课时作业(四十七) 选修8 Unit 24 Society
.单项填空
1.(2016·浙江省第一次五校联考)We don’t think the experiment is________failure.At least we have gained________experience for future success.
A.the;aB.a;/
C.a;an
D.the;the
2.(2016·山西高三上学期诊断)Chengdu has focused on improving the surrounding countryside,________encouraging largescale city expansion.
A.due to
B.rather than
C.except for
D.other than
3.(2016·南京四校高三阶段调研)—Don’t press the button,John.
—What if I________?
A.did
B.would
C.will
D.shall
4.We have been working for about four hours.It is high time that we________a break.
A.had taken
B.heve taken
C.take
D.took
5.Her health________under the pressure of work and she had to stay in hospital for a month.
A.broke up
B.broke away
C.broke out
D.broke down
6.(2016·威海模拟)The QinghaiTibet Railway,as the chief engineer said,was the hardest engineering project they had ever______in the past 30 years.
A.offered
B.afforded
C.suffered
D.undertaken
7.The applicants had a short time to________whatever skills they had acquired.
A.keep off
B.show off
C.hold out
D.sort out
8.Recent years________great changes in the banking industry around the world.
A.have witnessed
B.witness
C.witnessed
D.are witnessing
9.The fans complained about the apparently________distribution of tickets for the next basketball game.
A.stable
B.merciful
C.abundant
D.arbitrary
10.The businessman claimed________from Harvard,while in fact,he never went to college.
A.to have graduated
B.to graduate
C.having graduated
D.graduating
11.The government has made a policy to adjust and control housing prices in big cities,________,in my opinion,will surely benefit most people.
A.when
B.that
C.which
D.where
12.—May I see you at four o’clock this afternoon?
—I’m afraid not.I________a charity meeting then.
A.will attend
B.have attended
C.will be attending
D.was attending
13.Daddy’s birthday is approaching and I’m hunting for a gift for him,________at a reasonable price but of good value.
A.one
B.it
C.this
D.that14.Not only________the task ahead of time,but also she volunteered to help others.
A.Jane finished
B.did Jane finish
C.finished Jane
D.Jane did finish
15.—Would you like some more orange juice?
—________,please.
A.Just a little
B.No more
C.I’ve had enough
D.That’s great.完形填空[建议用时15′]
(2016·宁夏银川一中第四次考试)
After 22 years of marriage,I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife,Peggy.I started dating another woman.
One day Peggy said to me,“Life is too__1__,and you need to spend time with the people you love.You probably won’t believe me,but I know you love her and I think that if you spend more time with her,it will make us__2__.”
The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to__3__is my mother,a 72yearold widow who has lived alone since my father__4__20 years ago.Right after his death,I__5__2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career.When I moved back near my hometown six years ago,I promised myself that I would spend more time with my mom.But with the__6__of my job and three kids,I never got around to seeing her much__7__family gettogethers and holidays.
Mom was__8__and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
We didn’t go anywhere __9__,just a neighboring place where we could talk.__10__her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows,I had to read the menu for her.
“I used to be the__11__when you were little,” she said.
“Then it is time for you to relax and let me__12__the favor,” I said.
We had a nice talk__13__dinner,just catching up on each other’s lives.We talked for so long that we__14__the movie.
“__15__was your date?my wife asked when I got home that evening.”
“Nice...nicer than I thought it would be,” I said.
Mom and I get out for__16__a couple of times a month.Sometimes we take in a movie,but__17__we talk.Through the talks,I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War.I know how she met my father there,and know how they__18__the difficult times.I can’t get enough of these stories.They are__19__to me,a part of my history.
Peggy was right.Dating another woman has__20__my marriage.1.A.easy
B.difficult
C.short
D.hard
2.A.closer
B.longer
C.happier
D.easier
3.A.date
B.please
C.meet
D.consult
4.A.passed out
B.passed by
C.passed down
D.passed away
5.A.went
B.drove
C.moved
D.removed
6.A.pressure
B.development
C.demand
D.loss
7.A.beyond
B.with
C.during
D.on
8.A.excited
B.annoyed
C.delighted
D.surprised
9.A.ordinary
B.fancy
C.plain
D.common10. A.Since
B.Until
C.If
D.Unless
11.A.worker
B.waitress
C.reader
D.owner
12.A.award
B.return
C.turn
D.answer
13.A.over
B.with
C.on
D.across
14.A.forgot
B.refused C.missed
D.abandoned
15.A.What
B.Who
C.Where
D.How
16.A.talk
B.movie
C.walk
D.dinner
17.A.finally
B.merely
C.mostly
D.especially
18.A.went through
B.got through
C.looked through
D.saw through
19.A.friendly
B.kind
C.loyal
D.important
20.A.ruined
B.damaged
C.helped
D.affected
.阅读理解
(2016·安徽皖北协作区高三联考)
Many of us still tend to think that emotions can affect reasonablethought,and sometimes land us in trouble.But in recent
years psychologists have taken quite a different view.Keith Oatley,Professor of Psychology at Glasgow University,is involved in the research which shows the fundamental importance of emotions.
