1、Unit 5 Canada“The True North” Section Learning about Language 课时精练（人教版必修3，重庆专用）.短语填空1People often _ me _ with other actors.人们常常把我同其他演员弄混。2I could see the bus coming _ _ _.我能看到远处过来的公交车。3Meanwhile, drugs continue to _ _ the United States.与此同时，毒品继续流入美国。4The breeze _ _ has secrets to tell you.拂晓时，微风为你带来
2、了秘密。5It happened that there was a _ _ nearby.碰巧在附近有个公用电话亭。答案1.mix；up2.in the distance3.flow into4.at dawn5.telephone booth.单项填空1First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you can never get _ second chance to make _ first impression.Aa; the Bthe; theCa; a Dthe; a答案C考查冠词。句意：第一次印象是最持久的。别忘了你永远不会
3、得到再次留下第一印象的机会。第一空序数词前加a 表示“再一，又一”；第二空表示再重复“第一次印象”，故选C。2We almost always _ our concerts with it, not only because its a great piece of music, but also because of the energy that we get back from the audience.Aanalyze BhandleCconfirm Dconclude答案D考查动词。句意：我们几乎总是用它作我们音乐会的结尾曲，不仅因为它是一段伟大的音乐，而且因为我们从观众中获得的热情
4、。根据后面句子意思推知此处判断音乐会情况的依据。3Many people are _ as to what to do when there is a fire.Aat ease Bat riskCat a loss Dat a distance答案C考查介词短语。句意：当有一场火发生时，要做什么许多人都会不知所措。根据语境“关于去做什么”推知“不知所措”，at a loss有此意。at ease意思为“自由自在”； at risk意思为“冒险”； at a distance意思为“在远处”。4The boys parents, who let him play football indoor
5、s, rather than the boy _ to blame for the broken window.Ais Bwas Care Dwere答案D考查主谓语一致性。句意：打碎窗户该责备男孩的父母而不是这个男孩，是他们让他在屋里踢足球。rather than“而不是”，连接两个名词作主语时，其谓语动词的单复数与前面的名词一致。5I _ a lot from this guy. He borrowed my clothes, he borrowed my money, he borrowed my tennis racket. But when I caught him using my
6、 toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!Asped up with Bmixed up withCput up with Dteamed up with答案C考查动词短语。根据句子语境“做了许多的事情”推知“容忍”。put up with意思为“容忍”符合题意。 6Theres a _ in our office that when its somebodys birthday, they bring in a cake for us all to share.Atradition Bbalance Cconcern D
7、relationship答案A考查名词的辨义。句意：我们办公室有个传统：轮到某个人的生日时，他就带蛋糕来与大家分享。tradition传统；balance平衡；concern关心；relationship关系，联系。句中somebody 与they相照应，说明不止一次，因此用tradition作答案。7It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot _ easy reach.Anear Bupon Cwithin Daround答案C考查固定用法：within easy reach在容易达到的地方；在的附近，故答案C合适。8T
8、he twins look very much alike.Yes, I think so, but they are _ different.Aquite Brather Cfairly Dvery答案B考查副词。句意：双胞胎看上去非常相同。对，我这样想，但他们还是有稍微的区别。既然是双胞胎长像差别就是不大的，故排除A、D；C项一般用于对褒义词的修饰；B项对，一般用于对贬义词的修饰，在like, different前常用rather，不用fairly。9_ great was the destruction that the economy took several years to rec
9、over. AToo BSo CSuch DVery答案B考查倒装句式的用法。分析句式和依据句意应该是so.that.句式；但so置于句首，句子构成倒装。10Dont leave matches or cigarettes on the table within _ of little children.Ahand Breach Cspace Ddistance答案B考查名词。句意：不要把火柴或者香烟留在桌子上孩子们够得着的地方。根据语境“够得着”，within ones reach意思为“在够得着的范围”符合题意。.完成句子1If the weather is good, you can s
10、ee _ _ _ _ _.如果天气好，你可以看到海岸。2The violence in the streets was _ controlled _ last week.直到上周街头的暴行(violence)才被控制住。3We can sometimes _ business _ pleasure.有时候我们能把工作和享乐结合在一起。4_ _ _ _ that they will leave their hometown for Canada. 已证实他们将离开家乡到加拿大去。5_ _ _ _ for us to eat dumplings on the New Years Eve.除夕夜吃水
