高三英语学生暑假自主学习讲义（八）
【基础知识训练】
一、根据汉语意思或首字母提示用本单元单词的适当形式填空。
1. Not all advertisements provide us with true information. Now and then we should exercise good judgment to tell
what is ____________（可靠的）.
2. Some people consider that cloning human embryos with the ____________（意图）of destroying them shows no
respect for human life.
3. Safety taken into consideration, Mary?s parents hesitated to give p____________ for her driving alone when she
was in senior high school.
4. He lacks sound j____________, which means he doesn?t exactly know what is right or wrong.
5. His father wanted him to follow in his f__________, but he was determined to do something else with his life. 6. In this book, Adam Smith?s emphasis that the ____________（无形的） hand usually leads markets to allocate
resources efficiently.
7. I?m planning to hold a party in the open air, but I can give no ____________（保证）because it depends on the
weather.
8. While this kind of humor may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have
a____________ for or admire the person being made fun of.
9. The restaurant offers a wide v____________ of dishes, from Asian to western food.
10. Parents should encourage their children to p____________ in after-school activities in order to improve
themselves.
二、用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. The play _______________（play）next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture.
2. Rainforests ________________（cut）and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the
future.
3. _______________（determine）to get a ticket for the concert, George has been standing in a queue for two hours. 4. --- I think the waiter has forgotten us. We ________________（wait）here for an hour!
--- I think you?re right. He probably thinks we have already ordered our food.
5. ________________（avoid）being affected, the students insist that he ______________（be）separated from his
desk mate, who is very naughty.
6. China ________________（see）a sharp increase in the number of aged people over the past decade. 7. ________________（take）good care of, the old man is living a happy life.
8. Don?t bother to look for the dictionary. It ________________（turn up）somewhere some day. 9. Who will you have ________________（translate）the article into Japanese?
10. Had Jack received six more votes in the election last week, he ________________（be）the chairman of the
students? union now.
三、用方框里所给的短语的适当形式填空。 as to, point out, open up, use up, in favor of, toy with, be cautious with, for sale, comment on, concentrate on 1. As some scientists ____________, human cloning is not necessarily harmful to us. 2. The population in the world is becoming larger and larger and we will ____________the earth?s natural
resources one day.
3. Anyone who ____________the law will pay dearly for his stupid behavior sooner or later.
4. As a senior high student, the only thing you should do is to ____________mastering as much knowledge as you
can.
5. Could you care to ____________ the civil war taking place in that African country?
6. Tickets for the concert given by Lang Lang are ____________ at the box office. Let?s hurry to queue up.
7. Many countries ____________ building the nuclear power and Germany has announce that it will close down all
the stations by 2020.
8. Most of the people present at the meeting were ____________my proposal while David was against it. 9. Scientific advance has ____________ the possibility of the curing the diseases such as cancer. 10. There is still some doubt ____________whether GM food is harmful to our health. 四、句子翻译
1． 财政压力迫使公司减少开支。（cut back on）
2． 为了成功，我可以置生命安危于不顾，但决不会牺牲自己的人格。（put…in danger）
3． 据说他们有几项科研计划正在实施。（under way）
4． 他指责那个年轻人玩弄他女儿的感情。（toy with）
5． 这样不得人心的政策是很难推行下去的。（push ahead with）
【综合能力提升】
一、单项填空 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D、四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 1. ---I?m really mad at what Jack said about my job yesterday. ---______! He was just kidding. A. Take your time B. Lighten up C. Take it easy D. Not at all 2. He got into the old truck and off ______to one of the far corners of the farm to fix the fences. A. did they rush B. they did rush C. they rushed D. rushed they
3. While I treasure my job as a sales manager, I never expected promoting a new product would ______so much work. A. request B. involve C. appoint D. classify 4. Tom is clever at numbers and I think he will ______ an excellent accountant. A. make B. turn C. appear D. grow
5. We enjoy much convenience of shopping online, but there is a danger ______we could become victims of fraud. A. what B. it C. that D. whether
6. As we?re three goals already down in the first period, the team needs to be encouraged to play more ______. A. offensively B. smoothly C. tentatively D. thoroughly 7. ---Business computing has been changing rapidly.
