【三维设计】2017版（江苏专用）二轮复习练习：必修2 Unit 3《Amazing people》单元检测（含解析）

　　Amazing people　单元检测(A卷——全员必做)

　　.单项填空

　　1．(2014·安徽名校高三联考)One way to ________ species under threat of extinction — whatever the cause — is to remove them to zoos and parks and feed them there.

　　A．betray　B．resist

　　C．preserve

　　D．abandon

　　2．(2014·苏南五校联考) ________about the man wearing sunglasses during night that he was determined to follow him.

　　A．So curious the detective was

　　B．So curious was the detective

　　C．How curious was the detective

　　D．How curious the detective was

　　3．(2014·南京四校高三调研)To her disappointment, what she had devoted herself to ________ in nothing but failure.

　　A．resulting

　　B．results

　　C．has resulted

　　D．resulted

　　4．(2014·金陵中学模拟)The young boy, who by then ________ admission to the university, decided to do some part­time work to gain more practical experience.

　　A．gained

　　B．was gaining

　　C．has gained

　　D．had gained

　　5．(2014·连云港高三模拟)Fan Bingbing is my favorite film star.I consider her ______ other stars.

　　A．more superior to

　　B．more superior than

　　C．superior to

　　D．superior than

　　6．(2014·济南高三模拟)It is reported that a similar technique can be ________ to the treatment of cancer.

　　A．applied

　　B．attached

　　C．added

　　D．compared

　　7．(2014·淮安高三模拟)—Where was the film The Warring State made?

　　—It was in the very Movie & Television Base ________ I visited last week ________ the film was made.

　　A．where; that

　　B．what; that

　　C．that; that

　　D．which; where

　　8．(2014·宿迁高三模拟)This term several optional courses are provided, and we are free to choose ________ we are interested in.

　　A．whatever

　　B．whichever

　　C．whenever

　　D．wherever

　　9．(2014·湖北武汉适应性训练)Enormous pressure as they are faced with, the students remain ________ and try hard to achieve their goals.

　　A．conscious

　　B．optimistic

　　C．influential

　　D．competitive

　　10．(2014·合肥二中模拟)The girl living in a small village desires that she ________ to work in the western area.

　　A．send

　　B．is sent

　　C．be sent

　　D．should send

　　11．(2014·江阴五校联考)The boys are still playing basketball happily on the court ________ it is raining heavily.

　　A．in case

　　B．even though

　　C．as if

　　D．as long as

　　12．(2014·安庆高三模拟)Greatly ________， the students made up their minds to work at English even harder.

　　A．inspiring

　　B．inspired

　　C．having inspired

　　D．to inspire

　　13．(2014·唐山一模)The new technology, if ________ to farming, will help increase the grain output.

　　A．applying

　　B．to apply

　　C．applied

　　D．having applied

　　14．(2014·常州中学模拟)When you ________ a new word, you'd better ________ a dictionary.

　　A．come about; refer to

　　B．come across; consult

　　C．come across; look up

　　D．come up; consult

　　15．(2014·石家庄高三模拟)—Do you really think what he

　　said was practical?

　　—I

　　don't entirely agree, but ________.

　　A．I don't care

　　B．go ahead

　　C．just let it go

　　D．I doubt it

　　.阅读理解

　　A

　　(2014·无锡高三检测)Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced, had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two­bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress, “There were times when I would lie in bed and think, I don't know how I'm going to pay that bill，” Mangano says.

　　But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious. She knew firsthand how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing out a mop，” Mangano says. “So, I said, ‘There's gotta be a better way.’”

　　How about a “self­wringing” mop? She designed a distinctive tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.

　　Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (泡在电视机前的人) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on­camera demonstration. “Brave little me. I said, ‘Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.’”

　　So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”

　　Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion­dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about her household inventions is “as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child，” Mangano says.

　　Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers. The thin, space­saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the USA. Of course, you couldn't possibly sell hangers on TV.

　　1．The two items that Mangano designed and produced are ________.

　　A．welcomed by housewives

　　B．bought by multinational corporation

　　C．seen at flea markets

　　D．found by the media

　　2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A．Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.

　　B．Mangano got the idea of self­wringing mop from her own experience.

