选修八unit2能力达标训练.docx

1、选修八unit2能力达标训练.单项填空1(2009四川高考)News came from the school office _Wang Lin had been admitted to Beijing University.AwhichBwhatCthat Dwhere解析句意：从学校办公室传来了消息，说是王琳已被北京大学录取了。News是主语，“_Wang Lin had been admitted to Beijing University”是News的内容，所以这个同位语从句要用that引导。答案C2Having heard the unfair conditions，the angr

2、y man _ from the chair，_ his voice.Araised；raising Brose；raisingCraised；rising Drose；rising 解析句意：听到那不公平的条件，那位生气的人从椅子上站起来，提高了声音大声喊着。前一空后面没有宾语，故用不及物动词rose。后一句后面接有宾语，故用及物动词raise的现在分词形式，表伴随状况。答案B3How can I improve my spoken English ?I suggest you _ English whenever possible.Apractise speaking Bto practi

3、se to speak Cwill practise speaking Dpracticing to speak 解析句意：“我怎样才能提高我的口语呢？”“我建议你，无论什么时候可能的话，要练习说英语。”此句中suggest后面是宾语从句，要填入的空格处是宾语从句的谓语，用虚拟语气，谓语动词要用should动词原形或省略should。practise后面要接动名词作宾语。答案A4Bob was absent from the party today，and I wonder what has happened to him?Could he _have forgot about it？But

4、Im not sure.Aprobably BpossiblyCperhaps Dlikely解析句意：“鲍勃今天没有来参加宴会，我想知道他发生什么事了。”“他是不是可能忘掉了？我也没有把握。”Could表示可能时常与possibly连用。答案B5If you go for a long ride in a friends car，its the custom to offer to_ some of the expenses.Apay Bpay offCpay for Dpay back 解析句意：如果你借用朋友的车跑长途，习惯上是你应该主动承担一部分汽车的费用。此题要用pay for表示“

5、偿付一部分费用”，pay off“还清债务”；pay back偿还。答案C6We worked for ten years without finding anything，but we decided to stick with it.Now our patience has_.Apaid off Bpaid backCgiven away Dgiven up 解析句意：“我们努力工作了十年，结果毫无发现，但我们继续坚持下去。现在我们的耐心终于得到了回报。”paid off得到回报；paid back也可表示此义，但要用被动语态形式；give away 赠送；give up放弃。答案A7(2

6、011兰州一中期中)Mum _ my suggestion while Dad spoke _ my idea.Aturned off，in favour of Bturned down，in favour ofCturned down，in need of Dturned on，in hope of 解析前后两个空从意义上比较，前面要用turned down表示“拒绝”；后面要用in favour of表示“支持”。答案B8It is difficult to imagine him _the unfair decision without any consideration.Ato acc

7、ept BacceptCaccepting Daccepted解析imagine 后面要接动名词的复合结构作宾语，即：imagine sb.doing sth.。答案C9I got _things to see to this morning，so I wasnt able to go to the flower exhibit.Aa great deal of Ba large amount of Cmasses of Da great many of 解析 masses of things成堆的事，大量的事情。a great deal of/a large amount of接不可数名词；

8、a great many of后接“限制词复数名词”。如：a great many of the students。修饰可数名词复数时用a great many。答案C10The article suggests that when a person _ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a wellbalanced diet.Ais BbeCwere Dwas 解析句意：这篇文章建议，当一个人处于莫大压力之下时，他尤其要留意使自己的饮食营养均衡。本题难点在于一般同学只注意到后的从句要用虚拟语气，却忽略了本

9、题虚拟语气已在题干中出现，需填的动词是从句中又套入的时间状语从句的谓语，应当用陈述语气。答案A.阅读理解AAnimal ConservationMany animal and plant species have become extinct and many more are in critical danger.Finding ways to protect the earths wildlife and conserve the natural world they inhabit(居住)is now more important than ever.DodoThe Dodo is a

10、classic example of how human caused damage to the earths biology.The flightless Dodo was native to the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.It lived off fruit fallen from the islands trees and lived unthreatened until humans arrived in 1505.The easily controlled bird became a source of food for s

11、ailors and was attacked by animals introduced to the island by humans such as pigs，monkeys and rats.The population of Dodos rapidly decreased and last one was killed in 1681.RhinosThe Rhino (犀牛) horn is a highly priced item for Asian medicine.This has led to the animal being hunted in its natural ha

12、bitat.Once widespread in Africa and Eurasia，most rhinos now live in protected natural parks and reserves(保护区)Their numbers have rapidly decreased in the last 50 years，and the animals remain under constant threat from poachers(偷猎者)The Giant PandaThe future of the World Wildlife Funds symbol is far fr

13、om certain.As few as 1000 remain in the wild. The Chinese government has set up 33 panda reserves to protect these beautiful animals and made poaching them punishable with 20 years in prison.However，The pandas distinct black and white patched coat fetches a high price on the black market and determi

14、ned poachers still pose(造成)one of the most serious threats to the animals continued existence.WhalesThe International Whaling Commission is fighting to ensure the survival of the whale species.Despite the fact that onethird the worlds oceans have been declared whale sanctuaries(保护区)，7 out of 13 whal

