Unit 12 Culture Shock
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The former president studied hard when he was young，which________his success in his career.
A．contributed to
B．applied to
C．got used to
D．turned to
答案 A [考查短语辨析。句意：这位前总统小时候学习很努力，这促成了他事业的成功。contribute to “起作用，有助于，促成”，符合题意。apply to 将……应用于；get used to习惯于；turn to转向，变成，求助于。]
2．That is the only way we can imagine________the overuse of water in students' bathrooms.
A．reducing
B．to reduce
C．reduced
D．reduce
答案 B [本题考查非谓语动词。动词不定式短语to reduce the overuse of water in students' bathrooms在此作定语，修饰the only way；we can imagine为定语从句，前面省略了that。句意：那是我们能够想象到的在学生浴室中减少过度使用水的唯一方法。]
3．There is ________common belief that the older you get，________more religious you become.
A．the；aB．the；/
C．a；the D．/；the
答案 C [考查冠词的用法。句意为：人们普遍认为，一个人年龄越大，他会变得越虔诚。a common belief通常的观念，普遍想法；the＋形容词比较级，the＋形容词比较级，表示“越……越……”。]
4．Catherine________at school wearing a Tshirt with some slogans.
A．broke up
B．turned up
C．came up
D．ended up
答案 B [考查动词词组辨析。break up意为 “解散，结束”；turn up意为 “来到，露面”；come up意为 “(植物)长出地面，发生”；end up意为 “最终成为，最终处于”。B项符合语意。]
5．The technical cooperation and cultural________between the two countries are daily on the increase.
A．expenses
B．exchanges
C．revenges
D．extension
答案 B [考查名词辨析。句意：两国之间的技术合作和文化交流正在与日俱增。cultural exchange“文化交流”。expense“花费”；revenge“报仇”；extension“延伸”。]
．If someone hurts you，forgive them，for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being______about to whom you open your heart.
A．modest B．sensitive
C．cautious D．reasonable
答案 C [在选择向谁敞开心扉这方面要谨慎(cautious)。to whom you open your heart跟在介词about后作宾语。modest谦虚的，适度的；sensitive敏感的，能理解的；reasonable合理的，正当的。]
7．—What do you think of this dress，darling?
—Er...sorry，dear.I________.What did you say?
A．didn't listen
B．hadn't listened
C．haven't listened
D．wasn't listening
答案 D [考查动词的时态。根据答语中的What did you say可知，答话者没有听清楚对方的问话，该用过去进行时，表示对方刚才说话的那一刻自己没有听。]
8. ________ suddenly occurred to him that his parents should have arrived in Beijing by this time.
A. What
B. It
C. That
D. As
答案
B [考查固定句型。句意：他突然想起来,他的父母现在应该到北京了。此句中的it作形式主语,后面的从句为真正的主语。It occurred to sb. that .... “某人(突然)想起／想到……”。]
9．________around the Water Cube and the Bird's Nest，the tourists from Taiwan and I wished there________a joint team for the London Olympics.
A．Having shown；to be
B．To be shown；is
C．To show；were
D．Having been shown；to be
答案 D [考查非谓语动词。从句意可以看出，句子的逻辑主语是the tourists from Taiwan and I，与show之间构成被动关系，同时动作发生在谓语动词wish之前，所以第一空用having been shown，而第二空是there be结构的变体形式。]
10．The old woman who________in the deserted house alone for ten years has been settled in a nursing home now.
A．lived
B．has lived
C．had lived
D．has been living
答案 A [句意：那位在废弃的房子里单独住了十年的老妇人现在已被安置在养老院了。根据句意，老妇人现已不再住在那房子里了，故 “住” 是过去的状态，用一般过去时。]
11. — I’m considering returning home. I just can’t get used to the food here.
— Take it easy. ________
A. Storms make trees take deeper roots.
B. East or west, home is best.
C. From small beginning come great things.
D. All things are difficult before they are easy.
答案
D
[考查谚语。A项的意思是“暴风雨使树根扎得更深。”B项的意思是“金窝银窝不如家里的草窝。”C项的意思是“伟大始于渺小。”D项的意思是“万事开头难。”。显然只有D项符合语境。]
12．We could have asked someone to carry out the plan privately without it________.
A．was known
B．knows
C．being known
D．be known
答案 C [考查独立主格结构。句意：我们本可以悄悄地让人实施这项计划，使它不为人所知。介词without与后面部分构成独立主格结构，it和know之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，因此用being known。]
13．________published fifty years ago，his work still attracts much attention at present.
A．In spite
B．Though
C．Apart from
D．Despite
答案 B [考查状语从句。句意：尽管他的作品是在50年前出版的，但现在依然受到广泛关注。此处为省略的状语从句，其主语是his work，还原完整为：Though his work was published fifty years ago，his work still attracts much attention at present.C、D两项为介词，后面应跟名词或者名词短语，A项常用于in spite of短语。]
14．I'm afraid we'll have to work extra hours for there are still some problems________.
