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实战练习Passage1—Tens ofthousands ofbaby penguinsface starvationafter twogiant icebergsbroke offthe Antarcticice sheetandblocked theirparents roadto thefeeding areas.Adeline andemperor penguinsnesting onthe Rossisland rookeriesarenow forcedto walklong distancesover theicebergs toobtain foodfor theirchicks,born duringtheNovember-December breedingseason.What doesthe underlinedword“obtain probably meanA.eat B.get C.sell D.buyPassage2A mansposition amongthe black-tent peopledepends onhis ancestors,relatives,and fellowtribesmen.Ifthey arehonored,he isalso honored.If theyare disgraced,he toois disgraced.Therefore onecarefully guardsthe(宗系),honor ofhis family,his lineageand histribe.The word“disgrace meansin thistext.A.honor B.endanger C.proud D.shamePassage3The rulerhad beenso crueland dishonestthat afterthe revolutionhe wasbanished.A fewmembers of the(参议院)Senate opposedthis decision,but themajority votedthat theruler shouldleave thecountry forever.The underlinedword banishedmean.A.killed bystoning B.sent awayC.imprisoned D.punished bywhippingPassage4My firstjob was to drivethe oxenthat ploughedthe canefields.I wouldwalk behindan ox,guiding himwitha broomstick.For$1a day,I workedeight hoursstraight,with nofood breaks.It wasvery tediouswork,but itpreparedme forlife andtaught memany lastinglessons.Because theplantation ownerswere alwayswatching us,Ihad to be ontime everyday andwork ashard asI could.What doesthe underlinedword tediousprobablymeanA.interesting B.tiresome C.relaxing D.challengingPassage5Although heoften hadthe chance,Mr.Brown wasnever ableto stealmoney froma customer.This wouldendangeredhis positionat thebank,and he did notwant tojeopardize hisfuture.The word“jeopardize meansin thistext.A.protect B.endanger C.continue D.Stop练习二
1.He hadbeen gettingbetter,but duringthe nighthis conditiondeteriorated.A.get worseB.improve C.was recordedD.developed
2.The youngman failedin hisexperiment.He seemedto havelost allhis hope.Just atthat timehis fathercame tohelphim,saying,dont despair,child.If youwork harder,youll succeedin theend.”A.to failin theexperiment B.to helpsomeoneC.to succeedin theend D.to lostones hope
3.There was a talk between anEnglish visitor and aChinese leader.The visitorcould speak nothing butEnglish,and theleader couldspeak onlyChinese.They couldntunderstand each other.How couldthey talkonnow camean interpreter,who couldspeak bothChinese andEnglish.So thetalkbetweenthe Englishvisitorandthe Chineseleaderwent onwith thehelp of the interpreter.A.a thingwhich givesquick translation of words spoken in another languageB.a personwho givesan immediatetranslationofwordsspokenin anotherlanguage9C.a personwho canspeak nothingbut EnglishD.a personwho canspeaknothingbut Chinese
4.There isa legendthat,long agoon Qing-Ming holiday,a youngman namedXu Xianwas comingback homewhensuddenly itstarted torain heavily.He ranat onceto anold treeso asto keepout of the rain.When hereachedthe tree,he sawa beautifullady andher servantstanding there.The youngman andthe beautifullady fellin lovewitheachotherat firstsight.A.a letterfrom EnglandB.a storyfrom oldtimesC.a bookby LuXunD.a novelby CharlesDickens
5.The youngman wasbashful thathedidnot speakto thepretty girl.A.afraid B.shocked C.shy D.surprised
6.When GeorgeWashington wasquite alittle boy,he choppeddown theyoung treehis fatherloved best.Thismade hisfather veryangry.Later,the boytold hisfather thetruth thathe hadcut downthe tree.And thismade hisfatherhappy.A.to shopB.to makeC.to cutD.to love
