选修6Unit 4
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. There are large _______ (数量) of rain in the area of the country every summer.
2. Scientists have many theories about how the universe first came into ____ (存在)．
3. A rainbow is a natural _________ (现象) especially after a heavy rain.
4. Such a mistake would perhaps lead to disastrous _____________(结果). 5. The _________ (平均数)of 4, 5 and 9 is 6.
6. Several cars are available within this price_________(范围).
7. The personnel manager ________ (浏览) down the list of names of the applicants.
8. He tried to sound ________（漫不经心），but in fact he was worried.
9. We are making slow but ________ (稳步的) progress.
10. The proposed new airport will be strongly ________(反对)by the local residents.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1.—You seemed to have been impressed by his songs.
—Well, not exactly so. It was his way of singing ________his voice that really impressed me.
A. rather than
B. as well as
C. but also
D. together with
2. All scientists_____ the view that the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil to produce energy.
A. contribute to
B. lead to
C. object to
D. subscribe to
3． Many houses were completely destroyed in the hurricane which struck the area last week._____, the victims had to live in the temporary shelters offered by the Red Cross.
A. As a result of
B. As a consequence
C. As usual
D. As for
4. ______average, people who don’t smoke are healthier than people who do.
A. Above
B. Below
C. On
D. With
5. I caught a ______of the car before it disappeared around the bend.
A. glance
B. glimpse
C. glare
D. look
6. President Obama promised that the $700 billion rescue plan would make the _____ of economy stable.
A. atmosphere
B. state
C. principle
D. phenomenon
7. My mother was very much opposed to _____ abroad.
A. me go
B. me to goC. my going
D. I went
8. Any damage _____ negligence must be paid for by the borrower.
A. resulting in
B. resulting from
C. resulted from
D. resulted in9. —How did it _____ that you made such a silly mistake?
—I myself haven’t figured it out yet.
A. bring about
B. come about
C. come across
D. come on
10. _____he does his work, I don’t mind what time he arrives at the office.
A. So far as
B. So long as
C. In case
D. Meanwhile
11. Under no circumstances _____ to the teacher.
A. is this the first time he has lied
B. this was the first time he has lied
C. is this the first time has he lied
D. this is the first time he is lying
12. I still remember how many years ago _____I last met her in the countryside.
A. when it was
B. was it that
C. when was it
D. it was that
13. You have made a few spelling mistakes in your composition, but_____ , it is fairly good.
A. on the whole
B. generally speaking
C. above all
D. on the one hand
14. The children studying there ______in age from 13 to 17, but they have a lot in common.
A. differ
B. range
C. separate
D. suffer
15. Due to the heavy flood in Thailand, large quantities of supplies ____ in desperate need in the flood-stricken area now.
A. is
B. are
C. has been
D. had been
Ⅲ. 完形填空
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he
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his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always
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his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. D. degree,
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to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the
4 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the
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customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for
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. Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying
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for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a
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fake（假货）. When he was
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of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch,
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cost nearly
100, 000, into pieces
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hearing Glen’s words. Glen was
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. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined
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. For many times of entry-exit
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he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and
15 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if
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reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be
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according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep
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on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of
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, which he would remember as the
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of his success forever.
1. A. set up
B. took up
C. went up
D. picked up
2. A. honors
B. mentions
C. brings
D. owes
3. A. decided
B. refused
C. objected
D. asked
4. A. books
B. things
C. savings
D. pounds
5. A. ordinary
B. routine
C. regular
D. common
6. A. look
B. inspection
C. test
D. experiment
7. A. one
B. it
C. them
D. these
8. A. priceless
B. useful
C. worthless
D. valuable
9. A. afraid
B. proud
C. ashamed
D. hard
10. A. that
B. what
C. as
D. which
11. A. on
B. at
C. who
D. in
12. A. disappointed
B. delighted
C. amazed
D. satisfied
13. A. strictly
B. quietly
C. quickly
D. curiously
14. A. conditions
B. experiences
C. experiments
D. chances
15. A. stopped
B. hoped
C. warned
D. urged
16. A. came out
B. found out
C. sent out
D. set out
17. A. hit
B. blamed
C. praised
D. charged
18. A. expression
B. idea
C. thought
D. impression
19. A. honesty
B. lies
C. goods
D. bravery
20. A. secret
B. lesson
C. choice
D. belief
Ⅳ. 任务型读写
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We move from the city to the suburbs (郊区)，from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one area to a better job elsewhere，from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life.
