高中英语 周末培优（第21周）Unit 5 The power of nature（2）（含解析）新人教版选修6

1、第21周Unit 5 The power of nature (2)（测试时间：45分钟，总分：70分）班级：_ 姓名：_ 座号：_ 得分：_.单项填空（每小题1分，共15分）1. Dont waste your _ time chatting online all day long. Its high time you got down to business.A. miserableB. constantC. temporaryD. precious【答案】D2. The news reporters hurried to the airport, only _ the film star

2、s had left.A. to tellB. to be toldC. tellingD. told【答案】B【解析】only to do作结果状语时，表示预料之外的结果。句意：新闻记者匆忙赶到机场，结果却被告知影星已离开了。3. Tom was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked _.A. uncomfortableB. unconditionalC. unawareD. unconscious【答案】D【解析】unconscious失去知觉的；knock/beat sb. unconscious把某人打晕。uncomfortable

3、不舒服的；unconditional无条件的；unaware未察觉的。4. Having eaten too much meat, he felt _ so he had to see a doctor.A. comfortableB. uncomfortableC. unforgettableD. unable【答案】B【解析】uncomfortable不舒服的，不舒适的；句意：他吃了太多的肉，感到不舒服，因此不得不去看医生。comfortable舒适的，舒服的；unforgettable难忘的，永远记得的；unable不能的，不会的。5. Unluckily，he was _ in the

4、 battle, for which his mother was in deep sorrow.A. accusedB. shotC. treatedD. assisted【答案】B【解析】shoot射中，射伤。句意：不幸的是，他在战斗中牺牲，为此他的母亲悲痛欲绝。accuse指责，谴责，控告；treat治疗，对待，款待；assist帮助，协助，援助。6. As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not _, and asked myself what I was going to do.A. movedB. movingC. has

5、 been movedD. being moved【答案】B【解析】句意：当灯变绿的时候，我在那里站了一会儿，一动不动，问自己将要做什么，stood和asked是并列关系，I与move之间是主动关系，此处moving是现在分词作伴随状语。7. As a result of the serious flood, twothirds of the buildings in the area _. A. need repairingB. needs to repairC. needs repairingD. need to repair【答案】A8. _ his homework made his

6、father very angry.A. The boys not having finishedB. The boys having not finishedC. The boy not having finishedD. The boy having not finished【答案】A【解析】非谓语动词的否定形式为：not非谓语动词，所以排除B、D两项；动名词复合结构作主语时必须用所有格的形式，不能用宾格或者普通格的形式，所以也可排除C项。9. It is difficult to imagine his _ the decision without any consideration.A

7、. to acceptB. acceptC. acceptingD. accepted【答案】C【解析】考查imagine后用动名词复合结构作宾语。Accept和he之间为主动关系，故用动词-ing形式。10. Peter received a letter just now _ his grandma would come to see him.A. saidB. saysC. sayingD. to say【答案】C【解析】考查现在分词作伴随状语的用法。句意为彼得刚才收到了一封信，信中说他的祖母要来看他。C项是现在分词作伴随状语，说明letter的情况，排除A项和B项；D项是不定式作目的状

8、语。11. _ in the training, Marbury couldnt play in the basketball season.A. Injuring B. InjureC. Injured D. To injure【答案】C【解析】句意：由于在训练中受伤，Marbury不能在这个赛季打篮球了。be injured in在中受伤，由于其主语和主句的主语一致，可以省略，故选C。12. _ opinions on the schedule, we finally reached on agreement.A. Having exchanged B. ExchangingC. Exch

9、anged D. To exchange【答案】A13. Neil Armstrong was the first man_ on the moon in July 1969.A. to land B. landing C. Landed D. lands【答案】A【解析】考查非谓语动词。当名词前有表示次序的词修饰时，常用不定式结构做后置定语。句意：在1969年7月阿姆斯特朗是第一个登上月球的人。故选A项。14. _her dark sunglasses, the star wasnt recognized by crazy fans.A. Hiding behind B. To hide b

