广东高考英语复习单元测试选修9：Unit4《Exploring plants》（新人教版）

　　选修9

　　Unit 4

　　Exploring plants

　　能力演练

　　一、语法填空 

　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

　　Poor student behaviour seems to be an

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　　(increase)widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.

　　In many countries,the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with

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　　children.These children are often spoilt,not in terms of love and attention because

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　　(work)parents do not have the time for this,

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　　in more material ways.They are allowed to have

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　　they want,regardless of price,and to behave as they please.This means that the children grow up

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　　consideration for others and without any understanding of

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　　their standard of living comes from.

　　When they get to school age they have not learnt any selfcontrol or discipline.Teachers continually complain

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　　this problem and measures

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　　(take)to combat the situation.But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families,

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　　need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.

　　二、完形填空

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Once there was a group of men—a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks,doing a timber(木料)job in a jungle.

　　This young man was very

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　　.He always continued to work through his break time and

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　　that those old folks were wasting time,having to break several times a day to drink and chat.As time went by,this young man noticed that

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　　he worked through break time and hardly took a rest,those old folks were chopping the same

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　　of trees as he did and sometimes did more.It was as if they worked through the break time as he did.So he

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　　to work harder the next day.Unfortunately the

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　　were even worse.

　　One day,one of the old folks

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　　him for a drink during their break time.That young man refused and said that he had no

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　　time!Then the old man smiled and said,“It is just a waste of effort to

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　　chopping trees without resharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will

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　　or be so tired as you have spent too much energy.”

　　Suddenly the young man

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　　that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat,they were

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　　resharpening their axes at the same time!And that,s how they could

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　　faster than him,yet spending less time!

　　What we need is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability

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　　.Only then can we have more time to do other things.Otherwise we will always keep saying...I have no

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　　!

　　1.A.weak

　　B.clever

　　C.hardworking

　　D.goodlooking

　　2.A.admired

　　B.complained

　　C.reminded

　　D.predicted

　　3.A.even though

　　B.only if

　　C.because

　　D.unless

　　4.A.weight

　　B.height

　　C.amount

　　D.price

　　5.A.failed

　　B.pretended

　　C.agreed

　　D.decided

　　6.A.marks

　　B.results

　　C.effects

　　D.conditions

　　7.A.invited

　　B.blamed

　　C.thanked

　　D.forgave

　　8.A.wrong

　　B.valuable

　　C.extra

　　D.exact

　　9.A.mind

　　B.avoid

　　C.practice

　　D.keep

　　10.A.speed up

　　B.give up

　　C.watch out

　　D.turn out

　　11.A.warned

　　B.expected

　　C.realized

　　D.announced

　　12.A.also

　　B.hardly

　　C.seldom

　　D.never

　　13.A.talk

　　B.chop

　　C.walk

　　D.climb

　　14.A.quickly

　　B.curiously

　　C.seriously

　　D.intelligently

　　15.A.time

　　B.tool

　　C.job

　　D.patience

　　三、阅读理解

　　专题训练（十）

　　信息匹配

　　请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，按照要求匹配信息。请阅读下列应用文：

　　Desmond,Carls,Russel,Malcolm,Warren正计划买一辆小车。阅读他们的情况和下面六种小车的介绍（选项A．B．C．D．E．F），选出符合各自需求的最佳选项（选项中有一项是多余选项）。

　　1．Desmond is a young and promising athlete．Having won a champion in an important international game,he decides to buy a car to develop a brighter future．Of course,the car must be extremely fast and is especially fit for him,a sportsman．

　　2．Carls has just been admitted to a famous university hundreds of kilometers away from her hometown and has been permitted to buy a car．As a young girl,she certainly put safety factors above all．

　　3．〖WTHZ〗Russel〖WT〗,a farmer in a mountainous area,is growing hundreds of acres of crops．To transport his goods to town timely,he wants to buy a car．He hopes the car will run very fast and,first of all,must meet the natural conditions．

　　4．Fighting in the commercial circle(商界)and getting a great success,Malcolm makes a fortune．With an aggressive ambition,he decides to buy a luxury car to develop an even brighter future．

　　5．Warren is a merchant traveling to different parts of the country in any weather situation,good or bad．He expects to have a satisfactory car to make his career better．

