Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．As the storm drew nearer, black clouds were________over the sky.
A．smoothing
B．disappearing
C．gathering
D．picking
解析 smooth使平整；使光滑；disappear消失；gather聚集；pick选择；挑选。句意：随着暴风雨的来临，乌云在天空聚集起来。
答案 C
2．The news shocked the public，______to great concern about students’ safety at school.
A．having ledB．ledC．leading
D．to lead
解析 考查非谓语动词。句意：这个消息震惊了社会，引起了公众对在校学生安全的极大担忧。此处为非谓语动词作结果状语。主语与lead是主动关系，故排除过去分词led；而having led表示动作发生在shocked之前，不合逻辑，故排除；不定式to lead 表示出乎意料的结果，而现在分词表示自然的结果，故选leading。
答案 C
3．Kathy________some French while she was away on a business trip in France.
A．picked up
B．took up
C．made up
D．turned up
解析 考查动词短语的辨析。pick up拾起；捡起；无意中学会；take up开始从事；make up 弥补；编造；turn up 出现；调大音量。句意：Kathy在去法国出差时学会了一些法语。
答案 A
4．It is________that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.
A．obviously
B．apparently
C．possibly
D．likely
解析 考查句型的搭配。It's
likely that 从句“有可能干某事”。
答案 D
5．In our childhood，we were often ______ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.
A．demanded
B．reminded
C．allowed
D．hoped
解析 句意：在我们的童年时期，奶奶经常提醒我们注意餐桌礼仪。remind sb.to do sth.表示“提醒某人做某事”，这里用其被动形式。
答案 B
6．Some students find it hard to________the new teacher's dialect.
A．take in
B．take up
C．take over
D．take on
解析 考查动词短语的辨析。take in 吸收；理解；take up 开始从事；take over 掌管；接管；take on呈现。句意：一些学生发现很难理解新老师的方言。
答案 A
7．He________into the bad habit of stopping off at the corner saloon each night on his way home from work.
A．caught
B．formed
C．got
D．took
解析 get into the habit of表示“养成……的习惯”，为固定短语；如用form，应使用form the habit of结构；stop off中途下车。
答案 C
8．I______along the street looking for a place to park when the accident______.
A．went；was occurring
B．went；occurred
C．was going；occurred
D．was going；had occurred
解析 句意：我沿着街道找停车位，这时发生了事故。occur是瞬间动词，此处不用进行时，可排除A项；且沿街行车与车祸几乎是同时发生，可排除D项；车祸发生时，车是在行进中，因此C项最佳。此处是when(这时，突然)句式之一。
答案 C
9．—It is very hot in Chongqing.Would you like some water?
—________.I want to，but I want to save it for another one who needs it.
A．Yes，please
B．No，thank you
C．Nothing more
D．I'd like some
解析 根据答语中的I want to，but I want to save it for another one who needs it.可知想喝水，但是想留给别人喝。No，thank you.表示不要了，并表示感谢。
答案 B
10．—How long do you think it will be________the country sends a manned spaceship to the moon?
—Perhaps two or three years.
A．when
B．until
C．that
D．before
解析 before表示“在……之前”。根据答语Perhaps two or three years.可判断出这个国家向月球发射载人宇宙飞船之前可能要两年或三年的时间。
答案 D
11．—Mum，may I go to the concert with Tom tonight?
—No，you________.Because it will be stormy.
A．needn't
B．don't have to
C．mustn't
D．shouldn't
解析 考查情态动词。mustn't表示“禁止，不允许”，可根据后面的“Because it will be stormy.”判断。
答案 C
12．—Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?
—______.Ours is much stronger than theirs.
A．Of course
B．It depends
C．Don’t mention it
D．By no means
解析 句意：——你认为他们的乒乓球队在即将到来的亚运会上会获得第一名吗？——决不会。我们队比他们队要强大得多。of course当然可以；it depends 看情况而定；don’t mention it 别客气；by no means决不。
答案 D
13．They have sent some books and magazines to the countryside because children there are starving________knowledge.
A．to
B．about
C．with
D．for
解析 考查介词。starve for...意为“渴望……；急需……”。句意：他们把一些书和杂志送到农村，因为那里的孩子们渴望知识。
答案 D
14．—Who do you think I can depend on，Mr Brown?
—Yes.He always________what he says.
A．means
B．realizes
C．keeps
D．promises
解析 考查习惯用语。mean what one says说话算数，相当于keep one's word。
答案 A
15．—May I speak to Mr Smith，please?
—________，please.He is in the next room.I will go and get him.
A．Hang up
B．Hold up
C．Take on
D．Hold on
解析 考查交际用语。hold on别挂断。可根据下文的“他就在隔壁，我去叫他”判断。
答案 D
Ⅱ.完形填空
James's New Bicycle
James shook his money box again.Nothing！He carefully__1__the coins that lay on the bed.24.52 was all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least $90！__2__on earth was he going to get the__3__of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles.It was__4__to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels.He thought about what he could do.There was no__5__asking his parents，for he knew they had no money to__6__.
