1、 03课后演练提能 夯实基础知识. 单词拼写1. Its rather t_ working late like this.答案：tiring2. The mother was a_ about the children when they didnt come back home from school.答案：anxious3. We soon found that prices d_ greatly.答案：declined4. You can h_ there or drive through the park.答案：hike5. This hall holds a m_ of seven
2、ty people.答案：majority6. Can I have _ (额外的) time to finish my work?答案：extra7. His _ (冒险) have been whispered everywhere.答案：adventures8. Children sometimes make some people feel _ (不舒服)答案：uncomfortable9. This is the _ (主要的) building on the campus.答案：main10. I dont know your _ (偏爱), so please help your
3、self.答案：preference. 选词填空1. He _ her safety.答案：is anxious about 2. It is unpleasant in summer _ in winter.答案：as well as3. The price of meat has _.答案：gone down4. Hurry up! The plane is _ in ten minutes.答案：taking off5. _some farmers are resting.答案：Right now. 完成句子1. Can you tell me when our plane _？你能告诉
4、我飞机在什么时候起飞吗？(take off)答案：takes off2He lost his wallet _.在购物时，他把钱包丢了。(状语从句的省略)答案：while doing some shopping3Right now we _ the safety of those trapped in the mountain.此刻我们都担心被困在山上的人的安全。(anxious)答案：are anxious about4This house _ size and shape _ that one.这座房子与那座房子形状、大小都不一样。(differ)答案：differs in; with5_
5、 at the moment is that she doesnt know what she will _at university.现在主要的问题是她不知道该到大学主修什么。(major)答案：The major problem; major in.单句语法填空(不多于3个单词)1. What _ pleasant surprise! Ill tell Richard about it _ minute he comes home.答案：a; the考查冠词的用法。surprise表示“惊讶”之意时为不可数名词，但表示“惊人的事，料想不到的事”时，通常在其前加不定冠词；第二空the min
6、ute“一就”起连词作用，引导一个时间状语从句。2. Close the door of fear behind you, and you _ (open) the door of faith open before you.答案：will open考查动词的时态和惯用句型。句意：随手关上身后的恐惧之门，你就会看到面前打开的是信任之门。这是一个固定句型，“祈使句and一般将来时”。3. Students complain that homework has taken _ most of their time after class.答案：up句意：学生们报怨作业占据了他们课后的大部分时间。t
7、ake up“占据”，符合句意。4. The water _ (feel) cool when I jumped into the pool for morning exercise.答案：felt句意：当我跳进池子里晨练时，感到水是凉的。feel为系动词，在这里表示水(感觉)很冷。由jumped可知此处用过去时。5. The way he did it differed _ we were used to.答案：from what句意：他做这件事的方式与过去我们习惯的方式是不同的。句中he did it是定语从句，修饰前面的The way。differ from“与不同”，what引导的从句
8、是介词from的宾语。6. I prefer to study English at home _ watch the match.答案：rather than 考查prefer的常见搭配。prefer doing.to doing.和prefer to do.rather than do.均表示“宁愿做而不愿做”。7. What did he major _ at university?答案：in句意：在大学他专修什么课程？major in“专修(某一科目)”。 8. Everyone, _ three little girls, showed great interest when I m
9、entioned you would go for a hike with us.答案：including句意：当我提到你要和我们一起远足时，大家，包括三个小姑娘在内，都非常感兴趣。including three little girls为介词短语。如使用included，则必须置于名词之后，即three little girls included。9. Im really tired _ Tom. He had me _ (wait) for two hours in the rain.答案：of; waiting考查介词与非谓语动词。句意：我真的很烦汤姆。他让我在雨中等了两个小时。be t
10、ired of“对厌烦”；be tired with“因为而累”；第二空考查“have宾语宾语补足语”结构，宾语me与wait之间为主谓关系，并且动作持续进行，要用doing作宾语补足语。10.Whats the noise? It sounds as if it comes from up stairs.I dont think _. It must be the windowcleaner working next door.答案：so考查交际用语。I dont think so. “我认为不是这样的”。提升实战能力. 完形填空I was fifteen when I walked int
11、o Black Stump Bookstore in Liverpool. As I was looking at _1_ on the shelves， the shop owner asked if Id like _2_. I needed to start _3_ for college, so I said yes. I worked after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped _4_ my first year of college. I had worked in many ot
