Unit4 Learning About Language 综合素养提升练
一、完形填空
The LEGO story started in a Danish woodworking shop. At the time, Ole Kirk Christiansen was just a (n) 1 carpenter in the village Billund but with ambition. As a young man, Christiansen turned his love of playing with wood into 2 and, in 1916, he opened his own shop.
At first, his shop produced furniture like ladders, stools and ironing boards. But in 1924, just as he was looking to expand his business, his sons 3 set a pile of wood chips in the shop on fire, 4 the entire building and the family’s home.
Despite a total 5 , Christiansen saw the fire as an excuse to simply 6 a larger workshop. 7 , tragedy continued to strike. In 1929, the Great Depression hit the world, and his wife died in 1932. Affected by financial and 8 disaster, Christiansen laid off many of his workers and 9 to make ends meet. Little did he know that those tragedies would be of importance to his business to 10 .
Since times were so hard, Christiansen made the difficult decision to use his wood to create 11 goods that might actually sell. The decision didn’t 12 at first. But his love of toys pushed the company ahead, even when it was 13 the toughest times.
It 14 he was a brilliant toymaker. Soon, his wonderful models of cars and animals and his adorable pull toys gained national popularity. His bestseller, a wooden duck whose mouth opens and closes when pulled, is now still a hot 15 . In 1949, his company created its plastic bricks called the Automatic Binding Bricks. And the toy became more and more popular as the years passed.
1. A. ordinary B. different C. eager D. skillful
2. A. preference B. gratitude C. fortune D. business
3. A. anxiously B. nervously C. blindly D. accidentally
4. A. protecting B. abandoning C. destroying D. repeating
5. A. success B. loss C. pain D. failure
6. A. design B. draw C. remove D. build
7. A. However B. Thus C. Besides D. Anyway
8. A. natural B. historical C. personal D. artificial
9. A. planned B. struggled C. happened D. promised
10. A. quit B. recover C. fail D. advertise
11. A. inconvenient B. unpopular C. priceless D. inexpensive
12. A. show off B. give off C. pay off D. take off
13. A. going through B. going into C. coming through D. getting over
14. A. broke out B. carried out C. turned out D. figured out
15. A. choice B. finding C. hit D. property
二、语法填空
China’s research icebreaker Xuelong, 1. ________ 126 crew members aboard on the 35th Antarctic research mission, on Thursday local time left the Zhongshan Station on 2. ________ (it) way back to China.
Snow Eagle 601, China’s first fixed-wing aircraft for polar flight, on Thursday night also departed from the Antarctic after 3. ________ (complete) all assignments.
Xuelong, 4. ________ arrived near Zhongshan on 9 Feb, supplied the station with fuel oil, and then picked up summer expedition team members at the Kunlun, Taishan and Zhongshan stations, as well as 5. ________ (member) of the fixed-wing aircraft project.
Sixteen members of the Kunlun team 6. ________ (previous) completed all scientific expeditions at Dome Argus Dome A, the South Pole’s highest ice cap. They, together with 21 members of the Taishan team, 7. ________ (return) to Zhongshan on 8 Feb.
The Zhongshan team completed tasks including installation of and tests for LIDAR, drilling of ice bedrock, atmospheric sounding 8. ________ (observe), surveys of birds and aerial exploration carried out by the fixed-wing aircraft.
As the e summer expedition team at Zhongshan left, 19 members would stay for winter expeditions.
Also 9. ________ (know) as the Snow Dragon, the icebreaker carrying a research team set sail from Shanghai on 2 Nov, beginning 10. ________ country’s 35th Antarctic expedition. It is expected to arrive in Shanghai in mid-March.
参考答案
一、完形填空
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了乐高公司创始人的经历。他虽然多次遭受挫折,但永不言败,最终取得了成功。
1. A 【解析】在那时,奥利·柯克·克里斯第森仅仅是比隆小镇的一名普通却有着远大志向的木匠。
2. D 【解析】根据空后的he opened his own shop可知,克里斯第森开了自己的店,即他把自己的爱好变成了生意。下文中的expand his business也是信息提示。
3. D 【解析】根据语境和上文中的But可知,他的儿子们不小心把店是的一堆木屑点着了,烧毁了整栋楼,也毁掉了他们的家。
4. C 【解析】引参见上一题解析。
5. B 【解析】尽管一切都全毁了,但克里斯第森把这场火灾当作修建一个更大的作坊的理由。1oss指代上文中提到的火灾烧毁的一切。
6. D 【解析】参见上一题解析。
7. A 【解析】根据上下文可知,该句与前一句为转折关系,故However符合文意。
8. C 【解析】根据语境可知,此处指受到经济危机和个人不幸遭遇的影响。personal disaster指代上文中提到的his wife died。
9. B 【解析】根据语境可知,受到经济大萧条和妻子去世的影响,克里斯第森解雇了很多工人,努力维持生计。
10. B 【解析】根据下文可知,他的事业大获成功,故此处指这些悲剧对他生意的恢复很重要。
11. D 【解析】引他做了一个艰难的决定:用木头做一些可能会卖出去的便宜商品。
12. C 【解析】引根据下一句中的But可知,起初这个决定并没有取得成功。pay off成功,奏效,达到目的。
13. A 【解析】引在公司正在经历最艰难的时期时,他对玩具的爱推动着公司前进。go through经历(困境、痛苦等)。
14. C 【解析】根据下一句内容可知,他的玩具受到广泛欢迎。由此可推断,此处指结果证明他是一名才华横溢的玩具制造者。
15. C 【解析】根据语境可知,此处指他的一款畅销玩具到目前仍受欢迎。hit很受欢迎的人(或事物)。
二、语法填空
【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了“雪龙号”科考船在南极的科考经历。
1. with 【解析】句意:中国的“雪龙号”破冰船于当地时间周四离开中山站,返回中国,船上共有126名船员执行第35次南极考察任务。此处为“with+宾语+宾语补足语”结构作伴随状语,故填with。
2. its 【解析】句意参见上一题解析。修饰名词why应用形容词性物主代词,on one’s way back为固定搭配,意为“在某人/物回来的路上”,故填its。
3. completing 【解析】after在此处为介词,后接动词-ing形式作介词的宾语。故填completing。
4. which 【解析】引分析句子结构可知,设空处引导非限制性定语从句并在从句中作主语,Xuelong为先行词,指物,故填which。
5. members 【解析】member为可数名词,前面无限定词,应用复数形式,而且队员一般不止一个,故填members。
6. previously 【解析】修饰动词completed应用副词。故填previously。
7. returned 【解析】引分析句子结构可知,设空处为句子的谓语,由时间状语on8Feb可知,此处应用一般过去时。故填returned。
8. observation 【解析】引句意:中山队完成了激光雷达的安装和测试、冰层岩石的钻探、大气探测观测、鸟类勘查和固定翼飞机实施的空中探测等任务。设空处作介词including的宾语,应用名词。故填observation。
9. known 【解析】be known as为固定搭配,意为“作为…而闻名”,此处为过去分词短语作状语。故填known.。
10. the 【解析】此处特指“中国的第35次南极考察”。故填the。