For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today，millions of Americans go on vacation abroad, and we go not only to see new sights but also—in those places where we don’t feel too strange—with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people value friendships.
The word“friend” to American people can be applied to a wide range of relationships—to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate，to a man or a woman, or to a trusted colleague. There are real differences among these relations for Americans—a friendship may be shallow, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.
As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow in and out of Americans’ homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children’s friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. Coming as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no obvious landmarks. The atmosphere is relaxed. Most people, old and young, are called by first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel at home.
Title American Friendship
Chances for Americans to make friends ●Most Americans (1) _____from place to place.
●Many Americans go abroad on vacation for (2) ______or meeting new people.
●One (3) ______for a vacation is to begin a friendship.
Ways for Americans to (4) _____the word “friend ” ●American people use “friend”(5) ____for different relation-ships.
●Americans know the (6) ______among relations clearly while Europeans can’t.
Europeans’ understanding about American(7)____ ●Friends flow in and out of Americans’ homes(8)_____.
●Being a guest in an American home, the European visitor feels (9)_______.
●Due to their (10)_______ characteristics, Americans find new friends all over the world.
答案解析
Ⅰ. 1. quantities
2. existence 3. phenomenon
4. consequences
5. average
6. range
7. glanced
8. casual
9. steady
10. opposed
Ⅱ. 1.【解析】选A。考查连接词的意义。答句句意：噢，并不完全是这样。是他的演唱方式而不是他的歌声使我印象深刻。由句意可知A为正确选项；as well as，together with两项虽然结构上也对，但不符合not exactly so的语境。
2.【解析】选D。句意：所有科学家都认为，人们为了生产能量而燃烧化石燃料，如煤、天然气和石油等，从而引起了地球温度的升高。subscribe to同意；contribute to导致，有助于；lead to导致，通向；object to反对。
3．【解析】选B。句意：许多房子在上周的飓风中完全毁坏了，因此，灾民们只能住在由红十字会提供的临时住所里。as a result of“由于……的原因”，其后要加宾语；as a consequence“因此”，表结果，符合句意；as usual“通常，像往常一样”；as for“至于，就……而言”。
4.【解析】选C。考查固定搭配。above average在平均以上；below average在平均以下；on average平均而言。句意：平均而言，不吸烟的人们比吸烟的人健康。
5. 【解析】选B。catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥见(强调行为的结果)。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(强调行为过程本身)。
6. 【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。atmosphere气氛；state状态；principle原则；phenomenon现象。根据句意“奥巴马总统保证7 000亿美元的援助计划能稳定经济状态。”判断B正确。
7. 【解析】选C。句意：母亲强烈反对我出国。be opposed to“反对”，后接名词、动名词作宾语。8. 【解析】选B。句意：任何由于疏忽引起的损害必须由借者赔偿。resulting from 为现在分词作后置定语。故选B。
【变式备选】
Restaurants in every corner of Mianyang not only provide job opportunities but _____ lots of taxes as well. A. bring in
B. bring about
C. result in
D. result from
【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意：绵阳各个角落的饭店不仅提供工作机会而且带来许多税收。此处bring in意为：带来。根据句意可知选A。
9. 【解析】选B。考查句型 How does/did it come about that. . . ？意为：“……是怎么回事？”；bring about 导致，引起；come across偶然碰到；come on 加油。
【变式备选】
When I _____a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it.