A．remaining to settle
B．remaining to be settled
C．remained to be settled
D．to remain to settle
答案 B [句意：恐怕我们得加班，因为还有一些问题有待解决。首先，remain为系动词，所以只能用现在分词形式作定语；remain to be done表将来、被动含义，意为“有待于被……”，故B项正确。]
15．________himself by a table，the gentleman asked the waiter for a cup of coffee politely.
A．Seated
B．Seating
C．To seat
D．Seat
答案 B [考查非谓语动词。句意：这位绅士在桌旁坐好后，礼貌地向服务生要了一杯咖啡。seat为及物动词，表示“使(自己)就座”，其逻辑主语为the gentleman，所以用现在分词形式。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
I believe in miracles(奇迹) because I've seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There's a__16__ in my upper jaw，” she said.“I told my own dentist it's nothing, but he__17__I come to see you.”
Her eightyyearold son accompanied her. He would__18__to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over most of the__19__ of her mouth. A careful examination later__20__that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the__21__of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you're worried about me, but I'm just__22__.”
I thought otherwise. After considerable__23__on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to __24__me，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected, __25__treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and__26__.
“How are you？” I asked.
“I'm just fine, honey, ”she responded__27__high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)？”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered__28__，“Let me take a look in your mouth and we'll see about it.”
I couldn't believe my eyes. The cancer that had __29__nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness __30__.
I had read of such things happening, but had __31__ seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I've seen many others, because they keep getting__32__ to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are all miracles, __33__ through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to__34__the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is__35__we choose to find it.
【语篇解读】 作者通过自己经历的一件事情告诉我们，在生活中，奇迹无处不在，奇迹就在我们选择发现奇迹的地方。
16．A.cut
B．pain
C．wound
D．cancer
答案 B [下文告诉我们，老太太患的是癌症，而不是受了伤，由此可见，这位老太太是因为上颚痛才来看病的，所以选pain。]
17．A.declared
B．suspected
C．promised
D．insisted
答案 D [句意：“我告诉我的牙医这没什么，但是他却坚持让我来看看。”由第二段中的I found a large cancer that spread over most of the__19__ of her mouth.可以看出，她的病情很严重，所以应该是她的私人医生坚持要她来，因此要选择insist“坚决主张”，后面从句要用虚拟语气。declare“宣布”；suspect“怀疑”；promise“承诺”。]
18．A.refuse
B．continue
C．attempt
D．manage
答案 C [陪同老太太来的是她80岁的儿子，他试图补充点什么，但被老太太给阻止了。这里attempt to do sth相当于try to do sth意思是试图做某事(但没有成功)。而manage to do sth意思是成功做成某事；refuse to do sth意思是拒绝做某事；continue to do sth意思是继续做某事，显然都不符合语境。]
19．A.roof
B．corner
C．bottom
D．surface
答案 A [上文提到，老太太感觉上颚(upper jaw)有点痛，所以应该选择roof,29空所在的句子也有暗示。roof在此处的意思是“牙床，上颚”。corner“角落，区域”；bottom“底部”；surface“表面”。]
20．A.confirmed
B．convinced
C．considered
D．concluded
答案 A [confirm“确认”。句意：后来的细致检查确认这是一种特别严重的癌症。convince“(使)信服，说服”；consider“考虑”；conclude“推断，得出结论”。]
21．A.possibility
B．importance
C．seriousness
D．resolution
答案 C [由20空后的a particularly bad sort of cancer可以看出，在下次来看病时，我向她解释了病情的严重性(seriousness)。possibility“可能性”；importance“重要性”；resolution“决心，解决”。]
22．A.old
B．sick
C．fine
D．glad
答案 C [由语境可知，老太太一直以为自己身体很健康，所以要选fine，意思是：(身体)好的。下文的“I'm just fine, honey”也是暗示。]
23．A.permission
B．support
C．approval
D．effort
答案 D [作为医生，“我”一直在劝说老太太去找一位治疗癌症的外科医生。老太太最终答应是因为两方面的原因，一方面是我的努力(effort)，另一方面是老太太的善良，因为她想让我高兴，她才答应去的。permission“允许”；support“支持”；approval“同意，赞同”。]
24．A.persuade
B．please
C．encourage
D．astonish
答案 B [please意思是“使……高兴；取悦某人”。解析见上题。persuade“说服”；encourage“鼓励”；astonish“(使)震惊”。]
25．A.declined
B．provided
C．received
D．required
答案 A [因为老太太去看外科医生也是出于照顾“我”的面子，所以拒绝治疗也在我的预料之中。根据前面对老太太的描述(kindness)可知，“婉言拒绝”符合语境，因此选declined。provide“提供”；receive“收到”；require“需要”。]
26．A.healthy
B．elegant
C．optimistic
D．humorous
