1、WELCOME UNIT Reading and Thinking.完形填空I was a single parent of four small children, working at a lowpaid job. Money was always tight, but I _1_ to make ends meet (收支平衡), and if not a lot, _2_ we had enough. Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was _3_. Ive always been glad about that.It
2、was Christmas time, and although there wasnt _4_ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big _5_ for the kids was the fun of Christmas _6_. They planned weeks ahead of time, asking _7_ what they wanted for Christmas. _8_， I had saved $120 for gifts to be shared by al
3、l five of us.The big day _9_. I gave each kid a twentydollar bill and _10_ them to look for _11_ of about four dollars each. Then everyone went away excitedly. We had two hours to shop and _12_ back at the “Santas Workshop”Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, _13_ my youngest daught
4、er, Ginger, who was unusually _14_. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candiesfiftycent candies! I was very doubtful but I didnt say anything _15_ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door. This is what she told me：“I was looking _16_ thinking of what to buy when I _17_
5、to read the little cards on the Giving Trees. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she _18_ for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and _19_ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesnt have anything.”I never felt so _20_ as I did that day.本文主要讲述了“我”一个人独自抚养四个孩子，在圣
6、诞节那天用省下来的钱让孩子们去买礼物，最后除了小女儿所有的孩子都买到了自己想要的，后来我知道最小的女儿用她的钱给一位贫困的小女孩买了娃娃，自己只买了一点糖果，我为自己有这么善良的孩子感到高兴。1A.failed Bmanaged CmeantDwished答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。failed失败；managed设法做到；meant意味着，打算；wished希望，但愿。前文说我是一个单亲母亲，收入不高，钱总是很紧张。但我却能设法收支平衡。因此根据语境可知B项符合题意，故选B项。2A.at least Bat most Cat first Dat last答案：A解析：考查短语辨析。at le
7、ast至少；at most 至多；at first开始；at last最后。根据语境可知，我们的钱不多，但至少够用了，故选A项。3A.busy Bserious Cstrict Dkind答案：C解析：考查形容词辨析。busy忙碌；serious严肃的，严重的；strict严格的；kind温和的。本句的意思是：“孩子们不知道我家很穷，只是认为是我要求严格。”故选C。4A.reason Broom Ctime Dmoney答案：D解析：考查名词辨析。reason理由，原因；room 房间；time时间；money钱。从第一段可知作者的经济很紧张，所以没有钱买许多礼物。故选D。5A.questio
8、n Bproblem Cpleasure Dtreasure答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。question问题，疑问；problem难题；pleasure愉快，乐事；treasure珍宝。根据语境和常识，圣诞节到了，孩子们最兴奋的是去购物。故选C。6A.shopping Btravelling Cparties Dgreetings答案：A解析：考查名词辨析。shopping购物；travelling旅行；parties聚会；greetings问候。根据下文，他们去购物了，可以推测出，去购物让孩子们很兴奋，故选A。7A.every other Beach other Cone by one Dt
9、he other答案：B解析：考查词组辨析。every other每隔一个；each other彼此，互相；one by one一个接一个；the other有两个中的“另一个”的意思，表示(两个中的)另一个， 或其余的人或物，通常后面会加one，确指另一个。根据语境可知，他们几周前就开始提前准备，互相询问想要什么礼物。故选B。8A.Strangely BLuckily CHardly DSadly答案：B解析：考查副词辨析。Strangely奇怪地；Luckily幸运的；Hardly几乎不；Sadly悲伤地。上文可知作者的经济很紧张，所以能节省120美元来买礼物已是很幸运了，故选B。9A.w
10、ent Bleft Creached Darrived答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。went去；left离开；reached到达；arrived到达。本句是说圣诞节这个伟大的日子终于到了。reach和arrive都有“到达”，但reach为及物动词，后面跟名词作宾语，而arrive为不及物动词。本句的主语是the big day，要用不及物的，所以用arrived。故选D项。10A.persuaded Bcommanded Cadvised Dforced答案：C解析：考查动词辨析。persuaded说服；commanded命令；advised建议；forced强迫。句意：圣诞节到了。我给每个孩
11、子一张二十美元的钞票，建议他们每人找一份约四美元的礼物。根据语境和常识，可知家长对孩子们提的建议，故选C项。11A.toys Bclothes Cpresents Dbargains答案：C解析：考查名词辨析。toys玩具；clothes衣服；presents 礼物；bargains减价品。根据语境可知是买礼物，故选C。12A.returned Bmet Csat Dmoved答案：B解析：考查动词辨析。returned返回，回来；met 遇见，碰面；sat坐下；moved移动，搬家。本句是说“然后每个人都兴奋地离开了。我们花了两个小时购物，买完后在圣诞老人工作室集中(碰面)。”因此选B。13
