1Unit5(时间:45分钟满分:60分)Ⅰ.单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)1.—Whyhaven'tyouboughtanybutter?—I________to,butIforgotaboutit.A.meantB.likedC.wantedD.expected答案A[考查动词词义的辨析。meantodosth打算干某事;而meanttodosth则表示本来打算干而没有干。答语为省略句,补充完整为Imeanttobuysomebutter,but...。句意:——你为什么没有买黄油?——我本来打算买的,但我忘了。]2.MadamCurie,________toscientificresearch,was________theNobelPrizetwice.A.devotedherself;awardedB.devoted;rewardedC.whodevoted;awardedD.devoted;awarded答案D[分析句子结构可知,第一空应为非谓语形式,devoteto(doing)sth常在句子中作状语,其现在分词形式应为devotingsth/oneselfto;第二空考查动词的辨析,reward奖励;给以报酬;award授予。句意:居里夫人由于献身科学研究而被两次授予诺贝尔奖。]3.Ithasbeenuniversallyacknowledgedthatthewholeworldis________stage,andallthemenandwomenaremerely________players.(2012·江苏普通高校招生预测金卷)A.the;theB.a;theC.a;/D.the;/答案C[考查冠词的用法。stage舞台,此处表示泛指概念,应用不定冠词;players表演者,为复数名词表达泛指概念,不加冠词。句意:人们普遍认为世界就是一个大舞台,而所有的人就是这个舞台上的表演者。]4.Itisreportedthatthe________inLibyaishottingup.A.strengthB.violenceC.powerD.activity答案B[考查名词词义的辨析。strength力量;力气;violence暴力;暴行;power权力;activity活动。由语境可知,B项正确。句意:据报道,利比亚的暴力行为在激化。]25.Consideringhishealth,Iadvisehimto________anhourortwoeachdaytoworkout.(2012·浙江学军中学三模)A.setaboutB.setoffC.setupD.setaside答案D[考查动词短语的辨析。setabout着手;开始;setoff出发;动身;setup成立;建立;setaside留出;暂时不考虑。句意:考虑到他的健康状况,我建议他每天抽出一到两个小时来锻炼。]6.Throughthereform,theeconomicsituationofChina________muchbetterthanitusedtobe.A.turnedintoB.turnedoffC.turnedtoD.turnedout答案D[考查动词短语的辨析。turninto变成;turnof关上;turnto转向;向……求助;turnout结果是;证明是。由语境可知D项正确。句意:通过改革,中国的经济状况比过去好多了。]7.Ifthey________whatIwassaying,they'dknowwhatIwastalkingabout.(2012·安徽蚌埠二中高三质检)A.tookthetroubletolistentoB.hadtroublelisteningtoC.takethetroubletolistentoD.havetroublelisteningto答案A[考查短语及动词时态的辨析及应用。takethetroubletodosth不辞劳苦干某事;havetrouble(in)doingsth做……有困难。由句子中的wassaying及wastalkingabout可知,空格处应用一般过去式。句意:如果他们不嫌麻烦听听我说的话的话,他们就会知道我在谈论什么了。]8.Thecoursenormallyattracts20studentsperyear,________uptohalfwillbefromabroad.(2012·海淀区高三查漏补缺试题)A.inwhichB.forwhomC.withwhichD.ofwhom答案D[考查非限制性定语从句。表示“……中的一部分”应用介词of,且先行词为students,故引导词用whom。句意:通常情况下这门课程每年吸引20名学生,其中多达一半来自海外。]9.Icanstillrecallthosedaysofmilitarytraining(军训)________werepeatedthesimpleandboring“Atease”and“Attention”.(2012·山东威海市高三模拟)A.whichB.whenC.whereD.That答案B[考查定语从句的用法。先行词为days且从句中缺少状语,故用when引导。句3意:我还记得我们军训的日子,那时候我们重复做简单又乏味的“稍息”和“立正”动作。]10.Intimewereachedastage________wehadmoreyoungreadersthanoldones.A.whereB.howC.whoD.what答案A[考查定语从句的用法。先行词为stage,意为“阶段”,且从句中缺少状语,故用where引导。句意:很快我们就达到了这样一个阶段,此时我们的年轻读者要多于老读者。]Ⅱ.阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)ATimRichterandhiswife,Linda,hadtaughtforover30yearsnearBuffalo,NewYork-heincomputers,sheinspecialeducation.