1、双基限时练(十一)Unit 8Lesson 2.单词拼写1The great news caused great _ (兴奋) in the class.答案excitement2_ (极度的) poverty still exists in many mountain areas.答案Extreme3There are _ (各种各样的) flowers in our school.答案various4What _ (精确地) did you mean by that last remark?答案exactly5The store sells tents and other camping
2、_ (设备)答案equipment6Many people expressed a strong _ (偏爱) for the former plan.答案preference7There is never a _ (枯燥无味的) moment when Johns around.答案dull8The tide began to _ (涌出) and our footprints were covered.答案flow.单句语法填空(不多于3个单词)1 Why does the lake smell terrible? Because large quantities of water _ (
3、pollute)答案与解析have been polluted句意:这湖水怎么这么难闻?由于大量的水已经被污染了。water与pollute之间是被动关系。2As a teacher, you must get _ what you teach to your students.答案与解析across句意:作为一名老师,你必需让同学清楚地理解你的意思。get across“使理解(某事)”。3Although Mary wears fashionable clothes, everything in her room is upside _.答案与解析down句意:玛丽虽然穿着时尚的衣服,但她
4、房间的东西乱糟糟的。upside down“乱七八糟”。4She went through the forests, risking _ (meet) some fierce animals.答案与解析meeting句意:她穿越了森林,冒着遇见猛兽的危急。risk doing sth.“冒险干某事,冒着干某事的危急”。5All of us thought that the problem was _ (good) worth discussing.答案与解析wellbe well worth doing为一固定句型,意为“某事很值得做”, worth前用well修饰,而不能用其他副词。6On
5、my way home, I came _ a girl who was run _ by a car.答案与解析across; over此题考查了两个固定搭配come/run/drop across都有“偶然遇见”之意,而run over“从轧过去”。7He had a lot of evidence to back _ his arguments.答案与解析up句意:他有很多证据证明自己的观点。back up“证明;支持”。8More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great _ (vary)
6、of goods.答案与解析variety句意:越来越多的人选择去超市购物,由于它能供应大量的不同的商品。variety意为“多样;品种”。.阅读理解Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of football, hockey, golf, or tennis, or it may be mountaineering.Those who hav
7、e a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to
8、which men give their leisure.Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no manmade rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from manmade rules that makes mountaineer
9、ing attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “match
10、es” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His spor
11、t requires high mental and physical qualities.A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the hi
12、ghest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.1. Mountaineering is a sport which involves _.A. hardship B. coldC. physical risks D. all of the above答案与解析D由文章其次段其次句
13、话“Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains?”可知答案为D项。2. Mountaineering is also a team sport because _.A. it involves rulesB. it involves matches between teamsC. it requires mental and physical qualitiesD. mountaineers depend on each other while cl
14、imbing答案与解析D由文章第四段最终一句话中的“. but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope .,there is obviously teamwork.”可知,队员之间没有竞争,而是当爬山者们在岩壁上由一条绳子连接着的时候,他们的生命是相互依靠的,那是明显的合作。因此答案为D项。3. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Mountaineers compete against each other.B. Mountaineers compete against other teams.C.
15、Mountaineers compete against nature.D. Mountaineers compete against international standard.答案与解析C由文章第五段可知答案为C项。4. What is the best title for the passage?A. MountaineeringB. Mountain ClimbersC. Mountaineering Is Different from Golf and FootballD. Mountaineering Is More Dangerous Than Other Sports答案与解
16、析D由文章上下文可概括得知。.七选五“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. _1_ But all these only help you to help yourself._2_ But many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. Schools were few and low. They co
17、uld not depend on them for education. They saw how it was, and set to work with their strength to know something. _3_ One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “_4_ However, I can help you make man of yourselves.”_5_ So they are to be pitied. They never can succeed unless t
18、hey see their foolishness and change their course. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own efforts.A. They worked their own way till they became wellknown.B. Some young men have no ambition t
19、o do anything.C. There have been many great men in history.D. Nobody can help you except yourself.E. I cannot make worthy men of you.F. Dont blame those who have failed.G. Others still can help you.答案1.G2.C3.A4.E5.B.短文改错I still remember my middle school life in that small town. I am then in a school
20、 for students from Tibet. As we all left home at a early age, we met lots of problems in our daily life. We had to do the washing, cleaning and shopping by us. However, we seldom felt lonely or helplessly. We enjoyed our happy life. At weekends, we would play basketball, swam in the pool or go for a
21、 picnic. We are lived in a big family. We treated each other brothers and sisters. If any one of us had any difficulty with his studies, the other student would help him out. It has been five years when we graduated, but those memories are as sweet as never before.答案I still remember my middle school
22、 life in that small town. I then in a school for students from Tibet. As we all left home at early age, we met lots of problems in our daily life. We had to do the washing, cleaning and shopping by . However, we seldom felt lonely or . We enjoyed our happy life. At weekends, we would play basketball, in the pool or go for a picnic. We lived in a big family. We treated each other brothers and sisters. If any one of us had any difficulty with his studies, the other would help him out. It has been five years we graduated, but those memories are as sweet as before.