1、Module 1British and American English.单词拼写1Spending less money is the _(显然的)answer to his financial problems.2Critics _(评价)that the play was not original.3He was punished by his teacher for _(查阅)to his notes when taking an exam.4She _(简化)the instructions so that the children could understand them.5So
2、me 300 papers were _(提出)at the conference.6They failed in all their _(尝试)to climb the mountain.7He was _(批评)by the committee for failing to report the accident.8We were shocked by the _(声明)that the mayor was resigning.9The hotel offers its guests a wide _(种类)of amusements.10If youre _(迷惑)about anyth
3、ing,phone my office.答案:1.obvious2.remarked3.referring4.simplified5.presented6.attempts7.criticised8.announcement9.variety10.confused.完成句子1我毫不费力地表达了自己的意思。I _ myself understood.2梅和她妹妹一样很喜欢唱歌。_ her younger sister, May likes singing very much.3不要把奥地利与澳大利亚混淆了。Dont _ Austria _ Australia.4他的马虎导致了该次事故的发生。Hi
4、s carelessness _ this accident.5他补充说,他们下周回来。He _ that they would return the next week.答案:1.had no difficulty (in) making2.In common with3.confuse; and/with4.led to5.added.单项填空1_ the two designs, and you will find what problem there is with yours.AComparingBComparedCTo compare DCompare答案:D考查“祈使句and陈述
5、句”。句意:比较一下这两个设计,你就知道你的有什么问题了。做此题时,要注意分析句式,若本题去掉and,则答案选A。2The British use prepositions _Americans sometimes omit them.Awhen BwhichCthat Dwhere答案:D句意:英国人在美国人有时省略介词的地方使用它们。根据句意和句子结构可知,要填词引导的是地点状语从句,故用where。3(2012杭州模拟)When we finally _to get home after the tiring long journey,we could hardly move a ste
6、p further.Atried BsucceededCattempted Dmanaged答案:D句意:当我们经过疲惫的长途旅行最终回到家时几乎一步也走不了了。try to do sth.努力/试图做某事;succeed in doing sth.成功做某事;attempt to do sth.试图做某事;manage to do sth.成功做某事。 结合句意可知应选D项。4After all,there is probably _ variation of pronunciation within the two countries as between them.Aso much Ba
7、s manyCtoo much Das much答案:D本题考查as.as.结构。由variation可知B项错误;so.as.常用于否定句和疑问句中,所以A项不对;too much不与as连用,故可排除C项。5The good result _ the correct methods, that is to say, correct methods _ good result.Alies; lead Bleads to; lie inClies in; lead to Dlies to; lead to答案:C句意:好的结果在于正确的方法;也就是说,正确的方法会导致好的结果。lie in“在
8、于”;lead to“导致”,C项符合句意。6_ it is true that a students most important goal is to do well in his or her studies, it doesnt need to be the only goal.AWhen BAsCWhile DBefore答案:C考查状语从句及连词。句意:尽管学生最重要的目标是在学业上做到优秀,但这不必是惟一的目标。while作连词,“尽管”,引导让步状语从句。7My teaching style is _ that of most other teachers.Asame asBa
9、likeCsimilar inDsimilar to答案:D句意:我的教学风格和多数教师的相似。be similar to“与相似”;be similar in“在方面相似”;alike是形容词后不可接代词;A项中若same前加上the语法上也讲得通,但语义上不合乎逻辑。故答案为D。8It is in their ability to speak _ humans _ from animals.Awhich; differ Bthat; differentCwhich; different Dthat; differ答案:D句意:正是在说话的能力方面人类区别于动物。根据强调结构将A、C排除;根
10、据词性different为形容词,不能用作谓语,排除B,故选D。9(2012兰州模拟)Mum _ my suggestion while dad spoke _ my idea.Aturned off;in favour of Bturned down;in favour ofCturned down;in need of Dturned on;in hope of答案:B句意:妈妈拒绝采纳我的建议而爸爸却赞成我的想法。turn down“拒绝”; in favour of“赞成,支持”,符合句意。10Whether he will agree with us doesnt _.Amake a
11、ny difference Bmake any differencesCdo any difference Ddo any differences答案:A句意:他是否同意我们的意见并没有什么影响。make some difference用于否定句时将some改为any,此短语中difference为不可数名词。11A heavy snow fell on the first day of this year;youll imagine what difficulty we had _home in the snow.Awalked BwalkCto walk Dwalking答案:D句意:在今
12、年的新年第一天就下了一场大雪,你会想像出我们在大雪中走回家遇到了多么大的困难。本句话包含一个固定句型,即:have difficulty in doing,其中的介词in可以省略。12Many children seldom communicate with adults,_it difficult for their parents to know what they are thinking about.Amaking BmakesCmade Dto make答案:A句意:很多孩子极少与成年人交流,这使得他们的父母很难了解他们在想些什么。making it difficult.为现在分词短
13、语,在句中作结果状语,表示顺其自然的结果。13It is really an exciting game._the game?AWho do you think will winBWhom do you think will winCDo you know who will winDWho do you think to win答案:A该句中的do you think是插入语,其结构是:“特殊疑问词do you think句子的剩余部分”。注意,题中who作主语,所以仍用陈述句式。14How about your trip to Italy?Oh,_ the fine weather,we e
14、njoyed ourselves indeed.Abut for Bthanks toCin spite of Dbecause of答案:B句意:你们的意大利之行怎么样?噢,多亏了天气好,我们的确玩得很开心。此空要用thanks to表示“多亏了”;but for表示“要不是的话”;in spite of表示“尽管”;because of“因为”表示直接原因,不合题意,故选B。15Its quite _ that the aging population in China will cause a heavy pressure on the whole society in the futu
15、re.Asurprising BobviousCimpossible Dfunny答案:B句意:很明显,中国的老龄化人口会对未来的整个社会造成很大的压力。surprising令人惊奇的;obvious明显的;impossible不可能的;funny滑稽的。.完形填空There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But _1_ a few of them are very _2_. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and
16、the US, but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a _3_ language. Many millions are _4_ to do so.Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different _5_. Have you ever
17、_6_ the ads of this kind in newspapers or magazines?“Learn English in six month, or your _7_ back.” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes _8_ you master your English in a month. _9_ the first day your _10_ will be excellent. Just send.” Of course, it never _11_ quite like this.The only language tha
