2017届高考英语（重庆专用）二轮精练：必修3 unit5 period 2

　　Unit 5 Canada—“The True North” Section Ⅱ　Learning about Language 课时精练（人教版必修3，重庆专用）

　　Ⅰ.短语填空1．People often ________ me ________ with other actors.

　　人们常常把我同其他演员弄混。

　　2．I could see the bus coming ________ ________ ________.

　　我能看到远处过来的公交车。

　　3．Meanwhile, drugs continue to ________ ________ the United States.

　　与此同时，毒品继续流入美国。

　　4．The breeze ________ ________ has secrets to tell you.

　　拂晓时，微风为你带来了秘密。

　　5．It happened that there was a ________ ________ nearby.

　　碰巧在附近有个公用电话亭。

　　答案　1.mix；up　2.in the distance　3.flow into　4.at dawn　5.telephone booth

　　Ⅱ.单项填空

　　1．First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you can never get ________ second chance to make ________ first impression.

　　A．a; the

　　B．the; the

　　C．a; a

　　D．the; a

　　答案　C　[考查冠词。句意：第一次印象是最持久的。别忘了你永远不会得到再次留下第一印象的机会。第一空序数词前加a 表示“再一……，又一……”；第二空表示再重复“第一次印象”，故选C。]

　　2．We almost always ________ our concerts with it, not only because it's a great piece of music, but also because of the energy that we get back from the audience.

　　A．analyze

　　B．handle

　　C．confirm

　　D．conclude

　　答案　D　[考查动词。句意：我们几乎总是用它作我们音乐会的结尾曲，不仅因为它是一段伟大的音乐，而且因为我们从观众中获得的热情。根据后面句子意思推知此处判断音乐会情况的依据。]

　　3．Many people are ________ as to what to do when there is a fire.

　　A．at ease

　　B．at risk

　　C．at a loss

　　D．at a distance

　　答案　C　[考查介词短语。句意：当有一场火发生时，要做什么许多人都会不知所措。根据语境“关于去做什么”推知“不知所措”，at a loss有此意。at ease意思为“自由自在”； at risk意思为“冒险”； at a distance意思为“在远处”。]

　　4．The boy's parents, who let him play football indoors, rather than the boy ________ to blame for the broken window.

　　A．is

　　B．was

　　C．are

　　D．were

　　答案　D　[考查主谓语一致性。句意：打碎窗户该责备男孩的父母而不是这个男孩，是他们让他在屋里踢足球。rather than“而不是”，连接两个名词作主语时，其谓语动词的单复数与前面的名词一致。]

　　5．I ________ a lot from this guy. He borrowed my clothes, he borrowed my money, he borrowed my tennis racket. But when I caught him using my toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!

　　A．sped up with

　　B．mixed up with

　　C．put up with

　　D．teamed up with

　　答案　C　[考查动词短语。根据句子语境“做了许多的事情”推知“容忍”。put up with意思为“容忍”符合题意。 ]

　　6．There's a ________ in our office that when it's somebody's birthday, they bring in a cake for us all to share.

　　A．tradition

　　B．balance

　　C．concern

　　D．relationship

　　答案　A　[考查名词的辨义。句意：我们办公室有个传统：轮到某个人的生日时，他就带蛋糕来与大家分享。tradition传统；balance平衡；concern关心；relationship关系，联系。句中somebody 与they相照应，说明不止一次，因此用tradition作答案。]

　　7．It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot ________ easy reach.

　　A．near

　　B．upon

　　C．within

　　D．around

　　答案　C　[考查固定用法：within easy reach在容易达到……的地方；在……的附近，故答案C合适。]

　　8．—The twins look very much alike.

　　—Yes, I think so, but they are ________ different.

　　A．quite

　　B．rather

　　C．fairly

　　D．very

　　答案　B　[考查副词。句意：——双胞胎看上去非常相同。——对，我这样想，但他们还是有稍微的区别。既然是双胞胎长像差别就是不大的，故排除A、D；C项一般用于对褒义词的修饰；B项对，一般用于对贬义词的修饰，在like, different前常用rather，不用fairly。]

　　9．________ great was the destruction that the economy took several years to recover.

　　A．Too

　　B．So

　　C．Such

　　D．Very

　　答案　B　[考查倒装句式的用法。分析句式和依据句意应该是so...that...句式；但so置于句首，句子构成倒装。]

　　10．Don't leave matches or cigarettes on the table within ________ of little children.

