1、Period FourProject.单词拼写1The breaking of a taboo is usually upsetting or_(令人尴尬的)2How do you_(解释)for all the accidents in series?3_(支配,控制)by supply and demand,price is the invisible hand in economics.4Your_(误解)made her cry.5You are_(可能)to see some camels if you are in the village.答案1.embarrassing2.acc
2、ount3.Governed4misunderstanding5.likely.短语填空on no account;take.into account;be concerned with;refer to;within ones power;adjust to;got into the habit of;make no difference1Ive_switching on the TV as soon as I get home.2Her latest book_youth unemployment.3_must you cheat in exams.4When judging his pe
3、rformance,dont_his age_.5Its not_to help you.6I_my watch for the exact time.7It_to me what you say.Im not going.8The body quickly_itself_changes in temperature.答案1.got into the habit of2.is concerned with3On no account4.take;into account5.within my power6.referred to7.makes no difference8.adjusts;to
4、.单项填空1No_for negotiations has been agreed upon.AbaseBbasisCbasicDbasically答案B此处的“基础”指的应该是抽象意义上的概念,故用basis。句意为“谈判以什么为基础(中心)尚未取得一致意见”。2Theyve_us $200,000 for the house.Shall we take it?AprovidedBsuppliedCshownDoffered答案D根据句子意思“他们已经对房子出价20万美元”,在四个选项中只有offer有“出价”的意思。3Professor Williams keeps telling his
5、 students that the future_to the welleducated.AbelongsBis belongedCis belongingDwill be belonged答案A句意:威廉姆斯教授一直告诫他的学生们说未来是属于受过良好教育的人的。belong to属于,此词组在使用时要注意,不能用进行时态,也不能用被动语态。故排除B、C、D,选A。4He couldnt wait to_his new car to his friends.Ashow upBshow offCshow aroundDshow out答案B句意:他迫不及待地在朋友面前炫耀他的新车。show u
6、p sth/show sth up,“使某物显眼、显现;揭发某事”;show off,“炫耀,使引人注目”;show sb around,“带某人参观某处”;show sb out,“带某人出去”。5Im now faced with the same problem as other graduates who have been_for a job over the past few months.AhopingBexpectingChuntingDwaiting答案C句意:大学毕业后找工作是我和其他毕业生要面临的相同问题。我在过去的几个月里一直在找工作。hunt for,“寻找,搜索”,
7、符合题意要求。6Most members of the committee were in favor of the suggestion,only a_were against it.AmajorityBminorityCquantityDamount答案B句意:委员会中的大多数成员赞成这个建议,只有小部分人反对。minority,“少数”;majority,“大多数”;quantity,“数量”;amount,“总数”。7What a pity!I missed to meet my boss at the airport because my car was_in the traffic
8、 jam.Abroken upBkept backCheld upDkept up答案C考查动词短语意义辨析。break up,“解散,打碎;结束”;keep back,“阻止;隐瞒”;hold up,“使耽搁,延误”;keep up,“继续”。8The Rokies are home_bears and mountain lions.AinBofCtoDabout答案Cbe home to的所在地;的栖息地。9When_,the museum will be open to the public next year.AcompletedBcompletingCbeing completedD
9、to be completed答案A在含有表示时间、条件、让步、原因等的从句的复合句中,如果从句的主语是it或与主句的主语相同,且谓语动词含有be,则从句的主语和be可以省略。10Though_to see us,the professor gave us a warm welcome.AsurpriseBwas surprisedCsurprisedDbeing surprised答案C考查省略结构和非谓语动词。当when,if,unless,though,once等连词引导状语从句,如果从句的主语为it或和主句的主语一致,且从句的谓语含有be的某种形式,可以省略从句的主语和be。11Mr.
