课时提升练(十二)
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．He________(欠)a lot of money to Mr.Smith.
2．We received a letter of________(apologize)．
3．The m________of people seem to prefer TV to radio.
4．The two men________(交换)glances.
5．Plants________(吸收)carbon dioxide from the air and moisture(水分)from the soil.
6．I cannot f________myself for not taking care of my mother when she was ill.
7．Hearing the joke, we burst into l________immediately.
8．She ate a light lunch in________(期望)of a good dinner.
9．The secretary has already________(预订)seats on the plane.
10．It doesn't seem ugly to me; on the c________，I think it's rather beautiful.
【答案】 1.owed 2.apology 3.majority 4.exchanged 5.absorb 6.forgive 7.laughter 8.expectation
9．booked 10.contrary
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．每次他来看我，他总是带我去公园。(every/each time)
________，he always took me to the park.
2．那里有很多鞋可选，我确实不知道买哪一双。(不定式)
There are so many shoes to choose from, and I really don't know________.
3．找到我要工作的这所学校有困难。(have a difficult time in)
I________that I will work in.
4．他把健康归功于大量的运动和规律的生活。
He________ plenty of exercise and a regular life.
5．今天下午谁将在车站给客人送行？
Who will________at the station this afternoon?
【答案】 1.Every/Each time he came to see me 2.which pair to buy 3.have a difficult time (in) finding the school
4．owes his good health to 5.see the guests off
Ⅲ.完形填空
George selected his food in Value Mart carefully.He estimated he had__1__80 cents today.He was pleased he had got good__2__for his money again.
At the exit，the freezing wind__3__him of his gloves.He was sure he was wearing them when entering the__4__.He made a search of his pockets.Then he
thought they must have been__5__somewhere in the store.George had bought the black gloves for $35 ten years ago.They were leather，soft and durable.Until then，he had worn cheaper manmade material that never lasted long.His__6__to buy the gloves turned out to be good，which even__7__his position on the bus，as poorer passengers stared at him__8__.
George reentered the store.He followed the same__9__he had walked before，__10__at the bread counter，to the dairy section，to the shelf where salt and sugar were placed.It did not take long to be__11__that the gloves were not there.His__12__grew heavier.“People have changed，” he__13__.“Years ago，if somebody__14__something lost，they would give it back.”
Yet he did not give up.This time he focused on the gloves on other shoppers'__15__.Suddenly he__16__a lady nearby wearing a black pair of gloves.He said，“Hi！” But when the surprised lady returned his__17__，his eyes dropped to
the floor，for the fingers of her gloves were too small for him.
Without gloves，he had to__18__his hands into his sleeves.Back home，George was__19__.He could not do without gloves.George decided to buy another leather pair.But before that，he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any__20__his gloves
had been returned to the lost and found office.The girl looked into her drawer and took out a pair of men's leather gloves.“Are they？”
“Yes! Mine！” George shouted with joy.
[语篇解读] 本文主要讲述了George去Value Mart购物，无意中弄丢了自己心爱的皮手套，经历了一番艰难的寻找之后，终于失而复得的故事。
1．A.hadB．wasted
C．spent
D．saved
【解析】 根据1空前面的内容可知，此处表示他算了算今天共节省(saved)了80美分。
【答案】 D
2．A.quality
B．value
C．score
D．number
【解析】 他很高兴又一次捡了便宜。value表示“(与价格相比的)值，划算程度”，符合语境。
【答案】 B
3．A.informed
B．warned
C．reminded
D．remembered
【解析】 在出口处，刺骨的寒风让他想起了他的手套。remind sb.of sth.使某人想起……，符合语境。
【答案】 C
4．A.store
B．counter
C．flat
D．square
【解析】 根据5空后面的“the store”可知应选A项。
【答案】 A
5．A.forgotten
B．taken
C．dropped
D．rejected
【解析】 他想手套一定是落(dropped)在商店的某个地方了。
【答案】 C
6．A.hope
B．decision
C．wish
D．opportunity
【解析】 他买这副皮手套的决定(decision)结果是好的。
【答案】 B
7．A.pulled
B．promoted
C．reduced
D．pushed
【解析】 就连在公共汽车上那副皮手套都能提升(promoted)他的地位。
【答案】 B
8．A.enviously
B．angrily
C．sincerely
D．properly
【解析】 比他更穷的人在车上羡慕地(enviously)盯着他看。
【答案】 A
9．A.road
B．entrance
C．gate
D．route
【解析】 他沿着他先前的路线(route)走。
【答案】 D
10．A.staring
B．starting
C．stopping
D．looking
【解析】 他从面包柜台开始(starting)，到奶制品区，再到放盐和糖的架子那儿。
【答案】 B
11．A.relaxed
B．ignored
C．convinced
D．rushed
【解析】 不需要花费很长时间就可确定手套不在那儿，故选convinced。
【答案】 C
12．A.heart
B．eyes
C．legs
D．body
【解析】 George的心(heart)变得越来越沉重。
【答案】 A
13．A.exchanged
B．discussed
C．whispered
D．argued
【解析】 他小声说(whispered)道：“人变了。前些年，如果有人捡到(picked up)了某人丢的东西，他们都会还回来的。”
【答案】 C
14．A.picked out
B．picked up
C．made out
D．made up
【解析】 参见上题解析。
【答案】 B
15．A.hands
B．baskets
C．pockets
D．fingers
【解析】 根据上下文内容可知，他开始注意其他购物者的手(hands)了。
【答案】 A
16．A.prevented
B．recognized
C．noticed
D．cursed
【解析】 突然他注意到(noticed)附近的一位女士戴着一副黑手套。
【答案】 C
17．A.anger
B．greeting
C．emotion
D．description
【解析】 但是当那位吃惊的女士回应他的问候(greeting)的时候……
【答案】 B
18．A.spread
B．extend
C．wave
D．shrink
【解析】 没有了手套，他不得不把手缩(shrink)到袖子里。
【答案】 D
19．A.serious
B．proud
C．upset
D．cautious
【解析】 没有找到心爱的手套，他肯定感到非常难过(upset)。
【答案】 C
20．A.chance
B．probability
C．means
D．terms
