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Unit 16 Stories Period One Warm­up & Lesson 1 课时精练（北师大版选修6，课标通用）

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Ⅰ.介副词填空

1．________ the end of the first century AD，a Roman writer called Pliny wrote ________ a terrible volcanic eruption.

2．Pliny described a cloud coming ________ the mountain，blocking ______ the sun and burying everything ______ its path.

3．This particularly sad event left a deep impression ______ Pliny.　

4．________ the century，there was a greater loss.

5．________ a way, Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment ________ history.

6．You can admire the ancient architecture and authentic objects characteristic ________ the time.

7．It is the forms of the people who were caught ________ the disaster that have made the city a monument ________ human history.

8．One can only feel sorrow and deep sympathy ________ these once­living statues.

9．Another man，lying ________ his side，looks as if he is trying to get ________.

10．________ this way，the city，which the world had once forgotten，lives ________ nearly 2,000 years after its loss.

答案　1.Around；about　2.down；out；in　3.on　4.Over　5.In；in　6.of　7.in；to　8.for　9.on；up　10.In；on

Ⅱ.单词拼写

1．The writer called Pliny w________ a terrible volcanic eruption as a young man.

2．A cloud came down and b________ out the sun.

3．The city Pompeii is like a “time capsule” p________ a frozen moment.

4．The forms of the people who were caught in the disaster made the city a m________ to human history.

5．The city once forgotten by the world lives on nearly 2,000 years after its l________.

6．Rubin b________out laughing as he read the letter.

7．A crowd g________to watch the interesting game.

8．The explosion o________at 5：23 a．m.

9．The young man lives in a world of f________.

10．She was the v________of a road accident.

答案　1.witnessed　2.blocked　3.preserving　4.monument

5．loss　6.burst　7.gathered　8.occurred　9.fantasy　10.victim

Ⅲ.翻译与仿写

1．This particularly sad event left_a_deep_impression_on Pliny.

翻译：________________________________________________________________________

仿写：他的演讲给我留下了深刻的印象。

________________________________________________________________________

2．You can admire the ancient architecture, statues, decorated walls and authentic objects characteristic_of the time.

翻译：________________________________________________________________________

仿写：刮风天是三月份的特点。

________________________________________________________________________

3．In_a_way，Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment in history.

翻译：________________________________________________________________________

仿写：在某种程度上，他做得对。

________________________________________________________________________

4．Another man，lying on his side, looks_as_if he is trying to get up.

翻译：________________________________________________________________________

仿写：他说英语很流利，好像去过美国一样。

________________________________________________________________________

5．The students were leaving the class when the teacher came in.

翻译：________________________________________________________________________

仿写：我正要出去，这时电话铃响了。

________________________________________________________________________

答案　1.这场特殊的灾难给普利尼留下深刻的印象。

His speech left a deep impression on me.

2．你可以欣赏这些古代的建筑、雕像，装饰的墙壁和那时特有的真品。

Windy days are characteristic of March.

3．从某种程度上说，庞培古城如同一粒时间胶囊，保存了历史上一段被封存了的瞬间。

In a way, what he did was right.

4．躺在他旁边的另一个人看上去好像是在试图站起来。

He speaks English fluently as if he had been to America.

5．学生们正要离开教室，这时老师进来了。

I was about to go out when the telephone rang.

Ⅳ.语篇填词

Pliny was a Roman writer who had __1__ and written about a __2__ eruption which __3__ on August 24th,79 AD and it was of Mt.Vesuvius.The tragedy had left a deep __4__ on Pliny who had lost his uncle in the accident.The people，towns and villages had been __5__ under the ashes of Mt.Vesuvius.By 1748，scientists had started to __6__ the ancient city Pompeii.It is like a “time capsule” __7__ a frozen moment in history.Not only do the buildings and authentic objects of Pompeii attract people，but also the forms of the people caught in the __8__ have made the city a __9__ to human history.The bodies of people who had died in Pompeii showed their exact __10__ of getting together for __11__ in their last hours of life.Today，since excavations started，people and scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more about the __12__.In this way，the city，which the world had once forgotten，__13__ nearly 2,000 years after its __14__.

