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English TextUnit 5 Population and Immigration 命题人： Part . Vocabulary and Structure.1. She stood shivering on the _ of the precipice(悬崖).A. verge B. border C. brink D. margin解析：（ C ）根据题意可知，空白处应是缺少一个名词，此名词的意思应为边缘，边沿的意思，整句话的意思是：她颤抖地站在悬崖的边缘上。四个选项中，符合题意的是答案C。A. verge, on/to the verge of sth./of doing sth. 濒于，接近于，行将；B. border,国界、边界、边疆、边界地区镶边、包边；C. brink,(的)边缘、（的）初始状态（峭壁、河岸等的）边沿，边缘；D. margin,页边空白、白边幅度、差额、差数边缘、极限2. Borrowing words from other languages exist in both English and Chinese during their _ development.A. respectable B. respective C. respectful D. respected解析：（ B ）句子的意思可以大致理解为：英语与汉语在他们各自的发展中，都存在着从别的语言中借鉴词语的现象。四个选项中符合题意的是B。A. respectable,体面的、得体的、值得尊敬的相当好的；B. respective,个人的；C. respectful,令（别）人尊敬的；D. respected,尊敬3. One of the worlds leading international economists explains how the euro could _ the dollar as the premier international currency and examines the geopolitical implications of such a shift.A. surplus B. substitute C. excel D.surpass 解析：（ D ）空白的地方，根据前后可理解为欧元可以怎样美元然后作为主要的国际货币，根据分析各个选项的意思，可得符合题意中空白处的含意应该是超越。A. surplus,过剩、剩余、过剩量盈余、顺差；B. substitute, substitute A (for B)/substitute B (with/by A)/substitute for sb/sth用代替、取代；C. excel,excel(in/at sth/at doing sth)擅长，突出、善于excel yourself胜过平时；D. surpass,超过、胜过、优于4. European families emigrating from their homelands in the aftermath of World War were encouraged to _ Australia.A. integrate B. migrate C. immigrate D. emigrate解析：（ C ）题意：欧洲的家庭的第二次世界大战后，从自己的故乡移民，移民到澳大利亚。由于前文中出现一个“emigrating”移民（移出），不难看出下文中的移民应该是移民（移入），即C。A. integrate,(使)合并、成为一体integrate (sb)(into/with sth)(使)加入、融入群体；B. migrate,(动物等的)迁徙；C. immigrate,移民（移入）；D. emigrate,移民（移出）5. The bad weather has become a major _ to the expedition.A. obstacle B. pressure C. offense D. opponent解析：( A ) 根据题意，可分析出这样一个意思 ，坏天气成为远征探险的一个主要的阻碍。在题中空白处少的是一个名词，排掉C，其它三个中B，D含义不符合句子的意思，所以答案是A。A. obstacle,障碍；B. pressure,压力；C. offense,冒犯；D. opponent,敌手6. As a matter of fact, he had no intentions to _ the career of a singer.A. board on B. embark upon C. set to D. begin with解析：（ B ），事实上，他还没人做好要开始歌手这个职业的准备，选项中，只有答案B符合题意。A. board on,上演，eg. His play is on the boards on Broadway.B. embark upon/on,开始，从事；C. set to,出发；D. begin with,起初、开始首先、第一点以开始7. Only several years later did the young couple begin to realize that _ is an inevitable part of marriage.A. comprise B. comprehension C. comprehend D. compromise解析：（ D ），题目中空白的地方少的是一个名词，那么答案中的A、B就可以排除了，剩下的两个选项中，分析它的意思，就不难选出正确的答案，即D。A. comprise，(be comprise of)包括，包含，由组成;B. comprehension，理解力，领悟能力；C. comprehend，动词，常用于否定句，理解、领悟，懂；D. compromise，妥协，折中，互让，和解8. A group of researchers are taking part in a program which _ all aspects of rural economics.A. embraces B clasp C. need D. adopt解析：（ A ）将各个选项的意思，带入到题目中去理解，题意可以连接通畅的是答案A。A. embraces，拥抱欣然接受，意见采纳包括，包含；B. clasp，握紧抱紧，紧紧拥抱扣紧，扣住一，扣牢；C. need，情态动词，实义动词（需要）；D. adopt，收养，领养（小孩）（方法）采用（建议）正式通过等等意思9. He had claimed that there was no possibility of war, but_ events proved him wrong.A. subsequent B. specific C. significant D. sincere解析：（ A ）他已经声名了没有战争的可能性，但是（）的事件证明了他是错的。根据前后意的承接关系，空白处的意思是合适的便是答案A。A. subsequent，后来的,随后的；B. specific，详细的；C. significant，有重大意义的，显著的；D. sincere，真诚的，诚挚的，诚恳的诚实的，坦率的（sincere in sth）10.Next Monday, we will have an _ class.A. economic B. economy C. economical D. economics解析：（ A ），此题主要是分析同一个词的不同形式的意思。