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Unit 1 Making a difference 精练
实战练习
I.单项填空
1. Our village is not ________ it used to be.
A. which B. that C. what D. where
2. The workers stopped working and ________ more money.
A. called in B. called for C. called up D. called on
3. After being fed, the baby was ________.
A. felt asleep B. fallen asleep C. fell sleeping D. fast asleep
4. She has grown up. She dislikes ________.
A. to take care of B. taking care of
C. being taken care of D. being taken care
5. The villagers ________ looking for the lost sheep.
A. got into B. continued to C. gave up D. caused
6. Many students have to have lunch at school, ________ of whom nobody can look after at home.
A. two-third B. two thirds C. one thirds D. a thirds
7. He was lucky to go to college, ________ many poor children.
A. instead of B. compared with C. as D. including
8. The notice prevented ________.
A. to smoke B. him to smoke C. smoking D. him smoking
9. He has ________ the habit of ________ TV at 7:00 a. m.
A. got into, watching B. grown up, watch
C. used to, watching D. set up, watch
10. We ________ these books.
A. persuaded to buy B. were persuaded to buy
C. persuaded buying D. were persuaded buying
11. — Would you mind if I ________ the seat?
— ________.
A. took, Not at all B. take, Not at all
C. took, Yes. Please D. take, Yes. Not at all
12. What he ________ surprise us.
A. did seem B. do seemed C. did do D. did? did
13. — ________ is her husband?
— The man on the right wearing a blue jacket.
A. Who B. What C. Which D. Where
14. Can it be in the office ________ you left your umbrella?
A. where B. that C. which D. in which
15. My study of biology has ________ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of enjoyment.
A. taken off B. taken down C. taken up D. taken away
II.阅读理解
A
It was in 1910 Alabama (a state in the States). The fields were planted with cotton—nothing but cotton. Then one day the boll weevils (棉象鼻虫) swarmed in. When they were gone there was no cotton left. There were no crops to sell. What were Alabama’s farmers going to do? How could they make a living? They solved the problem by planting a variety of crops-corn and hay, tobacco and peanut (花生), sugar cane and fruit.
Alabama still grows more cotton than any other crop, but the boll weevils taught the farmers a valuable lesson—not to depend on a single crop. The farmers were so grateful(thankful) that they built a monument (纪念碑) to the cotton-eating bug.
1. The farmers in Alabama were grateful to the boll weevils because they ____.
A. brought a good harvest of cotton to them
B. ate up their crop in 1910
C. taught them a valuable lesson
D. were lovely bugs
2. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Alabama is the only cotton—growing state in the U.S.
B. There is no more cotton in Alabama now.
C. Cotton is the only crop growing in Alabama.
D. Cotton is the biggest crop in Alabama.
3. Which of the following is not true?
A. It was not until the boll weevils destroyed their cotton that the farmers realized that it was not good depending on a single crop.
B. There are more crops in Alabama now than before 1910.
C. Farmers should not kill boll weevils.
D. It is the boll weevils that made the farmers of Alabama clever.
4. After their cotton was destroyed by the boll weevils, the farmers of Alabama ____.
A. stopped growing cotton
B. began to grow other crops rather than cotton
C. grew more cotton than before
D. began to grow other crops as well as cotton
5. The phrase “swarmed in” means ____.
A. came by water B. came one after another
C. came in great number D. came quickly
B
Most Americans think that ice cream is as American as baseball and apple pie. But ice cream was known long before America was discovered.
The Roman emperor Nero may have made a kind of ice cream. He hired hundreds of men to bring snow and ice from the mountains. He used it to make cold drinks. Traveler Marco Polo brought back recipes (配制方法) for chilled (冷冻) and frozen milk from China.
Hundreds of years later, ice cream reached England. It is said that king Charles I enjoyed that treat very much. There is a story that he bribed (收买) his cook to keep the recipe for ice cream a royal secret.
Today ice cream is known throughout the world. Americans alone eat more than two billion quarts (夸脱) a year.
