Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note课时跟踪检测(五)
课时跟踪检测(五) Warming Up & Reading — Language Points
Ⅰ.完成句子
1．The sick old man does nothing but stares_at (盯着看) the ceiling all day long.
2．How_do_you_account_for (你怎样解释) your long absence from classes without asking for leave?
3．He managed to persuade his parents to permit/allow_him_to_seek_a_job (允许他找一份工作)．
4．Jim didn't come to school yesterday, and as_a_matter_of_fact (事实上), he didn't come all last week.
5．Bill was born in Canada but was_brought_up (被抚养长大) in America.
6．I don't know whether they did it by_chance (偶然) or by design.
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．I never think myself a stupid boy. ________， I know I'm on the road to success.
A．On the other hand B．In other words
C．On the contrary D．By the way
解析：选C。句意：我从不认为我是个笨男孩。恰恰相反(on the contrary)，我知道我正在走向成功。on the other hand“另一方面”；in other words“换句话说”；by the way“顺便说一声”。
2．________ is known to us all, only the theory ________ practice can be practical.
A．Which; base on B．Which; based on
C．As; based on D．As; basing on
解析：选C。句意：众所周知，只有以实践为基础的理论才可能是实用的。as is known to us all ...“众所周知……”，as引导的非限制性定语从句可置于句首，which则不能，排除A和B两项；be based on“根据；以……为基础”，此处用过去分词短语作定语，修饰theory。
3．— Would you mind my telling him the news?
— ________.
A．Yes, please B．Never mind
C．It doesn't matter D．No, go ahead
解析：选D。对Would you mind ...？的肯定回答一般用No, of course not/ certainly not/go ahead.否定回答一般用I'm sorry but ...Never mind“不要紧；没关系”；It doesn't matter“不要紧”。故只有D项正确。
4．—Jimmy had a lot of parties recently.
—Yes, that might ________ why he didn't do well in the test.
A．sum up B．add up to
C．account for D．count on
解析：选C。句意：“吉米近来聚会很多。”“是的，那可能就是他考试没考好的原因。”sum up“总结；概述”；add up to“合计；合计达”；account for“导致；作出解释”；count on “指望；依靠”。
5．I had just stepped out of the bathroom ________ I heard the steps.
A．while B．when
C．since D．after
解析：选B。句意：我刚走出浴室，这时听到了脚步声。had just done ...when ...“刚做完……，这时/那时……”，其中when是并列连词，意思是“正在这时/那时”，相当于just at this/that time。
6．—Has the robber been put into prison?
—Yes. He was ________ by the police when boarding a plane for Paris.
A．frightened B．spotted
C．persuaded D．informed
解析：选B。句意：“盗窃者被关进了监狱吗？”“是的。他登上前往巴黎的飞机时被警察发现了。”frighten“使惊吓；吓唬”；spot“发现；认出”；persuade“说服；劝说”；inform“通知；告诉”。由句意可知B项正确。
7．Success in life doesn't happen ________.It's the result of devoting your time and energy to what you've set out to do.
A．by force B．by design
C．by accident D．by choice
解析：选C。句意：人生的成功不是偶然而至的，它是将时间与精力投入到你决心要做的事情之后的结果。四个介词短语的主要含义：by force“用武力”；by design“故意地”；by accident“偶然地”；by choice“出于选择”。从语意判断选C。
8．—Can you give some advice on what I said just now?
— Sorry. My mind ________.
A．is wandering B．was wandering
C．has wandered D．had wandered
解析：选B。考查时态语态。句意：“你能对我刚才所说的话给出一些建议吗？”“对不起，我刚才心不在焉了。”根据语境可以推测应用过去进行时。
9．I'll look into the matter as soon as possible.Just have a little________.
A．wait B．time
C．patience D．rest
解析：选C。题干提供了相当明确的条件，“我将尽快调查此事”说明说话人在劝慰对方，让他耐心等候。
10．We don't permit________ in the classroom; that is to say, students aren't permitted________ in the classroom.
A．to smoke; to smoke B．smoking; smoking
C．smoking; to smoke D．to smoke; smoking
解析：选C。permit意为“允许；许可”时常用于permit sb.to do sth.和permit doing sth.结构。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
A
First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.
Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel's family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.
However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan (猩猩), an injured zebra, a hyena (鬣狗) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat.Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena.The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.
