Unit1 Great Scientist
1.【原创】I’m sorry , I know nothing about the man ________ he is a businessman.
A.apart from B.except for
C.except that D.besides
【解析】四个选项均有“除……之外”之意,但A、B、D三项后均不能接that从句。故选C。
【答案】C
【教材原句】Apart from the construction mentioned above, you have also learned the following phrases.
2. 【原创】—He appears disappointed today, Why?
—It is because the suggestion he ________ has been turned down.
A.put away B.put up
C.put down D.put forward
【解析】put forward “提出”; put away “收藏;收起来”; put up “举起;抬起”; put down “放下;记下”。根据题意可知应选D。
【答案】D
【教材原句】Who put forward a theory about black holes?
3. 【2012·重庆模拟】________you take part in physical activity ________ be able to keep fit and stay healthy.
A.Only if;you will B.Only if;will you
C.Unless;you will D.Unless;will you
【解析】Only强调状语时主句须用部分倒装。
【答案】B
【教材原句】Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.
4.【2012·杭州模拟】The ________,I think,he drew from his simple experiment is not scientific.
A.conclusion B.charge
C.promise D.relation
【解析】 考查短语。draw a conclusion得出结论。句意:我认为,他从他简单的实验里得出的结论是不科学的。
【答案】A
【教材原句】Although he had tried to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led to the same conclusion
5.【2012·西安质检】No matter how hard I tried to read it,the sentence didn't
________ to me.
A.make out B.understand
C.make sense D.work out
【解析】考查动词短语辨析。make out“弄清楚;理解”(主语一般是sb.);work out“算出;解决”;make sense“讲得通,有道理”。由题干含义“……这句话我怎么也读不懂”,可知C项正确。
【答案】C
【教材原句】Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.
6.【2012·太原模拟】“It is not only you but also Tom who ________,”said the teacher after knowing what had happened.
A.are to be blamed B.is to be blamed
C.are to blame D.is to blame
【解析】句意:“不但你而且汤姆应受责备”,这位老师在知道了所发生的事情后说,本题考查blame的用法,be to blame通常用主动形式表达被动意义。not only…but also…连接两个主语时,根据就近一致原则,谓语动词要与Tom一致,故用单数形式。
【答案】D
【教材原句】It seemed that the water was to blame.
7.【2012?长沙模拟】They've not yet finally decided whether or not to have our plan ________ to the public.
A.announced B.achieved
C.reported D.witnessed
【解析】句意:他们尚未最后决定是否把计划向公众宣布。announce “宣布”; achieve “完成;达到”; report “报道”; witness “见证”。
【答案】A
【教材原句】With this extra evidence John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the virus.
本单元语法: 过去分词作定语和表语
8. 【2013届四川省成都市高三毕业班摸底测试】26. All modern American literature comes from a book _________ The Adventure of Huckleberry Funn.
A. calling B. calls C. called D. to call
【解析】此处called The Adventure of Huckleberry Funn.作定语,意为:一本被叫做The Adventure of Huckleberry Funn.的书。
【答案】C
9.【2013届山西太原五中高三12月考】23. When choosing a product, I sometimes try to figure out the meaning___ to its brand name.
A. attaching B. having attached C. to attach D. attached
【解析】能说attach the meaning to its brand name; attach同the meaning之间存在被动关系,故应用过去分词作后置定语。
【答案】D
10.【山东省东阿县一中2013年模块认定考试】Those relatives were________ people. After a few days, I was getting________ and homesick.
