去上课,而且火车也到站了,可就在这时我发现自己没钱乘火车了,由此可知我当时感到很无望(hopeless)。7A.blocked Bdrawn Cstuck Dtied答案Cblock堵塞;draw吸引;stick阻止,使停止;tie意思是“系”。根据文章内容可知
20、,只有C项符合语境,即由于没有钱,我要被困车站了。8A.wasted Bcounted Cspent Dlost答案D我告诉那位老人,我的钱弄丢了。9A.miss Bskip Cfail Dstop答案Amiss错过,我要错过数学课了。skip跳过;fail失败;stop阻止;停止。10A.frightened BdisturbedCsurprised Dconcerned答案C我对老人的突然帮助,感到很惊讶(surprised)。11A.problems Bcomplaints Cpositions Dchallenges答案A当老人帮助我时,我想到的是,没有什么人还会像老人这样做,人们都只
21、会想着自己的问题,很少为别人考虑,尤其是对(像我这样的)陌生少年。因此A项正确。complaint抱怨;position位置,职位;challenge挑战。12A.Seize BGet CCatch DTake答案Dtake it意思是“拿去吧”。老人让我把那20美元拿去乘车。13A.in Bbeyond Ctoward Don答案C老人推着我向火车走去(toward)。14A.offered Bmanaged Chappened Dattempted答案Doffer to主动提供;manage to成功做到;happen to碰巧;attempt to试图。根据语境可知D项正确,我试图把找回
22、的零钱给老人。15A.unconsciously BsilentlyCseriously Duncomfortably答案B根据前面的a million thoughts raced through my mind和yet可知B项正确,即我有很多(感激的)话想对老人说,但是却站在那里什么也没有说(silently)。16A.curious Bchanged Cbright Dwidened答案B我以一种改变的(changed)眼光看世界。上文提到过:现在的人好像只关注自己,而不关注其他人。而在老人给我帮助之后,我改变了这个看法。所以B项符合语境。17A.task BactCexample Dp
23、erformance答案B老人通过自己简单的行动(act)改变了我。18A.so that Beven if Cnow that Din case答案Dso that以便;even if即使;now that既然;in case假使。一周后我又到了火车站,身上多带了20美元,如果见到那位老人,就将钱还给他。由此可知D项符合语境。19A.dropped Bpushed Cpressed Dplaced答案Cpress意思是“将某物按入、塞入”,这里表示将钱塞到老人的手里。20A.giving BencouragingCpromising Drespecting答案Agiving在这里的意思是“给
24、予”,即老人是一位给予别人帮助的陌生人。.阅读理解The way people hold to the belief that a funfilled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more ofte
25、n than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (宗教义务), selfimprovemen
26、t.Ask a bachelor (单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such
27、moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a threeday vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of
28、watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money:
29、 buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.1According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chi
30、efly because _.Ahe is reluctant to take on family responsibilitiesBhe believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains singleChe finds more fun in dating than in marriageDhe fears it will put an end to all his fun, adventure and excitement答案A推理判断题。要求学生判断单身汉拒绝结婚的主要原因。依据文章第三段前两句“Ask a bachelor(单
31、身汉)why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment.”可知A项正确。2Raising children, in the authors opinion is_.Aa moral duty Ba thankless jobCa rewarding task Da source of inevitable pain答案C细节理解题。
32、根据文章第四段的内容可知答案为C。3From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from_.Ahatred BmisunderstandingCprejudice Dignorance答案B推理判断题。文章最后一句“And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.”说明:我们现在的这种理解就可免除嫉妒。那么反
33、过来:嫉妒产生于我们的理解不当,即misunderstanding。故选项B正确。4To understand what true happiness is, one must _.Ahave as much fun as possible during ones lifetimeBmake every effort to liberate oneself from painCput up with pain under all circumstancesDbe able to distinguish happiness from fun答案D推理判断题。依据文章第一段第一句“The way
34、people hold to the belief that a funfilled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness.”(人们坚持充满趣味、毫无痛苦的生活就等于幸福这一信条实际上减少了他们获得真正幸福的可能性)和最后一句“.all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.”(那些总是有如此多乐趣的人实际上也许一点都不幸福)可以看出要理解真正的幸福是什么就必须把fun和happiness区分开来。因为两者绝不等同。故选项D正确。