选修8-Unit1课时练习答案及解析

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Unit 1Learning about Language. 完形填空I once heard someone say, “We dont remember days; we remember moments. ”1, as the pace of life is getting2, we often forget to enjoy small pleasures while we make big plans. In the3to become better or best, we sometimes4moments that can provide pleasur

2、e in life. If we5long enough to enjoy, we will realize these moments are the essence(本质)of life. I love fishing, 6for a kind of large-mouth fish. Three years ago, I was watching television late one night when I7wanted to go fishing in the lake behind my house. My wife thought I was8because it was al

3、most midnight! I9that I was fine and that I just wanted to have some fun. I walked out to a warm summer breeze and10the starry sky and the breathtaking full moon. I allowed my11to soak in every secondthe sweet smell of flowers, the sound of every frog, the moons12in the water. It was a perfect night

4、. After13across a small field, I took out a flashlight and selected a lure(鱼饵). On my first cast, I got a large-mouth fish weighing over five pounds, one of the14I had ever caught. I15released it back into the water and continued my midnight16. During the next two hours, I17seventeen fish, all betwe

5、en two and five pounds. Although Ive fished for almost fifty years, no fishing memory can18that warm summer night. But that night provided19a fishing memory. It was a life memory. It provided me with a snapshot of what life could be like if I just20to enjoy the moments. 【文章大意】作者一次午夜钓鱼的经历使他对人生有了新的感悟。

6、如果我们能让生活节奏慢一点, 我们可以享受更多的快乐。1. A. BesidesB. OtherwiseC. HoweverD. Moreover【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。上一句说我们记住的是瞬间, 但下一句中又说我们常常忘记这样做。故此处用However表转折。2. A. fasterB. dullerC. lighterD. easier【解析】选A。生活常识题。随着我们生活节奏的加快, 我们经常忘记去享受生活中小小的快乐。3. A. abilityB. raceC. chanceD. duty【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据better or best可知此处用race“竞争”。4. A.

7、 look forward toB. get tired ofC. pay attention toD. lose sight of【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。在我们竞相追求卓越的过程中, 有时我们忽视了生活中那些能带来快乐的时刻。与上文中的forget to enjoy small pleasures相呼应。5. A. stopB. sleepC. waitD. wake【解析】选A。词语辨析题。如果我们驻足下来欣赏, 我们就会意识到这些时刻就是我们生活中的精华。6. A. exactlyB. reallyC. especiallyD. honestly【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。我喜欢钓鱼,

8、尤其喜欢钓一种大嘴巴鱼。7. A. normallyB. suddenlyC. frequentlyD. constantly【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。因为当时我正在看电视, 所以我想要去钓鱼这个想法是很突然的, 并不是事先想好的。8. A. confidentB. interestedC. crazyD. ambitious【解析】选C。生活常识题。根据句中的it was almost midnight, 可知我妻子认为我疯了。9. A. explainedB. hopedC. agreedD. warned【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。妻子认为我疯了, 我向她解释这么做的原因。10. A. t

9、alked aboutB. looked forC. watched overD. looked up at【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据the starry sky and the breathtaking full moon可知是往天上看。11. A. thoughtsB. sensesC. memoriesD. dreams【解析】选B。词汇复现题。下文中the sweet smell, the sound. . . 都是指“感官”, 故此处填senses。12. A. energyB. sizeC. reflectionD. mystery【解析】选C。生活常识题。月亮反射在水面, 所

10、以出现了倒影。13. A. walkingB. pointingC. drivingD. swimming【解析】选A。词语辨析题。我走过一小片田地, 拿出手电筒, 放上一个鱼饵。14. A. youngestB. oldestC. longestD. largest【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。根据句中的weighing over five pounds可知这是我钓过的最大的鱼之一。15. A. curiouslyB. gentlyC. personallyD. nearly【解析】选B。生活常识题。为了保证鱼的安全, 此处只能是轻轻地把它放回水里。16. A. researchB. searc