---I can?t agree more. By the year 2020 it will have changed ______recognition. A. beneath B. beyond C. before D. below 8. ---John, what do you think of the book Red Sorghum Clan by Mo Yan? ---You simply ______read it, for it was written in an unconventional way. A. shall B. can C. must D. will 9. Entertainment jobs are another category, included ______are singers, actors and musicians. A. in them B. in that C. in which D. in it 10. ______at the very beginning, the financial crisis was getting worse and worse in America. A. Not dealt with properly B. Not dealing with properly C. Not having dealt with properly D. Not being dealt with properly 11. ---Will you attend Jim?s birthday party?
---I will if I am invited ______he is the last person I want to see. A. because B. unless C. though D. as 12. ---How long have you been here, Susan?
---Only about five minutes. Alisa ______here with me. A. has walked B. walk C. had walked D. walked
13. ______more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves with a higher education. A. Compete B. Being competed C. To compete D. Competing 14. ---Mum, where is my ball? I remember I put it here yesterday. ---You ______it in the wrong place. A. must put B. might put C. should have put D. might have put 15. ---So, Jessica, I?ve been told that you are a novelist? ---Far from it. I am just going to try writing to ______. A. get the picture B. kill the fatted calf C. face the music D. get my feet wet 二、完形填空 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Every Saturday and Sunday morning, my father would throw his bike in the trunk of his car and explore new areas to ride. I was always 1 by this. What satisfaction did his bike provide him? It?s 2 a bike, right? That all 3 when I started riding my bike in our garage, which hadn?t been touched for nearly three years. I had been annoying my parents to help me 4 a bike for college. Scared but 5 , I decided to try riding it. I mean, wasn?t it supposed to be 6 ? Alas, it was not 7 ., I spent five or ten minutes riding around, doing small turns or practicing shifting gears（换挡）. Then I practised in the street. The greatest moment of it all is 8 my father was there with me, every step of the way. He ran up and down the street making sure my 9 wasn?t due to a negative result. I?ll never forget those moments. Who says 10 with your parents end before college?
Then, college came. The look on my father?s face was 11 when he showed me how to lock my bike. Over various methods of communication, my father 12 ask: ?Did you ride your bike today?? 13 , for almost two months, my answer was no.
Why? I was hesitant（迟疑的）. 14 was not on my schedule. But then, with a kick of confidence, I 15 my bike in September. All I kept thinking was that my father and mother would be 16 of me! Even if it was doing something as small as riding my bike!
Now, all I want to do is ride my bike! There are 17 no words to describe the rush you get while riding your bike. To 18 myself, I set goals. It feels unbelievable to know that you hit your goals. The next time you are 19 with emotions, ride a bike. The best part of my cycling experience is that 20 you fall, you pick yourself back up. It?s as simple as that. 1. A. inspired B. confused C. embarrassed D. upset 2. A. merely B. actually C. exactly D. probably 3. A. improved B. arose C. worked D. changed 4. A. equip B. repair C. purchase D. ride 5. A. anxious B. curious C. serious D. cautious 6. A. easy B. boring C. dangerous D. awkward 7. A. In fact B. At last C. In all D. At first 8. A. where B. what C. when D. whether 9. A. screaming B. laughing C. talking D. whispering 10. A. conflicts B. memories C. talks D. holidays 11. A. annoyed B. strange C. priceless D. determined 12. A. could B. must C. should D. would 13. A. Unfortunately B. Occasionally C. Generally D. Happily 14. A. Traveling B. Failing C. Shopping D. Driving 15. A. put away B. picked up C. searched for D. got on 16. A. ashamed B. tired C. proud D. nervous 17. A. absolutely B. occasionally C. frequently D. eventually 18. A. persuade B. enjoy C. protect D. challenge 19. A. impressed B. choked C. bored D. moved
20. A. because B. though C. once D. unless
三、阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
One baobab tree in South Africa is so large that a popular pub has been established inside its trunk. Many local cultures consider baobab trees to be sacred （神圣的）. Others use them for their nutritious fruits, eatable leaves and beautiful flowers.
But the size has not necessarily protected them. According to research published in Biological Conservation, two of Madagascar?s baobab tree species will lose much of their available habitat in the next 70 years. One species may not survive to the next century. Madagascar is home to seven of the world?s eight baobab species, six of which can be found nowhere else.
The study—by scientists from the French agricultural research center CIRAD—relied on satellite images and field work to develop population estimates and distribution models for three baobab species. All three trees are currently listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. The study suggests that two of the species should now be reclassified as seriously endangered.
One of those species, A. perrieri, had the lowest current population, with just 99 trees observed during ten years of field study. The researchers estimate that climate change will decrease the habitat of this species from about 21000 square kilometers today to just over 6500 square kilometers in 2080.
