Tales of the unexplained 课时跟踪检测A卷
.单项填空
1．(2015·福建莆田高三质检)— Shangrila Hotel! May I help you?
— Id like to ________ a double room with a sea view for two nights.
A．observe B．reserve
C．deserve
D．preserve
2．(2015·盐城高三模拟)One valuable tip for graduates is that first impressions during a job interview really________.
A．apply
B．function
C．award
D．count
3．(2015·安徽铜陵高三月考)Zhang Bichen works hard as usual and it has ________. She has got the first in The Voice of China.
A．showed up
B．cut off
C．paid off
D．put up
4．(2015·黄山一模)Early experiences taught me not to be overly ________ about shopping by mobile phone because there is a high risk of being cheated.
A．particular
B．enthusiastic
C．cautious
D．casual
5．(2015·南京高三期末测试)The pencilbox on the desk as well as the bookmarks ________ to my little sister.
A．is belonged
B．belongs
C．are belonged
D．belong
6．(2015·扬州一模)________ that the country leaders can lead them out of the financial problems, people are becoming more optimistic about the future of the country.
A．Convincing
B．Convinced
C．To convince
D．Having convinced
7．(2015·南平高三质检)Aliens visiting Earth is controversial but what happened in some places is hard ________，leaving people ________ about these strange phenomena.
A．to explain; puzzled
B．to be explained; puzzling
C．explained; puzzled
D．being explained; puzzling
8．(2015·淮阴中学高三模拟)With our knowledge ________ practice, we can make contributions to our society.
A．to base on
B．basing on
C．based on
D． base on
9．(2015·徐州市高三质检)— Do you have any plan for the coming holiday?
— I thought I might stay with my parents, but something unexpected ________.
A．has occurred
B．had occurred
C．was occurring
D．would occur
10．(2015·怀化二模)While ________ down the street, I happened to meet one of my friends.
A．walk
B．walking
C．to walk
D．walked
11．(2015·苏南高三模拟)We dont dismiss the possibility ________ more cases of this kind will come up in the future in carrying out the plan.
A．where
B．whether
C．why
D．that
12．(2015·屯溪一中高三质检)Gottlieb Daimler, a German engineer, is normally believed ________ the car.
A．invented
B．to invent
C．to have invented
D．to be inventing
13．(2015·宝鸡质检)In Sochi, a beautiful snowcovered Russian town ________ watching the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games on February 7,2014.
A．millions of people gathered
B．did millions of people gather
C．were millions of people gathering
D．gathered millions of people
14．(2015·苏州高三一模)The white building, ________ threats to pull it down, is now a private house in the possession of a retired professor.
A．survived
B．surviving
C．to survive
D．having survived
15．(2015·南京高三调研)It is reported that no African country apart from South Africa and Egypt ________ putting more than 4 percent of the national GDP into education in the last ten years.
A．has been
B．were
C．was
D．have been
.阅读理解
A
(2015·江苏省四校第三次联考)Scientists have many theories about how new planets are born. But they have never seen one actually take shape — until now. Astronomers using the European Southern Observatorys Very Large Telescope believe they have spotted a baby planet forming in deep space. “If we are correct, this is the first time we are seeing a planet forming inside its natal environment，” says astronomer Sascha Quanz, leader of the team that made the discovery.
Scientists are excited because the images they have captured are a photographic first. But they may also have learned something new about how planets get started.
If this dust cloud is a new planet, it?s a big one. HD 100546b, as the new formation is called, could grow much larger than Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system.Scientists think HD 100546b is a gas giant. Gas giants are huge planets like Jupiter and Saturn that are made mostly from gases like hydrogen and helium (氦)．
HD 100546b is located 335 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light can travel in one year, or about 6 trillion miles. So the baby planet may seem far, but compared with many other distant stars and galaxies in our universe, it’s actually relatively close. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is 100,000 light years wide.
Before now, astronomers thought planets had to be very close to their stars during formation. But scientists estimate that HD 100546b is about 68 times farther from its star than Earth is from our sun.
When the right mixture of cosmic (宇宙的) dust comes together near a young star, a planet begins to form. Slowly, the planet creates its own gravity. That allows the planet to pull material from the disk of gases and other matter floating around the star.
1．Which of the following is the largest in the solar system?
