1、限时提能精练三十一Unit 9Saving the earth(限时40分钟).词汇知识1(2011湖北南漳一中)Dont expect too much of them. They are suffering from a _of money themselves.Apossibility BpovertyCsimilarity Dproperty解析：poverty贫穷；possibility可能；similarity相似；property财产答案：B2Its agreed that _ action must be taken in a quick and efficient manne
2、r to put _ end to the conflict.Aan; an B/; anCan; / Dthe; the解析：take action采取行动；put an end to结束，均为固定搭配。答案：B3Only 60% of 5yearolds have _ to preschool education because there are not many kindergartens in that county.Aapproach BwayCaccess Drelation解析：have access to. 有机会进入。句意：因为那个县的幼儿园不是很多，所以只有60%的五岁儿
3、童能有机会接受学前教育。答案：C4The doctor _ Harry to lose some weight, but he seems to be deaf to it.Arecommended BsuggestedCadvised Dpersuaded解析：医生建议哈里减肥，可他似乎充耳不闻。advise sb. to do sth. 建议某人做某事。recommend和suggest不能跟不定式作补语。答案：C5Weve been looking for _ to the usual treatment, but it seems there are few options.Aalte
4、rnatives BreactionCattention Dapproaches解析：我们一直都在寻找这种常规治疗的其他办法，可似乎没有别的选择。alternative可供选择的办法。答案：A6Only when he failed the exam _ that he should have paid more attention to his studies.Ahe realized Brealized heChe did realize Ddid he realize解析：only修饰的状语放在句首时，句子的谓语一般用部分倒装形式，故选D。答案：D7The news came as no
5、 surprise to me. I _ for a long time that housing prices were going down.Ahad known BknewChave known Dknow解析：句意：我对那消息并不感到吃惊，在那之前我早就知道房价要下降的。根据句意可知，“知道房价下降”的动作发生在那则消息之前，故用过去完成时态。答案：A8If you want to borrow magazines, tapes, or CDs, you can visit the library. They are all _ there.Aconvenient Bimpressiv
6、eCsuitable Davailable解析：要是你想借杂志、磁带或者CD，你可以去图书馆，那里都有呢。available可以获得的。答案：D9(2009湖北)As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of _ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.Aprimary BalternativeCinstant Dunique解析：由于石油和煤炭越来越少，所以科学家们正在探索新的方法
7、来利用诸如太阳能，风能和水能等可替代性能源作动力和燃料。primary主要的，初期的，根本的；alternative可替代的，两者择一的；instant立即的，立刻的；unique独特的，唯一 的。答案：B10(2009江西)Frank put the medicine in a top drawer to make sure it would not be _ to the kids.Aaccessible BrelativeCacceptable Dsensitive解析：弗兰克把药放在一个顶部的抽屉里以确保孩子们够不到。accessible“易接近的，易到手的”符合语境。relative
8、有关系的，相关的；acceptable可接受的；sensitive敏感的，后三项皆不合句意。答案：A11Jack _ the point that we should prepare on time for the papers needed by our manager.Astressed BsaidCtold Dstated解析：考查动词辨析。句意：杰克强调我们应该按时准备好经理所需要的文件。所以需用stress来表达这一意义。B项表“说”；C项表“告诉”；D项表“陈述”，均不符合语境。答案：A12Doctors are searching for a cure that will _ c
9、ancer.Awipe out Bclear outCwork out Dleave out解析：考查动词词组辨析。句意：医生正在寻找一种消灭癌症的治疗方法。wipe out消灭；去除；clear out处理；整理；收拾；work out计算出；leave out遗漏，漏掉。答案：A13It is hoped that an end can _ to pollution of any kind and we humans can live _ with nature.Abe put; in harmony Bbe adjusted; in termsCbe adopted; in condit
10、ion Dresigned; in agreement解析：句意：人们希望能够消除各种形式的污染，这样我们人类就能和自然和谐相处了。in harmony with在此表示“融合，一致”；put an end表示“结束”；此处用被动语态形式。答案：A14It is possible that one day we will _ disability, so we shouldnt look down upon the disabled.Aend up with Bput up withCcome up with Dcatch up with解析：句意：有一天我们也有可能变成残疾，所以我们不应该瞧
11、不起残疾人。end up with以而告终；put up with忍受，容忍；catch up with跟上；come up with提出。答案：A15John has taken an active _ in getting artists together for the festival.Apostition BturnCchance Dpart答案：D16We should never _ourselves _ what we have achieved.Asatisfy；to Bsatisfy；ofCcontent；with Dcontent；by答案：C.易错纠误(only倒装句易
12、错点)17_ by keeping down costs will PowerData hold its advantage over other companies.AOnly BJustCStill DYet解析：根据句子结构可知，本句使用了倒装句，在给出的四个选项中，只有only状语置于句首时，句子用倒装语序。答案：A18Only in this way _ to make improvement in the operating system.Ayou can hope Byou did hopeCcan you hope Ddid you hope解析：“only介词短语”位于句首时
13、，句子要用部分倒装；根据语境此处应用一般现在时。答案：C19Only when he returned _ that the war had ended and the army had come back.Awe tell Bwe toldCdid we tell Dwere we told解析：考查only的倒装用法。only状语从句放在句首时，句子应部分倒装；结合语意可知应用被动语态。答案：D20It must be kept in mind that _ lifelong study can you survive in the highly competitive society.A
