Unit2 The United Kingdom
1.【原创】The school 1,200 students, most of whom come from countryside.
A is consisted of B consists of C consisting of D consisted of
【解析】consist of “由….组成”。不用被动语态,排除A, 句子少主语,排除非谓语形式C和D,答案为B。
【答案】B
【教材原句】How many countries does the UK consist of?
2. 【原创】When why he did it, Tom kept silent.
A asking B to ask C asked D is asking
【解析】在时间状语从句和条件状语从句中,如果主语和从句的主语一致,状语从句中的主语和be动词可以省略。When he( was asked )why he did it.
【答案】C
【教材原句】It looked splendid when first built!
3.【2012·吉林二模】Would it be ________ for you to pick me up at four o'clock and take me to the airport?
A.free B.vacant
C.handy D.convenient
【解析】 考查形容词词义。句意:你四点的时候接我去机场方便吗?convenient方便的,便利的;某人方便做某事常用“It is convenient for sb.to do sth.”。free自由的,免费的;vacant空的,未被占用的;handy“手边的”,均不合题意。
【答案】D
【教材原句】England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.
4.【2012·莱芜模拟】The company is starting a new advertising campaign to ________ new customers.
A.attract B.stick
C.strike D.appeal
【解析】attract吸引,指吸引新顾客。
【答案】A
【教材原句】It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.
5. 【2012·金华联考】________,he won the first prize.
A.To his much delight
B.Much to his delight
C.To his much delightful
D.Much to his delightful
【解析】much to one's delight或to one's great delight令人高兴的是。
【答案】B
【教材原句】Her first delight was going to the Tower.
6.【2012?福州模拟】—It is greatly ________his credit that David saved the girl risking his life.
—Exactly. He should be awarded the title of Best Teenagers.
A.with B.to
C.on D.for
【解析】句意:“大卫冒着生命危险救了那个女孩,真值得称赞。”“确实如此。他应该被授予优秀少年称号。” to one's credit “值得赞扬;为某人争光”,是固定搭配。
【答案】B
【教材原句】To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.
7. 【2012?合肥模考】On the World AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ________ paid special attention to.
A.referred to being B.referred to be
C.refer to being D.refer to be
【解析】referred to是过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰problems; demanded后的宾语从句缺少谓语,且谓语用“(should+) do”,所以选B。
【答案】B
【教材原句】Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.
本单元语法: 过去分词作宾补
8.【2013届河北省名校俱乐部高三第二次调研】27. If you go to the National Palace Museum, you’ll find many Chinese treasure________ there.
A. to exhibit B. exhibited C. exhibiting D. having exhibit
【解析】这里是find的复合结构,find+宾语+过去分词,过去分词做宾补。
【答案】B
9. 【2013届甘肃兰州一中高三上学期期中】23. Hearing the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ____ , all the people in the Bird Nest burst into cheers.
A. declared to be opened B. declaring to be opened
C. declared open D. declaring open
【解析】the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games和declare是动宾关系,所以用过去分词做宾补。declared to be opened.中to be opened 表示将来,不合题意。 所以答案为C。
【答案】C
10. (2012·西安五校模拟)Upon arriving home, I was surprised to find the paper I had had ________ was missing.
A.to be prepared B.to prepare
C.preparing D.prepared
【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意:我一到家就惊奇地发现我事先让人准备的文件不见了。(that/which) I had had prepared是定语从句,修饰先行词the paper,从句中含有一个have sth. done结构,表示“让别人做某事”。
【答案】D
完形填空
I had four small children, their father died in an unknown disease.Money was always __1__,but we had a roof over our heads,__2__on the table, clothes on our backs and, if not a lot, always enough.
It was __3__time and the big excitement for the kids was the __4__of Christmas shopping at the mall.They talked and planned for weeks __5__time, asking each other and their grandparents __6__they wanted for Christmas.I had saved $120 for presents to be shared by all five of us.
The big day arrived and we started __7__early.I gave __8__of the four kids a twentydollar bill and __9__them to look for gifts that cost about four dollars each.Then everyone __10__.We had two hours to shop.
Back in the car driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, laughing and teasing each other with hints and __11__about what they had bought.My younger daughter, Ginger, who was about eight years old, was __12__quiet.I noted she had __13__one small, flat bag with her.I could see enough __14__the plastic bag to __15__that she had bought candy bars—fiftycent candy bars!I was so angry.What did you __16__that twentydollar bill I gave you?I wanted to __17__at her, but I didn't say anything __18__we got home.I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be angry again when I asked her what she had done with the money.This is what she told me:
“I was looking __19__,thinking of what to buy, and I stopped to read the little cards on one of the Salvation Army's‘Giving Trees.’One of the cards was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll with clothes and a hairbrush.__20__I took the card off the tree and bought the doll and the hairbrush for her and took it to the Salvation Army booth.”