　　A Provided by an advanced – design Triton engine,with a perfect cooling system,and plenty of pulling power．Passenger safety is excellently strengthened by the Second Generation double airbags and side door intrusion beams．Luxury packages with deluxe accommodation(良好的空间)

　　B Was it wind？Or was it fear？Chances are the both．Equipped with the first four – cam 32 – valve V8 engine offered in a sport – utility(实用)vehicle．An advanced source of power generating 320 Ib – ft of twisting force and 230 horsepower．

　　C A spirited package that takes the zoom – zoom(疾行声)ethos into the mainstream(主流社会)．An aggressive,confident look,one thats backed by impressive dynamics．Engaging all the senses in the driving experience．Bottom line:If youre in the market for a(seda)

　　D Style quality and high technology are the ingredients(要素)which have enabled Maserati to create some of the fastest and most advanced road cars in the world．

　　It,s one thing to climb a Mountain．It,s quite another look good doing it．

　　E 302–hp best–in–classV8

　　3rd – row seating．And available climate –controlled front seats．The new Lincoln Aviator．Like Navigator,just smaller,Proof that magnificence comes in all size．

　　F The cars with shapes we,d seen only in our dreams．The land – based rocket ships．With cockpits(驾驶座)full of computers and video screens．The cars that are invisible to the wind．Where are the cars we were promised?

　　计划买车的人

　　供选择的汽车

　　1．Desmond

　　A

　　2．Carls

　　B

　　3．Russel

　　C

　　4．Malcolm

　　D

　　5．Warren

　　E

　　F

　　参考答案

　　一、

　　1.解析：副词修饰过去分词widespread，increase的副词是increasingly。

　　答案：increasingly

　　2.解析：从句意得知出生率降低，家庭的人口减少。

　　答案：fewer

　　3.解析：working：有工作的。

　　答案：working

　　4.解析：not...but...是固定搭配，意为“不是……而是……”。

　　答案：but

　　5.解析：从句意得知，无论他们想要什么，父母就给什么。

　　答案：whatever

　　6.解析：从上下文得知，这样的孩子不考虑别人。

　　答案：without

　　7.解析：来自哪里，用where。

　　答案：where

　　8.解析：complain about抱怨,投诉

　　答案：about

　　9.解析：take要做谓语，从句意得知是“应该采取措施”。

　　答案：should be taken

　　10.解析：who 指代families，引导非限定性定语从句。

　　答案：who

　　二、

　　分析：

　　本文是一篇哲理性记叙文。通过一个年轻人与一伙老年人在丛林中砍树的故事阐明了一个道理：磨刀不误砍柴工。

　　1.解析：从下文中年轻人从来都不休息的事实可知：他是一个极其“勤劳的（hardworking）”人。

　　答案：C

　　2.解析：在他看来，那些老人经常浪费时间，一天当中要休息好几次去闲聊，这一切都让他看不惯，因此他总是“抱怨（complained）”。

　　答案：B

　　3.解析：从逻辑上来判断：“尽管（even though）”他辛勤劳作，但那些老人砍的树跟他一样多，有时比他砍得还多。

　　答案：A

　　4.解析：根据事实可知：老人们砍的树跟他的“数量同样多（same amount）”。

　　答案：C

　　5.解析：于是他“决定（decided）”第二天更加辛苦地劳作。

　　答案：D

　　6.解析：不幸的是，第二天的“结果（results）”更糟糕。

　　答案：B

　　7.解析：本空后for a drink提示：其中一位老人“邀请（invited）”他一起喝一杯休息一会。

　　答案：A

　　8.解析：他以自己没有“多余的（extra）”时间来休息为借口“拒绝了（refused）”他的邀请。

　　答案：C

　　9.解析：不磨斧子而“连续（keep）”砍树就是在做低效率的事。

　　答案：D

　　10.解析：如果继续这样不休息地劳作，用不了多久你就会支持不住而“放弃（give up）”。

　　答案：B

　　11.解析：听到老人的话，年轻人突然“明白了（realized）”这个道理。

　　答案：C

　　12.解析：他发现他们在休息时，同时“也（also）”在磨自己的斧子。

　　答案：A

　　13.解析：他终于明白他们“砍（chop）”树比他快的原因了。

　　答案：B

　　14.解析：把这两者“巧妙地（intelligently）”结合起来。

　　答案：D

　　15.解析：否则的话，我们总会低效率地忙个不停，说自己没有“时间（time）”。

　　答案：A

　　三、

　　1~5 BADFE 