1、UNIT 1 TEENAGE LIFE Reading and Thinking.完形填空One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”I thought for a minute, and then I said, “Ill explain, _1_ you can just wait until we make a quick _2_ at the grocery store. I have something _3_ to show yo
2、u. ”At the grocery store, we _4_ some applesred, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “Its time to _5_ your question.” I put one apple of each _6_ on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a _7_ look on his face.“People are like apples. They come in all _8_ colors, shapes and sizes. On
3、the _9_, some of the apples may not _10_ look as delicious as the others.” As I was talking, Adam was _11_ each one carefully.Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮) them, _12_ them back on the table, but _13_ a different place.“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”He said, “I _14_ tell. They
4、 all look the same now.” “Take a bite of _15_. See if that helps you _16_ which one is which.”He took _17_, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are _18_ like apples! They are all different, but once you _19_ the outside, theyre pretty much the same on the inside.”He totally _20_ it.
5、I didnt need to say or do anything else.这是一篇记叙文。作者通过几个苹果告诉儿子:跟苹果一样,人都是一样的,只是他们的颜色不同而已,人的外表不一样,但是人的内心都一样。1A.althoughBsoCbecauseDif答案:D解析:考查连词辨析。A.although虽然;B.so 因此;C.because因为;D.if如果。根据句意:如果你可以等我停在杂货店,我会让你看一些有趣的事情。所填词引导条件状语从句,意为“如果”,所以选D。2A.stop Bstart Cturn Dstay答案:A解析:考查动词词义辨析。A.stop停止;B.start开始;C
6、.turn转弯;D.stay停留。stop 与谓语动词 make 构成短语,意思是“做短暂的停留”;make a start 构成短语,“开始,起程”;make a turn“轮流”;make a stay“待在某地”,都与题干意思不符。所以选A。3A.challenging Bencouraging Cdisappointing Dinteresting答案:D解析:考查形容词词义辨析。A.challenging具有挑战性的;B.encouraging奖励的,可鼓励的;C.disappointing令人失望的;D.interesting令人感兴趣的,有趣的。本句的意思是“我有有趣的东西给你看
7、”。所以选D。4A.bought Bcounted Csaw Dcollected答案:A解析:考查动词词义辨析。A.bought买;B.counted数,计算;C.saw看见;D.collected收集。根据下文可知我买了几个苹果回家,由grocery store可知此处选A。5A.check Bmention Canswer Dimprove答案:C解析:考查动词词义辨析。A.check检查;B.mention提及;C.answer回答;D.improve提高。上文可知儿子提出一个问题,我现在是回答他的问题。所以选C。6A.size Btype Cshape Dclass答案:B解析:考查
8、名词词义辨析。A.size尺寸;B.type类型;C.shape形状;D.class等级。这里是指我从每种苹果里面拿一个放在盘子里,所以选B。7A.worried Bsatisfied Cproud Dcurious答案:D解析:考查形容词词义辨析。A.worried担心的;B.satisfied满意的;C.proud骄傲的;D.curious好奇的。看到我这样做,儿子很好奇,所以选D。8A.ordinary Bnormal Cdifferent Dregular答案:C解析:考查形容词词义辨析。A.ordinary普通的;B.normal正常的;C.different不同的;D.regula
9、r定期的。指苹果和人一样,都有不同的外形,所以选C。9A.outside Bwhole Ctable Dinside答案:A解析:考查形容词词义辨析。A.outside外面;B.whole整个的;C.table桌子;D.inside里面。这里是指在外形上,有些苹果甚至看上去没有别的苹果可口,所以选A。10A.still Beven Conly Dever答案:B解析:考查副词辨析。A.still仍然;B.even甚至;C.only只有;D.ever曾经。有些苹果甚至看上去没有别的苹果可口,所以选B。11A.examining Bmeasuring Cdrawing Dpacking答案:A解析
10、:考查动词词义辨析。A.examining检查;B.measuring衡量;C.drawing画画;D.packing收拾行李。这里是指儿子正在仔细检查每个苹果,所以选A。12A.keeping Bplacing Cpulling Dgiving答案:B解析:考查动词词义辨析。A.keeping保持;B.placing放置;C.pulling拖,拉;D.giving给。我把一些苹果削了皮以后,放在了不同的盘子里让儿子辨认,所以选B。13A.on Btoward Cfor Din答案:D解析:考查介词辨析。A.on在上面;B.toward朝着;C.for为了;D.in在里面。所填介词与后文的名词
11、 place 构成短语,意思是在地方,用in,所以选D。14A.mustnt Bcant Cshouldnt Dneednt答案:B解析:考查情态动词辨析。A.mustnt禁止;B.cant 不能;C.shouldnt不应该;D.neednt不需要。这里是指儿子不能辨认出,此处情态动词表能力,所以选B。15A.each one Beach other Cthe other Done another答案:A解析:考查代词。A.each one每个;B.each other彼此;C.the other另一个;D.one another彼此。这里是指我让儿子每个苹果咬一口,所以选A。16A.admi
