Module 2 My First Day at Senior High
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Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.We m________ the room and found it was 20 feet long and 15 feet wide.
2.A child receives its early e________ from its parents at home.
3.Indians are the first i________ of North America.
4.Can I e________ pounds for dollars here?
5.Many c________ sent money to help the refugees(难民).
6.His score is now well into double ________(数字).
7.The country depends on ________(旅游业)for most of its income.
8.This is a very common word,________(尤其)in spoken English.
9.With the ________(发展)of agriculture and industry,we are living a better life.
10.________(不巧的是),you were out when we called.
答案:1.measured 2.expectancy 3.inhabitants 4.exchange 5.charities 6.figures 7.tourism
8.especially 9.development 10.Unfortunately
Ⅱ.单项填空
1.I like to have a dress ________.
A.make to my own measure
B.make by one’s own measure
C.made to my own measure
D.making by my own measure
解析:句意:“我喜欢穿按自己的尺寸做的衣服。”本题考查make clothes to one’s measure的用法,根据题意,此处是过去分词短语作定语,修饰a dress,故答案是C。
答案:C
2.This novel is so badly written that I can hardly ________ what the writer is trying to say.
A.fill out
B.find out
C.think out
D.figure out
解析:figure out理解,努力弄清(某句话或某人的)意思;fill out填写;find out指通过努力发现;think out想出(主意等)。
答案:D
3.He sat ________ against the wall and listened to the teacher ________.
A.close;close
B.closely;closely
C.closely;close
D.close;closely
解析:本题主要考查副词close与closely的区别。句意:她靠墙坐着,仔细地听老师讲课。close和closely作副词时,close表示具体的“靠近”;closely表示抽象的“密切地”。
答案:D
4.—How much if I want to take one?
—You can take as many as you like because they are free of ________.
A.cost
B.charge
C.money
D.pay
解析:句意:——你可以随便拿,因为这些东西是免费的。free of charge意为“免费”,是固定短语。
答案:B
5.The collapse of the World Trade Centre has put U.S. economy in a difficult ________.
A.occasion
B.case
C.situation
D.background
解析:句意:世贸中心的倒塌使美国的经济陷入了困境。本题考查名词词义。occasion“时机,机会”;case“情形,场合”;situation“境遇”;background“背景”。根据题意,应选择C。
答案:C
6.It is generally believed that teaching is ________ it is a science.
A.an art much as
B.much an art as
C.as an art much as
D.as much an art as
解析:考查as...as的用法。句意为:总体上认为教学就象具有科学性一样具有艺术性。
答案:D
7.—You seem to have that car for years.
—Yes.I should sell it ________ it still runs.
A.before
B.during
C.until
D.while
解析:考查while的用法。答语为“是的,我应当在它仍然能跑的时候卖掉它”。
答案:D
8.Before I could get in a word he ________ me.
A.measuring
B.has measured
C.measured
D.had measured
解析:句意:我还没来得及插话,他已经把我的尺寸量好了。应用过去完成时态,表示先于前一个动作发生。
答案:D
Ⅲ.翻译句子
1.我无法理解她为何这么说。(figure out)
________________________________________________________________________
2.其中几张邮票是不常见的种类。(of+n.)
________________________________________________________________________
3.这个房间有6米长4米宽。(measure)
________________________________________________________________________
4.萧条时期,该国的经济增长率几乎为零。(be close to)
________________________________________________________________________
5.请说明那房子在山丘上的位置。(position)
________________________________________________________________________
答案:1.I can’t figure out why she said so.
2.Several of the stamps were of the unusual kind.
3.This room measures 6 meters by 4.
4.During the depression,the country’s growth rate of economy was close to zero.
5.Please explain the house’s position on the hill.
Ⅳ.完形填空
Mary Menth Andersen had just married Norwegian Andersen.She was looking forward to __1__ a new life with him.But first she had to get all of her __2__ across to Norway.
At the airport in Miami,when it was finally Mary’s turn at the checkin counter,she __3__ her luggage on the baggage line.But she got the __4__ that would crush her bubbling feeling of happiness:“You’ll have to pay 103 dollars __5__ you want to bring those suitcases to Norway,” the man said.
Mary had no money.Her new husband had travelled __6__ her,and she had no one else to call. “I was completely __7__ and tried to think which of my things I could __8__ without.” said Mary.
Although she explained,he showed no signs of __9__. “I started to cry,tears were __10__ my face.Then I heard a __11__ and friendly voice behind me saying, ‘That’s OK,I’ll __12__ her.’”
