英语选修六Unit17SectionⅠ课时跟踪检测

1、 section warmup & whats so funny？ .单词拼写1both powers (撤回) their forces from the region.答案：withdrew2it is a(n) ( 可笑的) waste of time and money.答案：ridiculous3our company has ( 代理处) in major cities of china.答案：agencies4a (政治家) should be a servant of the people.答案：politician5it is u that the little child

2、can speak eight foreign languages.答案：unbelievable6to our disappointment, we got no r to our complaint.答案：response7my grandfathers getting so f sometimes, he cant even remember his own name.答案：forgetful8these parks provide people with a place to a themselves.答案：amuse.单项填空1we decided to delay _ on our

3、 holiday until next month.ago bto go cgoing dgone解析：选c。句意：我们决定把假期推迟到下个月。注意：delay 作“推迟，耽搁”讲时，其后接动名词。2many ideas which sounded very _ in the past have been turned into realities with the development of science and technology.aridiculous bsensitivecnegative durgent解析选a。ridiculous“荒谬的；可笑的”，符合题意。sensitiv

4、e“敏感的”；negative“消极的；负面的”；urgent“急迫的，紧急的”。3that radio company is so big that it has a lot of_in foreign countries.aconductors bagentscdrivers dintroducers解析：选b。conductor“指导者；管理人；售票员”；driver“司机”；introducer“介绍人，引荐人”。这三个词都不符合本句逻辑。4the school should _ immediately to the parents request that students atte

5、nd classes on sunday.aanswer bobeycfollow drespond解析：选d。句意：学校应该立即对家长们关于学生周末应该上课的要求作出回应。考查动词辨析。respond与to搭配，意为“回应，回答，对作出反应”。其他选项均不合题意。5doctors tell us that both_and_ laughter do harm to our health.aburst out crying; burst intobto burst out tears; to burst intocbursting into tears; bursting intodburst

6、ing into crying; bursting out解析：选c。burst out 后接动名词，burst into 后接名词。作主语，burst应都用动名词形式。6i dont mind your knowing the secret _ it goes no further.aso that beven ifcas soon as dso long as解析：选d。句意：只要这个秘密不再往外传，我不在乎你知道这个秘密。so that“以至于”；even if “即使”； as soon as“一就”；so long as “只要”。 7seeing the_flood, she wa

7、s_to take the boat.ascaring; scaring bscared; scaredcscaring; scared dscared; scaring解析：选c。句意：看到那令人恐惧的洪水，她害怕坐船了。scaring“令人恐惧的”；scared“恐惧的”。8i wonder _i hurt you; if so, i would_ what i said.awhether; abandon bif; withdrawcwhen; rewind dwhere; expand解析：选b。句意：我想知道我是否伤害到你，如果是的话，我收回我刚才所说的话。if在句中连接一个宾语从句

8、，意为“是否”；withdraw“收回；撤退”。根据句意答案选b。9believe in me，a _ man would never act in such a stupid way.amerciful bmaturecmean dinnocent解析：选b。考查形容词辨析。句意：相信我，一个成熟的男子不会有这么愚蠢的行为。mature“成熟的”，符合语意。innocent“清白的”；merciful“仁慈的”；mean“吝啬的”。10the crazy fans _patiently for hours, and they would wait till the superstar arr

9、ived.ahad waited bwould waitcwere waiting dhad been waiting解析：选d。根据后面的would wait 为一般过去时，前面的wait发生在其前，故应为过去的过去；同时根据句意“他们将一直等下去”，可知wait这个动作将持续发生，故用过去完成进行时。.阅读理解aa policeman is training 3 girls, who want to become detectives.to test their skills in recognizing a suspect (嫌疑犯), he shows the first girl a

10、 picture for 5 seconds and then hides it.“this is your suspect, how would you recognize him？” the first girl answers：“its simple.well catch him fast because he only has one eye.” the policeman says：“well .uh .thats because the picture shows his profile (侧面)”slightly disappointed by this silly answer

11、, he shows the picture for 5 seconds to the second girl and asks her：“this is your suspect, how would you recognize him？” the second girl laughs when she sees the picture and says in relief：“ha！thats easy.hed be caught quickly because he only has one ear！” the policeman says angrily：“whats the matte

