1、UNIT 5 LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD.阅读理解American schools do not have separate classes for boys and girls. If boys want to cook or to sew, they can learn these things in classes that are no longer just for girls. If girls want to repair cars, they can now learn this in school. Most students like to hav
2、e boys and girls on the same baseball team.Many boys and girls dress alike in school. They wear blue jeans and sport shirts. Some have long hair and some have short hair. Sometimes a boy has longer hair than a girl.Even the language is different. Students learn to say fire fighter instead of fireman
3、, police officer instead of policeman, and letter carrier instead of mailman. A person does not need to be a man to fight a fire or to deliver the mail.Most people think that these changes are great. They give all people an equal chance to be happy and to do what they want to do with their lives. Fa
4、thers like to tell their sons that they can grow up to be president. Today, mothers can tell the same things to their daughters.本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了今日美国学校，女生与男生的平等。1The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph refers to _.Athese changes BAmerican schoolsCmost people DAmerican students答案：A解析：推理判断题。上文
5、Most people think that these changes are great.说大多数人认为这些变化是伟大的。由此推断出下文的意思是这些变化使所有人都有平等的机会获得幸福，并在生活中做自己想做的事。“They”指“这些变化”，故选A。2What do most people think of the changes in American schools?ASurprising. BStrange.CGood. DBad.答案：C解析：细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段Most people think that these changes are great.可知大多数人认为美国
6、学校的变化是好的，故选C。3We may infer from the text that in the past in American schools _.Agirls only learned how to sew and cookBgirls could do everything but boys couldntCboys and girls were the same in everythingDthere were many differences between boys and girls答案：D解析：推理判断题。文章讲述了今日美国学校，女生与男生的平等，同时也就暗示了过去，
7、在美国的学校，男孩和女孩之间有很多不同。第一段中的“no longer”和最后一段中的“changes”等词也是确定该答案的重要依据，故选D。.完形填空Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me, “Everything happens for the best. If you _1_， one day something good will happen. And youll realize that it wouldnt have happened but for that pr
8、evious _2_.”As it _3_， mother was right. In 1932, I ended my college life. _4_ that, I had decided to try for a job in radio, and then could work my way up to a sports _5_. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every _6_ but got turned down every time. In one studio, a _7_ lady told me that b
9、ig stations couldnt risk hiring a person who lacked _8_. “Go to _9_ town and find a little station that will give you a chance，” she said. I then _10_ to Dixon. While there was no radioannouncing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted an athlete to _11_ its sport
10、s department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I _12_. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasnt _13_.My disappointment must have _14_. “Everything happens for the best，” Mom _15_ me. Then I _16_ WOC Radio in Davenport. The program director named Peter MacArthur told me
11、they had already _17_ a contract with another announcer.As I left his office, my disappointment _18_ over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow become a sport announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station？”I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sport
12、s? You know something about football？” Then he stood me before a _19_ and asked me to broadcast a live game.I often _20_ what direction my life might have taken if Id gotten the job at Montgomery Ward and if I didnt persist.这是一篇记叙文。作者的妈妈告诉他如果坚持的话，总有一天好的事情会发生。作者在找工作的过程中经历了很多失望，但是他坚持下来了，最后找到了自己想要的工作。1