　　A．hand

　　B．reach

　　C．space

　　D．distance

　　答案　B　[考查名词。句意：不要把火柴或者香烟留在桌子上孩子们够得着的地方。根据语境“够得着”，within one's reach意思为“在够得着的范围”符合题意。]

　　Ⅲ.完成句子

　　1．If the weather is good, you can see ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.

　　如果天气好，你可以看到海岸。

　　2．The violence in the streets was ________ controlled ________ last week.

　　直到上周街头的暴行(violence)才被控制住。

　　3．We can sometimes ________ business ________ pleasure.

　　有时候我们能把工作和享乐结合在一起。

　　4．________ ________ ________ ________ that they will leave their hometown for Canada.

　　已证实他们将离开家乡到加拿大去。

　　5．________ ________ ________ ________ for us to eat dumplings on the New Year's Eve.

　　除夕夜吃水饺是我们的传统。

　　答案　1.as far as the coast　2.not; until　3.mix; with

　　4．It has been confirmed　5.It is a tradition

　　Ⅳ.完形填空

　　(A)

　　As a child，I was very shy.I wanted to be successful，but lacked__1__.When I discovered climbing，I found something I was good at.I began to be__2__by my friends and this gave me the desire to climb harder and higher mountains.I found that nothing was impossible if I could find the__3__to try to achieve my goals.

　　Both personal__4__and teamwork are important when you climb.You need to rely on the__5__of your team and share in the achievement.But personal determination to keep going despite any difficulty is very helpful to team success.

　　My greatest achievement in climbing was being the first ever to reach the top of the 5,000foot Troll Wall in Norway，which has the highest and most vertical(垂直的)rock face in Europe.A stone__6__from the top of the mountain will__7__nothing until it lands on the valley floor one mile below.So it was very__8__.

　　Before our climb，the experts in Europe had said it was__9__to climb the Troll Wall.But with three companions，I decided to__10__.It took ten days to make the climb and we__11__on ledges(岩石架)no more than a foot wide when we were tired.__12__，we succeeded.

　　Afterwards，I said to myself，“If I can do that，I can do anything.”Some years later，I climbed up Mount Everest－the highest mountain in the world.

　　1．A.money

　　B．confidence

　　C．purposes

　　D．chances

　　答案　B　[由上一句“当我是个孩子的时候我很害羞”可知，此句表示“我想成功，但缺乏信心”，故用confidence。]

　　2．A.denied

　　B．attacked

　　C．recognized

　　D．tricked

　　答案　C　[我开始得到了朋友们的认可(recognized)。]

　　3．A.place

　　B．secret

　　C．courage

　　D．time

　　答案　C　[由上文我找到爬山的乐趣得出结论，只要有勇气(courage)努力实现自我目标，一切皆有可能。]

　　4．A.work

　　B．belief

　　C．affairs

　　D．determination

　　答案　D　[爬山时个人的决心和团队合作非常重要。下文But personal determination to keep going给出了提示。]

　　5．A.comfort

　　B．support

　　C．interest

　　D．doubt

　　答案　B　[本句讲团队合作的重要性，即团队的支持(support)。]

　　6．A.set

　　B．rolled

　　C．dropped

　　D．broken

　　答案　C　[从山顶落下(dropped)的一块石头将不会碰到任何东西。]

　　7．A.touch

　　B．stop

　　C．move

　　D．hurt

　　答案　A　[touch意为“触，碰”，符合句意。此处描述山势陡峭。]

　　8．A.special

　　B．exciting

　　C．nervous

　　D．adventurous

　　答案　D　[由上文可知，这是一件充满冒险的(adventurous)事情。]

　　9．A.easy

　　B．impossible

　　C．exciting

　　D．useful

　　答案　B　[在攀爬之前，欧洲专家曾告诫说，征服巨人墙是不可能的(impossible)事情。]

　　10．A.try

　　B．learn

　　C．return

　　D．escape

　　答案　A　[尽管欧洲专家告诫，但我还是决定试一试(try)。]

　　11．A.ate

　　B．lived

　　C．rested

　　D．stood

　　答案　C　[累了的时候，我们在不足一英尺宽的岩石架上休息(rested)。]

　　12．A.Undoubtedly

　　B．Easily

　　C．Temporarily

　　D．Thankfully

　　答案　D　[庆幸的是我们成功了。thankfully意为“庆幸的是”，符合语境。undoubtedly毋庸置疑；easily轻易地；temporarily临时地。]

　　(B)

　　Friendship is unconditional and uncritical，based only on mutual respect and the ability to enjoy each other's company.We could have fun doing absolutely nothing at all because the__13__we provided each other with was enough.Rather than discussing operas，Lewinsky，or the weather，we enjoyed just__14__each other without any one of us trying to outsmart the others.Still，I realize that some authority figures had a__15__to be concerned about where my friends were heading；I also was concerned for them，but I wasn't about to__16__them.

