梯级演练·强技提能
Ⅰ. 单项填空
1. (2017·陕西高考)My uncle hasn’t been able to quit smoking, but at least he has.
A. cut outB. cut downC. cut upD. cut off
2. (2017·全国卷)I had hardly got to the office my wife phoned me to go back home at once.
A. when B. than
C. until
D. after
3. (2011·湖北高考)Giving up my job to go back to full-time education was a big , but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.
A. project B. commitment
C. competition
D. ambition
4. (2017·浙大附中模拟)The company is going to 150 employees because of the drop in sales.
A. lay off B. lay aside
C. lay down
D. lay out
5. (2017·威海模拟) the arrival of the police, I would have been robbed by two masked men.
A. Had it not been for B. If it were not for
C. Had it been not for
D. If it would not be for
6. (2017·常州模拟)The mayor the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.
A. rewarded B. awarded
C. praised
D. prized
Ⅱ. 用所给词的适当形式填空
1. I would never have come if I’d known about this
thing you want me to do. (disgust)
2. The couple have words with each other in the street ignoring the eyes of
. (passer-by)
3. He went to the desk to make a
. (reserve)
4. We attached a condition to his
to our school. (admit)
5. The weather is very
at this time of year. (change)
Ⅲ. 完成句子
1. 我们刚在桌子旁坐下, 电话铃就响了。
at the table when the phone rang.
2. 你不必现在表态, 只需考虑一下这件事。
You don’t have tonow, just think about it.
3. 他工作很辛苦, 报酬却很少, 这不公平。
It is unfair that he gets very littlehis hard work.
4. 看完这本书花了我20分钟。
5. 她又启程去肯尼亚了。
SheKenya again.
Ⅳ. 话题写作
根据提示, 利用本单元所学知识, 完成下面的小作文。
1. 上周我们去了展览馆。 (be off to; gallery)
2. 里面有很多抽象派油画在展出, 这些作品单品价值在数百万美元以上, 时间跨度从13世纪到20世纪。(abstract; range; upwards of)
3. 由于免费入场, 据估计当天有5 000人欣赏了那些漂亮的油画。(admission; calculate)
4. 我们买了些纪念品然后用了半个小时到了家。(it took sb. some time to do)
5. 我们刚到家就下起了大雨。(hardly. . . when. . . )
答案解析
Ⅰ. 1. 【解析】选B。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 我叔叔一直没能把烟戒掉, 但是至少他抽烟少了。cut out停止运转, 删去; cut down砍倒, 缩减; cut up切碎; cut off切断, 切除。根据句意, 应选B。
2. 【解析】选A。考查连词和状语从句。句意: 我刚到办公室, 妻子就打电话让我马上回家。hardly. . . when为固定句型, 相当于no sooner. . . than, 表示“刚……就……”。故选A。
【加固训练】
I was on the point of going to bed someone knocked at my door.
A. when B. while
C. before
D. after
【解析】选A。考查冠词。句意: 我刚要上床睡觉, 这时候听到有人敲门。be on the point of doing sth. . . . when. . . 是固定结构, 意思是“正要……, 就在这时……”。
3. 【解析】选B。考查名词词义辨析。句意: 放弃工作重返校园对我来说是个很难的选择, 但现在我知道这是我做过的最好的决定。project项目; commitment承诺, 许诺, 保证, 已承诺(或同意)的事, 不得不做的事; competition竞争, 比赛; ambition野心。
4.【解析】选A。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 由于销售额的下降, 公司马上要裁员150名。lay off解雇, 裁员。
5. 【解析】选A。考查虚拟语气。句意: 要不是因为警察赶到, 我就被两个蒙面人抢劫了。与过去事实相反的虚拟语气结构为: If sb. had done sth. , sb. would have done sth. , 虚拟条件句中的if可省略, 且要进行部分倒装。Had it not been for相当于If it
had not been for。
6.【解析】选B。award sb. sth. for. . . 表示“因为……而授予某人某物”。reward“回报”; praise“表扬”, 用于praise sb. for sth. ; prize只作名词。
Ⅱ. 1. disgusting
2. passers-by
3. reservation
4. admission
5. changeable
Ⅲ. 1. Hardly had we sat down
2. commit yourself
3. in reward for
4. It took me twenty minutes to read the book
5. was off to
Ⅳ. 【参考范文】
Last week, we were off to the gallery, where many abstract oil paintings, ranging from the 13th century to the 20th century, were exhibited. And many of them are worth upwards of millions of dollars each. Because of admission free, it was calculated that there were 5, 000 people going there to enjoy the beautiful oil paintings. We bought some souvenirs and it took us half an hour to go home by bus, and hardly had we got home when it began to rain heavily.
US-Cuba flights and male cosmetic surgery 美国-古巴复航和男性整容手术
Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解,澳大利亚冲浪
Diabetes warning and Queen at 90 糖尿病激增引忧, 英国女王90岁生日
Mars bars and baby gorilla 火星巧克力棒和大猩猩产幼子
Angelina Jolie to divorce, Karaoke star at 80 安吉丽娜·朱莉提出离婚申请,八十岁老人出唱片
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩,泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
Big Ben and gorilla surprise 维修大本钟,大猩猩生子
The cost of protecting the environment, Juno space probe 保护环境付出的代价,“朱诺”木星探测器
Art and football 海底发现文物,莱斯特城足球俱乐部曼谷庆功
Ten a penny 多得遍地都是
Afghanistan, cancer and athletics boss 英美支持阿富汗政府军,癌症发病原因, 国际田联官员停职
All things to all people 八面玲珑
Artefacts in Sydney and dog gets medal 悉尼出土文物,英雄狗获奖章
Zika virus, Rare whale filmed in Australia 寨卡病毒传播风险,澳大利亚拍到罕见鲸鱼影像
UN female, New flag and Apollo 11 倡议提名女秘书长,新西兰换国旗和阿波罗11号再创历史
Brexit and Hockney's art 英国脱欧公投后进展,大卫·霍克尼艺术展
Zika threat and back from space 寨卡病毒威胁美国,国际空间站宇航员返回地球
Cosmonaut anniversary and wallaby internet star 宇航员周年纪念日,小袋鼠轰动互联网
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火,克隆动物衰老过程正常
World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道,扛羊毛袋比赛
Russian athletes and friendly robots 俄罗斯运动员服用兴奋剂,“合作机器人”
Zika virus and the A4 waist challenge 寨卡病毒,“A4腰挑战”
Earth-like planet, Pink cockatoo dies at 83 类地行星,83岁风头鹦鹉逝世
Simple, innocent, naive, pure 四个近义词的区别
Crash course 速成课
Appreciate 和 recognise 之间的区别
EU after Brexit, human ancestor mystery 英脱欧公投后的欧盟,人类祖先之谜新发现
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放,荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险,印度教120岁僧人
Battery risk, Farmer anti-theft solution 纽扣电池的潜在危险,牧场主防盗有术