1、Unit 2 课下能力提升(五) .单项填空1Did you enjoy yourself at the party?Yes. Ive never been to _ one before.Aa more excited Bthe most excitedCa more exciting Dthe most exciting2Some people believe _ has happened before or is happening now will repeat itself in the future.Awhatever BwheneverCwherever Dhowever3The
2、 old workers are doing their best to pass _ their techniques to the younger generation.Aoff BonCaway Dthrough4Id like a wakeup call at 7：00 am, please!OK, _.Ahelp yourselfByoull certainly make itCjust do what you likeDIll make sure you get one5There is a party tonight _ our new president and I am _
3、to be invited.Ain honour; honouredBin honour of; of great honourCin great honour; in honour ofDin honour of; honoured6_ with what his students had done, the teacher praised them.ADelightful BDelightingCDelighted DTo be delighted7It was at 5 oclock _ the visitors finally arrived at Pudong Internation
4、al Airport.Awhen BthatCbefore Dafter8I was so angry that I _ on him.Ahung down Bhung upChung on Dhung back9We had an anxious couple of weeks _ for the results of the experiment.Await Bto be waitingCwaited Dwaiting10It was _ he came back from Africa that year _ he met the girl he would like to marry.
5、Awhen; then Bnot; untilCnot until; that Donly; when.完形填空Another Monday slowly dragged on as I sat in class waiting for that final bell to ring. _1_ was over, and the next couple hours were a blur (朦胧状态) as I _2_ until 5：50 pm to drive to my second home: my dance studio. As I walked up the stairs, I
6、heard a _3_ voice yell, “Pull out the barres (扶手杆)！” It was a strict voice, _4_ the person behind it was a kind teacher, friend and role model. Ive been _5_ to many influential people. My dance teacher, Yvonne Hassett, has had the greatest impact on me and also contains multiple essential _6_.Throug
7、hout the past six years, Yvonne has greatly enhanced (提高) my _7_. Ive received various corrections from Yvonne. I dont take those corrections as a _8_ thing; I take them as constructive criticism to become better at what I do. When I first started _9_ at Absolute Dance, I had a lack of confidence. Y
8、vonne helped me become a _10_ individual both in and out of the _11_. Yvonne is a person who has _12_ me to reach my highest potential each day.She has always been the person I go to for _13_. In addition, she takes on a motherly role and is _14_ my second mother. We _15_ say that we are her _16_ si
9、nce she has none of her own. Yvonne always puts others before herself. Even though she has her own _17_， she always puts it on hold to help us with anything.Spending so much of my time with Yvonne has had a great influence on me. Ever since I _18_ her, I have become confident that I can _19_ anythin
10、g I do later in life. Ill take the qualities and advice Yvonne has given me and use it to keep _20_ as a person.1A.School BThe pastCTime DThe noise2A.watched BwaitedCarrived Dslept3A.pitiful BnervousChopeful Dfamiliar4A.unless BthoughCbut Dor5A.compared BaddedCgiven Dexposed6A.qualities BservicesCto
11、ols Droles7A.status BconfidenceCenergy Dappearance8A.bad BgreatCnew Dpopular9A.reading BfightingCsinging Ddancing10A.kind BcuriousCstrong Dpolite11A.office BstudioChome Dcinema12A.promised BpermittedCforbidden Dpushed13A.safety BequalityCguidance Drespect14A.surprisingly BbasicallyCfortunately Dgrad