10、ehindC. Hide behind D. Hidden behind【答案】D【解析】考查被动。句意：被她的太阳眼镜挡住了，这个明星就不会被疯狂的粉丝们认出来了。因为是被眼镜挡住，所以选D。15. He gave me a painting with his name _.A. subscribedB. subscribingC. to subscribeD. subscribe【答案】A. 阅读理解（每小题2.5分，共20分）AYour house may have an effect on your figure. Experts say the way you design your

11、 home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you . Here are some ways to turn your home into part of diet plan. Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overea

12、ting , for people are often less self-conscious（难为情）when theyre in poorly lit placesand so more likely to eat lots of food . If your home doesnt have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.Mind the colors. Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites. In one stud

13、y, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room . Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing , while cold colors make us feel less hungry . So when its time to repaint, go blue.Dont forget the clockor the radio. People who eat slowly t

14、end to consume about 70 fewer calories（卡路里） per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while youre at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you le

15、ss likely to rush through a meal.Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one ,total intake（摄入）jumps by 14 percent. And well pour about 30

16、percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.1. The text is especially helpful for those who care about_.A. their home comforts B. their body shapeC. house buying D. healthy diets2. A home environment in blue can help people_.A. digest food better B. reduce food intakeC. bu

17、rn more calories D. regain their appetites3. What are people advised to do at mealtimes?A. Eat quickly. B. Play fast music.C. Use smaller spoons. D. Turn down the lights.4. What can be a suitable title for the test?A. Is Your House Making You Fat? B. Ways of Serving DinnerC. Effects of Self-Consciou

18、sness D. Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?【语篇解读】想要减肥，除了少吃外，还和房间有关系。建议有4条：1.房间要明亮；2.用冷色系会减少食欲；3.放一些舒缓的音乐就餐；4. 用小的碗碟。BWhenever something looks interesting or beautiful, theres a natural impulse to catch and own itwhich means, in this day and age, that we cant help reaching for our phones to take a pi

19、cture when seeing beautiful things.Though this would seem to be a wonderful solution, there are two big problems about taking pictures. Firstly, were likely to be so busy taking the pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest inspire us to take a photograph in the first pl

20、ace. And secondly, because we feel the pictures are safely stored in our phones, we never get around to look at them.These problems would seem to be very much of today, a consequence of the tiny phones in our pockets. But they were noticed right at the beginning of the history of photography, when t

21、he average camera was the size of a grandfather clock. The first person who noticed them was the English art critic, John Ruskin. He was a travelling lover who realized that most tourists failed to notice or remember the beautiful things they saw.He argued that humans have a born tendency（倾向）to resp

22、ond to beauty and desire to keep it, but that there are bad expressions of this desire. At worst, we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs. But, in Ruskins eyes, theres one thing we should do and that is attempting to draw the interesting things we see, and it doesnt matter whether we happ

23、en to have any talent for doing so.Before the invention of photography, people used to draw far more than they do today. It was an active necessity. But in the mid-19th century, photography killed drawing. It became something only artists would ever do, so Ruskin spent four years on a campaign to ge

24、t people drawing again.So if drawing had value even when it was practiced by people with no talent, it was for Ruskin because drawing can teach us to notice properly rather than watch absent-mindedly（心不在焉地）.When describing what lies before our eyes with our own hands, we naturally move from a positi

25、on of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.5. What does the underlined word impulse mean?A. Interest. B. Urge.C. Habit. D. Reaction.6. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A. An effective solution to storing something nice.B. Reasons for taking

26、 pictures in the first place.C. Problems related with taking photos.D. Methods of storing pictures in phones.7. It can be inferred that John Ruskin_.A. lived at the origin of photographyB. lived at the origin of drawingC. studied the history of photographyD. was an English literature critic8. How di