1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________

5．________ 6.________ 7.________ 8.________

9．________ 10.________ 11.________ 12.________

13．________ 14.________

答案　1.witnessed　2.volcanic　3.occurred　4.impression

5．buried　6.dig out　7.preserving　8.disaster　9.monument

10．shapes　11.protection　12.ancient world　13.lives on

14．loss

Ⅴ.单项填空

1．Around the end of the first century AD，________ Roman writer called Pliny wrote about ________ terrible volcanic eruption.

A．a；the B．a；a C．the；a D．the；the

答案　B　[考查冠词。由句意知两处都是泛指，故选B。]

2．A Roman writer called Pliny ________ a terrible volcanic eruption when he was a young man.

A．reported B．impressed

C．appreciated D．witnessed

答案　D　[report“报道”；impress“给……留下印象”；appreciate“欣赏，感激”；witness“目击”。根据句意应选D。]

3．________，Pompeii is like a “time capsule” preserving a frozen moment in history.

A．In the way B．In a way

C．On the way D．By the way

答案　B　[in the way“挡道”；in a way“从某种程度上”；on the way“在去……路上”；by the way“顺便说”。由句意可知选B。]

4．One person，________ alone，looks like he is praying.

A．sit B．sits C．sat D．sitting

答案　D　[sitting alone分词短语作定语，修饰one person。]

5．Now ________ you walk along the streets of the city，time ________.

A．as；remembers B．when；reminds

C．as；rewinds D．when；recovers

答案　C　[句意：如今，当你沿着城中的街道漫步时，时间回到了过去。由第一空知as或when都可以，表示“当……时候”。第二空：remember“记住”；remind“使……想起”；rewind“倒回”；recover“恢复”。只有rewind符合句意。故应选C。]

6．Seeing the road ________ with snow, we had to spend the holiday at home, watching TV.

A．blocking B．having blocked

C．blocked D．to be blocked

答案　C　[考查句型“see sth done”。]

7．It is not who is right but what is right ________is of importance.

A．which B．it C．that D．this

答案　C　[考查强调句型。]

8．He opened his mouth as if ________the truth.

A．he will tell B．to tell

C．telling D．he were to tell

答案　B　[句意：他张开嘴好像要说出真相一样。]

9．—Why are you so late?

—I was in half the way when it________to me that I had left my notebook home，so I had to fetch it.

A．occurred B．hit

C．happened D．reminded

答案　A　[答句句意：半路上，我突然想起来笔记本丢在家里了，所以不得不去取。]

10．It’s the duty of the police to________the public order.

A．prevent B．present C．preserve D．prepare

答案　C　[句意：维持社会秩序是警察的职责。preserve保护；保持，维持。其他三项皆不符合题意。]

11．He abandoned himself to________computer games，________made his mother worried.

A．play；which B．playing；which

C．play；that D．playing；that

答案　B　[句意：他沉溺于电脑游戏的这件事使他母亲非常担心。第一空应为abandon oneself to doing sth 结构；第二空为一个非限制性定语从句，用which引导。]

12．The house has a(n)________over the sea.

A．image B．view C．sight D．outlook

答案　B　[句意：这所房子可以观赏到海景。image指“想像”或心中的“影像，意象”；view“眼界，视野”。view另外还可以表示“观点，风景”等；sight“视野”，强调视域本身，是不可数名词；outlook“景象”，指由里向外看到的景色。]

13．The plastic flowers look as if they________.

A．are real B．had been real

C．was real D．were real

答案　D　[as if引导的表语从句，用虚拟语气，主句为一般现在时，从句用过去时，从句中的be动词无论什么人称均用were。]

14．When she heard from the hospital that her father had died，she________into tears.

A．burst B．went C．exploded D．fell

答案　A　[burst into tears放声大哭。]

15．The high building will be________to make way for the new road.

A．put down B．knocked down

C．knocked up against D．knocked over

答案　B　[句意：为了修新路，高楼将要被拆除。put down放下，写下，记下，使(飞机)降落；让(某人)下车；knock down拆除；撞倒；击落；knock up against碰撞；同……冲突。knock over撞倒。]

Ⅵ.完形填空

I did very badly at school.My headmaster thought I was__1__and when I was 14, he said, “You’re never going to be__2__but a failure.”

