素能提升演练（三十九）
选修8 Unit 4
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. I have a __________(可怕的)feeling that we’re going to miss the plane.
2. Nothing of ________(评论)has happened since you left.
3. Don’t ________(犹豫)to tell us if you have a problem.
4. The books in the library are _________（分类）according to subjects.
5. If you think you can drink so much without damaging your health, then you’re ________(错误的).
6. He is younger than you, but he is ________（优秀的）to you.
7. The interior decoration of the house is a _____________(折衷) between Chinese and foreign styles.
8. These two brothers decided to go to America to try their __________（运气）.
9. It is easy to _________(忽视)a small detail like that.
10. She is devoting herself to the __________(改编本)of a novel.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1. Look at this girl with her terrible English: the English that will _____her to the gutter to the end of her days.
A. condemn B. fail C. convince D. defeat
2. —Why was the student laughed at by classmates?
—He must have _____what the teacher said in class.
A. recognized B. grasped
C. mistaken D. achieved
3. —How long do you think the terrible snow will_____?
—Sorry, I didn’t listen to the weather forecast.
A. get through B. cast down
C. fade out D. keep up
4. ［2012马鞍山模拟］If you should ever need something, don’t _____to contact me. I’ll do my best to help you.
A. attempt B. afford
C. hesitate D. desire
5. The charity aims to provide assistance for people ____.
A. in demand B. in need
C. into trouble D. in need of
6.［2012池州模拟］She is only a(n)______, not a friend of mine.
A. acquaintance B. familiarity
C. announcement D. family
7. ［2012菱湖模拟］—What do you think of their marriage?
— ____, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.
A. Generally speaking B. I have no idea
C. To be honest D. To my surprise
8. Chongqing and Wuhan are among the most important cities in China ____ their size and population.
A. in favor of B. in case of
C. in view of D. in terms of
9. After having failed many times, the young man refused to try it______.
A. again and again B. once more
C. less D. over and over again
10. ［2012苏州模拟］The students, if well _____, will pass the exam without much difficulty.
A. prepared B. preparing
C. to prepare D. ready
11. People who work in libraries spend a lot of time _____books.
A. classifying B. expanding
C. increasing D. promoting
12. Beethoven is my favorite musician. I regard him_____ other musicians.
A. more superior to B. more superior
C. superior to D. superior than
13. Three days after Mrs White’s _____ necklace was found, she was____ it.
A. losing; robbed B. missed; robbed of
C. missing; robbed of D. lost; robbed
14.［2012长春模拟］My father always brings me some small nice gifts ___he returns home from his business trip.
A. by the time B. every time
C. the first time D. all the time
15. The millionaire passed away, leaving his children with a large_____ .
A. fortune B. luck C. money D. amount
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
(A)
Based on Sue Monk Kidd’s best-selling novel, The Secret Life of Bees is a movie of hope and faith for even the unloved and oppressed(受压迫的). Just as in the book, young Lily’s thoughts sound and read like poetry, from the first moment when her room fills with bees.
The movie tells the story of the young white girl who runs away from her cruel father. Lily convinces Rosaleen, the black housekeeper to escape with her, after Rosaleen is beaten when she attempts to vote. When Lily asks Rosaleen why she risked her life standing up to the angry men who wanted to kill her, she hears “Giving in to them would be just another way of dying”.
That’s Lily’s story, too. She finally stands up to her father. They come to Tiburon, a town whose name is written on a label(标签)from a jar belonging to her mother before her death.
In Tiburon, there is no place where Rosaleen can eat or stay, despite the fact that President Johnson just signed the Civil Rights act in 1964. (It’s still just a piece of paper, Rosaleen says. )So Lily goes in to buy food for them, and sees the jar on sale. When Lily finds out it’s made right there in a farmhouse, they go there and ask for help.
The goodhearted August who runs a successful company, offers them the honey house to live in. From August, Lily learns honey business and a life lesson from the bees. She sees a world where intelligence, independence and culture are honored and rewarded. She watches Rosaleen begin to understand that the dream of freedom from oppression she gave up when she was beaten is now possible for her. It is August who helps Lily see that love is all around her and all the others.