27、d John Ruskin advise us to remember our travel?A. By taking photographs.B. By buying meaningful souvenirs.C. By writing some travel notes.D. By trying drawing what we see.【语篇解读】这篇文章主要讲了摄影的出现扼杀了绘画。曾经很普遍的绘画行为，变成了一种只有艺术家才会进行的活动，John Ruskin建议我们在旅行的时候要把我们所见到的事物画下来。5. B【解析】根据which means, in this day and a

28、ge, that we cant help reaching for our phones to take a picture when seeing beautiful things. 可猜测出impulse的意思是推动，所以选B。. 完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）In spite of the fun and laughter, 13-year-old Frank Wilson wasnt happy. It was1that he received all the gifts that he wanted. And he also2the big Christmas dinner wi

29、th the family members.3, Frank wasnt happy because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve, who was killed in a car accident. Frank4his brother.Frank said good-bye to his family members and said that he was leaving a little earlier to see a friend, and from there he could walk home.

30、Since it was cold outside, Frank5his new jacket. It was his favorite gift. He placed the other gifts on his new sleigh(雪橇). Then Frank6.As Frank went down the street toward home, through one front window, he saw a room with old7hanging over an empty fireplace. A woman was seated nearby, crying. The

31、stockings8him of the way he and his brother always9theirs side by side. The next morning, they would find gifts.Then Frank had a10. He knocked at the door. “Yes?” the11voice of the woman. “May I come in?” asked Frank. “You are very welcome,” she said,12his sleigh full of gifts and thinking he wanted

32、 to13gifts. “But I have no food or gifts for you. I have14for my own children.” “Thats why I am here,” Frank said. “Please15whatever gifts you would like for your children from the sleigh.” “Why? God bless you!” the16woman answered. She took some candies, a toy plane and a doll. Finally, the stockin

33、gs were17. “Thank you so much!” the woman said. “You are welcome,” Frank said and left.Franks18was full of happiness. Then he gave his jacket to a poor boy. At last, he gave away all his gifts.19Frank was worried how he could20to his parents that he had given his gifts away, he was very happy.1. A.

34、trueB. normalC. hopefulD. surprising2. A. preparedB. madeC. enjoyedD. appreciated3. A. InsteadB. HoweverC. ThereforeD. Otherwise4. A. praisedB. admiredC. respectedD. missed5. A. put onB. took outC. put asideD. took off6. A. ranB. leftC. returnedD. disappeared7. A. furnitureB. clothesC. stockingD. wi

35、ndow8. A. remindedB. warnedC. informedD. believed9. A. layB. hungC. sharedD. dragged10. A. giftB. problemC. signD. thought11. A. frightenedB. sadC. excitedD. confused12. A. pullingB. knowingC. searchingD. seeing13. A. collectB. buyC. provideD. sell14. A. everythingB. anythingC. somethingD. nothing15

36、. A. offerB. showC. takeD. bring16. A. disappointedB. worriedC. surprisedD. interested17. A. lightB. largeC. newD. full18. A. bodyB. headC. heartD. brain19. A. BecauseB. ThoughC. WhenD. While20. A. explainB. speakC. declareD. admit【语篇解读】尽管Frank收到了圣诞礼物，也享用了圣诞晚宴，但由于哥哥的去世他感到很不开心。回家的路上，他无意间看到一位因不能送给孩子们圣诞礼物而感到伤心的女子。于是，他将自己的礼物分享给该女子。事后，他觉得很开心。4. D考查动词。praised“表扬”;admired“羡慕，钦佩”;respected“尊敬”;missed“思念，想念”。结合下文，他的弟弟在交通事故中去世，他想念弟弟，故选D项。5. A考查动词短语。put on“穿上”;took out“取出”;put aside“将放在一边”;took off“脱掉，起飞”。结合前半句，外面天气很冷，故他穿上他的新夹克，选A项。6. B考查动词。