1、 演练方阵 第3讲 Poems (A) 基础巩固 一、单项选择 1. —John went to the hospital alone. —If he ________ me about it, I would have gone with him. A. shou
2、ld tell B. tells C. told D. had told 2. If we ________ the other road, we might have arrived here in time for the meeting. A. take B. had taken C. took D. have taken 3. —The weather has been very hot and dry. —Yes. If it had rained even a drop,
3、things would be much better now! And my vegetables ________. A. wouldn’t die B. didn’t die C. hadn’t died D. wouldn’t have died 4. Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy ________. A. would have been saved B. had been saved C
4、 will be saved D. was saved 5. If he ________ my advice, he wouldn’t have lost his job. A. followed B. should follow C. had followed D. would follow 6. ________ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the cinema often. A. If it is not
5、 B. Were it not C. Had it not been D. If they were not 7. —If the traffic hadn’t been so heavy, I could have been back by 6 o’clock. —What a pity! Tina ________ here to see you. A. is B. was C. would be D. has been 8. But for the help of my English te
6、acher, I ________ the first prize in the English Writing Competition. A. would not win B. would not have won C. would win D. would have won 9. It is necessary that people all over the world ________ a “lowcarbon” life to protect the earth from getting warmer a
7、nd warmer. A. live B. will live C. must live D. have lived 10. I would have come earlier, but I ________ that you were waiting for me. A. didn’t know B. hadn’t known C. would have known D. haven’t known 11. Johnson suggested the problem w
8、orth paying attention ________ at the meeting. A. to be discussed B. to been discussed C. being discussed D. should be discussed 12. The professor reminded me of what I would ________ have forgotten. A. therefore B. however C. otherwise D. whenever
9、 13. You ________ all right now if you ________ to the doctor then. A. would be; had listened B. would have been; had listened C. would be; listened D. would have been; listened 14. Thank you for giving me a hand. I ________ in the experiment without your valuable help. A. had faile
10、d B. will fail C. would have failed D. must have failed 15. ________ strict with me when I was young, I could not be such a successful person now. A. If you are not B. If you were not C. Were you not D. If you had not been 二、选词填空 ta
11、ke it easy; be popular with; run out of; be made up of; in particular; try out; let out; make sense; stay up; hold on to 1. She has been with the kids for hours and is beginning to ______________ patience. 2. When I did this I was only trying to _____________________my “rice bowl”, you know. 3.
12、 The medical team ________ twelve doctors and nurses. 4. I could ________ all night but never get up in the morning. 5. It was a good concert—I enjoyed the last song ________. 6. I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to __________________. 7. I can tel
13、l you the truth, but you must promise not to ________________ the secret. 8. “______________”, said the doctor to the patient. “You've been making progress.” 9. America has also produced jazz, which ______________ all age groups all over the world. 10. Little Tom is eager to ________ his new runn
14、ing shoes on the track this weekend. 三、完成句子 1. 那个医疗小组由2个医生和4个护士组成。 The medical team ______ _______ _______ ______ two doctors and four nurses. 2.他答应会尝试各种新方法,尤其是我的方法。 He promised to ________ _______ various new ways, mine________ ________. 3.有这么多书可供选择,我觉得那个图书馆值得一游。 _______ ________ ________
15、 ________ _______ _______, I think the library is worth a visit. 4.年复一年,她终于成为了备受年轻人欢迎的歌星。 ________ _______ _______ ________, she finally became a pop singer who ________ __________ ________ the youth. 5.你说的话和你的行为不一致啊! What you said ________ __________ __________ what you did! 能力提升 一、
16、 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空 1. He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball; otherwise, he ______________ (score) a goal. 2. She loves the boy as if she ________ (be) his mother. 3. You __________________________ (not make) such a serious mistake if you had followed my advice. 4. If I had studied h
17、ard, I ________________ (win) the scholarship now. 5. If I ________________________ (not catch) by something, I would have come to your party yesterday. 6. The picture exhibition bored me to death; I wish I ________________ (go) there. 7. The teacher advised us that we ________________ (pay) more
18、 attention to our pronunciation. 8. If it __________________ (not be) for the help of our teacher, we should not have made so much progress. 9. If I should see him tomorrow, I ________________ (invite) him home. 10. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I ________________ (take) your ad
19、vice! 二、完形填空 My mum was young when she fell pregnant with me. After I was born it was decided that my father's relatives would 1 me in Manchester. No one spoke about Mum. Eventually, I was shown letters from Mum, 2 that she was a drug addict. All this was running through my head as I
20、arrived in Glasgow on 27 December last year. My sister Leanne, from my mother's side, had 3 me down on Facebook, and we had been 4 for some time, but had met only once or twice. Leanne had been brought up by our mother's parents, and had kept in 5 with Mum throughout her life. She was no
21、w living in Canada, but returning for Christmas and 6 to see all the family together. A big party had been arranged to welcome her back, and everyone would be there, including our 7 . In a very short time my sister and I made a 8 . I'd meet my sister as she arrived at Manchester airport, th
22、en we'd drive up to Glasgow 9 . Keeping it a surprise gave us a rush. After about a four-hour drive, we were there. I'd 10 called someone “Mum” before. But there she was. We embraced(拥抱)and although we could hardly get the words out fast enough, we were soon 11 . Seeing someone so alike
23、 looking back at me was the strangest but most 12 experience. Though a lifetime may have 13 us, this woman at a party in Glasgow was my mum. She 14 at me for a second before giving me a tight hug. All she could say was that she never thought we’d 15 again. She told me she’d 16 her
24、self of drugs five years before and she now works for a charity that helps young people 17 the same problems she had. We now talk regularly, and I feel 18 she’s my mother. That’s something I couldn’t have even 19 when the door opened to her at that Christmas party. Life may be short, bu