13、A.look onBget onCcarry onDstay on答案：C解析：考查动词短语词义辨析。A.look on(以某种方式)看待；B.get on 取得进展；有起色；C.carry on坚持；D.stay on 继续(工作、学习)等。句意：如果坚持的话，总有一天好的事情会发生。所以C项切题。2A.successes Bresults Clives Ddisappointments答案：D解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.successes 成功；B.results结果；C.lives生命，生活；D.disappointments 失望。 这里与首句的Whenever I felt disa
14、ppointed相对应。句意：你会认识到，如果不是那次失意，这一切就不会发生，故D项切题。3A.carried out Bturned out Cfigured out Dlooked out答案：B解析：考查动词短语词义辨析。A.carried out实施；执行；B.turned out 最后是； 结果是；C.figured out 理解；弄清楚；D.looked out向外看。句意：结果证明，母亲是正确的。故选B项。4A.Before BAfter CSince DAlthough答案：A解析：考查连词词义辨析。A.Before 之前；B.After 之后；C.Since 自从；D.Alt
15、hough 尽管。had decided 为过去完成时，ended为一般过去时，说明decide 发生在end之前，故选A项。5A.hostess Bathlete Cannouncer Dperformer答案：C解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.hostess 女主人；B.athlete 运动员；C.announcer广播员；D.performer 表演者。根据第10题后“While there was no radioannouncing jobs in Dixon” 可知作者本来是想找广播员的工作的，故选C项。6A.firm Bschool Cstore Dstation答案：D解析：考查名
16、词词义辨析。A.firm公司；B.school学校；C.store 商店；D.station 车站；广播电台。根据后面的句子“a _7_ lady told me that big stations couldnt risk hiring a person who lacked _8_.”可知作者是敲了所有station(广播电台)的门，但是都被拒绝了，故选D项。7A.beautiful Bstrict Ckind Dcruel答案：C解析：考查形容词词义辨析。A.beautiful 漂亮的；B.strict 严格的；C.kind善良的；D.cruel 残酷的。结合上文，可知作者被拒绝了很多次
17、，在一家演播室，一位女士告诉他大型电台不会雇佣没有经验的(experience)人，让作者换个地方。告诉作者他失败的原因，这位女士是充满善意的，故选C项。8A.money Bexperience Cappearance Dknowledge答案：B解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.money 钱；B.experience 经验；C.appearance 外表；出场；D.knowledge 知识。在这里，一位是善良的女士告诉作者大型电台不会雇佣没有经验的(experience)人，故选B项。9A.busy Bdistant Cbig Dsmall答案：D解析：考查形容词词义辨析。A.busy 繁忙的；
18、B.distant 遥远的；C.big 大的；D.small 小的；小规模的。作者被大公司拒绝，那位女士劝他去小型的公司试一试，故D项切题。10A.turned Bsaw Cwalked Dadded答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.turned 转动；转向；B.saw 看见；C.walked走，步行；D.added 增加。女士告诉作者去规模小点的公司，作者便转向(turn to)Dixon, 这里作者的目标发生了转变，故选A项。11A.buy Bmanage Csell Dshow答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.buy 买；B.manage 经营；C.sell售卖；D.show 展示。
19、Montgomery Ward没有广播的工作，但是新开了一家商店，需要一位运动员来管理(manage)体育用品部，故B项切题。12A.applied Brefused Cagreed Dappealed答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.applied 申请；B.refused 拒绝；C.agreed 同意；D.appealed 呼吁。结合上下文，听到这个消息，作者觉得那个工作很适合自己，就去申请了，故A项切题。13A.employed Bfired Cfitted Dsatisfied答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.employed 雇佣；B.fired 解雇；C.fitted 适合；D
20、.satisfied 使满意。上文作者觉得这个工作很适合自己，but表示转折，说明作者没有被雇佣，故选A项。14A.disappeared Bshown Cfallen Dresponded答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.disappeared 消失；B.shown 显示；C.fallen 落下；D.responded 回应。后文作者的妈妈对他进行劝导疏解，说明作者的失望之情出现了，显示出来了，故B项切题。15A.recited Bpersuaded Cadvised Dreminded答案：D解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.recited 背诵；列举；B.persuaded 说服；C.adv
21、ised 建议；D.reminded 提醒。作者感到失望，他的妈妈将她之前说过的话再说了一遍，这里是提醒作者不要忘了她的话，故D项切题。16A.tried Bvisited Cpassed Dpoured答案：A解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.tried 尝试；B.visited 拜访；C.passed 通过；D.poured 倾泻。听了妈妈的话，作者尝试(申请)了WOC Radio，故A项切题。17A.assigned Bsigned Cdesigned Dresigned答案：B解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.assigned 分配；指派；B.signed 签署；C.designed 设计；D.r
22、esigned 辞职。作者申请了WOC Radio的工作后，部门负责人告诉他他们已经与另外一个播音员签了合同，故B项切题。18A.appeared Bdisappeared Cboiled Dremoved答案：C解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.appeared 出现；B.disappeared 消失；C.boiled 沸腾；(情绪)爆发；D.removed移动。结合语境，作者在失望过后又重新申请了工作，结果又被拒绝了，这时他的失望情绪爆发，故C项切题。19A.radio Bstation Cstudio Dmicrophone答案：D解析：考查名词词义辨析。A.radio 无线电广播；B.station 广播电台；C.studio工作室；演播室；D.microphone 麦克风，扩音器。作者说的话被MacArthur 听见了，他让作者现场广播一场比赛，要广播比赛作者肯定是站在麦克风前的，故D项切题。20A.doubted Bintended Cwondered Dexpected答案：C解析：考查动词词义辨析。A.doubted 怀疑；B.intended 打算；C.wondered想知道；D.expected 预料；期望。作者最终找到喜欢的工作，他一直想知道，如果他得到了Montgomery Ward的工作，如果他没有坚持下去，他现在的生活会是什么样呢？故C项切题。