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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．—Youseemedtobeverysurprisedatthenewsthathewon.—Notexactly.Itwashiscourage________hisskill________reallystruckme.(宁阳四中高三检测)A．aswellas;thatB．otherthan;thatC．ratherthan;whichD．and;which答案B[考查短语辨析和固定句式。句意：——看起来你对他获胜的消息感到意外。——不是的，除了他的技术，是他的勇气的确打动了我。otherthan除了；不同于；aswellas与……一样；也；ratherthan而不是。Itwas...that...构成强调句式。]2．Thegovernmenthastakenmeasuresto________thehighpricesofdailygoodstokeepthemarketstable.A．takedownB．bringdownC．handdownD．teardown答案B[考查动词短语辨析。A项意为“取下；写下；拆除”；B项意为“击落；降低(价格等)”；C项意为“传递”；D项意为“拆除；弄倒”。句意：政府已经采取措施降低日用品价格以保持市场稳定。]3．ItwasMrZhangthathelpedusoutofthetrouble.Withouthishelp,we________itsoeasily.A．can'tmanageB．mustn'thavemanagedC．couldn'thavemanagedD．couldn'tmanage答案C[考查虚拟语气。句意：是张先生帮我们摆脱了困境。要是没有他的帮助，我们就不可能这么轻易完成。]4．WhenIstudyEnglish,Iliketoputmydictionary________myreachsothatIcanrefertoitwhennecessary.(江苏沙溪高三月考)A．outofB．beyondC．withinD．in答案C[考查介词搭配。withinone'sreach在某人能够得着的地方或范围内。句意：当我学习英语时，我喜欢把字典放在能够得着的地方以便需要时随时查阅。]5．Beforeyou________thedesignofthisproduct,youneedtostudythemarketcarefully.(2012·山东曲阜一中高三摸底)A．memoriseB．confirm2C．orderD．express答案B[考查动词词义辨析。memorise记忆；记住；confirm批准；确认；order命令；express表达；表示。句意：在你批准该产品的设计前，你需要对市场进行研究。]6．Whenaskedwhyheprefersbikestobuses,theprofessorsaid,“Ridingabicycletakes________halfanhour,butit'smoreconvenientandenvironmentallyfriendly.”A．absolutelyB．accuratelyC．approximatelyD．exactly答案C[考查副词词义辨析。absolutely绝对地；完全地；accurately准确无误地；approximately大约；exactly准确地。句意：……骑自行车大约需要半个小时，但更加方便和环保。]7．Whenhewascriticized,Jackclaimedthatitwasoutsidehis________ofresponsibility.A．rangeB．dimensionC．fieldD．distance答案A[考查名词词义辨析。range范围；限度；dimension(长、宽、高等)量度；field(某学科、活动等的)领域或范围；场地；distance距离。句意：当杰克受到批评时，他声明那超出了他的责任范围。]8．Isn'titthetimethatthegovernment________measurestopreventtheenvironmentfromgettingworse?A．takeB．takesC．tookD．willtake答案C[考查虚拟语气。“Itis(high)time＋从句”意为“是时间做某事了”，从句谓语动词多用“should＋动词原形”或动词的一般过去时态。句意：难道不是政府采取措施阻止环境恶化的时候了吗？]9．________isnopossibility________shecanfinishthetaskintwohours.(2012·枣庄十八中高三月考)A．There;thatB．It;thatC．There;whetherD．It;whether答案A[考查固定句式。that引导同位语从句修饰possibility。句意：她不可能在两个小时之内完成任务。]10．Notuntilthethirddayaftertheterribleearthquake________aphonecallfromhismother.A．hereceivedB．didhereceiveC．didn'thereceiveD．hadhereceived答案B[考查倒装结构。notuntil引导的时间状语置于句首，主句应用部分倒装结构。句意：直到可怕的地震发生了三天之后他才接到了母亲的电话。]Ⅱ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)3AIntheearly1950s，researchersfoundthatpeoplescoredloweronintelligencetestsiftheyspokemorethanonelanguage.Researchinthesixtiesfoundtheopposite.Bilingualpeoplescoredhigherthanmonolinguals，peoplewhospeakonlyonelanguage.Sowhichisit?ResearcherspresentedtheirneweststudieslastmonthatameetingoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience.Thelatestevidenceshowsthatbeingbilingualdoesnotnecessarilymakepeoplesmarter.ButresearcherEllenBialystoksaysitprobablydoesmakeyoubetteratcertainskills.EllenBialystoksaid，“Imaginedrivingdownthehighway.There'remanythingsthatcouldcapture(捕获)yourattentionandyoureallyneedtobeabletomonitor(监视)allofthem.Whywouldbilingualismmakeyouanybetteratthat？”Andtheanswer，shesays，isthatbilingualpeopleareoftenbetteratcontrollingtheirattention—afunctioncalledtheexecutivecontrolsystem.Ms.BialystokisapsychologyprofessoratYorkUniversityinToronto，Canada.ShesaysthebestmethodtomeasuretheexecutivecontrolsystemiscalledtheStroopTest.Apersonisshownwordsindifferentcolors.Thepersonhastoignorethewordbutsaythecolor.Theproblemisthatthewordsareallnamesofcolors.EllenBialystoksaid，“Soyouwouldhavethewordbluewritteninred，butyouhavetosayred.Butblueissosalient(显著的)，it'sjustlightingupallthesecircuitsinyourbrain，andyoureallywanttosayblue.Soyouneedamechanism(机制)tooverridethatsothatyoucansayred.That'stheexecutivecontrolsystem.”Herworkshowsthatbilingualpeoplecontinuallypracticethisfunction.Theyhaveto，becausebothlanguagesareactiveintheirbrainatthesametime.Theyneedtosuppressonetobeabletospeakintheother.Thismentalexercisemighthelpinotherways，too.Researcherssaybilingualchildrenarebetterabletoseparateawordfromitsmeaning，andmorelikelytohavefriendsfromdifferentcultures.BilingualadultsareoftenfourtofiveyearslaterthanothersindevelopingdementiaorAlzheimer'sdisease.【解题导语】本文是一篇中等难度的科普说明文。最新的研究表明，说双语的人不一定比说一种语言的人聪明，但是他们的某些技能水平更高。11．What'sthemainideaofthetext?A．Bilingualpeoplearesmarter.B．Monolingualpeoplearesmarter.C．Bilingualpeoplearebetteratsomeskills.D．Bilingualpeoplehavelongerlives.答案C[主旨大意题。可根据全文的主题句(第二段的最后一句)去理解。]412．Theunderlinedword“override”inParagraph6probablymeans________.A．payattentiontoB．takenonoticeofC．takeaninterestinD．takecareof答案B[词义猜测题。根据上下文可猜出override在此处的含义为“不予理睬”(＝takenonoticeof)。]13．IntheStroopTest，supposingyouhavethewordyellowwritteninwhite，youwillhavetosay________.A．whiteB．yellowC．blueD．red答案A[细节理解题。根据第六段的关键信息Soyouwouldhavethewordbluewritteninred，butyouhavetosayred.去推断。]14．WhichgroupofpeoplecanmostlikelypasstheStroopTest?A．PeoplewhocanspeakonlyChinese.B．PeoplewhocanspeakonlyJapanese.C．Peoplewhocanspeakmorethanonelanguage.D．PeoplewhocanspeakonlyEnglish.答案C[细节理解题。根据第四段中的关键信息bilingualpeopleareoftenbetteratcontrollingth