12、her jobs: I made coffee in the Students Union during college, I was a hotel maid and I _5_ make maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most _6_.One day a woman asked me for books on womens diseases. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything we had at that time _7_ and
13、 found other books we could order. She left the store less _8_. Ive always remembered the _9_ felt in having helped her.Years later, as a _10_ in London, I heard about a black child born _11_ his fingers connected. His family could not _12_ a corrective operation, and the boy lived in _13_ hiding hi
14、s hand in pocket. I _14_ my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the _15_ for free. I visited the boy in the _16_ room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his _17_ hand and say “ Thank you.” I felt a s
15、ense of _18_.In the past _19_ I was at Black Stump Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers， not the store. Today, its the same. BBC News pays my _20_， but I feel as if I work for the viewers, helping them understand the world.作者15岁时，在一家书店工作，为顾客服务，他感到快乐；大学毕业后作为BBC新闻记者，为观众服务，让人们理解这个
16、世界，获得了更多的快感。1. A. maps B. titles C. articles D. reports答案：B由前文的Bookstore及此句中的shelves可知，书架上的东西应是“title”，故选B项。map“地图”；article“文章”；report“报道”，均不符合句意。2. A. a book B. any help C. any suggestions D. a job 答案：D由后文“I worked after school.”可知，此处书店老板是问作者是否想要一份工作。job“工作”，符合句意。plan“计划”；help“帮助”；suggestion“建议”。3.
17、 A. planning B. leaving C. preparing D. studying 答案：C句意：我需要为大学开始作准备。prepare for“为作准备”。4. A. pay for B. fit for C. run for D. enter for答案：A句意：这份工作帮我支付我大学第一年的学费。pay for“支付”。fit for“适合”；run for“竞选，赶快去请”；enter for“报名参加”，均不符合句意。5. A. so B. never C. even D. still答案：C“我做过许多其他的工作：冲咖啡，旅店服务生，甚至做地图”，表递进，even“甚
18、至”，符合语意。6. A. boring B. exciting C. satisfying D. disappointing 答案：C由下文第二段介绍的书店经历可知，这是一份令作者最满意的一份工作。satisfying“令人满意的”，符合句意。boring“无聊的”；exciting“令人兴奋的”；disappointing“令人失望的”，均不符合语境。7. A. in need B. in allC. in order D. in store答案：D句意：我把我们储存的几乎所有的东西拿给她看。in store“储备”，符合句意。in need“需要”；in all“总共”；in order
19、“适宜，整齐”，均不符合文意。8. A. worried B. surprised C. doubted D. puzzled答案：A第二段中这个女的进来时“She seemed fearful”，在作者的贴心服务后，肯定是减少了忧虑，故选worried。9. A. pride B. failure C. regret D. wonder答案：A帮助了别人，减轻了别人的忧虑，作者感到的自然是“自豪”，故选pride“自豪”。failure“失败”；regret“后悔，遗憾”；wonder“奇迹”，与文意相差甚远。10. A. doctor B. store ownerC. bookseller
20、 D. TV reporter答案：D由第三段中的“I _14_ my boss to let me do the story”及“After my story was broadcast”可知，作者应是一名记者，故选D项。11. A. in B. with C. by D. for答案：B四个选项中只有介词with可用复合结构，with sth./sb. done，在此处作定语，修饰child。12. A. pay B. offer C. afford D. spend答案：C此处考查afford的用法。afford“付得起”，通常与could not/can not连用，表示“付不起”。p
21、ay与for连用；offer“提供”；spend“花费”后加时间或金钱。句意：他家付不起矫正手术费。13. A. peace B. honor C. horror D. danger答案：C自己的手指连在一起，和别人的不一样，小男孩自然是怕人看见，把手藏在口袋里。horror“恐惧，害怕”，符合小男孩的心理，故选C项。peace“和平”；honor“荣誉”； danger“危险”，与文意不符。14. A. chose B. forced C. persuaded D. permitted答案：C句意：我说服老板让我做这个故事。persuade sb. to do sth.“成功说服某人做某事”
22、，符合句意。force sb. to do sth.“强迫某人做某事”；permit sb. to do sth.“允许某人做某事”，与句意不符。15. A. action B. program C. treatment D. operation答案：D由16空之后的“after the operation”可知，医生们给小男孩实施了免费手术。16. A. waiting B. recovery C. reading D. guest答案：B手术之后自然是在康复室休养，故选recovery“康复”。waiting room“候诊室”；reading room“阅览室”；guest room“客
