(新课标)Unit12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section B 2a-2e 精讲精练(含答案)

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Unit12 SectionB2a-2e语言点精讲精练
I．语言点精讲
1.April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world.
take place “发生；进行；举行；产生”。
【辨析】：happen 与take place
happen 常指具体的事物的发生，特别指那些偶然的“发生”。不及物动词，没有被动语态
sth. happen to sb 意为“ 某人发生某事”。
后接不定式，表示“碰巧；恰好”之意。
sb.happen to do sth 意为‘‘碰巧做某事’’。
take place
1“发生”, 也无被动语态，指经过安排或计划地发生。
2“举行”The sports meeting will take place in our school
When will the basketball match between Class 3 and Class 4 take place
I happened to have read the article when he asked me about it.
When will the ceremony take place
That accident happened at the corner.
2. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
play tricks on sb. “捉弄某人”，
play jokes on sb.“对某人开玩笑 ”
It's impolite to laugh at, stare at or play tricks on disabled people
【连接】laugh at 嘲笑
make fun of 取笑；开……玩笑
3.Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy buy as much as spaghetti as they could.
as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could 意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。
as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could
= as + 形容词/副词原级+ as possible.
We must do everything as well as possible.
= We must do everything as well as we can.
我已经把书尽可能多地给你送来了。I have sent you as many books as possible.
这只猫想要尽快吃掉这些食物。The cat wants to eat out the food as quickly as possible
He asked her to marry him.The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.他向她求婚。那位女士是如此高兴，因为她真的想结婚了。
（1）marry此处用作及物动词，意为“结婚；嫁；娶”。marry sb.意为“和某人结婚；娶某人；嫁给某人”。marry sb. to …意为“把某人嫁给……；让某人娶……”。
e.g.:He married a pretty girl.他娶了一位漂亮的姑娘。?
The old man married his daughter to a doctor.那位老人把他的女儿嫁给了一个医生。?
【拓展】marry也可用作不及物动词，意为“结婚”。?
e.g.:He did not marry until he was fifty.他直到50岁才结婚。?
（2）get married意为“结婚”，为不及物动词短语，强调动作，是非延续性的，不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。get married to sb.意为“与某人结婚”。?
e.g.:Lucy and Joe got married last week.露西和乔上周结婚了。
She got married to a doctor two days ago.两天前她和一名医生结了婚。?
【拓展】be married（to sb.）意为“（和某人）结婚”，强调状态，可以与表示一段时间的状语连用。
e.g.:They have been married for ten years.他们已经结婚10年了。
5.By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
（1）hoax作可数名词，意为“骗局；恶作剧”。如：They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
hoax还可作动词，意为“欺骗；戏弄”。
如：They hoaxed him out of his money. 他们骗去他的钱.
（2）sold out是sell out 的过去式和过去分词形式。sell out 卖完；售完；出售 （用物作主语时，常用于被动语态 be sold out）
如：All the tickets for the last performance have been sold out already. 最近一场演出的票已经全部卖光。
The next day the bookshops sold out. 第二天书店就卖断了货。
out构成的短语
out构成的短语：
give out 分发 hand out 分发
work out 得出结果 run out of 用完
go out 出去 find out 查明
look out 当心 take out 拿出
6.Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.
end up (doing sth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于
e.g. Every time she tried to argue with her husband, she ended up crying her eyes out.
每回她试着和她丈夫争辩，她总是以流泪结束。
end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。
e.g. The scientist ended up his speech at last.
那个科学家最后结束了演讲。
end up with sth. （以……）结束
同学们以说英语开始，却以说汉语结束。
The students began with speaking English, but ended up with speaking Chinese.
Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. 很多人跑到当地的超市抢购尽可能多的意大利面条。
“as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could” 相当于 “as+形容词/副词原级
+as possible”，意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。
e.g.:We should take as much money as we can.＝We should take as much money as possible.我们应该尽量多带些钱。
e.g. We must do everything as well as we can.= We must do everything as well as possible.
我们要尽量做好每一件事。
II．语言点精练
一、单项选择
(　　)1.—We have to ________ our trips because of the outbreak of the serious illness.
—Yes. It's safer to just stay at home these days.
A．cancel B．kick
C．overcome D．disappear
(　　)2.When Jenny practices speaking Chinese, she often ends up ________ English because she is afraid of making mistakes in grammar.
A．speaking B．speak C．to speak D．spoken
(　　)3. I don't think the story Tom told us just now is ________. We'd better not trust it.
A．valuable B．available
C．enjoyable D．believable
(　　)4.—The Chinese scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize.
—Her ________ has saved millions of lives across the world.
A．victory B．story C．discovery D．industry
(　　)5. These books ________ well, and they will ________ soon.
A．sell; sell out B．are sold; sell out
C．sell; be sold out D．are sold; sold out
二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
6．Teachers' Day is coming. We're going to hold a ________(celebrate) for our teachers.
7．We need to make more young people learn Shadow Play so that it won't ________(appear) in China.
8．Huawei is one of the________(big) smartphone makers in the world.
9．Yesterday evening a TV show reported the ________(discover) of special water.
10．I think you should take more exercise if you want to lose ________(weigh)．
三、完成句子，每空一词。
11.他的书如此受欢迎,以至于在一个月内都卖光了。
His books were so popular that they 　　　　 　　 　 　 　in a month.
12.他是一个严肃的人,你最好不要和他开玩笑。
He's a serious man. You'd better not 　　　　 　　 　 　 　him.
13.近四十年来,中国发生了巨大的变化。
Great changes have 　　　　 　　 　 in China in the past forty years.
14.我们必须尽可能经常地使用英语。这有助于提高我们的英语水平。
We must use English 　　　　 　　 　 　 　 　　 　 　 　. It can help improve our English.