1. The story of the Lily is mainly developed by _____.
A. time B. space
C. examples D. comparison
2. What does Rosaleen really want to get?
A. Better pay and honey business.
B. Equal rights and freedom.
C. The right to be voted as president.
D. Enough food and houses.
3. We can conclude that the story of Lily happened ____.
A. in modern America
B. in the 1960s in North America
C. when the black owned equal rights in America
D. before the independence of America
4. The passage is written to _____.
A. advertise a book
B. explain the secret of bees’ life
C. introduce a movie
D. tell about American politics
(B)
When Josephine Cooper was growing up, she learned the importance of charity from her parents. Although they made a modest living for their family of 10, they insisted on sharing with those less fortunate.
Half a century later, Mrs. Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank, where she devoted herself to helping others. She organized and ran a distribution center from a church, helping it become the organization’s largest emergency food distribution center in San Diego. She was one of 25 outstanding senior volunteers in the nation selected and invited Washington D. C. to receive the award.
“She was the main person who helped us make that program grow, ” said Mike Doody, former director of the Food Bank. “She had a way of getting people to work together and to work hard. She was determined and stubborn, but in a good way. She had a good heart. ” People knew her as “Grandma” because of her selflessness and her devotion to helping hungry children and families. “She reminded people of their Grandma. ” Doody said.
As a widow with a young child in 1979, Mrs. Cooper was helped through a difficult financial time when the Food Bank provided her with groceries. “She dedicated her life to giving back, ” said her daughter, Monica Cooper. It wasn’t unusual for a local church to call Mrs. Cooper to ask her to aid a needy family. “She would give people food out of her cupboard. Sometimes we would cook a meal for a frailly living out of their car, ” Cooper said.
Although Mrs. Cooper was honored to receive the national award for her volunteer work, she said being able to help others was her reward. She died of liver disease and kidney failure, aged 93.
5. The underlined word “charity” in Paragraph 1 refers to_____ .
A. offering help B. donating money
C. providing services D. showing sympathy
6. The San Diego Food Bank is meant to____ .
A. distribute food in case of emergency
B. help hungry children and families
C. give basic first-aid treatment
D. train some senior volunteers
7. Which of the following is TRUE of Mrs. Cooper?
A. She died at an early age.
B. She refused the national award.
C. She was kind and devoted.
D. She was not easy to get along with.
8. From what Monica Cooper said, we know that ______.
A. she is in financial trouble
B. she was finally rewarded
C. she once misunderstood her mother
D. she thinks highly of her mother
答案解析
Ⅰ. 1. horrible 2. remark 3. hesitate 4. classified 5. mistaken
6. superior 7. compromise 8. fortune 9. overlook 10. adaptation
