1、第一部分选修八Modules 34.语法填空,单句训练1(2021天津和平区高三模拟改编)My favorite singer, Whitney Houston, died last year._ you look so blue.答案:No wonder考查交际用语。句意:“我最宠爱的歌星惠特尼休斯顿去年去世了。”“难怪你看起来如此难过。”no wonder“难怪”,符合句意。2(2021临沂高三模拟改编)Owing_ the recent bad weather, the project is several weeks behind schedule.答案:to考查短语。句意:由于最近恶
2、劣的天气,这项工程比预期拖后了好几周。owing to“由于”。3(2021杭州高三模拟改编)Where did you first meet your boyfriend?It was in the department store _ he worked.答案:where句意:“你第一次见到你的男伴侣是在什么地方?”“是在他工作的那家百货商店。”此处为定语从句,引导词在从句中作地点状语,故选where。4This is the second time that he _(ring) you up this week.答案:have rung考查时态。句意:这是他这个星期其次次给你打电话了。
3、That/This/It is the序数词timethat.,意为“这是(某人)第几次”,其中从句中谓语动词要用现在完成时。5In my opinion, all Mr. White _does do good to his students in his class at present. He is very strict in their study.答案:does考查强调句。句意:依我看来,怀特先生做的全部事情的确对他的同学有好处,他对他们的学习要求格外严格。all Mr.White does为主语,其中Mr.White does为定语从句,does do中do为实义动词,构成do
4、good to结构,does表示强调。6In many peoples opinion, that company, though relatively small, is pleasant _(deal)with.答案:to deal考查动词不定式的用法。某些形容词(pleasant,nice,comfortable,difficult,hard,easy等)后接动词不定式时,常用主动形式表示被动意义。7(2021天津和平区高三质量调查改编)I agree with most of what you said, but I dont agree with _.答案:everything句意:
5、我同意你说的大部分话,但是我并不完全同意你的话。not.everything“并不是每个都”,构成部分否定。8(2021山东师大附中高三模拟改编)She was on a diet, but she couldnt _ eating sweet food. Consequently, her weight was gained again.答案:resist考查动词词义。句意:她正在节食,但是她忍不住吃甜食。因此,她的体重又增加了。resist doing sth.“忍住做某事”,符合句意。9Members of the council _(oppose) reducing the price
6、 of the new product considering the great cost.答案:opposed考查动词词义。句意:考虑到巨大的成本,理事会成员们反对降低新产品的价格。oppose doing“反对,抵制”,符合句意。10You will make some progress in your study of English _ you keep more words in mind.答案:as long as考查短语辨析。句意:只要你记住更多的单词,你就会在英语学习中取得一些进步。as long as“只要”,符合句意。.语法填空,篇章训练阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内
7、容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。A:Have you seen Bill recently?B:Yes. Hes in hospital with_1_bad back. One morning, he just couldnt get out of bed. His wife_2_(call) an ambulance and they took him to hospital. Hes been there for a few days now.A:Daisys in hospital too. she got food_3_(poison) last week. She think
8、s she got it from some bad seafood.B:You have to be very careful_4_ seafood._5_tastes lovely, but it often causes upset stomachs. Have you heard anything from Tom?A:Hes fine, but he had a fever last week. He_6_(probable) just had a cold.B:He might be allergic_7_pollen. My niece is allergic to pollen
9、. It seems like she has a cold, but_8_ fact its her allergy.A:I see. My niece just flew back from Australia to visit. Shes got jetlag now. shes just resting today, but well probably go out somewhere tomorrow.B:Its nice_9_shes back for a while. Thinking of all these ailments, I got a splinter the oth
10、er day. It took a long time for me to get it out of my skin. Look.A:Oh, your hand is still sore. You should put some ointment on it to stop the swelling.B:Thats a good idea. Youve got a nasty bruise on your hand.A:Yes, I banged it against to cooker yesterday. It really hurt, but its OK now. The brui
11、se will _10_(appear) soon.1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案:1a考查冠词用法。a bad back意为:背部有病。2called考查时态。依据上下文可知此处用一般过去时态。3poisoning考查非谓语动词。poisoning为动名词,意为:中毒。4with考查介词。be careful with“对当心”。5It考查代词。it 代指上文提到的seafood。6probably考查副词。probably做状语。7to考查介词。be allergic to sth.“对过敏”。8in考查介词。in fact“实际上,事实上”。9that考查
12、连词。that引导主语从句。10disappear考查动词用法。此处用disappear意为:消逝不见。.完形填空Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but I was distracted (使分心) by a young woman behind me who was speaking on her cell phone.She was _1_ to her brother. She wanted to know _2_ he was, why he wasnt where he was _3_ to b
13、e, why he had lied to their mother again and if he knew that their mum had _4_ in tears that morning because of him.She kept it _5_ but she didnt pull any punches (毫不留情) with him. She let him know _6_ what she thought of him but I could _7_ there was love under all the _8_. She tried so hard to get
14、this boy/young man to come to _9_ his mother and make it all right, but I got the impression she was _10_ a losing battle.I never looked around. I just _11_ at the book in my hand and a tenpound note which I slipped _12_ the pages as a bookmark.When she left the bus, I _13_ behind her.“Excuse me,” I
15、 said. “Do me a favor, would you?_14_ this money and buy your mum a box of chocolates or a bunch of _15_. And tell her a strange man said that being a mother is the _16_ but most important job in the world.”I dont think she knew how to _17_ that. As I turned away I heard her softly say, “Thats reall
16、y nice of you.”Walking on, I wondered if in some way I was saying a _18_ to my own mum. But most of all I hoped I had _19_ a smile on the face of a mother _20_ for her child.1A.singingBtalkingCcryingDlistening答案:B由第一段最终的“who was speaking on her cell phone”可知,这位年轻女士在打电话,故此处应是指她在电话上和她的弟弟说话。talk to sb.
