1、优质文档优质文档第二十四单元过关检测.单项填空(共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 分)从 A、B、C 、 D 四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1.They think they should some of their salary for their childs schooling. A.spend B.costC.deposit D.take提示:句意为:“他们认为应该把部分工资存起来,以备孩子上学用。”spend“花费”;cost “花费”;deposit“储蓄”;take“花费”。deposit.for.“为存钱”。故选 C 项。答案:C2.Theyve a ce
2、rtain amount of working experience in their volunteer work in the past two years. A.attempted B.accumulatedC.abandoned D.accomplished提示:句意为:“在过去的两年里,他们在志愿者工作中积累了一定的工作经验。”accumulate experience“积累经验” 。attempt“尝试”;abandon“抛弃,放弃”;accomplish “完成”。答案:B3.Only in this way did the people build a society o f
3、cultures. A.complicated B.technicalC.diverse D.ripe提示:句意为:“人们通过这个方式建立了一个多元文化的社会。”complicated“复杂的”;technical“技术的”;diverse “多元化的”;ripe“成熟的”。diverse cultures“多元文化”。答案:C4.Our country is by the representatives of the people. A.purchased;electing B.governed;electedC.expanded;elects D.acknowledged;elect提示:
4、句意为:“我们国家是由国民选出的代表来管理的。”purchase“购买”;govern“统治”;expand“扩张”;acknowledge“ 认可 ”;elected“被选举的”,过去分词作定语,修饰 representatives。答案:B5.The police has announced that they will a full investigation into the accident. A.resist B.obtainC.convey D.undertake提示:句意为:“警方已经宣布将对这次事故进行全面调查。”resist“ 抵抗”;obtain“获得”;convey“表
5、达”;undertake“ 进行”。答案:D6.Im sorry to hear that your office was last week. A.broken down B.broken into优质文档优质文档C.broken out D.broken away提示:句意为:“很遗憾 ,听说上周你的办公室被撬”。break down“抛锚”;break out“爆发”;break away from.“脱离”;break into “破门而入”。答案:B7.The game will b e by satellite to the audience all over the world.
6、 A.repaid B.returnedC.relied D.relayed提示:句意为:“这场比赛将通过卫星向全世界的观众进行转播。”repay“偿还”;return“归还”;rely“信赖”;replay“转播”。根据句意选 D 项。答案:D8.I think we to write a letter to express our thanks to the policeman. Why not?A.should B.mustC.ought D.need提示:句意为:“ 我认为我们应该给警察写封信,以表达我们的感谢。为什么不呢?”由 to可知排除 A、B、D 三项。ought to“应该干
7、某事”。答案:C9.She likes to show her new clothes in public,which makes other girls a little angry. A.around B.inC.up D.off提示:句意为:“她喜欢在公共场合炫耀她的新衣服,这使得其他的女孩有点生气。”show around“带某人参观”;show in“ 领进来”;show up“显露,出现”;show off“ 炫耀” 。答案:D10.No one knows how the river . A.came into power B.came into beingC.came into
8、 view D.came into effect提示:句意为:“没有人知道这条河是怎样形成的。”come into power“掌权”;come into being“产生,形成”;come into view “出现”;come into effect “生效( 实施)” 。B 项合乎题意。答案:B11.The driver suddenly stopped his car just before it an old man. A.knocked at B.knocked backC.knocked about D.knocked into提示:句意为:“司机突然刹车 ,差点撞着一位老人。”
9、knock into sb.“撞上某人”,宾语在介词后面。knock back“阻碍,妨碍” 。 knock at“敲门”;knock about“漫游 ”。答案:D12.Nicotine affects your health,and you should stop smoking cigarettes. 优质文档优质文档A.hardly B.nearlyC.dangerously D.consequently提示:句意为:“尼古丁影响你的健康,因此,你应该戒烟。” 第一句是原因,第二句是结果,空白处要填 consequently“因此”,作状语。nearly“几乎”;dangerously
10、“危险地”。故选 D 项。答案:D13.Call 110 when you are at risk. . A.Its a good ideaB.Its none of your businessC.Its very kind of youD.Its all right提示:Its a good idea.“好主意。”表示赞同别人的建议。Its none of your business.“这不关你的事。”Its very kind of you.“你真是太好了。”Its all right.“ 没关系。”根据句意选 A 项。答案:A14.Its high time that we oursel
11、ves to the motherland. A.may contribute B.can contributeC.contribute D.contributed提示:句意为:“到了我们为祖国献身的时候了。”在 Its high time that.中,从句中谓语动词用一般过去时。故选 D 项。答案:D15. the passing cars when you are crossing the streets. A.Keep an eye on B.Keep your words toC.Keep back D.Keep in mind提示:句意为:“过街道时 ,要注意过往的车辆。”keep
