2017届高考英语（牛津译林版）一轮复习课时提升作业：(二十五) 选修8 Unit 2 The universal language

　　课时提升作业(二十五)

　　选修8　Unit 2

　　(建议用时40分钟)

　　. 单项填空

　　1. —Where will you start your work after ________ graduation?

　　—Mum, it’s not been decided yet. I might continue my study for ________ higher degree.

　　A. the; the B. /; the

　　C. /; a

　　D. a; a

　　【解析】选C。句意: ——毕业后你会去哪儿工作呢? ——妈妈, 这还没有决定呢。我或许会继续我的学业以获取一个更高的学位。after graduation为固定搭配, 意为“毕业之后”; 后一个空处泛指“一个更高的学位”, 故用不定冠词a。

　　2. (2017·九江模拟)This computer is worse than that one you bought last year, but it costs twice ________ .

　　A. as many B. as much

　　C. so much

　　D. so many

　　【解析】选B。句意: 这台计算机没你去年买的那台好, 但花费却是那台的两倍。本题考查“倍数词+as+adj. /adv. +as+比较对象”的比较句型, 此句为省略, 由于是钱的比较, 故选B。

　　【加固训练】

　　This iPhone 6 is better than that iPhone 5 you bought last year, but it costs twice ________ .

　　A. as littleB. as much

　　C. as many

　　D. as less

　　【解析】选B。句意: 这个苹果6比你去年买的苹果5好多了, 但它却多花了两倍多的钱。此处为twice as much as that one的省略, 故答案为B。much修饰不可数名词。

　　3. (2017·湖南师大附中模拟)The problem was that he didn’t know what had hurt her and he ________ her.

　　A. dared not to ask B. not dared ask

　　C. didn’t dare ask

　　D. didn’t dare asking

　　【解析】选C。句意: 问题是他不知道什么伤害了她, 而且他也不敢问她。dare既可作情态动词, 也可作实义动词, 作实义动词用于否定句时可省略to。4. (2017·无锡模拟)The law demands that everyone ________ his car checked at least once a year.

　　A. has B. would have

　　C. have

　　D. will have

　　【解析】选C。demand“要求”, 其后的宾语从句中应使用虚拟语气形式“(should+)do”, 故选C。

　　5. (2017·淮安重点中学联考)I hope the teacher can be merciful ________ me, or I cannot get through the exam.

　　A. to B. inC. onD. at

　　【解析】选A。句意: 我希望老师能对我手下留情, 否则我通过不了考试。be merciful to sb. “对某人仁慈/宽容”。

　　6. (2017·巢湖一中模拟)Suddenly, a tall man driving a golden car ________ the girl and took her away, ________ into the woods.

　　A. seizing; disappeared B. seized; disappeared

　　C. seizing; disappearing

　　D. seized; disappearing

　　【解析】选D。句意: 突然, 一个开着金黄色车的高个男子抓住那个女孩把她带走了, 很快消失在树林中。第一个空是谓语动词与took并列, 故用seized; 第二个应用现在分词作状语, 因为disappear与其逻辑主语是主动关系。

　　7. (2017·淮安模拟)His wife is good to him but she has a(n) ________ to talk too much, which sometimes upsets him.

　　A. admission

　　B. personality

　　C. advantage

　　D. tendency

　　【解析】选D。句意: 他的妻子对他很好, 就是往往太唠叨了, 这一点有时让他很恼火。have a tendency to do sth. “倾向于做某事”。admission“承认, 允许进入”; personality“个性”; advantage“优势”。

　　8. (2017·江苏新沂二中模拟)—Several hotels in this area are closing down.

　　—That’s because tourism itself ________ since last year.

　　A. is declining

　　B. declined

　　C. had declined

　　D. has been declining

　　【解析】选D。根据“since last year”的提示可知, decline应使用现在完成时或现在完成进行时, 故选D。

　　9. (2017·铜陵模拟)It is said that the music band decided to ________ after many years together.

　　A. look up B. set up

　　C. turn up

　　D. break up

　　【解析】选D。根据“after many years together”可知, 句中强调的是“乐队决定解散了”。break up“解散, 打碎”, 符合句意。look up“查阅”; set up“建立”; turn up“出现, 调高”。

　　10. The police have put up posters around the city with photos of the man they ________ in connection with the murder case outside a bank.