A. economic，与贸易、工业、经营有关的有利可图的，赚钱的节约的；B. economy，C经济；经济制度U节约，节省；C. economical，经济的，省钱的；D. economics，U经济学，an economic class11.If it were, the people in the country _ they wanted to move would all be earning multimillions.A. that B. which C.to which D. where解析：（ C ）本句包含虚拟语气，表示不真实的情况。空白的地方，根据前后文来看，应该是承接后面的动词move的，根据move这个词的用法，应该是move to someplace，所以C。12.It takes great courage for someone to take the initiative to make the difficult decision to leave the familiar behind and embark on a new life and _ a new future for themselves and their family.A. to carve out B. carving out C. carve out D. to carving out解析：（ A ），空白处的前面有一个and连接词，可知and前后的动词形式应是一致的，所以分析句子结构，这个and前面的那个动词应是leave，而句中leave的形式是to leave，所以A。另外此句蕴含it take for sb. to do sth.这个结构。其中it为形式主语，真正的主语是to make the difficult decision to leave the familiar behind and embark on a new life and to carve out a new future for themselves and their family.因为主语太长，所以采用it作形式主语。13.What was your motivation _ a teacher? A. of B. for C. of becoming D. for becoming 解析：（ D ）主要知识点：motivation for (doing) sth.14.These men cut themselves _ friends and family, unable to return to their homeland. A. off B. from C. off from D. from off 解析：（ C ），cut oneself off from others，与断绝联系。15.For others, the motivation is adventure, _ to try something very different in life. A. wanting B. to want C. wanted D. want解析：（ A ）对于其它的人来说，是出于冒险，想尝试不一样的生活。名子结构是同谓语从名，逗号后面应使用动词的现在分词的形式。Part . Cloze There are many reasons _1_ someone leaves his or her homeland to immigrate. First, there are _2_ reasons: they think that there are better opportunities to make money in another place. However, they are often _3_ by the fanciful stories of untold riches. Secondly, they want to try something different in life, that is, to seek adventure. Thirdly, they think that the values of the country might better suit their own ideals. _4_ they often intend to seek a decent future for the children and are a higher standard of living. Sometimes, they are tortured by the feeling of being a second-class citizen which is both _5_ and depressing. Sometimes, they _6_ an isolated condition and are deprived of the opportunities and advantages of their new homeland. Despite obstacles, such as discrimination and poor treatment, people do immigrate, especially to _7_ nations such as Australia, Canada, and the United States. These countries have, in fact, been built by immigrants, some of whom become very wealthy. Immigration often _8_ concern in the country which immigrants hope to make their new homes. Some feel that new immigrants will encroach on their jobs and wealth. Some find new immigrants too foreign in their societal values, ideals and customs. These attitudes usually change _9_compromise and understanding. For whatever reason a person immigrates, it takes great courage for him/her to leave the familiar behind and embark _10_ a new life.1. A. why B. what C. for D. which2. A. economic B. economy C. economical D. economic3. A. misguided B. wrong C. forced D. false4. A. Four B. Fourth C. Fourly D. Fourthly5. A. courage B. insult C. insulting D. encourage6. A. at the end of B. end up in C. put an end to D. end up7. A. grow B. growing C. grew D. grown8. A. raise B. rise C. rises D. raises9. A. with B. by C. on D. for10. A. of B. with C. upon D. up解析：1.（ A ）定语从句中的常用句型，the reason why2.（ D ）考查点是同个词的不同种形式的意思。A. economy，C