高中英语选修六新课标人教版单元课时质量测试（带解析）：unit 5 the power of nature

(选修六·Unit 5)
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．—How was Robert's cooking?
—Oh，pretty good.I was quite ________.
A．admired B．interested
C．impressed D．inspired
答案与解析：C　be impressed“(对……)印象深刻的”，此处指Robert的厨艺给我留下深刻的印象，符合题意。
2．—Dad，there is a snake at the gate crawling this way.
—Don't ________，boys；there's no danger.
A．afraid B．frighten
C．terrify D．panic
答案与解析：D　panic强调受惊吓的程度之深。afraid为形容词；frighten和terrify侧重害怕，但不一定是受惊吓所致。
3．Hearing the news that he won the first in the competition，his voice trembled ________ excitement.
A．for B．in
C．with D．at
答案与解析：C　tremble with excitement“因激动而颤抖”，with表示原因。
4．The region which had been relatively calm erupted ________ violence again last week.
A．to B．with
C．at D．into
答案与解析：D　erupt into...“突然发生……”。题意：上周，这个一直以来相对平静的地区突然再次发生了暴力事件。
5．As is well known，Dragon Boat Festival and the custom of eating rice dumplings are ________ to us Chinese.
A．typical B．unique
C．alone D．special
答案与解析：B　题意：众所周知，端午节和吃粽子的风俗是我们中国人特有的。unique“唯一的；独一无二的”，符合题意。
6．It is all agreed that a good education doesn't ________ a good job.
A．guarantee B．result
C．depend D．swear
答案与解析：A　题意：大家普遍认为接受良好的教育并不能保证得到一份好工作。guarantee“保证；担保”。result“结果”；depend“依靠”；swear“发誓”。
7．To the joy of the parents，their only son is now ________ to achieve his goal.
A．making every effort B．making all effort
C．make an effort D．sparing no efforts
答案与解析：A　由now可知应用进行时，排除C项；make every effort to do“努力做某事”。make all efforts to do“努力做某事”；spare no effort to do“不遗余力地做某事”。
8．His lecture was so long and ________ that many people felt ________ and left before it ended.
A．boring; boring B．bored; bored
C．boring; bored D．bored; boring
答案与解析：C　boring“无聊的”，常用于修饰物；bored“感到无聊的”，常用于修饰人。
9．—How are you getting along ________？
—Very busy.I always work until ________ into the night.
A．late; lately B．latter; late
C．lately; late D．later; later
答案与解析：C　lately相当于recently，意为“最近”；late/deep into the night意为“深夜”，为固定搭配。
10．We students，________ the future of our motherland，should devote all our ________ to our studies to make our dreams come true.
A．compared with; powers
B．comparing to; strengths
C．are compared to; energies
D．compared to; energies
答案与解析：D　从句子结构上看，第一个空用分词短语作后置定语，We students与compare存在逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词；第二空energies表示“精力”，而power与strength均无此意，故D项正确。
11．He's bad-tempered，selfish，and ________ an unpleasant man.
A．somehow B．altogether
C．otherwise D．anyway
答案与解析：B　题意：他脾气暴躁，人又自私，总而言之是一个让人讨厌的人。altogether“总而言之”。
12．—I heard one of his ________ paintings was sold at a very high price.
—Yes，a wealthy man bought it for 100,000 dollars；anyway，he is world-famous.
A．valueless B．precious
C．single D．secret
答案与解析：B　precious“珍贵的”；valueless“无价值的”；single“单独的”；secret“秘密的”。
13．(2011·胶州诊断)________ Shanghai you see today is quite ________ different city from what it used to be.
A．The; / B．/; the
C．The; a D．/; a
答案：C
14．—Is that 110？A thief is in my house.
—OK，help is ________.
A．in the way B．in its way
C．on the way D．by the way
答案：C
15．To our great ________，Geoffrey's illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A．anxiety B．relief
C．view D．judgment
答案与解析：B　anxiety 焦虑；relief 放松，放心；view 观点；judgment 判断。由题干后半句可知选B项。to one's relief“令人如释重负的是”是固定短语。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
I was hurrying to our basketball game one morning when Hillary Barnes，the most popular girl，in school，stopped me.“Are you the twin who won the art competition？”she asked.
“No，that's Christine.I'm Katie.”I said.
We were not identical twins；we looked quite different.She could defeat Snow White in a beauty contest！Compared to Christine，I felt like one of Cinderella's stepsisters.
One Saturday Christine gave me a painting lesson because I was always attempting to be artistic too.But I knocked over the vase of flowers，spilling water onto Christine's painting.Instead of becoming angry，though，she turned the whole mess into a dreamy masterpiece(杰作)．You could look at it five different ways and see five different things.With this brilliant creation，she won First Prize in the art competition.I really envied her，but I knew it wasn't her fault and I was the one with wild，unmanageable hair and no talent.
