Unit 1 Grammar and usage & Integrated skills
一、
1.As a result of destroying the forests, a large quantity of desert_____ (cover) the land.
2.The committee _____ (discuss) over the problem among themselves for two hours.
3.No one in the department but Tom and Mary_____ (tell) that the director is going to resign by-now.
4.It wasn't Vinnie's aggressive(积极进取的) _____ (personal) that gave her confidence to make her request of President Lincoln.
5.Travelers _____ not _____ (advise) to drive on narrow roads when travelling in Iceland.
二、
6.Apart from blue eyes, blonde hair is also _____ (典型的) of Swedish people.
7.Seeing the carpenter(木匠) leaving in the sunset, the two brothers _____ (挥手) grateful goodbye to him.
8.The good thing about children is that they _____(适应) very easily to new environments.
9.We need a good actor to _________________(主演) in the new film with the famous actress from Hong Kong.
10.He is writing a _________________(历史的) novel about nineteenth-century France.
三、
On my first round-the-world trip, I planned everything out in advance. I knew where I was going, how long I was staying there, and how I would get there. But halfway through I ditched the plan and went with the flow. Over the years, how I plan my travel has changed. Now, I am a last-minute planner and seldom travel with any plan.
Traveling without a plan gives you great flexibility(灵活性). Since nothing is booked far in advance, you can turn to something different when you change your mind or something better comes along. I changed my plans to meet a friend on an island in Thailand and stayed for a month. I wouldn't have had that experience if I had kept to my planned schedule.
However, most new travelers are the opposites — they overplan their trips. Their whole journey is scheduled. Two days here; three days there. I understand why people do that. When time is short, they want to see as much as possible. They don't want to waste a single second.
Actually, it is better to slow down your pace. Spending more time in one place allows you to feel the rhythm of life better. You can travel at a more relaxed pace, see more than just the attractions, and open up your schedule to the happy accidents of travel.
When I first made my travel plan, I tried to include everything in it. Then I realized it was unrealistic, and revised my plan. I made a list of one or two things I wanted to see each day and spaced everything out. It's an important lesson to learn. I think the best trip plan is to work out the general path you want to take, book the first few nights of your trip, and let your travels unfold from there. This way you are never locked into a certain place if your feelings change.
1. What does the underlined word "ditched" in Paragraph 1 mean
A. Considered. B. Discussed. C. Abandoned. D. Prepared.
2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2
A. He lives an easy life. B. He enjoys traveling freely.
C. He spends a lot of time traveling. D. He prefers to follow others when traveling.
3. What does the author suggest about traveling
A. Working out a simple travel plan.
B. Avoiding booking in advance.
C. Getting prepared for the unexpected things.
D. Setting a goal before making a travel plan.
4. What is the best title for the text
A. Traveling: A Race Against The Clock
B. In Travel, Less Is More
C. Traveling: Play More, Pay Less
D. Why I Enjoy Traveling Around
四、
Peking Opera has ①_____ history of over 200 years. In the 55th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, four big opera groups ②_____ Anhui Province entered the capital, joining Kunqu opera, Shaanxi opera and so on together ③_____ (create) what we now know as Peking Opera.
Over a period of more than half a century of connection of different kinds of opera there ④_____ (appear) present Peking Opera. It is the most important of all traditional Chinese operas, and it has a rich ⑤_____ (collect) of works and a large number of famous artists ⑥_____ give it a great influence in China. The traditional plays share a large role in ⑦_____ (protect) Chinese culture for new generations.
Since Mei Lanfang, the great master of Peking Opera, visited Japan in 1919, Peking Opera ⑧_____ (become) more and more popular with people all over the world. It has made an excellent contribution to the ⑨_____ (culture) exchange between China and the West. Nowadays, you can ⑩_____ (frequent) catch travelling groups of Peking Opera performers in many international cities and local Chinatown.
答案以及解析
一、
1.答案:has covered
2.答案:have been discussing
3.答案:has been told
4.答案:personality
解析:句意:并不是Vinnie积极进取的性格给了她向林肯总统提出请求的信心。personality“个性,性格”。设空处作主语,故用名词personality。
5.答案:are; advised
解析:句意:不建议在冰岛旅行的人在狭窄的道路上开车。Travelers是advise动作的承受者,故用被动语态;描述客观事实用一般现在时。
二、
6.答案:typical
解析:句意:除了蓝眼睛,金发也是瑞典人的典型特征。typical“典型的,有代表性的”。
7.答案:waved
解析:句意:看着木匠在夕阳下离开,两兄弟感激地向他挥手告别。wave“挥手;挥舞”,从语境可知是过去的事,应用一般过去时。
8.答案:adapt
9.答案:star
10.答案:historical
三、
答案:1-4 CBAB
解析:1.考查词义猜测。由"halfway through…how I plan my travel has changed"可知,"我"原本事无巨细地制订了计划,但后来有所改变,所以此处应是放弃了计划。故选C。
2.考查推理判断。根据文章第二段的内容可知,作者认为没有计划的旅行会更具有灵活性,由此推知作者喜欢自由旅行。故选B。
3.考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段中的"I think the best trip plan is to work out the general path you want to take...This way you are never locked into a certain place if your feelings change"可知,作者建议制订一个简单的旅行计划。故选A。
4.考查标题判断。通读全文可知,作者在文中表述了自己的观点——不要想着把所有的事情都计划在内,否则会减少很多旅行的乐趣。所以B项"旅行中,少就是多"最符合文意。故选B。
四、
答案: a; from; to create; appeared; collection; that; protecting; has become; cultural; frequently
解析:①考查冠词。一般来说, history表示泛指意义为不可数名词,其前不用冠词;但表示“一段历史”时前面用不定冠词。
②考查介词。此处指来自安徽省的四大戏曲班社(简称“四大徽班”)进入京城,故用介词from表示“来自”。
③考查非谓语动词。来自安徽的四大戏曲班社入京,结合了昆曲、秦腔等多家之长,最终发展成了我们现在所知道的京剧。此处应用不定式作状语,故填to create。
④考查时态。根据状语"Over a period of more than half a century of connection of different kinds of opera"可知,此处讲述发生在过去的事情,故应用一般过去时。
⑤考查词形转换。根据前面的不定冠词a可知,此处应用名词单数;动词collect的名词形式为collection。collection在此意为"作品集"。
⑥考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知,空处引导定语从句,先行词为"a rich...artists",且在定语从句中作主语,因先行词包含了人和物,故用关系代词that。
⑦考查非谓语动词。由空前的介词in可知,此处应用动词-ing形式作宾语,故填protecting。
⑧考查主谓一致和时态。since引导时间状语从句时,主句一般用现在完成时;且主语为Peking Opera,故填has become。
⑨考查形容词。此处指京剧对中西方的文化交流做出了杰出贡献。句中exchange为名词,故应用形容词修饰。
⑩考查副词。空处修饰动词catch,应用副词形式。
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