In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm.Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.
The life of Pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi's story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which one they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it.
In my view, Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love reading.
1．We can learn that the book Life of Pi ________.
A．was written in 2001
B．was awarded two prizes
C．tells a story about friendship
D．is based on the author's personal experience
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段的“...won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature.”可知，这本书被授予两项大奖。故选B项。
2．In the book Life of Pi the hyena is killed by ________.
A．Pi B．the zebra
C．the orangutan D．Richard Parker
解析：选D。细节理解题。从第三段的“The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena”可知，老虎把鬣狗吃掉了，同时根据“a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker”可知这只老虎名叫Richard Parker。故选D项。
3．How does Pi escape being eaten by the tiger?
A．By catching fishes for the tiger.
B．By locking the tiger in a cage.
C．By being the leader of the two of them.
D．By fighting with the tiger.
解析：选C。推理判断题。从第四段的“Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm.”可知，为了避免被老虎吃掉，Pi处处表现为他们两个的首领。故选C项。
4．What is the author's attitude towards the book Life of Pi?
A．Disappointed. B．Supportive.
C．Unconcerned. D．Doubtful.
解析：选B。观点态度题。根据最后一段作者极力推荐这本书，可推知他对该书是持赞赏态度的。
B
It is hard to track the blue whale, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling.Attaching radio devices to it is difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.
So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the US Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days recording its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy's formerly top secret system of underwater listening devices across the oceans.
Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.
Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely observing a deep-sea volcanic eruption for the first time and that they planned similar studies.Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in the ocean and global temperatures. Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient's chest to a doctor's ear.This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.
语篇解读：文章从追踪几乎绝迹的蓝鲸的艰难和需借助尖端设施入手，谈到了军用技术的民用问题。
5．The underwater listening system was originally designed ________.
A．to trace and locate enemy ships
B．to observe deep-sea volcanic eruptions
C．to study the movement of ocean currents
D．to replace the global radio communications network
解析：选A。细节理解题。从第三段内容：水下监听是用于跟踪潜伏的敌船，可知A项正确。
6．The deep-sea listening system makes use of ________.
A．the ability of sounds to travel at high speed
B．the top-level technology of focusing sounds under water
C．the unique characteristic of layers of ocean water in carrying sounds
D．low-frequency sounds traveling across different layers of water
解析：选C。根据最后一段中“Different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope ...”可知C项正确。
7．What can we infer from the passage?
A．New radio devices are developed for tracking blue whales.
B．Blue whales are no longer endangered with the help of the new system.
C．Opinions differ on the use of military technology.
D．Military technology has great potential in civilian use.
解析：选D。通读全文可知，军事技术在民用方面有巨大潜能。
8．What's the passage chiefly about?
A．An effort to protect an endangered marine species.
B．The civilian use of a military detecting system.
C．The exposure of a US Navy top-secret weapon.
D．A new way to look into the behavior of blue whales.
解析：选B。通读作文可知，本文主要介绍了一种军事探测系统在民用方面的作用。
Ⅳ.短文改错
During the weekend I traveled by air the first time in my life.I generally travel by train and bus.It is both cheaper and safe.But this was a short journey.In the beginning I did not feel very happily, but this feeling did not last longer.The journey was very exciting.I was soon high up in the sky among the cloud.The views of mountains, fields and rivers were interested.I enjoy my short and comfortable journey very much.This experience has shown that traveling in air is actually the safest way of make journeys.
答案：第一句：在第二个the前加for
第二句：and→or
第三句：safe→safer
第五句：happily→happy；longer→long
第七句：cloud→clouds
第八句：interested→interesting
第九句：enjoy→enjoyed
第十句：in→by; make→making
课时跟踪检测(六) Learning about Language & Using Language
Ⅰ.句型转换
1．I came across her quite by chance in Oxford Street.
→I came across her quite by accident in Oxford Street.
2．I made my promise that I would help him no matter what happened.
→I promised to help him whatever happened.
3．He can not explain his failure in the English examination.
→He can not account for his failure in the English examination.
4．She didn't remember her appointment with the doctor until she had arrived home.
→It was not until she had arrived home that she remembered her appointment with the doctor.
5．It's well-known that he is a successful businessman.
→As is well-known,_he is a successful businessman.
