Unit 1 Living well
Ⅰ.单项填空
1． ______that’s important is that you are doing your best and moving in the right direction.
A．One B．All
C．Everything
D．Anything
解析 考查不定代词的用法。句意：最重要的是你要尽力并朝着正确的方向前进。one一个人；all一切，所有；everything每一件事；anything任何事。通览全句，all符合语意及语境。
答案 B
2．This kind of animal is able to protect itself from danger in many years.______，the colouring of its hide makes it almost invisible when it is feeding in the shadow of trees.
A．First at all
B．First of all
C．In all
D．After all
解析 句意：多年间这种动物能保护自己避免危险。首先，当它在树阴下进食时，它的色彩的隐蔽性使它不易被看到。空白处用来强调重要性，因此只能用first of all。无A项这种表达法。in all相当于altogether“总计”；after all“毕竟”，表程度。
答案 B
3．For professional athletes，______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.
A．appeal
B．attachment
C．access
D．approach
解析 考查名词词义辨析。access进入。句意：对于专业运动员来说，参加奥运会就意味着他们有机会被载入史册。appeal请求；attachment附加；approach接近；方法。
答案 C
4．When we climbed up to the top of the hill，we all were ______.
A．out of the breath
B．short of breath
C．out of breath
D．short of breaths
解析 考查固定短语out of breath的用法。out of breath为“气喘吁吁”，名词breath前没有冠词a，the，也没有复数breaths形式。
答案 C
5．—Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
—Of course.You can’t never be ______ careful with that.
A．enoughB．too
C．soD．very
解析 考查can’t/can never...too...句型，意为“再……也不过分”。
答案 B
6．I’d also like to ______ you on your good work in these two years.
A．congratulate
B．celebrate
C．wish
D．hope
解析 考查动词词义辨析。congratulate sb.on sth.“祝贺某人某事”，从搭配来看，应选择A项。celebrate的宾语通常是“物”，如节日、生日等。
答案 A
7．The good thing about children is that they______ very easily to new environments.
A．adapt
B．appeal
C．attach
D．apply
解析 考查短语辨析。句意：关于孩子们，好的一点是他们很容易适应新环境。adapt to表示“使适应于”；appeal to表示“对……有吸引力”；attach to表示“(使)相关”；apply to则表示“运用，适用于”。根据句意，A项正确。
答案 A
8．Frank put the medicine in a top drawer to make sure it would not be______to the kids.
A．accessible
B．relative
C．acceptable
D．sensitive
解析 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：Frank把药放在顶层抽屉中，以确保孩子们够不到。accessible表示“可以得到的，可以接近的”，通常与to 搭配。后三项分别表示“相关的”“可接受的”“敏感的”。
答案 A
9．Who’s most likely to______the old lady’s death?
A．benefit
B．benefit from
C．be beneficial
D．be beneficial to
解析 benefit对……有益，benefit from从……获益，be beneficial to对……有益，所以B项正确。
答案 B
10．He has devoted himself______mankind.
A．to benefit
B．benefiting
C．to benefiting
D．benefited
解析 考查devote的用法，即devote oneself to doing sth.。
答案 C
11．After a number of disagreements with the committee，the chairman decided to______.
A．retire
B．retreat
C．withdraw
D．resign
解析 retreat＝withdraw“撤退”；resign“辞职”。句意：与委员会有了许多分歧后，主席决定辞职。
答案 D
12．He ______his post because he had been offered a better job.
A．resigned
B．retired
C．dismissed
D．fired
解析 考查动词词义辨析。句意：他辞去了他的工作因为他找到了更好的工作。retire表示“退休；退职”；dismiss表示“解雇”；fire表示“解雇”；resign表示“辞职；放弃”，符合句意。
答案 A
13．Over two thirds of the population were believed to have no______to the health care in the west rural area in China.
A．aid
B．basis
C．belief
D．access
解析 have no access to“得不到，没有……的机会”。句意：人们相信在中国西部农村地区，有超过三分之二的人口得不到卫生保健。
答案 D
14．We must make sure that public facilities in the newlybuilt buildings，like the restroom and the lift，are ______ to disabled visitors.
