1、Unit 6 Disaster and hope.完形填空We are often warned by our teacher not to waste precious time, because time lost will never return. I think it quite _1_. What does time look like? Nobody knows for we cant see it or _2_ it and no amount of money can _3_ it. Time is abstract, so we have to _4_ about it.T
2、ime passes very quickly. Some students say they dont have _5_ time to review all their lessons. It is because they dont know how to make use of their time. They waste it in going to theatres, cinemas and parks, and doing other things. Why do we study every day? Why do we _6_？ Why do most people woul
3、d rather _7_ buses instead of walking? The _8_ is very simple. We wish to save time because time is precious.Today we are living in the 21st century. We look upon time as _9_. When a person dies, his life _10_. Since life is short, we must _11_ our time and energy to our study so that we may be able
4、 to _12_ the people well in the future. Laziness is the thief of time, for it does not only bring us failure but also _13_ us other harm. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, let us do it today and not _14_ it until tomorrow.Remember that time is much more _15_ than money.本文是一篇以时间为主题的议论文，
5、作者告诉我们时间就是生命，时间比金钱要有价值得多，而我们的时间是有限的，所以要好好利用它来学习与生活，不要虚度光阴。1A.falseBtrueCabstractDvaluable解析：考查形容词辨析。A.false假的；B.true真实的；C.abstract抽象的、难以理解的；D.valuable有价值的。作者认为时间一去不复返的说法是相当正确的，故选B。答案：B2A.getBhaveCseeDtouch解析：考查动词辨析。我们不能看见也不能触碰到时间，所以我们不会知道时间到底是什么样子的，故选D。答案：D3A.findBbuyCsenseDrealize解析：考查动词辨析。根据句意可知再多
6、的金钱也无法买到时间，故选B。答案：B4A.worryBdiscussCadviseDthink解析：考查动词辨析。A.worry担心；B.discuss讨论；C.advise建议；D.think想象。根据句意可知时间是抽象的，所以我们只能去想象它的样子，故选D。答案：D5A.enoughBlittleCvaluableDuseful解析：考查形容词辨析。A.enough足够的；B.little 少量的；C.valuable有价值的；D.useful有用的。根据句意可知学生们没有足够的时间复习功课，故选A。答案：A6A.drinkBeatCthinkDwork解析：考查动词辨析。结合前句可知作
7、者是在问为什么我们要学习和工作，故选D。答案：D7A.borrowBgetCmakeDtake解析：考查动词短语搭配。take buses意为乘坐公交车，故选D。答案：D8A.questionBanswerCproblemDmethod解析：考查名词辨析。A.question问题；B.answer答案；C.problem麻烦；D.method办法。根据句意可知作者是在回答自己提出的问题，故选B。答案：B9A.moneyBlifeCgoldDwater解析：考查名词辨析。根据句意可知对现在的我们来说，时间就是生命，故选B。答案：B10A.comes toBbeginsCendsDlives解析：
8、考查动词辨析。根据句意可知当一个人死亡的时候，他的人生也就终结了，故选C。答案：C11A.wasteBdevoteCputDvalue解析：考查动词辨析。A.waste浪费；B.devote奉献，把奉献(给)，把专用(于)；C.put放；D.value珍惜。根据句意可知我们应该把有限的时间投入到学习中去，故选B。答案：B12A.askBrememberCsaveDserve解析：考查动词辨析。A.ask询问；B.remember记住；C.save节省；D.serve为服务，招待。根据句意可知我们努力学习和工作才能在将来更好地为人民服务，故选D。答案：D13A.bringsBdoesCtakes
9、Dsends解析：考查动词辨析。do sb.harm意为带给某人伤害，根据句意可知懒惰不仅带给我们失败，也会在其他方面伤害到我们，故选B。答案：B14A.leaveBforgetCremainDstay解析：考查动词辨析。A.leave留下；B.forget忘记；C.remain保持；D.stay停留。根据句意可知我们应该今日事今日毕，不要把今天的事情留到明天去完成，故选A。答案：A15A.usefulBcheapCheavyDvaluable解析：考查形容词辨析。A.useful有用的；B.cheap便宜的；C.heavy重的；D.valuable有价值的。根据句意可知时间比金钱要有价值得多
10、，故选D。答案：D.语法填空Mobile payments have made our life _1_ (convenient) by freeing us from the trouble of having to take our wallets out with us. But a UK supermarket has gone one step _2_ (far), allowing customers to pay using just _3_ fingertip.Shoppers at the Costcutter store at Brunel University in Lo
11、ndon can pay for items _4_ (use) the special vein(静脉)pattern in their fingertips, _5_ (report) The Telegraph. Its the worlds first store _6_ (make) use of such technology.This new method of payment _7_ (mean) that customers can pay for items in just three _8_ (second)Sthaler, the company behind the
12、technology, explained that it uses infrared scanners(红外扫描仪)to read the pattern of veins in the finger. It links this to the customers bank details, _9_ are kept safe by payment provider Worldpay. The firm is also responsible for millions of online shoppers details around the globe.The company said dozens of Brunel students are already using the technology, and it hopes to have signed up 3,000 students out of 13,000 _10_ November.1more_convenient2.further3.a4.using5.reported6to_make7.means8.seconds9.which10.by