12、r with you two？of course only one eye and one ear are showing because its a picture of his profile！is that the best answer you can come up with？”extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third girl and asks in a very impatient voice：“this is your suspect, how would you recogniz

13、e him？” before the girl answers, he adds quickly：“think hard before giving a stupid answer.” the girl looks at the picture carefully for a moment and says：“hmmmm .the suspect is wearing contact lenses (隐形眼镜)” the policeman is surprised, because he really doesnt know himself if the suspect wears them

14、 or not.“well, that is a good answer.wait here for a few minutes while i check his file, and ill get back to you on that.” he leaves the room and goes to his office, checks the suspects file and comes back with a smile on his face.“wow！i cant believe it.its true！the suspect does in fact wear contact

15、 lenses.good work！how were you able to make such a wise observation？”“thats easy，” the girl replies.“he cant wear glasses because .！”语篇解读：本文是一则警察训练新人时的笑话。1a picture is shown to the girls to _.aimprove their fighting skillsbtest their skills in copying a picturectrain their patience to watch a suspec

16、tdexamine their powers of observation解析：选d。细节理解题。结合第一段to test their skills in recognizing a suspect，he shows the first girl a picture及下文这个警察给其他两个女孩也看了照片可知，他是想检验她们判断嫌疑犯的能力，即她们的观察力，故选d项。2why does the second girl laugh?ashe finds the suspect has only one ear.bshe thinks the question is easy to answer.c

17、she notices a secret in the suspects profile.dshe thinks she has come up with the best answer.解析：选b。推理判断题。根据第二段says in relief：“ha！thats easy .”可知，第二个女孩认为这个问题很容易，因此松了一口气，笑了，故选b项。3which of the following might be the third girls unfinished words?ahe cant run fast wearing glasses.bhe is afraid of being

18、recognized.che doesnt need to wear them at all.dhe has only one eye and one ear.解析：选d。推理判断题。本文是一则笑话，笑点就在于这三个女孩都认为这个嫌疑犯只有一只眼睛和一个耳朵，故选d项。4what can we infer from the passage?athe third girl has made a wise observation.bthe suspect was disabled and easy to be recognized.cthe policeman would be satisfied

19、 with the third girl.dthe policeman was unsatisfied with these three girls.解析：选d。推理判断题。通读这则笑话可知，这三个女孩都认为这个嫌疑犯只有一只眼睛和一个耳朵，但实际她们只看到了嫌疑犯像的侧面，故a、b、c选项均为错误选项。bindia now accounts for (占据) 17.5% of the worlds population indias population has increased by more than 181 million people during the period 20012

20、011 to 1.21 billion, according to the 2011 census (人口普查) result.the figure shows indias large population is growing fast 181 million is only slightly lower than the entire population of brazil. but the speed of growth has slowed from 21.5% in the last ten years to 17.6% now.more people now live in i

21、ndia than in the united states, indonesia, brazil, pakistan and bangladesh counted together. the united states is the third most populous country in the world.india is on course to overtake china as the worlds most populous nation by 2030, but its growth rate is falling, figures show. the census als

22、o shows a continuing preference for boys indias sex ratio (比例) is at its worst since the country was founded in 1947.statistics show fewer girls than boys are being born or surviving. they show 914 girls were born for every 1,000 boys under the age of six. the sex imbalance has widened every ten yea

23、rs since 1947.“this is a serious problem.” mr. c. chandramauli, census commissioner of india, told a news reporter in the capital, new delhi. government officials said they would review all their policies towards it,_which they admitted were failing.the male population has grown by 17.19% to reach 6

24、23.7 million while the female population has risen by 18.12% to reach 586.5 million.uttar pradesh, the census shows, is the most populous state with 199 million people and lakshadweep the least populated at 64,429.there is good news in the field of education. the literacy rate (识字率) has gone up from about 65% in 2001 to 74% in 2011.india started the 2011 census in april last year and its census is carried out every 10 years.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了印度2011年人口普查结果以及相关详细信息。5according to the text, whats the speed of indias population growth now?a21.5% b1