1、Unit 4.完形填空It was a mid Aprila time when the planet Earth turns under the hot rays of the Sun. There was a large desert in Africa with no trace of_1_except a little rose. There was not a bird or a tree in sight. But the rose_2_the cruelty of the Sun. The Sun was very_3_to have seen the roses ability
2、 to _4_such unfavorable conditions.The Sun said, “Rose! I am the supreme power in this universe. I have the_5_to give and take life. Thousands of living things_6_every day, as they are not able to stand my heat. But, you have been weathering even my hottest rays_7_any complaint. May I know the sourc
3、e that gave you this great _8_？”“Oh, mighty Sun，” the rose said _9_， “I dont know much about this desert. But it appears_10_and there seems to be no one else in the whole world my eye could reach. I began to feel_11_for the loneliness of this desert and _12_to help it as much as I could. And in this
4、 process, I never_13_anything that causes pain to me. My whole_14_has been to be a good friend to this desert and get rid of its loneliness.”Touched by the rose, the Sun offered a(n)_15_millions of other roses filled the desert with their sweet smells and thus turned the entire stretch into a great
5、oasis (绿洲) of life.这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了在非洲的这个大沙漠里除了一株玫瑰，没有其他生命的迹象。眼前没有一只鸟或一棵树。但这株玫瑰经受得住太阳的残酷。太阳被这株玫瑰对沙漠的关心所感动，太阳给了小玫瑰一项奖励，让沙漠长出了数百万株玫瑰，将沙漠变成了生命的绿洲。1A.historyBhumanClifeDdeath答案：C解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：在非洲的这个大沙漠里除了一株玫瑰，没有其他生命的迹象。A.history历史；B.human人类；C.life生活，生命；D.death死亡。 由“There was not a bird or a tree in sight”
6、可知，这里除了一株玫瑰花之外，沙漠里没有其他的生命，故选C。2A.stoodBavoided CconqueredDdisliked答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：但这株小玫瑰经受住了太阳的残酷晒烤。A.stood站立，忍受；B.avoided避免；C.conquered征服；D.disliked不喜欢。由“ But.the cruelty”可知，这株小玫瑰却能经受住太阳的残酷晒烤。故选A。3A.pleased Bsurprised Cdisappointed Dfrightened答案：B解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这株玫瑰在如此艰苦的环境中生存下来的能力让太阳感觉很吃惊。A.pl
7、eased高兴的；B.surprised惊讶的；C.disappointed失望的；D.frightened恐惧的。沙漠中只有这一株玫瑰且能够忍受住太阳的高温，所以太阳对它的生存能力感到惊讶。故选B。4A.change Bfollow Cimprove Dsurvive答案：D解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：这株玫瑰在如此艰苦的环境中生存下来的能力让太阳感觉很吃惊。A.change改变；B.follow跟随；C.improve提高；D.survive幸存 。由“There was a large desert in Africa with no trace of _1_ except a lit
8、tle rose.”可知在非洲的这个大沙漠里除了一株玫瑰， 没有其他生命的迹象，此处指这株玫瑰花在如此艰苦的环境中生存了下来。故选D。5A.power Bchance Cduty Dright答案：A解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意： 一天下午，太阳对这株小玫瑰说： “玫瑰花！ 我是这个宇宙中最强大的力量。我拥有索取和给予生命的力量。”A.power力量；B.chance机会；C.duty职责；D.right权利。由“supreme power”可知，本句属于原词再现。故选A。6A.grow Bdie Cstop Dlive答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：每天都有成千上万的生命忍受不了我的炙
9、热而死掉。A.grow生长；B.die死；C.stop停止；D.live活着。 由“as they are not able to stand my heat” 可知，成千上万的生命忍受不了太阳的炙热而死掉了。故选B。7.A.with Bover Cthrough Dwithout答案：D解析：考查介词词义辨析。句意： 但是，你经受得住我的热辐射而且毫无怨言。A.with和；B.over在期间；C.through通过；D.without没有。由语境可知，此处指玫瑰毫无怨言地经受住了太阳的炙热。故选D。8A.failure Bforce Cstrength Dsuccess答案：C解析：考查名词
10、词义辨析。句意：我想知道是什么给了你这么大的力量。A.failure失败；B.force武力；C.strength力量；D.success成功。由上文中只有玫瑰花经受住了太阳的晒烤可知，太阳想知道什么给了这株玫瑰这么大的力量，此处指玫瑰经受得住如此残酷的环境的力量。故选C。9A.gently Bproudly Cfluently Drudely答案：A解析：考查副词词义辨析。句意：“哦， 强大的太阳，”小玫瑰轻轻地说，“我对这片沙漠不太了解。”A.gently轻轻地；B.proudly自豪地；C.fluently流畅地；D.rudely粗鲁地。根据 “I dont know much abou
