1、Unit 1 第4课时.单项填空从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1She chose to learn the violin in_to the piano.ApreferenceBinterest Chabit Dfeature2We will_to a great variety of sources of information.Aadapt Battach Cappeal Dadjust3Many children_rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes.Ashall BwouldCwill Dmigh
2、t4There are so many fancy cars_here that I dont know which to buy.Aon average Bon displayCon behalf Don purpose5His chief attraction_his character, not his looks.Aleads to Bresults inClies in Drefults from6Is it a mans weak point to be_of beautiful female looks.Afond BcontentCparticular Dspecial7New
3、spapers reported the incident sensationally，_it appeared worse than it really was.Ato make BmakingCmake Dmade8At present, more than one solution to the question_.Ahave been found Bhas been foundCwas found Dhad found9He had_a large number of funny stories in the speech.Aset BincludedCmade Dcontained1
4、0The teacher explained the text sentence_sentence.Ain BbyCfor Dwith.完成句子根据汉语提示，完成下列句子。每空仅限一个单词。1他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。He_ _be poor than get money by dishonest methods.2小孩摔了一跤，头撞在门上碰破了。The child fell，_ _ _the door and cutting it.3在电子游戏中， 我偏爱帝国时代。In computer games, I have_ _ _“The Age of the Empire”4你有没
5、有兴趣到合资企业去工作？Does the idea of working for a venture company_ _you?5他认为成功的唯一诀窍在于勤奋。 He thinks the one recipe for success_ _hard work.6为了安全起见，在市内开车时速不要超过三十公里。For_ _， dont drive_ _30 kilometers per hour in the city.7这里的著名景观是昆虫世界博物馆，里面收藏了埃及丰富多彩的昆虫和鸟类标本。The famous sights in this area are the Entomological
6、 Society Museum, with an_ _ _Egyptian insects and birds.8通常，强烈的地震每两年发生不到一次。_ _， a powerful earthquake occurs_ _once_ _ _.9他爱玩不爱工作。He is_ _play than of work.10她看起来似乎是冰做的。She looked_ _she were_ _ice.完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my m
7、other. My_1_began when I was just a kid. I_2_becoming a doctor.My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that_3_people spent a lot more time reading than they_4_watching television. She announced that my brother and I_5_watch two to three preselected TV programs during the week. With
8、our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and_6_her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a_7_. My mother was illiterate.When I entered high school I was a(n)_8_， but not for long. I wan
9、ted the fancy clothes. I wanted to_9_the guys. I went from being an Astudent to a Bstudent to a Cstudent. One night my mother came home from_10_her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said，“Okay, Ill give you all the money I make this week from scrubbing fl
10、oors and cleaning bathroms, and you can buy_11_food and pay the bills. With everything_12_， you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.”I was very_13_with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was_14_left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to_15_
11、our heads and any kind of food on the talbe，_16_buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasnt going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my_17_and became an Astudent again, and eventually I_18_my dream and I became a doctor.My story is really
12、 my mothers storya woman with_19_formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job_20_than parenting. This I believe.文章大意：这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者出生于一个贫困的单亲家庭，然而在母亲的帮助和教导下，她克服了重重困难，努力学习，最终获得优秀的成绩，并实现了自己的梦想。这一成功事例说明：在教育子女方面，母亲永远是
13、最好的老师。1A.belief BworkCeducation Dpromise2A.majored in Bgot used toCdreamed of Dgot tired of3A.lazy BeasygoingCsuccessful Dreliable4A.made BpaidCtook Ddid5A.could only Bcould notCmust not Dshould often6A.read to Bpresent toCteach Dexplain to7A.joke BmeansCtool Dtrick8A.Astudent BBstudentCCstudent DDs
14、tudent9A.get rid of Bhang out withCbreak away from Dkeep in touch with10A.making BstoppingCworking Dgetting11A.your brother ByourselfCyour sister Dthe family12A.left over Bpaid offCused up Dcarried out13A.angry BpleasedCdisppointed Dbored14A.anything BeverythingCsomething Dnothing15A.put an idea int
15、o Bgive an impression onCkeep a roof over Dhave eyes in the back of16A.let alone Blet outClet in Dleave alone17A.guys BmotherCstudies Dplay18A.made BfulfilledCchanged Dtried19A.little BmuchCfew Dhigh20A.more interesting Bless importantCmore important Dless interesting.阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中
16、，选出最佳选项。Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause changeto find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.Landscape(风景)is another uncha
17、nging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17thcentury Dutch painters to the 19thcentury romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Toomas Cole, a romanticist
18、, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like th
19、e highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(摄影术) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.Besides, all art begs the ageold question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their underst
20、anding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the CroMagnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a neces
21、sary struggle for artists of all periods.Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need an
22、d hope of human beings.1The underlined word “poetry” most probably means_.Aan object for artistic creationBa collection of poemsCan unusual qualityDa natural scene2Leslies paintings are extraordinary because_.Athey are close in style to works in ancient timesBthey look like works by 19thcentury pain
23、tersCthey draw attention to common things in lifeDthey depend heavily on color photography3What is the authors opinion of artistic reality?AIt will not be found in future works of art.BIt does not have a longlasting standard.CIt is expressed in a fixed artistic form.DIt is lacking in modern works of
24、 art.4What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?AThey express peoples curiosity about the past.BThey make people interested in everyday experience.CThey are considered important for variety in form.DThey are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.5Which of the following
25、is the main topic of the passage?AHistory of the arts.BBasic questions of the arts.CNew developments in the arts.DUse of modern technology in the arts.I 1答案：A本题题意：她愿学小提琴而不学钢琴。in preference to sb/sth表示“而不是”。2答案：C本题题意：我们将求助于多种资料来源。appeal(to sth)表示“诉诸；求助”。3答案：B本题题意：许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。本题考查would rather.
