1、2014春季英语人教版新课标必修3U5单元基础测试（1）及答案解析Unit 5Canada“The True North”Section Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending一、根据句意和首字母或汉语提示写出单词1My brother draws very well.He is g in painting.答案:gifted2The baby is sitting on the floor,(包围)by all kinds of toys.答案:surrounded3Do you prefer to read books r than w
2、atch TV?答案:rather4The task is so easy to do that I can finish it w ten minutes.答案:within5We can (设法)to get in touch with him.答案:manage6When I passed the shop,I caught s of Mary there.答案:sight7My grandparents (定居)in the USA in 2002.答案:settled8I have no time to (聊天)with you.答案:chat9I hear that they ha
3、ve taken some (措施)to solve the pollution here.答案:measures10Our country (接壤)on Russia.答案:borders二、单项填空1More consumers are waiting for the further drop of housing prices with money in their hands rather than houses,according to a report.A.to buyB.buyingC.buyD.bought解析:rather than连接平行结构,由句子中的waiting fo
4、r.可知rather than后应用buying。答案:B2They to finish the project before Sunday,but they didnt make it because of the heavy snow.A.succeededB.triedC.managedD.thought解析:succeed意为“成功”,不接动词不定式,常用词组succeed in doing sth;try to do sth表示“努力做某事”,但不一定成功;manage to do sth表示“设法做到某事”;think不接to do sth作宾语。由句中but they didnt
5、 make it可知此事没有成功,因此答案为tried。答案:B3Some measures have been to stop the matter from getting worse.A.madeB.takenC.gotD.given 解析:take some measures表示“采取措施”。 其他三个动词不与measures连用。答案:B4 by some students,the teacher is telling some interesting stories.A.SurroundingB.To be surroundedC.SurroundedD.Surround解析:表示
6、“被围绕”应用过去分词。答案:C5Word came our duties would be changed.A.thatB.whichC.whetherD.when解析:that引导同位语从句,在句子中不作成分,只起连接词的作用。答案:A6Why not get some work experience first go straight on to university?A.other thanB.rather thanC.more thanD.less than解析:rather than表示“与其,不愿”;other than表示“除了”;more than表示“比多”;less th
7、an表示“比少”。答案:B7The girl who is studying at the art college has a for music and dance.A.giftB.presentC.powerD.strength解析:词组have a gift for的含义是“在有天赋”。 present作“礼物”讲与gift是同义词,但它没有“天赋”的含义。答案:A8The lovely boy likes to with his friends on the Internet.A.seeB.sayC.shareD.chat 解析:chat with sb的含义是“和某人聊天”。 see
8、是及物动词,不与介词with搭配;say常与to连用,构成词组say to sb;share可与with sb连用,但常用share sth with sb。答案:D9The famous scientist with his whole family China and decided to make a contribution after new China was founded.A.settledB.settled inC.settlesD.settles in 解析:settle作“定居”讲时是不及物动词,排除A和C项;由decided可知本句的时态为一般过去时。答案:B三、单句改
9、错1He was busy writing a letter rather than read a newspaper.答案:readreading2The house is surrounding by high walls.答案:surroundingsurrounded3She has a gift at learning languages.答案:atfor4The boy fell in love with the girl at the first sight.答案:去掉at后的the5A metre is measure of length.答案:在measure前加a四、翻译句
10、子1这个小村庄被青山绿水所环绕。(surround)答案:This small village is surrounded by green mountains and clear waters.2据我所知,他有做生意的天赋。(have a gift for)答案:As far as I know,he has a gift for business.3随着中国经济的发展,许多外国人定居中国。(settle)答案:With the development of Chinese economy,many foreigners have settled in China.4他正忙着看书,而不是在做
11、作业。(rather than)答案:He is busy reading rather than doing his homework.5我设法见到了你们的经理。(manage to do)答案:I managed to see your manager.五、阅读理解 Canada is a very large country.It is the second largest country in the world.By contrast(比较)it has a very small population.There are only about 29 million people (b
12、y the year 1996) there.Most Canadians are of British or French origin,and French is an official language of Canada as well as English.About 45% of the people are of British origin;that is,they or their parents or grandparents,etc.,come from Britain.Nearly 30% are of French origin.Most of the French-
13、Canadians live in the province of Quebec.Over the years,people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world.They are from most European countries and also from China,besides other Asian countries.However,Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive.Canadian Indi
14、ans lived along the coast,by the rivers and lakes and in forests.Today there are only about 350,000 Indians in the whole country,with their own languages.In the far north live the Inuit.There are only 27,000 Canadian-Inuit.Their life is hard in such a harsh climate.1According to the passage,about li
15、ve in Quebec.A.30% of the French-Canadians B.45% of the Canadians C.29,000,000 people D.8,700,000 French-Canadians 解析:考查推理计算能力。加拿大只有2900万人口,近30%为法国人的血统,并且大都居住在魁北克省,故此省的法裔加拿大人约为870万。 答案:D2The official languages of Canada are .A.English and ChineseB.French and English C.Indian and EnglishD.Chinese and
16、 Inuit 解析:考查细节事实。从文章的第一段第五句可知,加拿大的官方语言为英语和法语。 答案:B3The word “origin” in this passage means .A.血统B.后裔C.先驱D.猿人 解析:考查词义猜测。从该词后的they or their parents or grandparents,etc.,come from Britain是对British origin的解释来看,该词意与“血统”最为接近。 答案:A4Which of the following is true according to this passage?A.There are 27,000
17、 Canadian-Indians in Canada.B.More than 13 million people have come from Britain and France in recent years.C.There are about 30% of the population whose parents or grandparents come from France.D.There are no people when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada.解析:考查综合判断能力。纵观全文,根据文章提供的数字信息,可推出30%的人口是法国血统,即他们的父辈或祖辈来自法国。答案:C