A．impressive
B．independent
C．remarkable
D．accessible
解析 accessible可接近的；可进入的；可使用的，常用于短语be accessible to sb.。impressive给人深刻印象的；independent独立自主的，不受约束的；remarkable非凡的，显著的。
答案 D
15．I soon found that the work I was doing had already been done by somebody else，______，I was wasting my time.
A．in a word
B．with words
C．in other words
D．by word
解析 考查短语辨析。句意：不久我就发现我在做的工作已经被其他人做了，也就是说，我在浪费时间。in a word表示“一句话，总之”；B、D两项搭配错误；in other words表示“换句话说”，符合句意。
答案 C
Ⅱ.完形填空
I met Ryan，a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫)，in my biology class.My simple “Hello！” and his cheerful reply were the__1__to our friendship from the first day of school.There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school.He was in a great deal of__2__after having a surgery on his legs，but he__3__his sufferings from everyone.
In our junior year，we found that we didn’t __4__a single class.This was not a problem，though.We just talked a little more in the hallway__5__the break.That year seemed to fly by.One day，Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner’s flag that would__6__the spot where Ryan would__7__his Olympic torch run.He gently explained that he would be honored __8__I would accept this position for him.The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone__9__to him.He said I was the only true friend he had__10__made that talked to him and not to his wheel chair.How could I__11__such a request?
On the morning of June 5th，as I walked down the sidewalk，my heart__12__and my mind became a factory of questions.I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would__13__the huge crowd of thousands of people.
After the van arrived，the other runners got out and lined up outside the van，chanting his name，“Ryan！Byan！” Then all of the people__14__in，“Ryan！Ryan！” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground.There he was，in all his__15__.
It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch.The runner lit Ryan’s torch and then Ryan began his__16__.As he took off down the street，the chanting became louder and louder.The__17__filled the air and I felt I was on cloud nine.I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！He__18__this moment—a historic moment —a moment that he was a part of and__19__me to be a part of，too.
Mr Weinheimer，the next torch runner，bent over and gave Ryan a hug.That moment will last in time forever.It symbolized the whole__20__of the flame：love，excitement，enthusiasm，brotherhood，and life of any man.The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.
【语篇解读 本文通过讲述“我”与Ryan的交往以及Ryan在火炬接力时人们对他的帮助和支持，说明了爱心让这个小小的世界运转起来。
1.A.solutions B．keys
C．routes
D．responses
解析 根据文章内容可知，“我”和Ryan的友谊始于“我”简单的问候和他快乐的回应，也就是说这打开了我们之间友谊的大门，因此选keys。
答案 B
2．A.danger
B．fear
C．pain
D．puzzle
解析 他刚做完腿部的手术，因此选pain疼痛。
答案 C
3．A.hid B．prevented
C．released
D．relieved
解析 尽管如此，他还是对大家都隐瞒了，因此选hid。prevent阻止；release释放；relieve缓解，均不符合语境。
答案 A
4．A.change B．miss
C．attend D．share
解析 根据4空的后面两句内容可知，三年级时我们不在同一个班上课，因此选share。
答案 D
5．A.except B．for
C．during D．before
解析 我们只能在课间休息期间在走廊里交谈。during the break表示“课间休息期间”。
答案 C
6．A.mark B．test
C．number
D．decorate
解析 Ryan参加了奥运会火炬接力，他让“我”举着旗站在标志着他开始进行火炬接力的地方。mark表示“标志”，符合语境。
答案 A
7．A.cover B．begin
C．continue
D．lead
解析 begin开始，符合语境。
答案 B
8．A.while
B．although
C．if D．unless
解析 Ryan在请求“我”的时候，并不能肯定“我”会同意，因此选if。
答案 C
9．A.polite B．kind
C．gratefulD．important
解析 那个为他举旗的人必须是对他来说重要的人，因此选important。
答案 D
10．A.ever B．never
C．also D．even
解析 他说“我”在任何时候都是他唯一的真正的朋友。ever表示“在任何时候”，符合语境。