→What is well-known to us all is that he is a successful businessman.
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．________ many of my friends, I dislike people who talk much but never do anything.
A．As for B．Instead of
C．As with D．Except for
解析：选C。句意：和我的许多朋友一样，我不喜欢那些只说不做的人。as with意思是“与……一样”，符合语境。as for“至于”；instead of“取代”；except for“除了……以外”。
2．As we know, the US President Barack Obama was ________ by a single mother and his grandparents.
A．taken up B．given up
C．grown up D．brought up
解析：选D。句意：众所周知，美国总统奥巴马是由其单身母亲和外祖父母养大的。take up“占用”；give up“放弃”；grow up“长大”；bring up“抚养；抚育”。根据句意可知D项正确。
3．The boy has good ________， and always offers his help in a friendly ________.
A．manner; manner B．manners; manner
C．manner; manners D．manners; manners
解析：选B。good manners“有礼貌”；in a friendly manner“以友好的方式”。所以B项正确。
4．Being out of work again, he ________ aimlessly and didn't know where to go and what to do.
A．showed B．wondered
C．waved D．wandered
解析：选D。句意：他又一次失业了，毫无目的地游荡着，不知道该去哪儿该干什么。wander“游荡”。
5．Studying abroad needs ________ money, which is impossible for his parents to afford.
A．a large number of B．a great many of
C．a large amount of D．quite a few
解析：选C。句意：出国学习需要大量的钱，他的父母不可能负担得起。A、B、D项都修饰可数名词复数，C项修饰不可数名词。
6．If we keep wasting so much energy, the ________ are that our oil wells will dry up and the environment will be destroyed.
A．problems B．difficulties
C．questions D．chances
解析：选D。句意：如果我们一直浪费这么多能源，很可能油会用光，环境会遭到破坏。the chances are that ...“可能……”。
7．— Did he complain?
— ________ he did. You gave him too much work.
A．Besides B．Otherwise
C．Indeed D．Instead
解析：选C。考查副词词义辨析。答句句意：他当然抱怨了，你留给他那么多工作。besides“此外”；otherwise“否则”；indeed“实际上；的确”；instead“代替；而不是”。
8．Don't be angry with him, he seldom makes mistakes.He made it this time ________.
A．by hand B．in excitement
C．in common D．by accident
解析：选D。句意：不要生他的气，他很少犯错误的。这次是偶然。by accident“偶然地；意外地”，符合题意。by hand“手工的；用手”；in excitement“兴奋地”；in common“共同的；共有的”。
9．The man ________ me for a long time, which made me very unhappy.
A．looked at B．stared at
C．glanced at D．glared at
解析：选B。句意：那人盯着我看了很长时间，这让我很不高兴。由which made me very unhappy可知用stare at“盯着看”。look at“看”，无感彩；glance at“瞥见”；glare at“怒目而视”。
10．—Haven't you made an apology to her?
—Well, why should I say sorry when it's not my ________？
A．intention B．purpose
C．weakness D．fault
解析：选D。句意：“你还没有向她道歉吗？”“不是我的错误，为什么我要向她道歉？”fault“错误；过失”符合题意。intention“目的；意图”；purpose“目的”；weakness“弱点”。
Ⅲ.完形填空
The stars were arriving and many young people had gathered to welcome them. The police found it __1__ to keep order after the plane landed and the performers appeared. They smiled and waved __2__ at everybody.Dressed in the same costumes, with long hair and the instruments __3__ their shoulders, they looked very much __4__.
Despite the many policemen __5__， the group were not able to get to their car __6__.Word spread that they had written a new song which would be __7__ when they performed that evening.They were now __8__ with cries of “Play something！Play your new song！”
The police looked __9__ when the stars prepared to sing as the__10__ for getting away.The crowd settled down and listened to the first __11__ of the new song.Once it was over, everyone started jumping, applauding and shouting like crazy.Several young women fainted (昏厥) and were carried away by the __12__ unit standing by.Greedy for more, the crowd __13__ a repeat.Again the performers gave in, but when asked for still another, they cheerfully but firmly __14__.Closely __15__ by the police, they walked towards their car some distance __16__.The crowd pushed forward, but the police, __17__ arm in arm, prevented anyone from getting through. It took the singers a long time to reach their __18__.Finally, they got in and were about to leave when a young woman, who had __19__ to get past the police, jumped onto the roof of the car.She shouted loudly as two policemen __20__ her away and the car began moving slowly through the cheering crowd.
