1、课时作业54Unit 4Pygmalion.短语填空1The health expert said that I was badly _ a good rest by the seaside.2The students _ but their parents had to stay outside the office.3Her cousin _ an experienced teacher although she just graduated two months ago.4The customers think highly of the new product,but _ its sa
2、les,its not very satisfying.5When she came to herself,she looked at everything around her _.6It was _ that I met my old friend that I made thirty years before.7While living in Beijing last month,I paid a visit to my primary teacher _.8It was 4 oclock am. and the stars were beginning to _ from the sk
3、y.9I still remember clearly when I _ the famous writer:it was in 1972.10The gold medals were taken away by _ players from the US.答案1.in need of2.were shown in3.has passed off as4.in terms of5.in amazement6.the other day7.once more8.fade out9.made acquaintance of10.a handful of.单词拼写1These cars are _(
4、非凡的,显著的) for the quietness of their engines.2She never _(犹豫) to spend money on clothes.3Todays computers are _(优秀的,更好的)to anyone we had ten years ago.4Lets _(妥协,折衷) and each pay half the damages.5We must think how we can make the room more _(舒服的)for you.6If Im not _(错误的,不正确的),thats the man we saw on
5、 the bus.7We can _(俯视)the sea from the window of our room.8That was a really _(可怕的,恐怖的) thing to say!9He was _(判刑)to death for murder and later hanged.10Our happiness began to _(减弱) and our heart began to grow heavy.1remarkable2.hesitates3.superiorpromisefortable6.mistaken7.overlook8.horrible9.conde
6、mned10.fade.单项填空1The TV set is already ten years old, so the sound is not as good as before and to make matters worse, the pictures suddenly began to _yesterday.A. fade out B. turn outC. drop out D. give out解析考查动词词组辨析。fade out意为“(画面)渐隐,变模糊”。而turn out“出席,在场”;drop out“辍学”;give out“用完”,三者的意义与语境不符。答案A2I
7、t took him a long time to _the magazines he bought last year before he could put them in the correct shelves.A. classify B. divideC. order D. arrange解析classify意为“分类”。divide的意思是“切割,划分”;order作动词时,意为“订购”;arrange意为“安排”。答案A3He never _to help those in trouble because he was a kindhearted man.A. handled B.
8、 hurriedC. hesitated D. determined解析考查动词辨析。题意:帮助那些有困难的人,他从来都不犹豫,因为他是一个善良的人。handle处理;hurry匆忙;determine决定,都与语境不符。答案C4The baby is generally healthy, but every now and then he _a cold.A. has caught B. is catchingC. will catch D. does catch解析本题考查动词的时态以及do表强调的用法。从时间状语every now and then分析,此处应该是用一般现在时,does在
9、此起强调作用。答案D5I wanted to go to Greece,and my wife wanted to go to Spain, so we _on Italy.A. resigned B. compromisedC. promised D. disguised解析题意:我想去希腊,可我妻子想去西班牙,于是我们折衷了一下,去意大利。resign听任,顺从;compromise以折衷方法解决争论;promise许诺;disguise伪装。根据句意,B为最佳答案。答案B6You are grownup now, so its up to you to decide whether to
10、 _English or French.A. take off B. take onC. take in D. take up解析考查动词辨析。题意:你已经是成年人了,所以由你来决定学英语还是法语。take off脱下,起飞,匆匆离开;take on开始雇用,呈现,同较量,承担,从事;take in接受,吸收,包括,领会,理解,欺骗;take up开始从事,把继续下去,着手处理,占去。答案D7_,the northerners are keen on dumplings while the southerners are fond of rice.A. Generally speaking B
11、. General speakingC. Speaking general D. Speaking generally解析generally speaking一般来说。答案A8When they got there, they found the people suffering the storm were _food and water supplies.A. in need of B. in praise ofC. in honour of D. in place of解析题意:当他们到达那里时,他们发现遭受风暴的人们需要水和食物。in need of需要。in praise of为了赞
12、美;in honour of为了纪念;in place of取代。答案A9On hearing the sad news, Mary couldnt _her tears.A. hold down B. hold upC. hold back D. hold out解析 题意:一听到这个令人伤心的消息,玛丽再也抑制不住自己的眼泪。hold down压制,限制;hold up推迟,耽搁;hold back阻挡,抑制;hold out提供,提出。答案C10_ maths,Tom is ahead of me.AIn case of BIn terms ofCIn time for DIn the
13、form of解析in terms of就而言。in case of 以防万一;in time for及时赶上;in the form of以的形式。答案B11The twins are so much alike that their own mother can hardly_.A. tell them apart B. tell apart themC. say them apart D. say apart them解析tell apart是短语动词(v.adv.),代词常常放在tell和apart之间。答案A12What did he come here for?He came he
14、re especially to _ your acquaintance.Atake BgetCmake Dproduce解析make ones acquaintance结识某人;与相见。答案C13On hearing the horrible noise,they all went out to see what was happening in _.Aamusement BenjoymentCamazement Dembarrassment解析in amazement惊愕地。答案C14_by the beauty of Mount Tai,the visitors decided to s
15、pend two more days in Taian.AAttracting BAttractedCHaving attracted DTo attract解析attract和the visitors有逻辑上的动宾关系,所以用过去分词作状语。答案B15When did the accident happen?_ when I was walking in the street.AThe other day BSome dayCAnother day DOther day解析the other day几天前;some day将来的某一天;another day改天。答案A.完形填空The fi
16、rst time I remember noticing the crossing guard was when he waved to me as I drove my son to school.He_1_me with a puzzleall because he waved to me like someone does_2_seeing a close friend.A big,_3_smile accompanied his wave.For the next few days I tried to _4_his face to see if I knew him.I didnt.