“Teachingmeanseverythingtous,”Timwouldsay.InApril1998,helearnedhewouldneedaheartoperation.Itwasthekindofnewsthatleadstosomeseriousthinkingaboutlife'spurpose.Notlongafterthesurgery,TimsawabrochuredescribingImaginationLibrary,aprogramstartedbyDollyParton'sfoundation(基金会)thatmailedabookeverymonthtochildrenfrombirthtoagefiveinthesinger'shometownofSevier,Tennessee.“Ithought,maybeLindaandIcoulddosomethinglikethiswhenweretire,”Timrecalls.Heplacedthebrochureonhisdeskasareminder.Fiveyearslater,nowretiredandwiththatbrochurestillonthedesk,Timclickedonimaginationlibrary.com.Theprogramhadbeenopeneduptopartnerswhocouldtakeadvantageofbookandpostagediscounts.ThequalityofthebookswasofgreatconcerntotheRichters.Ratherthansignuponline,they\wenttoDollywoodforalooksee.“Wedidn'twanttogivethechildrenrubbish,”saysLinda.Thebooks—reviewedeachyearbyteachers,literacyspecialistsandDollywoodboardmembers—includedclassicssuchasEzraJackKeats'sTheSnowyDayandnewerbookslikeAnnaDewdney'sLlamaLlamaseries.Satisfied,thecouplesetuptheRichterFamilyFoundationandgottowork.Since2004,theyhaveshippedmorethan12,200bookstopreschoolersintheirarea.MeganWilliams,amotheroffour,ismorethanappreciative:“ThisprogramintroducesustobooksI'veneverheardof.”TheRichtersspendabout$400amonthsendingbooksto200children.“Somepeoplesitthereandwaittodie,”saysTim.“Othersgetasbusyastheycaninthetimetheyhaveleft.”【解题导语】一次大病之后,作为教师的TimRichter开始重新思考生命的意义,最后他决定学习他人在有生之年发挥余热,于是创办了一个基金会,给孩子们免费送去高质量的图书。11.WhatledTimtothinkseriouslyaboutthemeaningoflife?A.Hishealthproblem.B.Hisloveforteaching.4C.Theinfluenceofhiswife.D.ThenewsfromtheWeb.答案A[细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后两句的内容可知,是他的身体健康问题——心脏病,才使他认真思考生命的意义。故选A。]12.WhatdidTimwanttodoafterlearningaboutImaginationLibrary?A.Giveoutbrochures.B.Dosomethingsimilar.C.WritebooksforchildrenD.Retirefrombeingateacher.答案B[细节理解题。第二段告诉我们,在Tim手术后不久,他了解到ImaginationLibrary的一些信息后,他说:maybeLindaandIcoulddosomethinglikethiswhenweretire,也就是B项所说的Dosomethingsimilar。]13.Accordingtothetext,DolllyPartonis________.A.awellknownsurgeonB.amotherofafouryearoldC.asingerborninTennesseeD.acomputerprogrammer答案C[推理判断题。从第二段中“byDollyParton'sfoundation(基金会)thatmailedabookeverymonthtochildrenfrombirthtoagefiveinthesinger'shometownofSevier”可以看出:他是一名歌手,故选C。]14.WhydidtheRichtersgotoDollywood?A.Toavoidsigninguponline.B.TomeetDollywoodboardmembers.C.Tomakesurethebookswerethenewest.D.Toseeifthebookswereofgoodquality.答案D[细节理解题。文章倒数第三段解释了Richter夫妇去Dollywood的原因:ThequalityofthebookswasofgreatconcerntotheRichters,