After five years of__3__jobs，I fell in love with a very nice middle­class girl.It was the best__4__that could have happened to me.I__5__I would do something positive (积极的)with my life because I wanted to prove to__6__that what people said about me was__7__.Especially her mother，who had said to me，“Let’s __8__it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my __9__and went to college.My first novel__10__while I was at college.

After college I taught during the__11__in high schools and attended evening classes at London University，where I got a__12__in history.I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of__13__that job to write full­time__14__I was offered a part­time job at Leeds University.I began to feel proud of myself－__15__was a working­class boy who’d__16__school early，now teaching at the university.

My writing career (职业)took off when I discovered my own style.Now I’m rich and__17__，have been on TV，and met lots of film stars.__18__what does it mean？I__19__wish all the people that have put me down had__20__：“I believe in you.You’ll succeed.”

1．A.bright B．useless C．simple D．hopeful

答案　B　[useless无用的。从上文“I did very badly at school.”可以看出，作者给校长的印象是“无用的”。]

2．A.anything B．something

C．everything D．nothing

答案　A　[根据never可判断要选anything。never/not be anything but表示“除……之外什么也不是”。]

3．A.low B．poor C．good D．useful

答案　B　[根据上文中的badly可判断出作者的学业很差，做的工作自然也是不理想的，用poor；low不可直接修饰jobs，可说low­paid jobs。]

4．A.support B．happiness

C．surprise D．thing

答案　D　[thing事情。爱上一个中产阶级的女孩对作者来说是最好的事情。]

5．A.admitted B．decided C．planned D．told

答案　B　[decide决定。根据其宾语可判断出这是作者作出的决定。admit承认；plan计划；tell告诉。]

6．A.me B．them C．her D．it

答案　C　[her指上文提到的那个中产阶级的女孩。]

7．A.wrong B．right C．stupid D．faulty

答案　A　[向女孩证明人们说的是错误的。]

8．A.see B．know

C．understand D．face

答案　D　[face正视。让我们正视这件事吧，你做每件事都是失败的。]

9．A.experiment B．practice

C．writing D．composition

答案　C　[根据下文中的“my first novel”可判断出作者要用自己的写作来证明别人的话是错误的。]

10．A.came on B．came in

C．came out D．came back

答案　C　[come out出版，发行。第一本小说是在上大学时出版发行的。come on继续前进；come in进来；come back回来。]

11．A.day B．night C．month D．year

答案　A　[根据下文“attended evening classes”可判断出是在白天教学。]

12．A.graduation B．pass

C．degree D．success

答案　C　[get a degree in history在历史学方面获得学位。]

13．A.giving in B．giving back

C．giving out D．giving up

答案　D　[give up放弃。作者考虑辞去工作做一名专业作家。give in屈服；give back还回；give out分发。]

14．A.while B．if C．when D．or

答案　C　[when就在这时。这时得到一份兼职工作。]

15．A.there B．here C．it D．that

答案　B　[here is(are，was，were)这儿有。有一个努力工作的男孩。作者对自己目前的状况感到骄傲。]

16．A.left B．attended

C．changed D．graduated

答案　A　[从上文可以看出由于作者在学校里成绩很差，过早地离开了学校。]

17．A.tried B．calm C．nervous D．famous

答案　D　[famous出名。根据下文“...have been on TV，and met lots of film stars.”可判断出作者出名了。]

18．A.And B．But C．However D．Well

答案　B　[but表示转折。虽然出了名，但这意味着什么呢？however表示“然而”时，要用逗号与句子分开。]

19．A.just B．exactly C．so D．very

答案　A　[just仅仅，只是。表达了作者唯一的希望。]

20．A.praised B．said

C．answered D．advised

答案　B　[根据直接引语可确定选said。我唯一希望的是那些曾使我灰心丧气的人说：“我信任你。你会成功。”这是作者通过自己的经验得出的结论。]

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