高中英语 unit5 section1《Warming upPrereadingReadingComprehending》练习 新人教版选修8.doc

unit 5section 单词拼写1i have no a_ but to report him to the police2now there are still some people dying of _ (饿死)3do you have a_ money for the journey?4sorry to i_ youcan you tell me the time?5lets a_ what he said is true6the necklace was well _ (保存)7the _ (植物学的) analyses have showed us that it used to be a lake 8the living conditions in the camp were pretty _ (原始的)9b_ is scientific study of plants and their structure10c_ is a class or group of things in a complete system of grouping答案：1alternative2starvation3ample4interrupt5assume6preserved7botanical8primitive9botany10category用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空show. round； as well as； regardless of； keep out； at most； cut up； be made of； an amount of； keep. waiting； care about1john was_about his failure to beat mary2the work will be completed within four hours_3after class，lily and xiao yang_tom_the college4you cannot expect her to do the housework_look after the children5the fence_posts joined together with wire6she spent_money on clothes yesterday7the headmaster_me_for two hours last time8the boss only_money9the laws apply to everyone_race, creed (宗教信条) or colour10in our country people have to wear the thickest jacket to_the cold in winter答案：1cut up2at most3showed；round4as well as5is made of6an amount of7kept; waiting8cares about9regardless of10keep out根据课文内容用所给短语的适当形式填空when 1_ the zhoukoudian caves, the students became aware of the fact that the zhoukoudian primitive people were one of the earliest people in the worldthe evidence of the sixmetre ash suggested that they could 2_ to 3_ as well as to bake meat and 4_ wild animals, and it was also the evidence that they lived in the caves, 5_ the cold when shown the needle 6_ three centimetres long, they realized that the primitive people could sew clothes from animal skins, and this also proved that they could make stone tools to 7_ animals and remove the fat and meat from the skininterestingly, the necklace suggested that the ancient people also 8_ their appearance答案：1shown around2make fires3keep warm4scare away5regardless of6at most7cut up8cared about阅读理解athe black deatha terrible disease swept through europe in the late 1340scalled the black death, it got its name from the black lumps (肿块) that it caused on a sick persons skin the bacteria that causes the disease are spread to humans by fleas(跳蚤) that have bitten infected ratswith all the rats in the crowded towns and cities of europe, the disease spread fasttwothirds of those who caught the disease diedthe italian writer boccaccio said that the disease spread “like a fire through dry grass”no one knew how to stop this terrible new diseasemost people were afraid even to visit the sickin just three years, one out of every three people in europe diedthen, suddenly, around 1351, the disease seemed to disappearbut it returnedin 1363, again in 1369, and on many more occasions for the next three hundred yearsthe great flu epidemic(流行病)as world war i drew to a close, a new threat arosein march of 1918, hundreds of ussoldiers at fort riley, kansas, fell ill with influenza，or fluabout one in nine ill soldiers diedthough many people died, the public did not take noticethe dangers soldiers faced on the front in europe seemed to go beyond this illnesssoon, soldiers from fort riley joined the allied forces (the countries that fought with britain, the usetc in world war i) in europewithin months, the illness had spread throughout europe, killing millions of peoplein september, as soldiers began to return home, the illness attacked the uspublicpeople died within hours of falling illto stop the spread of the disease, the government limited gatherings and travelthey forbade stores from having salesthey even limited funerals (葬礼) to fifteen minutesbut the flu took the lives of more than a halfmillion americans, ten times as many as had died in the warworldwide, the epidemic lasted from 1918 to 1920, killing between twenty and forty million people文章大意：文章回顾了人类历史上两次重大的疫情。1the author used boccaccios words in the first paragraph in order to make the passage_abetterknownbbetterorganizedcmore convincing dmore interesting答案：c写作手法题。薄伽丘说，黑死病的传播像火掠过干草一样。作者引用这句话可以使文章更真实可信。2which of the following shows the spread of the black death?athe bacteriafleasratshumansbthe bacteriaratsfleashumanscfleasthe bacteriaratshumansdratsfleasthe bacteriahumans答案：b细节理解题。根据第一段的the bacteria that causes the disease are spread to humans by fleas that have bitten infected rats可知，黑死病的传播是这样的：跳蚤咬了已经感染黑死病的老鼠之后，把病菌传播给人类。3what was americans attitude towards the flu from fort riley at first?athey paid no attention to itbthey believed it was terriblecthey tried their best to prevent itdthey thought it was worse than war答案：a细节理解题。