Unit 1 Looking forwards Section A Starting out & Understanding ideas
一、填空
1._________(ultimate), the prevention and control measures taken by the government have made people's stress decrease.
2.她显然是在谨慎地考虑我。(weigh)
It was obvious that she ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
3.I _________(force) to take a taxi because the last bus had left.
4.Two girls stood on his shoulders, which made him have no alternative but _________(keep) holding up.
5.Ordinary as the vlogs (视频博客) are, as many as 15 million fans share her wow _________ a daily basis.
6.More and more people go jogging in the morning, whose benefits for health arise _________ the air rich in oxygen.
7.London is the capital city with great _________(history) treasures, which is the centre of national government and its administration.
8.Personally, I consider the CEO a _________(qualify) leader, as he can always make wise choices.
9.半夜,他们通知我,我已被理想的大学录取了。 (admit)
It was the middle of the night when they informed that ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
10.面对危险她表现出了巨大的勇气。(名词face)
She showed great courage ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
11.Tony put on soft music and _________(turn) down the lights in order to give a more relaxing atmosphere at home.
12.As a New York Times _________(correspond) in China, I covered the SARS outbreak in 2002 and 2003 during which a coronavirus was first detected in Guangdong.
13.The boy stood out among all the candidates for his great _________(fluent) in oral English.
14.Fashion, with all its _________(symbolise) and features, forms an outstanding base for personal and cultural identification.
15.This kind of food is a _________(mix) consisting of flour and water.
二、语法填空
16. When it comes to ①________(face) the future, there is no guarantee that plans in advance for the future will become reality. Here are two authors who are ②________ (fortunate) than others.
Ernest Hemingway is ③________ giant of modern literature. He was born in the US in 1899. He ④________ (be) ambitious for writing from his boyhood. From a trainee to a writer, he wrote many novels and short stories based on his personal experiences, among ⑤________ The Old Man and the Sea stood out. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and ⑥________ (award) the Noble Prize for Literature later.
By contrast, another author Arthur Conan Doyle, ⑦________ (bear) in Scotland in 1859, first worked as a doctor. But he had a passion ⑧________ writing historical novels. Interestingly, he began to write his fictional detective stories when waiting for ⑨________ (patient) in his medical practice. His Sherlock Holmes has been entertaining readers for well over a century.
In fact, the two authors' future didn't ⑩________ (necessary) turn out exactly as they had planned. Therefore, taking a leaf out of their books, you can be prepared for the unexpected future.
17. When I entered senior high school, I ①_______(begin) to take a great interest in poems. I devoted nearly all my free time to ②_______ (learn) poems. One day, I presented one of my poems to my teacher, ③_______ opinion I wanted as to whether or not the poem was any good. While he was scanning the lines, I waited in anxiety, wondering what he would say about it. But he said it was wonderful. Later, he encouraged me ④_______ (send) it to a newspaper to be published. I was happy to hear his opinion, still feeling ⑤_______ (doubt) about it.
Wanting to try my luck, I posted my poem to a newspaper ⑥_______ delay. After I waited more than a month, it was my ⑦_______ (assume) that my poem had been rejected. Then ⑧_______ letter came informing me that they were going to publish my poem. They even wanted me to read it aloud and broadcast it on the radio. I had made it.
I am ⑨_______ (true) successful in writing my first poem. I regard this as a good start. I ⑩_______ (convince) that I can eventually become a famous poet.