A．HD 100546b. B．Jupiter
C．Saturn.
D．Earth.
2．Why is this discovery so special?
A．Because a new member in the solar system was born.
B．Because it can prove that there are other planets beyond the solar system.
C．Because a gas giant is first seen being formed in deep space.
D．Because the image of HD 100546b is first drawn by astronomers.
3．According to the passage, HD 100546b is________.
A．the sister planet of Jupiter and Saturn
B．first caught on camera by scientists
C．about 68 light years away from its star
D．a gas giant that grows close to its star
4．How far is HD 100546b from Earth?
A．About 335 trillion miles.
B．About 2010 trillion miles.
C．About 6 trillion miles.
D．About 100,000 trillion miles.
5．What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A．How a planet comes into being.
B．How a young star pulls its planets.
C．What a planet consists of.
D．What effect the gravity has.
B
(2015·江苏五市联考)Wondering if you’re overdue？Here are 4 signs.Its time to rest and recharge yourself with a muchneeded getaway，along with our suggestions of where to go.
Working Overtime Is Your Life
If long hours are part of your job and youre not willing to find different work, book off some vacation days.Vacations give us something to look forward to when the daily hard work is weighing us down.
●REST up at a destination spa (度假式水疗)．
●RECHARGE your batteries on a skiing vacation.
Youre Nursing a Broken Heart
Only time can mend a broken heart, but spending time with your best friends may speed things along.Plan a girlfriends’ getaway or guys’ weekend immediately!
●REST by the fountain at a hot seeandbeseen LA boutique hotel.
●RECHARGE on a shopping trip or at a nonstop party hotspot.
You’ve an Unhealthy Way of Life
Though it’s possible to kick bad habits like smoking or overeating at home a trip abroad may make it a bit easier.On a vacation with healthy lifestyle habits at the centre，youre forced to focus on selfcare in a way which would prove impossible at home.
It’s not enough to take care of your health on the rare occasion you can go on vacation：use vacations to kickstart a healthier lifestyle which is sustainable on a daily basis when you get back home.
●REST a troubled mind at a yoga retreat.
●RECHARGE energy levels by the sea.
You’ve Got No Skills Left to Improve
Challenging ourselves to carry out new tasks keeps our bodies and minds active.If you’re an expert at everything and a newbie (新手) at nothing, its time to move outside your comfort zone.Travel is renowned for providing that opportunity for growth.
●REST your body while challenging your brain，by learning a language abroad.
●RECHARGE yourself with a healing art like massagetherapy or a cooking course.
6．According to the leaflet, a vacation trip will________.
A．cure you of your heart trouble
B．make you interested in your work
C．help you to learn some new things
D．allow you to make some new friends
7．If you have an unhealthy lifestyle，________.
A．a trip abroad will enable you to get rid of some bad habits easily
B．it is difficult for you to show your selfcontrol in your own house
C．you will learn about its harmful effects at the centre on a vacation
D．you are likely to restore your old habits once you return from a trip
8．Where should you go if you want to get rid of your tiredness?
A．To a fountain. B．To some stores.
C．To a hotspot.
D．To a snowy field.
