1、双基限时练(十九)Unit 18Grammar 1.单项填空1I_ go fishing when I lived in the country.Ashould B. wouldC. could D. used to答案与解析Bused to并不需要与表示时间的副词状语或状语从句连用，而would则需要。2I_like to play tennis when I was at school.Ashould B. used toC. was used to D. would答案与解析Dused to一般不与表示时间的状语从句连用，根据句意选D项。3Tom, you_leave all your
2、clothes on the floor like this!Awouldnt B. mustntC. neednt D. may not答案与解析Bmust 用于疑问句，表示责备、抱怨的感情色彩，意思为“偏要；硬要”；而mustnt则表示“禁止；不允许”，是说话人强有力的劝告。4 I didnt know you liked coffee. I_but I_now.Adidnt; can B. did; canC. wasnt used; do D. usednt to; do答案与解析D句意：我过去不喜欢咖啡但现在喜欢了。5You cant imagine that a wellbehav
3、ed gentleman_be so rude to a lady.Amight B. needC. should D. would答案与解析C在某些名词性从句中， should表示惊异、意外等情绪，常译为“竟然”。6I_be afraid to sleep alone in my room, but now I _sleeping there alone.Awas used to; used to B. used to; am used toC. used to; used to D. am used to; used to答案与解析B句意：过去我害怕自己独居一室，但现在我已习惯一个人睡觉。
4、used to表示“过去常常”，be used to (doing) sth.表示“习惯于(做)某事”。7Her mother_her stories patiently every evening when she was a little girl.Awas used to tell B. is used to tellingC. used to tell D. used to telling答案与解析C句意：当她是小女孩时，她母亲常常每个晚上耐心地给她讲故事。used to“过去常常”。8The country life he was used to_greatly since 1992
5、.Achange B. has changedC. changing D. have changed答案与解析B本题易把change当作介词to的宾语，而用v.ing形式，错选C项。这里应是缺少谓语，而主语是the country life (单数)，故选has changed。9Children at the beginning of last century_a lot and _themselves greatly even without televisions.Aused to read; enjoyingB. used to read; enjoyC. were used to r
6、eading; enjoyD. were used to read; enjoying答案与解析B根据“上世纪初”可知，此处表达“过去常常做”，排除C、D两项；而enjoy的动作也应是过去，跟read并列，要用enjoy，再排除A项。10If I ever decided to quit, then nothing my parents or my coaches_say_change my mind. Its my life, not theirs.Acould; would B. could; shouldC. would; must D. would; should答案与解析A根据“If
7、主语动词的过去式，主句should/would动词原形结构，排除C项；主句的主语为nothing, 是第三人称，并带有一个定语从句，故应用would动词原形，排除B、D两项。.阅读理解AThe Most Beautiful HeartOne day a young man was standing in the middle of the town telling that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered, and they all admired his heart for
8、 it was perfect. There was not a flaw in it.Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old mans heart. It was full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn
9、t fit quite right, and there were jagged edges (锯齿边缘). In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing. The young man laughed. “Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”“Yes，” said the old man, “yours looks perfect but I would never
10、 trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces arent exact, I have some rough edges, which I tr
11、easure, because they remind me of the love we shared.” “Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasnt returned a piece of his or her heart to me. These are the empty gouges giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of
12、 the love I have had for those people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is？”The young man walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect heart, and tore a piece out. He offered it to the old man. The old man placed it in
13、 his heart, then took a piece from his old scared heart and placed it in the wound in the young mans heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old mans heart flowed into
14、his. They embraced and walked away side by side.1. According to the passage, the underlined word “flaw” is related to all the following EXCEPT _.Ascar B. space C. jagged edges D. gouge答案与解析B文章第二段讲述了“flaw”的具体含义。其他三个词在文章第三段都有提及。2. Why did the old man say “giving love is taking a chance” (Para. 4)?AIts
15、 a good opportunity to give love.B. When the return pieces arent exact, therell be some rough edges in the heart.C. Sometimes it is dangerous to give love because empty gouges may be left.D. Giving love is like a bet, for most will give love in return, while the rest wont and youll have to wait.答案与解
16、析D这句话在第五、六段中起到提纲挈领的作用，是老人的有感而发，因此前后都有对它的解释。3. Which of the following may best describe the old mans feeling when he was waiting for certain peoples return of love?AI give love, so I should get love from others.B. I should give these impolite people a good lesson.C. Its better to give than to receive
17、.D. Better late than never.答案与解析D老人给人以爱，并等待那些没有立即回报以爱的人某天回来报答，毕竟“迟来总比不来好”，关键是如果他们回来，能证明他们懂得了给予爱与分享爱。4. After reading the last paragraph, we can infer that the young man_.Aexchanged his heart with the old manB. helped to fix the old mans heartC. learned to help othersD. realized the old mans heart wa
18、s prettier答案与解析C原文有一个细节说年轻人把自己的心撕给老人后，虽然没原来好看，却更美了，说明他学到了帮助别人。5. We can learn from the passage that_.Aa heart is the most beautiful when it is perfectB. the old mans heart is more beautiful than the young mans because it is a mess of scarsC. he who owns true beauty is the one who is willing to give
19、love and share love with othersD. in order to make our heart look perfect, we should tear out pieces of our heart and give them to others答案与解析C文中的“heart”其实就是“love”的代名词。B、D两项都只是表面现象，而且D项表述本身有逻辑错误。BThe characterization of a person as “beautiful”， whether on an individual basis or by community consensu
20、s (舆论), is often based on some combination of inner beauty, which includes psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, charm and elegance, and outer beauty, which includes physical factors, such as health, youthfulness, symmetry (对称), averageness, and complexion. A common way to
21、measure outer beauty, as based on community consensus, or general opinions, is to stage a beauty pageant,_such as Miss Universe. Inner beauty, however, is more difficult to quantify, though beauty pageants often claim to take this into consideration as well. A strong indicator (指示器) of physical beau
22、ty is “averageness”. When images of human faces are averaged together to form a composite image (合成图像), they become progressively closer to the “ideal” image and are regarded as more attractive. This was first noticed in 1883, when Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, covered photographic compo
23、site images of the face of vegetarians(素食者) and criminals to see if there was a typical facial appearance for each. When doing this, he noticed that the composite images were more attractive, than as compared to any of the individual images. Researchers have copied the result under more controlled c
24、onditions and found that the computer generated, mathematical average of a series of faces is rated more favourably than individual faces.6. According to the first paragraph, there are_ kinds of beauties about the people.Atwo B. threeC. four D. five答案与解析A由第一段可知，人类主要有两种美：内在美和外在美。故A项正确。7. What does th
25、e underlined word “pageant” mean in the second paragraph?APage. B. Present.C. Show. D. Lesson.答案与解析C由后面所举的例子Miss Universe “环球小姐”大赛可推知， pageant应为“展示；表演”之意。这是对外在美考查的一种方式。8. Which can we infer from the passage?AInner beauty is easier to measure.B. Outer beauty is more difficult to quantify.C. Outer beauty includes images of people.D. Inner beauty includes health of people.答案与解析C由第一段和最后一段可知，人的外表形象包含在外在美之中，故C项正确。9. Whats the best title for the passage?ABeauty B. Human BeautyC. Inner Beauty D. Outer Beauty答案与解析B通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了人类美的内涵、类型及评测标准等方面，故B项作为标题最恰当。