7.A groupof soldiers were goingto fightwith the enemy in the village.In orderto win the battlethe officerhad toordertwo soldiersto goscout thevillage atnight,because hewondered howmany soldiersthere werein thevillage,and wheretheenemysoldierswerehiding.A.to lookfor a place tolive inB.to searcha place to getinformationC.to leaveaplacefor anotheroneD.to getto aplacetoattend ameeting
8.Researchers areworried aboutthe increasingpressure onpilots andground controllers.And increasingcollisions,occurring ator nearan airport,have calledattention tothe needfor moreaids toaviation control.A.accidents inwhich twoplanes hiteach otherB.misunderstanding betweenpilots andground controllersC.quarrels amongpassengersD.breakdowns ofnew typesof instrument
9.Mrs.White losthis husbandnot longago.It isnow difficultfor thewidow tofeed afamily offour becauseshehas nojob andis givenonly alittle moneyby thegovernment.A.a windowwhose glassis brokenB.a womanwhose husbandis deadC.a manwhose wifeis deadD.a childwhose parentsare dead
10.His grandfatherwas ashepherd inthose days.His jobwastotake careof sheepfor thelandlord.He wasmade toworklong hours,but givenlittle toeat.A.a personwho looksafter childrenB.a personwho looksafter sheepC.a personwho workslong hoursD.a personwho haslittle toeat练习三1弓|语An advertisementis justlike aSomebody Elsesays quotationinanews story.The newspaperdoesnot saythat what the advertiser says is true.All the newspaper says is,“This iswhat theadvertiser says.To findoutwhether it istrueor notwill beleft tothe reader.All thestatements in the adsare theadvertisers statements,not thepapers.Q:What doesSomebody Else”in the paragraph refertoA.The editorof thepaper.B.The readerofthepaper.C.The authorofthepassage.D.The advertiseroftheads.2Emma hadnever readit,nor hadshe everpurchased acopy.But,when sheopened itup,she wasfloored toseeher ownname andaddress insidethe cover,in herown handwriting.It turnedout thatthe summerbefore,at aconcertback inMontreal,Emma hadmet aCalifornian whowas intown visitingfriends.They decidedto exchangeaddresses,but neitherof themhad anypaper.The manhad openedup abook hewas carryingin hisbackpack andaskedEmma towrite hername andaddress inside.When hereturned toCalifornia,he leftthe bookbehind inMontreal,and hisfriend Alexkept it.When Alexlater relocatedto Jerusalem,he tookthe now-treasured bookalong.Q:What doesthe underlinedword“floored”in theparagraph meanA.interested B.shocked C.frightened D.excited3Oxygen isvital tolife;it isneeded bythe bodycells ofall animals.It isalso veryuseful inindustry.Themethod Priestleyused producesonly smallquantities.The largeamounts neededfor industryare producedin adifferentway.Air isput intocontainers undergreat pressure.This turnsit intoliquid andmakes itvery cold.It isthengradually warmedup andeach substanceevaporates at a differenttemperature.The boilingpoint ofoxygen is-183℃.It iscaught andstored instrong steelcylinders at a pressureof136atmospheres.The processis knownasfractional distillation.Q:Which wordhas therough meaningof“vitalA.important B.useful C.helpful D.interesting4These differentkinds oflearning disabilitiesare knownby differentnames.For example,a personwho hasdifficultyreading mayhave dyslexia.Someone whocannot domathematics mayhave adisorder called计算困难.dyscalculiaQ:The underlinedword dyslexia“intheparagraph probably means.A.difficulty inseeing B.problem inreadingC.trouble inlistening D.brain disorder5A childs birthday party doesnt have tobe a hassle;it canbe abasket offun,according toBeth Anaclerio,anEvaston motherof two,ages4and18months.Q:What