25、t it’s always 20 enough to reconcile(和好). 1. A. teach B. control C. serve D. raise 2. A. foreseeing B. saying C. arguing D. promising 3. A. knocked B. rolled C. tracked D. turned 4. A. consulting B. complaining C
26、 messaging D. searching 5. A. touch B. bargain C. fun D. trouble 6. A. unwilling B. afraid C. confident D. desperate 7. A. mum B. father C. sister D. grandparents 8. A. deal B. plan C. trick D. change 9. A. in fact
27、 B. in turn C. in secret D. in time 10. A. ever B. even C. always D. never 11. A. looking away B. chatting away C. turning up D. picking up 12. A. disturbing B. annoying C. comforting D. frightening 13. A. separated B. deserted C. ruined
28、 D. cheated 14. A. laughed B. shouted C. stared D. pointed 15. A. part B. suffer C. recover D. meet 16. A. warned B. rid C. reminded D. robbed 17. A. discuss B. overcome C. explore D. stress 18. A. guilty B. embarras
29、sed C. proud D. shocked 19. A. imagined B. ignored C. questioned D. recalled 20. A. tough B. happy C. simple D. long 三、阅读理解 A Joanna Cole is the author of a wealth of children’s books on various subjects. Cole’s fertile imagination has provided beginning
30、 readers with jokes and puzzles, humorous tales of the Clown-Around family, and books about science. The winner of countless awards, Cole follows her own widespread interests to write. She is credited with introducing the interesting world of science to young readers through her book series such as
31、the hugely popular “Magic School Bus” books, which inspired its own television program. A careful researcher, Cole is praised for her scientific accuracy, but her books gain most of their effectiveness from her humor and easily understood explanations of difficult technical subjects. Cole first
32、discovered the pleasure of writing when she was in grade school. “I discovered in the fifth grade what I liked to do: write reports and stories, make them interesting and draw pictures to go along with the words. Science was my favorite. Our teacher, Miss Bair, would ask us to read a science book ev
33、ery week. And each week, she would choose one student to do an experiment and report on it to the class. I would have done an experiment every week if she had let me. Grade school was much more influential than my later education. Maybe that’s why as an adult I ended up writing books for children.”
34、 After graduating from the City College of New York, Cole pursued(追求)her interest in books. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole then became an editor at Scholastic. It was during her first job at the elementary school that s
35、he was inspired by an article about cockroaches(蟑螂)in The Wall Street Journal. Realizing that this was a subject she had never read about in school, Cole decided to write about it herself. The first publisher rejected the idea, but Cole had more luck when she sent her book to the publishing house of
36、 William Morrow, where Editor Connie C. Epstein helped her improve her skills in science writing. Beginning with that book, Cole has continued to pen both nonfiction and fiction for younger readers. In 1980, after ten years’ editing children’s books, she became a full-time writer. 1. We can learn f
37、rom the text that Joanna Cole _____. A. writes various books for adults B. is good at getting science across to readers C. is teaching science at an elementary school D. received many awards for her scientific achievement 2. Joanna Cole’s attitude towards scientific experiments can be described
38、 as _____. A. uncaring B. cautious C. unfavorable D. enthusiastic 3. Which is the correct order of the following events related to Joanna Cole? a. She worked as a librarian. b. She became a full-time writer. c. She discovered the pleasure of writing. d. She s
39、tudied in the City College of New York. e. She sent her book to the publishing house of William Morrow. A. c-d-a-b-e B. c-d-a-e-b C. d-c-a-b-e D. d-a-c-e-b 4. Which of the following best describes Joanna Cole? A. Talented and creative. B. Popular but un
40、happy. C. Serious and honest. D. Friendly but strict. B Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, Versed. “I'm delighted and amazed at how
41、 much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win,” said Armantrout. “For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th
42、book, is really surprising.” Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master's in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in America
43、n poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think. In March, she won the National Book Critics Award for Versed. “This book has gotten more attention,” Armantrout said, “but I don't feel as if it's better.” The first half of Versed focuses on the dark
44、 forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were no
45、t.“Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry,” said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. Versed, published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May. 5
46、 According to Rae Armantrout, ________. A. her 10th book is much better B. her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected C. the media is surprised at her works D. she likes being recognized by her readers 6. Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout? A. She published a poetry textbook. B. Sh
47、e used to teach Denise Levertov. C. She started a poets' group with others. D. She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley. 7. What can we learn about Versed? A. It consists of three parts. B. It is mainly about the American army. C. It is a book published two decades ago. D. It partly concern
48、s the poet's own life. 8. Rae Armantrout's colleagues think that she ________. A. should write more B. has a sweet voice C. deserves the prize D. is a strange professor 9. What can we learn from the text? A. About 2,700 copies of Versed will be printed. B. Cancer made Armantrout stop writing
49、 C. Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD. D. Versed has been awarded twice. 四、根据短文内容, 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 How to Get Happy 1 Figure out how to change the way you view your life and you can achieve happiness. Gretchen Rubin, the creator of the Happiness Project website sp
50、ent a year testing “every principle, tip, and theory” she could find to help people cheer up, especially given the trying times. “When people feel like they're worse off than they were last year, it's a happiness challenge,” Rubin note. Her advice? 2 Here she happily shared other pointers.