　　A. seek

　　B. are seeking

　　C. have sought

　　D. were seeking

　　【解析】选B。句意: 警方在全城张贴了他们正在搜寻的那个男人的照片, 那个男子与一起在银行外发生的谋杀案有关。根据句意可知, seek这个动作正在进行, 所以用现在进行时。

　　11. The new system needs to be in operation for five months ________ it can be updated.

　　A. as B. while C. before D. once

　　【解析】选C。考查状语从句。before的基本含义是“在……之前”, 又可以根据不同语境灵活翻译成“才”、“还没来得及就……”、“趁……就”等。这里before用于肯定句中, 强调主句动作所用时间长或花费的精力大, 译成“才”。

　　【加固训练】

　　John thinks it won’t be long ________ he is accustomed to his new job.

　　A. whenB. afterC. beforeD. since

　　【解析】选C。考查状语从句。句意: 约翰认为不会过多久他就会习惯于他的新工作。“It won’t be long before. . . ”是固定句型, 意为“不会过多久就……”。

　　12. The boy was so joyful because the lost dog recognized him ________ .

　　A. at the first sight B. at first sight

　　C. for first sight

　　D. in the first sight

　　【解析】选B。句意: 男孩太高兴了丢失的狗一见到他就认出他来了。at first sight“乍一看”符合题意。13. Tuhao, dating back perhaps as far as the Southern Dynasty, ________ its new meaning last September.

　　A. put on B. took on

　　C. carried on

　　D. depended on

　　【解析】选B。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 土豪一词可以追溯到南朝, 去年九月该词有了新的含义。put on“穿上, 增加”; take on“呈现, 开始具有”; carry on“继续”; depend on“依靠, 依赖”。结合句意可知选B。

　　14. (2017·淮北重点中学联考)—How do you find the latest movie The Breakup Guru directed by Deng Chao?

　　— ________ . I can’t think too highly of it.

　　A. That’s all right

　　B. It all depends

　　C. Quite by accident

　　D. It’s really wonderful

　　【解析】选D。——你认为最近由邓超执导的新电影《分手大师》怎样? ——太好了, 我怎么高度评价都不为过。How do you find. . . ? 意为“你觉得……怎么样? ”用于询问对某事(物)或某人的看法、观点或意见, 所以对方的回答应是评价。

　　15. (2017·淮北模拟)—He ________ love with Mary for 12 years up till now.

　　—They’ll get married sooner or later.

　　A. has fallen in

　　B. has been in

　　C. fell in

　　D. is in

　　【解析】选B。句意: ——到目前为止, 他与玛丽相爱12年了。——他们迟早会结婚的。fall in love with强调动作, 不与表示时间段的状语连用, 排除A、C两项; be in love with表示状态, 可与表示时间段的状语连用; 根据时间状语up till now可知用现在完成时, 故选B。

　　. 完形填空

　　“Everyone says the flowers smell good but I don’t smell anything. Do you　1　them? ”she asks, in her heavily accented voice. After　2　around a busy street looking to do a random act of kindness, I had　3　into this flower shop. Even though my mind was busy designing possible scene, I had a basic　4　that something was going to present itself. A little shocked by the flower lady’s　5　, I tell her that “the flowers smell amazing and perhaps you should take a　6　once in a while so you can enjoy them too. ”Before I realized, I　7　myself in the midst of a conversation about her life—she got　8　from United Airlines a few years back, took the　9　money and traveled the world for a year. Then, she ran out of money and came back to　10　at the flower shop.

　　We talk about all sorts of things as I try to　11　on the flowers. Unsure of which ones might be　12　, I pick up and smell some Gerbera daisies(雏菊). The　13　are starting to turn a little brown around the edges. That won’t　14　. These must be perfect, they’re a special offering for someone else. I　15　them back in the bucket of water and pick up a few other large orange ones. They definitely scream, “You’re special. ”I’m　16　at how beautiful and perfect they are. If a tiny seed can turn into such an　17　of beauty, love, and hope, how much　18　do we all have as humans?

　　Walking back, I feel so full, so full of love. 　19　that such small acts can bring so much joy to someone’s life; 　20　that someone at a random flower shop can open up her heart to give beautifully wrapped flowers, free of charge for the people she’ll—never meet.

　　【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的记叙文。作者通过与一位失业后重新工作的女店员的接触以及自己买她那几乎要扔掉的花的微小做法来帮助她等小事的描述, 感到人生的温暖和人们之间的关心, 帮助人就像一颗种子会转化为友情、亲情扎根发芽。

　　1. A. knowB. think

　　C. smellD. discover

　　【解析】选C。从上文提到的smell以及下文作者与店员的对话可知此处店员问作者“闻”到花的味道了吗, 答案C符合题意。

　　2. A. running B. walking

　　C. looking

　　D. going

　　【解析】选B。从此处语境可知作者在拥挤的街道上寻找着随意做些善举的机会, 故答案B意思“步行”符合语境。

　　3. A. hesitated B. came

　　C. took

　　D. translate

　　【解析】选A。从上文. . . do a random act of kindness可知作者对进入花店, 不是准备好要去的, 而是一种随意行为, 故此处“犹豫着去做……”符合语境。