6. The selection says that most Americans ____.
A. think that ice cream is very new
B. think that ice cream was an American idea
C. know that ice cream is very old
D. do not know what ice cream is
7. The Roman emperor Nero hired men to ____.
A. make ice cream for him
B. bring ice cream from China
C. guard the secret of ice cream
D. bring ice to cool his drinks
8. Marco Polo is known as ____.
A. a Roman emperor B. the inventor of ice cream
C. a royal cook D. a traveler to China
9. Charles I of England wanted to ____.
A. make ice cream popular
B. keep the secret of ice cream for himself
C. develop new kinds of ice cream
D. bring ice cream recipes from China
10. More than two billion quarts of ice cream have been eaten ____.
A. by Americans in one year
B. all over the world in one year
C. since the time of Nero
D. since America was discovered
III．完形填空
A punctual person is 1 doing a thing at the proper time and is never 2 in keeping an appointment.
The unpunctual man, 3 , never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is 4 in a hurry and in the end 5 both time and his good name. There is a saying which goes like this: “Lost time is never found again.” This is very 6 . A lost thing 7 be found again, but lost time can never be 8 . Time is more valuable than 9 things. In fact, time is life
10 , and an unpunctual man is forever 11 and mismanaging his most valuable thing as well as 12 .
Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointment is a 13 of disrespect towards others. 14 a person is invited to a dinner and arriver later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests 15 for him. This is great disrespect towards the host and the other guests.
Friends 16 grow cold towards each other, or even become enemies, 17 one of them has been remiss in 18 letters or keeping appointments.
A punctual person knows that he cannot get 19 his large amount of work 20 he faithfully keeps every appointment on time and deals with every piece of work when it has to be done.
1. A. found B. in touch with C. in the habit of D. in favor of
2. A. unfair B. late C. anxious D. shy
3. A. on the other hand B. on one hand C. in another word D. in the same way
4. A. seldom B. never C. rarely D. always
5. A. gains B. loses C. finds D. serves
6. A. simple B. serious C. practicable D. true
7. A. can B. must C. may D. need
8. A. bought B. regained C. measured D. pain for
9. A. expensive B. ordinary C. well-know D. material
10. A. it self B. its self C. itself D. himself
11. A. throwing away B. wasting C. spending D. saving
12. A. other people B. others C. others’ D. other’s
13. A. mark B. word C. sign D. message
14. A. While B. Since C. As D. If
15. A. wait B. to wait C. waited D. waiting
16. A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. sometimes
17. A. as B. because C. for D. since
18. A. answering B. replaying C. writing D. returning
19. A. along with B. over C. through D. off
20. A. whenever B. until C. unless D. whether
三．答案与解析
单项填空
1—5 C B D C C 6—10 B B D A B 11—15 A D C B C
解析：
1、what 引导表语从句，并在从句中作表语；
2、call for 要，需要，而 call in 是请人来，call up 打电话，call on 拜访某人；
3、be fast asleep 熟睡；
4、不喜欢被关照，因此要用被动；
5、give up doing sth 停止做某事；
6、三分之二要说 two thirds, 三分之一为 one third；
7、compared with 与……相比；
8、阻止某人做某事，可以说 prevent sb from doing, 也可省略 from；
9、养成某种习惯，用 got into the habit of；
10、persuade sb. to do sth 是常用结构，如 persuade 后面无人称代词，则应用被动；
11、Would you mind if sb did, 但是，如说Do you mind if 则用 I do；
12、第二个 did 表示语气的强调；
13、which 问的是哪一个，而 who 则是姓名，what 问的是职业；
14、这是强调句型的疑问句；
15、take up 占用时间，而take away则是拿走。
阅读理解
1—5 C D C D C 6—10 B A D B A
解析:
1、见第二段第一行，给了他们一教训；
2、原文说still grows more cotton；
3、应该消灭这种害虫；
4、见第一段第四行；
5、从上下文猜出是“大量涌入”之意；
6、见第一行；
7、见第二段第一行；
10、见全文最后一行。
完形填空
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.D 7.C 8.B 9.D 10.C
11.B 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.D 16.A 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C
解析:
1. C. in the habit of 习惯于，符合句子意思，因此应该选择C。
3. A. 根据文章上文在说守时的人，下文开始说不守时的人，因此可以看出这里应该用on the other hand 另一方面。
4. D. 根据文章意思可知他一直很匆忙，因此应该选择答案D。
9. D. 这里指时间比其他物质东西更具有价值，类似于上文的对比。
11. B. wasting的意思是浪费 spending指花费 saving指挽救 throwing away则表示扔掉，因此从句子意思看B是最恰当的答案。
17. B. because是表示主句与从句之间存在必然的因果关系，语气比其他选项更强。
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