15.在电影的结尾,这个年轻人和他的女朋友结婚了。
At the end of the movie, the young man and his girlfriend 　　　　 　　 　.
四、完形填空
　I think April Fool's Day is a very unusual holiday. On April Fool's Day, you have to watch out for practical 　16　. You cannot trust everything you　17　 on April 1st, either. Even some main newspapers will put fake(假的) articles into their papers to fool people. I heard a story: 　18　 April Fool's Day, a London newspaper printed an article about how aliens landed in England. This 　19　 many people to panic(恐慌) and the local police were not very　20　 the newspaper.
It can be　21　 sometimes to play tricks, but you have to be careful not to go too far. On April Fool's Day, I called my mother from the university I attended. I told her that I was failing all of my classes and because of this, I wasn't able to　22　. She was so upset that she started to cry. I felt really bad about making her sad and tried to tell her it was just a joke. 　23　 I told her it was only an April Fool's Day's joke, she got　24　 angry with me that she hung up the phone. I had to call her back and apologize before she would talk to me again.
April Fool's Day's jokes can be funny but you should be careful not to hurt people's feelings by embarrassing them 　25　. Before you act, you should always make sure to put yourself in someone else's shoes and think about how they might feel.
(　　)16.A.joke B.jokes C.a joke D.to joke
(　　)17.A.hear B.listen C.listen to D.listened
(　　)18.A.On B.In C.For D.Of
(　　)19.A. caused B.helped C.asked D.guided
(　　)20.A.interested in B.fond of C.afraid of D.pleased with
(　　)21.A.boring B.fun C.healthy D.stupid
(　　)22.A.read B.return C.graduate D.dance
(　　)23.A.After B.Because C.Since D.If
(　　)24.A.so B.such C.such a D.so a
(　　)25.A.too little B.a few C.a little D.too much
五、阅读理解
You arrive at the mall anxious to buy your favorite CD or the coolest computer game. Nothing will stop you, not even the price—even if you don't have enough money, Mom or Dad will use a credit card(信用卡) to pay. But wait! Is using a credit card really that simple There are some things you should know about using credit cards before you go shopping.
26．________ Credit card companies lend you money, which you are expected to pay back. They don't lend you money just to be nice, however. In fact, they make billions of dollars this way.
You spend 45 dollars buying a pair of jeans on a credit card, then about a month later, the credit card company sends you a bill for 45 dollars. 27.________ But what if you can't pay the whole bill Usually, you are allowed to pay part of it. Let's say you pay $10 the first month. Now the credit card company begins to get money from you. They charge extra money, called interest(利息), on whatever part of the money you didn't pay.
Now the $35 you still have on your bill begins to grow. Even if you don't buy anything more, by the time you get your bill the following month, you will owe(欠) more than $35. And every day, interest keeps adding up. 28.________
But the good news is that a credit card is convenient. 29.________ Besides, the credit card companies also offer extra services. For example, if something you bought online with your card stops working in a short time, the company may give your money back.
30．________ They spend more money than they can afford to pay back. Knowing how to use credit cards wisely will be necessary and help you to be a smart shopper.
A．It is sometimes the only way to pay when you shop over the Internet. B．You'd better borrow money from friends instead of using a credit card. C．Using a credit card is a way of borrowing money to buy things. D．Some people get themselves in trouble with credit cards. E．If you pay the whole 45 dollars back right away, it won't cost you anything. F．So actually those jeans will end up costing you more than $45. G．I always believe money is not everything.
阅读理解
“Broom(扫帚) challenge” has become a hot topic on the Internet recently. The challenge is to make a broom stand on its own without any support. Many people shared videos and photos of brooms standing. Even some famous stars, such as Canelo Alvarez, Jason Derulo, Tory Lanez and DJ Khaled took part in the challenge.
People in the challenge said that according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)(美国国家航空航天局), the earth's rotation(旋转) would be “in perfect balance” on February 10 and it would be possible for a broom to balance standing up.
In fact, brooms standing on a special day is just a hoax. We can't find anything from NASA to support the challenge. But as with many things on the Internet, people ran with it. But the truth is, you can make a broom stand up today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the day after that. It has nothing to do with the earth's gravitational pull(引力) on a certain day. It also has nothing to do with the vernal equinox(春分) (another day of the year when this “magic” supposedly happens).
NASA astronaut Alvin Drew and scientist Sarah Noble replied to the challenge, saying that this is a basic physics problem and will work every day of the year, not just on February 10. Brooms can stand up on their own if balanced properly on the bristles(刷毛).
(　　)31.What does the first paragraph mainly tell us
A.Broom challenge is just an interesting trick. B.Many people are interested in broom challenge.
C.The reason that a broom can stand on its own. D.How to make a broom stand on its own.
(　　)32.What did people think made the broom stand at first
A.A certain mysterious force in nature. B.The perfect balance made by the earth's rotation.
C.The weight of the broom. D.The gravitational pull of other planets near the earth.
(　　)33.When can we make a broom stand
A.On February 10. B.On the vernal equinox.
C.On any day. D.On NASA's workdays.
(　　)34.In fact, what does brooms standing have to do with
A.The earth's rotation. B.The earth's weight.
C.The balance. D.The types of brooms.
(　　)35.What does the passage want to tell us
A.NASA's new discovery about balance. B.A hoax about brooms standing on their own.
C.Ways to make a broom stand on its own. D.A famous story that is from NASA.
II. 语言点精练参考答案
一、1-5 AADCC
二、6.celebration　7.disappear 8．biggest　9.discovery　10.weight
三、11.were sold out　12.play jokes on 13.taken place　14.as often as we can 15.got/get married
四、16-20BAAAD 21-25BCAAD
五、26-30 CEFAD
六、31-35BBCCB
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