1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家双基限时练(八)Unit 4Communication Workshop.完成句子1They are going to _ _ _ _ (进行他们的实验)next week.答案carry out their experiment2I think it is meaningful _ _ _ (找到) a way to settle this problem.答案to find out3_ _ _ _ (不时地) I will examine you on the work you have done.答案From time to time4She often
2、_ _ (打电话给) her parents and chats for some time.答案calls up.短语填空carry out, call up, from time to time, get contact with, consist of, cut off, look forward to, not . any more, give up, make a mistake1I wrote a letter to him yesterday because I want to _ him after so many years.答案get contact with2He com
3、es to school late _. Thats why the teachers are angry with him.答案from time to time3Once you have made your promise, you must try your best to _ your word.答案carry out4She will _ her parents from time to time and chat for some time.答案call up5I did _ like to eat snacks _ because they caused much troubl
4、e.答案not; any more6The children are _ the coming of the Spring Festival.答案looking forward to7A bike could never repair itself it does not _ living parts, only of metal.答案consist of8The village was _ by the heavy snow for two months.答案cut off9You were too careless and _ many _ in your homework.答案made;
5、 mistakes10He had to _ doing the experiment because of his illness.答案give up.单项填空1The new supermarket was _ opened yesterday morning.A. final B. usuallyC. vividly D. officially答案与解析Dfinal adj.“最后的”；usually adv.“通常地”；vividly adv.“生动地”；officially adv.“正式地”。句意：昨天早上新超市正式开业了。由此可知应选D项。2So far nothing _ To
6、m. I want to know the reason _ he hasnt written to me.A. heard from; whyB. has been heard from; whyC. was heard from; whichD. has heard from; which答案与解析B含有so far的句子应该用现在完成时态且用被动语态；reason作先行词，且在定语从句作状语应该用why引导。3The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to _ their discussion.A. put awa
7、y B. take downC. look over D. carry on答案与解析Dput away“收好；放好”；take down“写下；记下”；look over“从上面看；察看；检查”；carry on“继续”。句意：吃完饭，经理们回到会议室继续讨论。4In China, the people of the Han _ the majority of the countrys population.A. make up B. cover upC. do up D. consist of答案与解析Amake up“组成；构成”。句意：在中国，汉族人构成了国家人口的大多数。5The r
8、oad to the mountains _ by the snow for almost a month.A. has been cut off B. have been cut offC. has been cut down D. have been cut down答案与解析A句意：通往山区的路被大雪截断已有将近一个月了。the road是主语，为单数形式，谓语也应为单数；cut off“截断”。6 Will you give this message to Mr. White, please? Sorry, I cant. He _.A. doesnt any more work he
9、reB. doesnt any longer here workC. doesnt work more hereD. doesnt work here any longer答案与解析D答语句意：对不起，我不能。他不在这里工作了。选项中只有D项符合句意。7Would it be _ for you to pick me up at four oclock and take me to the airport?A. free B. vacantC. handy D. convenient答案与解析D句意：4点钟你来接我再送我去机场方便吗？free“自由的”；vacant“未被占用的”；handy“
10、手边的；附近的”；convenient“便利的；方便的”。8The day we had been looking forward to _ at last.A. to come B. comingC. came D. to be coming答案与解析C句意：我们盼望的那一天终于来到了。we had been looking forward to在句中为定语从句作后置定语，came作谓语。9 How did your father _ smoking? The doctor told him to do so, and he took the advice.A. give in B. bri
11、ng inC. give up D. bring up答案与解析Cgive up doing sth.“放弃做某事”。10In the darkness, he fired his gun in order to _ the enemys attention.A. bring B. takeC. fetch D. attract答案与解析Dattract ones attention“吸引某人的注意”，固定搭配。.阅读理解APeople have strange ideas about food. For example, tomato is a kind of very delicious
12、vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition (营养) and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They
13、called tomatoes “poison apples”. President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of toma
14、to soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.1Tomato is a kind of _.A. poisonous fruit B
15、. poisonous vegetableC. tasty fruit D. tasty vegetable答案与解析D从文章第一句可知， 西红柿是一种“very delicious vegetable”。D项正确。2After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is TRUE?A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them. B. Americans didnt eat tomatoes before 19th century. C.
16、 Even now Americans dont eat tomatoes. D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes. 答案与解析B从文章第一段中“But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. ”可知，B项正确。3Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat _.A. while he was in Paris B. when he was a little boyC. because his parents
17、told him so D. from books答案与解析A从第二段第三句可知，杰弗逊总统在巴黎的时候喜欢上了西红柿的味道。A项正确。4From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were _.A. people from other countries B. from FranceC. people of his own country D. men only答案与解析C从文章倒数第二句可知，宾客们万万没想到总统会用“有毒的苹果”招待他们。从这个认知来看，客人们不会来自法国。C项正确。D项文章没有
18、提到。5According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. None of the guests knew the soup that was served at the Presidents party was made of tomatoes. B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the Presidents cook was nice. C. President Thomas Jefferson knew that tomatoe
19、s were good to eat and not poisonous at all. D. All of the guests didnt know that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. 答案与解析D答对本题需要理解最后两句话的意思。never thought是“万万没有想到”的意思。D项正确。BI began only as a calculating (计算) machine in 1642 in France. Then, in 1822 I was built as an Analyti
20、cal (分析的) Machine by Charles Babbage. I followed instructions from cards with holes. I know this sounds very simple, but at that time it was a technological revolution (技术革命)! My real father was Alan Turing. In 1936 he wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work, and built a“strange
21、 machine”to solve any mathematical problem. Earlier I was not very big, but then I became huge！However, people thought I was simpleminded until they discovered I had artificial intelligence.“Artificial！”I didnt know what they were talking about. Anyway, lets go back to my history. Then I was the siz
22、e of a large room! As the years have gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller.No one could recognize me after I got my new transistors (晶体管) in the 1960s.There were times when my size was totally changed.I became small and thin but I got cleverer and cleverer, quicker and quicker.And my memory
23、became so large that I couldnt believe it！But I was always so lonely standing there by myself.In the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network.I could share information with others and we could talk to each other.At about the same time we learned to talk to humans using BASIC. I was b
24、rought into peoples homes in the 1970s.Since then, my family and I have been used by billions of people to deal with information and communicate with each other around the world by the Internet.I love being used to connect people who arent close enough to speak to each other.I have truly been built
25、to serve the human race since my birth.6The machine invented in 1642 in France can _.A. calculate numbers B. draw picturesC. play music D. serve as a TV set答案与解析A由首段首句“I began only as a calculating machine in 1642 in France.”可知答案。7The book written by Alan Turing in 1936 was to _.A. teach people how
26、to use computersB. describe how computers could be made to workC. tell us how computers were inventedD. predict (预测)how computers would be developed答案与解析B由首段第六句“In 1936 he wrote a book to describe how computers could be made to work”可知答案。8No one could recognize the computer after it got new transist
27、ors in the 1960s because _.A. it could speak like humansB. it could not workC. it was too bigD. its size was totally changed答案与解析D由第二段第二句“There were times when my size was totally changed.”可知答案。9The best title for the passage is _.A. What Is Calculating MachineB. What Is a ComputerC. My History a ComputerD. How I Was Invented答案与解析C本文以第一人称讲述了计算机的发展简史，故最佳选项应是C项。- 9 - 版权所有高考资源网
