课时提升练(十六)
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．Thanks to science we have learned to tell the difference between ________ (幻想) and reality.
2．It is ________ (normal) for a man to walk in his sleep.
3．The park is open to the native people without r________.
4．Urban inhabitants have to live with the ________ (特有的)noises of cities.
5．Don't let one failure ________ (encourage) you, and try again.
6．Few people realized the ________ (significant) of the discovery.
7．Would you care to comment upon any ________ (令人头痛的，麻烦的)students in your class?
8．It looked as if her situation was becoming ________ (bearable)．
9．I have the bicycle now but my sister was the ________ (原先的)owner.
10．We are p________ grateful to him for his timely help.
【答案】 1.fantasy 2.abnormal 3.restriction 4.characteristic 5.discourage 6.significance 7.troublesome
8．unbearable 9.original 10.particularly
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．既然有空，我可以享受一下音乐(now that)
____________I am free, I can enjoy music for a while.
2．自从我学会下国际象棋以来，这是我第一次赢。(it)
________________ I'd won since I'd learnt to play chess.
3．她竟不想旅游， 我觉得很奇怪。(it)
I find ________________ that she doesn't want to travel.
4．她站在大门口，似乎在等人。(as if)
She stood at the gate ________________ .
5．唯一我不理解的问题是她为什么想和我这样的人约会。(figure out)
The only problem is that ________________ why she'd want to date a guy like me.
【答案】 1.Now that 2.It was the first time
3．it strange 4.as if waiting for someone 5.I can't figure out
Ⅲ.完形填空
I always long for romantic moments, like a little girl longing for candies. However, my husband is my complete __1__.His inability to bring romantic moments into our life has made me get tired of our __2 . One day, I finally told him that I wanted a divorce.
“Why？”he asked, __3__.
“I am tired; there are no __4__ for everything in the world！”I answered.
He kept __5__，seeming to be in deep thought, with a lighted cigarette in his hand. Finally he asked, “What can I do to change your __6__？”
Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered, “Let's say, I want a flower on a mountain cliff and picking the flower will cause your __7__.Will you do it for me？”
He answered, “I will give you my answer tomorrow.”
I __8__ the next morning, finding a piece of paper on the dining table, which read:
“My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please allow me to__9__.”
My feeling of disappointment only__10__，but I continued reading：
“You always leave the __11__ keys behind, so I have to save my legs to __12__ home to open the door for you. You always like to stay indoors and I __13__ that you will feel too lonely，so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories. You always stare __14__ the computer and that will do nothing __15__ for your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow __16__，I can help to clip your nails. Thus, my dear, __17__ I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die.”
My tears fell on the __18__ and I continued reading：
“Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are __19__，please open the front door for I am standing outside __20__ your favorite bread and fresh milk.”
Love, not words, wins arguments.
[语篇解读] 妻子是个喜欢浪漫的人，而她的丈夫却不懂浪漫，于是有一天，妻子向他提出离婚，没想到丈夫的一封信使妻子回心转意。
1．A.supporterB．opposite
C．follower
D．advocate
【解析】 考查名词。此空前的However表示此句与前一句意思相反。我总是渴望浪漫的时刻，而我的丈夫正好与我相反。他不能给我带来浪漫。
【答案】 B
2．A.marriage
B．connection
C．career
D．future
【解析】 考查名词。由常识可知。我们夫妻间没有浪漫可言，这使我对我们的婚姻感到很厌倦，想结束两人间的婚姻。
【答案】 A
3．A.annoyed
B．shocked
C．frightened
D．amused
【解析】 考查动词。我突然告诉丈夫我要与他离婚，他感到很震惊。
【答案】 B
4．A.results
B．signs
C．causes
D．reasons
【解析】 考查名词。前文有Why，所以此处表示“原因”。
【答案】 D
5．A.easy
B．normal
C．silent
D．calm
【解析】 考查形容词。根据后面的in deep thought(沉思)可知丈夫此时没有说话。
【答案】 C
6．A.habit
B．feeling
C．attitude
D．mind
【解析】 考查名词。丈夫问：“我怎样做才能改变你的想法？”，故用change your mind。
【答案】 D
7．A.death
B．injury
C．happiness
D．trouble
【解析】 考查名词。由常识可知，在悬崖上采花是有生命危险的。倒数第4段末的die对此题有暗示作用。
【答案】 A
8．A.hurried up
B．looked up
C．woke up
D．went up
【解析】 考查动词短语。第二天早晨我醒来(wake up)时，发现餐桌上有一张丈夫留下来的纸。
【答案】 C
9．A.love
B．explain
C．stay
D．change
【解析】 考查动词。丈夫留言说：“我无法为你采到那朵花，但请允许我解释。”
【答案】 B
10．A.arose
B．disappeared
