2014高考英语一轮复习活页练习：5-4 Word版含解析（人教版）

　　Unit 4　Making the news

　　.单项填空

　　1．So much of interest________that most visitors simply run out of time before seeing it all.

　　A．offers Beijing

　　B．Beijing offers

　　C．does Beijing offer

　　D．Beijing does offer

　　解析　此题考查了so...that倒装句型的用法。句型so＋adj./adv.＋that和such＋形容词＋名词＋that“如此……以至于……”中，若把“so＋adj./adv.”“或such＋adj.＋名词”提到句首，则主句需部分倒装，从句不倒装。

　　答案　C

　　2．He________of________he had said at the meeting.

　　A．was accused；that

　　B．was accused；what

　　C．was charged；what

　　D．accused；what

　　解析　固定词组accuse sb of sth而介词后往往接what引导的宾语从句表示“某内容”“某状态”“某情况”，故答案为B。

　　答案　B

　　3．He glanced out of the window，________that the post office was still closed.

　　A．noted

　　B．having noted

　　C．to note

　　D．noting

　　解析　非谓语动词作状语时，其逻辑主语是句子的主语。note和he之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词；又因为note的动作是紧跟在glance之后，所以不用完成时。

　　答案　D

　　4．Her husband was________to make a fortune，but finally failed.

　　A．proud

　　B．anxious

　　C．eager

　　D．content

　　解析　be eager to do sth“渴望做某事”，符合句意。

　　答案　C

　　5．We'll do everything we can to assist you________out who has stolen your new watch.

　　A．to finding

　　B．in findingC．with finding

　　D．find

　　解析　assist sb in doing...意为“在……方面给予某人帮助”。句意：我们将做我们力所能及的一切来帮你查清是谁偷了你的新表。

　　答案　B

　　6．He________going to the front last year.

　　A．was informed of

　　B．was informed

　　C．was informed from

　　D．informed him

　　解析　句意：去年他被通知去前线。inform sb of doing sth“表示通知某人做……”。

　　答案　A

　　7．Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage________avoided.

　　A．is to be

　　B．can beC．will be

　　D．has been

　　解析　句意：如果要避免食品短缺，就必须作出更大的努力来增加农业产量。条件状语从句中，要用一般现在时表示将来，故排除C项；B、D两项与句意不符。“be＋不定式”可用于条件状语从句中，表示“如果想……”，故答案为A。

　　答案　A

　　8．________meet his sister at the airport，he had to get up early.

　　A．So as to

　　B．In order toC．So that

　　D．In order that

　　解析　此处考查目的状语，所以不选C、D。so as to一般不用于句首，因此答案选B。

　　答案　B

　　9．What worries me most is that my daughter________most of her spare time________playing games on the computer.

　　A．concentrates；on

　　B．concentrates；in

　　C．focuses；to

　　D．focuses；in

　　解析　句意：令我最担心的是我女儿把她大部分的业余时间都用来在电脑上打游戏。concentrate...on...“把……集中在……上”，为固定搭配，据此排除B项。focus与on搭配，意为“集中于……”，据此排除C、D项。故A项正确。

　　答案　A

　　10．—Would you come to see me tomorrow?

　　—________.

　　A．It depends

　　B．That depends on

　　C．It is depended

　　D．That depends so

　　解析　It(all)depends视情况而定。

　　答案　A

　　11．He ________ to save the dying man，but failed.

　　A．managed

　　B．attempted

　　C．risked

　　D．assisted

　　解析　答案　B

　　12．When I visited her，she was ________ in writing a lecture speech on Chinese History.

　　A．absorbing

　　B．concentrated

　　C．devoted

　　D．occupied

　　解析　答案　D

　　13．The policeman stopped him when he was driving home and ________ him of speeding.

　　A．charged

　　B．accused

　　C．blamed

　　D．warned

　　解析　答案　B

　　14．We hired a boat ________ we could go fishing on the weekend.

　　A．in order to

　　B．so as toC．in order

　　D．so that

　　解析　答案　D

　　15．I thought we'd be late for the concert，but we ended up getting there ahead ________ time.

　　A．of

　　B．in

　　C．over

　　D．for

　　解析　答案　A

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　I was lucky—I found what I love to do early in life.Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20.We worked hard，and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.And 9 years later I got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started？Well，as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented，and for the first year or so things went well.But then we had big disagreement about the future.Board of Directors sided with him.So at 30 I was out.And very publicly out.

　　I really didn't know what to do for a few months.I was a very public failure，and I even thought about running away from the valley.But something slowly began to dawn on me—I still loved what I did.I decided to start over.