　　C．The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.

　　D．QVC is a business organization that sells goods on TV.

　　3．From the passage we can know that Mangano now ________.

　　A．sells her goods mostly at markets

　　B．has become famous and got rich

　　C．has stopped household inventions

　　D．has sold her two­bedroom home

　　4．Huggable Hanger is the thing that people can use ________.

　　A．to clean the floor

　　B．to take pictures like a camera

　　C．to make phone calls like a cellphone

　　D．to put their clothes on it to keep their shape

　　B

　　(2014·安徽省芜湖三校高三第一次模拟考试)The American newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr died at the age of 86. Mr. Sulzberger led The New York Times for more than three decades, before passing the business to his son. He took over the paper in 1963 when it was in financial trouble, and transformed it into the heart of a multi­billion dollar media empire.

　　His family announced he had died at his home in Southampton, New York State, after a long illness. His son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr, said in a statement that his father, whom he referred to by his childhood nickname of

　　Punch, was “one of our industry's most admired executives”. “Punch, the old Marine captain who never backed down from a fight, was an absolutely fierce defender of the freedom of the press” he said.

　　The New York Times was bought by Mr. Sulzberger Sr's grandfather Adolph Ochs in 1896. During Mr. Sulzberger's tenure, The New York Times won 31 Pulitzer prizes.

　　Born in New York City, 5 February 1926, Sr served in Marine Corps during World War Ⅱ and Korean War, joined The New York Times in 1951 after graduating from Columbia College, took over as publisher in 1963 after his brother­in­law died suddenly, stepped down in 1997 and passed stewardship to his son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

　　He oversaw a huge circulation boost at the paper, and increased its parent company's annual revenues (年收入) from $100m in 1963 to $1.7bn by the time he stepped down in 1997. He also led the paper through high­level clashes with the political establishment. In 1971, The Times published a series of stories saying that politicians had systematically lied over the US involvement in Vietnam. The source was thousands of leaked government documents known as the Pentagon Papers. The Nixon administration demanded that the paper stop publishing the stories on grounds of national security. But the paper refused, and then won the subsequent court case by arguing that the First Amendment of the US Constitution (宪法) guaranteed free speech. The case is seen as a landmark in the history of free speech in the US. Mr. Sulzberger said he read more than 7,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers before personally deciding to publish them.

　　His family still holds a controlling stake (控股权) in The New York Times. He was a strong believer in family ownership of newspapers. He once joked: “My conclusion is simple Nepotism_works.”

　　5．When did Arthur Sulzberger Sr die?

　　A．In 1997.　B．In 2012.

　　C．In 1963.

　　D．In 1971.

　　6．Punch, the old Marine captain was actually ________.

　　A．Arthur Sulzberger Jr

　　B．Adolph Ochs

　　C．Arthur Sulzberger Sr's father

　　D．Arthur Sulzberger Sr

　　7．In the political case in the 1970s, Mr. Sulzberger ________.

　　A．failed the case in the end

　　B．lost the controlling stake in The New York Times

　　C．gave in to the government

　　D．succeeded in guarding free speech of the paper

　　8．What does the underlined word “Nepotism” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

　　A．Friendship.

　　B．Politics.

　　C．Family ownership.

　　D．Freedom of speech.

　　Amazing people　单元检测(B卷——自主选做)

　　.完形填空

　　(2014 ·徐州市高三教学质量检测)Some years ago when I was in my second year in university, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome's __1__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __2__ that I decided to write an article about her.

　　I __3__

　　Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __4__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __5__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn't even written a grocery list.

　　I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __6__， taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me ...” I soon realized that __7__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The __8__ was almost unbearable (不可容忍的). I struggled for days __9__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

　　It didn't take long. My manuscript __10__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __11__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn't __12__ the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

　　Five years later, I was moving to California. While __13__ my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and __14__ the editor's letter in disbelief：

　　Dear Ms Profit，

　　Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __15__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __16__ your story soon.

　　Shocked, it took me a long time to __17__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __18__ writing. Today, I have become a full­time writer. Looking back on this __19__， I learned a very important lesson: You can't __20__ to doubt yourself.

