高中英语《Unit 24 Society》Section Ⅰ Warmup Consumer Society 课时跟踪检测课下作业 北师大版选修8.doc

section warmup & consumer society.单词拼写1china has _ (大量的) labour force and natural resources.2she felt the sun warm on her _ (赤裸的) arms.3dr. johnson _ (从事) the task of editing an english dictionary.4since we are parents, we bear the _ (重担) of looking after all the family members.5the death penalty has been _ (废除) in britain, and now you get a life sentence for murder.6the program deals with subjects as _ (各种各样的) as pop music and ancient greek drama.7the government raised its forecast budget _ (盈余) in 2012 to $262 million from a forecast of $165 million.8top european officials will press china this weekend to allow its _ (货币) to rise against the euro.9youll need to make _ (调整) for the care of your indoor plants once you bring them outdoors.10the market for their products is _ (缩小) according to recent statistics.答案：1.abundant 2.bare3.undertook4.burden5abolished6.diverse7.surplus8.currency9adjustments10.shrinking.单项填空1i believed that if we tried our best we could be _than them.awell offbbadly offcbetter off dworse off解析：选c。better off 是well off的比较级，意为“更富裕的”。2she didnt mean to hurt him yesterday, but the way she_ him_in public made him unhappy. awoke; down bwound; upcwound; off dwoke; up解析：选b。句意：昨天她并不是故意伤害他，但她故意当众惹恼他的方式让他很不愉快。wind sb. up “故意惹恼某人”。3on one hand you have accepted the invitation; _，youre not going to join them. i dont think it right for you to do so.abesides bon the other handcthe other dotherwise解析：选b。句意：一方面你接受了邀请，另一方面你又不打算加入他们，我认为你这样做不对。on one hand . on the other hand . “一方面另一方面”。4after he got the deadly disease, he felt he was really a(n)_to his family.aburden bweightchonor dcomfort解析：选a。句意：他患了这一致命的疾病后，觉得自己成了家庭的负担。burden “负担”，符合题意。weight “重量”；honor “荣耀”；comfort “舒适；安慰”。b、d两项都为不可数名词。5the western area _ in minerals is becoming the new energy base of our country.aabundant b.abandonedccolorful dinterested解析：选a。句意：矿产资源丰富的西部地区正在成为我国的新型能源基地。abundant “充足的，富裕的”，符合题意。abandoned “被抛弃的，被离弃的”；colorful “丰富多彩的”；interested “感兴趣的”。6although these states and their people are _， they share the common goal of economic development.adiverse bmanycclassic dpopular解析：选a。句意：虽然这些国家及人民各不相同，但有着经济发展的共同目标。diverse “多种多样的”，符合题意。many “许多的”；classic “第一流的”；popular “受欢迎的”。7after a number of disagreements with the committee, the chairman decided to _.aretire b.retreatcwithdraw d.resign解析：选d。句意：在与委员会产生了许多意见分歧之后，主席决定辞职。resign “辞职”，符合题意。retire “退休”；retreat “退却，撤退”；withdraw “撤退”。8the patient insisted that he _ ill and _ to the hospital.awasnt; wasnt sentbwasnt; shouldnt be sentcshouldnt be; wasnt sentdshouldnt be; shouldnt be sent解析：选b。insist作“坚持认为，坚持说”讲时，宾语从句用陈述语气；作“坚持(要求)，坚持(应该)”讲时，宾语从句用虚拟语气。9shall we go on watching the hdtv programme? it is too wonderful.no. its time we _ to bed.amust go bshall gochave to go dwent解析：选d。考查固定句型。it is time (that) sb. did 或 should do sth.为固定句型，意为“该某人做某事了”。10she went through a period of emotional _after her company fell into ruins and she finally decided to find a new job.acontrol badjustment coutburst dimprovement解析：选b。考查名词辨析。句意：公司倒闭后她经历了一段感情调整期后，最终决定找一份新工作。control“控制”；adjustment“调节；调整”；outburst“(感情，力量等的)爆发”；improvement “改进；改善”.阅读理解athe advantage and disadvantage of a large population have long been a subject of discussion.it has been argued that the supply of good land is limited.to feed a large population, inferior land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively.thus each person produced less and this means a lower average income than could be obtained with a small population.other economists have argued that a large population gives more scope for specialization and the development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand to justify them.one of the difficulties on carrying out world birth control program lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country, depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw materials.in the developing countries where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, it will be first concern of government to place a limit on the birthrate whatever the consequences may be.in a highly industrialized society the problem may be more complex.a decreasing birthrate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods.when the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and the building industry is weakened.faced with considerations such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see slowly increasing population, rather than one which is stable or declines.1small population may mean_.ahigher productivity, but a lower average incomeblower productivity, but a higher average incomeclower productivity and a lower average incomedhigher productivity and a higher average income解析：选b。文章第一段“to feed .other economists .”说明人口多专业化设施发展范围大，即生产发展程度高。人口少，则反之。2according to the passage, a large population will provide a chance for developing _.aagriculture btransport system cindustry dnational economy解析：选b。第一段最后一句说明人口多会促使港口、公路、铁路等公共事业发展。3in a developed country，people will perhaps go out of work if the birthrate _.agoes up bgoes down cremains stable dis out of control解析：选b。第二段第四句说明出生率降低意味着工业产品市场需求衰减，从而导致失业。4it is no easy job to carry out a general plan for birth control throughout the world because _.athere are too many underdeveloped countries in the worldbunderdeveloped countries have a low level of industrial developmentcdifferent governments have different views of the questiondeven developed countries have complex problems解析：选c。第二段第一句说明不同国家对待人口增长的态度不同。bwant to take an outofthisworld trip? richard bransons virgin galactic plans to make that possible. beginning in 2009, people should have the opportunity to become space tourists, traveling at about 3,000 mph to heights about 75 miles above earth. branson has high hopes for his latest plans. “it is just the start of what we believe will be a new age in the history of mankindone day making the affordable exploration of space by human beings a real possibility，” he said.at the start, though, the trip wont be cheap. seats aboard virgins first craft vss enterprise will cost about $200,000. prices could drop after the first hundred space flights. despite the current ticket cost, more than 30,000 people including celebrities (名人) sigourney weaver and victoria principal have expressed interest in getting onboard. people who dont have an extra $200,000 still have a chance to get a seat aboard the craft. a computer game contest and a reality television show are in the works. those who cant afford a ticket will have an opportunity to win a seat. virgin is expected to be the first commercial spacecraft. it will hold six passengers and two pilots. passengers will be able to see the earth from many different viewpoints. the cabin will include 15 floortoceiling windows, allowing for views that extend about 1,000 miles in any direction.passengers will have three days of preflight preparation. on the big day, the spacecraft will take off from the mojave spaceport in the california desert. the craft will rocket passengers into space at four times the speed of sound. the journey will last about 21.2 hours. passengers will wear spacesuits and helmets (头盔). they will be able to float around the cabin and do somersaults (空翻) during the five minutes of weightlessness they will experience in zero gravity. at the end of the flight, the craft will land on a runway.5virgin galactic could be _.athe engineer of the first commercial spacecraftbthe name of a series of spacecrafts cthe company of the first commercial spacecraftda passenger aboard the first commercial spacecraft解析：选b。 根据短文中的几个关键词(第一段中的richard bransons virgin galactic；第二段中virgins first craft；第四段中的virgin)进行综合分析，virgin galactic (维珍银河)是系列宇宙飞船的名称，首次负担太空旅行的飞船叫vss enterprise。6the space passengers will do all the following except that _.athey will receive a threeda