He believes we_are_very_ambivalent_about_them:we think of our emotions as being unreasonable,but we also consider them as essential to being human.For example,Mr Spock,a character in the television series Star Trek,is superintelligent and he has no emotions at all.However,he is never made captain of the spaceship.Maybe,this is because Mr Spock is not the kind of person you can share your feelings with—a person who shows his emotions.
As Professor Oatley points out,our emotions have very important functions,for example,fear.If we cross the road and a car approaches,we usually stop moving or step back.We stop what we are doing,check what we have done and pay very careful attention to the environment.The emotion of fear makes us take this small series of actions which,on average,help preserve our safety.
On the other hand,if things are going well and small problems come up,we find we can solve them with the resources we have to hand.As a consequence,we tend to feel happy and usually continue doing the job.
Anger is an emotion that tends to occur when someone is preventing
us from doing something.Then this small “kit” of reactions enables us to
prepare ourselves to be quite aggressive to that person,or to try harder,and so on.
Professor Oatley believes emotions generally occur at these important moments in actions.With fear and anger our emotions make us decide to start
doing something else,while with happiness they “suggest” we continue what we are already doing.
1.What’s Keith Oatley’s opinion about emotions?
A.They affect reasonable thought.
B.They get us into trouble.
C.They are helpful to us.
D.They are reasonable.
2.What does the underlined part “we are very ambivalent about them” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.We have contradictory feelings towards emotions.
B.We have similar ideas of emotions.
C.We are quite clear about emotions.
D.We can do nothing about emotions.
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Fear helps us to be careful about our surroundings.
B.Happiness inspires us to continue what we are doing.
C.Anger may urge us to make greater efforts. D.Anger tends to do us more harm than good.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A.we must control our emotions in daily life
B.emotions play a more important part than we realize
C.positive emotions such as love and joy are good for us
D.negative emotions make us continue what we are doing
.短文改错
(2016·河南五市联考)
I was working in a beer company,helped the president do something important.At the same time,my mother was in the final stages of the cancer.I worked during the day and drive 40
miles home to be with her every night.It was tired,but it was
that I want to do.I didn’t want bother the president with my
trouble,yet I felt someone at the company needed to know
about it.So I told a friend and asked him not to share the information with someone.However,the president called me into his office one day.He faced me from across her large desk,looked at me and said,“Alice,I hear your mother is very ill.” I was caught by a surprise and burst into tears.He just gentle said a sentence I will never forget:“Whatever you need.”课时作业(四十七)
.单项填空
1.解析:考查冠词。第一空,此处failure表示“失败的事”,因此其前面用不定冠词a,为抽象名词具体化的用法;第二空,experience表示“经验”时为不可数名词,此处表示泛指意义,所以不用冠词。
答案: B
2.解析: 考查介词短语辨析。句意为:成都已经集中改善周边的乡村,而不是鼓励大规模的城市扩张。根据句意可知应选rather than而不是。due to由于,因为;except for除了……以外;other than除了。
答案: B3.解析: 考查虚拟语气。句意为:——John,不要按那个按钮。——如果我按了,那会怎么样?if后其实是省略句,表示对现在的虚拟,应用一般过去时。