12、 an eye on“留意”;keep your words to“遵守诺言”;keep back“隐瞒”;keep in mind“铭记在心” 。答案:A.完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)阅读下面短文,从 短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It was one of the hottest days of the dry season.We had not seen rain in almost a month.The crops were 16 .The rivers were long gone back int
13、o the 17 .If we didnt see some rain soon,we would lose everything.It was on this day that I learned the true 18 of sharing and 19 the only miracle.I had seen with my own eyes. I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son,Billy,walking toward the woods.Minutes after he disappeared
14、 20 the woods,he came running out again,toward the house. 优质文档优质文档I went back to making sandwiches, 21 that what he had been doing was completed.Moments later, 22 ,he was once again walking toward the woods.This 23 went on for an hourwalked 24 to the woods,and ran back to the house. 25 I couldnt tak
15、e it any longer,so I went out of the house quietly and 26 him on his journey. 来源:Zxxk.ComAs I leaned in(斜身) to spy on him,I saw the most 27 sight.Several large deer were in front of him.Billy walked right up to them.And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground, 28 suffering from dehydration(脱水 )
16、and heat exhaustion,lifting its head with 29 effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boys 30 . When the water was 31 ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house.I followed him back to a tap that we had 32 off.Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out.When he stood
17、up and began to 33 ,I was there in front of him.His little eyes were just filled with tears,“Im not 34 ,”was all he said. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 35 by other drops.more drops.and more. All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved ou
18、r farm,just like one little boy saved the deer.16.A.dying B.producingC.harvesting D.drying提示:由上文的“We had not seen rain in almost a month.”可推断,如果天不下雨的话,庄稼就要因干旱而死去,故 dying 符合语境。答案:A17.A.sea B.fieldC.earth D.land提示:由于干旱少雨,河流已经流回了大地。 earth 与天空、海洋相对 ,指大地。field 指“田野”;land 指“大陆,陆地” 。答案:C18.A.skill B.lesson
19、C.impression D.opinion提示:从下文可知就是在这一天我从儿子那里学到了共享的一课。答案:B19.A.found B.watchedC.noticed D.witnessed提示:从下文作者亲自尾随儿子到小树林所看到的情景可知,她亲眼目睹了所发生的一切,故witness 一词符合语境要求。答案:D20.A.into B.underC.behind D.over优质文档优质文档提示:与本句前后两句相照应 ,这里应为“ 消失在树林中”。故用介词 into。答案:A21.A.expecting B.thinkingC.imagining D.wondering提示:此处是现在分词作
20、伴随状语 “认为”。答案:B22.A.otherwise B.besidesC.however D.instead提示:与作者所想的不同,儿子又被看见朝树林走去 ,故选 C 项,“ 然而”。答案:C23.A.experience B.activityC.exercise D.arrangement提示:文章中孩子为口渴的小鹿取水 ,用 activity 表示“行动 ,活动”。experience“经历”;exercise“锻炼,练习”;arrangement “安排” 。答案:B24.A.hurriedly B.secretlyC.worriedly D.carefully提示:根据故事中所发
21、生的事件 ,小男孩从家里取水之后要回到小树林,必须小心翼翼,以免将水浪费掉,故用 carefully 更适合语境。答案:D25.A.Immediately B.FinallyC.Fortunately D.Unexpectedly提示:最后,我再也忍不住了,于是就悄悄走出房子 ,一路跟踪他。答案:B26.A.stopped B.caughtC.followed D.showed提示:follow 在句中表示“跟随,尾随”,下文的“I followed him back to a tap that.”也提到跟踪儿子。答案:C27.A.amusingB.interestingC.exciting
22、D.amazing提示:当作者斜着身子向里面暗中监视儿子时 ,她看到了最惊人的一幕。amazing“令人惊异的”;amusing 和 interesting 均表示 “有趣的”;exciting“令人兴奋/ 激动的”。答案:D28.A.directly B.disappointedlyC.naturally D.obviously优质文档优质文档提示:一只小鹿躺在地上,显然是已经脱水 ,热得筋疲力尽了。答案:D29.A.no B.braveC.great D.poor提示:根据上面“lying on the ground, 28 suffering from dehydration and h
23、eat exhaustion”可知,with great effort“费力地” 。 答案:C30.A.hands B.faceC.eyes D.legs提示:根据常识,这里孩子只能用手去捧水。答案:A31.A.gone B.empty来源:Zxxk.ComC.lost D.faded提示:当水喝光之后,比利就会跳起来回到房子里去。 gone 在句中为形容词,意为“用光”。答案:A32.A.put B.takenC.shut D.set提示:shut off“ 切断 ,中断(供水、供气)”,与上面的 tap 水龙头及“Billy opened it all the way.”相对应。答案:C3
