Book 5 Unit 4 Making the news
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.The witness ________ the old woman ________telling lies on the court.
A.charged;of B.charged;for
C.accused;of D.accused;for
答案 C
解析 考查固定短语accuse sb.of...和charge sb.with...的用法区别。
2.Her mother is ill in hospital.She is ________ about her mother’s health.
A.eager B.anxiously
C.concerned D.worry
答案 C
解析 句意:她母亲生病住院了。她担心母亲的健康。be concerned about为……担心。
3.Putting in a new window will ________ cutting away part of the roof.
A.contain B.comprise
C.include D.involve
答案 D
解析 句意为:装一扇新窗户就得截去一部分屋顶。involve可跟动名词作宾语;其他三项不符合句意。
4.The play was directed by Mike Johnson,________ by Sharon Gale.
A.assisting B.assisted
C.assists D.to assist
答案 B
解析 句意为:该剧由迈克·约翰逊导演,沙伦·盖尔为助理导演。其中的directed和assisted是并列关系,故答案为B项。
5.The police accused him of setting fire to the building but he denied ________ in the area on the night of the fire.
A.to be B.to have been
C.having been D.be
答案 C
解析 句意为:警察控告他纵火烧大楼,但他拒绝承认发生火灾那天晚上他在附近。deny后接动名词,不接不定式。本题中,由于表示的是过去已结束的情况,所以用完成式。
6.—You ________ part in the party in time.
—Sorry,I was delayed by the accident.
A.are supposed to take
B.have supposed to take
C.are supposed to have taken
D.has supposed to take
答案 C
解析 are supposed to have taken=should have taken。也可以说成:You were supposed to take part in the party in time.。
7.He had a talent for music and was ________ conductor of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at the age of 30.
A.assigned B.appointed
C.named D.honored
答案 B
解析 be appointed...被任命为……。
8.—Putting on a happy face not only helps us make friends but also makes us feel better.
—________.
A.I’d love to B.I’m with you on that
C.It’s up to you D.It’s my pleasure
答案 B
解析 be with sb.on sth.就某事支持某人,同意某人说的话。答语句意为:在那一点上我非常同意你说的。
9.As a senior high student,you should ________ your energy on how to master the skills of learning.
A.impress B.spend
C.concentrate D.use
答案 C
解析 句意为:作为高中生,你应该把精力集中在掌握学习的技巧上。concentrate...on把……集中于……。
10.________ be punished by the teacher,Alice had to make up an excuse for having been absent from school.
A.So as to B.As far as
C.As well as D.In order not to
答案 D
解析 句意为:为了不被老师惩罚,Alice为她上学缺勤编了个借口。so as to不放在句首;in order to的否定式为in order not to。
Ⅱ.完形填空
In 1882 a baby girl caught a fierce fever.She __1__ but the fever left its mark—she could no longer __2__ or hear.So how did this child grow up to become a world famous __3__ and public speaker
The fever cut her off from the outside world.It was as if she had been __4__ into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release.__5__ she was not someone who gave up easily.Soon she began to __6__ the world by using her other __7__.She followed her mother wherever she went,__8__ on to her skirts.She touched and smelled everything she came across.She learnt to __9__ people by feeling their faces or their __10__.She could also tell where she was in the __11__ by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.
By the age of seven she had __12__ over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family.If she wanted bread,for example,she would __13__ to cut a loaf and butter the slices.But even so she had __14__.
At five she began to realize she was different from other people,which made her so __15__ that she used to kick and scream in the room.As she got older,her frustration(挫折)__16__ and her anger became stronger and stronger.With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan,she __17__ to be a remarkable scholar.While she was still at college she wrote The Story of My Life,which was an immediate success and __18__ enough money to buy her own house.She __19__ the country,giving lecture after lecture and she also received many __20__ from foreign universities and kings.The girl was Helen Keller.
1.A.feared B.survived
C.cried D.escaped
答案 B
解析 下文提到她后来闻名世界,这说明她经历这场高烧之后活了下来。survive幸存,符合语境。
2.A.touch B.think
C.see D.smell
答案 C
解析 根据第二段第二句中的into a dark prison cell可知,这次高烧使得女婴双目失明,再也看不见东西了,故选C项。
3.A.author B.operator
C.manager D.teacher
答案 A
解析 由最后一段可知,她还在上大学时,就在写作方面获得了成功。由此可推知,她成为一位著名的作家(author)。
4.A.thrown B.arranged
C.invited D.cheated
答案 A
解析 由于发高烧导致失聪和失明,因此throw into a dark prison cell更形象地说明她的遭遇——她仿佛被抛入黑暗的牢狱里。
5.A.Finally B.Therefore
C.Moreover D.Luckily
答案 D
解析 上文提到“她好像被抛入了监狱”,下文接着提到“她不是那种轻易放弃的人”,因此此处用luckily(幸好)来承接上文最为合适。
6.A.explore B.doubt
C.hate D.describe
答案 A
解析 由下文几句的描述可知,她开始了解世界上的人和事物。这表明她开始探索(explore)世界。
7.A.marks B.senses
C.methods D.thoughts
答案 B
解析 上文提到她失去了听觉和视觉,由下文中的touched,smelled和feeling等词可推知,她利用自己其他的感官(sense)来探索世界。
8.A.hiding B.leading
C.hanging D.resting
答案 C
解析 此处表示“她抓住妈妈的衣服下摆”。hang on to sth.表示“抓住某物不放,紧紧握住”。
9.A.greet B.recognize
C.understand D.follow
答案 B
解析 由“通过摸他们的脸”可推出,这应是盲人“识别”事物的一种方式,故用recognize。
10.A.words B.gestures
C.eyes D.clothes
答案 D
解析 由feeling可以排除words和gestures,而eyes包含在faces里面,不能与其并列,因此答案为clothes。
11.A.zoo B.field
C.garden D.room
答案 C
解析 由下文的different plants和the ground under her feet可知,她应该是在花园(garden)里。
12.A.invented B.admired
C.valued D.explained
答案 A
解析 这一段作者主要想表达小女孩的聪明。由下面举例可以看出,这些手势都是她自己发明(invent)的。
13.A.rush B.stop