17、意为“与某人交谈”。2A.whoBwhatCwhereDhow答案:C由后面的why he wasnt where可知,这位女士是在问她的弟弟在哪里,故应用where作引导词。3A.orderedBimaginedCsupposedDintended答案:C联系上文可推断,她是在问弟弟为什么不在他应当在的地方。be supposed to do/be sth.意为“应当做某事/是某事”。4.A.broken downBbroken upCbroken throughDbroken off答案:A由后面的in tears可知,弟弟所做的事情使母亲极度难过。四个选项中break down有“禁不住
18、哭出来”的意思,适用于此处。5A.quietBbrightCfreshDopen答案:A依据空后的“but she didnt pull any punches with him(但是她对他毫不留情)”可知,此处指她没有声张。keep sth.quiet意为“对某事保密,不声张”。6A.politelyBslowlyCexactlyDgladly答案:C由上文可知,年轻女士批判弟弟时毫不留情,故她应当是让弟弟精确地(exactly)知道自己对他的看法。7A.discoverBtellCbearDdeliver答案:B虽然当时姐姐的语气可能很严峻,但作者还是能看出其中隐含的爱。此处tell意为“
19、看出,辨别出”。8A.joyBenvironmentCprideDdisappointment答案:D由上文推断,年轻女士对弟弟有着深深的爱,虽然言语中听起来对他是格外无望的。disappointment意为“无望”。9A.helpBmissCseeDsave答案:C由上文可知,女士的弟弟由于不懂事惹得母亲难过落泪,故此处是指她格外努力地尝试着说服弟弟来看看母亲,让一切都恢复正常。see用在此处符合语境。10A.fightingBdefendingCwinningDmaking答案:A由空前的but可知,此处表达的是虽然这位女士很努力,作者得到的印象却是她正在打一场无法取胜的仗(fight a
20、 losing battle)。11A.shoutedBaimedCstayedDstared答案:D由上一句“我始终没有四处看”可知,此处指作者只是“盯”着手里的书和书里夹着的书签。12A.fromBatCbetweenDin答案:C此处表示“夹在两页之间”,故应用介词between。13A.got offBset offCheld offDtook off答案:A由下文可知作者与那位女士之间有对话,因此推断女士下车后,作者应当也跟着下了车,故用get off。14A.ReturnBSpendCTakeDLend答案:C依据下文可知,作者把书中夹的纸币给了女士,期望她给母亲买点礼物。此处ta
21、ke意为“拿走”。15A.cardsBflowersCplantsDnewspapers答案:B由空前的a bunch of可知应填flowers。此处是作者让女士给她母亲买的礼物:一盒巧克力糖或者一束鲜花。16A.luckiestBhardestChappiest Dbest答案:B由后面的but most important job可知,前后有转折关系,因此推断作者要让女士转达的是“做母亲是世界上最艰辛(hardest)但也是最重要的工作”。17A.object toBapply toCrespond toDdevote to答案:C女士对作者的这个举动不知道该作出什么反应。respond
22、 to意为“对作出反应”;object to“反对”;apply to“适用于”;devote to“致力于”,意思都不合适。18A.thankyouBgoodbyeCsorryDhello答案:A作者想挂念那位正在苦恼的母亲,走在路上时,他在想这是否也是在以某种方式对自己的母亲说“感谢”。19A.forcedBgivenCshownDraised答案:D作者期望他的举动能够唤起那位母亲的笑容。raise a smile意为“使露出笑脸”,为常用搭配。20A.preparingBappealingCsufferingDsurviving答案:C此处指那位母亲由于自己的孩子而患病着苦痛(suff
23、er)。.阅读理解 There are a growing number of language immersion (沉醉) schools in the United States, including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole, which teaches children French as a second language. Statistics, however, show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decr
24、easing, and relatively few Americans know a second language.Scholars have spent years studying why Americans seem to ignore the importance of learning languages. While they have developed theories and given potential solutions, the future of language learning in the United States remains_hazy.Since
25、1997, the percentage of elementary and middle schools that offer foreign language courses has fallen significantly, from 31 percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from 75 percent to 58 percent at the middle school level. However, the decline in elementary schools has appeared primarily in
26、 public schools, while the percentage of private elementary schools teaching foreign languages has remained roughly the same at 51 percent. The percentage of high schools teaching foreign languages has remained at about 91 percent.Meanwhile, the number of language immersion schools designed to teach
27、 a second language to Englishspeaking children and young adults has actually increased. Since 1962, 367 twoway immersion programsschools that pair native English speakers with those who speak another native languagehave developed in 28 states. “The younger the learner is, the more likely the acquisi
28、tion of a second language will be facilitated,” Adel Safty wrote in the Canadian Journal of Education. Linguistic ability shows the greatest development between the ages of 4 and 8, she wrote.While the number of people who speak a language other than English at home is still relatively small, it has