A. boring; boring B. bored; bored
C. bored; boring D. boring; bored
【解析】boring令人感到无聊的;bored感到无聊的。
【答案】D
Archimedes was a wise man who lived in Greece long, long ago. He was so 1 that even the king was his friend.One day the king 2 him, "How do you 1ike my new crown. It's all gold." The king stopped. "That is, I think it's all gold," he said, "I gave a man gold to make this crown. 3 I think he may have kept some of it. To 4 for what he took, he 5 have added silver.""You are a wise man," the king went on, "Find out if this crown is all gold. That way I will know if the man 6 some of my gold."Archimedes thought about the 7 for a long time. Then, one day he had an 8 . He thought of it as he stepped into his 9 . He saw that the water ran out over the sides."Eureka!" he yelled. (That means "I've got it!" in Greek.) He hopped out of his bath. He 10 all the way to the king's home. It is said that he did not even dress.Why was he so 11 Wel1, the bathwater 12 him something. Now he knew how to tell if the crown was made only of gold.Archimedes asked the king for a piece of gold." It must be the same 13 as the one you gave the man," he said. Then he filled a pan with 14 . In it he put the piece of gold. The water 15 . He then took the gold out. He put the crown in the 16 . The water rose even 17 than before. That should not have happened! The crown and the piece of gold should have 18 the same space in the pan. Something had been 19 to the crown. It may have been silver. It may have been something 20 . But the crown was not a1l gold.Archimedes's idea was so clever that it is still used today.
1. A wise B brave C friendly D confident
2. A told B asked C ordered D advised
3. A And B So C But D As
4. A take up B look up C send up D make up
5. A may B must C have to D can
6. A made B kept C stole D sold
7. A seat B man C crown D king
8. A plan B suggestion C order D idea
9.Abath Bwater C room D house
10.A walked B ran C rode D drove
11. A interested B moved C excited D worried
12.A influenced B happened C said D showed
13. A length B height C depth D size
14.A oil B gas C water D glod
15. A raised B rose C sank D filled
16. A pan B basin C space D room
17. A lower B higher C heavier D lighter
18. A made up B fixed up C taken up D pulled up
19.A joined B come C added D tied
20.A important B false C untrue D else
解析:
A 由上文Archimedes was a wise man who lived in Greece long, long ago.可知答案。
B "How do you 1ike my new crown. It's all gold."是个问句,因此答案是asked。
C 上下文为转折关系。
D 为了弥补(make up)他拿走的金子,他或许会添加一些银子(sliver)。
A 这时国王只是怀疑,所以用may(或许)。
B 上文有提示But I think he may have kept some of it.
C 他对王冠(crown)考虑了好久。
D 根据下文,他想出了一个主意。
A 下文有暗示,He hopped out of his bath.
B 根据下文It is said that he did not even dress. 说明他是兴奋的(excited)急着跑(ran)去的。
C 同上。
D 浴缸里溢出的水对他show(表明;显示)了其中的玄机。
D 他向国王要了同样大小的一块金子。
C 根据下文的提示。The water rose even higher than before.
B 同上。
A 根据上文提示。Then he filled a pan with water.
B 由句中的rose可知是higher.
C take up 占据(空间;时间)
C 上文he may have added silver.有提示。
D 可能添加了银子,也可能是其他东西。
阅读理解
A 【原创】
Gillian Clarke, Wales' national poet, has become the second Welsh winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
Mrs. Clarke, 73, said she was "humbled" to join names such as WH Auden, John Betjeman, Philip Larkin and Welshman RS Thomas in receiving the honor. It recognizes her body of work which ended with the collection A Recipe for Water, published last year. The Cardiff-born poet, who lives in Talgarreg, Ceredigion, will receive her honor from the Queen next year.
She was named Wales' third national poet in 2008 and works as a poet, playwright, editor, creative writing tutor and translator. She is the author of several volumes of poetry and many broadcast plays. She is resident of Ty Newydd, the writers' centre in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, which she co-founded in 1990.
Mrs Clarke said she was amazing when she heard she had received the gold medal. "I don't win raffles, so I didn't expect this. Some of my greatest heroes have received the award - Auden, Ted Hughes, Derek Walcot, Les Murray, U A Fanthorpe and, at the top of my list, RS Thomas. "I feel humbled so many wonderful people have received the award and I wondered if I belonged on such a distinguished list, but I thought if RS Thomas can accept, so can I."
Mrs Clarke said only 11 women had received the award, and the medal was a "gift for poetry and for Wales". Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who chaired the medal's judging panel, described her as "part of the literary landscape of this country".
