选修8 Unit5 基础知识小测答案版.docx

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选修8Unit5基础知识小测答案版

选修8Unit5基础知识小测（答案版）

一、单句语法填空

1．Nothavingenoughtoeat，manypeoplediedfrom________（starve）inthesearchforthenewland.

2．Weshould________（analysis）thewholeworkinsteadofconcentratingonlyonsomesingleparts;afterall，itiswelldoneasawhole.

3．________thatwecan’tgetthenecessaryequipment，wewillhavetogiveupthe________.（assume）

4．It’simpossibletopredicttheweatherwithgreat________（accurate）．

5.Mypencilisnot________；couldyoulendmeaknifeto________it？

（sharp）

6.Shehaskeptupphysicaltrainingforseveralyearswithout________（interrupt）．

7．Therearemanyrubbertreesinthe________（botany）gardenwhichcanproducealotofrubbereveryyear.

8．Hisabilitytodisposeofthe________（mess）situationcausedbyangrypeoplecaughttheattentionofhissuperior.

9．It’struethatwedon’tknowwhatwe’vegotuntilweloseit，butit’salsotruethatwedon’tknowwhatwe________________（miss）untilitarrives.

10.Isuggestthattheoldman________________（send）tohomeatonce.

11．—Areyoustillwaitingtomakeaphonecall?

—Yes.Thiswoman________________（talk）onthephoneforthelasttwentyminutes.

12．—Myteachersaysshe’scancelingtheclassplay.Ijustcan’tunderstand.

—Youmustbedisappointed.You________________（look）forwardtoit.

13．—Jennytookthe8：

00bustoGuangzhouthismorning.

—Really？

She________________（take）the9：

00train.It’smuchmorecomfortableandsafertotravelbytrain.

14．Weareinvitedtoaparty________________（hold）inourclubnextFriday.

15．Thetyphoonlastednearlythreehours，________________（cause）greatdamagestothatarea.

1．Nothavingenoughtoeat，manypeoplediedfrom________（starve）inthesearchforthenewland.

答案：

　starvation

2．Weshould________（analysis）thewholeworkinsteadofconcentratingonlyonsomesingleparts;afterall，itiswelldoneasawhole.

答案：

analyse

3．________thatwecan’tgetthenecessaryequipment，wewillhavetogiveupthe________.（assume）

答案：

Assuming；assumption

4．It’simpossibletopredicttheweatherwithgreat________（accurate）．

答案：

accuracy

5.Mypencilisnot________；couldyoulendmeaknifeto________it？

（sharp）

答案：

sharp；sharpen

6.Shehaskeptupphysicaltrainingforseveralyearswithout________（interrupt）．

答案：

interruption

7．Therearemanyrubbertreesinthe________（botany）gardenwhichcanproducealotofrubbereveryyear.

答案：

botanical

8．Hisabilitytodisposeofthe________（mess）situationcausedbyangrypeoplecaughttheattentionofhissuperior.

答案：

messy

9．It’struethatwedon’tknowwhatwe’vegotuntilweloseit，butit’salsotruethatwedon’tknowwhatwe________________（miss）untilitarrives.

答案：

havebeenmissing

10.Isuggestthattheoldman________________（send）tohomeatonce.

答案：

shouldbesent

11．—Areyoustillwaitingtomakeaphonecall?

—Yes.Thiswoman________________（talk）onthephoneforthelasttwentyminutes.

答案：

hasbeentalking

12．—Myteachersaysshe’scancelingtheclassplay.Ijustcan’tunderstand.

—Youmustbedisappointed.You________________（look）forwardtoit.

答案：

havebeenlooking

13．—Jennytookthe8：

00bustoGuangzhouthismorning.

—Really？

She________________（take）the9：

00train.It’smuchmorecomfortableandsafertotravelbytrain.

答案：

couldhavetaken

14．Weareinvitedtoaparty________________（hold）inourclubnextFriday.

答案：

tobeheld

15．Thetyphoonlastednearlythreehours，________________（cause）greatdamagestothatarea.

答案：

causing

二、选词填空

Itisreasonable...，Itisapleasure...，cutup，Itisgenerallyassumedthat...，interrupt，

regardlessof，beawarethat...，havenoalternativebut...,

1．SomethingimportanthappenedandI__________________itwouldbevitaltoourcompany.

2.____________________stressiscausedbytoomuchwork.

3．Sincethemanagerwasasleep，IthoughtIhadbetternot____________________him.

4．____________________themeatontheplateisagreatchallengeforhim.

5.Itwasimportanttokeephiminformed____________________whathadhappenedtothecompany.

6．____________________tohaveacooldrinkonahotday.

7．Asasecretary，I____________________towakehimup.

8．____________________todrawaconclusionthatwecansurvivethesituationwithhishelp.

1．SomethingimportanthappenedandI__________________itwouldbevitaltoourcompany.

答案：

wasawarethat

2.____________________stressiscausedbytoomuchwork.

答案：

Itisgenerallyassumedthat

3．Sincethemanagerwasasleep，IthoughtIhadbetternot____________________him.

答案：

interrupt

4．____________________themeatontheplateisagreatchallengeforhim.

答案：

Cuttingup

5.Itwasimportanttokeephiminformed____________________whathadhappenedtothecompany.

答案：

regardlessof

6．____________________tohaveacooldrinkonahotday.

答案：

Itisapleasure

7．Asasecretary，I____________________towakehimup.

答案：

had/havenoalternativebut

8．____________________todrawaconclusionthatwecansurvivethesituationwithhishelp.