　　1．A.joyB．voice

　　C．speech

　　D．smile

　　2．A.moved

　　B．active

　　C．satisfied

　　D．proud

　　3．A.visited

　　B．emailed

　　C．interviewed

　　D．phoned

　　4．A.agreed

　　B．refused

　　C．hesitated

　　D．paused

　　5．A.replied

　　B．discovered

　　C．explained

　　D．knew

　　6．A.seriously

　　B．nervously

　　C．patiently

　　D．quietly

　　7．A.blaming

　　B．fooling

　　C．inviting

　　D．urging

　　8．A.hardship

　　B．failure

　　C．comment

　　D．pressure

　　9．A.on

　　B．by

　　C．with

　　D．in

　　10．A.returned

　　B．disappeared

　　C．spread

　　D．improved

　　11．A.compare

　　B．compete

　　C．survive

　　D．struggle

　　12．A.ignore

　　B．deliver

　　C．face

　　D．receive

　　13．A.cleaning

　　B．repairing

　　C．decorating

　　D．leaving

　　14．A.saw

　　B．read

　　C．found

　　D．noticed

　　15．A.memorial

　　B．relevant

　　C．private

　　D．reliable

　　16．A.broadcast

　　B．create

　　C．publish

　　D．assess

　　17．A.prepare

　　B．recover

　　C．escape

　　D．concentrate

　　18．A.energetic

　　B．enjoyable

　　C．typical D．endless

　　19．A.experience

　　B．success

　　C．benefit

　　D．accident

　　20．A.attempt

　　B．pretend

　　C．expect

　　D．afford

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　(2014·江西八校联考)There are records of fingerprints taken many centuries ago. The ancient Babylonians pressed the tips of their fingerprints into clay to record business trade. The Chinese used ink­on­paper finger impressions for business. However, fingerprinting wasn't used as a method for identifying criminals until the 19th century.

　　In 1858, Sir William Herschel was working as an official of the Hooghly district in Jungipoor, India. In order to reduce fraud (诈骗), he had people living in the district record their fingerprints when signing business documents. A few years later, Scottish doctor Henry Faulds was working in Japan when he discovered fingerprints left by artists on ancient pieces of clay. This finding inspired him to begin investigating fingerprints. In 1880, Faulds wrote to his cousin, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, and asked for help with developing a fingerprint classification system. Darwin refused, but sent the letter to his cousin, Sir Francis Gallon, who was an eugenicist (优生学家). Gallon began collecting fingerprints and eventually gathered some 8,000 different samples to analyze. In 1892, he published a book called Fingerprints, in which he outlined a fingerprint classification system — the first existence.

　　Around the same time, Juan Vucetich, a police officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was developing his own version of a fingerprinting system. In 1892, Vucetich was called in to assist with the investigation of the two boys murdered in Necoche, a village near Buenos Aires. Their mother, Francisca Rojas, accused a neighbour named Velasquez. But when Vucetich compared the fingerprints found at the murder scene to those of both Velasquez and Rojas, they matched Rojas' exactly. She admitted her crime. This was the first time fingerprints had been used in a criminal investigation. Vucetich called his system comparative dactyloscopy (指纹鉴定法). It's still used in many Spanish­speaking countries.

　　Sir Edward Henry, in charge of the Metropolitan Police of London, soon became interested in using fingerprints to catch criminals. In 1896, he added to Gallon's technique, creating his own classification system, the Henry Classification System. It is the primary method of fingerprint classification throughout most of the world.

　　1．Herschel had people record their fingerprints so as to ________.

　　A．develop a fingerprinting system

　　B．prevent illegal business

　　C．put them on pieces of clay

　　D．collect and study fingerprints

　　2．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to “________”．

　　A．the fingerprints

　　B．the two boys

　　C．the crimes

　　D．the police officers

　　3．We can learn from the text that ________.

　　A．Faulds collected many fingerprints while in Japan

　　B．Henry's classification system is based on Gallon's

　　C．Darwin showed great interest in studying fingerprints

　　D．Vucetich's fingerprinting system is still used all over the world

　　4．What is the text mainly about?

　　A．Different uses of fingerprints.

　　B．The history of fingerprinting.

　　C．Countries that first used fingerprints.

