Welcome Unit Discovering Useful Structures 综合素养提升练
Ⅰ. 完形填空
Alice,my friend’s daughter,goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend,Jane,who is on a full 1 this school. Her mother is an immigrant from Africa while her father is an alcoholic(酒鬼).Although her mother works very hard,she can 2 make ends meet. Jane is very bright and has a gift for music and that's the 3 why she got the scholarship(奖学金)from this school.
Alice became friends with Jane and would 4 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to 5 being teased by other kids. Last month she invited her new friend to her birthday party. 6 ,Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be present so much that she insisted on asking her. At last the girl said,“I don’t have any nice 7 to wear at your birthday party. After a brief pause,the girl remembered have a 8 from my piano performance,” and asked,Could I borrow a skirt from you?
Alice was happy that her friend would be 9 to come and hurried home to ask her mum 10 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 11 and angrily said to her mum, “ 12 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes. The mum didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she is not a girl with a(n) 13 temper.
Finally, Alice explained to her mum her friend’s situations. Her mum immediately changed her 14 and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like that she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel 15 of her friendship with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help not to be helped.
1. A. value B. scholarship C. price D. fee
2. A. nearly B. hardly C. almost D. seldom
3. A. cause B. reason C. excuse D. result
4. A. publicly B. secretly C. happily D. quietly
5. A. imagine B. consider C. protect D. avoid
6. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides
7. A. jewels B. present C. clothes D. ring
8. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace
9. A. free B. able C. glad D. willing
10. A. how B. when C. why D. whether
11. A. frightened B. annoyed C. firm D. enthusiastic
12. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though
13. A. ill B. good C. well D. angry
14. A. view B. heart C. mind D. brain
15. A. anxious B. nervous C. ashamed D. proud
Ⅱ. 语法填空
(2020 福建厦门一中月考)Sarah and I are pleased that all of our “stuff” has been moved from our old house and into the new one, with much help from others besides 1. ________(we). Family and friends joined together 2. ________(help)us move into this new stage of our lives,and we couldn’t be more grateful(感激的)to them for it. We 3. ________(spend) our first night in the new house 4. ________ Friday night and did feel good to sleep after a busy day! We 5. ________(slow) got things into the new house. So this week should see us do6. ________(much) putting away and tidying up than laborious work to make practical things a7. ________(real). We bought paint today,8. ________we’ll use in the living room, and we 9.________(look) ahead at some paint chips that we could possibly use in the guest rooms. There’s so much change that happens; it’ll be amazing to see 10.________ the house looks like in a week!
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Ⅰ.完形填空
【语篇导读】艾丽斯交到了一个新朋友筒,艾丽斯希望她能来参加自已的生日聚会,但是简因为经济条件差而没有适合参加聚会穿的衣服。于是,艾丽斯决定将自己的衣服借给简。
1.B【解析】根据第一段最后一句中的“she got the scholarship from this school”可知,简获得了学校奖学金。scholarship奖学金,故选B。
2.B【解析】句意:虽然她的妈妈工作很努力,但她很难维持生计。故选B。
3.B【解析】句意简很聪明,有音乐天赋,那就是她获得这所学校的奖学金的原因。故选B。
4.B【解析】根据倒数第二段的内容可知,她们俩只能私下交流聊天。publicly公开地;secretly秘密地 happily幸福地;quietly安静地。故选B。
5.D【解析】本句表示艾丽斯私下和简聊天是为了避免被其他孩子取笑。imagine想;consider考虑;protect保护;avoid避免。故选D。
6.C【解析】根据空后的“Jane said she couldn’t come”可知,空后句与空前一句构成转折关系。therefore因此;otherwise否则;however然而;besides此外。故选C。
7.C【解析】根据下文可知,简没有合适的衣服穿去参加艾丽斯的生日聚会。jewels珠宝首饰;present礼物;clothes衣服;ring戒指。故选C。
8.A【解析】根据第三段中的“she could lend her friend one of her skirts”可知,此处表示简说她有一件衬衫。shit衬衫;Jeans牛仔裤;handbag手提包;necklace项链。故选A。
9.B【解析】此处表示简能够来参加艾丽斯的生日聚会。故选B。
10.D【解析】此处表示艾丽斯问妈妈是否能借给她的朋友一条裙子。故选D。
11.B【解析】根据上下文内容可知,艾丽斯的妈妈不同意,她很生气。frightened害怕的;annoyed d生气的;firm坚定的;enthusiastic热情的。故选B。
12.A【解析】句意:如果可以,我会把我所有的衣服都给我的朋友。故选A。
13.A【解析】此处表示妈妈认为艾丽斯并不是一个脾气坏的孩子。ill坏的;good好的;well身体好的,状态良好的;angry生气的。故选A。
14.C【解析】此处表示妈妈立刻改变了主意。故选C。
15.D【解析】此处表示妈妈鼓励艾丽斯应该为自己和简的友谊感到自豪。anxious不安的;nervous紧张的;ashamed羞愧的;proud自豪的。故选D。
Ⅱ.语法填空
【语篇导读】本文讲述了作者搬家以及着手装修新房子的故事。
1. ourselves【解析】句子的主语是Sarah and I,根据语境可知此处需用反身代词。
2.to help【解析】此处用动词不定式短语作目的状语。
3.spent【解析】此处叙述过去发生的事,应用一般过去时。
4.on【解析】在具体某一天的晚上用介词on。
5.slowly【解析】此处用副词作状语修饰谓语动词got。
6.more【解析】根据后面的than可知此处应用比较级形式,故填more。
7.reality【解析】根据设空前面的不定冠词a可知,此处需用可数名词单数。
8.which【解析】设空处引导非限制性定语从句,指代先行词paint,并在从句中作宾语。
9.looked【解析】and连接两个并列分句,设空处时态应与bought保持一致,故填looked。
10.what【解析】本空所填词在从句中作介词like的宾语,且在句中引导宾语从句,表示“什么”,应填what。