精品
Unit 5
(时间:45分钟 满分:60分)
Ⅰ.单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分) 1.—Why haven't you bought any butter? —I ________to, but I forgot about it. A.meant C.wanted
B.liked D.expected
答案 A [考查动词词义的辨析。mean to do sth打算干某事;而meant to do sth 则表示本来打算干而没有干。答语为省略句,补充完整为I meant to buy some butter,but...。句意:—— 你为什么没有买黄油?——我本来打算买的,但我忘了。]
2.Madam Curie,________to scientific research, was________the Nobel Prize twice. A.devoted herself; awarded B.devoted; rewarded C.who devoted ; awarded D.devoted; awarded
答案 D [分析句子结构可知,第一空应为非谓语形式,devote to (doing)sth常在句子中作状语,其现在分词形式应为devoting sth/oneself to ;第二空考查动词的辨析,reward奖励;给以报酬;award 授予。句意:居里夫人由于献身科学研究而被两次授予诺贝尔奖。] 3.It has been universally acknowledged that the whole world is________stage, and all the men and
women are merely________players.(2012·江苏普通高校招生预测金卷) A.the; the C.a; /
B.a; the D.the; /
答案 C [考查冠词的用法。stage 舞台,此处表示泛指概念,应用不定冠词;players表演 者,为复数名词表达泛指概念,不加冠词。句意:人们普遍认为世界就是一个大舞台,而所 有的人就是这个舞台上的表演者。]
4.It is reported that the________in Libya is hotting up. A.strength
B.violence
C.power
D.activity
答案 B [考查名词词义的辨析。strength力量;力气; violence 暴力;暴行; power权力; activity活动。由语境可知,B项正确。句意:据报道,利比亚的暴力行为在激化。]
精品
5.Considering his health, I advise him to________an hour or two each day to work out.
(2012·浙江学军中学三模)
A.set about C.set up
B.set off D.set aside
答案 D [考查动词短语的辨析。set about 着手;开始;set off 出发;动身;set up 成立; 建立; set aside留出;暂时不考虑。句意:考虑到他的健康状况,我建议他每天抽出一到两个小时来锻炼。]
6.Through the reform, the economic situation of China________much better than it used to be. A.turned into C.turned to
B.turned off D.turned out
答案 D [考查动词短语的辨析。turn into变成;turn of关上; turn to 转向;向……求助; turn out 结果是;证明是。由语境可知D项正确。句意:通过改革,中国的经济状况比过去 好多了。]
7.If they________what I was saying, they'd know what I was talking about.
(2012·安徽蚌埠二中高三质检)
A.took the trouble to listen to B.had trouble listening to C.take the trouble to listen to D.have trouble listening to
答案 A [考查短语及动词时态的辨析及应用。take the trouble to do sth不辞劳苦干某事;have trouble (in)doing sth做……有困难。由句子中的was saying及was talking about可知,空格处应用一般过去式。句意:如果他们不嫌麻烦听听我说的话的话,他们就会知道我在谈论什么了。]
8.The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ________up to half will be from abroad.
(2012·海淀区高三查漏补缺试题) B.for whom D.of whom
A.in which
C.with which
答案 D [考查非限制性定语从句。表示“……中的一部分”应用介词of,且先行词为students,故引导词用whom。句意:通常情况下这门课程每年吸引20名学生,其中多达一半来自海外。]
9.I can still recall those days of military training(军训)________we repeated the simple and boring “At ease” and “Attention”.(2012·山东威海市高三模拟) A.which
B.when
C.where
D.That
答案 B [考查定语从句的用法。先行词为days 且从句中缺少状语,故用when引导。句