　　D．The way to collect and analyze fingerprints.

　　Ⅲ.任务型阅读

　　(2014·徐州高三质量检测)

　　The Nature of Stress

　　We are often faced with stressors that are outside of our control, from rare natural disasters to everyday traffic jams. There is a good deal of evidence that uncontrollable events are particularly stressful. This has been shown in studies of “executive rats”， in which two rats receive exactly the same electric shock, but one is given a lever that could be used to turn the shock off after it occurs. Over a long series of such trials, the partner rat, helpless to do anything about its pain, is more likely to develop ulcers (溃疡) than is the “executive”．

　　Stress is mostly caused by uncertain events. Uncertainty about an event makes it more disturbing. One study found that subjects who were told that they had a 5 percent chance of receiving an electric shock were actually more uneasy than those who were told that they had a 50 percent chance.

　　People make various attempts to deal with their stress­removing the cause of the stress, seeking the support of friends or reinterpreting the situation to make it seem less unpleasant. Richard Lazarus and his colleagues have made a useful distinction between problem­focused and emotion­focused coping strategies (策略). Problem­focused strategies are those aimed at doing something to change the problem causing the stress. Emotion­focused strategies tend to regulate our distressing emotional responses.

　　Psychologists Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus examined undergraduate students' coping strategies at three time periods — two days before a midterm examination; a week later two days before the grades were announced; and five days after the grades were posted. Before the exam, students tended to use such problem­focused strategies as studying — a guaranteed way to reduce the potential problems. After the exam, when their fates were sealed, if they sought

　　out others, it was usually for emotional support.

　　Like other animals, humans have always been safer in groups. Besides physical protection, people provide emotional support that can reduce the psychological and physiological symptoms of stress. A lack of support can increase our susceptibility to illness. For instance, short­term loneliness is associated with a decrease in immune response. In contrast people who have strong social ties are usually more resistant to disease. For instance, after being diagnosed as having a life threatening disease, married people are likely to survive longer than unmarried people.

　　People may provide appraisal support, helping us to evaluate and clarify how serious a problem is. If a professor tells you that he had also failed his first college algebra exam, the consequences of your failure will seem less devastating. Others can also provide informational support, giving advice about how to deal with the problem. Finally, friends and relatives may give us instrumental support, providing material goods or services to overcome the stress. If your father lends you some money when your car breaks down, you can stop tearing your hair out and just fix it.

　　答案

　　Amazing people　单元检测

　　(A卷——全员必做)

　　.1.选C　句意：一种保护无论什么原因造成处于灭绝状态的物种的方法是把它们迁移到动物园或公园里并且在那里饲养它们。根据句意可知应选preserve，意为“保护”。betray“背叛”；resist“抵制”；abandon“抛弃”。

　　2．选B　句意：那个侦探对于夜里戴墨镜的那个人如此好奇以至于他决定跟踪他。“so ... that ...”句型中，如果将“so＋形容词/副词”置于句首，主句主谓需部分倒装。

　　3．选D　句意：令她失望的是，她倾力所做的一切，给她带来的只是失败。句中“what she had devoted herself to”为主语从句，what作介词to的宾语，且devote这一动作发生在result in这一动作之前，故用resulted。

　　4．选D　根据 by then 可知，被大学录取这个动作发生在 decided 之前，故用过去完成时。

　　5．选C　句意：范冰冰是我最喜欢的电影明星。我认为她比其他明星优秀。be superior to“比……更好”，superior没有比较级。

　　6．选A　句意：据说一项类似的技术将会被应用到癌症的治疗中。apply“应用，适用”，符合语境。attach“附加；使依附”；add“加，增加”；compare“比较，对照”。

　　7．选C　答语是强调句，被强调的部分是 in the very Movie & Television Base, 其后有定语从句修饰。第一个空，引导词在定语从句中作宾语，且先行词有 very 修饰，故填 that；强调句的结构一般为“It is/was＋被强调部分＋that/who＋其他”，故第二个空用 that。

　　8．选B　句意：这学期提供好几门选修课程，我们可以任意选择感兴趣的一门。choose后为宾语从句，宾语从句缺宾语，排除C、D两项。结合题干中的several optional courses，有范围限定，故选whichever。

