课时跟踪训练18.doc

课时跟踪训练(十八)
Ⅰ.单元语法填空
1．(2014·陕西卷改编)—I got that job I wanted at the public library.
—__________！ That's good news.
[解析]　句意：“我得到了那份我想要的在公共图书馆的工作。”“__________！那是个好消息。”根据That's good news.(那是个好消息。)以及I got that job I wanted at the public library.(我得到了那份我想要的在公共图书馆的工作。)可知，此处应该对其表示祝贺，故用Congratulations，意为“祝贺”。
[答案]　Congratulations
2．(2014·山东烟台期末测试改编)This company has launched several types of cars this year, and one__________particular appeals to the young.
[解析]　句意：这家公司今年有多款车上市，其中一款最吸引年轻人。in particular意为“尤其是；特别”，符合语境。
[答案]　in
3．(2014·枣庄三中阶段测试改编)We finally managed to make the customers__________(convince)of the quality of the vehicle.
[解析]　convince sb. of sth.“使某人相信某物”。the customers与convince之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，所以用动词­ed形式。
[答案]　convinced
4．(2013·江西卷改编)Mother always complains that children wear__________their shoes very quickly.
[解析]　句意：母亲总是抱怨孩子们的鞋很快就穿破了。wear out“用坏，(使)磨损”，符合语境。
[答案]　out
5．(2014·安徽淮北五校高三第二次联考改编)Some people try to knock me down, only__________(make)me more determined to do things better.
[解析]　句意：有些人试图把我击倒，结果却使我更加坚定地去把事情做得更好。only与不定式连用，用来表示意想不到的结果。
[答案]　to make
6．(2014·浙江五校联考改编)Economic growth in the world remains weak throughout 2013, and it is hoped that it will pick__________gradually in 2014.
[解析]　句意：世界经济在2013年一直疲软，希望2014年情况将会逐渐好转。pick up“(情况)好转”。
[答案]　up
7．(2014·山东省沂蒙六校联考改编)Provide your doctor with a detailed medical history so that he __________give you accurate treatment.
[解析]　句意：提供给你的医生一份详尽的病历，以便他可以给你准确的治疗。此处so that引导目的状语从句，从句中要用can或could等情态动词。
[答案]　can/could
8．(2014·东北三校高三联考)Mrs.White found her husband surrounded by letters and papers and__________(look)very worried.
[解析]　句意：怀特夫人发现她的丈夫被信件和文件包围着，看起来非常焦急。surrounded by letters and papers和looking very worried都是分词短语作宾语补足语，前者表示被动，后者由于look是系动词没有被动形式，所以用现在分词。
[答案]　looking
9．If we are not content__________the progress we have made，we will have greater success.
[解析]　句意：如果我们不满足于我们所取得的进步，我们将会取得更大的成功。be content with “对……感到满意”。
[答案]　with
10．(2014·杭州十四中模拟改编)Medical staff fled as flames and smoke filled an Indian hospital，__________(abandon)their patients to a fire, which killed 89 people.
[解析]　句意：当烟火弥漫印度一家医院时，医护人员弃病人于不顾而仓皇逃离，结果导致89人丧生。空格处为现在分词作伴随状语。
[答案]　abandoning
11．(2014·四川乐山模拟改编)The air quality in our city，__________is shown in the chart, has declined over the last three months.
[解析]　句意：从图表中可以看出，我们城市的空气质量在过去的三个月中有所下降。空处引导非限制性定语从句，指代主句的内容，且从句位于主语与谓语之间，应用as引导。
[答案]　as
12．(2014·南京模拟改编)I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions__________she stopped working because of ill health.
[解析]　句意：我钦佩我的英语老师。在我的记忆中她几乎没有因为生病而不给我们上课的时候。先行词occasions，在从句中作时间状语，所以用when，相当于on which。
[答案]　when
13．Thanks to the Party's opening and reform policy，people in China are much__________(good)off than they were thirty years ago.
[解析]　句意：多亏党的改革开放政策，中国人民的生活比三十年前好多了。考查比较级用法。well off 的比较级是better off。
[答案]　better
14．(2014·湖南卷改编)Since the time humankind started gardening, we __________(try)to make our environment more beautiful.
[解析]　考查动词的时态。句意：自从人类开始园艺技术的时候起，我们就一直在努力让我们的环境变得更加美丽。根据从句Since the time...可知，主句应该使用完成时，而“让我们的环境变得更加美丽”这一动作一直在进行，所以用现在完成进行时。
[答案]　have been trying
15．(2014·湖南卷改编)__________(understand)your own needs and styles of communication is as important as learning to convey your affection and emotions.
[解析]　考查非谓语动词。句意：了解自己的需要和交流的方式与学会表达自己的喜爱和情感是一样重要的。“了解”的动作由自己发出，即主动动作。本句的主语__________your own needs and styles of communication与learning to convey your affection and emotions是对应的。此题是动名词短语作主语，谓语动词用单数。
[答案]　Understanding
Ⅱ.阅读理解
(2014·江西卷)Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险) but this time，it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter's age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then，there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.
