【全程复习方略】广东省高中英语 素能提升演练(三十九) Unit4 新人教版选修8.doc

素能提升演练（三十九）选修8 unit 4. 单词拼写1. i have a _ (可怕的)feeling that were going to miss the plane. 2. nothing of _ (评论)has happened since you left. 3. dont _ (犹豫)to tell us if you have a problem. 4. the books in the library are _（分类）according to subjects. 5. if you think you can drink so much without damaging your health, then youre _ (错误的). 6. he is younger than you, but he is _（优秀的）to you. 7. the interior decoration of the house is a _ (折衷) between chinese and foreign styles. 8. these two brothers decided to go to america to try their _ （运气）. 9. it is easy to _ (忽视)a small detail like that. 10. she is devoting herself to the _ (改编本)of a novel. . 完成句子1. _, her loss was small. （term）从金钱的角度来说，她的损失是很小的。2. _, bill decided to make an application for a loan again. (receive)由于没有收到回复，比尔决定再进行一次贷款申请。3. it was because of his little preparation _ stand up and answer my question. (hesitate)因为准备不充分，他犹豫了一下，然后站起来回答我的问题。4. it is terrorism, as well as terrorists, _ most by people all over the world. (condemn)是恐怖主义和恐怖分子受到了全世界人民的谴责。 5. i was very nervous because it was the first time that i _ a banquet. (invite)我非常紧张，因为这是我第一次受邀赴宴。6. _, the students can discuss questions in groups, which makes learning more efficient. (classify)同学们分成三组，以组为单位讨论问题，这样学习效果较好。7. the whole house is _ decoration. （need）整座房子都需要装修。8. it is these details _, so you should pay attention to them. (overlook)这些细节很容易被忽略，所以你要特别注意。9. the first time i _ at the party, i felt she was the one i would cherish forever. (acquaintance)我和她第一次相识在一次聚会上，当时我就感觉到她是值得我珍爱一生的人。10. _, the plan john put forward seems to be more practical. (take)考虑到各种情况，约翰提出的计划看起来更有实用价值。. 阅读理解(a)based on sue monk kidds best-selling novel, the secret life of bees is a movie of hope and faith for even the unloved and oppressed(受压迫的). just as in the book, young lilys thoughts sound and read like poetry, from the first moment when her room fills with bees. the movie tells the story of the young white girl who runs away from her cruel father. lily convinces rosaleen, the black housekeeper to escape with her, after rosaleen is beaten when she attempts to vote. when lily asks rosaleen why she risked her life standing up to the angry men who wanted to kill her, she hears“giving in to them would be just another way of dying”. thats lilys story, too. she finally stands up to her father. they come to tiburon, a town whose name is written on a label(标签)from a jar belonging to her mother before her death. in tiburon, there is no place where rosaleen can eat or stay, despite the fact that president johnson just signed the civil rights act in 1964. (its still just a piece of paper, rosaleen says. )so lily goes in to buy food for them, and sees the jar on sale. when lily finds out its made right there in a farmhouse, they go there and ask for help. the goodhearted august who runs a successful company, offers them the honey house to live in. from august, lily learns honey business and a life lesson from the bees. she sees a world where intelligence, independence and culture are honored and rewarded. she watches rosaleen begin to understand that the dream of freedom from oppression she gave up when she was beaten is now possible for her. it is august who helps lily see that love is all around her and all the others. 1. the story of the lily is mainly developed by _. a. timeb. spacec. examplesd. comparison2. which is true according to the passage? a. the movie is adapted from a novel. b. lilys father treats rosaleen cruelly. c. lilys mother writes the label for her. d. in fact, lilys mother is august. 3. what does rosaleen really want to get? a. better pay and honey business. b. equal rights and freedom. c. the right to be voted as president. d. enough food and houses. 4. we can conclude that the story of lily happened _. a. in modern americab. in the 1960s in north americac. when the black owned equal rights in americad. before the independence of america5. the passage is written to _. a. advertise a bookb. explain the secret of bees lifec. introduce a movied. tell about american politics6. 请用30个左右的词概括文章大意_ (b)when josephine cooper was growing up, she learned the importance of charity from her parents. although they made a modest living for their family of 10, they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate. half a century later, mrs. cooper became a beloved volunteer at the san diego food bank, where she devoted herself to helping others. she organized and ran a distribution center from a church, helping it become the organizations largest emergency food distribution center in san diego. she was one of 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited washington d. c. to receive the award. “she was the main person who helped us make that program grow, ” said mike doody, former director of the food bank. “she had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard. she was determined and stubborn, but in a good way. she had a good heart. ” people knew her as “grandma” because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families. “she reminded people of their grandma. ” doody said. as a widow with a young child in 1979, mrs. cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the food bank provided her with groceries. “she dedicated her life to giving back, ” said her daughter, monica cooper. it wasnt unusual for a local church to call mrs. cooper to ask her to aid a needy family. “she would give people food out of her cupboard. sometimes we would cook a meal for a frailly living out of their car, ” cooper said. although mrs. cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work, she said being able to help others was her reward. she died of liver disease and kidney failure, aged 93. 7. the underlined word “charity” in paragraph 1 refers to _. a. offering helpb. donating moneyc. providing servicesd. showing sympathy8. the san diego food bank is meant to _. a. distribute food in case of emergencyb. help hungry children and familiesc. give basic first-aid treatmentd. train some senior volunteers9. which of the following is true of mrs. cooper? a. she died at an early age. b. she refused the national award. c. she was kind and devoted. d. she was not easy to get along with. 10. from what monica cooper said, we know that _. a. she is in financial troubleb. she was finally rewardedc. she once misunderstood her motherd. she thinks highly of her mother11. mrs. coopers story suggests that _. a. everyone needs a grandma nearbyb. children are what their parents arec. a sound mind is in a sound bodyd. a mothers love never changes答案解析. 1. horrible 2. remark 3. hesitate 4. classified5. mistaken 6. superior 7. compromise 8. fortune 9. overlook 10. adaptation. 1. in terms of money2. not having received a reply3. that he hesitated to4. that is condemned 5. had been invited to6. classified into three groups7. in need of 8. that are easily overlooked9. made her acquaintance 10. everything taken into consideration/taking everything into consideration.文章介绍了由小说改编而成的电影the secret life of bees的故事大意以及创作背景。1.【解析】选a。推理判断题。文章中叙述的故事是按照故事发展的先后顺序展开描述的，即由lily对父亲的反叛出走，到tiburon遇见august, 最终解决问题，完成大结局。2.【解析】选a。细节理解题。文章第一段第一句叙述了这部电影以小说为基础，然后谈到内容时又提及just as in the book, 由此推断这是改编自小说的电影，所以a项正确。3.【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据文章叙述的有关rosaleen挨打的故事以及她的观点“giving in to them would be just another way of dying”可以推断她代表的是美国的黑人，她所要求的是自由和平等的权利。4.【解析】选b。推理判断题。根据文章信息，尤其是第二段叙述的黑人rosaleen要求选举却被打以及第四段中的“the fact that president johnson just signed the civil rights act in 1964. (its still just a piece of paper, rosaleen says. )”等判断，故事发生在美国南北战争之后，总统president johnson发布the civil rights act之后，也就是in the 1960s in north america。5.【解析】选c。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了电影the secret