【广东创新设计】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions（附解析）新人教版选修8

1、【人教广东版创新设计】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练Unit 3Inventors and inventions .词汇运用1Researchers in this field _(有了一些重大的新发现)2At what age are children able _(明辨是非)?3A bicycle _(比汽车更方便) in towns.4There was a _(普遍希望他会赢)5The details of todays flights _(列在显示屏上)6The contract had been _(有效地) drawn up.7We _(收到400份申请) for the jo

2、b.8The ice is too thin _(承受不住你的重量)9The helicopters _(像两个小黑点出现) on the horizon.10Someone _(轻轻叩门)11State your reasons _(按重要性顺序)答案：1.have made some important new discoveries2.to distinguish right from wrong3.is often more convenient than a car4.general expectation that he would win5.are displayed on th

3、e monitor6validly7.received 400 applications8.to bear your weight9.appeared as two black dots10tapped at the door11. in order of importance.完形填空阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。One student took a box of chicken to class.Another carried on a cell­phone _1_ and still another whistled l

4、oudly every time the _2_ turned his back.Reform school？No. College.More and more，professors say，they are coming across _3_ students in their classrooms.Many of todays young scholars arrive late，leave _4_，talk loud or take care of personal _5_ such as paying bills during class.Why are the students be

5、having badly？“Because they can，” said a student of University of North Texas.“A lot of the time，the professors let them get away with it.”Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms and even _6_ taking some of the blame for bad behavior.They say that rude students are

6、by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire _7_.People are _8_ when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in _9_ education，says Dr. Gerald Amanda，a counselor at City College of San Francisco.They _10_ some high school students to misbehave but think

7、those who get to _11_ will behave more politely.Dr. Amanda believes that society in general has become more tolerant of rude behavior and that people in power，including professors，no longer _12_ standards for _13_.That leads to a growing imprudence(轻率行为)among some college students.“Theres a great de

8、al of bad behavior in the world around them，and young people see it and _14_ disrespect，”said Dr. Amanda，_15_ that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude.”【解题导语】 本文描述的是大学课堂的不良行为引发教育家们对大学生的不良行为的不同态度。1A.line Bconversation Cmessage Dpicture解析：第一段描述大学课堂上学生的不良行为：有的吃东西，有的打电话，有的吹口哨。carry

9、 on a conversation在谈话。答案：B2A.professor Bstudent Cpresident Dclassmate解析：根据关键信息词class和college，可以判定应该填professor。下一段第一句也有提示。答案：A3A.selfish Bcheating Crude Dhardworking解析：从第一段对学生在课堂上的行为描述和下面提出的问题“Why are the students behaving badly？”，以及第三段的“Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their

10、 classrooms”，我们可以知道此空应填rude。答案：C4A.late Bearly Cnoisily Dquietly解析：很多学生晚来早走，表现不好。late和early相对。答案：B5. A.feeling Binterest Ccomputer Dbusiness解析：take care of personal business处理个人事务。从下面的例子such as paying bills during class可知。答案：D6A.enjoy Bhate Cstart Davoid解析：一些教育家说到是把文明礼貌带回课堂的时候了，他们甚至开始愿为这些不良行为负一些责任。t

11、ake the blame负过失的责任。答案：C7A.school Bcompany Csociety Dclass解析：不良的学生绝不是大多数，但即使有一个也会毁坏整个班级的声誉。从上句的classroom想到用class。其他选项脱离了具体语境。答案：D8A.delighted Bsurprised Cinterested Dencouraged解析：人们听说在高等学府不礼貌的行为越来越普遍时，感到很惊讶。答案：B9A.better Bmore Chigher Dyounger解析：本文讲的是大学课堂里发生的事，大学属于高等教育，即high education。答案：C10A.expect

12、 Bhope Cforbid Dwish答案：A11A.work Bcollege Clearning Dknowledge解析：人们本来预料中学生会做一些不礼貌的事，等他们到了大学，这些学生的表现会好得多。事实出乎人们的预料，这也证明8空应填surprised。答案：B12A.change Bbreak Cset Dreach答案：C13A.teaching Bpoliteness Cthinking Dprogress解析：set a standard for为定下标准，如：set a high standard for ones work对自己的工作提出高标准的要求。答案：B14A.pr

13、epare Bgrow Cdevelop Dimprove解析：社会上有很多不礼貌行为，年轻人看到后而效仿。disrespect即为bad behavior，develop意为to expandor enlarge(扩展，使变大，发展)。improve的意思是to make or become better(变好)，这里不能用。答案：C15A.speaking Badding Cwarning Dwishing解析：adding that.是伴随状语。add的意思是“又说、补充说”。答案：B.阅读理解Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school a

14、nd working in Denver，I was driving to my parents home in Missouri for Christmas.I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend.While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also payin

15、g for gas.I took_off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car.I stopped and wondered what I should do.A car pulled up behind me.It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station.They said they would take me to my friends.We chatted on the way into the city，and

16、 when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank­you note for helping me.Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them.Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.Years later，I drove to a meeting

17、 in a nearby town in the morning.In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that Id left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead.Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealershipa shop selling carswas right next door.I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.“Just how frie

18、ndly is Friendly Ford？” I asked and explained my trouble.They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it.They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks.I received a letter back from one of the salesmen.No one had ever taken the time to write him and say

19、thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.“Thank you”two powerful words.Theyre easy to say and mean so much.1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City_.Ato visit a friend Bto see his parentsCto pay at the cash register Dto have more gas for his car解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“.where I was planning to stop and visit

20、 a friend.”可知A项正确。答案：A2The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “_”Aturned off Bmoved off Cput up Dset up解析：词义猜测题。根据本句后半部分(but had gone only a few miles when black smoke.)的描写可推测took off 在此是“离开”的意思。答案：B3What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?AHe had it pulled back to the gas station. BThe couple sent him a business card.CThe couple offered to help him. DHe called his friend for help.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段 “It was the couple I