Ⅱ. 1.【解析】选A。句意：看看这位英语糟糕的女孩，这会使她注定要生活在贫民区一辈子了。condemn使……注定；convince使确信；defeat打败; fail失败。
2.【解析】选C。考查动词词义辨析。句意：——同学们为何都笑话那个学生？——他一定是理解错了老师在课上讲的内容。mistake弄错，错误地理解，符合句意。recognize辨认, 听出……的声音; grasp 抓住; achieve完成。
3. 【解析】选D。考查动词短语辨析。句意：——你认为这场大雪还要下多久？——对不起，我没听天气预报。由How long 可知要选表示时间持续的短语。keep up保持，持续，符合句意。get through接通电话；cast down沮丧；fade out渐淡。
4.【解析】选C。句意：如果你需要什么东西，别犹豫，联系我。我会尽力帮助你的。hesitate犹豫；attempt企图；afford承受得起，买得起；desire想要。
5.【解析】选B。句意：这个慈善机构的宗旨是向贫困者提供帮助。in need表示“(食物、钱或生活来源的）短缺，缺乏”, 符合句意。in need of中of后需加宾语。in demand表示“需求大”，不符合句意。into trouble经常与run, get等构成短语run/get into trouble, 表示“陷入困境”，但into trouble一般不作定语修饰名词。
6.【解析】选A。句意：她只是我的一个熟人，不是朋友。acquaintance熟人；familiarity熟悉；announcement宣布，宣言；family家庭。
7.【解析】选C。句意：——你认为他们的婚姻怎样？——说实话，如果我是凯特，我不会嫁给他。to be honest说实话；generally speaking一般而言；I have no idea我不知道；to my surprise令我惊讶的是。
8.【解析】选D。考查in terms of的用法。句意：就规模和人口来说，重庆和武汉是中国最重要的城市之一。in favor of支持；in case of万一；in view of鉴于，考虑到；in terms of就……来说。
9.【解析】选B。考查副词（短语）辨析。句意：经历了许多次失败后那位年轻人拒绝再试一次。once more再一次，符合句意。again and again再三地; less更少; over and over again再三，一再地。
10. 【解析】选A。考查状语从句的省略。完整结构为：if they are well prepared, . . . 。be well prepared准备好。主从句主语一致，且从句中含有be，可将从句的主语与be省略。
11.【解析】选A。考查动词词义辨析。句意：图书馆的工作人员花很长时间把书分类。classify分类；expand扩展；increase提高；promote提升。
12.【解析】选C。考查superior的用法。句意：贝多芬是我最喜欢的音乐家。我认为他优于其他音乐家。be superior to优于，是固定搭配。
13. 【解析】选C。句意：怀特夫人丢失的项链找到三天后，项链又被抢了。missing, lost都可作形容词表示“丢失的”；rob sb. of sth. 抢劫某人某物，其被动结构为sb. be robbed of sth.
14.【解析】选B。考查状语从句的连词。句意：每次父亲出差回家，总是会给我带来一些漂亮的小礼物。by the time后接状语从句，根据状语从句时态不同，主句要用过去完成或将来完成时态；the first time引导时间状语从句，从句的动作应发生在过去，要用一般过去时；every time表示经常性的动作，用一般现在时；all the time在句中作时间状语，但不能引导状语从句。
15.【解析】选A。考查名词词义辨析。句意：这个百万富翁去世了，留给他的孩子们一大笔财富。fortune财富；luck运气；money钱；amount数量，总额。根据句意排除B、D；又因money为不可数名词，不与a连用，排除C，故选A。
Ⅲ.【文章大意】文章介绍了由小说改编而成的电影The Secret Life of Bees的故事大意以及创作背景。
1.【解析】选A。推理判断题。文章中叙述的故事是按照故事发展的先后顺序展开描述的，即由Lily对父亲的反叛出走，到Tiburon遇见August, 最终解决问题，完成大结局。
2.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章叙述的有关Rosaleen挨打的故事以及她的观点“Giving in to them would be just another way of dying”可以推断她代表的是美国的黑人，她所要求的是自由和平等的权利。
3.【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章信息，尤其是第二段叙述的黑人Rosaleen要求选举却被打以及第四段中的“the fact that President Johnson just signed the Civil Rights act in 1964. (It’s still just a piece of paper, Rosaleen says. )”等判断，故事发生在美国南北战争之后，总统President Johnson发布the Civil Rights act之后，也就是in the 1960s in North America。
4.【解析】选C。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了电影The Secret Life of Bees的故事大意，提到的书名只是本电影的改编出处。电影的名字是The Secret Life of Bees，但内容不是讲述蜜蜂生活秘密的；电影反映了美国当时的政治背景，但不是本文的主题。
5.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据第二段首句“Half a century later, Mrs. Cooper became a beloved volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank, where she devoted herself to helping others. ”可知，文中charity的意思是helping others，故A项正确。
6.【解析】选B。推理判断题。结合文章第二段的第二句、第三段的倒数第二句以及第四段的第一句可知，该机构致力于帮助饥饿人群，而在紧急情况下分发食物只是该机构的一项工作，故B项正确。
7.【解析】选C。推理判断题。A、B两项根据文章最后一段可排除；人们亲切地称她Grandma，所以可以排除D项；通读全文可知Cooper是一个善良、乐于奉献的人，故C项正确。
8.【解析】选D。细节理解题。倒数第二段第二句“She dedicated her life to giving back”是她对母亲的高度评价。故D项正确。
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