11、饺是我们的传统。答案1.as far as the coast2.not; until3.mix; with4It has been confirmed5.It is a tradition.完形填空(A)As a child，I was very shy.I wanted to be successful，but lacked_1_.When I discovered climbing，I found something I was good at.I began to be_2_by my friends and this gave me the desire to climb harde
12、r and higher mountains.I found that nothing was impossible if I could find the_3_to try to achieve my goals.Both personal_4_and teamwork are important when you climb.You need to rely on the_5_of your team and share in the achievement.But personal determination to keep going despite any difficulty is
13、 very helpful to team success.My greatest achievement in climbing was being the first ever to reach the top of the 5,000foot Troll Wall in Norway，which has the highest and most vertical(垂直的)rock face in Europe.A stone_6_from the top of the mountain will_7_nothing until it lands on the valley floor o
14、ne mile below.So it was very_8_.Before our climb，the experts in Europe had said it was_9_to climb the Troll Wall.But with three companions，I decided to_10_.It took ten days to make the climb and we_11_on ledges(岩石架)no more than a foot wide when we were tired._12_，we succeeded.Afterwards，I said to my
15、self，“If I can do that，I can do anything.”Some years later，I climbed up Mount Everestthe highest mountain in the world.1A.money Bconfidence Cpurposes Dchances答案B由上一句“当我是个孩子的时候我很害羞”可知，此句表示“我想成功，但缺乏信心”，故用confidence。2A.denied Battacked Crecognized Dtricked答案C我开始得到了朋友们的认可(recognized)。3A.place Bsecret Cc
16、ourage Dtime答案C由上文我找到爬山的乐趣得出结论，只要有勇气(courage)努力实现自我目标，一切皆有可能。4A.work Bbelief Caffairs Ddetermination答案D爬山时个人的决心和团队合作非常重要。下文But personal determination to keep going给出了提示。5A.comfort Bsupport Cinterest Ddoubt答案B本句讲团队合作的重要性，即团队的支持(support)。6A.set Brolled Cdropped Dbroken答案C从山顶落下(dropped)的一块石头将不会碰到任何东西。7
17、A.touch Bstop Cmove Dhurt答案Atouch意为“触，碰”，符合句意。此处描述山势陡峭。8A.special Bexciting Cnervous Dadventurous答案D由上文可知，这是一件充满冒险的(adventurous)事情。9A.easy Bimpossible Cexciting Duseful答案B在攀爬之前，欧洲专家曾告诫说，征服巨人墙是不可能的(impossible)事情。10A.try Blearn Creturn Descape答案A尽管欧洲专家告诫，但我还是决定试一试(try)。11A.ate Blived Crested Dstood答案C
18、累了的时候，我们在不足一英尺宽的岩石架上休息(rested)。12A.Undoubtedly BEasilyCTemporarily DThankfully答案D庆幸的是我们成功了。thankfully意为“庆幸的是”，符合语境。undoubtedly毋庸置疑；easily轻易地；temporarily临时地。(B)Friendship is unconditional and uncritical，based only on mutual respect and the ability to enjoy each others company.We could have fun doing
19、absolutely nothing at all because the_13_we provided each other with was enough.Rather than discussing operas，Lewinsky，or the weather，we enjoyed just_14_each other without any one of us trying to outsmart the others.Still，I realize that some authority figures had a_15_to be concerned about where my
20、friends were heading；I also was concerned for them，but I wasnt about to_16_them.Many times I would advise my friends that some activities may be_17_or to think things through before doing something，but I would never claim the moral high ground and condescend(屈尊)to them.When Marvin would have a try a
21、t joints，when Alisa would tell me she skipped school because of a hangover，or when Merriam would tell me that her new boyfriend was in a street gang，I expressed my discomfort with their_18_.However，I never_19_them with the action of taking my friendship away.Contrary to the commercials on television