【解析】 他又来到Value Mart，看看有没有可能他的手套已经被送到了失物招领处。chance“(尤指希望发生的事的)可能性”，符合语境。
【答案】 A
Ⅳ.阅读理解
Several days ago, while I was logging onto QQ, my cousin's QQ head popped out online.We hadn't seen each other for a few months, so I decided to start a conversation with her.My cousin is studying in a vocational school of our city.Judging from her hairstyle and her clothing, you can get the impression that she is a fashionable girl.And her hobby is surfing the Internet, for she majors in computer science.Every time I am online, she is always online, listening to music or decorating her “personal space”．I like visiting her space.It's very creative and modern and worth a visit.I can't imagine my designing such a colorful web page.There's no denying that teenagers are more innovative (创新的) than adults.
When I read the sentences she sent to me, I noticed that the Chinese characters had been tweaked, but I could still comprehend their meaning.I took a strong interest in this type of new characters.Nowadays, Thanks to the Internet communication, new thoughts and ideas are being introduced to China, which challenged people's traditional values and quickened their pace of life.Young people now are searching for a swift way to communicate with each other.QQ message and instant text message on the mobile phone are two major means they turn to.Further observation made me realize that they added some common radicals to the original characters, making them more vivid, a little like Japanese.My cousin said this gives new life to Chinese language and culture.
It's no exaggeration to say the Internet has reinvented our language, but I still can't accept this new cultural phenomenon.It's an insult to our language.Some Chinese characters have meanings in their shapes; one shouldn't superficially change them by adding an additional radical.If the practice spreads among teenagers, it will not only cause damage to their learning, but also have a bad effect on the development of Chinese characters.Though the Internet is inevitably changing many aspects of our lives, we should preserve our cultural heritage which is a treasure passed down from thousands of years ago.It's selfish to distort Chinese characters merely to make them look more beautiful.If so, this has strayed far from the characters' original meanings.So I persuaded my cousin to change her new idea and use standard characters to communicate.And she willingly accepted my advice.
[语篇解读] QQ和短信对汉字的使用造成了一定的影响，这对于中国文化来说是福还是祸？
1．According to the text, we know that the author's cousin is a (n)________．
A．student
B．model
C．teacher
D．engineer
【解析】 由文章第一段My cousin is studying in a vocational school of our city.可知选A。
【答案】 A
2．The author would like to visit his cousin's space because ________.
A．it is difficult to design a web page
B．the music is well worth listening to
C．it is very attractive and creative
D．it is the best one on the Internet
【解析】 由第一段中的It's very creative and modern and worth a visit.可知选C。
【答案】 C
3．The second paragraph mainly tells us that________.
A．the Internet has an effect on the Chinese characters
B．Chinese people have learned a lot from the Internet
C．the QQ message online is very useful to everyone
D．the text message is more important than the QQ message
【解析】 文章第二段主要讲述因特网及短信对汉字的使用造成了一定的影响。
【答案】 A
4．We can infer from the text that________.
A．the author often communicates with his cousin through QQ
B．Chinese has something to do with the Japanese language
C．Chinese has benefited a lot from QQ and the text message
D．we should communicate with standard characters
【解析】 由最后一段可知：作者提倡我们使用标准规范的汉字。
【答案】 D
Ⅴ.书面表达
假如你是李明，你从网上看到美国中学生Stephen计划今年暑假来山东旅游，希望在当地找一名导游，游览一些文化特色鲜明的地方，请根据以下要点给他写一封电子邮件。
1．很高兴Stephen能来山东，表示愿意做他的导游；
2．你的导游计划和理由；
3．期盼他的回复。
要求：1.100词左右，可适当增加细节，以使文章连贯；
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Stephen，
I'm Li Ming.________________________________________________
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Yours，
Li Ming
【参考范文】
Dear_Stephen，
I'm_Li_Ming.When I was surfing the Internet, the plan that you want to visit Shandong for this summer vacation caught my eye.You definitely made a good choice.
As a native of Shandong, I feel really glad and would like to be your guide.
Here are some of my plans and reasons：I'll pick you up in the airport on the day you arrive.Qingdao, a coastal city of Shandong will be our first stop which is between mountain and sea.We can enjoy the best northern beach resort of China there.We may probably spend two days，and it depends on your schedule though.You cannot miss Mount Tai, which was listed among World Natural and Cultural Heritage sites and honored “World Geopark”．I'm sure you will have a good time with my guide.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to your early reply so that we can discuss it in detail.
Yours，
Li_Ming