1、Unit 2The United Kingdom.单项填空 1Claire had her luggage_an hour before her plane left.(2011陕西，14)Acheck BcheckingCto check Dchecked答案D解析句意为：克莱尔在飞机离开前一小时(由安检员)把行李检查了。check与her luggage之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，所以用checked，构成have sth. done结构。 2Im trying to break the_of getting up too late.Atradition BconvenienceChabit
2、Dleisure答案C解析考查名词辨析。句意为：我正试图改掉起床太晚的习惯。habit习惯，符合句意。 3Tell me when you will arrive and I will_for a car to pick you up.Aasked BarrangedCsent Dcalled答案B解析arrange for sb.to do sth.是固定用法，表示“安排某人做某事”。其他三项均无此用法。 4If what you say is not_with what you do，it will have a bad effect on your children.Acontrover
3、sial BconsistentCconfident Dconsiderate答案B解析考查形容词辨析。be consistent with与一致。句意为：如果你言行不一的话，这将对你的孩子产生不好的影响。controversial争论的，争议的；confident自信的，确信的；considerate考虑周到的。 5I dont count the exact number, but_speaking，about 200 attended the meeting.Astrictly BroughlyCgenerally Dhonestly答案B解析roughly speaking粗略地说；s
4、trictly speaking严格地说；generally speaking通常，一般说来；honestly speaking老实说。由I didnt count可知应选B项。 6Will $200_the cost of the damage?Im afraid not.I need at least $100 more.Ado BincludeCcover Dafford答案C解析考查动词词义辨析。句意为：200美元能够支付损失吗？恐怕不能。我至少再需要100美元。do可以，行；include包括；cover足以支付，够付；afford承担得起。 7It is uncertain_sid
5、e effect the medicine will bring about，although about two thousand patients have taken it.(2010浙江，9)Athat Bwhat Chow Dwhether答案B解析句意为：尽管大约2 000名患者已经服用了这种药，但是它会带来什么样的副作用还不清楚。因为受It is certain/uncertain that.句型的影响，很多同学易误选that，但此句中空格处的词不但引导真正的主语从句，还要作从句的宾语，即bring about的宾语，起双重作用，只能选择what。how与whether无论是词义
6、还是担当的成分都不符合要求。8The diamond mine_accidentally by a little boy when he was playing hideandseek.(2012上海春招)Adiscovered Bwas discoveredChas been discovered Dwould discover答案B解析考查动词的被动语态。句意为：这个钻石矿是在那个小男孩玩捉迷藏的时候偶然被发现的。 9At the end of the year everyone should think what has been_and what is left undone.Aaba
7、ndoned BaccumulatedCacknowledged Daccomplished答案D解析句意为：在年末，每个人都要想想自己完成了什么，还有什么没做。accomplish完成；abandon放弃；accumulate积累；acknowledge承认，感激。10Mrs.White said that she would treasure the most_time she had ever had.Apositive BenjoyableCmiserable Dunbelievable答案B解析考查形容词辨析。据句意知是“快乐的，愉快的”时刻。11_，she is the sort
8、of woman to spread sunshine to people through her smile.(2010安徽，31)AShy and cautiousBSensitive and thoughtfulCHonest and confidentDLighthearted and optimistic答案D解析句意为：豁达而乐观使她成为了能用自己的微笑把阳光传递给他人的那种女人。A项意思是“害羞而小心”；B项意思是“敏感而多虑”；C项意思是“诚实而自信”；D项意思是“豁达而乐观”，根据句意应选D项。12A number of high buildings have arisen
9、_ there was nothing a year ago but ruins.(2012山东，32)Awhen BwhereCbefore Duntil答案B解析由题干中的关键信息there was nothing a year ago but ruins“一年前只有一片废墟”和buildings have arisen“建筑物已拔地而起”可推断，建筑物应建在曾是一片废墟的地方，故用where引导地点状语从句。when当时，引导时间状语从句；before在之前，没来得及就；之后才，引导时间状语从句；until直到，引导时间状语从句。13It is strange that he_so mu
10、ch about me.Aknows BknowCwould know Dshall know 答案B解析考查虚拟语气。It is strange that sb. (should) do.14The summer camp group，_30 students，will start for South Korea and stay there for three weeks.Aconsisted in Bconsisted ofCconsisting of Dconsisting in答案C解析此处意为：由30名学生组成；consist of由组成，且无被动形式。15Here _ and t
11、here _.Acomes the bus；he goesBthe bus comes；goes heCis coming the bus；he is comingDthe bus is coming；is going he答案A解析here/there置于句首，该句形成全部倒装，但主语是代词时，主谓不倒装。.阅读理解AA company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics question
12、ing the investment and the length of time for the multibilliondollar project.The Barcelonabased architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a threenight stay at the hotel.This price also includes an eightweek training course on an island.During their stay，guests w
13、ould see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.Galactic Suite Ltds CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it，and forecasts space travel will become common in the future.“Its very
14、 normal to think that your children，possibly within 15 years，could spend a weekend in space，” he told Reuters Television.A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America，the worlds first facility built specifically for pas
15、sengers.British industrialist Richard Bransons space tours firm，Virgin Galactic，will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.Galactic Suite Ltd，set up in 2007，hopes to start its project with a single pod(分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the Earth.“It will take a day and