The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry was set up by George V in 1933 at the suggestion of the then excellent poet laureate, John Masefield. The honour is awarded for excellence in poetry for either a body of work or an outstanding poetry collection published during the year of the award.
1. The third paragraph is mainly to tell us Mrs. Clarke ______.
A. found a writer’ centre B. can also write plays and poems
C. is a productive writer D. is worthy of her reputation
2. What can know about Gillian Clarke according to the fourth Paragraph?
A. She was a confident writer.
B. She looked down on other writers.
C. She thought RS Thomas shouldn’t have received the award.
D. She still had a long way to go before making a name for herself.
3. Who’s the founder of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry?
A. The Queen B. George V C. John Masefield D. Carol Ann Duffy
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Gillian Clarke has already received the honour.
B. Gillian Clarke was Wales' second national poet in 2008.
C. Poet Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke are close friends.
D. The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry has a history of about eight years.
解析
1. C。推理判断题。文章第三段介绍了吉莉安?克拉克是威尔士的第三个国民诗人,且也是剧作家、编辑、助教、翻译家;出版了许多诗集和剧本;还建立了作家中心。凭这些足以推断出作者叙述本段的目的旨在说明吉莉安?克拉克的多才多艺,是一位多产作家,故选C。
2. A。细节理解题。根据本段的“... but I thought if RS Thomas can accept, so can I”足以看出吉莉安?克拉克是一位非常自信的作家,故选A。
3. B。细节理解题。根据最后一段的“The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry was set up by George V in 1933 at the suggestion of the then excellent poet laureate, John Masefield”可知“英女王诗歌金奖”是在John Masefield的建议下由George V创立的,故选B。
4. D。细节理解题。根据最后一段的“The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry was set up by George V in 1933”可计算出“英女王诗歌金奖”到目前为止已有78年的历史,即约80年,故D正确。根据第二段的“... will receive her honour from the Queen next year”可知A项错误;根据第三段“She was named Wales' third national poet in 2008...”可知B项中的second应为third;C项文中无信息支持。
B
【马鞍山市第二中学2012—2013学年度高二第二学期期中试题】
“Choo, Choo!” Here comes the Chunnel train. Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. This is an unusual form of transportation, because it is a tunnel that trains travel through and not an actual form of transportation.
The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for the Channel Tunnel. In French, it is called le tunnel sous la Manche. It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world.
Did you know that the British and the French had a race whi1e they were building the Chunnel? The race was to see who could get to the middle of the tunnel first. The British won by a little bit. It took 15,000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994.
The completed Chunnel cost about $ 21 billion. But it all paid off, because it became very popular, very quick. Millions of people use it. Now it is getting even more popular.
There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains. The small inner one is a guidance train. The guidance train is not used for transportation. Each track is exactly parallel to each other.
There are four different train systems in the Chunnel. The Eurostar is a high speed passenger service that connects London, Paris, Brussels, and Lille. The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service. These shuttles carry cars. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off. There are also two Eurotunnel goods service trains.
Now you know more about the Chunnel. Everybody off, this is the last stop.
56. The Channel Tunnel links ______ with _______.
A. Dover; Kent B. London; Paris C. Lille; Brussels D. Cheriton; Sangatte
57. The Eurotunnel shuttle is intended to carry _________.
A. passengers B. drivers and their vehicles
C. goods D. staff members of the Chunnel
58. The text can most probably be __________.
A. found in a textbook B. read in a magazine
C. broadcast on a train D. heard in a railway station
解析:
56.【答案】D
【试题解析】细节题。根据题干中的关键词link …with, 定位在第二段的最后一句It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world.可知答案是D. 本题的解题技巧是定位法。
57.【答案】B
【试题解析】细节题。根据第六段中的These shuttles carry cars. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off.可知, 这些有轨车可以允许司机驾驶车辆上去,所以正确答案是B. 本题的解题技巧是定位法。
58.【答案】C
【试题解析】主旨题。根据文章首段第二句Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. 以及尾段Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system.可知,此段话最有可能出现在海底隧道的列车上。
C
【江苏扬州师大附中2012-2013学年高二第二学期期期中高二英语试卷】
A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet website called a “blog”. The word “blog” is a short way of saying “web log”, or “personal website”. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.