12、ually15A.jokingly Bnever Cstrangely Dseldom16A.assistants BchildrenCfans Dcompanions17A.education BhistoryClife Dmarriage18A.left BpraisedCjudged Dmet19A.come across Bsucceed inCrely on Dlaugh at20A.smiling BwritingCgrowing Dlistening.阅读理解The recent publication of autobiographies by two of Britains
13、greatest scientists, biologist Richard Dawkins and physicist Stephan Hawking, is a wonderful opportunity to compare and contrast these two remarkable men.Surprisingly, they have rather more in common than we think.Most striking is the similarity in their backgrounds.They were born in the early 1940s
14、 to middle class families not wealthy but comfortably off, with a strong commitment to academic excellence and public service.Both families were keen to send their boys to Oxford University and both succeeded, Dawkins studying zoology and Hawking physics.Neither man has a very positive view of his e
15、arly university 1ife.Hawking describes the attitude at Oxford in the 1950s and 1960s as very antiwork, “You were supposed to either be brilliant without effort or fail.Hard work was looked down upon by students and we all pretended that nothing was worth making an effort for.” He estimates that he s
16、tudied for no more than an hour a day as an undergraduate student (本科生)Undergraduate life was somewhat more rewarding for Dawkins.Like Hawking, he wasnt particularly hardworking and never attended his lectures.But he found Oxfords system of weekly essaybased lessons with an academic tutor useful, “I
17、t was really only the tutorial system that educated me.”For both men, scientific life really got going as postgraduates after 1962.Dawkins, who remained at Oxford, describes brilliantly the academic competition among the postgraduate students, which he believed helped push him to develop the ideas t
18、hat formed the basis of his most famous book, The Selfish Gene.This volume transformed scientific thinking about Darwinian evolution.Hawking, on the other hand, moved to Cambridge University after graduation, where his research into the universe would eventually make him the most famous physicist si
19、nce Albert Einstein.He writes movingly about the disease which progressively crippled his entire body, leaving him unable to move and only able to communicate using a computer controlled by his eyes.Although communication is slow he can write only 3 words a minute using the machine his illness has n
20、ot affected his mind or his research on spacetime and the origins of the universe.Each book is recommended individually as a personal introduction to an important scientific thinker.Read together, they provide a superb background to the academic and social climate of postwar British research.1Which
21、of the following describes a similarity in Hawkings and Dawkins backgrounds?AThey were both from wealthy families.BThey studied the same subject in university.CThey graduated from the same secondary school.DThey both came from families that valued good education.2Why did Hawking study very little as
22、 an undergraduate student?AHe preferred doing his own research and experiments.BStudents considered it inappropriate to study too much.CThe materials discussed in lectures were very easy for him.DHe was more interested in making friends with his classmates.3What can we reasonably infer about the two