1.A.loose B.tight C.narrow D.wide
2.A.food B.vegetables C.fruits D.meat
3.A.holiday B.weekends C.celebration D.Christmas
4.A.pain B.trick C.laugh D.fun
5.A.ahead of B.in C.according to D.full of
6.A.that B.which C.what D.how
7.A.in B.out C.up D.down
8.A.every B.each C.both D.either
9.A.deserved B.promised C.regarded D.reminded
10.A.gathered B.insisted C.scattered D.delighted
11.A.clues B.plans C.keys D.ideas
12.A.simply B.unusually C.fairly D.smoothly
13.A.still B.even C.just D.only
14.A.across B.through C.above D.over
15.A.tell B.cover C.impress D.throw
16.A.deal with B.do with C.send for D.reach for
17.A.tear B.yell C.stare D.glare
18.A.when B.before C.unless D.until
19.A.for B.after C.at D.around
20.A.If B.Though C.So D.As
解析
1.B 单身母亲带着四个小孩子,经济上应该是不宽裕的,故选B项。
2.A 由句意可知,此处是说“但是我们有房住,有饭吃,有衣服穿”。A包括后面三项,故选A全面。
3.D 后文提到圣诞购物,可知应指圣诞节快到了。
4.D 前面提到孩子们非常兴奋,购物对她们来说是一种乐趣,故选D。
5.A 由句意可知,孩子们应该是提前作好准备,因此选A。ahead of time意为“提前”。
6.C 此处为宾语从句,从句中的谓语动词want缺少宾语,故选C,在句中作宾语。that在名词性从句中不充当句子成分;which与句意不符;how在句中通常作方式状语。
7.B 由句意可知他们一大早就出发了,故选B,start out意为“启程,出发”。
8.B 作者有四个孩子,故排除C、D两项;没有every of的用法,故选B。
9.D 由句意可知,母亲在购物前应该是提醒他们每人只能买四美元左右的礼物,故选D,remind意为“提醒”。
10.C 母亲吩咐完,到了商店,大家应该是散开去购物了,故选C,scatter意为“分散,散开”。
11.A 此处选clues(提示)是为了与hints(暗示)并列,其余几项不能与它并列,故不能选。
12.B 此处孩子只有异乎寻常的安静,才会引起母亲的注意,故选B,unusually意为“异乎寻常地、罕有地”。此题易误选fairly,其意为“相当地”,由于此词表此意时语气比unusually弱,故不选。
13.D 她手中仅有一个小的、扁平的袋子。根据意思可排除A、B两项。just意为“仅仅”时为副词,不能修饰名词,故不能选,因此选D,only意为“仅有的”,可作形容词。
14.B 表示“透过、穿过”必须用through。across只能表示穿过平面的东西,故不能选。15.A 透过塑料袋“断定”她买了糖果棒,tell有此意
16.B “你是怎么样用我给你的那20美元的,”what与do with搭配,故选B。how与deal with搭配,故不能选;另外两项不合句意,send for意为“派人去请”;reach for意为“伸手去拿”。
17.B yell at意为“冲……叫喊”。tear at意为“撕、扯”;stare at意为“凝视”;glare at意为“怒视”;均不合语境,故选B。
18.D until与not搭配,整句意为:“直到家才说她。”其余几项不合逻辑。
19.D 在商店找礼品,应该是先“环顾四周”
20.C 前句为原因,后句为结果。
阅读理解
A
【宿迁中学2012-2013学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试题】
Tre’S mom,Christina Thompson, cannot believe how much her son already learned this year in his full-day, free pre-school class in Oklahoma City. “Since he’s been in school his vocabulary has increased surprisingly,” Thompson says. “The other day he came home and said, ‘You know what,mom? You are being ridiculous,’” Thompson laughs quietly. “And then he asked, ‘Do you know what ‘ridiculous’ means, mom?’” Tre knows the entire alphabet, his numbers to 100,and he’s starting to read. And letters and numbers aside, Thompson is most struck by how fast Tre is absorbing vocabulary and language.
Of course, not all pre-school is created equal. High quality pre-schools have well-trained, well-educated teachers in the classroom (much like Tre Thompson’s teacher Mrs. Wallace, who uses play-based learning to teach both academics and social skills and can rattle off (飞快说出) a battery of data on how well her students are progressing towards their year-end goals). Texas can also offer a model for educator development: its Texas School Ready! Campaign has proven to increase the quality of participating pre-schools by providing early childhood teachers with coaching, professional development, research-based curriculum (课程),and progress monitoring. States and districts should also combine pre-school with the K-12 system, as Oklahoma does,so that children enter kindergarten smoothly.