A. come about
B. come through
C. come to
D. come across
【解析】选D。句意：当我在报纸上看到一篇好文章时，就想将其剪下，并保留。come across偶遇；come about发生；come to达到；到达。
10. 【解析】选B。考查 so long as “只要”，引导条件状语从句；so far as “据……，就……”；in case 以防万一；meanwhile 与此同时。
11.【解析】选A。句意：这绝不是他第一次向老师撒谎。under no circumstances “绝不”，放句首时句子要用部分倒装，故排除B、D选项。另外结合句型this is the first time 后需跟现在完成时且不需要再倒装，故选A项。
12.【解析】选D。考查强调句型。remember后的部分是宾语从句，从句中含有一个强调句型，被强调部分是how many years ago。故答案选D。
13.【解析】选A。句意：你的作文当中有几处拼写错误，但总体上来看，你的作文写得相当出色。on the whole意为“大体上, 总体上”；generally speaking意思是“一般而言”；above all意思是“尤其是”；而on the one hand意思是“一方面”，经常与on the other (hand)连用。
14. 【解析】选B。考查动词辨析。句意为：在那里学习的孩子的年龄从13岁到17岁，但是他们有很多共同之处。differ 不同；range from. . . to. . . 从……到……(范围）变化；separate from把……分开；suffer from忍受，遭受；受……之苦。
15. 【解析】选B。考查主谓一致。句意为：由于泰国境内严重的洪水，受灾地区目前急需大量物资。“large quantities of+名词”作主语，句子谓语动词用复数形式，根据句中的时间状语可知，要用一般现在时。 故本题正确选项为B。
Ⅲ. 【文章大意】Glen先生是个百万富翁。他成功的秘诀就是要诚实。
1. 【解析】选A。考查动词短语。此题属于近义复现。根据下文的starting a company可知Glen回国成立了一家公司。set up意为“建立；成立”；take up意为“拿起；开始从事”；go up意为“上升；被兴建”；pick up意为“恢复，拾起”。
2.【解析】选D。考查动词。owe. . . to. . . 意为“把……归功于……”。Glen 把自己的成功归功于那次交了“昂贵学费”的经历。最后一段中的because the additional high “school” fee也可暗示此处选D。
3.【解析】选A。考查动词。根据后面的Before leaving可知是他已经“决定”回国。
4.【解析】选C。考查名词。Glen用课后打工挣的积蓄和所得奖学金的钱买了一块劳力士手表。
5.【解析】选B。考查形容词。根据常识，旅客在机场要接受例行的海关检查。routine意为“例行的；日常的，常规的”。
6. 【解析】选B。考查名词。此题属于近义复现。根据上文的check和下文的examine可知是要把手表摘下来检查，而不是“看看”、“测试”或“实验”。
7.【解析】选B。考查代词。it指代上句的the tax，而one泛指可数名词单数；them 及these都是复数形式。
8. 【解析】选C。考查形容词。他谎称手表是假货，应该是“不值钱的（worthless）”，故选C。而priceless意为“无价的, 极贵重的”。
9.【解析】选B。考查形容词。根据下文的his “smarts”可知Glen对自己的聪明感到自豪，可结果是聪明反被聪明误。
10.【解析】选D。考查代词。which引导非限制性定语从句，并在从句中作主语，which在这里指的是先行词the watch。
11.【解析】选A。考查介词。on hearing Glen’s words意为“一听到Glen的话”。此处on相当于upon。
12.【解析】选C。考查形容词。本来Glen以为撒谎能侥幸逃税。但海关官员一听Glen说手表是假的，就当着他的面把劳力士表砸碎。这大大出乎他的预料，故Glen很是吃惊（amazed）。
13.【解析】选A。考查副词。根据后文可知Glen因为这件事而上了黑名单，可知海关对他的检查应该是严格的。
14.【解析】选B。考查名词。Glen在国外读书并获得学位可知他应该有过很多次的出入境经历。
15. 【解析】选C。考查动词。“并且警告他无论什么时候出入境都必须接受检查”。根据上下文语境可知该官员说话语气应该是警告式的，故warn最佳。
16.【解析】选B。考查动词短语。如果他再次被发现使用假冒伪劣商品，将根据法律受到起诉。find out发现。
17.【解析】选D。考查动词。句意参见上题。charge起诉。
18. 【解析】选D。考查名词。make an impression on sb. 意为“给某人留下了印象”，是一个固定短语。
19.【解析】选A。考查名词。由于撒谎付出了昂贵的代价，因此Glen体会了诚信的价值，这也是他成功的秘诀。
20.【解析】选A。考查名词。他将永远记住这个成功的秘诀。
Ⅳ.答案：1. move
2. sightseeing
3. possibility
4. understand/apply
5. widely
6. difference(s)
7. friendship
8. casually
9. comfortable/relaxed
10. open