　　4. A. idea B. plan C. demandD. feeling

　　【解析】选D。从此处语境作者描述在进入花店前的规划可知此处为作者的心理活动, 且从下文something was going to present itself可知这是作者的“感觉; 意识”, 故答案D合适。

　　5. A. answerB. puzzle

　　C. questionD. thought

　　【解析】选C。从上文作者描述“Everyone says the flowers smell good but I don’t smell anything. Do you ________ them? ”可知这是作者进入花店时女店员所问的“问题”, 故答案C符合题意。

　　6. A. break B. day

　　C. night

　　D. week

　　【解析】选A。从此处作者的回答可知语境为作者认为对方很疲劳所以建议对方偶尔“休息一下”, take a break为固定搭配, 故答案A合适。

　　7. A. saw B. felt

　　C. made

　　D. found

　　【解析】选D。从此处语境分析作者不知不觉地“发现”自己处在一种关于这位女士的生活的谈话中, find oneself“不知不觉地发现自己……”故答案D合适。

　　8. A. taken upB. laid off

　　C. put off

　　D. gone away

　　【解析】选B。联系下文traveled the world for a year. Then, she ran out of money and came back to. . . 可知这位女店员的生活遭遇, 故此处与工作有联系, 因此“失业”符合句意。

　　9. A. unemployment B. movement

　　C. development

　　D. announcement

　　【解析】选A。作者描述的这位女士应该为“失业”了, 这样才会有失业金, 故答案A与上文“失业”吻合。

　　10. A. sleep B. stayC. work D. study

　　【解析】选C。从上文提到的这位女店员以及描述的她失业的情况可知此处为到花店“工作”, 故答案C符合题意。

　　11. A. buy B. sit

　　C. sell

　　D. decide

　　【解析】选D。此处语境为作者在花店不经意谈到了女店员的生活问题, 所以此处作者想在谈到各种事情的时候进入主题, 故有“决定”谈论花的意思, 答案D符合题意。

　　12. A. beautiful B. delicious

　　C. appropriate

　　D. sweet

　　【解析】选C。从下文作者挑选花分析可知此处语境为作者拿不定主意, 故有“不敢确定哪种花合适”这样与上文女店员的问题也呼应起来, 答案C符合题意。

　　13. A. legs B. leaves

　　C. branches

　　D. roots

　　【解析】选B。联系下文starting to turn a little brown around the edges. 结合生活经验可知此种花有点枯萎, 一般表现在“叶子”上, 故答案B合适。

　　14. A. grow B. plant

　　C. cook

　　D. work

　　【解析】选D。从上文提到的花叶子的问题可知此处语境为这些花快要死了, 因此推出“没有生命力”了, 不会“运转”了, 答案D符合题意。

　　15. A. placeB. throw C. set

　　D. push

　　【解析】选A。从后面提到的them back in the bucket of water and pick up a few other large orange ones. 可知作者把这种花“放”回水桶里, 故此处答案A符合题意。

　　16. A. excited B. amazed

　　C. disappointed　D. moved

　　【解析】选B。联系上文提到的花呈现的情况以及下文出现的. . . at how beautiful and perfect they are可知作者没有意识到这些花是如此美丽, 故此处为“惊奇; 吃惊”说明作者看到这些花后的一种出乎意料的表情, 故答案B合适。

　　17. A. dream B. way

　　C. opinion D. purpose

　　【解析】选C。从此句意思分析应该是作者的一种“想法”, 就是通过花的启示, 播下美丽、亲情、希望的种子, 故答案C“建议; 主张”符合题意。

　　18. A. potential B. energy

　　C. strengthD. wisdom

　　【解析】选A。从此句提到的种子转化为人们的美丽、亲情和希望, 这些都是作者谈到的人们身上的品行, 故“潜能”意思符合作者想要表达的题意。

　　19. A. Frightened B. Astonished

　　C. Puzzled

　　D. Afraid

　　【解析】选B。从上文提到的作者选择花与众不同, 实际上作者是在帮助女店员处理一些卖不出去的花, 联系此处such small acts can bring so much joy to someone’s life作者一直强调这种做法的微不足道, 因此通过这些很小的做法出现的效应, 作者对此感到“吃惊”, 故答案B符合题意。

　　20. A. useful B. helpful

　　C. wastefulD. hopeful

　　【解析】选D。从后面提到的someone at a random flower shop can open up her heart to give beautifully wrapped flowers, free of charge for the people she’ll—never meet. 可知作者提到的人们之间的相处, 通过“废弃”与“希望”进行对比, 故答案D符合题意。

　　. 阅读理解

　　Public schools in the New York, America’s biggest city, commonly have numbers for names. But this is unusual. In the United States, the process of naming a school often involves parents and the community as well as elected school leaders. Researchers say school names can show civic values and also shape them. For example, naming a school after a historic person becomes a way to teach students about that person’s importance in history.

