1、选修9Units 12.单项填空1To tell _truth，the future is still a long way to go；we just arrived at _crossroads，_new turning point；we will face a new challenge.Athe；a；a Ba；the；/Ca；/；the Dthe；a；the答案A考查冠词。句意：说实话，将来还有很长的路要走；我们到了一个关键时刻，一个新的转折点；我们会面对新的挑战。to tell the ruth说实话；at a crossroads处于关键时刻。第三个空用不定冠词a表示数量“一”的概
2、念。2Its a mistake to think of Florida only _its tourist attractions.Ain addition to Bby way ofCby means of Din terms of答案D考查介词短语。句意：仅仅从旅游胜地方面考虑佛罗里达是个错误。in terms of从方面来说，就而言；in addition to除之外还有；by way of经由；by means of以方式。3Weather _，well go for a walk in the woods tomorrow.Ato permit BpermittedCpermits
3、 Dpermitting答案D考查独立主格结构。句意：天气允许的话，明天我们将去森林中散步。由句子结构可知，本句里缺少非谓语动词，排除C项；weather与permit之间为主动关系，故用现在分词。4Do you know what made Susan so upset？I saw her weeping just now._giving away state secrets.ACharged with BBeing charged withCAccusing of DTo be accused of答案B考查非谓语动词。句意：你知道什么使苏珊如此难过吗？我刚才看见她在哭。被指控泄露国家机密
4、。根据句子结构可知，本句需用动名词短语作主语代替问句中的what。5What _his happiness all his life?_what he has got.Ahas led to；Being content withBhas led to；Being content toCled to；Content toDled him to；To content with答案A句意：什么导致他一生幸福？满足于他所拥有的一切。根据句意和句子结构可知，本句答语中需用动名词短语作主语，故排除C、D项。be content to do sth乐于做某事，不符合句意，也应该排除，故A项正确。6The d
5、octors made an _of the damage and said she must have an operation immediately.Aapplication BassumptionCarrangement Dassessment答案D考查名词辨析。句意：医生们评估了她的伤害程度，说她必须马上进行手术。assessment评估；application申请；assumption设想；arrangement安排。7Carter Druse _his being selected for the important task to his courage，devotion an
6、d knowledge of the area.Aled BowedCdevoted Dcontributed答案B考查动词的辨析。句意：Carter Druse 把他被选拔参与这项重要任务归功于他的勇气、忠诚和该领域的专业知识。owe.to.把归功于。8Word came from Chile _at least 300 people were killed in the 8.8magnitude earthquake.Awhich Bwhen Cthat Dwhere答案C考查同位语从句。句意：消息从智利传来，至少300人死于8.8级地震。that引导同位语从句，说明word的内容。9I
7、have got to the point _I must adjust myself to the new life.Awhat Bwhich Cwhere Dthat答案Cpoint可看作是抽象地点名词，定语从句用关系副词where引导。10Tom often goes to school on foot，_when it rains.Aspecially BespeciallyCgenerally Dnormally答案Bespecially意为“尤其是”，其后可接名词、介词短语以及状语从句。11_with a special ability to learn language，she
8、knows ten languages very well and uses them freely.ATo be equipped BEquippedCEquipping DHaving equipped答案Bequipped with意为“具备”。12Its hard for us to really figure out a person _we get along well with each other.Auntil Bif Cas Dafter答案Auntil引导的状语从句。13_to ten years in prison，the man lost all hope.ABe se
9、ntenced BSentencingCTo sentence DHaving been sentenced答案D考查非谓语动词。句意：由于被判处十年徒刑，那个人失去了所有的希望。sentence动作发生在谓语动作之前，故用分词的完成被动式。14Mr.Black is a careful and experienced engineer，so he is often _to finish some challenging tasks.Aappreciated BapproachedCappointed Dagreed答案C考查动词的辨析。句意：布莱克先生是个细心且有经验的工程师，因此经常被任命
10、去完成一些挑战性的任务。appoint任命；appreciate感激；approach接近；agree同意。15The English teacher _the importance of reading aloud.Astressed BdisplayedCadmitted Dobserved答案A考查动词的辨析。句意：英语老师强调了大声朗读的重要性。stress强调；display展示；admit承认；observe观察。.完形填空Every Saturday night my family and I go out and feed the homeless people in the