26、than.“宁愿也不”的用法。4答案：B本题题意：有这么多的豪华汽车在此览出，我不知道要买哪一辆才好。on display表示“陈列着；在展览”。5答案：C本题题意：他的魅力在于他的性格，而不是外貌。lie in表示“集中于；在于；存在于”。6答案：A本题题意：喜欢女人有美丽容貌也算是男人的弱点吗？be fond of表示“喜爱”。7答案：B本题题意：报纸大肆渲染这件事，描述得更不像话。本题考查现在分词短语担任结果状语。8答案：B本题题意：目前为止，对于这个问题人们已经找到了不止一种解决办法。“more than one名词的单数形式”在句中担任主语时，谓语动词采用单数形式。此外，状语at p
27、resent的存在，表明该句采用现在完成时。 9答案：B本题题意：他在讲话中加进了许多引人发笑的故事。include表示“使成为的一部分”。10答案：B本题题意：老师逐句讲解了这篇课文。by表示连续或反复，译作“逐个；逐批”。II 答案：1.would rather2.striking his head against3.a preference for4.appeal to5.lies in6.safetys sake; more than7.excellent collection of8.On average; less than; every two years/every other
28、 year/every second year9.fond of 10as if/though; made ofIII 1答案：A从语境可知，此处表示“我从小就有这种信念”。2答案：C句意：我梦想成为一名医生。major in“主修”；get used to“习惯于”；dream of“梦想”；get tired of“对厌烦”。3答案：C从下文母亲对子女的严格要求可以看出，母亲认为成功人士花在读书上的时间要多于他们看电视的时间。4答案：D此处用did替代前面的spent，以避免重复。5答案：A由“announced”可知，“我”和弟弟每周只能看到三个预先挑选好的节目。6答案：B母亲非常严厉，
29、要求孩子读书后还要上交读书心得。present sth. to sb.意为“把某物呈交给某人”。7答案：D从“My mother was illiterate”可推知，母亲用的“标记”是一个“计谋”。8答案：A依据下文“from being an Astudent to a Bstudent” 以及“but”可知，作者刚上高中时是个优等生。9答案：B从语境可知，此处指自己想和别人一起闲荡。get rid of“除去”；hang out with“与闲荡”；break away from“摆脱”；keep in touch with“与保持联系”。10答案：C从下文“scrubbing floo
30、rs and cleaning bathrooms”可知，此处表示母亲干完各种活后回家。11答案：D此处意为“由你来替这个家管伙食，付账单”。12答案：A依据前句可知，此处表示用所有剩下的钱去买意大利针织衫。pay off“付清”；use up“用完”；carry out“实行”；均不符合句意。13答案：B以为由自己理财就有可能买自己想要的意大利针织衫，“我”对母亲的决定感到很高兴。14答案：D由“but”可以看出，当“我”把该用的钱分配完毕时，手里已分文不剩。15答案：Ckeep a roof over our heads意为“有地方住”。16答案：A此处意为“更不用说买衣服了”。let a
31、lone“更不用说”；let out“放出”；let in“使进入”；leave alone“避免扰乱”。17答案：C依据上下文内容可知，此处表示“于是我又努力学习”。18答案：B从下文“I became a doctor”可推知，最终“我”实现了自己的梦想。19答案：A从第二段末“My mother was illiterate”可知，母亲几乎没有接受过正规教育。20答案：C由上文得知：没有哪一种工作比教育子女更重要。IV 1答案：C词义猜测题。由后面“where no one has ever seen or experienced it before”可知poetry在此指一种不同寻常的品质。2答案：C细节理解题。根据短文第二段倒数第六句中“In his paintings, there is no particular change.in the background.”可知。3答案：B细节理解题。根据短文倒数第二段第二句话可知。4答案：D推理判断题。由最后一段最后一句可推知。5答案：B主旨大意题。整篇文章重在阐述艺术的基本问题。 高考资源网%