Joining Christine's basketball team was my latest effort to be like her.
On the way to the gym，I'd made up my mind to give my best performance in that day's game.I made preparations with great enthusiasm.“Christine，here！”I tossed her a ball.But it was too high，she leapt for it，it slipped through her fingers and crashed into the tape recorder that was used to play the national anthem before each game.
I muttered apologies as I picked up the broken pieces of the recorder.Coach looked at the mess and asked，“How are we going to play the song now？”
Christine suggested，“Let Katie sing it！She's always singing at home.”
Coach asked.“Would you？”I found myself nodding.
Coach announced the national anthem and everyone stood.Standing before a microphone，I looked up to the flag.The notes seemed to flow from deep inside me，and my voice was steady and clear.When I finished，the gym was silent Then it was filled with applause.As the game started.teammates patted my back and gave me the“thumbs up”sign.Laura Jamison said.“You should try out for the school musical！”I Nodded and said that I might.
The next morning Hillary Barnes stopped me in the hallway and asked，“Are you the twin who sings？”
“Yes，that's me，”I answered，grining(露齿笑)as I walked to class.
1．The authur uses“Snow White”and“Cinderella's stepsisters”to show
A．how dissimilar the twins were in appearanee
B．why Christine could win the art competition
C．who was the most popular girl at school
D．what the twins characters were like
答案与解析：A　原文第三段说得明白：“我们并非长相相同的双胞胎，差别甚大。”接着举了白雪公主和灰姑娘的两个典型形象来说明这一点。
2．What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A．Christine was unpleasant to her sister.
B．Katie showed a lot of ability in painting too.
C．The masterpiece was painted by the two sisters.
D．Katie took a reasonably balanced view of her sister.
答案与解析：D　从第四段可以看出，Katie对Christine持客观评价。
3．Christine recommended Katie for the national anthem because ________.
A．she knew perfectly well what Katie had a gift for.
B．she wanted to repair the damage she had caused.
C．she thought Katie should be punished.
D．she would like to help the coach.
答案与解析：A　姐妹二人彼此间是十分了解的，Christine对Katie的了解正如文中Katie对Christine的熟知程度一样。
4．What is the message of the story?
A．Bad situations help become popular.
B．People are talented in different ways.
C．People should always be nice to others.
D．Unsuccessful attempts are well worth the effort.
答案与解析：B　人的天赋禀性各不相同，各有所长。因此，做好自己才是最重要的。
Ⅲ.篇章结构
__1__ He had more money than he could ever spend，and he was admired and looked up to by his community.__2__ He wasn't happy.All his life he had been pursuing happiness and striving(奋斗)for happiness，but he had never been able to find it.
Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret of happiness.__3__ After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there.He was tired and penniless，but he knew that none of that mattered now because he had found the temple.He asked a wise，smiling monk(和尚)if he could enter the special room.The monk agreed and showed him the stairs leading to the room.__4__ He stared into the room with sunlight streaming through the window and saw what he had come so far to find.There hanging on the wall was the secret of happiness.The man gazed at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.
__5__ Happiness is a choice that we can make.Don't spend the rest of your life searching the world for happiness then.Just look in the mirror and laugh.Just let the happiness flow from your heart，mind，and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.
A．He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple.
B．The man found the secret of happiness at last.
C．But he knew that something was missing in his life.
D．He climbed them with legs shaking with expectation and slowly opened the door.
E．There once was a very wealthy and successful man.
F．It is time that we all realized that we were the secret of our own happiness.
G．It was difficult to find the temple in Nepal.
答案：1.E　2.C　3.A　4.D　5.F
Ⅳ.短文改错
It was 9∶20 that I got to the English Corner.Some were reading some papers，and some were talking while others were listening attentively.Someone was eager to learn from others.So I joined them in their talk.At the first，I was afraid that my English was so good that I couldn't follow them or make myself understood.I was also afraid someone might laugh me.But a smiled face here and an encouraging nod there soon put me at ease.I became bolder and came to speak English with them free.We talked about the situation at home and broad，about our school life，our hobbies and our ideas.We exchanged experiences in our studies with one another and share views，all in English.I learned a lot and made a lot of friends.
答案：
It was 9∶20 I got to the English Corner.Some were reading some papers，and some were talking while others were listening attentively. was eager to learn from others.So I joined them in their talk.At the first，I was afraid that my English was so that I couldn't follow them or make myself understood.I was also afraid someone might laugh me.But a face here and an encouraging nod there soon put me at ease.I became bolder and came to speak English with them .We talked about the situation at home and ，about our school life，our hobbies and our ideas.We exchanged in our studies with one another and views，all in English.I learned a lot and made a lot of friends.