18、t seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should _12_ that we all learned our own language well when we were _13_. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. _14_ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the
19、 language, talking in it, and _15_ in it all the time, just imagine how much _16_that he gets!So it is _17_ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English _18_upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and _19_ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, an
20、d dictionaries will _20_. But they cannot do the students work of him.1A.not BquiteConly Dvery答案:C句意:世界上约有1500多种语言,但只有少数几种是重要的。only“仅仅,只有”。2A.difficult BimportantCnecessary Deasy答案:B根据下文提到英语作为例子,且被广泛使用可知,这几种语言是“重要的”。3A.native BforeignCuseful Dmother答案:B由“learning it.”可知,此处指把英语作为一门外语学习,与前句中的“as their
21、 own language”相对应。4A.learning BenjoyingCtrying Dliking答案:C由上句提到的英语作为一门外语被很多人学习可知,许多人都在努力学英语。try to do“尽力做”。5A.questions BproblemsCideas Danswers答案:Danswer “答案”,指本段首句所提问题的答案。6A.found BwatchedCnoticed Dknown答案:Cnotice“注意到”,尤其指不经意间注意到,符合语境。7A.knowledge BtimeCmoney DEnglish答案:Cor your money back“否则退钱”,是
22、为吸引人,商家做出的承诺。8A.force BhelpCget Dallow答案:Bhelp sb. (to) do sth.“帮助某人做某事”。其他三项后都用带to的不定式作补语。9A.From BOnCSince DAfter答案:Afrom the first day“从第一天起”。10A.spelling BgrammarCEnglish Dpronunciation答案:D前半句中提到records和tapes都是练习发音的工具,故选pronunciation“发音”。11A.happen BknowCseem Dfeel答案:Ahappen“发生”,这里指前面广告中提到的快速学好英
23、语这种事情是决不会发生的。12A.know BrememberCunderstand Dthink答案:B本段讲了母语似乎是唯一容易学的语言。该句是论据:我们应当记得很小的时候我们就把母语学得很好了。13A.students BchildrenCbabies Dgrownups答案:Bchildren与后面的“a small child”相对应,指我们是小孩时就能学好母语。14A.Get BMindCDo DThink of答案:D后面三句讲述了小孩是如何学语言的。本句总领下面三句,故用think of“想象,想一想”。15A.using BthinkingCtrying Dpracticin
24、g答案:B此句意为:谈话用母语,思考用母语。think意为“思考”。16A.time BmoneyClanguage Dpractice答案:D上文所述的多听、多学等都是在“练习”应用某种语言。17A.hard BeasyCfunny Dsilly答案:A由上段提到的儿童学习语言而做的大量练习可知,很“难”说学习英语容易。18A.depends BtriesChas Dtakes答案:A该句承接上段,给出结论:要想掌握好英语需要大量的练习。depend upon/on“依赖;依靠”。19A.uses BtakesCgets Dspends答案:Btake“花费(时间、金钱)”。此句意为:而练习
25、需要付出极大的努力和花费大量的时间。use和spend的主语多为人。20A.do BworkChelp Dmaster答案:C对于学习英语,好的教师、录音磁带、书和词典都会有所帮助,但这些都不能代替学生自身的学习。.短文填空根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Three Apples changed the world.The first one seduced(诱惑)Eve.The second one awakened Newton._1_Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share.O
26、n characterIm the only person I know thats lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. _2_.On good designThats been one of my mottosfocus and simplicity.Simple can be harder than complex;You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.But its worth it in the end because once
27、you get there,you can move mountains.On his outlook_3_ Going to bed at night saying weve done something wonderful,thats what matters to me.On your working lifeYour work is going to fill a large part of your life,and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work._4_ If yo
28、u heavent found it yet,keep looking.Dont settle.On the importance of deathNo one wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there._5_ No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be,because Death is very likely the single best invention of life.It is lifes chang
29、e agent.It clears out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you,but someday not too long from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.AIts very characterbuilding.BThe third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs.CThis is not a oneman show.DAnd the only way to do great wo
30、rk is to love what you do.EAnd yet death is the destination we all share.FIts really hard to design products by focus groups.GBeing the richest man in the cemetery doesnt matter to me.答案:15BAGDE.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的
31、词。删除:把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在其下面写出修改后的词。注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。This morning on my way to school I was deep moved by what I saw outside a bank.An old man was counting his money in the front of the bank.Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down.To make things ba
32、d,his money was flying in all direction.In no time the people around rush to pick the money up while the old man stood there,not know what to do.Surprisingly,everyone gave back the money they had just picked.The old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was missed.To my great
33、joy,there are now a lot of nice people in your life.Its true what honesty is more important than money!答案:This morning on my way to school I was moved by what I saw outside a bank.An old man was counting his money in front of the bank.Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down.To make th
34、ings ,his money was flying in all .In no time the people around to pick the money up while the old man stood there,not what to do.Surprisingly,everyone gave back the money they had just picked .The old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was .To my great joy,there are now a lot of nice people in life.Its true honesty is more important than money!