24、3.A.stop B.leaveC.turn D.run提示:当他站起开始离开时,我 答案:B34.A.wasting B.drinkingC.littering D.washing提示:母亲站在儿子面前,儿子满眼泪水 ,向母亲说自己并不是在浪费水,而是在救那只饥渴的小鹿。答案:A35.A.connected B.addedC.attached D.joined提示:此时上苍似乎也被感动 ,也开始下起雨来。join“汇合”。答案:D.阅读理解(共 10 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 20 分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项。A优质文档优质文档It is
25、true that the first Olympic Games of the modern times in 1896 were not open to women.Baron Pierre de Coubertin,who gave new life to the Games,was very much a man of his time.He didnt like women showing up for the Games.But since this time,things have changed.History shows that the number of women pa
26、rticipating in the Olympic Games has been increasing over the years,since their first participation in the 1900 Olympic Games and especially in the last 30 years.This development is of social,political and cultural significance(意义).The progress is the result of the cooperation(合作)of the entire Olymp
27、ic Movement and of proper measures that the International Olympic Committee(IOC),International Sports Federations(IFs),and National Olympic Committees(NOCs)have taken.Especially in the last 20 years,the IOC has enlarged the womens programme at the Olympic Games,in cooperation with IFs and the Organi
28、sing Committees for the Olympic Games(OCOGs).This development was further strengthened(巩固)by the IOCs decision that all sports must have womens events.The IOC also started to work on increasing the number of women at leadership level in sport in 1981.Former President Juan Antonio Samaranch,who wante
29、d to have women as IOC members made a great contribution(贡献).Many sports volunteers have worked to increase the number of women joining in the Olympic Games.This progress has been made also thanks to the strong determination of women from different countries of the world who have worked to make sure
30、 women are fully represented in all sports.36.The underlined part “participating in” in the first paragraph can be replaced by“ ”. A.getting close to B.taking part inC.calling for D.taking over提示:词义猜测题。根据第一段 “But since this time,things have changed.”的语境可知越来越多的女子参加奥运比赛。答案:B37.According to the first p
31、aragraph,all of the following are true EXCEPT that . 来源:学科网 ZXXKA.women were not allowed to join in the 1896 Olympic GamesB.Baron Pierre de Coubertin was very famous when he was aliveC.many women have competed in the Olympic Games in the last 30 yearsD.Baron Pierre de Coubertin tried his best to let
32、 women join in the Olympic Games提示:细节理解题。根据第一段 “He didnt like women showing up for the Games.”可知 Baron Pierre de Coubertin 并不支持女子参加奥运比赛。答案:D38.What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?A.Why women were not allowed to join in the Olympic Games.B.How more and more women were able to join in the Ol
33、ympic Games.来源:Zxxk.ComC.What some organisations have done for womens rights.D.What sports volunteers have done to enable women to join in the Olympic Games.优质文档优质文档提示:主旨大意题。通读第二段 ,可知主要是讲在一些奥运组织与机构的积极努力下,越来越多的女子得以参加奥运比赛,而第三段是指体育志愿者以及世界各国的女子的积极争取也为越来越多的女子得以参加奥运比赛做出了贡献。故选 B 项。答案:B39.According to the p
34、assage,which of the following organisations decided that all sports must have womens events?A.IOC. B.IFs.C.NOCs. D.OCOGs.提示:细节理解题。根据第二段的 “This development was further strengthened(巩固) by the IOCs decision that all sports must have womens events.”可知应选 A 项。答案:A40.It is implied in the passage that . A.
