Unit 1 Growing up——Starting out
一、用所给词的适当形式填空
1.By doing well at school,he hoped to win his parents’ (approve).
2.The traffic policeman (charge) the driver with speeding and fined him $50.
3.A lot of people make the (assume) that poverty only exists in the Third World.
4.It is impossible to tell who will win the next (elect).
5.Being the world’s first astronaut,Gagarin (instant) became an international celebrity.
6.It is widely believed that plenty of fresh air (contribute) to good health.
二、短语填空
as soon as;take responsibility for;have a say;in charge of;worry about;step into;grow up
1.The Special and the Ordinary shares the unusual story of two young people as they come of age and the future.
2. we got off the plane,we got on the bus and headed straight for the Oriental Pearl Tower.
3.My wish is to become a translator when I .
4.The people of New China all in the affairs of their state.
5.This is an important point in my life and I need to my actions.
6.I’m too busy enjoying my life now to the future!
三、阅读理解
When Shakespeare was twenty-one,he went to London to try his fortune in that great and interesting city.
There was the famous London Bridge and St.Paul’s Cathedral,and palaces and markets and long streets full of shops.
Then,too,there were the daily crowds where could be seen people from all over the world.Knights,scholars and the highwayman(拦路强盗) or thief,who had been infamous for his clever robberies,passed by each other.
Here,also,were noblemen dressed in gold,from Italy and Spain and France;slaves from Spanish America,sea captains and ministers,soldiers and servants—all held by chance or interest within the gray walls which circled London,and whose gates gave welcome to as strange a crowd as could be found in the world.
Into this curious crowd came Shakespeare,quick to see and eager to learn.And before long all these strange sights were as familiar to him as the faces of his own town’s residents.Each one told its story to him so plainly that,as before he had learned the secrets of the fields and woods,so now he learned men and men’s interests that make up the great world.
And he learned these lessons so well that when he came to write his plays,he made such use of them as no writer ever made before or since;for it is the use of this knowledge of the world,combined with his own genius,that makes Shakespeare the greatest dramatist that has ever lived.
1.What was London like in Shakespeare’s eyes when he first went there
A.Dirty and small.
B.Strange and interesting.
C.Infamous and terrible.
D.Familiar and modern.
2.Which of the following best describes Shakespeare
A.Shakespeare got inspiration to write from his hometown,London.
B.Shakespeare was eager to make friends with the noblemen in London.
C.Shakespeare was good at observing and learning from the daily life.
D.Shakespeare became the greatest dramatist owing to his own genius.
3.What does the word “one” in Paragraph 5 refer to
A.Crowd. B.Sight.
C.Face. D.Resident.
4.The passage probably comes from .
A.a poster B.a textbook
C.an advertisement D.an announcement
四、语法填空
Jane Goodall became 1. __________ (interest) in animal stories when she was very young. She always dreamed of working with wild animals. When she was eleven years old in 1945, she decided 2. __________ (go) to Africa to live with and write about animals. Everybody was laughing except her mother. “If you 3. __________ (real) want something, you work hard, take advantage of opportunity, and never give up, and you will find a way. ” Her mother said to her. The opportunity 4. __________ (come) at last.
In 1957, Jane Goodall traveled to Africa. She soon met the well-known scientist Louis Leakey and began working for him as 5. __________ assistant. He later asked her to study a group of chimpanzees 6. __________ (live) by a lake in Tanzania. Very little was known about wild chimpanzees at that time.
Jane spent many years studying chimpanzees 7. __________ this area of Africa. It was not easy work. Chimpanzees were very shy 8. __________ would run away whenever she came near. Over time, she slowly gained their trust. Watching the chimpanzees, she made many 9. __________ (discovery). They ate vegetables and fruit. But she found that they also eat meat. Some time later, she made an even more 10. __________ (surprise) discovery. She saw chimpanzees making and using tools to help them catch insects!
Jane Goodall devotes all her life to the scientific research on Chimpanzees.
答案和解析
一、用所给词的适当形式填空
1.approval
2.charged
3.assumption
4.election
5.instantly
6.contributes
二、短语填空
1.step into
2.As soon as
3.grow up
4.have a say
5.take responsibility for
6.worry about
三、阅读理解
1.B 细节理解题。根据第一段以及第五段第二句可知莎士比亚刚到达伦敦时,在他眼中这是一个奇怪而有趣的地方,故选B项。
2.C 推理判断题。根据第五、六两段的内容可知年轻的莎士比亚善于观察,并且热衷于在生活中学习,故选C项。
3.B 词义猜测题。本句承接上句,由此可知指代上一句中的sight,故选B项。
4.B 推理判断题。本文介绍了莎士比亚初到伦敦时的经历,以及这些经历对于他的文学创作的影响,最有可能出自一本教科书,故选B项。
四、语法填空
1. interested。考查形容词。句意: Jane Goodall很小的时候就对动物故事感兴趣。became为系动词, 后接形容词作表语, 修饰人用-ed结尾的形容词, become interested in. . . “对……感兴趣”, 故填interested。
2. to go。考查非谓语动词。句意: 她决定去非洲和动物们住在一起并记录它们。decide to do sth. 决定做某事, 故填to go。
3. really。考查副词。句意: 如果你真的想要什么, 你要努力工作, 抓住机会, 永不放弃, 然后你就能找到方法。修饰动词want用副词, 故填really。
4. came。考查时态。句意: 机会终于到来。根据文章内容, 描述的是过去的事, 故用一般过去时态, 故填came。
5.an。考查冠词。句意: 她很快见到了著名的科学家 Louis Leakey, 并作为一名助理和他一起工作。assistant为发音以元音音素开头的可数名词, 并且泛指助手中的一位, 故填an。
6. living。考查非谓语动词。句意: 稍后, 他让她去研究生活在坦桑尼亚一个湖边的一群黑猩猩。分析此句可知, 句中已有谓语动词asked, 此空要用非谓语动词, 又根据句意, 非谓语动词作chimpanzees的定语, 且和chimpanzees是主动关系, 所以用现在分词作后置定语, 故填living。
7. in。考查介词。句意: Jane用很多年研究非洲这个区域的黑猩猩。此题中, 根据句意以及固定搭配, in this area在这个区域, 故填in。
8. and。考查连词。句意: 黑猩猩胆子小, 她一靠近, 它们就跑开了。分析句子结构和句意, 前后是顺承关系, 故填and。
9. discoveries。考查名词。句意: 通过观察黑猩猩, 她有了很多发现。many修饰可数名词复数, 故填discoveries。
10. surprising。考查形容词。句意: 不久后, 她有了更让人吃惊的发现。名词discovery前用形容词作定语, 且表示“令人吃惊的”, 故填surprising。