素能提升演练（十五）
必修Unit 15
Ⅰ. 单词拼写1. His place in history is now _______ (稳定的).
2. He was called Smith Minor to (区别)him from the other Smiths.
3. We had never had any (教导) in literary matters at school.
4. “When I am above the world, I shall (不理，不管) all businesses, ” said Birkin.
5. It is evident that this (假设) simplifies the problem at hand to a great extent.
6. If you could direct me to the mall, I would (感激) it.
7. This movie is an (改编) from a real story.
8. I think it possible that we are clever enough to live in a hugely (简化的)world.
9. They had met during college and had decided that it would be (有利的) to each of them if they were to live together.
10. They also know that they will face no serious economic (惩罚，制裁).
Ⅱ．单项填空
1. [2012南平模拟]The British government often says that providing children withto the information super highway is of great importance.
A. prevention
B. protection
C. allowance
D. access
2. I was sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand and _______ the day—a day of pure magic.
A．relieved ofB．reflected on
C．responded toD．recovered from3．[2012天津模拟]It will be warmer tomorrow. The temperature will again.
A．fall belowB．go up
C．stay aboveD．keep on
4．Greatly, the students made up their minds to work at English even harder.
A．inspiringB．inspired
C．having inspiredD．to inspire
5. Since he often travels on business, he canhimself to sleeping in any place he can find．A．devoteB．accustom
C．forceD．reduce
6. —What’s the matter with Christine?
—A letter from her parents in California an attack of homesickness.
A. took off
B. gave off
C. sent off
D. set off
7. —When will the expert come and give the lecture on intellectual property?
—Not until our program _______ by the authorities.
A. approves
B. has been approved
C. is to approve
D. will be approved
8. —My children are always arguing.
—_______
A. Just ignore them.
B. That’s right.
C. Are you sure?
D. How old is the boy?
9. Some businessmen cannot _______ to change because they have tunnel vision.
A. contribute
B. adapt
C. apply
D. devote
10. After the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, people needed to be helped _______.
A. anxiously
B. confidentially
C. urgently
D. seriously
11．I look on it as a good opportunity to fresh skills and broaden my knowledge.
A．acquireB．require
C．acceptD．receive
12. Try to spend your time just on the things you find.
A. worthing doing them
B. worth being done
C. worthy to being done
D. worthy of being done
13. It’s not easy for experts to _______ H1N1 flu in humans from regular human seasonal influenza.
A．distinguishB．separate
C．defineD．recognize
14．The police don’t know who committed the crime, but theyJones.
A．thinkB．imagineC．suspectD．hope
15．He wasto tell the truth even to his closest friend.
A．too much of a cowardB．too much the coward
C．a coward enoughD．enough of a coward
Ⅲ.课文填词
More and more people of 1. vages and
backgrounds realize the
2. i
of life-long learning. A 28-year-old young man,
called Sun Wen thinks that it’s 3. _______ too late to learn. Now he is about to graduate 4. _______ Qinghua University. With the new qualification,
he is getting 5. _______ (提升) at work. Ms Tang is also one of the 6. l,
laid off by her boss,
but now she has already prepared a business plan 7. _______setting up her own export company,
because she has done a 8. b
course. There is an old man,
Grandpa Chen,
75 years old, learning how to use the 9. _______ (因特网) and how to email. He thinks it wrong that after you retire,
all you can do is switch off your brain and bury everything you’ve ever 10.
(学习).
Ⅳ. 阅读理解
On October 5, 2011, around 3: 00 p. m. , Steve P. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, died at his home in Palo Alto, California, aged 56, six weeks after resigning as CEO of Apple. The death was announced by Apple, the company that Mr. Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak started in 1976 in a suburban California garage.
Jobs was born in San Francisco and adopted at birth by Paul Jobs and Clara Jobs. Paul Jobs taught his son basic electronics and how to work with his hands. His adoptive mother was an accountant, who taught him to read before he went to school. Asked in a 1995 interview what he wanted to pass on to his children, Jobs replied, “Just to try to be as good a father to them as my father was to me. I think about that every day of my life. ”
Following high school graduation in 1972, Jobs was admitted to Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Although he dropped out after only one semester, he continued taking classes at Reed, sleeping on the floor in friends’ rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local temple.
In the late 1970s, they designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful personal computers, the Apple Ⅱ series. In 1985, after losing a power struggle, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets.
In 1986, he put money in and produced Toy Story (1995), making Jobs Disney’s largest shareholder at seven percent.
Apple’s 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company. He became a permanent CEO from 2000, developing the iPod, iPhone and iPad products. From 2003, he fought an eight-year battle with cancer. He underwent surgery in 2004 and received a liver transplant in 2009. And he took three medical leaves of absence before stepping down in August and turning over the power to Cook.
Jobs married Laurene Powell on March 18, 1991, and the couple had a son and two daughters.
1. According to the passage, how old was Steve P. Jobs when he got married to Laurene Powell?
A. 21.
B. 30.
C. 36.
D. 45.
2. The writer of the article mainly talks about Steve P. Jobs’ _______ in paragraph 2 and paragraph 3.
A. adoptive father and mother
B. birth father and mother
C. early life and education
D. middle school and college life
3. Put the events in correct order _______
①Jobs married Laurene Powell.
②He received a liver transplant.
③After losing a power struggle, Jobs left Apple.
④He was diagnosed with a certain cancer.
⑤He resigned from Apple.
⑥He became a permanent CEO of Apple.