答案
Ⅰ.1.选B 根据语境可知，答话人是想预订一个双人海景房。reserve“预订，保留”，符合语境。observe“观察到，看到”；deserve“应得”；preserve“保存，维护”。
2．选D 句意：对于毕业生来说一个有价值的建议就是在面试中重视第一印象。apply“申请；应用”；function“起作用；功能”；award“授予；奖励”；count“有价值；重要”。根据句意答案选D。
3．选C 句意：张碧晨像平时一样努力，结果，她的付出得到了回报，她在《中国好声音》节目里得了第一名。show up“出现，现身”；cut off“切断；阻隔”；pay off“回报”；put up“张贴，悬挂，举起”。
4．选B 句意：早期的经历教会了我不能对手机购物太过狂热，因为被骗的风险会很高。particular“特别的，挑剔的”；enthusiastic“热情的”；cautious“谨慎的”；casual“随便的”。
5．选B 句意：桌上的这个铅笔盒，还有这些书签都是我小妹的。belong是不及物动词，没有被动语态。另外，当主语中含as well as时，主句的谓语动词与它前面的主语在人称和数上保持一致。故选B。
6．选B 句意：人们相信国家领导人能带领他们摆脱经济困境，所以对国家的未来更加乐观了。动词convince与逻辑主语people之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词convinced作状语，表示“相信”这种状态。
7．选A 句意：外星人访问地球是一个有争议性的问题，但是一些地方发生的事情却难以解释，对这些奇怪的现象人们感到困惑。第一空考查动词不定式作状语，某些作表语的形容词(easy, hard, difficult, good, heavy, comfortable等)后面接不定式作状语，用主动形式表示被动含义；第二空考查过去分词作宾语补足语，指人的心理感受或状态。
8．选C 句意：把我们的知识建立在实践的基础之上，我们就能为社会做出贡献。 base ...on ...“把……建立在……基础上”。base与knowledge之间为被动关系，故用其过去分词形式。
9．选A 句意：“对于即将到来的假期，你有什么安排吗？”“我原以为会和父母待在一起，但是一些没有预料到的事情发生了。”根据语境可知，“一些没有预料到的事情”已经发生，且对现在造成了影响，故用现在完成时，即A项正确。
10．选B 句意：沿街走的时候，我碰巧遇到了一位我的朋友。while walking是时间状语从句的省略，while后省略了I was。
11．选D 句意：我们不能排除这种可能性，在今后实施计划过程中会有更多的这样的案例出现。此处that引导的是同位语从句，修饰the possibility。
12．选C 句意：戈特利布·戴姆勒，一位德国工程师，通常被认为发明了汽车。sb. be believed to have done sth. “某人被认为做了某事”，其中不定式所表示的动作发生在谓语动作之前。
13．选D 句意：2014年2月7日，在索契，一个漂亮的白雪覆盖的俄罗斯小镇，好几百万人聚集在这里观看了第22届冬季奥运会开幕式。表示地点、时间的介词短语放于句首，且主语较长时，常使用完全倒装，故选D项。
14．选D 句意：这座白色的大楼，在要被拆除的危险中幸存了下来，现在它成了一位退休教授的私人房屋。根据句子结构可知，the white building和survive是主动关系，先排除A项；再根据survive的动作发生在is之前可知，应用现在分词的完成式。
15．选A 句意：据报道除了南非和埃及，没有非洲国家在过去的十年里把超过4%的国民生产总值投到教育上。根据句中的时间状语“in the last ten years”可知，此处应用现在完成时，所填谓语的主语是“no African country”，当主语后面跟由介词apart from, like, as well as, besides, with等连接的词时，谓语的单、复数视主语的情况而定，所以此处用单数。
Ⅱ.语篇解读：这是一篇科普文。关于行星的诞生，科学家有许多理论，但是他们从来没有真正看见过一颗行星的诞生。最近天文学家通过高倍望远镜终于看到一颗行星的形成。
1．选B 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第二句可知，太阳系中最大的行星是木星，由此可知B项正确。
2．选C 推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，科学家有很多关于行星诞生的理论，但直到现在他们才第一次用欧洲南方天文台的高倍望远镜看到一个行星的形成过程。由此可知C项正确。
3．选B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的第一句可知，科学家第一次拍摄到HD 100546b的影像。B项正确。
4．选B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段的第一、二句可知，HD 100546b 离地球的距离大约是335×6＝2010 trillion miles。
5．选A 段落大意题。文章最后一段提到，当宇宙尘埃在某一年轻恒星附近聚集在一起时，一个行星开始形成。慢慢地此行星产生自己的引力。这使得该行星将气团中的物质和其他漂浮在恒星周围的物质吸引过来。由此可知，此段主要讲述的是一颗行星是如何诞生的。
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了几处休闲和放松的好去处。
6．选C 推理判断题。根据表格最后一栏中的“Challenging ourselves to carry out new tasks...Travel is renowned for providing that opportunity for growth.”可推知，假期旅游可以给人们学习新东西的机会。故选C项。
7．选B 推理判断题。根据表格中Youve an Unhealthy Way of Life 介绍中的第一段最后一句可推知，在家对自己的不健康的生活习惯加以控制几乎是不可能的。故选B项。
8．选D 细节理解题。根据表格中Working Overtime Is Your Life 介绍的第一段最后一句和“RECHARGE your batteries on a skiing vacation.”可知，如果劳累了，可以去雪地旅行，放松一下。故选D项。