答案：

Itisreasonable

三、阅读理解

A

Theworld’searliestknownfishhooks（钩）showthathumansfishedintheopenseaformuchlongerthanpreviouslythought.Paststudieshaveshownthatearlyhumanswereabletocrosstheopenoceanasfarbackas50,000yearsago，butevidencethattheycouldfishwhileintheopenseadatedbackonlyto12,000yearsago.

“Inmostareasoftheworld，evidenceforourearlyancestors’coastalexploitationwasdrownedbyrisingsealevel，”saidresearcherSueO’Connor.

NowO’ConnorandhercolleagueshavefoundevidenceofprehistoricfishingtoolsandtheremainsoflargefishsuchastunaatacaveshelterknownasJerimalai，locatedintheSoutheastAsianislandnationofEastTimor.Theirdiscoveryuncoveredfishinghooksmadefrombonethatdatebacktoabout42,000yearsago.

“It’spossiblethatpeoplecaughtthetunainthedeepchannelthatliesoffthecoastoftheJerimalaishelter，”O’Connorsaid.

Thesite，firstuncoveredin2005，alsoincludedbonepoints，shellbeads，theremainsoffish，turtles，batsandbirds，andnearly10,000stonetools.TheislandofTimorhasveryfewlandanimalsoverallandonlysmallbirdscalltheislandhome，perhapsexplainingwhytheancientpeopleherewentfishing.Abouthalfthefishremainsatthesitecamefromfishsuchastuna.Catchingsuchfastmovingfishrequiresmuchplanningandcomplextechnology，suggestingthatearlyhumansdevelopedtheseskillsearlierthanpreviouslythought.

Someotherscientistsmightsaythatmostofthefishbonesseenarefromyoungfish，andthusmighthavebeencaughtmoreeasilyoffthecoastasopposedtoinopenwaters.Whilethismaybethecase，it’sstillnoteasytocatchtuna—itrequiresnetssetindeepwater.

1．AccordingtoSueO’Connor，evidenceforourearlyancestors’coastalexploitation________.

A．indicatedtunawasacommondishforourearlyancestors

B．showedthetrendofseamovement

C．wasburiedincaveshelters

D．wasdifficulttofind

2．SueO’Connor’sstudyadvancedthedateofhumans’fishingintheopenseaby________.

A．50,000yearsB．42,000yearsC．30,000yearsD．12,000years

3．WhydidtheancientpeopleontheislandofTimorgofishingaccordingtothetext?

A．Theislandwastoosmallforthelargepopulation.

B．Itwasveryeasytocatchfisharoundtheisland.

C．Therewerefewanimalsonlandforfood.

D．Peopletherelovedeatingfish.

4．Thetextisprobablytakenfrom________.

A．anofficialdocumentB．ascientificarticle

C．anewspaperadD．abookreview

答案：

语篇解读　新的研究发现把人类开始深海捕鱼的年代提前了3万年。

1．解析：

　推理判断题。

根据文章第二段的wasdrownedbyrisingsealevel可知，远古人沿海探索的痕迹都被上升的海水所淹没，因此证据很难找到。

答案：

　D

2．解析：

　推理判断题。

结合文章第一段的evidencethattheycouldfishwhileintheopenseadatedbackonlyto12,000yearsago和第三段的Theirdiscoveryuncoveredfishinghooksmadefrombonethatdatebacktoabout42,000yearsago可知，O’Connor的发现把人类开始深海捕鱼的年代提前了3万年。

答案：

　C

3．解析：

　推理判断题。

根据文章第五段的TheislandofTimorhasveryfewlandanimalsoverallandonlysmallbirdscalltheislandhome，perhapsexplainingwhytheancientpeopleherewentfishing可推测，这里的陆地动物非常少，所以人们不得不到海中捕鱼充当食物。

答案：

　C

4．解析：

　文章出处题。

本文是一项科学发现，故选B项。

答案：

　B

B

ScientistsrecentlydiscoveredthatpicturesoncavewallsatCreswellCragsaretheoldestknowninGreatBritain.Buttheydidn’tfindoutintheusualway.

Archaeologistsoftendatecaveartwithaprocesscalledradiocarbondating.Thetechniquecanmeasuretheageofcarbonfoundincharcoal（木炭）drawingsorpaintedpictures.Carbonisanelementfoundinmanythings，includingcharcoalandevenpeople.Butinthiscase，therewasnopaintorcharcoaltotest.Peoplecarvedthepicturesofanimalsandfiguresintotherockusingstonetools.Thescientistshadan“aha！

”momentwhentheynoticedsmallrocksstucktothetopofthedrawings.Thesmallrocksmusthaveformedafterthedrawingsweremade.

“Itisraretobeabletoscientificallydaterockart，”saidAlistairPike，anarchaeologicalscientistatBritain’sUniversityofBristol.“Wewereveryfortunatethatsomeofthemwerecoveredbystalagmites（石笋）．”

Whenatestprovedthatthestalagmitesformed12,800yearsago，thescientistsknewtheartunderneaththemhadtobeatleastthatold.Andsomeoftheanimalsshown，liketheEuropeanbison，arenowextinct—anothertipoffthattheartisquiteold.

TheartistscametoCreswellCrags.ThisplaceisoneofthefarthestpointsnorthreachedbyourancientancestorsduringtheIceAge.Atthattime，muchoftheNorthSeawasdry，sopeoplecouldmoveaboutmoreeasily.

Sometoolsandbonesfoundthereare13,000to15,000yearsold.Theyshowthatthetravellershuntedhorses，reindeer，andarctichare.TheirartworkissimilartoartinFranceandGermany.IttellsscientiststhattheCreswellCragsartistsmusthavehadacloseconnectiontothepeoplesevera