doesthe underlinedword“hassle probablymeaninthe paragraphA.a partydesigned byspecialistsB.a planrequiring carefulthoughtC.a situationcausing difficultyor troubleD.a demandmade byguests6气氛,And ifyouve gatheredyour friendsaround youto rebuilda happyfamily atmosphere you mayfear一that sayingno willbring backthe kindof conflictyou grewup withor destroythe niceatmosphereyounowenjoy.Q:The underlinedword“conflict intheparagraphmeans.A.dependent lifeB.fierce fightC.bad mannersD.painful feeling7;“She isashamed and embarrassed butdoesnt reallyhave anyexplanation why she didthisMiss Duffsaid.She didntintend to steal whenshe wentinto thestore.She isat a loss to explain it.She isotherwise averyrespectable andintelligent younglady.She wentto herdoctor andasked for advice becauseshe wantsto knowifthere isanything inparticular thatcaused herto dothis.”Q:What doesthe underlinedsentence“She isataloss toexplain itmeanA.In heropinion itwasaloss tothe clothesshops whereshe stole things.B.She doesnthave anyidea whyshe hasthe desiretostealfrom shops.C.She thinksitisalossfor hertoexplainwhyshestolethingsfrom shops.D.Personally shefeels ashamedandembarrassedfor hershoplifting actions.8One ofthe best-known sayingsmust be“Early tobed andearly torise makesa manhealthy,wealthy andwisdom”.The promisesof health,wealth,and wisdomto thosewho jointhe teamsof earlyretirees andrises mustbeparticularly pleasingto manypeople inour modernsociety.Q:The underlinedword“retiree”here refers to.A.people whogive uptheir workB.people whohave alot offree timeC.people whogo tobed D.people wholive ina quietplace9思想过日寸的The reasonsforavisit tolighthouse arenot allso backward-looking intime.It istrue thatlighthouseswere builtin out-of-the-way places.But ona pleasantsunny summerday,this veryisolation hasanatural beautythat manypeople willlove toexperience.Q:The underlinedphrase out-of-the-way“probablymeans.A.far-away B.dangerous C.ancient D.secret10Our ownnative languageand cultureare somuch apart ofus thatwe takethem forgranted.When wetravel toanothercountry,its asif wecarry alongwith ourpassports.We viewthenewenvironment usingour ownculture asthestandard,and althoughnot purposely,our waysof thinkingand actingoften getintheway ofour understanding视角other languagesand cultures.The abilityand willingnessto changelenses whenwe lookatadifferent cultureisboth thecure andprevention forsuch culturalblindness.Studying anew languageprovides usthe opportunitiesto土practise changinglenses whenwe alsolearn the context orthe cultureto whichbelongs.Q:The underlinedword itinthelast sentencerefersto.A.thecontextB.the cultureC.the languageD.the opportunity实战练习1-5BDBBB练习二1-5ADBBC6-10CBABB练习三1根据下文中可推知,文章中的Do Allthe newspapersaysis,“This iswhattheadvertisersays.”Somebody指的是做广告的人Else2从上文可知,在一个从未到过的地方,在一本从未读过的书的封面,看到自己亲笔写的姓名和Bo地址,当然感至「震惊”此处是关键提示“But”3根据下句“氧是所有动物细胞所必不可少的元素”的内容,判断出氧非常“重要”Ao4由下句计算困难不能Bo“Someone whocannot domathematics mayhave adisorder calleddyscalculia做数学题的人可能患有一种被称为计算困难的疾病可以推断的意思为“阅读困难”dyslexia5通过上下句可以看出,Co Achildsbirthdaypartydoesnthavetobe ahassle;it canbeabasket offirn.和肯定是近乎相反的意义所以不难判断,答案为hassle abasket offun C6由破折号后的可知,前后两句的意思相近,她不想失去或破坏这个友好氛围,否则就又让她Bo or回到以前的“冲突”中答案为B7从上文中她进入商店时并没打算偷窃,以及下文谈到她去看医生可以推知她不知道自己为什么Bo会有偷窃的欲望可知答案为Bo8根据谚语以及和Co“Early tobed andearly torise makesa manhealthy,wealthy andwisdom”retirees的对比关系不难猜出是“睡觉的人”risers retiree9由合成词的字面意思和下句中的一词可知,灯塔通常“孤零零”地呆在Ao out-of-the-way isolation一个地方,因此答案为A10本段主要讲述语言和文化的关系结合最后一句话可知,学习一门新的语言给我们提供一个崭Co新的视觉,从而使得我们更好地把握语言依附的文化环境由此知道这里的指代语言it。
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