三维设计届高考英语一轮复习提能力创新演练选修八 Unit24 Society.docx
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三维设计届高考英语一轮复习提能力创新演练选修八Unit24Society
A卷
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.Ifyouarelookingforsomewheretorent,Ithinkthere'sa(n)________apartmentinmybuilding.
A.emptyB.vacant
C.hollowD.bare
解析:
vacant表示“(座位、旅馆房间、房屋等)空着的、未被占用的”。
empty指“某东西(物)里是空的,里面无人或物品”;hollow指“(杆子、柱子等)中空的,空心的”;bare指“(树林)光秃秃的,(土地)荒芜的”。
答案:
B
2.(2012·阜阳调研)Themanwhohadkilledhiswifewassentenced________thedeathpenalty.
A.ofB.to
C.withD.on
解析:
句意:
那个杀了妻子的男子被判了死刑。
sentencesb.to...“判某人……”,是固定短语。
答案:
B
3.(2012·厦门一模)InBritaintheQueenreigns(统治),butelectedrepresentativesofthepeople________thecountry.
A.governB.influence
C.guideD.order
解析:
句意:
在英国,女王是君王,而治理国家的却是民选的代表。
和前面的“reign”信息一致,所以此处为govern。
其他词意义不合句意。
答案:
A
4.Therearemanybadcustomsandlawsthatoughttobe________.
A.abolishedB.polished
C.absorbedD.published
解析:
abolish“废除,取消”;polish“擦亮,修改”;absorb“吸引,吸收”;publish“出版,发行”。
根据句意,应选A项。
答案:
A
5.Atthatverymomentmymindwentcompletely________andIforgotwhatIwassupposedtobedoing.
A.efficientB.abundant
C.shallowD.blank
解析:
句意:
那一刻,我的大脑一片空白,忘了自己应该做什么。
blank“空白的”,符合句意。
efficient“效率高的”;abundant“大量的”;shallow“浅的,肤浅的”。
答案:
D
6.(2012·亳州模拟)Asurveywasconductedin2002bytheComputerSecurityInstitute,________that90percentofthecompaniesquestionedhadhadtheirsecuritysystem________inthepreviousyears.
A.showed;brokenintoB.showing;breakinginto
C.showing;brokenintoD.toshow;breakinto
解析:
survey与show构成主谓关系,故用现在分词showing在第一个空中作伴随状语;第二空过去分词作宾语补足语,与theirsecuritysystem构成动宾关系。
答案:
C
7.Thecompositionisnotwellwritten,and________,therearemanyspellingmistakesinit.
A.moreoverB.therefore
C.yetD.otherwise
解析:
考查副词辨析。
moreover“而且,此外”;therefore“因此,所以”;yet“然而,但是”;otherwise“否则”。
句意:
这篇作文写得不好,而且还有许多拼写错误。
根据句意,A项正确。
答案:
A
8.Wecan't________thatweshallfinishtheworkinaweek.
A.abolishB.deposit
C.relayD.undertake
解析:
考查动词辨析。
句意:
我们不能保证一周之内完成工作。
undertake“保证,答应”;abolish“废除”;relay“转达,传送”;deposit“存储”。
只有D项符合句意。
答案:
D
9.(2012·北京宣武模拟)Thiswasareallydifficultquestion,butalittleboy______agoodanswer.
A.cameuptoB.cameout
C.cameupwithD.cameround
解析:
由句意可知,此处指一个小孩想出了一个好答案,故选C。
comeupto“比得上,达到”;comeout“出来,出版”;comeround“拜访”。
答案:
C
10.John'stheftsfromthebankwhereheworked________whenthebankexaminersmadeaninspection.
A.cametolightB.cameintobeing
C.caughtoutD.foundout
解析:
句意:
经过银行检查员的调查,John在自己工作的银行进行的偷盗水落石出了。
cometolight“为人所知”。
答案:
A
11.Ablockofflatsarebeing________tomakeroomforasupermarket.
A.knockedintoB.knockedover
C.knockedoffD.knockeddown
解析:
考查短语辨析。
D项在此处表示“拆除,拆毁”。
A项意为“撞上”;B项意为“打翻;搜查”;C项意为“(草率地,轻易地)做完,完成”。
句意:
为了给一个超市腾地方,一幢公寓楼正在被拆除。
答案:
D
12.(2012·福建四地六校联考)Theheadmasterrecommendedthatwe________toschoolontimefortheafternoonEnglishreading.
A.hadcomeB.wouldcome
C.comeD.came
解析:
在此,recommend表“建议,劝告”,其后的宾语从句的谓语用should+动词原形,且should可以省略。
答案:
C
13.TheAmerica'ssellingweaponstoTaiwan________ashadowontheSinoU.S.relationship.
A.putB.cast
C.broughtD.took
解析:
句意:
美国向台湾出售武器给中美关系投下了阴影。
castashadowon...“给……投下阴影”。
答案:
B
14.—Youshouldn'thavebeenlateforhislectureyesterday.
—________Iwaslateforhislecture?
Ithinkwhatheteachesinhislectureisuseless.
A.WhatforB.Howcome
C.WhatifD.Howabout
解析:
whatif“倘使……又怎么样”,后接句子。
whatfor“为什么”,不能作连词引导句子;howcome“怎么会发生……”;howabout询问别人的看法和意见,后接名词、代词、v.ing形式。
答案:
C
15.Lisaoften________herfortuneinpublic,whichmakespeopleenvyher.