1．A.interesting B．convenient
C．difficult D．impossible
解析：选C。由上文可知，青年们在歌星来之前，已聚集在机场等候，因此当飞机着陆，歌星出现时，警察发现很难维持秩序。
2．A.seriously B．cheerfully
C．directly D．straight
解析：选B。由常识可知，在这种场合，他们会给人留下一个好的印象，因此只有cheerfully“高兴地；兴奋地”符合题意。
3．A.behind B．for
C．by D．over
解析：选D。肩上背着乐器。over“在……之上”。
4．A.alive B．ashamed
C．alike D．special
解析：选C。从上文中对歌星打扮的描述可知，他们看起来很相像。
5．A.present B．responsible
C．careful D．strict
解析：选A。尽管有警察在场，这群歌星还是不能到达他们要乘坐的汽车。present此处意为“在场的”。
6．A.happily B．properly
C．easily D．willingly
解析：选C。与上文中的difficult相对应的应是easily。
7．A.received B．known
C．heard D．kept
解析：选C。晚上他们表演时，人们就能听到他们的新歌。根据句意只能选C项。
8．A.screamed B．greeted
C．addressed D．called
解析：选B。greet sb. with sth.以怎样的方式迎接某人(向某人打招呼)。
9．A.pleased B．surprised
C．puzzled D．worried
解析：选A。警察当然也希望听到歌星们的演唱，因此他们看起来也是高兴的，用pleased。
10．A.thanks B．excuse
C．gift D．price
解析：选D。他们准备用唱歌来作为尽快离开机场的代价。price意为“代价”。
11．A.performance B．scene
C．sight D．sound
解析：选A。从下文可知，他们在离开机场之前进行了两次表演。
12．A.fire B．club
C．rescue D．work
解析：选C。几个年轻的女子竟然昏倒，被站在旁边的救护人员送走。rescue unit意为“救护队”。
13．A.made B．waited
C．suggested D．demanded
解析：选D。他们想要听更多，因此要求再重新表演一次。demand“要求”。
14．A.accepted B．answered
C．refused D．argued
解析：选C。当又一次被要求这样做时，他们很高兴，但却是非常坚决地拒绝了。
15．A.followed B．surrounded
C．watched D．inspected
解析：选B。在这样的情况下，通常被警察包围着，离开狂热的歌迷。
16．A.out B．away
C．apart D．off
解析：选B。some distance away“离开一段距离”。
17．A.stood B．walked
C．protected D．locked
解析：选D。lock arm in arm“手拉着手”。
18．A.hotel B．theatre
C．car D．top
解析：选C。由前面的car提示可知，歌星们花了很长一段时间才到达了他们的车那里。
19．A.planned B．failed
C．started D．managed
解析：选D。因有一些警察在保护着这些歌星，所以歌迷们设法绕过警察，因此用manage to do sth.。
20．A.shot B．swept
C．dragged D．pushed
解析：选C。drag“拖；拽”，指警察把这位女子拖下车来。shoot“射击”；sweep“扫”；push“推”，均不合题意。
Ⅳ.任务型阅读
One of the favorite foods in the United States is the hamburger, a kind of flat round bread with fine-cut beef in between.__1__ At fast food restaurants, people order their food, wait a few minutes to get it over the counter, and carry it to their tables themselves.__2__ At some fast food restaurants, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.
__3__ Most of the restaurants sell hamburgers or other popular foods among Americans.In addition, there are many fast food restaurants that serve Chinese food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream.The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
__4__ First, they are not formal restaurants.People wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place.Second, they are fast.People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their food or waiting while someone else prepares it.__5__Finally, most food in a fast food restaurant is not expensive.Therefore, people can often eat at a fast food restaurant without spending too much money, while they may not be able to go to more expensive restaurants very often.
A．There are many kinds of fast food restaurants in the United States.
B．People can have almost every kind of food in fast food restaurants.
C．Fast food restaurants are popular because they show the American way of life.
D．The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant.
E．People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes.
F．American people go to more expensive restaurant very often.
G．In fast food restaurants the food is usually ready before the customer even orders it.
答案：1～5 DEACG