16、a half to reach the pod，and the passengers will join it for three days，”Claramunt said.More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people having already reserved it.The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people having already paid or
17、signed up for the trip，but unlike Branson，Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean.But critics have questioned the project，saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also whe
18、re the money is coming from to support the project. 1Whats Xavier Claramunts attitude towards the space tourism industry?AQuite critical. BSlightly worried.CHighly optimistic. DFully satisfied.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，Xavier Claramunt对太空旅行行业的态度是高度乐观的。2Virgin Galactics guests will be transported into sp
19、ace by using rockets produced in _.ASpain BAmericaCBritain DRussia答案B解析推理判断题。根据第四段和第六段第一句后半句可以推知，不同于Galactic Suite用俄罗斯火箭运送乘客，太空旅行公司Virgin Galactic会用美国太空港的设备运送乘客去往太空。3According to the passage，traveling to the space hotel _.Awill soon be possible for common peopleBhas attracted the attention of some p
20、eopleCwill make a large profit for the tourist industryDis considered an industry with a huge future by many people答案B解析细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句和第六段第一句可知，很多人受到太空旅行项目的吸引，甚至有人已预定太空旅馆。4Whats the best title for the passage?AThe worlds first space hotel is to open in 2012BThe worlds first commercial spaceport is
21、being builtCSpace tourism：a surprising new industryDSpace travel will become common in 15 years答案A解析标题归纳题。文章开头就介绍了主题。随着航空航天技术的发展，太空旅行业也随之兴起。Galactic Suite公司开始设立第一家太空旅馆。BThe greatest artistic creative geniuses Ive ever seen，have been those who can turn garbage into art.Not just gluing together junk，b
22、ut really making waste into something unique，cool，and well，something youd put into your home for instance.Theres something to be said about recycling of those items we commonly throw away.The ability to take trash and garbage and turn them into art，or something intriguing that is fascinating to look
23、 at is a skill all of its own.I have often said that the true geniuses of our time，that is to say the creative genius artists of our era are those who can do this，create art that can command a high price tag from junk.Over the years while traveling through the United States I had stopped into museum
24、s in many parts of the country.Some of the best art Ive ever seen in my life has come from garbage，trash，or junk that has been reworked and recycled into something spectacular.Best of all the artists dont spend much on material costs，therefore it is mostly profitable.In fact they are using their min
25、ds to do a lot with very little.Just think if we all used our minds to do this，how little we might actually throw away，and how more efficiently we could run our factories，production，and even households.After all，anything that is not used is waste，and it is thrown away.It ends up in a landfill，or a d
26、ump somewhere，and eventually it decays in the soil，causing perhaps ground water pollution.However，if we can rework these items for a couple of more rounds，and waste less，then we are providing efficiency for our civilization，and thats a good thing.Any artist who can do this is not only one caring the
27、 environment，but he is also one with humanity，and using his brain power and creative genius to make us all better.5What would be the best title for the passage?AGarbage in art outBRecycle garbage in a new wayCA new kind of artDA new way to protect the environment答案A解析标题归纳题。文章主要介绍某些艺术家用垃圾制作艺术品，点缀了我们的
28、生活，而且有利于保护环境，因此A项符合文章的主旨。6The author believes the art work created from junk _.Ais not suitable to be put in our homeBis of little valueCcan be of great valueDwill end up in landfills答案C解析细节理解题。从文章第二段倒数第二句中的“.create art that can command a high price tag from junk.”可知有时垃圾制成的艺术品有很高的价值，故选C项。7What do we
29、 know about the author from the third paragraph?AHe cant afford good art from garbage.BArt made from garbage doesnt cost much in material.CHe collects a lot of art form garbage.DHe thinks its easy to make art from garbage.答案B解析细节理解题。从文章第三段的第二句可知，由垃圾制成的艺术品成本不高，故选B项。8We learn from the last paragraph that _.Areal artists are those with humanityBcreating art from garbage can also help the environmentCthere is no good way to deal with waste todayDa great amount of waste has been reused by artists答案B解析推理判断题。文章最后一段说明，把垃圾制作成艺术品，不仅美化了我们的生活，而且能够减少污染。