22、，you can have_20_who use drugs.In fact，probably everyone does without realizing it.13A.gift Bpresent Ccompany Dfriendship答案C这里要表达的意思是：我们在一起的时候即使什么也不做，也会感到开心因为大家聚在一起就已足够。也就是说，彼此陪伴对方，所以应该选择company，前文也有暗示。14A.hanging around Blearning fromCcommunicating with Djoining in答案Ahang around在这里表示“闲逛”。句意：不去谈论戏剧、
23、莱温斯基或者天气，大家只是享受那份闲来荡去的惬意，谁也不用绞尽脑汁想着怎样一较高下，分清孰优孰劣。learn from向学习；communicate with与交流；join in加入，参加。15A.prejudice Bpoint Csuggestion Dsituation答案Bpoint在这里表示“观点”。prejudice偏见；suggestion建议；situation情形。16A.ignore Bupset Cblame Dleave答案D“我”也很关心他们，但并没有打算要和他们绝交，即离开他们，所以选择leave。17A.crazy Bdangerous Cboring Dimp
24、ortant答案B这里的activities指的是下文所列举的事情：Marvin想尝试一下大麻的滋味，Alisa因为宿醉而逃课，Merriam的新男友是街上的一个小混混。由此可以看出，这些事情都是很危险的(dangerous)。18A.actions Blessons Cwords Dthoughts答案A由语境可知，该空指的是上文提到的各项不良行为，所以用actions。19A.force Bthreaten Cpersuade Dcheat答案Bforce强迫；persuade说服；cheat欺骗。根据语境可知选threaten威胁。20A.friends Bgirlfriends Ccl
25、assmates Dbrothers答案A由语境可知文章一直在谈友谊，所以应该选择friends。.阅读理解As prices and building costs keep rising，the “doityourself”(DIY)trend(趋势)in the US.continues to grow.“We needed furniture for our living room，”says John Ross，“and we just didnt have enough money to buy it.So we decided to try making a few tables
26、and chairs.”John got married six months ago，and like many young people these days，they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.The Rosses took a 2week course(课程)for $280 at a night school.Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.Jim Ha
27、tfield has three boys and his wife died.He has a fulltime job at home as well as in a shoemaking factory.Last month，he received a car repair bill for $420.“I was deeply upset about it.Now Ive finished a car repair course，I should be able to fix the car by myself.”John and Jim are not unusual people.
28、Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money，so they can fight the high cost of living.If you want to become a“doityourselfer”，you can go to DIY classes.And for those who dont have time to take a course，there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself. 1We can
29、 learn from the text that many newly married people_.Afind it hard to pay for what they needBhave to learn to make their own furnitureCtake DIY courses run by the governmentDseldom go to a department store to buy things解析根据第二段John Ross说的话“We need furniture for our living room，and we just didnt have
30、enough money to buy it.”可得出答案为A。答案A2John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to_.Arun a DIY shop Bmake or repair thingsCsave time and money Dimprove the quality of life解析根据第二段最后两句可知。答案B3When the writer says that Jim has a fulltime job at home，he means Jim_.Amakes shoes in his homeBdoes
31、 extra work at nightCdoes his own car and home repairsDkeeps house and looks after his children解析由第三段可知。答案D4Jim Hatfield decided to become a doityourselfer when_.Ahis car repair costs too muchBthe car repair class was not helpfulChe could not possibly do two jobsDhe had to raise the children all by himself解析由第三段中的“修车”事件可知。答案A