12、t Bconsider Cdecide Dbelieve答案:C解析:考查动词词义辨析和句意理解。A.admit承认;B.consider考虑;C.decide决定;D.believe相信,这里是指咬一口能不能帮助你决定哪个是哪个,所以选C。17A.big bites Bdeep breaths Ca firm hold Da close look答案:A解析:考查名词短语辨析。A.big bites咬大口;B.deep breaths深呼吸;C.a firm hold有力的握手;D.a close look仔细看。根据前文的 take a bite if.可知此处是指儿子咬了一大口,所以选A
13、。18A.just Balways Cmerely Dseldom答案:A解析:考查副词辨析。A.just仅仅;B.always总是;C.merely仅仅,常用于否定句中;D.seldom很少。句意指苹果就像人一样,表面不一样,一旦脱掉外衣,就完全一样了,所以选A。19A.put away Bget down Chand out Dtake off答案:D解析:考查动词短语辨析。A.put away收好,储存;B.get down写下,记下;C.hand out分发;D.take off起飞,脱掉,去掉。句子意思是但是一旦去掉其外皮,所以选D。20A.made Btook Cgot Ddid答
14、案:C解析:考查固定用法。A.made it成功;B.took it买下;C.got it明白了;D.did it做了。根据语境可知儿子完全明白了这个道理,所以选C。.语法填空Yesterday was a crazy day. I felt very tired _1_ I had a lot of work stuff going. Then I got _2_ message from one of my teammates. It said, “We want to let you know that there are people who see and _3_ (true)app
15、reciate all your hard work.” This meant more to _4_ (I)than anything else. And it made me think that maybe I need to set time aside _5_ (tell)the people in my life how much I appreciate what they did. Say “Thank you” _6_ the delivery guy, telling him that you appreciate how hard he _7_ (work); tell
16、your daughter that you are proud of her _8_ (perform)at school; tell your mom that you notice how much she does for the family.Sometimes when a long time goes by without _9_ (recognize)for the good we do, we start to get upset, but a simple statement of appreciation could make us become _10_ (energy
17、)again for a good long time.这是一篇夹叙夹议文。短文叙述了作者工作了一天之后筋疲力尽,但是收到其中一个队友的一条信息,向他表达了感激和赞赏。作者感到在生活中,应该向人们表达出感激的话语。因为一个简单的感谢或者赞赏可能会使人们在很长一段时间内再次变得精力旺盛。1because/for/as解析:考查从属连词。句意:我觉得很累,因为我有很多工作要做。分析句子可知,空处缺少从属连词,且主从句表示因果关系,所以用从属连词because/for/as。故填because/for/as。2a解析:考查冠词。句意:然后我收到了来自我其中一个队友的一条信息。message为可数名词
18、,本句表示收到了来自我其中一个队友的一条信息,且message首字母的发音为辅音音素,所以用不定冠词a来修饰message。故填a。3truly解析:考查副词。句意: 它说,“我们想让你知道,有一些人看到并真正欣赏你的辛勤工作”。truly为副词,修饰动词appreciate。故填 truly。4me解析:考查代词。句意:这对我来说比其他任何事情都重要。to为介词后接名词、代词、动名词作宾语。本句to后接I的宾格me作宾语。故填me。5to_tell解析:考查动词不定式。句意:这让我觉得也许我需要留出时间告诉生活中的人们我是多么感激他们所做的事情。分析句子可知,动词不定式作目的状语。故填 to
19、 tell。6to解析:考查介词。句意:对快递员说“谢谢”,告诉他你很感激他努力地工作。 say “Thank you” to sb.“向某人说感谢”。故填 to。7is_working解析:考查现在进行时。句意:对快递员说“谢谢”,告诉他你很感激他努力地工作。分析句子可知,appreciate后接how引导的宾语从句,宾语从句为现在进行时,主语为he,谓语为is working。故填is working。8performance解析:考查名词。句意:告诉你女儿你为她在学校的表现感到骄傲。her为形容词性物主代词,后接名词performance作宾语。故填performance。9being_
20、recognized解析:考查动名词。句意:有时,当很长一段时间过去了,我们做的好事没有得到认可,我们开始感到沮丧,但一个简单的赞赏可以使我们再次充满活力很长一段时间。without为介词,后接动名词,本句表示“被认可”,所以without后接being recognized作宾语。故填being recognized。10energetic解析:考查形容词。句意:有时,当一段很长的时间过去了,我们所做的好事没有被认可时,我们会感到沮丧,但一句简单的感激之言可能会使我们在很长的一段时间内再次变得精力充沛。become为半系动词后接形容词energetic作表语。故填 energetic。.应用
21、文写作假定你是李华,你收到来自在北京学习汉语的英国好友Mike 的email,谈及汉语学习中碰到的困难。请你给他回一封email 给予鼓励并提出建议。注意:1词数80左右,开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数;2可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。Dear Mike,Im sorry to know that you are having difficulty learning Chinese now. However,_I_dont_think_you_should_feel_discouraged_because_it_takes_time_and_effort_to_learn_a_langua
22、ge_well.Here_are_some_suggestions._Firstly,_practice_makes_perfect,_so_it_would_be_a_good_idea_if_you_could_learn_some_Chinese_songs_or_watch_Chinese_TV_programs_in_your_spare_time_to_improve_your_listening_and_speaking._Besides,_make_some_Chinese_friends_so_that_you_can_learn_more_about_Chinese_customs_and_culture.I_hope_these_suggestions_could_help.Best wishes!Yours,