23、 scientists from the passage?ADawkins worked much harder than Hawking as an undergraduate.BHawking is more respected by the scientific community.CThey knew each other during their studies at Oxford.DHawking has experienced more physical difficulties.4What is the function of the last paragraph?ATo st
24、ate which book the writer prefers.BTo recommend the reviewed books to readers.CTo summarize the achievements of the two scientists.DTo suggest the order in which the books should be read. 课下能力提升(五).1.解析：选C 句意：“你在晚会上玩得愉快吗？”“是的，以前我从未参加过比这更激动人心的聚会。”由句意可知这里是隐含式比较级：以往经历过的任何一次与这一次晚会相比，故选C。2解析：选A 考查名词性从句。句
25、意：一些人认为：不管是以前发生的还是现在发生的事情都会在将来重现。此处“_ has happened before or is happening now”是主语从句，且从句中缺少主语，故排除B、C、D三项。只有A项正确。3解析：选B 句意：老员工在尽力把他们的技术传给年轻一代。pass off “逐渐消失，对不予理睬”；pass on“往下传”；pass away “去世”； pass through “穿过，通过，经历”。4解析：选D 考查交际用语。A项“别客气，请自便”；B项“你一定会成功”；C项“做你喜欢的”；D项“我保证你会有一个的”。句间：“请在7点钟给我打个电话把我叫醒。”“好的
26、，我保证你会接到电话的。”5解析：选D 句意：今晚有一个欢迎我们新董事长的聚会，我很荣幸地收到了邀请。第一个空用in honour of表示“向表示敬意”；be/feel honoured“感到荣幸”。6解析：选C 句意：因为对学生们所做的事情感到满意，老师表扬了他们。此处用形容词短语delighted with what his students had done作原因状语。7解析：选B 考查强调句式。句意：参观者最后在5点钟到达了浦东国际机场。分析句子结构可知本句为强调结构，强调的是时间状语，故只能用that。8解析：选B 考查hang的短语辨析。句意：我太生气了，以至于我挂掉了他的电话。
27、hang down“下垂，低下头”；hang on “紧紧握住，坚持下去，(打电话)不挂断”；hang back“犹豫，退缩”；hang up“挂，吊，拖延，终止，挂断电话”。故选B。9解析：选D we与wait之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用wait的现在分词形式作伴随状语，故选D。10解析：选C 句意：直到那年他从非洲回来，他才遇到他想娶的女孩。It was not until . that .构成强调句型，故选C项。.语篇解读：本文为夹叙夹议文，题材为日常生活类。我的舞蹈老师不仅教给了我跳舞技巧，而且对我的成长之路有着很大的影响。1解析：选A 由上句的“sat in class waitin
28、g for that final bell”可知，铃声响了，上课时间(School)结束了。2解析：选B 由本空后“5：50 pm to drive to my second home”可知，放学了，我还得再等(waited)几个小时才能去舞蹈房。3解析：选D 由第7空前的“six years”可知，我已经跟她学了6年舞蹈，所以对她的声音很熟悉(familiar)。4解析：选C 由本空前后的“strict”和“kind”可知，她的声音很严厉，但(but)在严厉的声音后是一位亲切的老师、朋友和楷模。5解析：选D 由下句的“has had the greatest impact on me”可知，
29、我曾经接触过(exposed)许多对我有影响的人。6解析：选A 由下文她对我的教诲可知，她的身上拥有许多优良的品质(qualities)。另，文章最后一句的“qualities”有提示。7解析：选B 第9空后的“confidence”有提示。6年来，她极大地提高了我的自信心(confidence)。8解析：选A 由本空前的“corrections”和下句的“constructive criticism to become better”可知，我没有把她对我的纠正当作是一件坏(bad)事。9解析：选D 由本空后的“Absolute Dance”可知，在第一次开始跳舞(dancing)时，我非常不
30、自信。10解析：选C 与上句的“a lack of confidence”构成呼应。她帮助我成为了一个坚强的(strong)人，不管是在舞蹈房(studio)里还是在舞蹈房外。11解析：选B 参考上题解析。另，第2空后的“dance studio”有提示。12解析：选D 由上句的“helped”和本空后的“potential”可知，她推动着(pushed)我每天发挥最大的潜能。13解析：选C 由上文的“corrections”和文章最后一句的“advice”可知，我总是向她寻求指导(guidance)。14解析：选B 由本空前的“motherly role”可知，她承担起了一个妈妈的角色，基本
31、上(basically)她就是我的第二个妈妈。15解析：选A 由本空后我们的看法可知，我们开玩笑地(jokingly)说我们都是她的孩子(children)。16解析：选B 参考上题解析。另，由上句的“second mother”可推知。17解析：选C 由上两句她的处世态度可知，虽然她有自己的生活(life)，但她总是先人后己。18解析：选D 由上文的Yvonne对我的帮助以及本空后的“I have become confident”可知，自从我第一次遇到了(met)她，我便相信自己能做成(succeed in)日后生活中的任何事情。19解析：选B 参考上题解析。20解析：选C 由上文她对我的
32、教诲和帮助可知，我将带着这些品质和建议继续成长(growing)。.1解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Both families were keen to send their boys to Oxford University and both succeeded”可知，两个家庭都非常重视孩子的教育。2解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Hard work was looked down upon by students and we all pretended that nothing was worth making an effort for.”可知，B项正确。3解析：选D
33、 推理判断题。根据第六段中的“He writes movingly about the disease which progressively crippled his entire body, leaving him unable to move and only able to communicate using a computer controlled by his eyes.”可以推断，霍金经历的身体痛苦要比达尔文多。4解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Read together, they provide a superb background to the academic and social climate of postwar British research.”可知，作者是在向读者推荐这两本书。