23、厅”，与句意不符。17. A. repaired B. connected C. injured D. improved答案：A句意：他做的第一件事就是举起他修复的手。小男孩原来手指连在一起，经过医生手术，应是修复，故用repaired。connect“连接”，是小男孩原来的状态，不能入选；injured“受伤的”，动手术是为了治病，而不是受伤，也不能入选；improve“提高，改善”，与文意不符。18. A. pleasure B. sadness C. humor D. responsibility答案：A听到别人的感谢，作者感到快乐。pleasure“快乐”；sadness“难过，悲伤”
24、；humor“幽默”；responsibility“责任”，由文意可知选A项。19. A. if B. though C. until D. while答案：D句意：过去当我在Black Stump书店时，我总觉得我在为顾客工作而不是书店。while“当时”，符合句意。if“如果”；though“尽管”；until“直到”。20. A. prize B. salary C. cost D. bill答案：B作者为BBC工作，当然应是BBC为他开工资。salary“工资”，符合常识。prize“奖励”；cost“花费”；bill“帐单”。. 阅读理解Close your eyes and ima
25、gine you are living in the next two centuries or more. Youll be living in a world filled with smart robots, which will be helping you to take care of your children, or your elderly parents in your home. Youll live much longer thanks to the medicine made by genetic science. And mankind may be going f
26、arther in space than ever beforeyou will be living on the moon or Mars.How should we view the changes that wait for us in the future? Should we be optimistic about the years ahead, or worried about what the future holds? Some scientists and experts are having a discussion about how technology, scien
27、ce and society will develop in the future. “Im looking forward to the day when more technology will come to my life，” says John Searle, a professor at the University of California Berkeley Philosophy, “because I think further research in such areas as genetics, physics, chemistry and medicine will h
28、elp us to overcome poverty, improve health, and make life longer.”Hugh Herr, at MITs Biomechatronics Group, considers very powerful weapons as concern over the future. Another is the growing role of technology in our lives. “Machines taking over what humans do is not a good thing，” Herr says.That is
29、 a similar concern shared by Daniela Cerqui, a social and cultural scientist. “I am afraid that the longterm future we are building will have no space left for human beings，” says Cerqui. “The main values of our society are related to information that must progress as quickly as possible, and comput
30、ers are much better than humans in these tasks.”几百年之后，世界会是什么样子的呢？智能机器人帮你照顾孩子和老人，你会更长寿，甚至可以住到月球和火星上。那么我们怎样看到这些变化呢？1. The first paragraph mainly tells us _.A. how science will develop in the next two centuries B. how people will live in a modern society C. what life would be like in the future D. what
31、 computers will bring to our society答案：C段落大意题。第一段主要介绍了两个世纪之后，世界的变化。故选C项。2. What is John Searles attitude towards the future of technology?A. Worried. B. Optimistic. C. Uncertain. D. Disappointed.答案：B观点态度题。由第三段John Searle所说的话“because I think further research in such areas genetics, .will help us to o
32、vercome poverty.”可知，John Searle对未来的科技持乐观态度，故选B项。3. The underlined word “That” in the last paragraph refers to _.A. the poverty problem in the future B. machines taking over what humans doC. the technology of weaponsD. the health problem of humans答案：B词义指代题。That一词承前启后，指代上一段中的最后一句话“Machines taking over what humans do is not a good thing”，选项B与此相符。