【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练：选修8 unit1《A land of diversity》

　　选修8 unit 1 A land of diversity

　　1．(2016·洛阳检测) At a time when we would get lost, a signpost was found______the right road for us to follow.

　　A. indicatedB. indicating

　　C. to be indicated

　　D. having indicated

　　解析：indicating表示“指示，标示”，做主语的补足语。句意：一次我们就要迷路的时候，发现了一个指示牌，上面标着我们要走的正确方向。

　　答案：B

　　2．(2016·淄博模拟)—Do you think we can fulfill all the orders before Christmas?

　　—______. We are short of hands.

　　A. Of course

　　B. It depends

　　C. Don’t mention it

　　D. By no means

　　解析：by no means绝不。句意：——你认为我们在圣诞节前能完成所有的订单吗？——绝对不可能。我们缺人手。

　　答案：D

　　4．A teacher should make his lessons simple enough for the students to ______.

　　A．take off

　　B． take up

　　C．take in

　　D．take down

　　解析：考查词组辨析。句意：老师应该使他的课足够简单到让学生理解。take off起飞，成功；take up从事；take in吸收；take down记下。

　　答案：C

　　5．When she visited the children’s home，it ______her that she could adopt a homeless child.A．ran into

　　B．happened to

　　C．occurred to

　　D．was occurred to解析：考查动词短语辨析。此处为句型It occurs to sb.that...某人突然想起……。A项表示“偶然感到”，不合句意。happen to sb.表示“某事发生在某人身上”，不合语境，故排除B项；occur不用于被动语态，故D项被排除。

　　答案：C

　　6．It was becoming increasingly ______ to everyone that he could no longer look after himself.

　　A．apparent

　　B．easy

　　C．seen

　　D．heard

　　解析：apparent“显而易见的”。句意：大家都越来越明显地看出他不能再照料自己。

　　答案：A

　　7．There’s a camping shop in town that has tents for ______ at $10 a week.

　　A． hire

　　B．sale

　　C．employ

　　D．repair

　　解析：句意：镇上有一家宿营设备商店出租帐篷，价格一周10美元。根据“$10 a week”可知这是租用，不是sale出售；employ指“雇用”，跟人作宾语。

　　答案：A

　　8．Don’t worry about the present situation in the world；______ of people prefer peace to war.

　　A．the most

　　B．the great part

　　C．the

　　majority

　　D．the number

　　解析：根据题意：大多数人更喜欢和平而不喜欢战争。A项应为most of；D项表示“……的数目”；B项表示“物体的一部分”；只有the majority符合题意。

　　答案：C

　　10．With a nod of his head，he ______ me where I should sit.

　　A．indicated to

　　B．indicated thatC．indicate to

　　D．indicate that

　　解析：indicate that后跟从句，不合题意。indicate to此处为“向某人暗示，向某人表明”。时态应用过去时或一般现在时，但C项没用单数。

　　答案：A

　　11．By no means ______ to your parents.

　　A．is this the first time you are lying

　　B．this is the first time you have lied

　　C．this is the first time you tell a lie

　　D．is this the first time you have lied

　　解析：考查倒装结构。否定词by no means“决不”放在句首，主句需用部分倒装。this is the first time＋主语＋现在完成时，为固定结构，故选D项。

　　答案：D

　　12．The ______ cause of his illness was extreme drinking，but the real cause was his deep sadness on his wife’s death.

　　A．major

　　B．apparent

　　C．clear D．serious

　　解析：句意：他的病表面上是因为过度饮酒，真实的原因是他妻子的去世使他过度悲伤。故选apparent“表面上的”。major意为“主要的”；clear意为“清楚的”；serious意为“严肃的，认真的”。

　　答案：B

　　13．______is reported in the newspaper that seven people have been killed in the traffic accident.

　　A．It

　　B．As

　　C．What

　　D．That

　　解析：考查It’s reported that结构“据报道……”。

　　答案：A[交际用语]

　　14．(2012·安徽高考)—May I help you？You seem to be having some problems.

　　—______，thanks.I think I can manage.

　　A．All right

　　B．No problem

　　C．It’s all right

　　D．There’s no way解析：句意：——我可以帮助你吗？你好像遇到了麻烦。——没事，谢谢。我想我能行。第一个人主动向第二个人提供帮助，根据第二个人说的“I think I can manage.”可知，第二个人是婉言拒绝，A项表示“好”，愿意接受别人的帮助，可排除；第二个人确实遇到了麻烦，B项表示“没有问题”，也不对；D项意为“没门儿，不可能”，显然粗暴无礼。第一个人主动提供帮助，是善意，即使第二个人不需要帮助，也应该婉言拒绝，与语境不符；C项意为“没事，没什么”，属于婉言拒绝。故选C项。

　　答案：C

　　15．(2012·重庆高考)—The Modern Art Exhibition in the City Museum has been cancelled.

　　—Oh，no！______.