10、 Park, I know Im late, but please allow me to explain it to you, _ ?Adont youBdo youCwont youDwill you答案Dbut连接了两个并列句,反义疑问部分应该和后面保持一致。12. A Turkish Airlines plane crashed while_to land at Amsterdams Schipol Airport.Ahaving attemptedBto be attemptedCattemptingDattempted答案Cwhile (it was) attempting to
11、land“当尝试着着陆时”。13It is said that in Australia there is more land than the government knows_.Awhat to do with itBhow to deal withCwhat to do withDhow to be dealt with答案A句意:据说澳大利亚的土地多得让政府不知道如何处理。knows后接“疑问词动词不定式”作宾语,with后必须带宾语,不用被动形式。B项中deal with缺少宾语。14It is because he _science that I _what he says.Abe
12、lieves in;believeBbelieves;believe inCbelieves;believeDbelieves in;believe in答案C考查动词与词组辨析。15As he has been in a terrible state of mind these days, on no account _ achieve success in the coming English speech competition.Ahas heBhe hasCwill heDhe will答案Con no account“绝不”,否定意义词组在句首时,后面的句子用部分倒装。.完形填空A
13、person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.He may have the belief that he is not capable(有能力的)of it.A child may think he is_1_because he doesnt understand how to make the_2_of his mental faculties(才能)Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learni
14、ng new things because of their_3_.A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real_4_because he feels that it would be useless.He wont go at a job with confidence necessary for_5_,and he wont work his hardest way,even though he may think he is doing so.He is_6_likely to fail,and the f
15、ailure will_7_his belief in his incompetence(无能)Alfred Alder,a famous doctor,had_8_ like this.When he was a small boy,he had a poor_9_in maths.His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not_10_too much of him.In this way,they two_11_the idea.He accepted_12_mista
16、ken thinking of his ability,felt that it was useless to _13_and was very poor at maths,_14_as they expected.One day he worked at a problem which_15_of the other students had been able to solve.Alder_16_in solving the problem.This gave him confidence(信心)He now_17_with interest,determination and purpo
17、se,and he soon became especially good at _18_.He not only proved that he could learn maths well,but luckily he learned_19_in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose,he may_20_himself as well as others by his ability.1A.cleverBshyCuselessDstupid答
18、案D根据前文“He may have the belief that he is not capable of it.”可确定选stupid。2A.biggestBmostChighestDdeepest答案Bmake the most of尽量利用,获得最大利益,为固定搭配。3A.abilityBageCbrainDknowledge答案B句意:老年人误认为他们不能学习新东西的原因在于他们的年龄。4A.decisionBsuccessCeffortDtrouble答案C句意:一个认为自己无能的人是不会尽一切努力的,因为他感到这样做也没有用。make an effort尽力,努力。5A.wor
19、kBstudyCimprovementDsuccess答案Dconfidence necessary for success获得成功所必须具备的自信心。6A.trulyBreallyChoweverDtherefore答案Dtherefore表示“因此,从而”。7A.lead toBstrengthenCincreaseDadd to答案B此句句意为:失败进一步加强了他认为自己无能这一观念。strengthen强化,加强。8A.an experienceBan exampleCa thoughtDa story答案Aan experience指一次经历,为可数名词。9A.stateBmindC
20、startDending答案C根据下文,后来Alfred Alder数学学得很好,因此只是开始(start)学得不好。10A.blameBexpectCgetDwin答案Bexpect too much of him对他期望过高。11A.developedBorganizedCdiscoveredDfound答案A此句句意:老师和家长两方面的态度进一步强化了他缺少数学才能这一观点。develop强化,增大。12A.hisBherCitsDtheir答案D根据上文可知选their,指老师和家长们的观点。13A.manageBsucceedCtryDact答案Ctry努力,尝试。14A.onlyB
21、almostCjustDthen答案Cjust as they expected正如家长和老师们所预料的那样。just相当于exactly。15A.noneBnoCno oneDnobody答案A根据文章意思,一天他做出了他们班其他同学都不会做的题目。16A.gaveBsucceededCfailedDbelieved答案Bsucceed in doing something成功做成某事。17A.livedBworkedCplayedDgraduated答案B此句句意:他做出了他们班上其他同学都不会做的题目这件事给了他信心,现在他学习时有兴趣、决心和目的了。18A.lessonsBmedici
22、neCsubjectsDmaths答案D他解决的是班上其他同学解不出的数学题,从而他对数学变得尤为擅长。19A.earlyBdeepClateDsimply答案Aearly in his life他年轻时。20A.encourageBloveCastonishDdisappoint答案Castonish使吃惊,使震惊。符合题意。.阅读理解A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age o
23、f 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity(肥胖) rates. The study of 8,179 was reported in the British Medical Journal.Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the partici
24、pants said they were vegetarianalthough more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.Men who were vegetarian had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for nonvegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for nonvegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ score betwe
25、en strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but reported eating fish or chicken.Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically(统计地)significant after adjusting for these factors.Vegetarians were more likely to be
26、 female, to be of higher social class and to have higher academic or professional qualifications than nonvegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of nonvegetarians.Lead researcher Catharine Gale said,“The findings that children with
27、 greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians than adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (冠心病) in a
28、dult life.”But Dr Frankie Phillips, of the British Dietetic Association, said:“It_is_like_the_chicken_and_the_egg. Do people become vegetarian because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues?”【语篇解读】一项科学研究发现:素食与高智商有关。1Whats the result of th
29、e research mentioned in the text?AIntelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.BChildren with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.CIntelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.DChildren with a healthier heart tend to
30、 have a higher IQ later in life.答案A细节理解题。根据第一段中的“people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10”知A项正确。根据“it could explain why.”可知这一结果可帮助解释B项中的现象,但B项并非这次研究的结果。故选A项。2It was found in the research that_.Amost of the participants became vegetarians 20 yea
31、rs after the IQ tests were carried outBvegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetariansCfemale vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than nonvegetariansDvegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than nonvegetarians答案B细节理解题。根
32、据第三段中的“There was no difference in the IQ scores between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken”可知答案。3Catharine Gale talked about“being vegetarians”in a(n)_way.AdoubtfulBfavorableCnegativeDobjective答案D推理判断题。根据第六段可知Catharine Gale只是客观地讲述研究结果,并没有表
33、示自己的立场。故选D项。4What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?AIntelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian but to many factors.BThe rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle.CThe link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain.DThe link between a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved.答案C推理判断题。文章最后一句的意思是:人们成为素食者是因为他们智商高还是因为他们足够聪明而更注意健康问题?由此可见Dr Frankie Phillips认为素食和高智商的因果关系尚未明确,就像弄不清楚是因为有蛋才有鸡,还是因为有鸡才有蛋一样。故C项正确。