　　I didn't see it then，but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again，less sure about everything.It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

　　During the next five years，I started a company named NeXT，another company named Pixar，and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife.Later，Apple bought NeXT，I returned to Apple.And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.It was awful tasting medicine，but I guess the patient needed it.Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick.Don't lose faith.I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

　　【语篇解读】 苹果公司前首席执行官史蒂夫·乔布斯(Steve Jobs)刚刚辞世，这是根据乔布斯于2005年在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的演讲改编的。在演讲中他只讲了自己的三个故事，这是第二个故事。

　　1．How many people were there in Apple when it was founded?

　　A．20.

　　B．10.

　　C．9.

　　D．2.

　　解析　细节考查题。见文章第一段：“这个公司从那两个车库中的穷小子发展到了超过四千名的雇员、价值超过二十亿的大公司”。

　　答案　D

　　2．How did Jobs think of his being fired by his own company at first?

　　A．He was determined to go back.

　　B．He was in low spirit.

　　C．He hated Board of Directors.

　　D．He ran away from the valley.

　　解析　细节考查题。文章的第二段和第三段多处讲到那时自己的迷茫、失落。注意：题目问的是“乔布斯起初怎样看待自己被炒鱿鱼？”当然，后来他反思自己时，又非常感谢这次被自己创建的公司所解雇。

　　答案　B

　　3．Jobs returned to Apple when________.

　　A．NeXT was bought by Apple

　　B．Board of Directors helped him

　　C．he was in trouble

　　D．NeXT was better than Apple.

　　解析　细节考查题。见文章倒数第一段：Apple收购了NeXT，然后我又回到了Apple公司。

　　答案　A

　　4．What did Jobs mean to tell us in his story about his love and loss?

　　A．Love what we love and never lose faith.

　　B．Stick to ourselves whenever and wherever.

　　C．Any one on the earth might be unlucky.

　　D．We must get along well with our workmates.

　　解析　主旨大意题。这是乔布斯先生对自己所讲故事的总结，是对这一事件的感悟，承认自己当时“患病”，需要这剂良药(being fired)，只要不放弃，就一定能把自己喜欢的事情做好。

　　答案　A

　　Ⅲ.阅读表达

　　阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

　　Hocus­pocus sounds magical, doesn't it？And the word comes from the world of magic playing in Medieval (中世纪) Europe.In the dictionary Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, hocus­pocus is explained this way：a method or belief that you think is based on false ideas, e．g.He thinks psychology is a lot of hocus­pocus.

　　I'm afraid this explanation isn't as interesting as the sounding of the word itself.But then again, the dictionary I mentioned is a dictionary for beginners.One can't expect much from it when it comes to such an interesting word as hocus­pocus.The MerriamWebster dictionary online, on the other hand, gives a more detailed explanation：(1)sleight of hand；(2)nonsense or sham used especially to cloak deception.And it gives the origin of the word：probably from hocus pocus, imitation of a Latin phrase used by magicians.

　　This explanation gets to the basic nature of hocus­pocus—exotic(外来的) but meaningless talk by the magician to fool the audience.Watch any magician at work and we'll notice that he sometimes talks constantly while performing tricks, using hocus­pocus, such as ear­catching words，eye­catching hand or body movements, to distract our attention while he gets a trick done.

　　Hocus­pocus reveals the nonsensical nature of the magician's talk on stage.And_it_was_introduced_into_the_English_language_probably_just_on_the_strength_of_the_rhyming_sound_of_it.Hocus­pocus, lovely.

　　Well, knowing its origin which is from performing magicians in Europe, I'm sure you will find hocus pocus easier to remember.You'll also learn where to put it into use.

　　1．What is the passage mainly about？(Please answer within 10 words)

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　　答案　It is mainly about the origination/origin of hocus pocus/hocus­pocus.

　　2．Please list some examples of using “hocus pocus” mentioned in the passage.(Please

　　answer within 10 words)

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　　答案　ear­catching words　eye­catching hand movements　eye­catching body movements

　　3．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

　　Hocus pocus shows magicians' completely ridiculous and pointless words while performing.

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　　答案　Hocus­pocus reveals the nonsensical nature of the magician's talk on stage.

　　4．Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.

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　　答案　它之所以被英语吸收，大概是因为其发音押韵的缘故吧。

　　5．In what situations do you think we can use hocus­pocus？(Please answer within 30 words)

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　　答案　One possible version：We can use it in certain performances, making people laugh or enjoy what you are doing.However, we can't use it to deceive others.