答案 A
11．A.admit
B．refuse
C．make D．repeat
解析 根据下文可知“我”没有拒绝他的请求，因此选refuse。
答案 B
12．A.ached
B．raced
C．stoppedD．sank
解析 根据12空后面的“a factory of questions”可知，“我”想了很多问题，“我”的心跳加速。race表示“(因害怕、兴奋而)急速跳动，快速转动”。
答案 B
13．A.explain to B．differ from
C．respond to D．call on
解析 “我”想知道他面对这么多人会作出怎样的反应。respond to“对……作出反应或应对”，符合语境。
答案 C
14．A.joined
B．stepped
C．poured
D．broke
解析 根据上文可知，此处应选joined，表示“所有人都加入”。
答案 A
15．A.potential B．preference
C．glory D．surprise
解析 Ryan在人们的欢呼声中隆重登场，因此选glory。
答案 C
16．A.trainingB．journey
C．life D．struggle
解析 journey“旅行”，在此用来表示“火炬接力的一段行程”。
答案 B
17．A.anxiety
B．satisfaction
C．harmony
D．excitement
解析 此情此景，人们能够感受到的当然是兴奋了，“我”高兴极了。on cloud nine表示“极为高兴”。
答案 D
18．A.deserved B．recalled
C．treasured D．chose
解析 他应该得到这一刻，故选deserved，表示“应该得到”。recall回忆；treasure珍惜；choose选择，均不符合语境。
答案 A
19．A.promised B．encouraged
C．allowedD．followed
解析 这个时刻让“我”也感觉到了自己就是其中的一员。allow允许，准许，符合语境。
答案 C
20．A.mysteryB．power
C．information D．meaning
解析 根据冒号后面的内容可知，此处应选meaning，表示“它将火炬接力的含义表示出来”。
答案 D
Ⅲ. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Most Direct Solution to Any Problem
When trying to solve various problems in life，an approach I find very useful is to first identify what I’d consider the most direct solution，regardless of how I feel about actually implementing (实施) it.What is the clearest，most direct path to my goal or the most efficient way to get around an obstacle?
Many problems will have multiple direct solutions，but often these solutions will be unpleasant at first glance because they’ll require courage，selfdiscipline，creativity，or persistence to implement.__1__
For example，suppose you want to lose weight.And suppose we can say that one of direct solutions is to eat the same as you’re eating now and increase your exercise output by 500 calories a day.__2__It may require discipline and persistence，but most people would agree that it will work if you follow through.
Another example：__3__However，you don’t know how that person feels about you.One direct solution would be to simply walk up，explain your thoughts and feelings，and ask if she or he is interested in discussing the possibility of a closer relationship.This will take less than a minute to say，and whatever the outcome is，at least you know where you stand.__4__Anyhow it’s very simple and straightforward.
__5__What’s the simplest and quickest way to reach your goal，assuming that you had limitless courage and discipline?
A．Of course this solution may require a lot of courage to overcome the possibility of rejection.
B．But if we can get ourselves to follow through，we know the solutions will actually work.
C．See if you can identify the most direct solution to some of your problems.
D．So the best way to overcome the difficulty is to ask your friends for advice.
E．If you implement this rather simple solution，you’ll lose weight.
F．Suppose you’re interested in starting a relationship with someone.
G．However，the solution implemented does not work.
1．B 2.E 3.F 4.A 5.C
Ⅳ.短文改错
The other day after work，I was walking down the street
I saw a boy riding a unicycle，one of those
with only one wheel.
in all pink from head to toe，he was singing a song which
was——
sounded like a kid’s song.I thought he must be
crazy.Just then，a lady dropped
20dollar bill on the ground，but
didn’t realize it and started to walk away.The guy in pink picked
the money and gave it back to her.After that，he rode on
soon disappeared before the lady could thank him. a strange and good guy!