2017届高考英语（重庆专用）二轮精练：选修8 unit1 period 1

　　Unit 1 A land of diversity Period 1 Warming Up，Pre­reading & Reading.介、副词填空

　　1．Some of the president's advisers feared Hitler might declare war________the United States.

　　2．We kept________our friendship for over twenty years.

　　3．The old people died but the young ones lived________.

　　4．He succeeded________means________perseverance.

　　5．________the time he was ten, Tom had built a chemistry lab himself.

　　6．She has two cars, and________addition, a motorboat.

　　7．We hope the garden to keep________the weeds.

　　8．Millions of people die________the illnesses caused by smoking.

　　答案　1.on　2.up　3.on　4.by　of　5.By　6.in　7.down 8．from

　　.单词拼写

　　1. He drew a quite artificial________(差别) between men and women readers.

　　2．Whisky contains a large________(百分比) of alcohol.

　　3．Gradually she learned to make a joke of all these________(困难)．

　　4．The ________(部) of Transport made a searching enquiry to discover the cause of the plane crash.

　　5．The oil market is enjoying a ________(繁荣)．

　　6．The ________(种族的) discrimination issue is a political hot potato.

　　7．Leonardo da Vinci is a famous artist in the ________(意大利) Renaissance.

　　8．In the USA foreign policy is decided by the ________(联邦的) government.

　　9．The ________(大多数)of people seem to prefer TV to radio.

　　10．He was ________(选举) chairman of the education committee.

　　答案　1.distinction　2.percentage　3.hardships　4.Ministry　5.boom　6.racial　7.Italian　8.federal　9.majority10．elected

　　.翻译与仿写

　　1. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.

　　翻译：_____________________________________________________________仿写：这次会议有可能会由于天气原因而被推迟。

　　________________________________________________________________

　　2．That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.

　　翻译：__________________________________________________________

　　仿写：那就是这些改革如此重要的原因。

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　3．By the time California elected to become the thirty－first federal state of the USA in 1850，it was already a multicultural society.

　　翻译：_____________________________________________________________仿写：当我回到学校时，铃声已经响了。

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　4．It was the building of the rail network from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.

　　______________________________________________________________

　　仿写：正是从太阳那里我们得到了光和热。

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　5．It is believed that before long the mix of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups, but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.

　　翻译：____________________________________________________________

　　仿写： 人们相信勤奋工作就能成功。

　　__________________________________________________________________

　　答案　1.然而，很可能至少在15 000年以前美洲土著人就住在加利福尼亚了。

　　It's likely that the conference will be put off because of the weather.

　　2．那就是为什么今天还有超过40%的加利福尼亚人仍然把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的缘故。

　　That's why these reforms are so important.

　　3．到1850年加利福尼亚选择成为美国第31个联邦州的时候，它已经是一个有着多元文化的社会了。

　　By the time I got back to school, the bell had rung.

　　4．更大批量的中国移民是在19世纪60年代修建贯穿美国东西海岸的铁路时来的。

　　It is from the sun that we get light and heat.

　　5．人们认为，要不了多久，多种国籍的混合将会非常大，以致不可能存在一种主要的种族或文化群体，而是多种族、多文化的混合体。

　　It's believed that working hard can lead to success.

　　Ⅳ.语篇填词

　　California is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest __1__. At various times, people from different countries in the world have__2__to California. It is likely that the first settlers came to California__3__a land bridge at least 15,000 years ago.

　　In the 16th century, Europeans arrived and forced thousands of the native people into__4__. In the 18th century，California was ruled by Spain. That's why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.

　　In 1842，the people of Mexico gained their__5__from Spanish and California became a part of Mexico. However in 1846，the United States declared__6__on Mexico and won the war, so California had to be given to the United States; In the early 1800s, Russians began setting in California.

　　In 1848，gold was__7__in California，which attracted the people who had the dream of becoming rich. In fact, few__8__their dreams. Many died or returned home，but most remained in California to__9__for themselves. In 1850，California was__10__to become the thirty­first state of the United States.

