【步步高】（江苏专用）高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 The universal language活页训练 牛津译林版选修8(1).docVIP

unit 2the universal language.单项填空1the judge condemned the criminal all his life in prison.ato spend bspendingcto spending dspent答案a解析句意为：法官宣判罪犯终生监禁。condemn sb.to sth./to do sth.宣判某人。2i wonder how he that to the teacher.adare to say bdare sayingcnot dare say ddared say答案d解析a项中dare为实义动词，dare应用过去式形式；dare后不接doing，故排除b项；c项中dare为情态动词，其否定式应把not放在dare后。故只有d项正确。3100 is the temperature which water will boil.(2012大纲全国，16)afor bat con dof答案b解析句意为：100是水沸腾的温度。表达在“某一温度”时，应用介词at。本题同时考查“介词关系代词”引导的定语从句。at whichat the temperature。4 for us to surf on the sea in summer!awhat exciting it is bhow exciting is itcwhat exciting is it dhow exciting it is答案d解析考查感叹句。在感叹句的用法中，what通常修饰名词，而how通常修饰形容词或副词，此处是“howadj.主语谓语”形式的感叹句。故选d项。5part of the reason charles dickens loved his own novel，david copperfield，was it was rather closely modeled on his own life.awhat bthat cwhy dwhether答案b解析考查that引导的表语从句。that引导的名词性从句在句中作表语，且that不充当句子的任何成分。故选b项。6both the parents are away on business.who do you advise the child at home?aattend bto attendcattending dattended答案b解析考查不定式作宾语补足语。advise后可接不定式作宾语补足语，构成advise sb.to do sth.结构。故选b项。7word comes that free souvenirs(纪念品) will be given to comes first.ano matter whom bwhomevercno matter who dwhoever答案d解析四个选项中只有whoever可引导名词性从句，且在从句中作主语。8before making your speech，youd better your thoughts.acollect bgathercget dprepare答案a解析句意为：在演讲之前，你最好集中你的思想。collect ones thoughts集中思想；collect在此处表示“集中(思想等)，使镇定”。9towns had up in what was a dry desert.abrought bsprungcspoken djumped答案b解析spring up表示“突然兴起，迅速出现”，符合题意。10this is the first time we a film in the cinema together as a family.asee bhad seencsaw dhave seen答案d解析在“this/it is the first/second.timethat从句”中，that从句的谓语动词用现在完成时态。句意为：这是第一次我们全家人一起到电影院看电影。.阅读理解atheir beautiful call heralds(预示) the arrival of spring，but the routes taken by cuckoos(杜鹃) during their annual migration have remained a mystery.now，though，scientists from the british trust for ornithology (bto) have revealed the details of their remarkable 10,000mile journey，with the help of tracking devices.five male birds were caught in norfolk last may and fitted with satellitetagged “backpacks” before being released.the scientists then monitored their progress over 12 months as they flew to africa in the autumn，and returned in the spring.the project was carried out to discover why every year fewer of the birds return to britain.between 1995 and 2010，the population of cuckoos spending summer here fell by almost half，and the number is continuing to decline.previously，the lack of information about the cuckoos long migration has hampered the understanding of how to help conserve the birds.earlier this year，it was reported that cuckoos arrived in the uk much earlier than normal.their call was recorded by ornithologists(鸟类学家) as early as february，a month ahead of their usual arrival.the cuckoo migration map has now shown the widely varied routes the birds take across spain or italy，over the mediterranean，and across the sahara desert to their wintering grounds in the rainforests of subsaharan africa.like all migrating animals，cuckoos respond to the changing seasons.they depend on lush vegetation to provide the fruit and food for insects that they feed on.this reliance on seasonal patterns means that a changing climate could make an already challenging journey impossible for them.grahame madge，of the rspb，said，“this fantastic project is boosting the understanding of the cuckoo so that，hopefully，we can give this bird a future.”1what is the main purpose of the project?ato discover why the population of cuckoos is declining.bto better understand the habits of cuckoos.cto find out what happens during cuckoos migration.dto study the effects of climate change.答案a解析细节理解题。由文章第三段第一句可知，这个项目的目的是研究每年返回英国的杜鹃数量减少的原因，故选a项。2when do cuckoos usually arrive in britain?ain january. bin february.cin march. din april.答案c解析推理判断题。由文章第四段第二句可知，今年杜鹃返回英国的时间是二月份，比以往早了一个月，因此以往杜鹃是在三月份返回英国的。3cuckoos arrived in the uk much earlier than normal probably because .athey had fewer feeding places during their migrationbthe climate was getting warmercthey were guided by ornithologistsdthey changed their routes of migration答案b解析推理判断题。由文章倒数第二段可知，气候变化会影响杜鹃的迁徙，由此可推知，杜鹃到达英国的时间提前是因为气候变暖。4the underlined word “hampered” in paragraph 3 probably means “ ”aprevented bdeepenedcimproved ddelayed答案a解析词义猜测题。由文章第三段可知，缺乏对杜鹃迁徙的了解阻碍了人们对杜鹃的保护，因此a项正确。bfor the last 82 years，swedens nobel academy has decided who will receive the nobel prize in literature，thus determining who will be elevated from the great and the near great to the immortal(不朽的人)but today the academy is coming under heavy criticism both from the without and from within.critics argue that the selection of the winners often has less to do with true writing ability than with the peculiar(奇怪的) politics inside the academy and sweden itself.according to ingmar bjorksten，the cultural editor for one of the countrys two major newspapers，the prize continues to represent “what people call a very swedish exercise：reflecting swedish tastes”the academy has defended itself against such charges of provincialism(地方主义) in its selection.it says that its physical distance from the great literary capitals of the world actually serves to protect the academy from outside influences.this may well be true，but critics respond that this very distance may also be responsible for the academys inability to have an accurate idea of the trends in the literary world.regardless of concerns over the selection process，however，it seems that the prize will continue to survive both as an indicator of the literature that we most highly praise，and as an difficult goal that writers seek.if for no other reason，the prize will continue to be desirable for the financial rewards that accompany it；not only is the cash prize itself considerable，but it also dramatically increases sales of an authors books.5why is swedens nobel academy criticized?ait cant tell the great from the near great.bits choice of winners is much influenced by politics.cit has little effect on world literature.dit gives writers few chances to win the nobel prize.答案b解析细节理解题。由文章第一段第三句可知，批评家认为瑞典诺贝尔学院在选择获奖作家时，更多考虑政治因素，而不是作家本人的写作能力，这是它受批评的主要原因，b项与此意吻合。6what does swedens nobel academy think of its physical distance from the great literary capitals of the world?ait helps them make fair choices.bit puts them in a disadvantaged position.cit leads to their provincialism.dit makes them unaware of the literary trends.答案a解析推理判断题。由文章第二段前两句可知，瑞典诺贝尔学院认为，正因为它远离世界文学中心，因此受到的外部干扰少，由此推断，他们认为这种距离正好帮助他们做出公正的选择，故a项正确。7we can infer from the last paragraph that the nobel prize .awill remain as important as everbwill survive for some timecwill receive more criticismdwill lose its