1、双基限时练(十)Unit 8Grammar 1.单句语法填空(不多于3个单词)1What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has been used _?答案与解析upuse up“用完;用光”。2With oil price going up all the time, people are expected _ (pay) more for traveling.答案与解析to payexpect sb. to do为常见搭配。3The traffic lights _ (go) green and I pulled
2、away.答案与解析wentgo“变得”。4Mary wanted to travel around the world all by herself, but her parents did not allow her _ (do) so.答案与解析to do依据上下文可知,“父母亲不同意Mary独自旅行”,allow sb. to do sth.“允许某人做某事”。5Could you please tell me where you bought the shoes you had _ yesterday?答案与解析on本题考查“穿”的短语。依据上文此处应当是“穿着”,have on“穿
3、着(表示状态)”。6Ron, I congratulate you on your success. Thanks, but the honor _ (belong) to all the people here.答案与解析belongs答句句意:感谢,但荣誉属于这里全部的人。belong to为状态动词,不能用被动语态和进行时态。7Our life is becoming better and better, while in some countries there are still some people _ (suffer) from hunger.答案与解析suffering句意:
4、我们的生活越来越好,而在一些国家,仍有一些人患病饥饿之苦。suffer from不能用于被动形式。8 I hear you _ (work) in a pub. Whats it like? Well, its very hard work and Im always tired, but I dont mind.答案are working9To his disappointment, the opinion he had stuck on _ (turn) out wrong.答案与解析turned句意:令他绝望的是,他原来坚持的观点是错误的。turn out“结果是”,表示一种出乎意料的状
5、况,不用于被动语态。10 Tom, can you answer my question? Er. Im very sorry, Miss Evens. I _ (think) about something else.答案was thinking.阅读理解AHealth experts are calling for action to increase cancer care and control in the developing world. A medical research paper says cancer was once thought of as a problem m
6、ostly in the developed world. But now cancer is a leading cause of death and disability in poor countries as well. Experts from Harvard University and other organizations urge the international community(社区)to fight cancer actively, saying it should be fought in the way HIV/AIDS has been fought in A
7、frica. Cancer kills more than 7.5 million people a year worldwide. Almost twothirds are in lowincome(收入) and middleincome countries. They discover cancer kills more people in developing countries than AIDS, tuberculosis (肺结核) and malaria (疟疾) combined. But the world spends only 5% of its cancer reso
8、urces in those countries. Felicia Knaul from Harvard Medical School was one of the writers of the paper. She was in Mexico when she was found to have breast cancer. She received treatment there and her experience showed her the sharp difference between the rich and the poor in treating breast cancer
9、. Felicia Knaul says, “And we are seeing how this is attacking young women. Its the number two cause of death in Mexico for women thirty to fiftyfour. All over the developing world, its the number one cancerrelated death among young women. I think we have to again say that there is much more we coul
10、d do about it than we are doing about it.”Professor Knaul met community health workers during her work in developing countries. They were an important part of efforts to reduce deaths from the cancer. They were able to persuade people to get tested to prevent the illness. The experts say cancer care
11、 does not have to be costly. For example, patients can be treated with lowercost drugs. 1. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Cancera leading cause of death in poor countriesB. What should we do in preventing and treating cancer?C. What makes the first killer in developing countries?D.
12、Experts urge more efforts to fight cancer in poor countries. 答案与解析D第一段讲癌症一度被误认为是发达国家的健康问题。而一篇医学争辩论文指出癌症也是贫困国家首要致死致残的疾病。在本段末句,哈佛高校和一些其他组织的专家敦促应当像在非洲抗争艾滋病一样来抗争癌症。D项正确。2Felicia Knauls experience in Mexico shows that _. A. many Mexican women suffer from breast cancerB. there is not enough medicine for c
13、ancer thereC. many Mexican women cant afford medical care D. patients with breast cancer are treated differently答案与解析D从文章第四段可知,在墨西哥对富人和穷人乳腺癌患者所实行的治疗措施是不同的。D项正确。3From what Felicia Knaul says, we can draw the conclusion that _. A. breast cancer is a great threat to young womenB. people dont pay enough
14、 attention to breast cancerC. breast cancer is the second killer among women in MexicoD. patients can be treated effectively in developing countries答案与解析A从文章第五段可知,乳腺癌是年轻女性的主要致死疾病之一,A项正确。C项错在women in Mexico上,文中有thirty to fiftyfour限制women。4Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The
15、 number of cancer cases is decreasing. B. HIV/AIDS is not being taken seriously in Africa. C. Over 7.5 million people die of cancer every year. D. It is very expensive to treat cancer. 答案与解析C从其次段第一句可知,C项叙述正确。A项文中未提到;B项与首段末句不符;D项与最终一句不符。BLoneliness has been linked to depression(抑郁)and other health pr
16、oblems. Now, a study says it can also spread. A friend of a lonely person was fiftytwo percent more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. And a friend of that friend was twentyfive percent more likely to do the same. Earlier findings showed that happiness, obesity(肥胖) and the ability to stop smo
17、king can also spread like infections within social groups. The findings all come from a major health study in the American town of Framingham, Massachusetts. The study began in 1948 to investigate the causes of heart disease. Since then, more tests have been added, including measures of loneliness a
18、nd depression.The new findings involved more than five thousand people in the second generation of the Framingham Heart Study. The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness. The results established a pattern that spread as people reported fewer close friends. For example, l
19、oneliness can affect relationships between nextdoor neighbors. The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together. The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men. The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about
20、 fortyeight days a year. The study found that having a lonely friend can add about seventeen days. But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by two and a half days. Lonely people become less and less trusting of others. This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends and mor
21、e likely that society will reject(排斥)them. John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago led the study. He says it is important to recognize and deal with loneliness. He says people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks. 5As an average person,
22、if you make 2 more friends, how many days a year might you suffer from loneliness?A. 48 days.B. 43 days. C. 65 days. D. 17 days. 答案与解析B从第五段可知,平均一个人一年感到孤独的天数为48天,每多交一位伴侣天数削减2.5天。482.5243天。B项正确。6. What can we infer (推断)from the passage about lonely people?A. They can overcome loneliness themselves. B.
23、 They will decrease loneliness day by day. C. They need help to get back to normal social life. D. They can help others to repair their social networks.答案与解析C依据文章最终一句可知,被社会边缘化的孤独的人群需要挂念来修复他们的社交网络。C项正确。7Whats the best way to help lonely people according to this passage?A. Bring them together. B. Make
24、 friends with them. C. Help them stop smoking. D. Help them lose weight.答案与解析B从第五段可知,多交伴侣可以使人削减感到孤独的天数,故要挂念这些人最好的方法是和他们交伴侣。B项正确。8Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Loneliness And Social Network B. Social Networks And FriendshipC. Loneliness And DietD. Help a Lonely Per
25、son答案与解析A文章介绍了一个关于孤寂人群和其社会网络的一项争辩。A项最适合作文章标题。.语法填空Yesterday, fifty American students came to _1_ (visit) our school. We _2_ (gather) at the school gate at 8 oclock to give them a warm welcome. Then we had a gettogether in the reading room. Our headmaster _3_ (introduce) our school to them. And then
26、we, the youth from America and China chatted and exchanged gifts _4_ each other. At nine thirty, we showed them _5_ our school: our classroom building, the lab building, and the factory _6_ (run) by our school. Then it followed a _7_ (friend) basketball game. All of us had a wonderful time, _8_ we promised to keep in touch with each other from _9_ on. I was pleased I was brave enough _10_ (chat) with them in English.答案1.visit2.gathered3.introduced4.with5around6.run7.friendly8.and9.then10.to chat