Oklahoma is one of the leading states in providing students like Tre with free,full-day pre-school. And the results are already paying off: According to a 2012 study, Oklahoma kids that went through pre-school showed vocabulary gains 28% higher than those of children without pre-school, and math gains 44% higher than non-pre-school kids. And we know that high-quality pre-school doesn’t just mean higher scores in elementary school. They were more likely to have graduated from high school and less likely to have committed a violent crime. They also earned more money and were more likely to be employed.
We know pre-school works, so let’s stop talking and start building a system where all children have access to excellent early childhood education. As any well-educated four year old could tell us, not doing so would be ridiculous.
56. The case of Tre in the first paragraph serves as the evidence of______.
A. the positive effect of pre-school on children
B. the bad performance of students at school
C. children’s disrespect towards parents
D. Thompson’s doubt about her son’s education
57. At high quality pre-schools, children may learn by______
A. researching B. modelling C. playing D. monitoring
58. It can be inferred that______.
A. children can not enter kindergarten without pre-school
B. Oklahoma is the best state offering full-day pre-school
C. kids with pre-school may be better equipped for their future
D. all pre-schools have well-trained, well-educated teachers
59. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Not all pre-school works B. All pre-school is created equal
C. Pre-school goes well with K-12 system D. We owe our kids universal pre-school
解析:
56.【答案】A
【试题解析】文章第一段就点明了主题,母亲惊讶于孩子的巨大进步,看到了好的学前教育的重要性。故选的是A项。
57.【答案】C
【试题解析】推测题。根据第二段的具体描述,没有提到A、B、D项中的方法,又因为学前教育是针对几岁的孩子,故选的是C项。
58.【答案】C
【试题解析】推测题。A项中“can not enter kindergarten without pre-school”文章中“gains 28% higher than those of children without pre-school”相悖。B项中的“the best state”没有提及。D项中“all pre-schools”与原文第二段中的“not all pre-school is created equal”相悖。 根据第三段中的数据及具体说明可以推断出C项正确,故选的是C项。
59.【答案】D
【试题解析】主旨大意题。通读全文,获知好的学前教育的重要性及其优势, 故选的是D项。
B
【江苏省南京市板桥中学2012-2013学年高二下学期期中检测英语试题】
Where was I? The room was dark and quiet. My head hurt really badly. I shouted, “Help! Help! Can anybody help me?”
After a while somebody came in. The room was so dark that I couldn’t see his face clearly. The man turned on the light and said with a sharp voice, “Ah! Sweetie, do you still remember who I am?” I was shocked. Oh, my God! I cried, “You are Michael Zey, the man I charged with murder! Why are you here? You should be in prison!”
“You never thought about the result of charging a gang(犯罪团伙) leader, did you? Because of you, I was in prison for 15 years. You ruined my life!” His voice was very cold. My face was pale with fear. He was here to take revenge(报复)!
“Please, let me go! Don't hurt me! Please!” I asked him. “Dr. Calment, you are smart enough to know it is impossible. Now, I give you two choices. One is shooting your head. It is the quickest way. The other is cremation(火葬). Your husband and you will be together forever. It’s quite romantic. Don't you think?” He spoke angrily. “What? My husband? He is innocent!” I shouted at him.
Suddenly, he took hold of my head and said, “You will pay for what you have done to me.” He took out a gun from his bag.
“Help! Help! Can anybody help me?”