　　9．选B　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：尽管学生们面临巨大压力，他们仍然很乐观，努力实现自己的目标。conscious “有意识的”；optimistic “乐观的”；influential “有很大影响的”；competitive “竞争的”。

　　10．选C　desire后的宾语从句中应使用虚拟语气，即：(should＋)动词原形；由语境可知，she是send的承受者，故应用被动语态，选C。

　　11．选B　句意：尽管在下大雨，这些男孩子们还在球场上开心地打篮球。in case “以免，以防，万一”；even though “尽管，即使”；as if “似乎，好像”；as long as “只要”。

　　12．选B　句意：受到很大的鼓舞，学生们下决心要更加努力学习英语。inspire 与 the students 之间是动宾关系，故用过去分词作状语。

　　13．选C　if 引导的条件状语从句中省略了与主句相同的主语及系动词，补全后为：if the new technology is applied to farming，因此选C。

　　14．选B　come about“，”；come across“，”；come up“”；consult ＝ refer to“”，dictionary; look up也有“查阅”之意，word。B项正确。

　　15．选C　考查交际用语。句意：“你真的认为他说的话实用吗？”“我不完全同意，但是就这样吧。”根据句意可知应选C，意为“不再多说，到此为止”。

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Joy Mangano这位单亲妈妈虽然生活很艰辛，但她凭借着自己的聪明和努力，发明了备受欢迎的自动拧干拖布和晾衣架。如今她已是一家拥有数百万美元资产公司的总裁。

　　1．选A　推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句中的“We sold every mop in minutes.”和最后一段第二句“The thin, space­saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN ...”可知，她发明的两款产品“self­wringing” mop (自动拧干拖布)和Huggable Hangers (晾衣架)受到了广大主妇的欢迎，故A项正确。

　　2．选C　细节理解题。根据文章第四段第三句“The experts on shopping TV were less than certain.”可知，电视购物专家并没有表达对Mangano发明的拖布有信心。故答案选C。

　　3．选B　细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句“Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion­dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN，the Home Shopping Network.”可知，如今她是“天才发明公司”的总裁，拥有数百万美元的资产，也是家庭购物网络的佼佼者。故答案选B。

　　4．选D　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句“The thin, space­saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN，with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the USA.”可知，这款小巧、不占空间的物什是迄今为止家庭购物网络中最畅销的小物件，风靡了全美的衣柜。故D项正确。

　　语篇解读：本文介绍了《纽约时报》前总裁Arthur Sulzberger Sr的生平。

　　5．选B　细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的“Arthur Sulzberger Sr died at the age of 86”和第四段第一句中的“Born in New York City, 5 February 1926”可知，他出生于1926年，去世时86岁，由此可知他在2012年去世。

　　6．选D　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“His son, Arthur Sulzberger Jr, said in a statement that his father, whom he referred to by his childhood nickname of Punch, was ‘one of our industry's most admired executives’．”可知，Punch, the old Marine captain指Arthur Sulzberger Sr。

　　7．选D　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“national security. But the paper refused, and then won the subsequent court case”可知，D项符合题意。

　　8．选C　词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的“He was a strong believer in family ownership of newspapers.”可推测，画线词指的应是family ownership。

　　Amazing people　单元检测

　　(B卷——自主选做)

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过第一次投稿的经历给了我们很多启示：千万不要怀疑自己，否则你将会因此而错失很多。

　　1．选B　句意：Salome的声音(voice)充满了整个房间，整个剧院因她的歌声而焕发生机。根据上一句“I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time.”可知，答案B符合文意。

　　2．选A　句意：我被震撼(move感动)了，因此我决定写一篇关于她的文章。active“积极的，活跃的”；satisfied“满意的”；proud“骄傲的”，均不符合语境，故排除。故选A。

　　3．选D　句意：我打电话(phone)给Salome，说我是Essence杂志的，想约她见面并谈谈她的职业。根据下文的“When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind.”可知，答案D符合文意。

　　4．选A　句意：她同意(agree)了我的请求，约好下个星期二在她的工作室见面。根据本句中“...told me to come to her studio next Tuesday”可知，她同意了“我”和她见面的请求。故答案A符合文意。

