【步步高】2012高考英语大一轮复习Book8Unit1Alandofdiversity练习新人教版

1、C. put up withD. kept up withBook 8 Unit 1 A land of diversityi.单项填空1. The World Trade Centre twin towers which_ destroyed in September 2001,_417 and 415 metres high.A. were; wereB. was; wasC. were; wasD. was; were2.Research_ that eating habits are changing fast.A. pointsB. saysC. indicatesD. means3

2、.We look forward to the day when the car will be replaced by some lessdangerous_of tran sport.A. methodsB. meansC. mannersD. ways4._ Did you hear aboutcaraccidentonSpringRoadyesterday?Yes, I heard they took both drivers to hospital.One needed_ surgery.A. the ; /B.a; aC. the ; theD. a; the5. The matc

3、h is totake place in twodays and they are busythe tenniscourt.A. turning outB.mark ing outC. making outD. break ing out6._ percentage of the students pass the Band-4 English test in yourcollege?A. HowB. WhatC. Which7. Why didn t you pay the accommodation rent?The rent ?B. It s up to you.D. That isn

4、t due yet.a doctor in the coun tryside.with her.D.WhenA. It all depends.C. You are crazy!& After studyingin a medical college for five years , Jane_her job asA. set outB. took overC. took upD. set up9. He can hardly_his wife s bad-temper,so he decided to seek divorceC. put up withD. kept up with

5、A. teamed up withB. caught up withmiddle school stude nts showed in terest in her less ons.B. That ; whatC.What; becauseD. Why that15. See the flags on the top of the building? That was _morni ng.A. whenB. whichC. wheren.完形填空My son Joey was born with club feet（畸形足）.Thedoctors told us that with 16 he

6、 would be able to walk _17_ but would never run very well.The firstthree years of his _18_ were spe nt in surgery （手术）.By the time he was eight , you wouldn t know he had a _19_ when you saw him walk.The childrenin our _20_ ran around as most childrendo during play , and Joeywould jump right in and

7、run and play , too.We never told him that he probably wouldn tbe _21_ to run as well as the other children.So he didn t know.In seve nth grade he _22_to go out for the crossco untry team.Every day hetrained with the team.He worked harder and ranmore than any of the others.Perhaps he _23_that the abi

8、lities that seemed to come _24_ to so many others did notcome naturally to him._25_ the entire team runs , only the top seven runners have the _26_ to scorepoints for the school.We did n t tell him he probably would never make the team , so he didn t know.He _27_ to run four to five miles a day, eve

9、ry day even the day he had a fever was _28_, soI went to look for him after school.I found him running alone.l asked10. By the time Jane gets home, her auntfor London to attend a meetingA. will leaveB. leavesC. will have leftD. left11. It suddenlyto me that we should use the computer to do the job.A

10、. struckB. occurredC. happenedD. saw12. The wounded soldier lostblood.A. a great manyB. a great nu mberC. quite a littleD. a great deal13.he referredto in hisarticlewas unknown to the gen eral readers.A. ThatB. WhatC. WhetherD. Where14.my dear teacher couldn t understand wasfewer and fewerA. What; w

11、hywe did thatD. whathim how he felt. “_29，” he said.He had two more miles to go.The 30_ ran downhis face and his eyes were glassy from his fever.Yet he looked _31_ ahead and kept running.Wenever told him he _32 run four miles with a fever.So he didn t know.Two weeks later the n ames of the team runn

12、ers were _33_.Joeywas nu mber sixon the list.Joey had made the team.He was in seventh grade the other six team members were alleight-graders.We never told him he couldn t _34_ to make the team.Wenever told him he couldn t do it.We never told him he couldn t do all thosethings.So he didn t know.He_35

13、_ did it.16. A.exam in ati onB.experimentC. excitementD. treatment17. A.sile ntlyB.usuallyC. normallyD.quickly18. A.schoolB.lifeC. illnessD.time19. A.c on fide neeB.problemC. successD.comfort20. A.n eighborhoodB.cityC.familyD. childhood21. A.pleasedB.certainC. ableD.willi ng22. A.refusedB.decidedC.

14、rememberedD.promised23. A.se nsedB.understoodC. learnedD.drove24. A.sudde nlyB.actuallyC.n aturallyD.possibly25. A.IfB.Si neeC. AlthoughD. Because26. A.stre ngthB.ben efitC.in tellige neeD. chanee27. A.c on ti nuedB.hadC.wan tedD. in dicated28. A.upsetB.an gryC. worriedD. disappo in ted29. A.SorryB.

15、OkayC.RightD.Absolute30. A.tearsB.heatC.sweatD.failure31. A.obviouslyB.an xiouslyC. straightD. typically32.A.couldntB.would ntC. must ntD.n eed nt33. A.discoveredB.calledC. completedD. exam ined34. A.expectB.likeC. failD.try35. A.seldomB.justC. alwaysD.n ever川. 阅读理解Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in N

16、ew York City.Duri ng his long life , he watched America growfrom a young nation to thestro ngest i ndustrial power in the world.Whitma n was in flue need by events around him.But his poetryspoke of the inner self.He celebrated great people like Preside nt Abraham Lincoln.He also celebratedcom mon pe

17、ople.As a young man , Whitman worked as a school teacher , a printer and a newspaper reporter.Hewas thirty-six years old when his first book of poetry was published.He called it Leaves of Grass .It hasonly twelve poems.The poems are writte n in free verse.The lines do not follow any set form.Some li

18、nesare short and some are Iong.The words at the end of each line do not have a similar soun d.They do notrhyme.One of America s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized theimportanee of Leaves of Grass.Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman s work.But most other poetsand writers said nothin

19、g or denounced it.The American CivilWar began in 1861.During the war, Whitman worked without payat army hospitals.He helped care for the woun ded and dying soldiers.He sat beside these men forhours.He brought them food and wrote letters for them.After the Civil War, Whitman worked forgovernment agen

20、cies.He watched the United States try to heal itself and in crease democracy.To WaltWhitma n, democracy was more tha n a political system or idea.It was a natural form of government forfree people.Whitman believed democracy was meant to honor the rights of every person and theequality of all people.

21、In 1873, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke.He spent the last few years of his life in CamdenNewJersey and wrote more poems.Whitman was poor and weak during the last few years of his life.Hedied in 1892.36. Walt Whitman expressed his feelings by_A. singing songsC.writing poems37. Leaves of Grass was pub

22、lished in_A. 1855B. 1819C. 1861D. 187338. The underlinedsentence “ But most other poets and writers said nothing ordenounced it. ”(in Paragraph 3) is most likely to tell us that_.A.many great writers liked Whitman s poems verymuchB.a lot of people agreed with EmersonC.many poets and writers thought ill of Whitman s poemsD.few poets and writers didn t like talking to Whitman3