学年高中英语 小题狂刷18 Unit 3 A taste of English h.docx

1、学年高中英语 小题狂刷18 Unit 3 A taste of English h狂刷18 A taste of English humorI. 根据下列汉语或首字母提示填写单词。1. He made a g_at me to let me keep quiet.2. On some special_(场合)，you should wear formal clothes in west countries.3. Every month I carefully spend every cent to make our_(收支)meet.4. He is not p_about clothes f

2、or he prefers to dress plainly.5. He was so frightened that he didnt give any_(解释)of the accident.6. She_(耳语)a warning to me and then disappeared.7. Some 70 percent of the land area of Switzerland is_(多山的).8. Most of the middle school students like to read_(侦探)novels.9. How should we r_to the financ

3、ial crisis?10. His interesting experience in Africa a_everyone present.【参考答案】1. gesture 2. occasions 3. budget 4. particular 5. explanation6. whispered 7. mountainous 8. detective 9. react 10. amusedII. 单句语法填空1. No one has come up with a _(convince) explanation of why the dinosaurs died out.2. _(con

4、vince) of his honesty and determination, the director of our company decided to invest in his new company.3. Your excuse is too weak to convince me _ your innocence.4. Id convinced _ (I) that I was right.5. I have been trying to convince him _ (see) a doctor.6.She plans to start a foundation for _(h

5、ome) children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse.7. Another argument against television is that it replaces reading as a form of _ (entertain).8. To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including houseke

6、eper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and _ (entertain).9. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit(2005) is the first full-length feature film made by _ (direct) Nick Park and Steve Box with their amazing plasticine(粘土) characters Wallace and Gromit.10. But footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in di

7、fferent _ (direct).【参考答案】1. convinced 2. Convinced 3. of4. myself 5. to see 6.homeless7. entertainment 8. entertainer 9. directors 10. directions III. 用所给词的正确形式填空 1. Jim has really learnt very fast. He has made _ (astonish) progress.2. Our greatest happiness is _ (serve) the people.3. Did you hear t

8、he dog downstairs _ (bark) for most of the night?4. They lived in a room _ (face) the street.5. We try our best to get the car _ (run) again.6. You know my hobby is _ (paint).7. You wont catch me _ (do) that again.8. Can you smell anything _ (burn)?9. Anybody _ (swim) in this river will be fined.10.

9、 People in this area need much _ (drink) water.【参考答案】1. astonishing 2. serving 3. barking 4. facing 5. running 6. painting 7. doing 8. burning 9. swimming 10. drinkingIV. 单项填空1. I dont believe what you said, but if you can prove it, you may be able to _me.A. convince B. inform C. guarantee D. refuse

10、【答案】A 【解析】句意：我不相信你所说的，但是如果你能拿出证据，那你就能够使我相信。inform 通知；guarantee 保证；refuse 拒绝 convince 使相信 因此A选项正确。【知识拓展】 convince sb. to do sth 劝说某人做某事He convinced me to go with him.=He persuaded me to go with him. convince sb. of sth.使某人相信 He convinced me of his truthfulness to me. 他使我相信他对我是忠心耿耿的。 convince sb that

11、+ 句子 使某人确信He convinced me that he was right 他使我确信他是对的。2. An artist who was recently traveling on a ferry to the southern island discovered _ a long lost antique Greek vase.A.at random B.by chance C.in turn D. on occasion【答案】B 【解析】考查介词短语的含义。at random任意地，随机地；by chance偶然地；in turn 依次，轮流，反而；on occasion有时

12、，偶然。句意：最近，乘渡轮去南部岛屿旅游的一位艺术家发现了一个失传已久的希腊花瓶。根据句意可知选B。3. If you have any doubts about your health, youd better_ your doctor at once. A. convince B. consult C. avoid D. affect【答案】B 【解析】句意：如果你对你的健康有任何疑问，你最好立刻向你的医生咨询。A. convince 说服；B. consult咨询； C. avoid 避免；D. affect影响。根据句意可知选B。4. The famous musician, as w

13、ell as his students, _ to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Taipei Flower Expo.A. were invited B. was invited C. have been invited D. has been invited【答案】B【解析】考查主谓一致。as well as, together with, like等介词或介词短语连接并列主语时， 谓语动词应与介词或介词短语之前的主语保持一致。 此句复合介词前的主语是musician, 故可先排除B和C, 句中有明确的过去时间，动词应用一般过去时，

