高考英语一轮复习 Unit1 The written word课时作业 牛津译林版选修8.doc

unit1 the written word (建议用时40分钟). 单项填空1. (2015安徽师大附中模拟)this is the best way they have thought of _ the _ miners. a. rescuing; buryingb. to rescue; buriedc. to rescue; buryingd. rescuing; buried【解析】选b。句意: 这是他们所想出的营救被埋矿工的最好的办法。此句中way后跟了两个定语, 一个是定语从句they have thought of; 另一个是非谓语动词形式。way后面的定语既可用不定式也可用“of+v. -ing形式”, 因此可排除a、d两项; 另外, miners与bury之间为动宾关系, 所以应用过去分词buried作定语。【加固训练】the driver who died in the accident could have _ , but he was sent to hospital too late. a. curedb. recoveredc. survivedd. rescued【解析】选c。考查动词词义辨析。句意: 死于事故的那位司机本能够活下来的, 但送到医院时太晚了。survive“活下来”符合句意。cure治愈; recover康复; rescue营救。2. (2015徐州模拟)the new mayor, who adored _ to the volleyball match, didnt approve _ the new building plans at the meeting. a. going; of discussingb. going; to discussc. to go; of discussingd. to go; discussing【解析】选a。adore后应跟动名词作宾语, 故可排除c、d两项; approve of“赞成”, 故选a。3. (2015合肥模拟)hearing the _ cry for help, the brave young man rushed out without wearing his coat in such cold weather. a. curiousb. gentlec. rigidd. desperate【解析】选d。句意: 听到有人拼命地呼救, 那个勇敢的年轻人在如此冷的天气里没穿外套就冲了出去。desperate“绝望的, 拼命的”符合句意。curious好奇的; gentle温柔的; rigid死板的, 固执的。4. she _ to clean out the spare room last week, but it was much too occupied at that time. a. intendedb. was intendedc. had intendedd. was intending【解析】选c。句意: 上周她本打算彻底打扫那个闲置的房间, 但是那时候里面堆的东西太多了。had intended to do sth. 本打算做某事, 但事实上没做。5. (2015盐城模拟)since you cant make the class _ what you say in english, you can make yourself _ in chinese. a. understand; understandb. understand; understoodc. to understand; understandd. understand; to be understood【解析】选b。句意: 既然用英语不能使同学们明白你所讲的内容, 你可以说汉语让大家听懂。the class和understand之间为主动关系, 所以第一个空用动词原形作宾语补足语; yourself和understand之间为被动关系, 所以第二个空用过去分词作宾语补足语。6. (2015江南十校联考)is it necessary to look up every new word when i come across it in reading? no. you _ , because you are likely to guess the meaning from the context. a. cantb. mustntc. dont have tod. ought not to【解析】选c。句意: 在阅读时, 我有必要查一查我遇到的每一个生词吗? 不, 没有必要, 因为你可能从上下文中猜出单词的意思。根据句意可知应选c, 意思为“不必, 不需要”。7. its _ of him to be so late. so i dont think its necessary for you to feel strange or to be angry with him. a. commonb. incorrectc. abnormald. typical【解析】选d。it is typical of sb. to do sth. 是固定句型, 意为“某人一向如此”。8. (2015南通模拟)billy crystal hosted the academy awards again this year, and his performances always _ the expectations of most audience. a. put up withb. end up withc. live up tod. add up to【解析】选c。句意: 比利克里斯托今年再次主持了奥斯卡金像奖, 他的表现总是不辜负大部分观众的期望。live up to“不辜负, 达到”符合句意。put up with忍受; end up with以结束; add up to总计为。9. the mp4 was so beautiful and it happened to be 40% off, so i couldnt resist _ it. a. to buyb. buyingc. to be boughtd. being bought【解析】选b。句意: 这款mp4非常漂亮而且碰巧打六折, 我就忍不住买下了它。resist doing sth. 意思为“抵制住做某事的诱惑”且i与buy之间为主动关系, 故选b。10. (2015常州模拟)to tell the truth, i would rather i _ the pain instead of you. you dont know how worried i was. a. tookb. had takenc. have takend. should have taken【解析】选b。