A.showsoffB.turnsoff
C.keepsoffD.fallsoff
解析:
考查动词短语辨析。
showoff“炫耀”;turnoff“关掉”;keepoff“远离”;falloff“从……掉下来”。
句意:
丽莎经常在公共场合炫耀她的财富,这使得人们羡慕她。
只有A项符合句意。
答案:
A
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2012·北京市东城区高三期末)Mostofthe20thcenturyhasbeenadevelopmentontheIndustrialRevolutiontakentoa4nextreme:
peoplenowownmoreproductsthaneverbefore;thereareenoughunclearweaponstodestroytheearthseveraltimesover;thereishardlyanyforestleftandpollutionhasgottothepointwherewebuywater.WithinafewyearsIpredictyouwillbeabletobuyair.(Thereoncewasatimewhenyoudidn'tneedtobuyfoodorsheltereither.)
ImportantdevelopmentsinthelastcenturyarethebreakingdownoftheclassstructuresleftoverfromtheIndustrialRevolutionstage,bringingwithittheempowermentofthe“commonman”:
theworkingdayissetbylawtoonly8hoursaday;everyonehasthevote;themediahaslessobviousgovernmentcontrol;peoplehavelandedonthemoon,sentspacecraftstoMarsandsoon.Familieshavealsoshrunkdrastically(强烈的);thenuclearfamilycameabout,andespeciallyinthelasthalfofthe20thcentury,oneparentfamiliesarebecomingmorecommon.Thisshrinkinginthesizeofthefamilyshowstheincreasedindependenceofpeople—onceuponatimepeoplehadtoliveinlargegroupstosurvive.
Ashumanshave“becomethegods”,theyhaverealizedtheirindividualityandindependenceandtakentheircontroloftheworldtoanextreme.Inmanycountriesthelandisalmostcompletelyusedintheproductionoffoodandaslivingspaceandtheyliveinsmallcitieswhichareentirelyhumanconstructed,madefrommaterialswhicharealsoentirelyhumanconstructed(concretebricks)withhardlyanyremainsofnature.Weedsarepoisonedbecausetheyaremessy;evenparkshavetreesgrownintidylines;grassismowedtokeepitshortandsoon.Ithinkthemassivedrug“problem”troublingpeopleisaresultoftoomuchofthisinfluence,humansneedingtoescapethestarkworldtheyhavecreatedbyenteringfantasyworlds.
Overthelast100years,the20thcenturyconsciousnesshasspreadthroughouttheworld;mostofAsiahasbeenthoroughly“Westernized”,andmostoftheThirdWorldisbeingoverrunbyWesternwaysofdoingthingsandliving.
语篇解读:
作者通过本文告诉我们,随着现代社会的发展,人类对自然环境造成了很大的破坏,人们生活在一个枯燥无味的世界里……
1.What'stheauthormostconcernedabout?
A.Theinfluenceofpollution.
B.Strongeffectsofdevelopment.
C.Changedpositionsofhumansasgods.
D.TheprocessoftheIndustrialRevolution.
解析:
由第一段可以得出答案,即现代社会的快速发展带来了很多强烈的影响。
这正是作者所担心的问题。
因此B项符合题意。
答案:
B
2.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardsthechangesofthe20thcentury?
A.Objective.B.Tolerant.
C.Vague.D.Negative.
解析:
结合全文尤其是第一段第一句和第三段第一句中的“toanextreme”可知,作者对20世纪的发展所导致的结果是持否定态度的。
答案:
D
3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“stark”inParagraph3mean?
A.Unfair.B.Illegal.
C.Dull.D.Violent.
解析:
unfair意思是“不公平的”;illegal意思是“违法的”;dull意思是“枯燥无味的;无趣的”;violent意思是“暴力的”。
根据前面几句话中对现实世界的描述可知,C项符合语境,即由于现代社会的快速发展,世界变得很枯燥,完全脱离了自然的影子。
答案:
C
4.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?
A.Men'sindividualityisovercontrolled.
B.Peoplehavedamagednaturetoomuch.
C.Men'sindependenceispartiallylimited.
D.Peopleshowconcernfornuclearfamilies.
解析:
根据全文内容,尤其是倒数第二段可知B项正确。
即随着现代社会的发展,人类对自然环境造成了严重的破坏。
其他几项与原文内容不符。
答案:
B
B
(2012·石家庄高中毕业班教学质检)
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语篇解读:
本文是几则广告,介绍了几个家庭聚餐的地点。
5.WhatcanwelearnaboutMUMUGrill?
A.Ithasanindoorplaygroundforchildren.
B.Itisfamousforhomemadesausagerolls.
C.Itofferscoloringinactivitiestochildren.
D.Itislocatedinthebeautifulforeshorepark.
解析:
细节理解题。
从第一则广告的第三句话可以直接得到答案为C。
答案:
C
6.Ifyourchildrenwouldliketowalkadog,youcanchoose________.
A.MUMUGrill
B.FlyingFoxCafe
C.GladesvilleBistro
D.BillyLids
解析:
细节理解题。
由第二则广告可知,该地方可以遛狗,因为它专门设有一个遛狗的海滩(adogwalkingbeach)。
答案:
B
7.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat________.
A.FlyingFoxCafeonlyoffersdinnertoparentsandchildren
B.thebusinesshoursofGladesvilleBistroareinfluencedbytheweather
C.MUMUGrilloffersfreepopcorntochildren
D.BillyLidsdoesnotofferserviceonSunday
解析:
推理判断题。
在BillyLids的广告中,只介绍了开放时间是周一至周四每天的上午9点到下午5点以及周五至周六每天的上午9点到下午6点,而没有介绍周日开放的时间,由此可以推知,这里周日是不提供服务的。
因此D项正确。
答案:
D
B卷
Ⅰ.完形填空
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