Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．Those who suffer from headache will find they get______ from this medicine.
A．reliefB．safety
C．defense
D．shelter
解析 考查名词词义辨析。句意：那些头痛患者会发现他们会通过这种药减轻疼痛。relief缓解，减轻；safety安全；defense保护；shelter庇护。
答案 A
2．This special school accepts all disabled students，______educational level and background.
A．according to
B．regardless of
C．in addition to
D．in terms of
解析 选项A意为“根据……”；选项B意为“不顾……；抛开……不说”；选项C意为“除……之外(还有)”；选项D意为“就……来说”。根据语境知道，选项B合适。
答案 B
3．As there is less and less coal and oil，scientists are exploring new ways of making use of______ energy，such as sunlight，wind and water for power and fuel.
A．primary
B．alternative
C．instant
D．unique
解析 考查形容词词义辨析。语意表示“煤炭与石油”之外的可供替代的能源如阳光、风和水，alternative表示“供替代的；两者择一的”。
答案 B
4．Look at the trouble I am in！If only I ______your advice.
A．followed
B．would follow
C．had followed
D．should follow
解析 if only表示“如果……就好了”，表示与事实相反，条件意味强烈，其谓语动词常用虚拟语气。此句表示过去的动作，须选用过去完成时。
答案 C
5．______ that you are chosen to be monitor of our class，what will you do?
A．Assumed
B．To assume
C．Assuming
D．To be assumed
解析 根据句子结构可知前半部分为状语，assuming that表示“假设……”。
答案 C
6．I’m afraid I have no ______ but to ask you to leave school.
A． substitute
B．alternative
C．opportunity
D．objective
解析 alternative在此处是名词“可能的选择”。句意：恐怕我别无选择，只有让你离开学校。
答案 B
7．The bell ______ the end of the period rang ______ our heated discussion.
A．indicating；interrupting
B．indicated；interrupting
C．indicating；interrupted
D．indicated；interrupted
解析 考查非谓语动词用法。句中谓语为rang；indicating作定语修饰bell；interrupting是现在分词作结果状语。
答案 A
8．A society was set up to ______the endangered animal and plant life from dying out in this area.
A．reserve
B．preserve
C．observe
D．deserve
解析 句意：建立一个团体来保护濒临灭绝的动植物以避免其绝迹。reserve预订，保留；observe观察；deserve值得。
答案 B
9．______，we must expect changes to be made in our system of teaching.
A．Looking around
B．Looking ahead
C．Watching out
D．Seeing around
解析 动词look与其逻辑主语we之间是主动关系，因此选B项。句意：展望未来，我们盼望我们的教育体制会发生改变。
答案 B
10．The agent was ______ for carrying a false passport.
A．arrested
B．accused
C．charged
D．suspected
解析 句意：那个代理商因使用假护照而被捕。arrest逮捕；be arrested for因……被逮捕；be accused of因……被指控；be charged with被控告……；be suspected of被怀疑……。
答案 A
11．______the weather，the sports meet will be held on time.
A．Instead of
B．In relation to
C．Regardless of
D．In favor of
解析 考查短语辨析。句意：不管(regardless of)天气怎样，运动会将按时举行。instead of代替，而不是……；in relation to与……相关；in favor of赞成；均不符合句意。
答案 C
12．To our ______，his illness proved not to be as serious as we had feared.
A．relief
B．judgement
C．view
D．anxiety
解析 to our relief令我们放心的是，judgement，view，anxiety多与介词in搭配。
答案 A
13．______ I had seen him yesterday at the airport!
A．If
B．If only
C．Only if
D．Since
解析 if only“要是……就好了”。句意：我要是昨天在机场见到他就好了。表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气。
答案 B
14．We all can go out for a picnic this afternoon—______that the others agree.
A．to assume
B．assumed
C．assume
D．assuming
解析 assuming that...假定……。类似表达有：
providing/supposing(that)．..。
答案 D
15．He was in hospital for six months.He felt as if he was ______ from the outside world.
A．cut out
B．cut off
C．cut up
D．cut through
解析 句意：他住了6个月的院，他有与世隔绝之感。“cut A off from B”使A与B隔绝；“cut out”切成，剪成，开辟出某事某物；“cut up”切/剪碎；挫伤某人；“cut sth.through sth.”开辟出一条路。由句意知B项符合要求。
答案 B
Ⅱ.完形填空
After 22 years of marriage，I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife，Peggy.I started dating another woman.