12、A.except Bbesides Cincluding Dconcerning答案：A解析：考查介词辨析。 except除之外，(不包括)；besides除之外，还；including包括；concerning有关的。根据下文可知，小女儿用自己买礼物的钱给一个陌生的小女孩买了娃娃，所以说除了她之外，其他的人都沉浸在圣诞节的欢乐气氛中。因此选A。14A.excited Bdisappointed Csad Dquiet答案：D解析：考查形容词辨析。excited兴奋的；disappointed失望的；sad悲伤难过的；quiet安静的。根据上文说其他的人都沉浸在圣诞节的欢乐气氛中，除了小女儿，
13、可知，她异常的安静，故选D。15A.since Bafter Cuntil Dwhile答案：C解析：考查固定搭配。since自从； after在之后；到为止；not.until.直到才” ；while当的时候。本句是指“我很生气，但是到家之前什么也没说”。可知，本题考查的是“直到才”，因此要用until，故选C。16A.out Bover Cforward Daround答案：D解析：考查固定搭配。look out注意，小心；look over检查，从上面看；look forward期待，期盼；look around四处看，四处转。根据语境可知，小女孩说“我正在四处转转，思考买什么”。故选D
14、。17A.forgot Bremembered Chappened Doffered答案：C解析：考查固定搭配。forgot忘记；remembered记得；happened发生；offered提供。根据语境可知，这里是指小女孩正在四处转转，思考买什么， 这个时候碰巧看见了Giving Trees，就停下来去读上边的卡片。happen to do.，为固定搭配，意为“碰巧做某事”，因此选C项。18A.wanted Bdid Cgot Dgave答案：A解析：考查动词辨析。wanted想要；did做；got 得到；gave给。由下文女儿把洋娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩可推测本句的意思是：那个四岁的小女
15、孩圣诞节想要的就是一个洋娃娃。故选A。19A.searched Bfound Cbrought Dbought答案：D解析：考查动词辨析。searched搜索；found发现；brought 带来；bought买。根据上下文可知，我女儿把卡片拿下来，并把洋娃娃买给那个四岁的小女孩，因此D项符合题意，故选D。20A.calm Brich Cwell Dangry答案：B解析：考查形容词辨析。calm冷静的；rich富有的；well健康的；angry生气的。与第一段的money was always tight 相呼应。作者认为虽然拮据，但从没有像那天那样感觉自己很富有(因为有这么一个善良的小女儿
16、)。故选B。.语法填空A young man wanted to find a job after _1_ (finish)school.One day he came to a big company for it.There were six young people that day _2_ the company only wanted one.The interview was very easy.It was only a five _3_ (minute) short talk. Then the six young people all went home. _4_ the m
17、orning of the third day，the young man got a text message.It _5_ (say), “We are sorry to tell you that you cannot work in our company.”The young man felt very sad，but he answered _6_ (polite), “Thank you all the same.” _7_ (late)that afternoon，the young man got another text message saying, “We are gl
18、ad _8_ (tell)you that you can be one of us！”The young man didnt know why.People in the company told him, “Thats because of _9_ same message in the morning. Only you said Thank you. That was the real test，and only you gave the right answer.”When you feel _10_ (disappoint)，do not forget to say “thank
19、you” to the one who disappoints you.本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个毕业找工作的年轻人因为礼貌的举止被公司录用。1finishing 解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：一个年轻人想在毕业后找一份工作。介词after后接动名词作宾语，故填finishing。2but 解析：考查连词。句意：来面试的有六个人，但那家公司只要一个人。前后是转折关系，故填but。3minutes 解析：考查名词。句意：面试只有五分钟的简短谈话。five后接可数名词复数，故填minutes。4On解析：考查介词。句意：第三天上午，这个年轻人收到了一条短信。在具体某一天的上午或下午用介词on，故填
20、On。5said 解析：考查时态。句意：短信上说“很遗憾通知你，你没有通过面试”，事情发生在过去，应该用一般过去时，故填said。6politely解析：考查副词。句意：那个年轻人很难过，但他还是礼貌地回复“仍然谢谢您”。修饰动词answered用副词，故填politely。7later 解析：考查副词。句意：那天下午晚些时候，他又收到了一条短信，上面说“很高兴通知你，你已经被我公司录用了”。此处表示“那天下午晚些时候”，故填later。8to_tell解析：考查不定式。句意参考上题解析，be形容词不定式表示“做某事是的”，故填to tell。9the解析：考查定冠词。句意：因为同样一条短信，
21、只有你说了谢谢。same常和the连用，表示“相同的”，故填the。10disappointed 解析：考查形容词。句意：当你感到失望时，不要忘了对让你失望的人说声谢谢。表示人的感受用ed结尾的形容词，故填disappointed。.应用文写作假定你是李华，下学期你将作为交换生(exchange student)去加拿大一所高中学习，住在Lynn家里。请给Lynn写一封邮件，内容包括：1介绍自己；2告知到达时间；3询问应做何准备。注意：1词数80左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear_Lynn，I_am_Li_Hua,_who_will_be_studying_at_the_local
22、_high_school_as_an_exchange_student_from_China._It_is_a_pleasure_for_me_to_live_with_your_family_in_the_next_few_months._Thanks_for_your_kindness.I_will_go_to_your_place_immediately_after_I_arrive_in_Toronto_on_August_20._It_will_be_very_kind_of_you_if_you_could_give_me_some_advice_on_what_I_will_have_to_prepare_for_my_stay_in_Canada.Looking_forward_to_your_reply.Best_wishes，Li_Hua