　　答案　1. population　2. immigrated　3. by means of　4. slavery　5. independence　6. war　7. discovered　8. achieved9. make a life　10. elected

　　.单项填空

　　1．Three new buildings________in our city by the time you return from England.

　　A．will be built

　　B．are going to be built

　　C．will have been built

　　D．have been built

　　解析　句中by the time引导的从句为一般现在时，则主句用将来完成时，故选C项。

　　答案　C

　　2．The post­World War II baby resulted in a 43 percent increase in the number of teenagers________in the 1960s and 1970s.

　　A．boost

　　B．boom

　　C．production D．prosperity

　　解析　句意：二战后的生育高峰使得20世纪60和70年代的少年数量增加了43%。 boost 推进，发展；boom 也可以指经济的繁荣，侧重繁荣的时期，也可以指急剧上升增加，如出国热，兼职热，生育高峰期；production 产量；prosperity 指经济繁荣昌盛，强调事情做得很成功。

　　答案　B

　　3. The moment the 29th Olympic Games ________ open, the whole world cheered.

　　A．declared

　　B．have been declared

　　C．have declared

　　D．were declared

　　解析　句意：第29届奥运会一被公布开幕，全世界欢呼雀跃。“第29届奥运会被公布开幕”是过去的被动动作，因此用一般过去时的被动语态。

　　答案　D

　　4. Jane will have to________her piano practice a long

　　time

　　if she wants to be a professional concert performer.

　　A．set up

　　B．add up

　　C．keep up D．hold up

　　解析　keep up“坚持；维持”，符合题意。set up建立；add up加起来；hold up举起；阻挡。

　　答案　C

　　5．—Have you seen the film Under the Hawthorn Tree?

　　—Of course, I have. It was in our village________it was made.

　　A．that

　　B．where

　　C．when

　　D．which

　　解析　考查强调句型。

　　句意：——你看过电影《山楂树之恋》吗？——当然看过了，这部电影就是在我们村拍摄的。原句为It was made in our village.该句是对地点状语进行强调，在强调句中，只有强调人时，才可以用who，否则一律用that，故选A。

　　答案　A

　　6．Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the________of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.

　　A．maximum

　　B．minority

　　C．majority

　　D．minimum

　　解析　考查名词辨析。

　　句意：当然，大多数移民并没有一夜之间就发财，但是他们大多最终改善了自己的生活水平。maximum 意为“最大限量；最高点”；minority意为“少数，半数以下”；majority意为“大多数”；minimum意为“最低限度，最低点”。故选C。

　　答案　C

　　7．We have a high regard for Prof. Joseph because he always________his principles.

　　A．lives on

　　B．lives up to

　　C．lives through

　　D．lives with

　　解析　考查live相关短语的辨析。句意：我们十分尊重约瑟夫教授，因为他总是信守原则。live up to意为“遵守，实践(诺言，原则)”；live on意为“以……为生”；live through意为“度过，经历过”；live with意为“忍受；容忍”。故选B。

　　答案　B

　　8. An uncle of mine lived________cancer for over 20 years，and died________January at the age of 86.

　　A．for；from

　　B．on；of

　　C．with；in

　　D．against；with

　　解析　考查介词辨析。live with容忍，忍受；die in January在一月去世。

　　答案　C

　　9．It is most________that the environmentalists will come to the area to investigate the possible damage caused by the serious pollution.

　　A．likely

　　B．perhaps

　　C．possibly

　　D．Probably

　　解析　句意：很有可能环境保护者会到这个地区调查严重污染所造成的潜在的破坏。句型It is likely that...中的likely为形容词，而不是副词，B、C、D三项均为副词形式，与句式不符。

　　答案　A

　　10．Many died or returned home，but most remained in California to________a life for themselves in the new towns or on farms.

　　A．make

　　B．come

　　C．bring

　　D．lay

　　解析　只有make a life搭配正确，而come to life；bring sb/sth to life 构成搭配，所以A项正确。

　　答案　A

　　11．To make this________clear we shall have to look closely into biology's long history.