11、city of Orlando.We wanted to see_16_it was like in the life of a homeless person.One special thing I like to_17_is，my family and I do not eat_18_we begin our journey so we know how it feels to be hungry.We all get together in the_19_and prepare the food.Some of the meals are sandwiches and cookies a
12、nd a bottle of water.Sometimes my mom_20_a steaming hot delicious meal.We then_21_them all up to feed 30 or more people.Before my family and I get into the car we ask God for_22_in a family prayer.A lot of people_23_homeless people.Not all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people.Some are real
13、ly nice；_24_of them just had bad things happening to them._25_when my family and I went out on the street we had to earn their trust，because a lot of people are_26_to them for no good reason.But_27_they see us every week they_28_us.We_29_know some of their names.We all have to remember that these ar
14、e people with_30_.Some of them shake our hands for giving them food.Some of them do really funny dances because they are happy.We have become really close_31_a man named Tony and his wife.They have all of their personal_32_in shopping carts.After_33_us several times he has told us a lot about his li
15、fe.He graduated from Howard University.He_34_teach French and Spanish.After we finish feeding the homeless，it makes me_35_what I have at home.I love feeding the homeless and making a difference in someones life.【语篇解读】 作者每个星期六晚上都和家人到大街上去给无家可归的人送食物。通过帮助那些无家可归的人，作者更感激自己所拥有的东西。16A.what Bhow Cwhether Dwh
16、y答案A我们想看看无家可归的人的生活是什么样的。what引导宾语从句且在从句中作like的宾语。17A.talk Bimagine Cmention Dremind答案C我想提的一件特殊的事是mention表示“说起， 提到”。18A.until Bbefore Cwhile Dafter答案B为了体验饥饿的感觉，我和我的家人在动身之前不吃东西。19A.hall Byard Ckitchen Dhotel答案C我们聚在厨房准备食物。其他三项不符合语境。20A.buys Btakes Cbrings Dprepares答案D有时，妈妈会准备一顿热腾腾的美味的饭。上文的“.prepare the
17、food”是答案提示。21A.cook Bbag Cpress Droast答案B然后，我们把这些食物都包起来，给三十多个人吃。bag用作动词，相当于pack，bag.up表示“把装入袋中”。22A.protection BpossessionCallowance Dexpectation答案A我和家人上车之前，祷告得到上帝的保护。protection“保护”，符合语境。possession“占有”；allowance“津贴”；expectation“期待”。23A.hate BmisunderstandCunderstand Dsupport答案B很多人误解那些无家可归的人。由下一句“Not
18、 all homeless people are drug addicts or bad people.”可知选B。24A.some Bthe other Cothers Dthe rest答案A他们当中有些人只是遇到了不幸的事。与上文的“Some are really nice”形成了并列关系，表“一些”，故用some。25A.At last BAt leastCAt first DAt once答案C起初，当我和我的家人去街上，我们必须赢得他们的信任。26A.generous Bkind Cmean Dgrateful答案C因为很多人无缘无故对他们很刻薄。mean表示“刻薄的”。27A.i
19、n case Bnow thatCfor fear Dprovided that答案B由于他们每个星期都会看到我们，他们现在信任我们了。now that用作连词，表示“既然，由于”，引导原因状语从句。28A.rely on Bbelieve inCtalk with Dworry about答案B由上文的“we had to earn their trust”可知，作者和家人经过努力，赢得了他们的信任。29A.still Beven Cnever Dever答案B我们甚至知道有些人的名字。even“甚至”，符合语境。30A.love Bexpression Cfeelings Dmoney答案
20、C这些无家可归的人是有感情的。由下文的“shake our hands”和“do really funny dances because they are happy”可知此处是说这些人是有感情的。31A.to Bby Cof Dwith答案A我们和一个名为托尼的人和他的妻子关系很近。close to sb意为“与某人关系密切”。32A.belongings BclothesCgroceries Dgoods答案A购物车上装着他们所有的财物。belongings意为“财产，所有物”，符合语境。33A.running into Bcoming acrossCmeeting Dfinding答案C
