高三英语大一轮复习 Book 6 Unit 5 The power of nature Word单元知识练习（含解析）.doc

2014届高三英语大一轮复习单元知识练习unit 5the power of nature.单项填空1when_thief caught sight of a policeman in the street，he got into_panic.athe；a bthe；/ ca；the da；/答案a解析句意为：当那个小偷看见街上有个警察时，他惊慌失措。thief在句中表特指，故第一空用the；get into a panic惊慌失措，是固定短语。故答案为a项。2my teacher told me that we should consider how to solve some_problems first before we take action.i quite agree with him.aprecious babsolutecanxious dpotential答案d解析句意为：我的老师告诉我，在采取行动之前，我们首先应考虑怎样解决一些潜在的问题。我非常同意他的观点。precious贵重的，珍贵的；absolute绝对的，完全的；anxious忧虑的，不安的；potential可能的，潜在的。故根据句意选d项。3i would like to speak for our group to express our_for your valuable help.aagreement battentioncappreciation danxiety答案c解析考查名词辨析。句意为：我代表我们小组对您宝贵的帮助表示感谢。appreciation欣赏，感激，感谢，符合句意。agreement同意，一致；attention注意，专心；anxiety担心，焦虑，渴望。4she has been_over his strange letter for several weeks, but she still figures out nothing about it.apuzzling bworriedctroubled danxious答案a解析句意为：她对他那封奇怪的信苦苦思索了好几周，可还是没弄明白。puzzle over.对苦苦思索。 5do you like his idea?_not! we cant find a worse one.aextremely bthoroughlycabsolutely dcompletely答案c解析absolutely not用来强调很不同意或不允许，意为“当然不；绝对不行”。6can you_me a job when i get there? you know，i have to work in order to pay for my schooling.aapply barrangecprovide dguarantee答案d解析根据题干中的“i have to work in order to pay for my schooling”可知，说话者必须支付学费，在这种情况下，其最想问的应当是能不能保证给他找到一份工作，所以d项最符合题意。guarantee sb.sth.向某人保证某事。7i kept silent in the backseat of the car as we made our _ to grandmas.adecision bwaycplan dpath答案b解析make ones way to前往。8its surprising that your brother _ russian so quicklyhe hasnt lived there very long. (2012四川，20)apicked up blooked upcput up dmade up答案a解析考查动词短语辨析。句意为：令人惊奇的是，你的弟弟如此快就学会说俄语了他在那儿生活的时间并不长。pick up(无意之间、偶然地)学会；look up(在书籍中)查找；put up张贴，搭建；make up构成，编造。根据句意选a项。9the international agreement，which_encourage children not to smoke and help people kick the habit，was signed on february 27.aintending to bbeing intended tocwas intended to dintended to答案c解析句意为：打算用以鼓励孩子们不要抽烟和帮助人们戒烟的这个国际协议是2月27日签订的。be intended to为打算或设计的，旨在，符合句意。10tom was about to close the window_his attention was caught by a bird.(2010大纲全国，7)awhen bifcand dtill答案a解析句意为：汤姆刚要关窗，这时他的注意力被一只鸟吸引。sb.be about to do sth.when.是一个固定句式，表示“某人正要做这时”。11didnt the guard see him breaking into the bank?no，he_in the other direction.awas looking bhad lookedclooked dis looking答案a解析考查动词时态。句意表示他闯入银行的那一刻保安在往相反的方向看，故用过去进行时。12ill spend half of my holiday practising english and_half learning drawing.aanother bthe othercothers dother答案b解析句意为：我将用假期的一半时间来练习英语，用另一半时间学习绘画。another指不定数目中的另一个；other作代词用时，除习惯用语外，一般不单独使用，但others可单独使用；others本身形式不对；the other指两个人或两个事物中的另一个，复数形式指其余的人或事物。13it is often_that human beings are naturally equipped to speak.asaid bto saycsaying dbeing said答案a解析句意为：经常听人说人类天生有说话的能力。it is said that.为固定句式，意为“据说”。14the children went home from the grammar school，their lessons_for the day.afinishing bfinishedchad finished dwere finished答案b解析考查独立主格结构。their lessons和finish之间是被动、完成关系，故用过去分词finished。15linda acts as if she were the boss，_people around.aordered borderingcto order dhaving ordered答案b解析考查非谓语动词。本句的后半句中应用现在分词短语作状语，linda和order之间是主谓关系，并且order和谓语动词act之间没有先后关系，因此排除d选b。.阅读理解there are many things people do with their spare time.have you ever thought about tuning(调音) your own piano for fun and profit？are you a piano teacher or player who really does not want the expense of hiring a piano tuner and feels that you could do it yourself with a little training？well，this is your lucky day.all you need are the right tools，a piano and patience.so，why would i want to tune my piano？there are many reasons for tuning your own piano.it is a very pleasant thing to do.you can make up to $ 80 each time tuning other peoples pianos.there are millions of pianos in the world and thousands of new ones are being sold every day.there are not enough piano tuners available to tune them all.you can provide a valuable service for friends，family and others.you can teach yourself very cheaply and then develop it into a parttime or fulltime business.you may have thought that only a trained expert could to this，someone who had devoted years of study and developed a sense of perfect pitch(音高)in the past，tuning a piano was as much an art form as it was a technology exercise，but now the balance is swaying(摇动) more towards the technology and the final result is as good or even better than tuning by ear.a few simple tools and a laptop computer with tuning software are all that are required.the real secret is the tuning software，which makes the whole process extremely easy.it means you do not have to train your ears but just look at the laptop screen to know when the piano string is in tune.i have put together an ebook in my website with all the information you need to get started tuning your own piano，where to get the free software and where to buy the tools.i hope i have inspired you to think about piano tuning and actually give it a go.you will find it a very rewarding and pleasant activity even if it remains just a hobby.1the writer asks two questions in the first paragraph to _.ashow his doubt on the topicbask readers to answer the questions clearlycencourage readers to make comments on this topicdattract readers to more information on the topic答案d解析写作意图题。作者在文章开头提出问题的目的是吸引读者注意，引出自己要说的话题。2according to the passage，why should you learn to tune pianos?ato offer help to piano tuners.bto save money and earn money as well.cbecause it can help you make a piano yourself.dbecause it can help you learn how to play the piano.答案b解析细节理解题。综合文中信息可知，学会自己给钢琴调音可以节省钱还可以赚钱，而且有趣，因此b项正确。3if you want to get the tuning software and tools，you can _.aget them for free from the piano sellersbbuy them from the writers online shopscmake them yourself according to the passagedsurf the writers website for the information答案d解析细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知，作者的网页提供了一些关于相关工具和软件的信息。4in the last paragraph，the writer mainly wants to show that _.aone must be active to play the pianobpiano tuning will be popular in the futurecits valuable to take piano tuning as a hobbydits difficult to tune pianos without professional training答案c解析推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，作者认为把钢琴调音作为一个爱好也是非常有价值的。.书面表达据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生说自己的字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很多。请根据下图写一篇100词左右的英语短文，说明该现象并发表自己的看法。参考范文nowadays，with the growing popularity of computers，teachers，students and their parents are paying less and less attention to handwriting.according to a re