C.struggle D.pretend
答案 D
解析 由上句中的signs可知这只是“手势语”,因此她想吃面包时,并不是真正地去切面包、涂黄油,而只是假装(pretend)这个动作。
14.A.strengths B.limitations
C.disadvantages D.talents
答案 B
解析 But一词表示转折,前面主要讲述小女孩的聪明,而下一段讲述她遭受的挫折,说明她也有自己的“局限性”。
15.A.satisfied B.angry
C.ambitious D.shameful
答案 B
解析 由上文的“她发现自己与别人不同”,下半句中的“在房间里又踢又喊”,以及下一句中的anger均可推断出那时她很生气(angry)。satisfied感到满意的;ambitious有雄心的;shameful可耻的。
16.A.decreased B.disappeared
C.returned D.grew
答案 D
解析 上一句提到她又哭又闹,下一句又提到“她的愤怒越来越强烈”,由此可知她所遭受的挫折越来越大,故grew(增长)符合语境。
17.A.failed B.agreed
C.waited D.proved
答案 D
解析 由下文提到的她各方面的成就可知,在老师的帮助下她证明(prove)了自己的杰出。
18.A.borrowed B.earned
C.lost D.gave
答案 B
解析 上文提到她写的书获得了巨大成功,因此应是挣(earn)了足够多的钱买了自己的房子。
19.A.toured B.reached
C.changed D.left
答案 A
解析 本句意为:她走遍全国各地,做了一场又一场演讲。tour游览,走遍,符合语境。
20.A.challenges B.wonders
C.honors D.surprises
答案 C
解析 由空前的also可知,此处讲述的仍旧是她所取得的成绩,选项中只有honors(荣誉)可以表示此意。
Ⅲ.阅读理解
I still remember the days when I was a youthful student in an engineering school.I lived a casual life,without caring about the future.I smoked,drank with friends and made girl friends.Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss.
Two years had passed and I was staring down a report card that highlighted FAIL in more than half the subjects.I didn’t care,at least not till my dad found out about it.You see,I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education,my dad financed me.
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking.He lost his temper but he just told me,“Son,your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”.It hit me like a roundhouse kick(回旋踢) from Bruce Lee.I was jolted(震动) out of my bones!I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college.I owed everybody money:the grocery store,the bars,the restaurants,my friends,etc.I was living a life filled with credit.
When I went back to college,I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off.So I decided to make some changes,drastic changes.I quit smoking,cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road,starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books.
One year later,I went from a miserable failure to a magna cum laude(优等成绩).Life_was_never_the_same_again.This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it,however small or large.Even today it still motivates me when I feel that I’m about to lose or give up.It reminds me that I can do it!
1.The author wrote this text with the purpose of ______.
A.introducing his university life to the teenage readers
B.encouraging those lazy students to study hard at school
C.showing you can overcome any difficulty if you take action
D.calling on the readers not to develop bad habits in college
答案 C
解析 写作目的题。根据最后一段第三句“This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it,however small or large.”可知答案为C项。
2.Father decided to cut the author’s allowance when he found the author ________.
A.drank with friends
B.made girl friends
C.failed in most subjects
D.had the habit of smoking
答案 D
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking...‘your allowance is cut...’”可知,在发现作者有吸烟的习惯后,作者的父亲决定削减给他的补贴。
3.The author didn’t care about his study until ______.
A.he entered the engineering school
B.he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear
C.he decided to give up smoking
D.his allowance was cut in half
答案 D
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“‘Son,your allowance is cut in half from this moment on’”和第四段的“When...if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off.So I decided to make some changes...”以及“...starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books.”可知答案为D项。
4.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that the author ________.
A.paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more
B.removed his bad habits and didn’t lead a casual life
C.never hung out with his friends but studied all day
D.began to live a happy life due to his good grades
答案 B
解析 句意理解题。根据第四段中的“So I decided to make some changes,drastic changes.I quit smoking,cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road,starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books.”可知答案为B项。句意为:我改变了原来的生活方式,不再跟原来一样了。
5.Which of the following statements is TRUE
A.The author did well in making good friends in the school.
B.The author made great progress with the help of his friends.
C.Students tended to earn money for college expenses in America.
D.Students were encouraged to do part time jobs in Indian schools.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“You see,I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education,my dad financed me.”可知答案为C项。
文章中的2个阅读障碍句分析
1.When I went back to college, I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off.(Paragraph 4)
句式分析:上句是一复合句,when引导的是时间状语从句;主句的谓语动词knew后接一个由that引导的宾语从句,在该从句中包含一个由if引导的条件状语从句。
自主翻译:回到大学后,我知道如果不改变生活方式我就无力还清欠大家的债。
2.Even today it still motivates me when I feel that I’m about to lose or give up.(The last paragraph)
句式分析:when引导时间状语从句,从句中的that引导宾语从句。be about to do...即将做某事,不与时间状语连用。
自主翻译:甚至今天,当我觉得要失败或放弃时它仍然激励着我。