　　A．distinction

　　B．indication

　　C．recognition D．consideration

　　解析　考查名词辨析。句意：为了搞清楚这一差别，我们必须认真地审视一下生物学发展的漫长历史。distinction意为“区别；差异”；indication意为“标示，迹象”；recognition意为“(正式的)承认，认知”；consideration意为“考虑”。故选A。

　　答案　A

　　12．The________of school leavers that go to university is about fifty percent.

　　A．degree

　　B．percentage

　　C．level

　　D．standard

　　解析　考查名词辨析。percentage百分率；degree学位，度数；level层次，水平；standard标准。

　　答案　B

　　13．AIDS is said________the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the past few years.

　　A．that it is

　　B．to be

　　C．that it has been

　　D．to have been

　　解析　考查“sb/sth＋ be＋ said＋不定式”结构的用法。句意：在过去的几年里，据说艾滋病是对那个地区男女健康的最大挑战。It's said that句型可转化为sb /sth be said to do/to be doing/to have done的形式，由此可排除A、C两项；根据句子中的时间状语over the past few years可知要用完成时，故答案为D。

　　答案　D

　　14．Our classmates who prefer to hold a party for him are________the majority.

　　A．at

　　B．in

　　C．on

　　D．to

　　解析　in the majority “占多数”，为固定搭配。

　　答案　B

　　15．Lincoln was________President in 1860, and led the United States through the nation's greatest crisis, the Civil War.

　　A．selected

　　B．chosen

　　C．elected

　　D．promoted

　　解析　句意：林肯于1860年当选总统并带领美国度过了国家最大的危机——美国内战。elect“选举，当选”，符合句意。

　　答案　C

　　.完形填空(A)

　　The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond，California，USA.“Police station？A train for Santa Fe hit a truck at the McDonald Street Crossing.Please__1__there at once.With an ambulance，too.A man is badly__2__，”said an anxious voice of a young woman.“And you know I am the...”

　　“Please wait！Hi！Hi！”the policeman kept on__3__though the line was cut off.Within a minute，a police car and an ambulance car started off.Before long they got to the crossing，but they__4__everything was fine.No accident，no wounded man.

　　“What a dirty trick！”said the policeman__5__.“We must find out that bad woman and...” They were just talking about the__6__when they heard the whistle of a train which was nearing them quickly.All of a sudden，a truck appeared.It came__7__towards them，too.When the truck was passing the crossing，it suddenly refused to move on.Right then and there，before the eyes of all the policemen__8__，the train hit the truck heavily and struck it dozens of meters away.

　　When Randolph Bruce，the driver，was__9__out of the damaged truck，he was seriously wounded just as the young woman had told on the phone.As he was taken to the__10__in time，his life was saved.

　　Later the police did whatever they could to__11__the woman who had telephoned them.It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state，who had got the firsthand__12__of this crime as described above.

　　1．A.call

　　B．come

　　C．go

　　D．notice

　　解析　由文章最后一段“It turned out that the woman was a very excellent police officer working far in the neighboring state...”这句得知报案的人不在事故现场，请求警察立刻赶到那儿，可知选C项。

　　答案　C

　　2．A.beaten

　　B．treated

　　C．needed

　　D．injured

　　解析　根据上文“A train for Santa Fe hit a truck”得知两车相撞，又请求警察“with an ambulance”可知，有人严重受伤。

　　答案　D

　　3．A.talking

　　B．laughing

　　C．crying

　　D．shouting

　　解析　由上文的“anxious”可知情形急促，报案者自然是说话急促从而表达不清晰，警察听不清自然大声问。本题难度在于区分cry和shout，cry强调说话时比平时声音大，无感情色彩，而shout则强调故意抬高声调或由于情绪不佳或生气。