One day Peggy said to me，“Life is too__1__，and you need to spend time with the people you love.You probably won’t believe me，but I know you love her and I think that if you spend more time with her，it will make us__2__.”
The “other” woman my wife was encouraging me to__3__is my mother，a 72yearold widow who has lived alone since my father__4__20 years ago.Right after his death，I__5__2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career.When I moved back near my hometown six years ago，I promised myself that I would spend more time with my mom.But with the__6__of my job and three kids，I never got around to seeing her much__7__family gettogethers and holidays.
Mom was__8__and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
We didn’t go anywhere __9__，just a neighboring place where we could talk.__10__her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows，I had to read the menu for her.
“I used to be the__11__when you were little，” she said.
“Then it is time for you to relax and let me__12__the favor，” I said.
We had a nice talk__13__dinner，just catching up on each other’s lives.We talked for so long that we__14__the movie.
“__15__was your date？my wife asked when I got home that evening.”
“Nice...nicer than I thought it would be，” I said.
Mom and I get out for__16__a couple of times a month.Sometimes we take in a movie，but__17__we talk.Through the talks，I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War.I know how she met my father there，and know how they__18__the difficult times.I can’t get enough of these stories.They are__19__to me，a part of my history.
Peggy was right.Dating another woman has__20__my marriage.
语篇解读 22年的婚姻之后，作者发现了维系夫妇二人良好关系的秘诀，那就是与另外一个女人约会，这个女人不是别人，正是自己的母亲。
1.A.easy
B．difficult
C．short
D．hard
解析 根据1空后面的内容可知，作者的妻子认为人生太“短暂”。
答案 C
2． A.closer B．longer
C．happier D．easier
解析 此处与第一段中的relationship相呼应，意思是这样做能让我们之间的关系“更加亲密”。
答案 A
3．A.date B．please
C．meet
D．consult
解析 根据第一段后半部分中的dating可知，作者的妻子鼓励作者与之“约会”的对象是作者的母亲。
答案 A
4．A.passed out B．passed by
C．passed down
D．passed away
解析 根据4空前面的widow可知，作者的母亲是一位寡妇，由此可知她自从丈夫在20年前“去世”后就一直独居。另外，5空前面的death是线索提示。
答案 D
5．A.went B．drove
C．moved
D．removed
解析 就在父亲去世后，作者“搬”到了2 500英里之外的加利福尼亚，开始了自己的生活和事业。此外，下一句开头部分的内容也是线索提示。
答案 C
6．A.pressure B．development
C．demand
D．loss
解析 虽然作者自我承诺多花时间陪母亲，但是由于工作和三个孩子的“需要”，除了家庭团聚和假期之外，作者从未能履行自己的诺言。
答案 C
7．A.beyond B．with
C．during D．on
解析 参见上题解析。此处beyond表示“除……之外”。
答案 A
8．A.excited B．annoyed
C．delighted D．surprised
解析 作者此前很少陪伴母亲，如今突然给母亲打电话并建议两人一同外出就餐和看电影，她显然很“惊讶”。本句中的suspicious也是线索提示。
答案 D
9．A.ordinary B．fancy
C．plain D．common
解析 作者和母亲并没有去任何“豪华的”地方，仅仅去了一个附近的可以说话的地方。
答案 B
10. A．Since B．Until
C．If D．Unless
解析 “因为”她的视力不佳，作者不得不将菜单读给母亲听。
答案 A
11．A.worker B．waitress
C．reader
D．owner
解析 此处与上一段中的read相呼应，意思是当作者小的时候，作者的母亲经常是“读者”。
答案 C
12．A.award B．return
C．turn D．answer
解析 如今作者的母亲年事已高，是作者“回报”恩惠的时候了。
答案 B
13．A.over B．with
C．on D．across
解析 作者和母亲在晚饭期间交谈甚欢，此处over表示“在……期间”。
答案 A
14．A.forgot B．refused
C．missed
D．abandoned
解析 作者和母亲交谈的时间很长，以至于“错过”了那部电影。
答案 C
15．A.What
B．Who
C．Where D．How
解析 根据下一段中的内容可知，作者的妻子询问的是这次约会“如何”。
答案 D
16．A.talk B．movie
C．walk D．dinner
解析 根据第8空后面的“go out to dinner”可知作者和母亲每个月都要出去吃几次“晚饭”。
答案 D
17．A.finally B．merely
C．mostly
D．especially
解析 上文提到作者和母亲长时间交谈，以至于错过了电影，由此可知，两人在一起的时候“主要”是交谈。
答案 C
18．A.went through
B．got through
C．looked through D．saw through
解析 通过交谈，作者知道了母亲如何与父亲相识和他们如何“渡过”那些困难时光。
答案 A
19．A.friendly
B．kind
C．loyal
D．important
解析 根据上下文内容可知，这些故事对作者而言很“重要”。
答案 D
20．A.ruined B．damaged
C．helped D．affected
解析 根据第一段第一句的内容可知，与母亲约会对作者的婚姻有“帮助”。
答案 C
Ⅲ.阅读理解
Many of us still tend to think that emotions can affect reasonablethought，and sometimes land us in trouble.But in recent
years psychologists have taken quite a different view.Keith Oatley，Professor of Psychology at Glasgow University，is involved in the research which shows the fundamental importance of emotions.