　　A new study examines the naming of American public schools. The study is from the Manhattan Institute, an organization that does public policy research. The study shows that fewer and fewer schools are being named after people. Instead, more schools are being named after the local area or natural features like hills, trees or animals.

　　The researchers say these changes raise questions about the civic duty of public education. They looked at seven states with twenty percent of all public school students in the country. They found similar results in every state: new schools are less likely to be named after people. This is true especially with presidents. For example, in Arizona, public schools in the past twenty years were almost fifty times more likely to be named after such things as landforms or plants.

　　School officials say they try to choose names that will not offend anyone. For example, a few years ago, the city of New Orleans banned the naming of any school after a person who owned slaves. Other school systems have rules against naming new schools after any person, living or dead.

　　The researchers say naming a school after a person can lead to important debates about democratic values. They call for more researches to identify the causes and effects of the changes in school names. The causes may include changes in American culture as well as in the political control of school systems.

　　【文章大意】一项调查表明, 美国的大多数学校已不再以人的名字命名, 更多的是考虑学校所在的地区或者自然特征等因素。学校命名方式的巨大变化, 显示了美国文化和学校制度的相应改变。

　　1. Many schools are named after some persons so that ________ .

　　A. the students can remember the schools forever

　　B. the students can learn the importance of them

　　C. the students can learn the national history very well

　　D. the students can show their civic values and attitudes

　　【解析】选B。细节理解题。第一段中的“For example, naming. . . ”是解题的主要依据。

　　2. According to the study, ________ .

　　A. more schools are named after great people

　　B. fewer schools are named after places

　　C. more schools are named after the environment where they stand

　　D. fewer schools are named after animals

　　【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段中的“. . . Instead, more schools are being named. . . ”可知C项为最佳答案。

　　3. All the followings are true EXCEPT that ________ .

　　A. some people used to have a greater effect in history

　　B. schools are less likely to be named after presidents

　　C. schools have their right to choose school names to a certain degreeD. school names are now an important problem in the USA

　　【解析】选D。推理判断题。第一段中的“For example, naming a school. . . ”说明A项是正确的; 第二段中的“The study shows that fewer and fewer. . . ”以及第三段中的“. . . less likely to be named after people. This is true especially with presidents. ”说明B项是对的; 第四段中的“School officials say. . . ”说明C项也是正确的。根据全文的内容可知, D项的意思与文意不符。

　　4. The main idea of this passage probably is that ________ .

　　A. more new schools are being built in America

　　B. school officials control all the schools now

　　C. few USA schools now are named after people

　　D. there are reasons for changes of school names

　　【解析】选C。主旨大意题。结合全文内容可知该篇主要介绍了现在美国的学校很少以人的名字命名, 并就这个话题列举了大量的例子加以说明。

　　【技法导练】

　　如何分析阅读理解中的长难句: “三步搞定长难句”

　　第一步: 如果待处理的长难句为一个复杂的单句, 可跳读修饰成分, 迅速找出主谓结构。可将长句化为短句, 将难句化为易句。具体步骤是: 先跳读修饰成分或附加成分, 找出句子的主干并理解其意义; 然后再分段理解修饰成分或附加成分。第二步: 如果待处理的长难句为一个复杂的并列句: 可先找出其中的并列连词, 然后再根据并列连词的意思理清句子前后是顺连关系还是反连关系, 是因果关系还是转折关系等, 最后再根据不同的语境关系正确理解句意。

　　第三步: 如果待处理的长难句为一个复杂的主从复合句: 可先分清主句与从句, 然后弄清从句的性质, 即弄清它是什么从句。注意: 弄清从句性质对于理解复合句的意思至关重要。

　　试分析下句:

　　For example, in Arizona, public schools in the past twenty years were almost fifty times more likely to be named after such things as landforms or plants.

　　【试一试】该句是一个简单句。可以“一步搞定”, 分析句子找出主谓结构: public schools(主语); were谓语, 其他成分迎刃而解。其中be likely to do意为“很可能做”, “fifty times more likely. . . ”表示的意思是“50多倍的可能性……”, name after意为“以……命名”。

　　【翻译】________________________________________________________

　　答案：例如, 在亚利桑那州, 在过去20年里, 公办学校有(比以往多)几乎50多倍的可能性以诸如地形或植物等事物命名。