答案以及解析
1.答案:Ultimately
解析:句意为:最终,政府采取的预防和控制措施减轻了人们的压力。设空处作状语,应填副词,而且位于句首,首字母应大写。故填Ultimately。
2.答案:was cautiously weighing me up
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3.答案:was forced
解析: 句意为:最后一班公共汽车已经开走,所以我只好乘坐出租车。主语I和force之间是被动关系,be forced to do sth为固定搭配,意为“被迫做某事”,而且根据后面的had left可知,设空处应填一般过去时的被动形式。故填was forced。
4.答案:to keep
解析:句意为:两个女孩站在他的肩膀上,这使他别无选择,只能继续坚持。have no alternative but to do sth为固定搭配,意为“别无选择只能做某事”。
5.答案:on
解析:句意为:虽然她的视频博客很普通,但每天有多达1,500万粉丝分享她的巨大成功。on a daily basis为固定搭配,意为“每天”。
6.答案:from
解析:句意为:越来越多的人在早上慢跑,它对健康的好处来自(人们能呼吸到)富含氧气的空气。arise from意为“由……引起,由……产生”。
7.答案:historical
解析:句意为:伦敦是具有巨大历史财富的首都,它是国家政府及其行政部门的中心。此处修饰名词treasures,应用形容词,表示“历史的”,故填historical。
8.答案:qualified
解析:句意为:就我个人而言,我认为这位总裁是一位合格的领导者,因为他总是可以做出明智的选择。设空处修饰名词leader,且其前有不定冠词a修饰,应该填形容词,作定语。故填qualified。
9.答案:I had been admitted to/into my ideal/dream university
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10.答案:in the face of danger
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11.答案:turned
解析:句意为:托尼放了轻柔的音乐,把灯调暗,以便在家里营造出更轻松的气氛。主语是Tony,谓语动词put没有用第三人称单数形式,所以put是过去式,因此设空处也用过去式。故填turned。
12.答案:correspondent
解析:句意为:在担任《纽约时报》华记者期间,我报道过2002年至2003年SARS暴发这事件,这是当时首次在广东被发现的一种冠状病毒。冠词a后应填名词,此处指人,故填correspondent。
13.答案:fluency
解析:句意为:这个男孩因英语口语非常流利而在所有候选人中脱颖而出。此处在介词for后,应填名词。故填fluency。
14.答案:symbolism
解析:句意为:时尚,与其所有的象征意义和特色一并形成了一个鲜明的个人和文化认同的基础。设空处与features并列,作介词with的宾语,应填名词。根据语境,尤其是后面的personal and cultural identification 可知,此处指时尚的象征意义,故填symbolism。
15.答案:mixture
解析:句意为:这种食物是由面粉和水混合而成的。设空处作表语,前有不定冠词a修饰,应填名词,表示“混合物”。故填mixture。
16.答案:facing ; more fortunate; a; was ; which ; was awarded ; born ; for ; patients; necessarily
解析:①When it comes to...为固定句型,意为“当提到……”,to是介词,后加动名词作宾语。
②根据后面的than可知,此处应用比较级more fortunate,表示“更幸运的”。
③此处泛指“一位现代文学巨匠”,且giant的发音以辅音音素开头,应填不定冠词a。
④主语是He,后面的时间状语为from his childhood, 此处应填一般过去时的第三人称单数形式。
⑤among ______ The Old Man and the Sea stood out为非限制性定语从句,修饰限定many novels and short stories,先行词为物,设空处应填关系代词,在从句中作among的宾语,故填which。
⑥设空处和won并列,作谓语,He与award为被动关系,故填一般过去时的被动语态was awarded。be awarded...意为“被授予……”。
⑦句中已有谓语动词worked,设空处应填非谓语动词形式作后置定语,此处表示被动,故填born。born in Scotland in 1859可转换为who was born in Scotland in 1859。
⑧have a passion for...为固定搭配,意为“对……有热情”。
⑩not necessarily意为“不一定;未必”。
17.答案:began ; learning ; whose ; to send; doubtful ; without; assumption ; a; truly ; am convinced
解析:①begin在此是主句谓语动词,与主句主语I是主动关系,叙述的是过去的动作,所以应用一般过去时。故填began。
②devote time to doing sth是固定结构,意为“花时间做某事”,应用动名词作介词to的宾语。故填learning。
③_______ opinion I wanted as to whether or not the poem was any good在此是非限制性定语从句,引导词在从句中作名词opinion的定语,应用关系代词whose,故填whose。
④encourage sb to do sth为固定结构,意为“鼓励某人做某事”。故填to send。
⑤feeling为感官系动词,之后应用形容词作表语。根据句意可知,此处表示“不确定的”,故填doubtful。
⑥without delay为固定结构,意为“立即;毫不迟延地”。故填without。
⑦空前my为形容词性物主代词,之后应接名词形式。故填assumption。
⑧句意为:这时来了一封信,通知我他们要发表我的诗了。letter是可数名词,此处泛指一封信,所以应用不定冠词a。
⑨此处修饰形容词successful,应用副词形式。故填truly。
⑩句意为:我相信我最终能成为一位著名的诗人。be convinced that是固定搭配,意为“确信……”,根据后文I can eventually become a famous poet可知,应用一般现在时。故填am convinced。
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