Unit4 Reading and Thinking
基础过关练
I. 单词拼写
1. Soldiers has temporarily closed the___________(边界)between the two countries.
2. I felt an urge to go out and buy a big___________ (束)of flowers to fill the living room.
3. The sky had clouded over very quickly. ___________ (雷)and lightning were promised(预示).
4. It’s very cold today; the temperature has dropped below___________ (冰冻的)point.
5. He used to live in a dark room with dirty ___________ (窗帘)hanging in front of the windows.
6. While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his___________ (呼吸).
7. Sam has tried the climbing before, but the storm kept him from reaching the___________ (顶峰).
8. The chairman quipped(打趣)that he would rather sell his___________ (航空公司)than his computer systems.
II. 选词填空
pull back; start out; take one’s breath away; all the way; wake up
1. When we__________ again, the streets were filled with people.
2. But every day they get up, that old fear __________ with them.
3. Are you going to deliver lectures__________ home
4. I__________ the curtains and saw a large plane flying outside.
5. Everywhere she turned she saw something that __________.
III. 单句语法填空
1. Alice was very glad to find her in such a __________ (please) temper.
2. The mountain __________ (peak) are covered with snow all the year.
3. This is an automatic reply, __________ (confirm) that your e-mail has been received.
4. I took what he said__________ (literal), but he really meant something else.
5. __________ (see) from the top of the hill, the school looks like a big garden.
6. The same principle was used in a method of __________ (drill) in oilfields.
IV. 完成句子
1. 总的说来, 那是个极大的成功。
__________ __________ __________, it was a great success.
2. 我走到他的办公室, 深吸了一口气, 打开了门。
I walked to his office, __________ __________ __________ __________, and opened the door.
3. 当参观纽约时, 游客应坐船在曼哈顿转一圈。
When visiting New York City, tourists should __________ __________ __________ __________around Manhattan.
V. 课文语法填空
Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian went to Canada to visit their cousins in Halifax on the Atlantic coast. Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the 1 (sight). On the morning of departure, the two girls arose early 2 (take) the train to Lake Louise, passing through the Canadian Rockies. They spent the night, and then took 3 coach bound north through the Canadian Rockies to Jasper. From Jasper, they caught the train towards Toronto. One of the train's first stops 4 (be) in Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta, the centre of Canada’s huge oil and gas 5 (drill)industry. From Edmonton, the train headed southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. They went through two wheat-growing provinces, 6 they saw a bunch of farms that covered a very large area. After another day on the train, 7 (eventual) they were back in the city of Winnipeg. From there, they travelled through the night, and woke up in Ontario. The train 8 (thunder) on, through the rolling hills. Night came again, and the train turned south towards Toronto. When they woke up the next morning, they could see the wide stretch of Lake Huron. It was not until 9:30 a. m. 9 they finally reached the capital of Ontario, Toronto. All in all, 10 (they) trip from Vancouver to Toronto had taken a duration of four days.
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. __________
参考答案及解析:
I. 单词拼写
1. border 2. bunch 3. Thunder 4. freezing
5. curtains 6. breath 7. peak 8. airline
II. 选词填空
1. started out 2. wakes up 3. all the way 4 pulled back
5. took her breath away
III. 单句语法填空
1. pleasant. /pleasing考查词性转换。句意:艾丽斯很高兴发现她脾气这么好。所填词作定语,修饰 temper,由此可知应填 pleasant或 pleasing,表示“令人愉快的”。
2. peaks考查名词单复数。句意:山顶终年积雪。所填词作主语,根据谓语动词可知,应该用名词复数。
3. confirming考查非谓语动词。句意:这是一条自动回复,确认您的电子邮件已收到。因为前面已经有谓语动词,所以此处应该用非谓语动词,confirm与其逻辑主语 reply之间为主动关系,所以应该用现在分词。
4. literally考查副词。句意:我从字面上理解他说的话,但他实际上另有所指。所填词修饰动词took,因此应该是副词。
5. Seen考查非谓语动词。句意:从山顶上看,这所学校看起来像一个大花园。see与句子主语 the school之间是被动关系因此应该用过去分词.
6. drilling考查非谓语动词。句意:同样的原理也被用于一种油田的钻探方法。所填词作介词of的宾语,因此应该用动名词形式
IV. 完成句子
1. All in all 2. took a deep breath 3. take a boat ride
V. 课文语法填空
1. sights考查名词单复数。sight在此处意为“风景”,常用复数形式。
2. to take考查非谓语动词。两个女孩早早起床的目的是赶火车,应用不定式短语作目的状语。
3. a考查冠词。coach是可数名词,在文中第一次出现,表泛指,因此用不定冠词a。
4. was考查时态及主谓一致。“one of+复数名词”作主语,谓语动词用单数。结合文章语境可知,此处应用一般过去时,故填was。
5. drilling考査非谓语动词。此处表示石油和天然气钻探工业,因此应该用动名词,说明被修饰名词的用途,与前面的and gas一起作定语,修饰 industry
6. where考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知,设空处引导非限制性定语从句,先行是 provinces,从句中缺少地点状语,因此用 where
7. eventually考查副词。设空处作状语,修饰其后整个句子因此应该用副词。
8. thundered考查时态。根据文章语境可知,此处应该用一般过去时表示过去发生的动作,故填 thundered
9. that考查强调句型。“It was…that... ”是强调句型,被强调部分是 not until9:30am
10. their考查代词。设空处作定语,因此应该用形容词性物主代词,修饰trip, 故填that.
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