1、45定时训练(11).单项填空1The skirt is too expensive; its color is too dark, and._. Is there anyone so particular like you?ATake it or leave itBI dont careCGo aheadDCheer up解析考查交际用语。根据答语第二句话的内容可知,答话者对对方的讲话很不满,故Take it or leave it“要就要,不要就拉倒”,符合语境。I dont care“我不在乎”;Go ahead“着手干吧”;Cheer up“振作起来吧”。答案A2Thanks to _
2、 invention of the Internet, people can stay at home chatting with _ friends online.Athe;theB不填;theCthe;不填D不填;不填解析考查冠词。笫一空,“因特网的发明”是特指概念,故前面加定冠词the;第二空,friends是复数,泛指朋友,故前面不加冠词。答案C3Microblog is a platform _ people can express their thoughts, show their daily life and communicate with each other by sen
3、ding post.AwhatBwhichCwhereDwhen解析考查定语从句的引导词。分析句子结构可知,此处platform表示地点“平台”,故引导词用where,在从句中作状语,相当于on which。答案C4It _ have been her to leave her child alone and do whatever she wanted. She isnt such a person.AcouldntBmustntCmightntDwouldnt解析考查情态动词。根据语意可知,此处表示对过去情况的否定推测,表示“不可能”,故选A。答案A5Growing up _ Michae
4、l Jordan was in his prime,Beijing native Wu You knew what he wanted to do.AsinceBwhenCuntilDbefore解析考查时间状语从句。语意:因为成长在迈克尔乔丹盛年时期,北京人吴悠知道自己想要做什么。when在此表示“的时候”,故选B。答案B6My patience is _. Dont keep me waiting any more.Agathering upBbreaking outCrunning outDkeeping up解析考查动词短语。我的耐心快用完了,别再让我等了。run out表示“耗尽,用
5、完”。答案C7They _ my ability to solve problems, but I have proved that they are all wrong.AopposedBdoubtedCwonderedDignored解析考查动词辨析。语意:他们对我解决问题的能力表示怀疑,但我最终证明他们都错了。doubt“怀疑”,符合语意。wonder“琢磨,想知道”;oppose“反对”;ignore“忽视,不予理睬”。答案B8Would you mind if I borrowed your car just over the weekend?Im sorry, but its ju
6、st not possible, because I _ my mother this weekend.Aam visitingBhave visitedCwas visitingDvisited解析考查动词的时态。根据语境可知,此处表示答话者这个周末要去拜访母亲,表示安排好的将来要做的事情,故用am visiting。现在进行时可表示安排好的最近的将来,符合语境。答案A9The fact that she told a lie had a great influence on her _.AambitionBstatusCreputationDassessment解析考查名词辨析。语意:说谎
7、极大地影响了她的声誉。根据语意可知,选C。ambition“野心”,status“地位”,assessment“评价”,均不符合语意。答案C10After she won the dance competition, she found herself _ of a celebrity in her community.AnothingBeverythingCsomethingDanything解析考查代同。语意:她赢了舞蹈比赛之后,觉得自己在小区里有点儿像名人了。本题考查固定搭配中代词的用法,something of表示“有几分,在某种程度上”。故选C项。答案C11_ with her wo
8、rk, she didnt even notice the heavy snowfall outside the window.AOccupyingBTo be occupiedCHaving occupiedDOccupied解析考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知,此处用过去分词作原因状语。be occupied with sth 表示“忙于某事”。答案D12Keep the camera _ when you take a picture.AmildBactualCcasualDsteady解析考查形容词辨析。语意:照相时要把照相机拿稳。steady“平稳的”,符合语意。mild“温和的”,
9、actual“真实的”,casual“随便的”。答案D13Have you got _ ready for your trip to Hainan?No, I need to buy a swimsuit and a pair of slippers.AeverythingBanythingCsomethingDnothing解析考查代词。答语意为“没有,我需要买一套游泳衣和一双拖鞋”。说明去海南的东西还没有都准备好,所以此处要用everything意为“都准备好了没有?”anything的意思是“有什么可准备的吗”,与回答部分没有逻辑联系。答案A14The 2012 Olympic Game
10、s _ in London appealed to a lot of people across the world.Aheld Bto holdCbeing heldDto be held解析考查非谓语动词。句意:在伦敦举行的2012年奥运会吸引了全世界的很多人。hold与主语构成逻辑上的动宾关系,故用held作定语,表示一个被动的动作。答案A15Young people use more Web language in their conversations, such as “Geili” because such language gives them a sense of _.Aun
11、ityBidentityCresponsibilityDsecurity解析考查名词辨析。句意:年轻人在对话中使用很多像“给力”之类的网络语言,因为这会给他们一种身份认同感。unity“团结一致”;identity“身份”;responsibility“责任”;security“安全”。答案B.阅读理解AShirley Chisholm was best known as the first black woman elected to the United States Congress and the first black woman to run for president of th