　　5．选D　句意：我知道(know)我在撒谎。根据下文“I was not a writer ...”可知，作者是在说谎。reply“回答”；discover“发现”；explain“解释”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　6．选B　句意：我坐在那里，很紧张地(nervously)记着笔记，开始问一些简单的问题。与上文“When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind ... I was lying”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。

　　7．选B　句意：我很快意识到欺骗(fool) Salome是一回事儿，但是给一个国家级的杂志写稿发表几乎是不可能的事儿。根据上文“I was lying”可知，答案B符合文意。

　　8．选D　句意：这种压力(pressure)几乎不能让人承担。与下句“I struggled for days ...”和作者怀疑自己的能力相呼应，故答案D符合文意。hardship“艰难”；failure“失败”；comment“评论”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　9．选C　句意：我几天来一直都一遍一遍地打草稿，写了撕，撕了写。struggle with为固定搭配，意为“与……挣扎，搏斗”，符合文意，故答案C正确。

　　10．选A　句意：不久后，我的手稿被退回了(return)。根据下文“the rejection letter”和“How stupid of me！”可知，答案A符合语境。disappear“消失”；spread“传播”；improve“改善”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　11．选B　句意：我怎么能够竞争(compete)过那么多专业作家呢？与文章最后一句“You can't ________ to doubt yourself.”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。compare“比较”；survive“存活”；struggle“斗争”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　12．选C　句意：知道自己不能够面对(face)那封拒绝信，我把那封信拆都没拆就直接放在抽屉里了。根据下文“Fear of rejection cost me dearly.”和“I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer”可知，作者害怕被拒绝，所以不敢面对。故答案C符合文意。

　　13．选A　由上句可知，作者要搬去别的地方了，故本句句意为：在屋里打扫卫生(cleaning)时，我偶然看到了那封没有拆开的信。repair“修理”；decorate“装修”；leave“离开”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　14．选B　句意：这次我拆开了这封信，开始读(read)编辑给我写的信，有些难以置信。根据下文引用的信的内容可知，作者在读信。故答案B符合文意。

　　15．选B　句意：然而，我们需要一些相关的(relevant)资料。memorial“纪念性的”；private“私人的”；reliable“可依赖的”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　16．选C　句意：我们很希望不久后就出版(publish)你的文章。根据下文“I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine.”可知，答案C符合文意。

　　17．选B　句意：过了很久我才从震惊中恢复(recover)过来。与本句中的“shocked”和上文的“in disbelief”相呼应，故答案B符合文意。

　　18．选B　句意：更重要的是，我失去了多年愉悦(enjoyable)的写作。作者听到别人优美的歌声就想为别人写点什么，说明写作对作者是一个很享受的过程，故答案B符合文意。energetic“有活力的”；typical“典型的”；endless“无尽的”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　19．选A　句意：回顾这次经历(experience)，我学到了重要的一课……success“成功”；benefit“受益”；accident“事故，车祸”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　20．选D　句意：回顾这次经历，我学到了重要的一课：你承担(afford)不起怀疑自己的代价。attempt“尝试”；pretend“假装”；expect“期望”，均不符合语境，故排除。

　　Ⅱ.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了指纹的发展历史。

　　1．选B　细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句“In order to reduce fraud (诈骗), he ... record their fingerprints when signing business documents.”可知，答案B符合文意。

　　2．选A　代词指代题。根据文章第三段第四句“But when Vucetich compared the fingerprints found at the murder scene to those of both Velasquez and Rojas”可知，此处的they代指的是“fingerprints found at the murder scene”。故答案A符合文意。

　　3．选B　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第二句“In 1896, he added to Gallon's technique, creating his own classification system, the Henry Classification System.”可推知，答案B符合文意。

　　4．选B　主旨大意题。根据对文章的整体理解可知，本文主要讲的是指纹发展历史，尤其介绍了指纹鉴定法的演变史。故答案B符合语境。

　　Ⅲ.(1)What　(2)controlled　(3)uncertain　(4)Turn　(5)handle　(6)which/that　(7)lonely　(8)emotionally/mentally

　　(9)helps　(10)over