Although this happened 20 years ago,Mary still remembers the __13__ that radiated from the man. “He was nicely and __14__ dressed,with brown leather shoes,a cotton shirt open at the throat,” says Mary.She was __15__ to be able to bring her suitcases and __16__ the stranger that he would get his money back.The man wrote his name and __17__ on a piece of paper which __18__ “Barack Obama” and “Kansas”.Mary carried the paper around in her wallet for years.She paid the 103
dollars back to Obama the day after she arrived in Norway.
This week we met her in the café that she runs. “It’s __19__ to think that the man who helped me 20 years ago is the US President,” says Mary __20__.
【语篇导读】 年轻的Mary Menth Andersen要去挪威和她的丈夫团聚,但在迈阿密机场她却因为没有钱付行李费而处于绝望境地。就在这时,一位年轻的男士挺身而出,替她付了钱。他就是当今美国总统奥巴马。
1.A.starting
B.escaping
C.abandoning
D.dreaming
解析:句意为:她一直期待着和他开始新的生活。start a new life意为“开始新的生活”。abandon“放弃”,escape“逃避”,dream“梦想”,都不符合句意。
答案:A
2.A.pockets
B.skirts
C.belongings
D.cups
解析:她不得不将她所有的东西从美国带到挪威去。从下文“她不得不交103美元的运suitcase的费用”可知,此处用belongings,意为“财物”。
答案:C
3.A.removed
B.placed
C.fetched
D.carried
解析:她把行李放在了行李带上。place是及物动词,表示“放置”,符合语境。其他选项中,fetch“去取来”,carry“随身携带”,都不符合语境。
答案:B
4.A.news
B.signal
C.announcement
D.message
解析:语境为:但是她得到一个信息,可能会让她的幸福感破灭。message表示“信息”,符合语境。news“消息,资讯”,signal“信号,暗号”,announcement“通告”,都可排除。
答案:D
5.A.although
B.as
C.if
D.when
解析:根据上下文,前一句是后一句实现的条件,因此选用能引导条件状语从句的连词if。
答案:C
6.A.after
B.together with
C.opposite to
D.ahead of
解析:由文章大意可知,她的丈夫提前走了,因此才有后面的had no one else to call,因此用ahead of。
答案:D
7.A.anxious
B.desperate
C.upset
D.puzzled
解析:我完全绝望了。此处描述当时的心情,根据语境可以排除其他选项。
答案:B
8.A.manage
B.succeed
C.operate
D.complete
解析:动词manage意为“处理,应付”,manage without意为“没有也行,在没有(某物)的情况下继续”。
答案:A
9.A.favour
B.kindness
C.mercy
D.hope
解析:他没有表现出一点儿仁慈的迹象。名词mercy的意思是“仁慈,宽恕”,符合语境。
答案:C
10.A.coming down
B.falling down
C.pouring down
D.setting down
解析:pour down是“流下”之意,语境为:我的眼泪从脸上流下来。come down“倒塌,下来”;fall down“跌倒,失败”;set down“放下,记下”。
答案:C
11.A.loud
B.bored
C.angry
D.gentle
解析:句意为:那时,我听到我后面的一个人用温柔的、友好的声音说……形容词gentle意为“温柔的,柔和的”。
答案:D
12.A.pay for
B.pay back
C.pay off
D.pay up
解析:根据上下文,此处表示“为她支付费用”,用pay for。
答案:A
13.A.independence
B.confidence
C.courage
D.authority
解析:句意为:尽管这件事情已经过去二十年了,但她仍然记得从他身上所散发出来的威严。authority表示“威信,威严”,此处暗示在那时她就感觉到奥巴马有与众不同的地方。
答案:D
14.A.cautiously
B.ordinarily
C.fashionably
D.furiously
解析:从下文可以看出奥巴马当时穿的衣服是很时尚的。cautiously是“谨慎地,小心地”,ordinarily“普通地”,furiously是“猛烈地”,都不符合语境。
答案:C
15.A.annoyed
B.thrilled
C.depressed
D.amused
解析:形容词thrilled表示“激动的,兴奋的”。有人给她付钱,她能够把行李带走了,她感到很兴奋。
答案:B
16.A.persuaded
B.emphasized
C.assured
D.admitted
解析:她向那个陌生人保证还他钱。assure是“保证”之意,符合语境。
答案:C
17.A.job
B.telephone
C.age
D.address
解析:由下文出现的Kansas可知,他留下的是姓名和地址。
答案:D
18.A.told
B.wrote
C.spoke
D.said
解析:表示“纸条上写的是什么”之意时,可以用say,read或on which be written。
答案:D
19.A.shocking
B.amazing
C.frightening
D.embarrassing
解析:二十年前帮助她的人现在是美国总统,这是很令人惊讶的。amazing表示“令人惊讶的,令人高兴的”。
答案:B
20.A.stressfully
B.worriedly
C.delightedly
D.interestedly
解析:她说这话的时候当然非常高兴,因此用delightedly。
答案:C
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