A. ③①⑥④②⑤
B. ①③⑥⑤④②
C. ①③②⑤⑥④
D. ①③⑥④②⑤
4. Steve P. Jobs returned Apple because of _______.
A. his contribution to Apple
B. his willingness to return to Apple
C. his being very rich
D. Apple’s buying NeXT
Ⅴ. 短文填词
［2012厦门模拟］
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1)汉语提示，2)首字母提示，3)语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。With more and more advertisements around us,
people hold
different opinions.
Some people think ads can _______ (提供)1. _______
information about _______ (各种各样的) goods and help people2. _______
make a better c
.
Sometimes ads can make people
3. _______
aware _______ social problems and government policies.
4. _______
What’s more,
excellent ads are considered as a kind of art
works and _______ themselves enjoyable.
Meanwhile other people 5. _______
believe some false ads cheat consumers.
As a result,
they lose their m
.
Sometimes ads cover too much
6. _______
space in newspapers and take too _______ time on TV and on
7. _______
the radio.
Many people complain that they’re _______ of advertising
8. _______
when ads interrupt their _______ (最喜爱的) programs for a long time. 9. _______
They h
that such ads will be limited.
10. _______
答案解析
Ⅰ. 1. secure
2. distinguish
3. instruction
4. ignore
5. assumption
6. appreciate
7. adaptation
8. simplified
9. beneficial
10. punishment
Ⅱ．1.【解析】选D。句意：英国政府经常说给孩子们提供使用信息高速公路的机会是非常重要的。prevention预防；protection保护；allowance津贴，补贴；access接近/使用……的机会/权利。
2.【解析】选B。句意：在夜晚温暖的氛围里，我手拿一杯冷饮坐着，思考着神奇的一天。reflect on 思考，反省；relieve of解除；respond to回答，回复；recover from恢复。
3．【解析】选B。句意：明天天气将比较暖和。气温将会继续上升。fall below 降到……以下；go up上升；stay above保持在……以上；keep on保持。
4．【解析】选B。句意：受到激励后，学生们下决心更加努力地学习英语。inspire与学生之间为被动关系且动作已发生，故用inspired。
5.【解析】选B。考查动词辨析。句意：由于他经常出差，他能够习惯于睡在他能找到的任何地方。devote oneself to奉献于；accustom oneself to 使自己习惯于； force 迫使；reduce减少。
6.【解析】选D。考查短语辨析。句意：——Christine怎么了？——来自加利福尼亚父母的信让她想家了。set off理解为“激起，爆发”。take off 脱掉；起飞；give off 放出(光、电、热、气)；send off 寄出；派遣；送行。
7.【解析】选B。考查时态。句意：——专家什么时候来作关于知识产权的报告？——直到我们的计划被官方批准。由于是until从句，故用现在完成时。approve赞成，批准, 与our program为动宾关系，须用被动语态。
8.【解析】选A。考查交际用语。句意：——我的孩子总是在吵闹。——别理他们。劝慰别人不受干扰，常用Just ignore them. 。
9.【解析】选B。考查动词辨析。句意：有些生意人因为见识短浅, 不能顺应局势的变化。contribute to 对……作贡献；导致；有助于，促成。adapt to 适应。apply to运用。 devote to 奉献于, 专注于。
10.【解析】选C。考查副词辨析。句意：日本的地震和海啸之后，人们需要紧急救援。anxiously 担忧地，焦虑地; confidentially 自信地; urgently 迫切地；紧急地；急切地; seriously 严肃地。
11．【解析】选A。句意：我把它看作一个获得新技能和拓展知识的好机会。acquire获得；require要求；accept接受； receive收到。
12.【解析】选D。句意：尽量把你的时间花费在你认为值得做的事情上。此处为“find sth. +形容词”结构。 “某事值得做”的表达结构为: sth. be worth doing. 和 sth. be worthy of being done/to be done. 。
【变式备选】
—How much is the T-shirt?
—65 dollars.
A. worth
B. cost
C. worthy
D. paid
【解析】选A。句意：——这件T恤衫多少钱？——65美元。worth值; cost价值；worthy值得……的; pay付款；be worth+价格, 可以表示值多少钱。
13.【解析】选A。考查动词辨析。句意：专家们很难区分开H1N1病毒和普通的流感病毒。distinguish A from B“区分A和B”。 separate 分开, 使分离；define定义, 使明确；recognize 认出，识别。
14．【解析】选C。句意：警察不知道谁犯了罪，但他们怀疑是琼斯。think想；imagine想像；suspect怀疑；hope希望。
15．【解析】选A。句意：他太懦弱了以至于没有讲出真相，即使对他最好的朋友。too. . . to. . . 太……而不能……。
Ⅲ. 答案：1. various 2. importance
3. never
4. from
5. promoted
6. learners
7. for
8. business
9. Internet
10. learnt
Ⅳ. 1.【解析】选C。数字计算题。2011逝世，56岁，出生于1955年，1991年3月18日结婚，应为36岁。
2.【解析】选C。细节理解题。第二段讲述史蒂夫·乔布斯的早期生活，第三段讲述他所受的教育。
3.【解析】选A。细节理解题。Jobs married Laurene Powell. 在1991年；He received a liver transplant. 在2009年；After losing a power struggle, Jobs left Apple. 在1985年；He was diagnosed with a certain cancer. 在2003年；He resigned from Apple. 在2011年；He became a permanent CEO of Apple. 在2000年。
4.【解析】选D。细节理解题。从第六段Apple’s 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company. 可知。buyout全部买下，买断。
Ⅴ. 答案：1. provide2. various
3. choice
4. of
5. make
6. money
7. much
8. tired
9. favo(u)rite
10. hope