1、Section Using Language,Summing Up & Learning Tip一、单项填空1He at once when I promised to help him.A.cheered upB.gave upC.broke upD.turned up解析:cheer up“感到高兴,感到振奋”;give up“放弃”;break up“解散,结束”;turn up“出现”。由when I promised to help him 可知此处用cheered up表示“他立刻感到振奋”。答案:A2(2013福建卷)Old-fashioned phones matter whe
2、n wireless networks in disasters.A.turn downB.turn outC.break downD.break out解析:考查动词短语辨析。A项“调小,拒绝”,B项“结果证明”,C项“出故障,分解”,D项“爆发”。根据句意:当发生灾难无线网络无法用的时候,老式的电话就有作用了。故答案为C项。答案:C3Im well again ,I can go on with my work.A.Even ifB.As thoughC.Even afterD.Now that解析:even if的含义是“即使”;as though =as if,其含义是“好像”;eve
3、n after的含义是“即使在之后”;now that的含义是“既然”。由下文的“我能够继续我的工作”可知,此处应用Now that来表示“既然我的身体恢复健康了”。答案:D4!There is danger ahead.A.Watch outB.Take care ofC.Cheer up D.Notice解析:watch out 表示“当心”;take care of表示“关心,照料”,而take care 才是“当心”的意思;cheer up 表示“使高兴,使振作”;notice表示“注意到”,需接宾语。此处应用Watch out 表示“当心!前面有危险”。答案:A5The doctor
4、 had almost lost hope at one point,but the patient finally .A.pulled throughB.pulled over C.pulled inD.pulled down解析:pull through“渡过难关,(使)恢复健康”。答案:A二、单句改错1What we should watch out is the terrible animal.答案:在out后加for 2The fire was broke out last Sunday.答案:去掉was 3Now that you want to learn English wel
5、l,so you should work hard.答案:去掉so4The boy knows how to cheer him up when he is sad.答案:himhimself5Do you know why the spaceship doesnt fall back the earth?答案:back后加to 三、完成句子,词数不限1他迅速拉了一下绳子。He gave on the rope.答案:a quick pull2为了使她高兴,我带她去看电影。I took her to the cinema to .答案:cheer her up3既然你已完成了工作,就应该好好休
6、息一下。You should have a good rest youve finished the work.答案:now that 4你能告诉我第一次世界大战发生在什么时候吗? Can you tell me when the First World War?答案: broke out 5我想你应该提防那个人。I think you should that man.答案:watch out for 四、阅读理解None of our early ancestors could digest milk as adults because their bodies never had to m
7、ilk drinking simply wasnt an option.As people began to extract milk from animals,though,some people developed the ability to keep drinking it throughout their lives.Scientists now know of a milk-related mutation(变异) in our genes the chemical instructions for life that we carry in almost every cell i
8、n our bodies.People who have a mutated form of one particular gene can drink milk just fine.People without the mutation tend to get sick from milk.To figure out where,and possibly why,milk drinking started,some scientists have been looking at who has the milk-digesting mutation today.Patterns are st
9、riking.Most adults in Northern and Central Europe are able to digest milk and they do.Cheese and butter and other dairy products are popular in countries such as Sweden,Denmark,Germany and England.Because European settlers dominated North America,most people here can handle milk just fine,as well.Th
10、at may explain why ice cream is such a popular dessert in the United States.In much of Africa,Asia and South America,on the other hand,people tend to avoid dairy products because they lead to diarrhea(腹泻) and other stomach problems.Thats why you wont typically find cheese on the menu at a Chinese,Ja
11、panese or Ethiopian restaurant.Native Americans are also unable to digest milk.Because of these genetic patterns,scientists have long thought that milk drinking started in Northern Europe,where dairy is an institution and the milk-digesting mutation is everywhere.A recent study painted a different p
12、icture.With a computer model,Thomas and his colleagues looked at the spread of the milk-drinking mutation,farming and other related factors.Working backward,the scientists concluded that the first milk-drinkers lived in Central Europe around whats now Hungary about 7,500 years ago.The practice didnt