C．reduced
D．increased
【解析】 考查动词。读到丈夫无法满足自己的愿望时，作者不禁对丈夫更加失望了。
【答案】 D
11．A.car
B．office
C．bicycle
D．house
【解析】 考查名词。根据后面的open the door for you可知妻子经常忘记带房子钥匙。
【答案】 D
12．A.leave
B．walk
C．rush
D．get
【解析】 考查动词。妻子忘记带钥匙，丈夫不得不跑回家为她开门。
【答案】 C
13．A.worry
B．think
C．believe
D．remind
【解析】 考查动词。妻子喜欢待在屋内，丈夫担心她会感到孤独。
【答案】 A
14．A.at
B．to
C．on
D．in
【解析】 考查介词。stare at为固定词组，意为“盯着……看”。
【答案】 A
15．A.bad
B．good
C．terrible
D．important
【解析】 考查形容词。由常识可知，长时间盯着电脑看，对眼睛是不好的。
【答案】 B
16．A.weak
B．ill
C．old
D．close
【解析】 考查形容词。丈夫担心妻子长时间用电脑会视力不好，所以说当他们年老时，他可以帮妻子修剪指甲。
【答案】 C
17．A.unless
B．if
C．since
D．because
【解析】 考查连词。除非我确信有人爱你胜过我爱你，否则我不会去冒险的。
【答案】 A
18．A.photos
B．flowers
C．floor
D．letter
【解析】 考查名词。很明显丈夫在纸上写的是一封信。
【答案】 D
19．A.hungry
B．thirsty
C．satisfied
D．regretted
【解析】 考查形容词。读完信后，如果你满意的话，就打开前门。
【答案】 C
20．A.buying
B．bringing
C．heating
D．catching
【解析】 考查动词。丈夫站在门外，买回了妻子最喜欢的面包和新鲜的牛奶。
【答案】 B
Ⅳ.阅读理解
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However，they were not unhappy. After all，their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day，some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog's legs. However，they did not have enough frogs of their own，and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around，and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached，and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time，the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn't last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first，but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often，and，there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed，the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading
diseases.
Now，the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
[语篇解读] 在印度的一个小山村，村民们原本过着平静的生活。有一天，城里人到这里收购青蛙。于是，大量的青蛙被捕杀，虽然村民们赚了一些钱，但是，慢慢地害虫多了，庄稼减产了，疾病开始传播了。这时，村民们才真正认识到这一切都是他们捕杀青蛙所造成的。
1．From Paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers ________.
A．worked very hard for centuries
B．dreamed of having a better life
C．were poor but somewhat content
D．lived a different life from their forefathers
【解析】 细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，村民们虽然生活清贫，但是他们依然幸福，因为几百年来他们的祖宗就是这样生活的。
【答案】 C
2．Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A．The frogs were easy money.
B．They needed money to buy medicine.
C．They wanted to please the visitors.
D．The frogs made too much noise.
【解析】 细节理解题。根据文章第三段前两句可知，周围田地里到处都是青蛙，它们似乎对村民也没有什么用处，卖掉青蛙很好赚钱。
【答案】 A
3．What might be the cause of the children's sickness?
A．The crops didn't do well.
B．There were too many insects.
C．The visitors brought in diseases.
D．The pesticides were overused.
【解析】 推理判断题。根据文章第六段内容可知，他们把青蛙卖了之后，到处都是害虫，这些害虫不但毁坏庄稼，而且传播疾病，由此可知B项正确。
【答案】 B
4．What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?
A．Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country.
B．Health is more important than money.
C．The harmony between man and nature is important.
D．Good old days will never be forgotten.
【解析】 推理判断题。根据最后两段内容可知，青蛙对村民的生活起着重要的作用。最后一段说，虽然村民依然贫困，可是他们认识到了青蛙的重要作用，换言之，人与自然的和谐是非常重要的。
【答案】 C
Ⅴ.语法填空
A young and successful manager was travelling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar，1.________a brick hit the door of his Jaguar.
He jumped out of the car,2.________(seize) some kid and pushed him up against the parked car, shouting, “That's 3.________new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of 4.________.Why did you do it？” “I'm sorry. I didn't know what else to do？” begged the youngster.
“It's my brother，” he said. “He fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked the manager，“5.________you please help me get 6.________back into his wheelchair? He 7.________(hurt), and he's too heavy for me.”
8．________(move) beyond words, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair back and took out his handkerchief and wiped the cuts, 9.________(check) to see that everything was going to be okay.
“Thank you, sir. And God bless you.” the grateful child said to him and then pushed his brother down the sidewalk 10.________their home.
【答案】 1.when 2.seized 3.a 4.money 5.Would 6.him 7.is hurt 8.Moved 9.checking 10.toward