29、 more than doubled over the past 30 years, according to a survey released in April.People between 18 and 40 make up the largest percentage of people who speak a foreign language. The 5 to 17 age group follows closely. But, among those 41 and older, the percentage of people who speak a second languag
30、e decreases.语篇解读:学习外语好像已经成为了一个全球化的热潮,在美国是一种什么状况呢?1What does the passage mainly deal with?AThe situation of Americans learning foreign languages.BWhy Americans dont like learning foreign languages.CThe importance of learning foreign languages.DSuggestions for learning foreign languages.答案:A主旨大意题。文章主要
31、剖析了美国人学外语的现状。2The underlined phrase “remains hazy” in the second paragraph probably means “_”Ais still unimportantBcontinue to be uncertainChave to be impossibleDis impolite答案:B词义猜想题。前文提到外语学习的形势不容乐观,此处又说明虽然学者们提出了一些解决方法,但是前景应当照旧“不好、不确定”。3According to Adel Salty, _.Apeople should begin to study foreig
32、n languages after age 8Blearners who have a friend to help them study a language betterCage has a big effect on peoples ability to learn a foreign languageDpeoples linguistic ability grows with their age and experience答案:C推理推断题。从第五段的“The younger the learner is, the more likely the acquisition of a s
33、econd language will be facilitated”可知Adel Safty认为学习外语的力气会受到的年龄的很大影响。4We can learn from the passage that _.Athe percentage of public elementary schools teaching foreign languages has increased since 1997Bthe percentage of high schools teaching foreign languages has decreased since 1997Cthe number of
34、language immersion schools designed to teach a second language has decreased since 1962Dthe number of people who speak a language other than English at home has increased since 30 years ago答案:D细节理解题。从第六段的“While the number of people who speak a language other than English at home is still relatively
35、small, it has more than doubled over the past 30 years”可知D项正确。.短文填空依据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。No matter what type of business you run, it has to deal with things that go wrong from your customers point of view. Complaints can be a great source of information for organizations to make c
36、orrections as well as further improvements. _1_1. You should listen actively to what the customer has to say by maintaining comfortable eye contact._2_2_3_ Its important for you to know that your apology must appear sincere to the customer, and not an empty excuse.And also you should show the custom
37、er youve accepted the responsibility and provide him with choices or otherwise assure youll do something about his complaint.3. Talk with the client and discover the best means to resolve his problem._4_ In this case its important to let your customer know an estimation (估量) of how long it will take
38、 to take action on his complaint.4A simple “thank you” is one way to let the customer know you appreciate the time and effort theyve taken to inform you about a problem with your companys service or product that you need to know about.5Create a procedure for recording different types of customer com
39、plaints._5_AListen to your customers complaints and you can improve your service.BThere will be times when youll be unable to resolve the issue immediately.CWhen receiving a complaint, you should apologize for the failure the customer has identified.DThey are a valuable source of information to dete
40、rmine various root causes that need to be addressed within your company.ESo its important to learn to deal with customer complaints efficiently.FDont feel ashamed of the failure in your service or productsGYou should also show your customer that you do understand him by giving full attention.答案:15EGCBD