He believes we_are_very_ambivalent_about_them：we think of our emotions as being unreasonable，but we also consider them as essential to being human.For example，Mr Spock，a character in the television series Star Trek，is superintelligent and he has no emotions at all.However，he is never made captain of the spaceship.Maybe，this is because Mr Spock is not the kind of person you can share your feelings with—a person who shows his emotions.
As Professor Oatley points out，our emotions have very important functions，for example，fear.If we cross the road and a car approaches，we usually stop moving or step back.We stop what we are doing，check what we have done and pay very careful attention to the environment.The emotion of fear makes us take this small series of actions which，on average，help preserve our safety.
On the other hand，if things are going well and small problems come up，we find we can solve them with the resources we have to hand.As a consequence，we tend to feel happy and usually continue doing the job.
Anger is an emotion that tends to occur when someone is preventing
us from doing something.Then this small “kit” of reactions enables us to
prepare ourselves to be quite aggressive to that person，or to try harder，and so on.
Professor Oatley believes emotions generally occur at these important moments in actions.With fear and anger our emotions make us decide to start
doing something else，while with happiness they “suggest” we continue what we are already doing.
【语篇解读 相关研究表明，情感对人而言至关重要，不可或缺。
1．What’s Keith Oatley’s opinion about emotions?
A．They affect reasonable thought.
B．They get us into trouble.
C．They are helpful to us.
D．They are reasonable.
解析 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句中的“which shows the fundamental importance of emotions”以及第三段中的“our emotions have very important functions”可知，Oatley认为情感对我们来说是有益的。
答案 C
2．What does the underlined part “we are very ambivalent about them” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．We have contradictory feelings towards emotions.
B．We have similar ideas of emotions.
C．We are quite clear about emotions.
D．We can do nothing about emotions.
解析 句意理解题。根据第二段中的“we think of our emotions as being unreasonable，but we also consider them as essential to being human”可知，我们认为我们的情感毫无道理，但对于我们人类来说，它是必不可少的，这足以说明我们的矛盾心理。
答案 A
3．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Fear helps us to be careful about our surroundings.
B．Happiness inspires us to continue what we are doing.
C．Anger may urge us to make greater efforts.
D．Anger tends to do us more harm than good.
解析 细节理解题。本题可用排除法。根据第三段的内容可知A项正确；根据第四段的最后一句可知B项正确；根据第五段的最后一句可知C项正确。
答案 D
4．It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A．we must control our emotions in daily life
B．emotions play a more important part than we realize
C．positive emotions such as love and joy are good for us
D．negative emotions make us continue what we are doing
解析 推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的内容可推知，积极的情感和消极的情感都发挥着比我们意识到的更重要的作用。
答案 B
Ⅳ.短文改错
I was working in a beer company，
the president do something important.At the same time，my mother was in the final stages of
the—— cancer.I worked during the day and
40
miles home to be with her every night.It was ，but it was
I want to do.I didn’t want
bother the president with my
trouble，yet I felt someone at the company needed to know
about it.So I told a friend and asked him not to share the information with .However，the president called me into his office one day.He faced me from across
large desk，looked at me and said，“Alice，I hear your mother is very ill.” I was caught by
a—— surprise and burst into tears.He just
said a sentence I will never forget：“Whatever you need.”