12、e United States. However, her life was filled with much more than being the first black woman to do important things. She believed in being a person to fight for change. All her life, she worked to improve the lives of others.Shirley was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. Though her parents had ver
13、y little money, they wanted their daughters to get a good education and to have a better life. When Shirley was three years old they sent her and her sisters to live with their grandmother in Barbados. There Shirley received a good education from the British school system. She enjoyed the years with
14、 her grandmother. Shirley always remembered the words her grandmother spoke.In 1934 Shirley moved back to Brooklyn. She continued to do very well in school. She later graduated from Brooklyn College with honors.In 1949, she married Conrad Chisholm who worked as a private investigator. Together they
15、took part in local politics. Their marriage ended almost thirty years later.As a young woman, Shirley decided to become a teacher.She believed she could improve society by helping children.She worked for seven years at a childcare center in the Harlem area of New York City.She attended Columbia Univ
16、ersity at night and received an advanced degree in early childhood education in 1952. She became known as an expert in children and early education.From 1959 to 1964 Shirley was an education official in the day care division of the citys office of child welfare.In 1964 Shirleys political career bega
17、n.She was elected to the New York State Assembly, where she served for four years.In 1968 she ran for the United States Congress and she succeeded. She became the first black woman elected to Congress.Shirley was very different from other members of Congress.She looked different.Her hair was a big c
18、loud of curls. She wore very large eyeglasses. And she had dark skin. Her voice was strong.She spoke with power.She said her greatest tool was her mouth. She was not afraid to say the things others would not say before Congress and the public.【语篇解读】本文为记叙文。文章介绍了美国首位黑人女国会议员Shirley Chisholm的生平事迹。16From
19、 the passage,we learn that Shirleys parents believed that _.Awomen played an important part in modern societyBblack people ought to have equal rights as whitesCa good education was important for a childs futureDthe UK had a better education system than the USA解析细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“they wanted their dau
20、ghters to get a good education and to have a better life“可知C项正确。其他选项从文章中均无信息支持。答案C17Who influenced Shirley most during her childhood?AHer father.BHer mother.CHer sisters.DHer grandmother.解析细节理解题。根据第二段最后两句可知在她童年时期对她影响最大的是她的祖母,故选D。答案D18How many of the following have been mentioned in the passage?aHer
21、education.BHer family.cHer marriage.DHer political career.eHer political beliefs.fHer contribution to the USA.AThree.BFour.CFive.DSix.解析总结概括题。第二段提及她的家庭,第二、三段提及她的教育,第三段提及她的婚姻,第五段介绍的是她的从政生涯,文章没有提及她的政见和对美国的贡献,故选B。答案B19In which order did the following events take place?aHer marriage to Conrad Chisholm e
22、nded.bShe was elected to the New York State Assembly.cShe became an education official.dShe succeeded in running for the United States Congress.eShe received an advanced degree in Columbia University.AecbdaBcabdeCecabdDecbad解析逻辑排序题。从文中可以直接找到的事件的时间有:e是在1952年;c是在1959年;b是在1964年;d是在1968年。根据第三段可知,她与Conra
23、d Chisholm结婚是在1949年并结合本段最后一句可推知,a发生在1979年左右,故选A。答案A20The last paragraph mainly tells us about _.Aher political careerBher political opinionsCher typical styleDher contribution in politics解析段落大意题。最后一段介绍的是Shirley Chisholm特有的风格,故选C。答案CBDid you know that the first documented use of OMG(oh my god)was in