46. What might have happened to the writer before the man came in?
A. She had t aken his place and become a gang leader.
B. She had come to this place to see her husband.
C. She wanted to pay for what she had done to Michael Zey.
D. She had been beaten terribly.
47. Which of the following words can best describe how the writer felt when the story happened?
A. Surprised. B. Terrified. C. Amazed. D. Puzzled.
48. What does the underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
A. To let her go. B. To hurt her. C. To take revenge. D. To stay in prison.
49. Michael Zey mentioned the writer’s husband because ______.
A. he thought her husband was guilty
B. he thought it was romantic
C. he thought her husband was innocent
D. he wanted to frighten the writer
解析:
46.【答案】D
【试题解析】推理判断题。难度:较难。根据文章的第一段中的疑问句及后面的一系列陈述My head hurt really badly和作者的呼救.可以推断出作者曾经遭受过毒打或虐待。
【干扰项排除】A项说她取代了他的位置成为黑帮老大a gang leader,在文中根本就没有提及,完全是出题者故意无中生有;B项她来这里是为了看望她的丈夫,也是属于断章取义,文中只提到了劫匪威胁她说对她和她的丈夫都要报复,而根本没有提及她来这里的目的,不符合文意,而C项也是一种主观上的推测,在文中也没有相关的信息支持。
27.【答案】B
【试题解析】推理判断题。难度:中等。文章开头和结尾多次提到救命及作者的呼救和哭泣,可知作者的心情应该是极度不安和恐惧的。其他三个词“吃惊”、“惊讶”和“迷惑”的程度在感情上相对都较轻,不足以表明她当时的惊恐情绪。
48.【答案】A
【试题解析】词义猜测题。难度:中等。根据本段开头一句可知作者祈求对方放了她,不要伤害她,根据后面绑匪的要求可知,放了她是不可能的,而她已经备受折磨。
【干扰项排除】根据文意可知,而她本身就已经受到了伤害,所以可以排除B项,而绑匪此时此刻正在实施他的报复计划,所以C项也是不对的;根据第二段的最后一句Why are you here? You should be in prison!可知绑匪曾经坐过大牢,由此也可排除D项。
49.【答案】D
【试题解析】推理判断题。难度:中等。由文中的叙述可知Michael Zey憎恨的是作者对他的控告,所以他此行的目的就是为了折磨她和恐吓她,所以可推断出此题的答案为D。
C 阅读表达【原创】
Many people's lives are boring and incredibly mundane. Thankfully, there are lots of ways to make your life a bit more fantastic.
Just because you have school doesn't mean you can't have fun. School is a time when you can see and meet new friends. School gives you a chance to meet adults and help you learn from them.
School is over! What are you going to do now? Well, you can take some afterschool classes. Some classes can teach you sports, how to play a musical instrument, how to speak a different language, or even teach you the ability of your choice. Lots of people choose singing, dancing, and drawing as an afterschool class. Like school, you can use this time to meet new people. Also, you can use your new skills to impress people.
or pick up a book. Listening to the radio will keep you updated on the news and the reports of the world. And reading books can help you open your eyes and learn more knowledge.
Theses are all my opinions of how to make your life exciting. You can take some of my advice in your life. And you also can think some by yourself.
What’s the main idea of the passage?(no more than 10 words)
Which sentence can be replaced by the following sentence?
There is a chance that you can meet adults who can help you in school.
3. Fill in the blank with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
List 3 kinds of afterschool classes .
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the passage.
参考答案:
how to make your life exciting
School gives you a chance to meet adults and help you learn from them.
Listen to radio
sports; a musical instrument; singing, dancing, and drawing(任意三个就行)
读书能使你开阔视野、丰富知识。
书面表达
书面表达(满分25分)
你班同学在英语课上讨论毕业班学生是否可以把课本留给下一届学生使用这一问题.假如你是小组长,请根据小组讨论的记录用英语写一份报告, 陈述自己的看法或建议.报告要点如下:
优 点
缺 点
可以节省资源,减少浪费
教材内容经常更新
节约家庭开支
不能在书上作笔记
西方国家普遍采用此做法
注意: (1)报告必须包括所有要点,适当增加细节,使内容连贯、完整.
(2)报告的开头部分已写好,只需接着写.(不记入总字数)
(3)词数150左右.
Is Recycling Textbooks a Good Suggestion?
On behalf of our group, I’d like to give a brief summary of our discussion on the topic “Is Recycling Textbooks a Good Suggestion?”
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One possible version:
Is Recycling Textbooks a Good suggestion?
On behalf of our group, I'd like to give a brief summary of our discussion on the topic "Is Recycling Textbooks a Good Suggestion?"
As we know, when high school students graduate from school, their textbooks are thrown away, which are still in good condition. What a great waste it is!
A suggestion has been put forward that we should recycle the textbooks. Some students in my group agree to this suggestion For one thing, recycling textbooks can save a lot of natural resources, which are used to make textbooks. And it can also save plenty of family expenses. For another, in western countries, recycling textbooks is very popular and it gives us a good example.
But some others have different opinions about it, for the content of the textbooks are often renewed. What's more, it is not proper to make notes in the textbooks.
But in my opinion, this is a wonderful idea because this will do good to both the government and the families.
【一句多译】
提出了一个循环利用课本的建议。
A suggestion has been put forward that we should recycle the textbooks.
It is suggested that we should recycle the textbooks.
2.可以节省资源。
Recycling textbooks can save a lot of natural resources.
A lot of natural resources can be saved through recycling textbooks.
3. 西方国家普遍采用此做法,这给了我们很好的例子。
In western countries, recycling textbooks is very popular and it gives us a good example.
In western countries, recycling textbooks is very popular, which gives us a good example.
One possible version:
4. 然而,其他一些人却持有不同意见。
But some others have different opinions about it.
However, some others are not in favour of it.