14、所以答案为B。5. Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.68 _ the average.A. below B. on C. at D. above【答案】D 【解析】句意：去年是有纪录以来最热的一年，全球平均气温上升0.68度。with 的宾语global temperature ，宾语补足above the average。 【名师点睛】with的复合结构中，复合宾语中第一部分宾语由名词和代词充当，第二部分补足语由形容词，副词，介词短语，动词不定式或分词充当。而本题考查with +名词/代词

15、+介词短语,而介词的使用则根据当时语境的提示来做出相应的变化即句中的the warmest year on record起重要作用，可知高出平均气温。6. I looked up and noticed a snake _ its way up the tree to catch its breakfast.A.to wind B. wind C. winding D. wound【答案】C 【解析】考查非谓语动词。句意：我抬头注意到一条蛇蜿蜒着爬上树去捕捉它的早餐。 notice sb. /sth. doing sth.注意到某人/某物正在做某事。wind的逻辑主语为snake,且与逻辑主语

16、之间为主谓关系，所以应用现在分词winding作宾语补足语表示主动、进行。7. Form their _ on the top of the TV Tower, visitors can have a better view of the city.A. stage B. position C. condition D. situation【答案】 B 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。stage舞台，时期，阶段；position位置；condition条件，情况；situation形式，情况。根据空前的物主代词their可以推断出此处选B。句意：从他们在电视塔顶的位置，游客们可以更好地看到这个城市的

17、景色。8. Wearing the beautiful dress, Kates aunt looked _ she and Kate were sisters.A.as if B. even if C. though D. unless【答案】 A 【解析】考查连词。句意：凯特的姑姑穿着那件漂亮的连衣裙，看起来和凯特好像是姐妹。结合语境，应用as if引导方式状语从句。注意：as if从句用虚拟语气。9. What you do can make locals laugh. Your best defense is a sense of _. If you can laugh off eat

18、ing with the wrong hand in India, locals will warm to you as that crazy foreigner.A. relief B. belongingC. humor D. direction【答案】C 【解析】从下文一笑了之可知，自我防卫的最佳手段是幽默感。 A. relief轻松，放松；B. belonging归属；C. humor幽默；D. direction方向。C项正确。10. After a while she said, My dear, dont use any more taxis. Im retired and it

19、 would be my pleasure to you wherever you wish.A. inspire B. entertainC. call D. drive【答案】D 【解析】A. 激励；B. 娱乐；C. 叫，打电话；D. 驾驶，用车送。根据上文My dear, dont use any more taxis. 可知她说不要乘出租车了，她愿意用车送作者到任何地方，所以选D。I. 阅读理解A阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。Parties and social gatherings no longer excite us the same way

20、they once did. This is not due to a lack of desire to socialize, but the smartphone.At parties, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wa

21、ke up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too many people in society are using smartphones while driving and as a result, they get into car crashes. 34 percent of teenagers admit to texting while driving, and they confirm that text messaging is their number one driving interruption. Peoples at

22、tachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.Just as drivers dismiss the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointless

23、ly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. F

24、ace-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their messages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology

25、is hindering(阻碍) social achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face, but it is also lowering societys ability to communicate.1. The purpose of this text is to _.A. call for an end to use the smartphone while dri

26、vingB. appeal to us to pay attention to communication skillsC. express a concern about the overuse of the smartphoneD. advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone2. The second paragraph is developed by _.A. giving examples B. listing figuresC. comparing facts D. analyzing the effe

27、cts3. The author advises us to make new friends _.A. by using smartphones B. in a face-to-face wayC. in different ways D. under a free circumstance4. Overdependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that _.A. parties and gatherings limit their social circleB. people are more and more narrow-minded

28、C. peoples communication skills are weakenedD. face-to-face communication becomes less important【文章大意】本文是一篇议论文，讲述了人们在参加聚会、开车的时候，也在用手机收发短信，这极大地影响了人与人之间的交流，甚至导致事故的发生。1. C 【解析】目的意图题。全文通过描述人们在社交或开车的时候埋头玩智能手机的现象，指出了这一现象背后值得思考的话题：智能手机的过度使用已影响到了人们的日常生活和交流。作者对此表示担忧，因此选C。2. A 【解析】推理判断题。第二段讲述了人们使用智能手机的情况，比如聚会

29、上、开车时，并提到了开车时使用手机发短信的青少年的比重，因此该段是通过举例子来阐述观点的。3. B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段的最后两句话In addition, relying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run可知，作者提倡面对面交朋友，而不是通过手机，因此选B。4. C 【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段中的The quality of this technology is hindering(阻碍) social achievements and weakening the value of communication可知，对手机过于依赖会削弱交流的价值，即人们的社交技能会变弱，因此选C。B根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Here, sleep experts clear up some o