There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information and ideas to the people who read them.They contain links to other websites.And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others.
A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 web logs. It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.
However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.
At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winner closed his free blog service “weblogs.com”. He said the site became too costly to continue. He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it. They are now upset because they did not know that the site was closed.
One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket.Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site.That article led to a book called The Weblog Handbook.It has been translated into four languages so far.
Miss Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about thirty thousand visitors a month.She writes about anything and everything —— politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how to prevent people from being stolen from online bank accounts.
56.The text is mainly written to _______.
A. introduce an Internet website called “blog”
B. introduce a short way of saying “web log”
C. tell readers about blogs
D. tell readers how to write blogs
57.From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except _______.
A. different ideas B. medical advice
C. advertisements D. account passwords
58.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?
A. Politicians don’t use blogs at all.
B. A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs.
C. Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls.
D. Dave Winer closed his “weblogs.com” because of the money shortage.
59.The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that _______.
A. it was created by a woman
B. it is about the history of blogs
C. it provides useful information and advice
D. it has editions in atleast four different languages
解析:
56.【答案】C
【解析】根据上面【文章大意】的介绍可知,本文是向读者介绍blog相关情况。
57.【答案】D
【解析】文章第二段提到博客提供different ideas;第四段末尾句提到美国一些公司使用博客为其产品作广告;最后提到Miss Blood使用博客提供医疗服务,只有D项文中没有提到。
58.【答案】A
【解析】根据第四段中“some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs.”可知政治家也使用博客,所以A项表述错误。
59.【答案】C
【解析】根据文章最后一段尤其是“She writes about anything and everything”句可知,之所以Rebecca’s Pocket变得强盛起来就是因为她写了大量的人们需要的信息。
书面表达(满分25分)
假如你是李华,澳大利亚学生Sophie通过某汉语推广项目认识了你。她来信说该项目安排她来北京生活两周,借此了解当地文化,并希望能住在你家。请你用英文给她回信,内容要点包括:
● 欢迎她到你家
● 向她推荐两项在北京的活动
● 说明活动的目的
● 预祝她在北京过得开心
注意:
1.词数100左右; 2.信件格式已为你给出; 3.请在答题卡上作答。
Dear Sophie,
I am glad you will have the chance to get a close look at my country. _________________
Yours sincere
范文:
Nowadays, carrying out low carbon economy and living a low carbon life has been a hot topic. Recently our class had a heated discussion about it.
Now, we are fully aware of the necessity of carrying out a low carbon economy in our country. Factories have been producing large numbers of harmful chemicals, and meanwhile, human activities also let off carbon gases, which contribute a lot to serious environmental pollution. What’s worse, with the increase of population, natural resources are already on the edge of exhaustion..
We all think it our duty to live a low carbon life, so my classmates put forward the following suggestions about how to live a low carbon life. First, we are supposed to get into a good habit of saving energy such as water, electricity and so on. Besides, we should appeal to people around us to make contributions to creating a green homeland. We are confident that with our joint efforts, our life will make a great difference.
一句多译:
1. 目前,发展低碳经济,居住低碳生活已成为热点话题。
Nowadays, carrying out low carbon economy and living a low carbon life has been a hot topic.
Nowadays, it has been a hot topic to carry out low carbon economy and live a low carbon life.
2. 更为糟糕的是,随着人口的增加,自然资源已到了枯竭的边缘。
What’s worse, with the increase of population, natural resources are already on the edge of exhaustion..
Worse still, natural resources are running out due to the increasing population.
3. 我们应该养成节约能源的好习惯。
We are supposed to get into a good habit of saving energy.
It is our responsibility to develop a good habit of saving energy.
4. 我们应该呼吁周围的人们为创建绿色家园做出贡献。
We should appeal to people around us to make contributions to creating a green homeland.
We should call on the people aroud us to contribute to creat a green homeland.