15、e species remain endangered. Hunted for their rich supply of oil，their numbers have decreased to just 300.Collisions with ships，poisonous pollution and being caught in fishing nets are other major causes of whale deaths.TigersThe last 100 years has seen a 95% reduction in the numbers of remaining ti

16、gers to between 5,000 and 7,000 and The Bali，Javan，and Caspian tigers are already extinct.The South China tiger is precariously close to disappearing，with only 20 to 30 still alive.Like the Rhino horn，tigers bones and organs are sought after for traditional Chinese medicines.These items are traded i

17、llegally along with tiger skins.1It implies that _.Athe Dodo lacked the ability to protect itself from other animalsBsailors to the Island of Mauritius lived mainly on the DodoCthe Dodo used to be a strong animal that liked fightingDthe Dodo，pigs，monkeys and rats were the natives to the Island of Ma

18、uritius2Which group of the following animals has already ceased to exist according to the text?AThe Dodo，Rhino and Giant Panda.BThe Rhino，Whale and South China Tiger.CThe Rhino，Panda，Whale and Tiger.DThe Dodo and the Bali，Javan，and Caspian tigers.3_ can serve as a cure for certain diseases.AThe whal

19、es rich oil BThe pandas black and white patched coatCThe Rhino horn and tigers bones and organsDThe Dodos delicious meat 4Which of the following statements is NOT true?AThe number of South China tigers has reached crisis point.BMany animals are threatened with extinction as a result of human activit

20、y.CPeople hunt for the endangered animals for high profit.DThe Whale is the representing mark for the World Wildlife Fund.5Which of the following is mentioned in all the descriptions of those wild animals?AThe way of their life.BThe reason for their extinction or being in danger.CWhy they are hunted

21、.DPunishment for hunting wild animals.1A推测题。从文章中的“flightless，lived off fruit fallen from the trees，easily controlled”等这些词中可推测出Dodo鸟缺少保护自己的能力。2D细节归纳题。根据文章第二段的“The population of Dodos rapidly decreased and last one was killed in 1681”一句可判断Dodo是灭绝的动物之一，再根据最后一段中的“The Bali，Javan，and Caspian tigers are al

22、ready extinct”一句可得出其他几种。3C细节理解题。文章的第三段和最后一段提到“犀牛角和虎骨及器官”有很高的药用价值。4D判断题。从第四段中的“The future of the World Wildlife Funds symbol is far from certain.”一句可得出“世界野生动物基金”的图案标记是“大熊猫”，而不是“鲸”。5B文章结构理解题。针对五种野生动物介绍，内容不尽相同，有的介绍了人们为什么猎取它们；有的介绍了这些野生动物剩存的数量；有的介绍了对于猎取野生动物的惩罚手段，但有一点是相同的，即：渡渡鸟灭绝的原因以及其他四类野生动词濒临灭绝的原因。 BQUI

23、TO，EcuadorA chance meeting has reunited identical twin sisters who were separated at birth nearly 15 years agoand touched off a legal dispute over how two doctors adopted one of the girls.Petite Penaherrera says she did not know she had twins until，she and her daughter Andrea came facetoface with Ma

24、rielisa Romo four months ago in the southern Ecuadorean town of Milagros.Andrea and Marielisa shared the same dark eyes，the same hair，the sameeverything.Marielisa was accompanied by Roberto Romo and Isabel Garcia，the doctor couple who had delivered the twin babiesand then raised one.Investigations b

25、egan and，in June，Penaherrera and her husband Angasto Freire filed a suit against the doctors saying they never mentioned Andreas twin.“We never found out about the existence of that girl，” Freire said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.“After seeing a girl in the restaurant

26、who was exactly like mine，I almost fainted.”Romo and Garcia could not be reached for comment but told Ecuavisa television that the biological mother knew about the twins but only wanted to keep one of them.“The nurse said out loud，Congratulations！You have two girls.” Garcia told Ecuavisa.“The woman，

27、like every adolescent who is not ready for motherhood，just cried and cried.”Penaherrera insists that she was never told.“They stole her from me，” she said in an interview with Ecuavisa.Meanwhile，Penaherrera and Freire are trying to unite the twin girls.But Marielisa has said she does not want to lea

28、ve the only parents she knows.“They have raised me well，they have respected me and helped me”，she said in an interview with the Guayaquil newspaper El Universo.“If they love me so much，” the girl said of her biological parents，“let them stop the lawsuit and tell me that they wont do anything against

29、 the doctors.” 1How did Penaherrera and Freire find their twin daughter Marielisa Romo?AThey found her after looking for her for 15 years.BThey found her by asking the doctors in the hospital for help.CThey found her by putting an ad in the local newspaper.DThey came across her in a town four months

30、 ago.2For what reason did the twins get separated at birth?ATheir mother only wanted one after giving birth to them.BThe doctor stole one of them.CNo clear reason can be found from the passage.DTheir mother couldnt support two children.3Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?ATh

31、e doctor couple left Ecuador to avoid the lawsuit.BMarielisa gets along well with the doctor couple.CPenaherrera is eager to unite her two daughters.DPenaherrera was not ready for motherhood when she gave birth to the twin daughters.4What can we infer about Marielisa Romo from the passage?AShe is happy to find her biological parents at last.BShe is unwilling to leave the doctor couple.CShe believes shes lucky to be reunited with her twin sister.D