There was only one way to get money，and that was to__7__it.He would have to find a job.__8__who would hire him and what could he do？He decided to ask Mr.Clay for advice，who usually had__9__on most things.
“Well，you can start right here，”said Mr.Clay.“My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the__10__of James's oddjob(零工)business.For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework.He was amazed by the__11__of jobs that people found for him to do.He took dogs and babies for walks，cleared out cupboards，and mended books.He lost count of the__12__of cars he washed and windows he cleaned，but the__13__increased and he knew that he would soon have__14__for the bicycle he longed for.
The day__15__came when James counted his money and found 94.32.He__16__no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted.He rode__17__home，looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends.It had been hard__18__for the money，but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more__19__he had bought it with his own money.He had__20__what he thought was impossible，and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
1．A.cleaned
B．covered
C．counted
D．checked
解析 为了买自行车，作者在数自己的钱。count数，符合题意。
答案 C
2．A.How
B．Why
C．Who
D．What
解析 表示方式，他到底怎么样才能得到购买自行车的其余的钱呢？
答案 A
3．A.amount
B．part
C．sum
D．rest
解析 作者已经有了24.52美元，在这里用rest指购买自行车的其余的钱。
答案 D
4．A.brave
B．hard
C．smart
D．unfair
解析 作者的朋友都有自行车，这样的话他和他们一起出去的话就会觉得很难。
答案 B
5．A.point
B．reason
C．result
D．right
解析 句型：there be no point in doing sth，做什么是没有意义的。
答案 A
6．A.split
B．spend
C．spare D．save
解析 spare sb sth，给某人抽出某种东西，该物多为时间或金钱。
答案 C
7．A.borrow
B．earn
C．raise
D．collect
解析 作者认识到实现自己梦想的唯一方式是自己挣钱。earn挣钱。
答案 B
8．A.Or
B．So
C．For
D．But
解析 上下文是转折关系，虽然他知道要自己挣钱，但是谁会雇佣他呢？
答案 D
9．A.decisions
B．experience
C．opinions
D．knowledge
解析 Mr.Clay对大多数事情都有自己的见解。opinions见解。
答案 C
10．A.beginning
B．introduction
C．requirement
D．opening
解析 那是James打零工的开始，beginning开始。
答案 A
11．A.similarity
B．quality
C．suitability
D．variety解析 为了凑够买自行车的钱，他做了各种各样的零工。variety种类。
答案 D
12．A.brand
B．number
C．size
D．type
解析 为了购买自行车，他为别人刷了很多车，他自己都已经记不清刷过的车的数量了。
答案 B
13．A.effort
B．pressure
C．money
D．trouble
解析 随着自己做零工的增加，钱也越来越多，C项符合题意。答案 C
14．A.all
B．enough
C．much
D．some
解析 他知道自己不久就会有足够多的钱去买自己梦想中的自行车了。
答案 B
15．A.finally
B．instantly
C．normally
D．regularly
解析 能够买起自行车的那一天终于到来了，finally终于，符合句意。
答案 A
16．A.gave
B．left
C．took
D．wasted
解析 当他数过自己的钱后，他立刻去买自行车了，没有浪费一分钟的时间。
答案 D
17．A.patiently
B．proudly
C．silently
D．tiredly
解析 经过自己的努力，他终于实现了自己的愿望，所以当然是自豪地proudly。
答案 B
18．A.applying
B．asking
C．looking
D．working
解析 为挣钱而工作当然是辛苦的。
答案 D
19．A.since
B．if
C．than
D．though
解析 该句话的意思是：James知道他的自行车意义重大，因为他是用自己的钱购买的。
答案 A
20．A.deserved
B．benefited
C．achieved
D．learned
解析 他通过自己的努力实现了自己的梦想。achieve实现，符合句意。
答案 C
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。
Let children learn to judge their work.__1__.If corrected too much，he will stop talking.He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use.Bit by bit，he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s.__2__They learn to do without being taught to walk，run，climb，whistle，ride a bicycle，compare their own performances with those of more skilled people，and slowly make the needed changes.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself.__3__we act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him，or correct it unless he was made to.Let him work out，with the help of other children if he wants it，what this word says，what the answer is to that problem，whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answer，as it may be in mathematics or science，give him the answer book.__4__Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work？__5__Let the children learn what all educated people must some day learn，how to measure their own understanding，and how to know what they know or do not know.
A．Children learn to do all the other things in the same way.
B．Let him correct his own papers
C．Point out his mistakes
D．We do it all for him
E．We allow him to learn from other children
F．A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time
G．Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer
答案 1．F 2.A 3.D 4.B 5.G