“i would rather+从句”表示与现在或将来事实相反的假设从句用一般过去时, 表示与过去事实相反的假设从句用过去完成时。根据后面的“how worried i was”可知, 此处表示与过去事实相反的假设, 故选b。11. have they made the final decision? yes, but its _ likely that they will change their mind again tomorrow. a. rather thanb. less thanc. other thand. more than【解析】选b。句意: 他们已经做出最后的决定了吗? 是的。但是他们明天不太可能会再次改变主意。rather than而不是; less than少于; other than除了, 非; more than超过。表示否定意思用b项合适。12. its _ shame to cheat at an examination, for you have _ reputation for being honest. a. a; /b. /; /c. a; ad. /; a【解析】选c。句意: 考试中作弊是一件可耻的事, 因为你有诚实的好名声。两空均表示泛指, 故选c。13. i am heavily _ at the moment, but i hope to be out of it when i get paid. a. in debtb. in troublec. in vaind. in danger【解析】选a。考查介词短语辨析。句意: 我现在陷入严重的债务危机中, 但是我希望发了工资后会摆脱债务困扰。由后半句的“out of it when i get paid”可知, a项正确。in debt“欠债”; in trouble“陷入困境”; in vain“白费, 徒劳”; in danger“处于危险中”。14. of all the speeches delivered in this contest today, _ was more impressive than “extend the passion” by the student from class 18. a. fewb. nothingc. no oned. none【解析】选d。句意: 在今天这场比赛中的所有演讲里, 没有比来自18班的那个学生的“extend the passion”更令人印象深刻的了。none=no+前面的名词, 在本句中none=no speech, 符合句意。few不用于此结构中; nothing没有任何东西; no one没人。15. where did you make your first appointment with harry? it was in the disneyland park in hong kong _ he served as a department manager. a. thatb. whichc. from whichd. where【解析】选d。考查强调句中的定语从句。这是一个省略了that部分的强调句, 补充完整为: it was in the disneyland park in hong kong where he served as a department manager that i made my first appointment with harry。where引导定语从句修饰disneyland park。. 完形填空i had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. i just wanted to see how it ended1i was still in the middle of it. this habit2first my mom, then my friends, and3even my own daughter. often my4wouldnt be limited just to the books i read but also to what others were5as well. then one day my daughter told me in anger, “dad, please just read a book one6at a time like everyone else! ”at times i didnt7this bad habit to just books either. i also tried to skip ahead in my own life and8out what to do months or even years from now9enjoying each day at present. although i knew that the10of my life wasnt done yet and that i had many pages11to go, i still couldnt control my burning desire to write the12of it halfway through. time and again, i would13jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened. life, 14, doesnt work like that. it loves to15us, and you never know what new problems, changes or opportunities each new day will16. recently when i found myself living in the17again, i felt a voice that gently told me i needed to “live one day at a time”. when i heard those words, i18, turned the book of my life back to the19page, and thanked god for today. each of us has to20the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that our story will be brought to its perfect end. 【文章大意】作者总是喜欢在书读到一半时跳到最后几页先看结局。在生活中, 作者也是如此, 他总是设想以后的事情, 而忽略了现在。