11、t this desert. But it appears 10 and there seems to be no one else in the whole world my eye could reach.” 可知，这株玫瑰说话很平静。故选A。10A.small Bfar Cthick Dlarge答案：D解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是这个沙漠看上去很大，在目光所及之处看不到其他的生命。A.small小的；B.far远的；C.thick厚的；D.large大的。由 “ there seems to be no one else in the whole world my eye co
12、uld reach”可知，这个沙漠很大。故选D。11A.sorry Blucky Chappy Dangry答案：A解析：考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我开始为沙漠的孤独而感到难过并决定尽自己最大的努力去帮助它。A.sorry难过的；B.lucky幸运的；C.happy快乐的；D.angry生气的。由 “There was not a bird or a tree in sight”可知，这株玫瑰看到沙漠中少有生命的迹象，所以认为这个沙漠一定很孤独，并为沙漠的孤独而感到难过。故选A。12A.refused Bdecided Cagreed Daccepted答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：我
13、开始为沙漠的孤独而感到难过并决定尽自己最大的努力去帮助它。A.refused拒绝；B.decided决定；C.agreed同意；D.accepted接受。由“as much as I could”可知，这株玫瑰决定尽自己最大的努力去帮助它。故选B。13A.experienced Bcollected Csolved Dforgot答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。句意：在这个过程中，我从未经历过任何对我造成痛苦的事情。A.experienced经历；B.collected收集；C.solved解决；D.forgot忘记。由 “causes pain to me” 可知，这里应该是对玫瑰造成痛苦的
14、事情的经历， 所以这里用 experience 表示经历过。故选A。14A.courage Bbravery Ckindness Dconcern答案：D解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意： 我一直关心的事情是成为这个沙漠的好朋友， 并帮助它摆脱孤独。A.courage勇气；B.bravery勇敢；C.kindness善良；D.concern关注。玫瑰为沙漠感到难过，并决定尽自己最大的努力去帮助沙漠。所以玫瑰一直关心的事情是成为这个沙漠的好朋友。故选D。15A.expense Bsalary Cpraise Dreward答案：D解析：考查名词词义辨析。句意：太阳被这株小玫瑰对沙漠的关心所感动，太阳
15、给了小玫瑰一项奖励，让沙漠长出了数百万株玫瑰， 将沙漠变成了生命的绿洲。A.expense花费；B.salary薪水；C.praise赞扬；D.reward奖励。由 “millions of other roses that filled the desert with their sweet smells and thus turned the entire stretch into a great oasis(绿洲) of life” 可知，太阳给了一项奖励，就是让沙漠长出了数百万株玫瑰，将沙漠变成了生命的绿洲。故选D。.语法填空China has splendid culture wit
16、h a long history. Chinese opera is one of the _1_ (old) dramatic art forms in the world. During the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor Taizong established an opera school _2_ the poetic name Liyuan (Pear Garden)Since the Yuan Dynasty, encouraged by court officials and emperors, it _3_ (become)a traditional a
17、rt form. During the Qing Dynasty, _4_ became fashionable among ordinary people.Performances _5_ (watch) in tearooms, restaurants, and even on temporary stages.It developed from folk songs, dance, talking, antimasque(滑稽戏)and especially distinctive dialectical music. Gradually it combined music, art a
18、nd literature into one performance on the stage. _6_ (accompany) by traditional musical instruments, actors present unique melodies which may sound strange to _7_ (foreign)as well as beautifully written dialogues, which are of high literary _8_ (valuable)These dialogues also promoted the development
19、 of distinct literary styles, such as Zaju in the Yuan Dynasty. For Chinese, especially older folks, _9_ (listen) to this kind of opera occasionally is _10_ real pleasure.这篇文章介绍了中国戏曲艺术的发展历史。1oldest 解析：考查最高级。句意：中国戏剧是世界上最古老的戏剧艺术形式之一。one ofthe形容词最高级名词复数，表示“最之一”，故填oldest。2with 解析：考查介词。句意：在唐朝，太宗皇帝建立了一个戏剧
20、学校，它有着诗意的名字梨园。with带有，作状语，故填with。3has_become 解析：考查时态。根据Since the Yuan Dynasty可知，这个句子应该用现在完成时。故填has become。4it 解析：考查代词。根据it _3_ (become) a traditional art form.可知，这里填it。5were_watched 解析：考查时态和语态。performances与watch之间是被动关系，用被动语态，并且是发生在过去的事情，所以用一般过去时的被动语态。填were watched。6Accompanied 解析：考查非谓语动词。actors与accompany之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词。7foreigners 解析：考查名词。句意：对于外国人来说，听起来很奇怪。“外国人”是一个复数概念，故填foreigners。8value 解析：考查固定用法。be of high value是固定用法，意思是“有很高的价值”。故填value。9listening 解析：考查非谓语动词。此处是动词作主语，应用动名词。故填listening。10a 解析：考查冠词。泛指“一种真正的快乐”，且real的首字母发音是辅音，故填不定冠词a。