由第三段的the public did not take notice可知，一开始这场流感并没有引起美国人的注意。4what can we learn about the two epidemics mentioned in the passage?aboth epidemics first broke out in europebboth epidemics spread fast in the countrysidecthe great flu epidemic mainly killed soldiersdthe black death epidemic lasted much longer答案：d细节理解题。由第二段的but it returnedfor the next three hundred years和最后一段的the epidemic lasted from 1918 to 1920可知，黑死病曾经反复出现，流行的时间很长。bduring the american civil war, by the summer of 1863, the union of the northern states was attacking the confederacy (美国南部邦联) of the southern states from all sidesthanks to general grants leadership, the union controlled all of the mississippi river except vicksburg, mississippi，which was surroundedconfederate general robert edward lee knew that he must do something to draw union forces away from the southif lee could get control of a northern city, grant might take troops away from vicksburg to fight lees armyso, lee led 75,000 men into pennsylvania, a state in the northeastern uson july 1, 1863, just outside gettysburg in southern pennsylvania, the confederates were surprised to find union soldierswith the advantage of being on hilltops, there were 90,000 union troops against leesfor two days, lee attacked again and again but failedfinally, on the afternoon of july 3, the union suddenly held their fireit was a tricklee ordered 15,000 men to make one major attack, led by george pickettbut nearly half of the confederate soldiers who took part in it were killedwhen pickett and his surviving troops returned to the confederate lines, general lee asked pickett to gather his troops and prepare for a possible union attack“general lee，” replied pickett, “i have no troops”the next day, july 4, 1863, lee expected union troops to attack him, but an attack never camethat night, lee began the long withdrawal back to virginiaearlier in the day, a thousand miles away, the confederate fort(要塞) at vicksburg, mississippi, fell, and the entire mississippi river was under union controlat the battle of gettysburg, each side had over 20,000 soldiers killed or injuredbut the battle was a turning point in the war：although there were many months of fighting ahead, the union could see the possibility of victoryfour months later, president lincoln gave a speech in gettysburg to honor the unions fallen soldiersthe gettysburg address, as we call it, is one of the most famous speeches in american history文章大意：文章介绍了葛底斯堡战役。5lee led his soldiers into pennsylvania in order to_acontrol vicksburgbattack gettysburgcfind grants army davoid conflicts答案：a推理判断题。由第一段内容和第二段的lee knew thatfrom the southif lee couldfight leds army可知，北方军包围了维克斯堡，南方军首领李希望通过袭击北方城市的办法吸引北军的兵力，从而解除维克斯堡的危机。6by saying “i have no troops” in paragraph 3，pickett implied that_alee had a bad memorybhe became afraid of warchis army suffered heavy lossesdthe union wouldnt attack them again答案：c句意理解题。由第三段的but nearly half of the confederate soldiers who took part in it were killed可知，皮克特的部队损失惨重，因此他告诉李：他没有军队了。7choose the correct statements from the following according to the passageaover 40,000 soldiers were killed or injured in the battle of gettysburgb90,000 confederate soldiers went into the battle of gettysburgcthe confederacy was defeated by the union in the battledabout 7,500 confederate soldiers died on july 3, 1863ethe battle of gettysburg lasted for about five daysab, c, d ba, d, ecc, d, e da, c, d答案：d细节理解题。由最后一段的each side had over 20,000 soldiers killed or injured可知a项正确。由第四段可知，北方取得了胜利，c项正确。由第三段的lee ordered 15,000 mengeorge pickettbut nearly halfwere killed可知d项正确。故选d。8what would be the best title for the passage?agrants mean trickbthe gettysburg addresscthe battle of gettysburgdlees outstanding leadership答案：c标题归纳题。本文回顾了美国南北战争中的一次关键而惨烈的战役葛底斯堡战役。七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。_1_ people use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or wantwhen they work, they usually get paid in moneymost of the money today is made of metal or paper _2_ one of the first kinds of money was shellsshells were not the only things used as moneyin china, cloth and knives were usedin the philippine islands, rice was used as money for a long timeelephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of africathe first metal coins were made in chinathey were round and had a square hole in the centre _3_ different countries have used different metals and designs for their money _4_ sweden and russia used copper (铜) to make their moneylater some countries began to make coins of gold and silverbut even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensiveagain the chinese thought of a way to improve money _5_ the first paper money looked