1、必修5 Unit2 The United Kingdom联合王国课时作业.单项填空1What about your journey to Mount Hua?Everything was wonderful except that the car we rented_on the way back.Abroke upBbroke downCbroke out Dbroke in2Boys and girls，please remain_and keep quiet until theelectricity supply returns to normal.Aseated BseatingCto
2、 seat Dseat3Five men and three women make up the temporary group to look into the case.In other words，it_eight people.Aconsists of Bis consisted ofCis consisting of Dis being consisted of4According to the present findings，we can draw a conclusion_so far a large number of people have died of cholera
3、in this town.Awhether BthatCwhat Dif5Though computers can do a lot of work man cant do，they cant completely_human beings.Areplace with Binstead ofCtake place Dtake the place of6Life in London has so many_nightclubs，good restaurants and so on.Acollections BinstructionsCattractions Dexpressions7He tri
4、ed to deal with the increasing burden of his work，but he finally_and had to take a complete rest.Abroke off Bbroke awayCbroke out Dbroke down8To their great fear，they found_in the heaviest snowfall they had ever had.Athey were catching Bthemselves caughtCthey had caught Dthemselves catching9Did you
5、meet with the famous space hero，Yang Liwei?_I had come here earlier!AIf only BIf notCBut for DFor fear10Could you please tell us about some good ways to learn English?My suggestion is that reading often and writing regularly _.Aare neededBis neededCbe needed Dshould need11_ by the problem that was p
6、ut forward at the meeting，the people in the audience had _ looks on their faces.APuzzled；puzzling BPuzzled；puzzledCPuzzling；puzzling DPuzzling；puzzled12When you come to the fence，you can see a notice_there saying “_the grass”Aputting up；Keep off Bputting up；Keep awayCput up；Keep out Dput up；Keep off
7、13If I were you，I would take it easy；_ is no need to be nervous.Ait BthisCthere Dwhich14As is known to all，it is teachers and parents who will have a big_on the development of children.Achange BaffectionCinfluence Dimpression.阅读理解(2010年郑州第一次检测)Willa Cather once said，“When people ask me whether writi
8、ng has been a hard or easy road，I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing；the road is all.That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure.I have never used the computer with the thought that one more task had to be done.”Like most writers，Willa Cather did not write books
9、for the money that they brought her，but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing.Her works were，like her，simple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska，where she grew from child to young womanhood and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plain with its w
10、ild flowers，wheat fields and rivers.“Its a rather strange thing about the flat country，” she wrote later.“It takes hold of you or it leaves you perfectly cold.A great many people find it very dull；they like a church tower，an old factory，a waterfall，the country all made to look like a German Christma
11、s card .But when I come to the open plain，something happens.Im home.I breathe differently.”1Willa Cather wrote because she found writing_.Asimple and livelyBopened up a road to successCneither too hard nor too easyDinteresting and enjoyable2What was the place like where Cather grew up?AIt was cold，p
12、lain and without a church.BIt was vast，open and flat.CIt was like a German Christmas card.DIt was a colorful world of wild flowers.3When she said “It takes hold of you or it leaves you perfectly cold.”，Willa Cather meant that_.Ayou either love the place or hate itByou decide either to stay or to lea
13、veCsome find the place warm；others find it coldDsome find the place peaceful；others find it wild4What happens when Cather comes to the open plain?AShe breathes differently from others.BShe wants to make the place her home.CShe feels completely comfortable.DShe finds the place similar to her home.(20
14、10年福建四地六校联考)Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others，as they are similar to or different from it.And unfortunately，our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted (扭曲的) one.Here is a great argume
15、nt in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages.It is only by traveling in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like.And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be f
16、rom the secondhand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different at all!Differences between peoples do，of course，exist and，one hopes，will always continue to do so.The world will be a du
17、ll place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike，and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs.With the much greater rapidity (快速) and ease of travel，there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned.However th
18、is may be，at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed (展示) to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not：some different kind of animal from themselves.5Every country criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are_.Adistorted BnormalCsimilar
19、 to each other Ddifferent from its own6One who travels in a foreign country and learns its language will_.Afind out why its people are differentBargue in favor of this country and the languageCknow the country and its people betterDlike its inhabitants and their language7The knowledge one gains by t
20、raveling in a foreign country is often_.Afrom secondhand informationBgathered from other sources rather than its inhabitantsCgained from the arguments about the countryDdifferent from what one had before the travel8In this passage，the author wants to say_.Adifferences between peoples will gradually
21、disappear because of the ease of travelBdifferences between peoples do exist even though different nationalities behave exactly alikeCdifferences between peoples will continue to exist and the world will be a dull placeDdifferences between peoples will not exist as one hopes.单项填空1B考查短语辨析。break down(
22、车辆、机器等)坏了；break up散会，散学，分散；break out爆发；break in插嘴，非法进入。2A考查非谓语动词。remain在此作系动词，seated作表语，表示主语的状态。3A考查consist of的用法。consist of意为“由组成”，通常不用于被动语态和进行时态。4B考查名词性从句。that引导的同位语从句进一步说明conclusion的具体内容。5Dtake the place of代替；replace取代，代替，为及物动词；instead of代替，为副词短语，此处不合适；take place发生，不合题意。6Cattraction吸引，吸引人们的东西；col
23、lection收集，收藏；instruction指导；expression表情，根据题意应选C。7D题干中提到他忙于不断增加的工作负担，最后累倒(broke down)了；break down在此意为“身体垮了”。break off突然停止；break away逃脱，脱离；break out爆发。8B句意为：他们发现被困在大雪之中。发现自己被困必须用反身代词宾补，若用宾语从句应用be caught in。9Aif only表示一个强烈的感叹，“要是就好了”，往往用在一个省略了主句的虚拟条件句中。10Csuggestion后的表语从句表建议时用虚拟语气，从句谓语应用should动词原形，shou
24、ld可省略。11Bbe puzzled about对感到迷惑；a puzzled look困惑的表情。12Dput up此处为过去分词作宾补；keep offdont walk on.本句意为：当你来到篱笆时你会见到那儿张贴了一个通告，写着：勿踏草地。13Cthere is no need to do/be 是固定句型，意为“没有必要”。14Chave an influence on.固定短语，意为“对有影响”。.阅读理解【语篇解读】文章介绍了美国作家Willa Cather，重点讲述了她对家乡的热爱之情。1D根据第一段中的“That is what I mean when I say wri
25、ting has been a pleasure”可知。Willa Cather觉得写作很有趣，很快乐。2B根据第二段中的“where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild flowers.”以及第三段的内容可知，B项与原文内容相符。3A根据第三段内容可知，有的人讨厌这个地方，而有的人(比如作者)却喜欢这个地方，因此A项正确。4C由最后一段内容，尤其是根据最后两句话可知，Willa Cather到这个地方的时候感觉到家了，所以很舒服。【语篇解读】本文告诉我们：人们都认为自己国家的文化是正常的，因此倾向于接受与赞美和自己的文化相似的国家，而排斥和批评与自己的文化不同的国家。随着旅行越来越方便，国家与国家之间的差异正在渐渐消失。5D根据文章第一句话可知，每个国家的人都认为自己的文化是正常的，因此他们赞美和自己国家文化相似的国家，而批评和自己国家文化不同的国家。6C由第二段第二句话可知答案。7D根据第二段第三句话的信息“这样获取的信息与从其他渠道获取的二手信息大有不同啊”可得到答案。8A根据最后一段内容(尤其是最后一句话)可知，A项正确。即随着旅行越来越便利，国与国之间的差异正在逐渐消失。