　　答案　C

　　4．A.realized

　　B．found

　　C．proved

　　D．wondered

　　解析　警察赶到那儿应该是“发现”而不是“意识到”或“证明”。

　　答案　B

　　5．A.nervously

　　B．disappointedly

　　C．angrily

　　D．surprisingly

　　解析　根据“What a dirty trick！”和下文的“bad”推知警察“生气”了。

　　答案　C

　　6．A.trial

　　B．warning

　　C．program

　　D．punishment

　　解析　由上文的“trick，bad”以及警察生气很容易推出，警察因受骗，将会“惩罚”报警的人。

　　答案　D

　　7．A.passing

　　B．turning

　　C．running

　　D．rolling

　　解析　由上文“All of a sudden，a truck appeared.”可知，卡车“running(迅速行驶)”。所以选C。

　　答案　C

　　8．A.above

　　B．below

　　C．alive

　　D．present

　　解析　“present”此处为形容词“现场的”，作后置定语。

　　答案　D

　　9．A.pushed

　　B．helped

　　C．let

　　D．asked

　　解析　由下文“he was seriously wounded”可知，司机有人帮助才能从车里出来。

　　答案　B

　　10．A.company

　　B．house

　　C．station

　　D．hospital

　　解析　根据“he was seriously wounded”以及下文“his life was saved”可知，司机被送到医院。

　　答案　D

　　11．A.meet

　　B．punish

　　C．find

　　D．arrest

　　解析　由于那位女士报警，“his life was saved”，所以，警察不会“punish(惩罚)”或“arrest(逮捕)”，而是“找到”。

　　答案　C

　　12．A.information

　　B．result

　　C．advice

　　D．news

　　解析　女士提供了第一手“信息”。

　　答案　A

　　(B)

　　As we get older，the fear of not having a good memory grows for many people.A lot of people__13__that the loss of memory can be the sign of Alzheimer's(早老性痴呆症)．

　　It is true that as we grow older we are more__14__to develop Alzheimer's.But with a proper lifestyle that includes a balanced diet and exercise，one can stay mentally__15__into their old age.

　　There are many causes of memory loss that have nothing to do with Alzheimer's.As researchers come__16__to understanding Alzheimer's，the outlook(前景)is__17__for people with this illness.New treatments are becoming available.With improved diagnosis，medications and treatment，one day we may be able to__18__or even reverse(反转)memory loss as we age.

　　Memory loss is__19__a topic of concern for people.Having Alzheimer's can lead to increased dependency on others.Not being able to manage basic daily__20__on your own or even not being able to recognize family members would be a serious hit to anyone.This is why many elderly people often have questions and concerns.

　　13．A.worry

　　B．guess

　　C．insist

　　D．suggest

　　解析　由下文中对记忆力减退与早老性痴呆症的关系的介绍可知，这里说的是人们的“担心”。

　　答案　A

　　14．A.eager

　　B．nervous

　　C．likely

　　D．ready

　　解析　年龄渐大的人的确“更有可能”患上早老性痴呆症。

　　答案　C

　　15．A.healthy

　　B．honest

　　C．brave

　　D．kind

　　解析　只要有健康的生活方式，人们就能保持精神“健康”。

　　答案　A

　　16．A.faster

　　B．slower

　　C．farther

　　D．closer

　　解析　研究人员越来越了解早老性痴呆症，也就是他们跟这种病走得“越来越近”。

　　答案　D

　　17．A.reducing

　　B．ending

　　C．improving

　　D．waiting

　　解析　随着科学的发展，早老性痴呆症患者的前景有了“改善”。

　　答案　C

　　18．A.make

　　B．take

　　C．prevent

　　D．protect

　　解析　有一天人类将能够“预防”或反转记忆力减退。

　　答案　C

　　19．A.also

　　B．still

　　C．ever

　　D．even

　　解析　上文提到了美好前景，下文讲述了早老性痴呆症的严重后果，这说明这种病“仍然是”人们关注的话题。

　　答案　B

　　20．A.activities

　　B．news

　　C．meals

　　D．drinks

　　解析　记忆力丧失的人不能应付日常“活动”。

　　答案　A