1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity一、单项填空1What _ public is concerned about is whether the government will be able to find _ cure for the financial crisis.A/；theB/；aCthe；the Dthe；a解析：the public表示“公众”；第二个空是不定冠词表示泛指的用法，a cure表示“(解决问题的)措施”。句意：公众关心的是政府能否找到解决此次金融危机的措施。答案：D2She believed herself
2、to be innocent；she went into the police station with her head highly_.Araising Braised Crisen Dto raise解析：动词raise与其逻辑主语之间是被动关系，因此用过去分词表示被动。句意：因为她相信她自己是清白的，因此，她昂首挺胸地走进了警察局。答案：B5_ no bus，we had to walk home.AThere being BBeingCHaving DThere was解析：考查非谓语动词作原因状语。there being表示“有”；而being表示“是”。此题中表示存在关系，不选用
3、have。答案：A6We have time and again _ our position on Taiwan issue！Whatever happens，we wont change it!Aexplained BclarifiedCintroduced Dconcluded解析：考查动词辨析。句意：我们已经反复阐明我们对台湾问题的立场！无论发生什么，我们决不改变！clarify ones position“阐明立场，阐明观点”；explain“解释”；introduce“介绍”；conclude“总结”。答案：B7Edison must have been very clever，_
4、 he?Ahasnt BdidntCmustnt Dwasnt解析：考查反意疑问句。句子描述的是爱迪生当年的情况，因此用过去时。答案：D8Kunming which is called The Spring City is _ attractive in spring and winter because of its pleasant climate.Apartly BmerelyCequally Dnearly解析：考查副词词义辨析。equally此处表示“同样地”。句意：被称作春城的昆明因它那怡人的气候，不论在春天还是在冬天都是同样地吸引人。答案：C9Making great effor
5、ts to struggle hard in your study，if _，will possibly lead to your great success in the college enterance exam next year.Acontinued Bto continueCcontinues Dcontinuing解析：考查状语从句的省略。主句的主语 Making great efforts to struggle hard与选项continue之间是被动关系，因此用过去分词表示被动。句意：在学习中努力拼搏，如果持之以恒地坚持下去的话，将会使你在下年的高考中取得成功。答案：A10
6、Was it in front of the museum _ you were visiting it inside?Sure.But when I went out of the museum，my car was gone.Athat Bwhere Cwhich Dwhile解析：句中的it代表car。如果看作强调句，那么答句和问句句意不符。while引导的是时间状语从句。问句句意：你在博物馆内参观时车就停放在博物馆门前吗？此题易错看作强调句，错选A项。答案：D11It has been nationwidely required that every student _ have da
7、ily exercise for one hour.Yeah.It is high time that we _ special attention to physical exercise.Amust；should pay Bshould；paidCwill；shall pay Dneed；pay解析：主句的动词是require，that引导的主语从句中用虚拟语气“should动词原形”；第二个空考查its high time that.从句中用虚拟语气“过去式或should动词原形”(注意：此结构中的should不可省略)。答案：B12Mr.zhang is such a consider
8、ate person_all his colleagues like to work with.Athat BsoCwhich Das解析：此处work with缺少宾语，as在这里是关系代词，引导定语从句，作with的宾语。答案：D13You ought to have called him yesterday.Yes，I know I _.Ashould Bhave toCmust have Dshould have解析：考查对过去推测。I should have是对I should have called him的省略。答案：D14She should have been informe
9、d of the meeting._，but she wouldnt like to attend this meeting.AYes，she should BSo she wasCSo was she DSo it was with her解析：考查“so 主语助动词”的用法。强调“的确有人通知她了，但是她不想参加这个会议”。上句中should have done sth.表示“本该做的事而没有做”，而答语说的是事实，并且上下两句的主语是同一个人，因此选B项。选项A最具有迷惑性，学生容易受思维定势的影响。答案：B15The thing I like _ working here is tha
10、t theres a great team spirit.Awith BoverCat Dabout解析：考查介词的用法。about此处表示“关于，就而言”。I like about working here作定语从句修饰the thing。句意：强烈的团队精神是我喜欢在这里工作的原因。答案：D二、阅读理解1What did the author study originally when he was in college?APsychology. BCommercial Arts.CInternational Business. DEnglish Composition.解析：细节理解题。
11、根据第一段I obtained my Associates degree in May 2002 in Commercial Arts可知，答案为B项。 答案：B2What do we know about the author from Paragraph 2?AHe decided to study International Business at first.BHe wanted to study two majors.CHe liked Psychology better.DHe chose his major with the help of his friends.解析：推理判断
12、题。根据第二段I like helping my friends and family.和Also，I was interested in“the mind”可推断，答案为C项。答案：C3Which of the following best describes the authors learning experience? ADull and challenging.BInteresting and easy.CInteresting and challenging.DDull and easy.解析：推理判断题。根据第四段This experience has been interest
13、ing yet trying as sometimes it was difficult to balance work，school and home life可推断，答案为C项。答案：C4According to the passage，the author_.Awas not able to find a fulltime jobBis most interested in writingCpays for his schooling with the help of his familyDis satisfied with his achievements解析：推理判断题。根据第四段I
14、 improved my English composition.I became a freelance writer.Currently.obtaining my bachelors degree in psychology可推断，答案为D项。答案：DBThe Highways Agency has made plans to switch off lights on the M1 between junction 10 at Luton and junction 13 at Milton Keynes between midnight and 5 am.The move to turn
15、lights off on the lightlyused Britains motorway network was one of the first ideas to appear after the agency asked the public for moneysaving ideas.“We think there will be a number of operational issues，”said Andrew Howard，the AAs head of road safety.“Where you can and cant be is controlled by sign
16、als and without lights there is a greater chance that people will make a mistake.”Brake，the road safety charity(慈善团体)，also voiced concern.“Although there are fewer accidents on our motorways due to the way these roads are engineered，when accidents do happen on these roads，they are much more likely t
17、o involve multiple deaths and serious injuries because of the high speeds involved，”a spokesman said.“Road casualties are not only a disaster for the families involved，but a huge economic burden，so turning lights off has safety risk and it could turn out to be an inhumane experiment.” 5What do we kn
18、ow from Paragraph 1?AAll lights on Britains motorways will be off between midnight and 5 am.BThe British motorway network is busy during night hours.CMost British people support the move of turning off motorway lights.DCutting costs is the main purpose of turning lights off on motorways.解析：细节理解题。根据第
19、一段The move to turn lights off.after the agency asked the public for moneysaving ideas可知，答案为D项。答案：D6What is Andrew Howards attitude towards the move of turning lights off on motorways?AWorried. BIndifferent.CSupportive. DNeutral.解析：推理判断题。根据第二段Where you can and cant be is controlled by signals and without lights there is a greater chance that people will make a mistake可推断，答案为A项。答案：A高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！