答案: A
4.解析: 考查虚拟语气。在It is high time that...结构中,从句的谓语动词常用一般过去时,意为“是该……的时候了”。句意为:我们工作了大概四小时了。是该休息一下的时候了。
答案: D
5.解析: 句意为:由于工作压力,她的身体垮了,不得不在医院里待了一个月。break up分解;break away逃脱;break out突然爆发;break down垮掉。
答案: D
6.解析: 句意为:正如总工程师所说,青藏铁路,是过去三十年他们承担的最艰难的工程。undertake承担,符合句意。
答案: D
7.解析: 由applicants,skills可知,求职者应该是被要求展示技能,故选show off(展示)。keep off减去;hold out坚持;sort out解决。
答案: B
8.解析: 由Recent可知,witness(见证)是开始于过去并持续到现在的动作,故用现在完成时。
答案: A
9.解析: 由The fans complained可知,球迷们应该是对随意发放下一场篮球赛的票不满,故选arbitrary(任意的,随心所欲的)。stable稳固的;merciful仁慈的;abundant大量的。
答案: D
10.解析: claim后需跟动词不定式作宾语,且graduate是发生在claimed之前的动作,故选to have graduated。题意为:那个商人声称他毕业于哈佛大学,但实际上他从没上过大学。
答案: A
11.解析: ________,in my opinion,will surely benefit most people是定语从句,空缺处指代之前整个主句的内容,故选which。in my opinion在句中作插入语。
答案: C
12.解析: 答语中的then指代at four o’clock this afternoon。表示将来某个时间正在做某事用将来进行时。
答案: C
13.解析: one表示泛指,指代前面提到的同类事物中的某一个,相当于“a gift”。
答案: A
14.解析: not only 位于句首时,其所在的分句需用部分倒装,即将助动词提前。
答案: B
15.解析: 由please 可知,答话人还要橙汁,故选Just a little(一点就好)。
答案: A
.完形填空
语篇解读: 22年的婚姻之后,作者发现了维系夫妇二人良好关系的秘诀,那就是与另外一个女人约会,这个女人不是别人,正是自己的母亲。
1.解析: 根据1空后面的内容可知,作者的妻子认为人生太“短暂”。
答案: C
2.解析: 此处与第一段中的relationship相呼应,意思是这样做能让我们之间的关系“更加亲密”。
答案: A
3.解析: 根据第一段后半部分中的dating可知,作者的妻子鼓励作者与之“约会”的对象是作者的母亲。
答案: A
4.解析: 根据4空前面的widow可知,作者的母亲是一位寡妇,由此可知她自从丈夫在20年前“去世”后就一直独居。另外,5空前面的death是线索提示。
答案: D
5.解析: 就在父亲去世后,作者“搬”到了2 500英里之外的加利福尼亚,开始了自己的生活和事业。此外,下一句开头部分的内容也是线索提示。
答案: C
6.解析: 虽然作者自我承诺多花时间陪母亲,但是由于工作和三个孩子的“需要”,除了家庭团聚和假期之外,作者从未能履行自己的诺言。
答案: C
7.解析: 参见上题解析。此处beyond表示“除……之外”。
答案: A
8.解析: 作者此前很少陪伴母亲,如今突然给母亲打电话并建议两人一同外出就餐和看电影,她显然很“惊讶”。本句中的suspicious也是线索提示。
答案: D
9.解析: 作者和母亲并没有去任何“豪华的”地方,仅仅去了一个附近的可以说话的地方。
答案: B
10.解析: “因为”她的视力不佳,作者不得不将菜单读给母亲听。
答案: A
11.解析: 此处与上一段中的read相呼应,意思是当作者小的时候,作者的母亲经常是“读者”。
答案: C
12.解析: 如今作者的母亲年事已高,是作者“回报”恩惠的时候了。
答案: B
13.解析: 作者和母亲在晚饭期间交谈甚欢,此处over表示“在……期间”。
答案: A
14.解析: 作者和母亲交谈的时间很长,以至于“错过”了那部电影。
答案: C
15.解析: 根据下一段中的内容可知,作者的妻子询问的是这次约会“如何”。
答案: D
16.解析: 根据第8空后面的“go out to dinner”可知作者和母亲每个月都要出去吃几次“晚饭”。
答案: D
17.解析: 上文提到作者和母亲长时间交谈,以至于错过了电影,由此可知,两人在一起的时候“主要”是交谈。
答案: C
18.解析: 通过交谈,作者知道了母亲如何与父亲相识和他们如何“渡过”那些困难时光。
答案: A
19.解析: 根据上下文内容可知,这些故事对作者而言很“重要”。
答案: D
20.解析: 根据第一段第一句的内容可知,与母亲约会对作者的婚姻有“帮助”。
答案: C
.阅读理解
语篇解读: 相关研究表明,情感对人而言至关重要,不可或缺。
1.解析: 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句中的“which shows the fundamental importance of emotions”以及第三段中的“our emotions have very important functions”可知,Oatley认为情感对我们来说是有益的。
答案: C
2.解析: 句意理解题。根据第二段中的“we think of our emotions as being unreasonable,but we also consider them as essential to being human”可知,我们认为我们的情感毫无道理,但对于我们人类来说,它是必不可少的,这足以说明我们的矛盾心理。
答案: A
3.解析: 细节理解题。本题可用排除法。根据第三段的内容可知A项正确;根据第四段的最后一句可知B项正确;根据第五段的最后一句可知C项正确。
答案: D
4.解析: 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的内容可推知,积极的情感和消极的情感都发挥着比我们意识到的更重要的作用。
答案: B
.短文改错
I was working in a beer company,
the president do something important.At the same time,my mother was in the final stages of
the—— cancer.I worked during the day and
40
miles home to be with her every night.It was ,but it was
I want to do.I didn’t want
bother the president with my
trouble,yet I felt someone at the company needed to know
about it.So I told a friend and asked him not to share the information with .However,the president called me into his office one day.He faced me from across
large desk,looked at me and said,“Alice,I hear your mother is very ill.” I was caught by
a—— surprise and burst into tears.He just
said a sentence I will never forget:“Whatever you need.”
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