第5课时 [Unit 4 Period 5]
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1.Flowers of this kind are hard (find) in this area.
2.The old car (produce) in Germany in the 1960s.
3.Nowadays most people prefer (go) shopping on the Internet.
4.If you want to make yourself (understand), you’d better speak clearly and slowly.
5.Here is a guide to (repair) the old bike.
Ⅱ.单项选择
( )6.—What do you do for
—I like watching a modern film at the weekend.
A.entertainment B.goods C.possibility D.work
( )7.Please hands up if you know the answer the question.
A.of B.on C.to D.in
( )8.[2019· 镇江] Yao Ming, a basketball giant, water polo when he was young.
A.is playing B.used to play
C.is used to playing D.was playing
( )9.[2019·天水] Businessmen prefer emails to communicate with each other rather than phone calls.
A.write; make B.to write; make
C.to write; to make D.write; to make
( )10.—Mr Ling, I have difficulty the article.
—Remember it three or four times at least.
A.to understand; reading B.understanding; reading
C.understanding; to read D.to understand; to read
Ⅲ.[2019·锦州] 完形填空
Time capsules(胶囊) are small collections of things or information that are stored somewhere safe. They can 11 by people in many years and give future people a view of life in the past.
They may have newspaper articles, popular music recordings and photos. Historians can use time capsules to 12 more about people that lived in the past.
One of 13 time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On December 31, 1900, the city put several photos and letters in a box. The box wasn’t opened 14 people took it out on December 31, 2000.
The things inside the capsule 15 us a look at Detroit in the past. There 16 photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. Some of them even made 17 for the future. For example, one person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000. But 18 , the population of the city was 951,000 that year, according to .
Humans have 19 sent time capsules into space! The USA sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft(航天器) in 1977. They’re called the Voyager Golden Records. They contain(包含) sounds and pictures that show human life and culture. For example, they have 20 by classical musician Beethoven and pictures of plants, insects and landscapes(风景). The Voyager spacecraft has travelled far away from our solar system. It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules some day and learn about humans.
( )11.A.open B.opened C.be opened D.be open
( )12.A.change B.learn C.take D.worry
( )13.A.earliest B.the earliest C.the early D.the earlier
( )14.A.until B.when C.after D.since
( )15.A.thought B.made C.caught D.gave
( )16.A.was B.are C.were D.will be
( )17.A.questions B.inventions C.predictions D.suggestions
( )18.A.in fact B.at first C.in total D.at last
( )19.A.never B.even C.hardly D.seldom
( )20.A.sports B.paintings C.rock D.music
答案
Ⅰ.1.to find 2.was produced
3.to go 4.understood
5.repairing
Ⅱ.6.A 7.C
8.B 非谓语动词。姚明,一名篮球巨星,年轻时常打水球。used to do sth意为“过去常常做某事”;be used to doing sth意为“习惯做某事”。
9.B 动词不定式及固定搭配。商人更喜欢写电子邮件来互相交流,而不是打电话。固定搭配prefer to do sth rather than do sth意为“宁可做某事也不做某事”。
10.C
Ⅲ.11.C 被动语态。在许多年后它们能被人们打开并且让未来的人们看到过去的生活景象。主语they和动词open之间是被动关系。
12.B 动词词义辨析。历史学家们能使用时间胶囊来对生活在过去的人们有更多了解。短语learn about意为“了解,知道”。
13.B 形容词的最高级。结构“one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数”意为“最……之一”。
14.A
15.D 动词词义辨析。胶囊里面的东西让我们看到了过去的底特律。give sb a look at sth 意为“让某人看了一眼某事物”。
16.C there be结构的过去时。有人物和地方的照片,也有当地人写的信件。根据上句可知这句话表达“底特律时间胶囊里所有的东西”,且应该使用一般过去时。因横线后面photos是复数,排除A。
17.C 名词词义辨析。它们中一些甚至对未来作出了预测。根据下句所举的例子“一个人预测了底特律未来的人口”可知,横线处表达“预测”。question意为“问题”;invention意为“发明”;prediction意为“预测”;suggestion意为“建议”。
18.A 介词短语辨析。但是事实上根据网站.,那一年城市的人口是951000。in fact意为“事实上”;at first意为“一开始”;in total意为“总计”;at last意为“最后”。上句的人口数是时间胶囊上作出的预测,而这句话中人口数是实际上的人口数。
19.B 副词词义辨析。人类甚至把时间胶囊发送至太空!never意为“绝不”;even意为“甚至”;hardly意为“几乎不”;seldom意为“很少”。
20.D 名词词义辨析。根据横线后面“由古典音乐家贝多芬(写的)”可知,横线处所填词表达“音乐”。sport意为“运动”;painting意为“绘画作品”;rock意为“岩石;摇滚乐”;music意为“音乐”。