After the first expedition, Larry's later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back，Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes，he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
Larry's first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him，a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry_did_not_even_know_what_the_time_was,_how_many_spots_he_dived_into_or_how_many_photographs__he_had_taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than Larry had been then. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.
1．In what way was this expedition different for Larry?
A．His daughter had grown up.
B．He had become a famous diver.
C．His father would dive with him.
D．His daughter would dive with him.
[解析]　细节理解题。根据第一段中第一句“...it was different.”以及第二句“He decided to take his daughter along with him.”可知，这一次的不同之处在于他的女儿将与他一起潜水，故选D项。根据第一段第三句“She was only ten years old.”可知A项错误。B、C两项均不符合题意。
[答案]　D
2．What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
A．Larry had some privileges.
B．Larry liked the rented diving suits.
C．Divers had to buy diving equipment.
D．Ten­year­old children were permitted to dive.
[解析]　推理判断题。根据第二段尤其是最后两句“Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.”可知，每次潜水前都有导师指导并训练他，在他那个年龄的孩子甚至不被允许去潜水，由此可推断，他有一些特权，故选A项，同时可推知D项错误。根据该段第四、五句“...by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them.”可知B项错误。C项在本段中找不到相关信息。
[答案]　A
3．Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?
A．To protect himself from danger.
B．To dive into the deep water.
C．To admire the underwater view.
D．To take photos more conveniently.
[解析]　细节理解题。根据第三段第四、五句“Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him.”可知，让他待在笼子里应该是为了保护他，故选A项。考生根据最后一句易误选C、D两项，其实这句话只是对“but that did not bother him”的补充，而不是Larry不得不待在笼子里的原因，故不能选。
[答案]　A
4．What can be learned from the underlined sentence?
A．Larry didn't wear a watch.
B．Larry was not good at math.
C．Larry had a poor memory.
D．Larry enjoyed the adventure.
[解析]　句意理解题。根据画线句子以及它的后一句“The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.”可知，Larry如此喜欢这一次探险以至于他忘记了时间而沉浸其中。
[答案]　D
5．What did Larry expect his daughter to do?
A．Become a successful diver.
B．Make a good diving guide.
C．Take a lot of photos underwater.
D．Have longer hours of training.
[解析]　细节理解题。根据本文最后一句“This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.”可知，Larry期望他的女儿成为一位成功的潜水员。
[答案]　A
Ⅲ.(七选五)阅读填空
There are thousands of volcanoes all over the world.____1____What happens?
The inside of the earth is very, very hot. The rock has melted like ice. It is always boiling, like water in a pot. If you have seen a pot boiling, you know that the steam and boiling water try to get out.____2____Usually it cannot because the outside of the earth is too thick and strong.
But in some places the outside of the earth is thin and weak.____3____The hot melted rock pushes through and shoots up into the air together with steam and gas.
After a while the volcano becomes quiet again. Each time more hot rock pours out on top of the cold rock and then becomes hard. In this way a kind of mountain is built up, with a hole down the middle. Perhaps the volcano will then be sleeping and no longer burst.____4____
Although there are thousands of volcanoes in the world, most of them are dead. Only about 500 are still alive. There is a very famous volcano in Italy which is called Vesuvius. It first came to life many, many years ago. It was quiet for hundreds of years.____5____ A great cloud of smoke shot up into the sky with great burning rocks, which fell all around. About 3,000 people were killed.
A．Then in the year 1979 it suddenly burst.
B．These volcanoes often burst.
C．The very hot melted rock inside the earth also tries to get out.
D．Sometimes a crack appears in the earth.
E．And it never bursts again.
F．What makes volcanoes?
G．But it may start again hundreds of years later.
[答案]　1－5　FCDGA
Ⅳ.短文改错
(2014·山西质量检测)There is an English saying “It never rains but it pours”. I now believe it was probably true. Last Saturday, I had a terrible time. It was rather cold, or quite sunny, so after lunch I went downtown, plan to buy a sweater. I was looking at the window of clothes shop when someone stole my wallet. While I was going to home, it started to rain and I arrived home coldly and miserable. I decided to have a hot bath. I was getting ready to have my bath while the doorbell rang. It was a salesman and it took me several minute to get rid of him. Unfortunate, all the time he was talking to us, the water was running. You can imagine the state of the bathroom!
[答案]　
There is an English saying “It never rains but it pours”. I now believe it probably true. Last Saturday, I had a terrible time. It was rather cold, quite sunny, so after lunch I went downtown, to buy a sweater. I was looking at the window of clothes shop when someone stole my wallet. While I was going to home, it started to rain and I arrived home and miserable. I decided to have a hot bath. I was getting ready to have my bath the doorbell rang. It was a salesman and it took me several to get rid of him. ， all the time he was talking to ， the water was running. You can imagine the state of the bathroom!