1、双基限时练(二十)Unit 15LearningLesson 2Different Schools.单词拼写1His method is to _ (训练) students in English grammar.答案drill2The researchers made a _ (保守的) guess at the population of Tokyo.答案conservative3The boy accepted his _ (惩处) without complaining.答案punishment4Mr. Li is one of the most _ (杰出的) scientists
2、in his field of science.答案outstanding5This film best _ (反映) the hard times at that time.答案reflects6Beijing University has (a) good _ (名誉) both at home and abroad.答案reputation7We have _ (温存的) weather throughout the year, not too cold or too hot.答案mild8The name of the _ (接收者) is not clear on the mail.
3、答案receiver.用所给短语的适当形式填空to a certain extent, be proud of, participate in, hand out, place . on, due to, at the pace of, take . easy, become of, catch up with1Our school _ a lot of importance _ the teachers working experiences.答案places; on2You must work hard so that you can _ your classmates.答案catch u
4、p with3Im not sure what will _ your future.答案become of4Look! A young lady _ advertisements to the passersby over there.答案is handing out5While doing the work, you should remember to _ things _.答案take; easy6We must encourage more students to _ the treeplanting activities.答案participate in7I agree to yo
5、ur plan _, but I still dont think it is very practical.答案to a certain extent8The train is running _ more than 100 kilometers an hour.答案at the pace of9The parents _ the great achievements their son has made.答案are proud of10The flight to Nanjing has been delayed, _ the bad weather.答案due to.单项填空1Youre
6、welcome to come with us now in our car. _ you could go later with Mary. Its up to you.A. Alternatively B. AlternativeC. To choose D. To alter答案与解析Aalternatively副词,修饰其次个句子,意为“或者;另外一个方法”。2I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom _ so lonely as now.A. have I felt B. I had fe
7、ltC. I have felt D. had I felt答案与解析A将现在与以前相比较,故用现在完成时,当否定副词置于句首时,句子要用部分倒装形式。3_ to use in April, 2005, the road has solved the longstanding problem of traffic jams of this area.A. Put B. PuttingC. Having put D. Being put答案与解析Aput sth. to use意为“加以利用某物;把某物投入使用”。主语为road,故用过去分词put表被动含义。4 Fiona never fail
8、s to grasp any chance of promotion. Shes a woman of _.A. attention B. ambitionC. expectation D. reputation答案与解析B语境表明她总是抓住任何晋升的机会,所以她是个具有雄心/野心的人。5There is no time _ for _. Tell us your decision at once.A. leaving; changing your mindB. left; changing your mindC. remaining; making your mindD. remaining
9、; making a decision答案与解析Bleft表“剩下的”,作后置定语; remaining表“剩下的”,作前置定语。由句意可知B项正确。6These days she feels very lonely and _.Would you like to have _ with her?A. misunderstood; a word B. misunderstanding; wordsC. misunderstanding; a wordD. misunderstand; words答案与解析A句意:这些天来,她感到自己很孤独并且被误会,你情愿和她说说话吗?feel misunde
10、rstood “感觉被误会”; have a word with sb.“与某人说说话”; have words with sb. “同某人吵架”,由句意和短语区分可知A项正确。7Those who break the rules should inflict (予以) _.A. punishes B. punishmentC. punished D. punishments答案与解析Binflict punishment意思是“予以惩处”。8Let every man who pants for fame _ his own style of pants and go ahead.A. se
11、lects B. selectedC. select D. to select答案与解析Clet sb. do sth.“让某人做某事”;依据句意, who pants for fame为man的定语。9The weather in London is living up to its _ as a fog city.Areputation BnameCrepetition Drepulsion答案与解析A句意:作为雾城,伦敦的天气真是名副其实。reputation“名誉;名声”,强调在人们心目中的印象。name“姓名;名字”; repetition“重复”; repulsion“憎恶”。10
12、He doesnt pay any attention to his behavior, which _ his lazy attitude towards work.Areflects BresponsesCexplains Dselects答案与解析A句意:他不留意自己的行为举止,这反映了他对待工作懒散的态度。reflect“反映”,符合句意。response“对回应”; explain“解释”; select“选择”。.阅读理解 In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were establ
13、ished in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result, some wo
14、mens colleges decided to accept men students, too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again. The president of Trinity College in Washington D. C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women wer
15、e having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a womens college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a womens college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women
16、.Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a womens college, women feel free to say what they think. Womens schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women are represented everywhere. For example, at a womens
17、college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show this leadership continues after college. The studies show that American women who went to womens colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life.1. Some womens colleges decided to accept men students bec
18、ause _.A. teaching women is more difficult than teaching menB. many young women chose to study at colleges with both men and womenC. studying with men is more challengedD. women and men can have equal chances of competition答案与解析B细节理解题。A、C两项文章中没有论述,D选项与其次段的信息相违反。B项在第一段倒数第三、四句有明显的阐述。2. Why did womens
19、school become popular again?A. Because women could study mathematics only in womens colleges.B. Because women could not have equal chances to learn if studying with men at the same school.C. Because men could not choose classes freely in womens colleges.D. Because there were more educational experts
20、 in womens colleges.答案与解析B细节理解题。依据其次段中第一句可知答案。3. According to this passage, if a woman wants to hold successful jobs, shed better _.A. study in colleges with both men and women B. study in Trinity CollegeC. learn from the president of Smith College D. study in womens colleges答案与解析D细节理解题。由最终一段,最终一句可知
21、D项正确。4. The underlined word “established” in the first paragraph means _.A. set up B. set down C. made up D. made out答案与解析A词义猜想题。依据画线词所在句子的上下文内容可推知established是“建立”的意思。5. Which of the following is NOT the reason why women preferred studying in womens school?A. Because women recognized they hadnt an e
22、qual chance to learn at colleges that accept both men and women.B. Because womens schools bring out leadership capabilities in many women and this leadership continues after college.C. Because most of colleges were designed to offer women the education which they could not receive anywhere else.D. B
23、ecause American women who went to womens colleges are more likely to get satisfactory jobs.答案与解析C细节理解题。纵观全文,可以用排解法得知答案:其中A、B、D三项在文中都已提到。.任务型读写Happiness is Ushaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump (暴跌) when we are middleaged, British and US researchers say.Economi
24、sts from the University of Warwick, central England, and from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, looked at data on the mental health of two million people from 80 countries.In Britain, the probability of depression for men and women peaks at around 44 years of age, Warwick University said in a press
25、release.In the United States, though, there was a big difference between men and women. Among women, unhappiness peaked at around the age of 40, whereas among men, it was about 50.But the Ushape of happiness is constant around the world, and midlife depression takes place regardless of marital (婚姻的)
26、 status, changes in job or income.The study appears in Social Science & Medicine, published by the Dutch publishing house Elsevier. “It happens to men and women, to single and married people, to rich and poor and to those with and without children.” said coauthor Andrew Oswald.One possibility may be
27、 that people realize they wont achieve many of their aspirations at middle age, the researchers said.Another reason could be that after seeing their fellow middleaged peers begin to die, people begin to value their own remaining years and embrace life once more.But the good news is that if people ma
28、ke it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, they are on average as happy and mentally healthy as a 20year old.“For the average persons in the modern world, the dip in mental health and happiness comes on slowly, not suddenly in a single year,” Oswald said. “Only in their fifties do people get out of this low period.”Title: People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in middle答案1shape/form 2.British/English3.likely4.different5.unhappy6.happens/occurs 7.Reasons 8.unable 9.left10.condition/health