11、hC. adventureD. plan【解析】选C。生活常识题。因为是午夜钓鱼, 所以是一次不寻常的冒险经历。17. A. noticedB. helpedC. hurtD. caught【解析】选D。词语搭配题。作者是在钓鱼, 所以应该是抓到17条鱼。18. A. topB. affectC. attractD. change【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。但是, 没有哪次钓鱼的经历能比得上那次午夜钓鱼。top表示“超过, 胜过”。19. A. less thanB. more thanC. rather thanD. nothing but【解析】选B。生活常识题。根据下文中的It was a

12、 life memory. 可知那个夜晚不仅仅是一次难忘的关于钓鱼的记忆。20. A. looked downB. sat downC. slowed downD. calmed down【解析】选C。词语辨析题。如果我们能放慢脚步来享受瞬间, 我们会对生活有不同的感悟。与第一段相呼应。. 阅读理解Astonishingly, 26 million Britons will be obese by 2030, placing a huge pressure on health services, according to studies published on Friday highligh

13、ting the growing global obesity problem. Based on present trend, obesity rates in Britain will rise from 26 percent to 4148 percent in men, and from 26 percent to 3543 percent in women over the next two decades. By 2030, as many as 11 million more British adults will be obese and 3. 3 million of the

14、m will be aged over 60. The resulting cost burden on health services could be as much as2 billion per year, according to the research published in The Lancet medical journal. In the US the prediction is even worse, with 5051 percent of American men and 4552 percent of American women expected to be o

15、bese by 2030, adding as many as 65 million to the countrys population of obese adults. The study, led by Claire Wang of Columbia University in New York and Klim McPherson of Oxford University, says that medical costs will surge, given obesitys links with diabetes, cancer, heart disease and strokes.

16、“The combined medical costs associated with treatment for these preventable diseases are estimated to increase by $4866 billion per year in the US and by1. 92 billion per year in the UK by 2030, ”it says. McPherson said politicians are shying away from settling the problem for fear of being criticiz

17、ed. “I think they do get it but they dont know what to do with it, and they dont think its their responsibility, ”he said. Today, around 1. 5 billion adults are overweight and a further 0. 5 billion obese, with 170 million children classified as overweight or obese. Dealing with obesity takes up bet

18、ween two and six percent of healthcare costs in many countries. In the study, the researchers traced the problem to the 1970s and 80s, and related it to a rise in food consumption and a more sedentary(久坐的)lifestyle. 【文章大意】最新研究发现英国和美国的肥胖人口在接下来二十年将增至新高, 为医疗保健事业带来更大的压力。1. What can be learned from Parag

19、raph 1? A. 26 million Britons are suffering from obesity nowadays. B. Obesity rates in British women and men are the same nowadays. C. By 2030, about eleven million adults will be obese in Britain. D. Most obese people will be aged over 60 by 2030. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。从第一段的“obesity rates in Britain will ri

20、se from 26 percent to 4148 percent in men, and from 26 percent to 3543 percent in women over the next two decades. ”可知B项正确。more用于数词后，表示数量的增加，即表示在原有基础上又增加了若干数量。因为another与数词搭配时，总是要放在数词之前。下面我们来看看这两个结构的用法：一、“数词+more”的用法Three more of the missing climbers have been found. 失踪的登山者又找到了3个。How many more stamps

21、 do you want?Four more please. 你还要多少张邮票?请再给4张。If he had received six more votes, he would be our chairman now. 如果他多得六票，现在就是我们的主席了。二、“another+数词”的用法I shall stay another five months. 我将再待五个月。They drove for another three hours. 他们又行驶了3个小时。The strike may last another six weeks. 罢工可能还要持续六个礼拜。China picked

22、 up another ten gold medals. 中国又获得了10枚金牌。The last time we talked he said he needed another two days. 上次我们谈话时他说他还需要两天。2. The underlined word “surge” in Paragraph 4 probably means“”. A. appear suddenlyB. increase quicklyC. refuse bravelyD. develop independently【解析】选B。词义猜测题。从第五段的描述可知肥胖人口的增加会导致医疗费用上升, 故这个词应是“增加”的意思。3. In McPhersons opinion, politicians. A. are more likely to be obeseB. have nothing to do with the