最后作者明白了每个人都应该过好当下的每一天, 一行一行地谱写人生这本书。1. a. sinceb. forc. whiled. because【解析】选c。逻辑判断题。根据上文的“i had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book. ”可知, 当一本书读到一半时, 作者就想知道结局如何。用while引导时间状语从句, 表示“当时候”。2. a. confusedb. annoyedc. delightedd. embarrassed【解析】选b。逻辑判断题。根据下文的“then one day my daughter told me in anger”可知, 作者的这个坏习惯使很多人感到不愉快, 故选annoyed。3. a. usuallyb. obviouslyc. accidentallyd. finally【解析】选d。词义辨析题。根据上文的“first. . . then. . . ”可知, 作者最后(finally)甚至惹恼了自己的女儿。4. a. impatienceb. misunderstandingc. disappointmentd. disagreement【解析】选a。词义辨析题。通常作者的这种急躁(impatience)并不局限于自己看的书上, 而且也体现在别人读(reading)的书上。5. a. sayingb. readingc. doingd. watching【解析】选b。词义辨析题。read读(书)。6. a. pageb. copyc. chapterd. edition【解析】选a。词义辨析题。作者的女儿希望他能像别人一样一页(page)一页地看。7. a. contributeb. devotec. applyd. limit【解析】选d。逻辑判断题。根据上文的“. . . wouldnt be limited just to the books. . . ”及下文的“i also tried to skip ahead in my own life”可知, 此处应用limit。8. a. tryb. figurec. letd. turn【解析】选b。词义辨析题。作者在生活中总是试图想出(figure out)未来几个月甚至几年要做的事情, 而不是(instead of)享受现在的每一天。9. a. on the part ofb. other thanc. instead ofd. on the basis of【解析】选c。短语辨析题。instead of而不是。10. a. bookb. riverc. pictured. play【解析】选a。词汇复现题。根据下文的“i had many pages”及倒数第二段中的“the book of my life”可知, 作者将生活比作一本书, 故此空填book。11. a. forgottenb. leftc. keptd. regretted【解析】选b。词义辨析题。根据上下文内容可知, 此处表示剩下(left)很多页。12. a. feelingsb. beginningc. endingd. comments【解析】选c。逻辑判断题。根据上下文内容可知, 此处表示作者仍然无法控制他那强烈的欲望来写它的结局(ending)。13. a. consciouslyb. strangelyc. foolishlyd. critically【解析】选c。词义辨析题。根据下文的“life, _ , doesnt work like that. ”可推知, 此处应选foolishly“愚蠢地”。14. a. otherwiseb. moreoverc. therefored. however【解析】选d。逻辑判断题。前后为转折关系。15. a. surpriseb. cheatc. satisfyd. frighten【解析】选a。词义辨析题。根据下文的“you never know what new problems, changes or opportunities”可知, 生活总是使我们感到很惊讶。surprise“使惊讶”, 符合语境。16. a. makeb. bringc. taked. award【解析】选b。词义辨析题。你永远不会知道生活中的每个新的一天会给我们带来(bring)什么样的新问题、变化或机会。17. a. presentb. futurec. memoryd. dream【解析】选b。词义辨析题。根据again可知, 作者又在想象自己未来(future)的生活。18. a. cheeredb. criedc. lostd. smiled【解析】选d。逻辑判断题。当作者听到那些话时他笑(smile)了。19. a. excitingb. hopefulc. favorited. right【解析】选d。词义辨析题。作者把人生这本书翻回到了正确的(right)那一页。20. a. writeb. reviewc. explaind. translate【解析】选a。词义辨析题。此处表示每个人都应该一行一行地谱写(write)人生这本书。. 书面表达最近中国的空气质量引起了广泛的关注。请阅读下面的漫画, 按要求用英语写一篇短文。要求: 1. 简要描述漫画内容; 2. 简要分析产生这种现象的原因; 3. 针对以上现象谈谈你自己的看法(至少两点)。注意: 1. 词数150个左右, 开头已经写好, 不计入总词数; 2. 参考词汇: 口罩mask; 雾霾haze。recently, the air quality in china_【参考范文】recently, the air quality in china has raised widespread concern. as is indicated in the picture, an old man and his grandson are taking a walk in the street with masks covering their mouths. as the haze is becoming heavier and heavier, they find it hard to see the buildings and trees around them clearly. the picture conveys that air pollution is quite severe in china. many factors account for this phenomenon. in the first place, vehicles sending large quantities of poisonous gases are a major source