选修8 unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
1．(2012·江苏高考)—Don’t worry，Mum.The doctor said it was only the flu.
—______！I’ll tell Dad there’s nothing serious.
A．What a reliefB．Congratulations
C．How surprising
D．I’m so sorroy
解析：A项意为“这下可放心了”；B项意为“恭喜，祝贺”；C项意为“好奇怪”；D项意为“对不起”。句意：——别担心，妈妈。医生说只是流感。——这下可放心了！我将告诉你爸爸你没事。母亲一直担心孩子的病，现在孩子告诉母亲只是流感，母亲自然是“放心”，故选A项。
答案：A
2．The money will be paid to everyone______whether they have children or not.
A. in terms of
B. regardless of
C. in addition to
D. far from
解析： regardless of不顾，不管。句意：这些钱将会人人都有份，不管他们有没有小孩。
答案：B
4．As there is less and less coal and oil，scientists are exploring new ways of making use of______ energy，such as sunlight，wind and water for power and fuel.
A．primary
B．alternative
C．instant
D．unique
解析：考查形容词词义辨析。语意表示“煤炭与石油”之外的可供替代的能源如阳光、风和水，alternative表示“供替代的；两者择一的”。
答案：B
5．______ that you are chosen to be monitor of our class，what will you do?
A．Assumed
B．To assume
C．Assuming
D．To be assumed
解析：根据句子结构可知前半部分为状语，assuming that表示“假设……”。
答案：C
6．The carrot should be______into small pieces before you put them into the boiling water.
A．cut down
B． cut off
C．cut in
D．cut up
解析：cut up切碎，符合题意。cut down减少(开支)，砍倒；cut off切断，中断；cut in打断，插话，均不符合题意。
答案：D
7．The bell ______ the end of the period rang ______ our heated discussion.
A．indicating；interrupting
B．indicated；interrupting
C．indicating；interrupted
D．indicated；interrupted
解析：考查非谓语动词用法。句中谓语为rang；indicating作定语修饰bell；interrupting是现在分词作结果状语。
答案：A
9．The agent was ______ for carrying a false passport.
A．arrested
B．accused
C．charged
D．suspected
解析：句意：那个代理商因使用假护照而被捕。arrest逮捕；be arrested for因……被逮捕；be accused of因……被指控；be charged with被控告……；be suspected of被怀疑……。
答案：A
10．To our ______，his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared. A． relief
B．judgement
C．view
D．anxiety
解析：to our relief令我们放心的是，judgement，view，anxiety多与介词in搭配。
答案：A
11．______ I had seen him yesterday at the airport!
A．If
B．If only
C．Only if
D．Since
解析：if only“要是……就好了”。句意：我要是昨天在机场见到他就好了。表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。
答案：B
12．We all can go out for a picnic this afternoon—______that the others agree.
A．to assume
B．assumed
C．assume
D．assuming
解析：assuming that...假定……。类似表达有：providing/supposing(that)．..。
答案：D
[交际用语]
14．(2012·江苏高考)—Honey，the cat’s stuck in the tree.Can you turn off the TV and get a ladder...?
—Oh，it jumped off.______.
A．Never mind
B．All right
C．No problem
D．Take care
解析：never mind没关系，不要紧；all right行，可以；no problem没问题；take care当心。句意：——宝贝，猫卡在了树上。你能不能关掉电视、找把梯子……？——哦，它跳下来了。没事。由it jumped off可知，问题解决了，接下来应是叫对方不要担心。故选A项。
答案：A