24、1917, or that LOL was once a common term meaning little old ladies in 1960? Thats what the world learned when OMG, LOL, and FYI (for your information) were added to the Oxford English Dictionary last week. This dictionary is considered by many to be the reference book that defines the English langua
25、ge.Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary are truly considered new members of the language. People invent new words all the time, but only a few become popular enough to get defined in dictionaries.Typed online or in text messages, LOL, FYI, and OMG are initialisms,_which can be said aloud let
26、ter by letter, like LOL, which now stands for Laugh Out Loud.Faster to type than the full phrases, initialisms like these have been used online since the 1990s. But these three online terms are now spoken outside the Internet too, making them different from other online lingo( 行话). Dictionary editor
27、s decided the words are used so commonly that they had to be defined this year.Another important addition to the dictionary this year was , as in “I NY.” This is the first graphic (图形的 ) symbol ever defined in the Oxford English Dictionary.The editors added as a verb under the definition of “heart”,
28、 meaning “to love”Some slang words informal language used more commonly in speech than in writing were also added, like wassup, a shortened way to say “Whats up”. Even words that have been in use for many years like biker and happy camper were finally added to the dictionary.The Oxford English Dicti
29、onary now defines more than 600,000 words.That adds up to more than 21,730 pages! Guinness World Records calls it the longest dictionary in the world.The Oxford English Dictionary is known for recording words of all kindspopular, outdated, and even foreign words used by English speakers throughout t
30、he languages long history.【语篇解读】这是一篇文化类说明文。在交际领域中被广泛使用的一些首字母缩略词、俚语等最近被收入牛津英语词典。21The text is mainly about that _.Aexpressions like LOL and FYI have been added to the Oxford English DictionaryBEnglish words change their meaning as time goes byCEnglish language is becoming more and more difficult to l
31、earnDthe Oxford English Dictionary breaks the Guinness World Record解析主旨大意题。通读全文可知,一些便于表达和书写的首字母缩略词,如OMG,LOL,FYI被收入牛津英语词典。答案A22Which of the following is NOT included in the facts that the Oxford English Dictionary has been updated?ASome online terms are added to it.BA graphic symbol is first introduc
32、ed into it.CSome slang words are collected in it.DSome old words are left out.解析细节归纳题。短文第三段讲述一些网络缩略词LOL,FYI,OMG被收入词典;第四段讲述一个图形符号被收入词典;第五段讲述一些俚语被收入词典。而D项“一些旧词被删除”,在短文中没有提到。答案D23What does the underlined word “initialisms” refer to?AWords having foreign origins.BWords made from the first letters of sev
33、eral words in a phrase.CUncommon words frequently appearing on the Internet.DOfficial words used in formal documents with capital letters.解析词义猜测题。根据短文中出现的“OMG(oh my god);FYI(for your information);LOL,which now stands for Laugh Out Loud”关键信息可知,initialisms指的是“一个短语中几个单词的首字母缩略词”。答案B24Before any new word
34、 is added to the Oxford English Dictionary, it must be _.Aspread widely across the InternetBused commonly by the dictionary editorsCused commonly in either spoken or written languageDa short word解析推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“Dictionary editors decided the words are used so commonly that they had to be defined this year.”及第五段第一句中的“informal language used more commonly in speech than in writing”可知,一个新词被收入牛津英语词典之前,它必须在人们的口语或书面语中被广泛运用。答案C