17、Perhaps he had _5_me for someone else.By the time I contented myself with the_6_that he and I were strangers,we were greeting each other warmly every morning like old friends.Then one day the_7_was solved.As I_8_the school he was standing in the middle of the road_9_his stop sign.I was in line behin
18、d four cars._10_the kids had reached the safety of the sidewalk,he lowered his sign and let the cars_11_.To the first he waved and_12_in just the same way he had done to me over the last few days.The kids already had the window down and were happily waving their reply.The second car got the same_13_
19、from the crossing guard,and the driver,a stifflooking(表情刻板的)businessman,gave a brief,almost_14_wave back.Each following car of kids on their way to school_15_more heartily.Every morning I continued to watch the man with_16_.So far I havent seen anyone _17_to wave back.I find it interesting that one
20、person can make such a(n)_18_to so many peoples lives by doing one simple thing like waving and smiling warmly.His_19_armed the start of my day.With a friendly wave and smiling face he had changed the_20_of the whole neighborhood.1A.hit BdisappointedCpresented Dbored解析present me with a puzzle“使我感到困惑
21、”。present“提出,提交”,hit“击打”,disappoint“令人失望”,bored“麻烦的”。答案C2A.on BfromCduring Dabout解析on后接名词或动名词,表示“一就”。“像一看见老朋友就挥手的人一样。”答案A3A.false BshyCapologetic Dbright解析a big,bright smile“一个灿烂的微笑”。bright与big相呼应。答案D4A.research BstudyCrecognize Dexplore解析“仔细研究他的脸,想弄明白是否认识他。”“他的举动让我困惑,所以我要仔细看看他的脸。”research“(科学)研究”,r
22、ecognize“辨认出”,explore“探索”。答案B5A.praised BblamedCmistaken Drespected解析praise“表扬”;blame“责备”;respect“尊重”;mistake.for.把误认为,“他把我误认为某个人,所以挥手”。答案C6A.conclusion BdescriptionCevaluation Dintroduction解析“对这个结论感到满意。”此处指作者对这个令他迷惑的事情进行分析的结论。description“描述”;evaluation“评估”;introduction“介绍”;conclusion“结论”。答案A7A.argu
23、ment BdisagreementCmystery Dtask解析根据下文可知,“谜团被揭开了。”后文描写到他对每个上学的孩子都挥手,所以作者明白了。mystery“谜团”;argument“争论”;disagreement“不同意”;task“任务”。答案C8A.visited BapproachedCpassed Dleft解析approach“接近,靠近”。开车去学校所以是靠近学校的时候。答案B9A.drawing back Bputting onChanding in Dholding out解析hold sth.out“使某物处于某位置,拿着”,此处意为“警察站在路中央拿着停车的标
24、志”。draw back“后退”,put on“穿上”,hand in“上交”。答案D10A.Once BBeforeCUnless DWhile解析“一旦孩子们到达人行道的安全地带”,故选once,表“一旦”,引导条件状语从句。答案A11A.in BthroughCout Ddown解析“再让车辆通行。”through“穿过,通过”,符合语境。答案B12A.cried BcheeredCsmiled Dgestured解析由上文可知应是“微笑”。挥手的同时还有微笑。cheer“欢呼”;gesture“手势,打手势”。答案C13A.idea BreplyCnotice Dgreeting解析此
25、处是“问候,打招呼”。同样是挥手和微笑的打招呼方式,greeting“问候”。答案D14A.awkward BangryCelegant Dpatient解析根据上文可知,应是awkward“笨拙的,尴尬的”,此处与上文的“a stifflooking”相呼应。elegant“优雅的”;patient“耐心的”。答案A15A.came BrespondedChurried Dappeared解析respond“回应”,“孩子们看到他挥手后回应更加热情”。答案B16A.surprise BfrustrationCinterest Ddoubt解析此处意为“对这个人充满兴趣地观察”。作者以为这个警
26、察的举动对别人很有意义,所以充满兴趣地看。frustration“挫败”。答案C17A.fail BtryCwish Dbother解析fail to wave back“没有挥手”,没有人在看到他的问候后不挥手回应。答案A18A.offer BsacrificeCpromise Ddifference解析make a difference“起作用,产生影响”。“一个人的举动可以让如此多人的生活产生影响。”offer“提供”;sacrifice“牺牲”;promise“诺言”。答案D19A.effectiveness BcheerfulnessCcarefulness Dseriousness
27、解析effectiveness“有效”;seriousness“严肃,严重”;cheerfulness“高兴,快活”。他的挥手和微笑给人带来快乐,所以B项正确。答案B20A.trends BobservationsCregulations Dfeelings解析这里指“改变了周围人们的情绪。”trend“趋势”,observation“观察”,regulation“规则”,不合语境。答案D.阅读理解(2010福建高考)Businesses are witnessing a difficult time,which has in turn produced influence on consum