35、women first performed in the Olympic Games about fifty years agoB.it was IFs that decided to enlarge the womens programme at the Olympic GamesC.Juan Antonio Samaranch didnt agree that women should be IOC membersD.women themselves worked very hard so that they could join in the Olympic Games提示:理解推断题。
36、根据最后一段的 “This progress has been made also thanks to the strong determination of women.”可推断世界各国的女子为争取更多的女子可以参加奥运比赛做了很多努力。答案:DBBabies born in the summer are more likely to become shortsighted in their later lives,a study has shown.As many as a quarter of all cases of shortsightedness are caused by too
37、 much exposure to the sunlight in the first weeks of their lives,say eye experts.They are advising that all babies should be put on sunglasses by their parents during the first weeks.Scientists have already found that over-exposure to the sunlight causes shortsightedness in animals.Researchers,who c
38、ompared the months in which babies were born with whether they needed glasses later on,say the principle also applies to humans.A study of almost 300,000 young adults showed that those born in June and July had more chances of becoming severely shortsighted than those born in December or January.Res
39、earch leader Professor Michael Belkin,of Tel Aviv University,said it was because prolonged exposure to the sunlight causes eyeballs to lengthencausing shortsightedness.Therefore the more sunlight a newborn baby is exposed to,the more its eyeballs lengthen and the worse its shortsightedness will be.优
40、质文档优质文档The mechanism which lengthens the eyeballs is associated with levels of melatonin(褪黑激素),a pi gment(色素)which protects the skin against harmful rays of the sun.In newborn babies not enough melatonin is released as protection,which means they are more vulnerable to sunburn and changes of the eye
41、ball shape.Sight expert Professor Daniel OLeary,of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge,said,“At the moment we dont know the precise cause of why exposure to the sunlight affects sight,but the evidence seems to prove that it is one of the reasons for people becoming shorts ighted.”41.Babies born in
42、 the summer are more likely to be short-sighted . A.because the sunlight in the summer is lighter than that in other seasonsB.because they are very likely to be born with lengthened eyeballsC.if they are exposed to the sunlight too much in the first weeks after they are bornD.if their parents dont p
43、ay attention to their babies eye health提示:根据文章第一、二段可知答案。答案:C42.Melatonin is a kind of material that . A.can prevent the eyes from being hurtB.can affect the eyeball shape and the skin healthC.can make our body strong and healthyD.can make the babies eyes healthy提示:从文章倒数第二、三段内容可知 ,melatonin 是一种会影响到眼球
44、形状及皮肤健康的物质。答案:B43.According to the passage,a baby born in would be most likely to become shortsighted. A.March B.SeptemberC.July D.May提示:根据第六段内容可知,最有可能的是夏天的六、七月份,因此答案选 C 项。答案:C44.From what Professor Daniel OLeary says we can learn that . A.there is no evidence that shor tsightedness is related to ex
45、posure to the sunlightB.exposure to the sunlight couldnt affect sight C.he believes that exposure to the sunlight can cause shortsightednessD.he managed to give the precise cause of why exposure to the sunlight affects sight提示:根据文章最后一段“At the moment we dont know the precise cause of why exposure to
46、the sunlight affects sight,but the evidence seems to prove that it is one of the reasons for people becoming shortsighted.”可知 ,奥利里教授相信夏天暴露于阳光中是造成近视的原因之一。答案:C45.The underlined word “vulnerable” in Para.10 probably means “ ”. A.easy to be harmed B.easy to be resisted优质文档优质文档C.easy to be protected D.ea
47、sy to be changed提示:根据上下文语境判断可知 ,防护色素水平越低,人们就越容易受到阳光的侵害,故选 A 项。答案:A任务型读写(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填一个单词。Traditionally,customers may consider more about what they buy the product for.However,the image of product and the consuming circumstance have become the key poi
48、nts to attract customer awareness and stimulate their buying needs.Frequently,customers buy goods just because they are cute,lovely and unique.With a less emphasis on functional utilities,the experience and imaginative space are placed into an increasingly important role.The image of product is emph
49、asised,as well as the communication between products and consumers.“Customer behaviour,which appears to be focused and directed at the object and at pleasure,in fact responds to quite different objectives:displaced expression of desire,and the production of a code of social values through the use of differential signs.”The reason for image-ori