14、only when Buntil thenConly through Duntil when解析：根据题干后面的can you survive in the highly competitive society可知，这是一个倒装句。而根据选项可知，能构成倒装的只有A、C两项。此外，因为题干中的lifelong study是名词短语，而不是句子，不能用when，故答案是C。句意：必须牢记在心的是，只有通过终生学习，你才能在竞争激烈的社会中生存。答案：C.完形填空When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like：“If you live
15、each day as if it were your last, someday youll most certainly be right.” It made a deep _21_ on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have _22_ in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life, _23_ I want to do what I am about to do today？” And whenever th
16、e answer has been “No” for too many days in a _24_， I know I need to change something.Remembering that Ill be _25_ soon is the most important tool Ive ever known to help me make the big _26_ in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death, _27_ only what is truly important.About a
17、year ago I was _28_ with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs _29_ order, which is a doctors way of telling people to prepare to die. I _30_ with that diagnosis all day. _31_， at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is _32_ with surgery. I had t
18、he surgery and Im fine now._33_ wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. Yet death is the destination we all _34_. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of _35_. It is lifes change agen
19、t. It clears out the old to _36_ for the new. Right now the new is you. But someday not too _37_ from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.Your time is _38_， so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be _39_ by dogma(教条)whic
20、h is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner _40_. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart.解题导语：人生什么最重要？荣华富贵如云烟。如果把每一天都当做是人生最后一天，你就会发现人生的意义。21A.impression BcurseCdecision Djoke解析：这是固定词组make a(n). impression
21、 on sb. 表示“给某人留下印象”，选A项。答案：A22A.seen BlookedCfound Dlost解析：过去的33年，我每天早上都会照镜子(looked in the mirror)，然后扪心自问“如果今天是人生的最后一天，我还会想(would)做我正要做的事情吗？”答案：B23A.would BshouldCmight Dcould解析：参见上题解析。对现在的虚拟，主句用would动词原形。答案：A24A.hurry BlineCmoment Drow解析：in a row 是固定词组，表示“连续，一连串”。一旦连续几天的回答都是否定的，我知道应该做些改变了。答案：D25A.s
22、uccessful BrichCdead Dfrustrated解析：“记着自己将要死去”是我所知道的能帮我做出重大抉择的最重要的工具。答案：C26A.apologies BfortuneCchances Dchoices解析：这帮助我做出了人生中重大的选择(choices)，因为面对死亡，一切都将逝去，只留下(leaving)真正重要的东西。答案：D27A.proving BleavingCconfirming Dtelling解析：参见上题解析。答案：B28A.diagnosed BcuredCtreated Dprescribed解析：从下文可知，一年前，我被诊断(diagnosed)患
23、上了癌症。医生甚至建议我回家安排后事。答案：A29A.on BforCin Dat解析：句意参见上题解析。get sth. in order在这里表示“把整理有序，安排妥当”。答案：C30A.met BgotCdid Dlived解析：从上下文可知，我整天都在忍受着(live with)癌症这个诊断结果，然而(However)最后进一步的检查却发现我患的癌症是能够用手术治愈的(curable)。live with表示“容忍，忍受，与一起”。答案：D31A.However BButCTherefore DSo解析：参见上题解析。答案：A32A.incurable BcurableCfatal D
24、changeable解析：参见第25题解析。根据后一句也可得出答案。答案：B33A.Anyone BSomeoneCNo one DEveryone解析：从常识知，没有人(no one)想要死亡，甚至那些向往天堂的人也是如此。答案：C34A.want BavoidCshare Descape解析：然而死亡是我们共同的终点，没有人能够例外。此处share表示“共享，共同具有”。答案：C35A.destination BlifeCscience Ddisease解析：死亡可能是生命最好的创造物，它是生命更迭的媒介，送走耄耄老者，给新生代让路。答案：B36A.make up Bmake forCma
25、ke out Dmake way解析：make way for “让路”，符合文意。答案：D37A.distant BshortClong Daway解析：现在你很年轻，但不久之后，你也会慢慢老去。not too long from now“不久之后”。答案：C38A.limited BrareCenough Dlost解析：结合上一段后几句可知，时间有限(limited)，所以要更加珍惜，不要活在别人的生活里。答案：A39A.wasted BcheatedCexcited Dtrapped解析：不要被教条束缚(trapped)。答案：D40A.voice BloveCdirection Dc
26、onfusion解析：不要让别人的嘈杂声淹没你自己内心的声音(voice)。答案：A.补全对话(2011四川江中龙台中学)Hello. Gerry speaking.Hello, Gerry. Its me John here. _41_Well, Im terribly sorry, but Im not feeling very well.Is that all? _42_No, Im sorry. I was sick all night. I think it must be the fish I ate last night.Well, I think you should have
27、 at least phoned Kate and told her you werent coming to the meeting._43_ Im sorry about that. Anyway, I think Ill be able to get in to work tomorrow._44_I wont. Thanks for calling._45_AWhy didnt you phone?BOK. Take care and dont eat any more fish.CWhy werent you here at the meeting?DThats all right.EWe thought you might have had an accident or forgotten the day or something.FIll be glad to see you again.GYes, I suppose I should have done so.答案：41.C42.E43.G44.B45.D