13、 start farther north,as scientists had thought before.1Which of the following is the proper order of events according to the passage?a.Their children were able to digest milk as adults.b.They got sick from milk.c.Some people got a mutation in their genes.d.Some people tried drinking milk from animal
14、s.e.Some people started to drink milk from animals on a regular basis.A.cdbeaB.debcaC.dbecaD.edbca解析:细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知d排第一,排除A、D两项;由第二段最后两句可判断d、b应该是紧挨着的,排除B项,再结合常识可知C项切题。答案:C2Most people in the USA can digest milk because .A.they have strong stomachsB.their ancestors were EuropeansC.thats where milk
15、drinking startedD.farmers raise a lot of cows there解析:细节推理题。由第四段“Most adults in Northern and Central Europe are able to digest milk and they do.Because European settlers dominated North America,most people here can handle milk just fine,as well.”和最后一段中的“Working backward,the scientists concluded that
16、 the first milk-drinkers lived in Central Europe around whats now Hungary about 7,500 years ago.”可推知B项正确。答案:B3Which of the following is the author most likely to agree with?A.Milk drinking first started in Northern Europe.B.Milk drinking first started in Central Europe.C.North American Indians were
17、able to digest milk.D.Dairy products are very popular in North Korea.解析:细节判断题。由最后一段中的“Working backward,the scientists concluded that the first milk-drinkers lived in Central Europe around whats now Hungary about 7500 years ago.”可知A错误,B项正确。由“Native Americans are also unable to digest milk.”可知C项错误。由“I
18、n much of Africa,Asia and South America,on the other hand,people tend to avoid dairy products because they lead to diarrhea and other stomach problems.” 可知D项错误。答案:B4The main focus of the scientists research was .A.mutation of human genesB.development of the human stomachC.why milk drinking startedD.
19、where milk drinking first started解析:主旨大意题。综观全文可知,A项范围太广,B项偏题,C项只是文章的一个细节,故选D项。答案:D五、书面表达 请根据下面的表格内容写一篇关于中国实现太空梦的短文。时间进展情况长期以来中国人梦想进入太空1999年至2002年成功地发射了三艘无人飞船2002年12月31日至2003年1月5日神舟四号发射升空,并成功地返回地面,完成了七项科学实验,为下一步载人飞船的发射作准备神舟四号的成功发射和返回,表明中国有能力把人送入太空2003年中国第一艘载人飞船进入太空2008年中国人实现了太空行走的夙愿2011年天宫一号(Tiangong
20、 )发射成功,中国人将拥有首个太空站。2012,2013年神舟九号、神舟十号发射成功注意:1.词数:120左右2.参考词汇:无人驾驶的 unmanned;载人的 manned;飞船spacecraft(单复同);发射launch(vt./n.)_【写作指导】主题:the dream of space 必备词汇:dream of,unmanned spacecraft,success,scientific,experiments,carry out,make preparations for,be sent into space必备句型:The Chinese people have been
21、dreaming of.The purpose of the flight is to.It was in 2008 that the Chinese dream of walking in space came true.参考范文:The Chinese people have been dreaming of going into(outer)space for a long time.From 1999 to 2002 China launched three unmanned spacecraft successfully.On Dec.31,2002,the launch of th
22、e spacecraft Shenzhou was another big success and the spacecraft returned to the earth safely on January 5th,2003.During its flight,seven scientific experiments were carried out.The purpose of the flight was to make preparations for the launch of a manned spacecraft next time.The successful launch a
23、nd return shows that China is able to send a person into space.In 2003,Shenzhou ,the first manned spacecraft,was successfully sent into space.It was in 2008 that the Chinese dream of walking in space came true.Besides,Tiangong was sent into space in 2011,which will be the first Chinese space station.In 2012 and 2013 Shenzhou and were also sent into space successfully.How proud we Chinese are!