28、ers desire to go green.However,shoppers are still laying stress on environmental concerns. Two thirds of customers say that environmental considerations inform their purchases to the same degree as they did a year ago,while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the environme
29、ntal effect on what they buy. This may help to influence how shops store goods on their shelves.And the companies should still make efforts to become more environmentally friendly.Two out of three people think it is important to buy from environmentally responsible companies,with about one in seven
30、saying that they had even decided to take their custom elsewhere if they felt a companys environmental reputation was not good enough. Harry Morrison,chief executive(主管)of the Carbon Trust,sympathizes:“I understand this situation where survival is very important now.But from environmental considerat
31、ions,the clock is tickingwe dont have much time.In addition,cutting carbon has an immediate effect as costs drop and a mediumterm benefit for the brand.” Larger companies have an extra motivation to look at reducing their carbon footprint,as new rules next year will require businesses to buy carbon
32、allowances to make up for their emissions(排放)Those that have taken early action will have a head start.More than two thirds of consumers are not clear about which companies are environmentally responsible.This suggests that firms that are able to relay clearly their message to the public will be in
33、a pole position to attract shoppers. The Carbon Trust believes that it can help by informing customers about the good work companies are doing.“When companies are granted(授予)the standard,they can use a logo(标识)in all their marketing which makes it clear that they are working towards cutting emission
34、s.”Mr.Morrison said.1Whats the main idea of the passage? ABusinesses are finding ways to send their message to the shoppers. BCompanies will soon get information about cutting carbon emissions. CFirms are making efforts to encourage customers to keep goods at home. DFirms are urged to cut carbon emi
35、ssions by shoppers environmental awareness.解析主旨大意题。文章没有具体的主题句,但通篇阅读之后可知,文章主要介绍的是:由于消费者环保意识的增强,各公司不得不下大力气减少碳的排放量。答案D2The underlined word“inform”in Paragraph 2 probably means“_”Aaffect Bchange Cdisturb Dreject解析词义猜测题。根据该词所在句后面的内容while more than a quarter say that they are now even better aware of the
36、environmental effect on what they buy可判断,该词的词义与其中的effect相同,但因为inform是动词,所以与它意义相同的是动词affect。答案A3According to Harry Morrison,businesses _.Awill benefit from cutting carbon emissionsBshould buy carbon allowances for shoppersCare required to make up for their carbon emissionsDhave encouraged shoppers to
37、 take their custom elsewhere解析推理判断题。根据第四段Harry Morrison所说的一番话,特别是最后一句“In addition,cutting.benefit for the brand”可推断,他认为,缩减了碳的排放量,各大企业将会获利。 答案A4We can learn from the passage that businesses will _.Ahave a strong desire to reduce costs Buse the same logo in their marketingCgain advantages by taking early action Dattract more shoppers by storing goods解析推理判断题。根据第五段第二句可推断,各大公司和企业可通过尽早采取行动来获得大的收益。答案C