The second species, A. suarezensis, had a higher estimated current population of 15000 trees but a far smaller distribution area of just 1200 square kilometers. Based on climate change models, the researchers estimated that the distribution of this species will cover just 17 square kilometers by 2050 and could face potential extinction by 2080. The one bright spot in their study was A. grandidieri, the largest and most populous baobab species. The researchers counted an estimated one million trees with a distribution of more than 26000 square kilometers. This isn?t expected to change much by 2050.
As the researchers point out, there?s nowhere left for the baobabs to go. Many baobab trees currently are in Protected Area Networks （PANs） established to preserve Madagascar?s biodiversity, but the areas outside many PANs have been almost completely changed to agriculture or cattle feeding areas, leaving no room for the trees to expand their distribution.
The researchers wrote that the existing PAN system in Madagascar “is not likely to be effective for biodiversity conservation in the future” because the PANs will not always contain the ecological features necessary for the survival of the species that live inside them today. They suggest that the PAN system will need to be adapted. 1. According to the text, baobab trees ________. A. don?t bear fruits B. can only be seen in Africa C. are treated with respect in Madagascar D. have about a dozen species 2. It can be inferred from CIRAN?s study that ________. A. it?s not easy to estimate baobab trees? population B. the IUCN Red List needs to be adjusted C. satellite images are not totally reliable D. field work plays a great role in saving baobab trees 3. Of the three baobab species researched by CIRAD, ________. A. A.perrieri had the smallest distribution area B. all of them currently are in PANs C. A. grandidieri is the least endangered species D. A.suarezensis is likely to disappear in 2050 4. What is the best title for the text?
A. There is an amazing big tree species in South Africa
B. Climate change could wipe out baobab trees in Madagascar. C. Expanding baobab trees? distribution is an urgent task. D. More efforts should be made to protect native wildlife.
B
Eddie McKay, a once-forgotten pilot, is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada.
It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, found McKay?s name in a
footnote in a book about university history. Mckay was included in a list of university alumni（校友）who had served during the First World War, but his name was unfamiliar to Broad, a specialist in military history. Out of curiosity, Broad spent hours at the local archives（档案馆）in a fruitless search for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged, he finally gave up. On his way out, Broad?s glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture, he experienced a thrilling realization.” After looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said Broad. Excited by the find, Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually, a picture came into view.
Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy planes, outlived his entire squadron（中队）as a WWI flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in England, then returned to the front, where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in December 1917. But there?s more to his story. “For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boclcke, the most famous German pilot at the time.” Yet, in a letter home, McKay refused to take credit, saying that Boelcke had actually crashed into another German plane.
Mckay?s war records were destroyed during a World War II air bombing on London---an explanation for why he was all but forgotten.
But now, thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students, a marker in McKay?s memory was placed on the university grounds in November 2007. “I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word ?deceased（?阵亡） next to his name,” said Corey Everrett, a student who found a picture of McKay in his uniform. “This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead of finishing his time at Western, he chose to fight and die for his country.”
5. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay? A. A uniform of McKay. B. A footnote about McKay. C. A book on McKay. D. A picture of McKay. 6. What did the students find out about McKay? A. He trained pilots for some time. B. He lived longer than other pilots. C. He died in the Second World War. D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke. 7. McKay?s flying documents were destroyed in ________. A. Belgium B. Germany C. Canada D. England 8. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay ________. A. preferred fight to his study B. went to war before graduation C. left a picture for Corey Everrett D. set an example for his fellow students 9. What is the text mainly about? A. The research into war history. B. The finding of a forgotten hero. C. The pilots of the two world wars. D. The importance of military studies.
C
In this passage adapted from a novel, a Canadian woman recalls for her childhood during the 1960s. Originally from China, the family travelled to Irvine, Ontario, Canada, where the parents opened a restaurant, the Dragon Café.
As a young girl I never really thought about my parents? lives in Irvine, how small their world must have seemed, never extending beyond the Dragon Café. Every day my parents did the same jobs in the restaurant. I watched the same customers come for meals, for morning coffee, for afternoon soft drinks and French fries. For my parents one day was like the next. They settled into an uneasy and distant relationship with each other. Their love, their tenderness, they gave to me.
But my life was changing. I became taller and bigger, my second teeth grew in white and straight. At school I began to learn about my adopted country. I spoke English like a native, without a trace of an accent. I played, though, and dreamed in the language of our Irvine neighbors. A few years later and I would no longer remember a time when