21、与我们见过几次面之后，他给我讲了很多关于他的生活的事情。34A.would Bused to Cneeded Dought to答案B他过去曾经教过法语和西班牙语。used to表示“曾经”。35A.dislike Bown Crecognize Dappreciate答案D帮助这些无家可归的人使我感激自己所拥有的东西。appreciate表示“感激，感谢”，符合语境。.阅读理解After my dad died on Aug.30, 2001, my mother made sure we marked each anniversary. At first, my brothers and
22、sister and I would travel hours to get home, but eventually we got to the point where just one or two of us would make it back to go to Mass with her and spend the day together.The great love of her life, the man who broke up with her right before her college graduation, only to return two years lat
23、er claiming hed traveled the world and hadnt found anyone to compare with her, remained a daily presence in her life.She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone. She took over the garden where hed planted and made it on her
24、 own.When the 10th anniversary of his death approached，my mom began talking about it and planning for it weeks in advance. The date on her kitchen calendar was circled and marked RI.P. (Rest in Peace). Of course she wanted all of us there and settled the date for our coming back.On Mondaythe day bef
25、ore the anniversaryshe went to Mass and walked downtown for lunch with friends, and later told my sister on the phone that she felt Dad still so close that as she was walking back home, she heard someone yell and thought, “Oh, theres Dick.”That evening she went out to water flowers, just as my fathe
26、r, 10 years before, had gone out to the garden to pick vegetables before he died. A neighbor heard the tin watering can strike the ground as she fell and hit her head. My mother died within hours, on Aug. 30, 2011, the 10th anniversary. She needed to mark that anniversary, she_wanted_us_all_home and
27、 my dad had waited long enough.【语篇解读】 十年间，作者的母亲时刻在缅怀亡夫，仿佛他依然活在人世。就在他去世的第十个周年纪念日那天，作者的母亲也突然离开了这个世界。36The author and her brothers and sister would_each year during the first few years since 2001.Ago home to see their fatherBgo home to see their motherCspend the special day with their motherDserve thei
28、r mother on Aug.30答案C细节理解题。第一段的第一句提到作者的父亲于2001年8月30日去世，作者的母亲要求孩子们每年的那一天都要进行周年纪念，根据第一段第二句的内容可知，作者和她的兄弟、姐姐此后每年都要和他们的母亲共同度过个特殊的日子。37From the second paragraph we know that the authors father_.Atraveled around the world and left her motherBleft her mother first but returned two years laterChad a quarrel
29、with her mother before her mothers graduationD. was not the right man her mother wanted at that time答案B细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的内容可知，作者的父亲先是在作者的母亲大学毕业前离开了她，两年后又回到了她的身边。38We can infer from the passage that the authors mother_.Aknew her last day was coming on Aug.30Bkept everything of her husbandsC missed her h
30、usband though he had passed awayDremained a daily presence in her husbands life答案C推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，作者的母亲每年都为已经去世的丈夫张罗周年纪念，再结合第二段中的“She spoke about him so often and kept his memory so alive that people were sometimes surprised to learn that he was gone.”可推知，她念念不忘已故的丈夫。39What does the writer imply in the underlined part of the last sentence?AMother wanted us to stay at home.BMother missed us very much.CMother expected us to get back.DThat day was Mothers last day.答案D推理判断题。结合画线部分前后的内容可推知，那天是母亲一生中的最后一天。