　　Many times I would advise my friends that some activities may be__17__or to think things through before doing something，but I would never claim the moral high ground and condescend(屈尊)to them.When Marvin would have a try at joints，when Alisa would tell me she skipped school because of a hangover，or when Merriam would tell me that her new boyfriend was in a street gang，I expressed my discomfort with their__18__.However，I never__19__them with the action of taking my friendship away.Contrary to the commercials on television，you can have__20__who use drugs.In fact，probably everyone does without realizing it.

　　13．A.gift

　　B．present

　　C．company

　　D．friendship

　　答案　C　[这里要表达的意思是：我们在一起的时候即使什么也不做，也会感到开心——因为大家聚在一起就已足够。也就是说，彼此陪伴对方，所以应该选择company，前文也有暗示。]

　　14．A.hanging around

　　B．learning from

　　C．communicating with

　　D．joining in

　　答案　A　[hang around在这里表示“闲逛”。句意：不去谈论戏剧、莱温斯基或者天气，大家只是享受那份闲来荡去的惬意，谁也不用绞尽脑汁想着怎样一较高下，分清孰优孰劣。learn from向……学习；communicate with与……交流；join in加入，参加。]

　　15．A.prejudice

　　B．point

　　C．suggestion

　　D．situation

　　答案　B　[point在这里表示“观点”。prejudice偏见；suggestion建议；situation情形。]

　　16．A.ignore

　　B．upset

　　C．blame

　　D．leave

　　答案　D　[“我”也很关心他们，但并没有打算要和他们绝交，即离开他们，所以选择leave。]

　　17．A.crazy

　　B．dangerous

　　C．boring

　　D．important

　　答案　B　[这里的activities指的是下文所列举的事情：Marvin想尝试一下大麻的滋味，Alisa因为宿醉而逃课，Merriam的新男友是街上的一个小混混。由此可以看出，这些事情都是很危险的(dangerous)。]

　　18．A.actions

　　B．lessons

　　C．words

　　D．thoughts

　　答案　A　[由语境可知，该空指的是上文提到的各项不良行为，所以用actions。]

　　19．A.force

　　B．threaten

　　C．persuade

　　D．cheat

　　答案　B　[force强迫；persuade说服；cheat欺骗。根据语境可知选threaten威胁。]

　　20．A.friends

　　B．girlfriends

　　C．classmates

　　D．brothers

　　答案　A　[由语境可知文章一直在谈友谊，所以应该选择friends。]

　　Ⅴ.阅读理解

　　As prices and building costs keep rising，the “doityourself”(DIY)trend(趋势)in the U．S.continues to grow.

　　“We needed furniture for our living room，”says John Ross，“and we just didn't have enough money to buy it.So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.”John got married six months ago，and like many young people these days，they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high.The Rosses took a 2week course(课程)for $280 at a night school.Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

　　Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died.He has a fulltime job at home as well as in a shoemaking factory.Last month，he received a car repair bill for $420.“I was deeply upset about it.Now I've finished a car repair course，I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

　　John and Jim are not unusual people.Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money，so they can fight the high cost of living.If you want to become a“doityourselfer”，you can go to DIY classes.And for those who don't have time to take a course，there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

　　1．We can learn from the text that many newly married people________.

　　A．find it hard to pay for what they need

　　B．have to learn to make their own furniture

　　C．take DIY courses run by the government

　　D．seldom go to a department store to buy things

　　解析　根据第二段John Ross说的话“We need furniture for our living room，and we just didn't have enough money to buy it.”可得出答案为A。

　　答案　A

　　2．John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to________.

　　A．run a DIY shop

　　B．make or repair things

　　C．save time and money

　　D．improve the quality of life

　　解析　根据第二段最后两句可知。

　　答案　B

　　3．When the writer says that Jim has a fulltime job at home，he means Jim________.

　　A．makes shoes in his home

　　B．does extra work at night

　　C．does his own car and home repairs

　　D．keeps house and looks after his children

　　解析　由第三段可知。

　　答案　D

　　4．Jim Hatfield decided to become a doityourselfer when________.

　　A．his car repair costs too much

　　B．the car repair class was not helpful

　　C．he could not possibly do two jobs

　　D．he had to raise the children all by himself

　　解析　由第三段中的“修车”事件可知。

　　答案　A