答案 C [解答此题的关键是空前的still，前文告诉我们，老太太一直很乐观，认为自己的病没有什么大碍，并拒绝了大夫的治疗，所以应该选择optimistic，意思是：乐观的。由上文可知她的病很严重，如果忽略了这一点，很容易误选A。]
27．A.to
B．in
C．between
D．by
答案 B [in high spirits为固定用法，意思是“兴高采烈”。]
28．A.worriedly
B．confusedly
C．patiently
D．confidently
答案 B [一个患癌症的病人在六个月后竟然精力充沛、神采依然，“我”很吃惊，也很困惑，所以选择confusedly，意思是“困惑地”。worriedly“担心地”；patiently“有耐心地”；confidently“有信心地”。]
29．A.covered
B．reached
C．spread
D．grown
答案 A [cover“覆盖”。语意为：几乎覆盖整个上颚的癌症已经消失了，只留下一小片红。]
30．A.cured
B．faded
C．expanded
D．remained
答案 D [这里指的是癌症症状消失后留下的东西，所以选择remained，语意见上题。cure“治愈”；fade“褪色”；expand“膨胀”。]
31．A.ever
B．also
C．never
D．already
答案 C [由上文Surprised to see her at all，I couldn't believe my eyes.以及下文的That was my first miracle.可以看出，这里的意思是：我读过类似的故事，但这之前从没有亲眼看到这样的事情发生。所以选never。]
32．A.easier
B．rarer
C．happier
D．closer
答案 A [从那以后我看到了很多其他类似的奇迹。这说明奇迹在变得越来越容易让人看到，由此可以看出，easier符合语境。rare“稀少的”；happy“幸福的”；close“接近的”。]
33．A.or
B．so
C．yet
D．for
答案 D [第二个分句是前一个分句的原因。句意：并且人们都是奇迹，因为通过他们我们有机会了解我们自己，看见一个又一个的奇迹。for用来引出原因。]
34．A.read
B．make
C．keep
D．see
答案 D [这一部分重点讲的是看见身边的奇迹，所以要选see。该段的前两句都有暗示。]
35．A.whatever
B．wherever
C．whoever
D．whichever
答案 B [对应前面的place，选择wherever。从第一次奇迹之后，我逐渐明白：奇迹发生的时间和地点就在我们选择发现它的地方。]
Ⅲ.阅读理解
Occasional sleepwalking does not tend to present a problem and must children grow out of it.If it happens every night and causes problems，then sleep disorder specialists suggest that parents spend a week noting the time when the sleepwalking tends to happen，and then gently wake the child about fifteen minutes before this time.This will often break the cycle.
So what should you do if you find your relative sleepwalking？For a start，they are in such a deep sleep that they will probably not notice you，even if you try to wake them.If you do succeed in waking them，they will become distressed.Everyone has experienced that feeling of confusion when the alarm awakens you from deep sleep，instead of the lighter sleep we are usually experiencing by the time our alarms sound.I once had the shock of being woken by a crash and found myself in the kitchen，standing barefoot and surrounded by broken glass.I’d tried to get a glass of water while sleepwalking，but like most sleepwalkers I failed to turn on the light，and had smashed the glass against the tap.
Waking a sleepwalker will not cause them to have a heart attack，but the kindest thing to do is not to try to wake them at all.Lead them gently back to bed so that they do not hurt themselves.They will remain deeply asleep，and it is likely that they will not remember a thing in the morning.
【语篇解读】 你或者周围的人有梦游症吗？如果有的话，该怎么办呢？本文给出了几点建议。
36．What do the specialists advise the parents to do to avoid their children’s sleepwalking?
A．Go to bed with their children at the same time.
B．Keep a record of the time when children wake up.
C．Take 15 minutes to wake children from sleepwalking.
D．Try some time to break the cycle of the sleepwalking.
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第一段中的“then sleep disorder specialists suggest that...before this time.This will often break the cycle.”可知，当孩子经常梦游时，专家建议家长花一周的时间记录梦游发生的时间，然后在梦游前15分钟轻轻地叫醒孩子，这样孩子就不会发生梦游了。]
37．When a sleepwalker is suddenly woken，he is most likely to________.
A．die from heart attack B．do some cooking
C．feel lost
D．become relaxed
答案 C [细节理解题。根据第二段中的“...they will become distressed.Everyong has experienced that feeling of confusion”可知，答案选C。lost意为“困惑的、不知所措的”。]
38．What should we do to deal with a sleepwalking relative?
A．Do nothing but take him back to bed.
B．Try every means to wake him at once.
C．Leave your relative where he stays.
D．Send him to a specialist immediately.
答案 A [细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“but the kindest thing to do is not to try to wake them at all.Lead them gently back to bed so that they do not hurt themselves.”可知，答案选A。]
39．What is the best title for the text?
A．Sleep Disorder
B．Sleepwalking
C．Sleep Advice
D．Sleepwalkers
答案 B [主旨大意题。本文主要建议人们该如何正确处理梦游症，sleepwalking做标题最恰当。]