Unit1 Starting out and Understanding ideas提升测评
Ⅰ.阅读理解
Last week the British university system offered a record number of places. That sounds like good news—but do we really need more people to go to university？For that matter does the world need more universities？
The answer feels like it should be yes.
Education is good, isn’t it But everything has a cost.
Education takes time. We could insist that everyone study full-time until the age of 45 but that would surely be too much. And perhaps half the population studying until they also too much. As for universities, they consume financial and intellectual resources—perhaps those resources might be better spent elsewhere.
My own opinion is strongly in favor both of going to university, and of simply having universities around.
The main skill I learnt at university was to write about economics, and I use that skill every day in my professional life. Even an abstract education seems practical to me. And I now live in Oxford, one of the worlds most celebrated（著名的）university cities. Oxford’s experience certainly suggests that universities have much to offer.
The city’s architecture and green spaces have been shaped—greatly for the better, on balance—by the 900-year-old institution at its heart. The beauty attracts tourists and locals too.
But these are samples of one. Many people do not find themselves using the skills and knowledge they accumulated at university. And Oxford’s dreaming spires（尖顶）aren’t terribly representative of global universities as a whole.
1. Which of the following is the most proper title
A. Does the world need more universities
B. Is education really necessary
C. Is British university system the best
D. Do you prefer universities abroad
2. Which of the following about the writer is TRUE
A. He is an economist now.
B. He likes Oxford’s architecture and green space most.
C. The skill he learnt at university is practical in his career.
D. He holds the view that going to university is a waste of resources.
3. The writer develops the passage by ________.
A. comparing his experience with others’
B. persuading us with his own experience and opinion
C. describing and sharing his own university experience
D. informing us of the advantages of universities
4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word consume in Paragraph 4
A. Use. B. Provide. C. Delight. D. Raise.
5. In the following part, the writer is likely to ________.
A. list more supporting details about his opinion
B. show more disadvantages about going to universities
C. present some opposite opinions about universities
D. draw a conclusion about the topic
Ⅱ.语法填空
A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher. These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked 1 (happy). The teacher asked them the difficulty they had 2 achieve their dreams. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and life. The teacher went to 3 kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups—china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some were plain looking, some were expensive and some were lovely. The teacher told them to help 4 (they) to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving 5 the plain and cheap ones？You want only the best for yourselves, 6 is the source of your problems.”
“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cups, 7 you went for the best cups then looking at each other’s cups.”
Now think about this：life is coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society 8 (be) cups. They are just 9 (tool) to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about cups, we fail 10 (enjoy) coffee. So don’t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________
答案：
I.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者结合自己的经历告诉我们虽然教育是好事，但是大学占用了太多的财政和智力资源，而且很多人在大学学到的技能并没有得到运用。
1.A 主旨大意题。根据第一段最后一句“For that matter，does the world need more universities？”可知，本文主要论述了世界是否还需要更多大学。故选A。
2.C 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中的“The main skill I learnt at university was to write about economics, and I use hat skill every day of my professional life，even an abstract education seems practical to me.”可知，作者在大学学到的技能在工作中每天都能用到。故选C。
3.B 细节理解题。根据文章内容，特别是倒数第二至四段作者的观点和经历可知，作者用自己的观点和切身经历来表明自己的观点。故选B。
4.A 词义猜测题。根据第四段中的“Education takes time.”和画线词后的“financial and intellectual resources”可知，大学占用大量财政和智力资源，由此可知，画线词应意为“消耗，耗费”，故选A。
5.C 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句“And Oxford’s dreaming spires（尖顶）aren’t terribly representative of global universities as a whole.”可知，牛津大学的梦幻尖顶不能代表全球大学的整体水平，由此可推知，接下来作者将举例证明这一点，即对大学提出一些反对意见，故选C。
Ⅱ.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲的是一群学生去看望他们的老师时抱怨他们在生活和工作中的压力，老师通过杯子和咖啡告诉大家要追求生活的本质，不要被外表所迷惑。
1. happily 考查副词。句意：他们聊得很开心。这里用副词修饰动词talk。故填happily。
2. achieving 考查固定结构。句意：老师问他们实现梦想的过程中遇到的困难。have difficulty（in）doing sth.做某事有困难。故填 achieving。
3. the 考查冠词。go to the kitchen去厨房。故填the。
4. themselves 考查反身代词。句意：老师让他们自己倒咖啡。help oneself to…自己取……。这里是让“他们”自己倒咖啡，故填 themselves。
5. behind 考查固定短语。句意：你们所有人拿的都是漂亮昂贵的杯子，留下了普通便宜的杯子，你们注意到了吗？leave behind留下。故填 behind。
6. which 考查非限制性定语从句。句意：你们只想要给自己最好的，这就是你们问题的根源。设空处引导非限制性定语从句，关系词指代整个主句，在定语从句中作主语，故填 which。
7. but 考查连词。句意：你们真正需要的是咖啡不是杯子，但是你们都去拿了最好的杯子，然后开始看其他人的杯子。根据句意可知，这里前后是转折关系，故
填but。
8. are 考查时态及主谓一致。句意：生活是咖啡，工作、钱和社会地位是杯子。根据上文中的is可知应用一般现在时；主语是 the jobs，money and position in society，谓语应用复数形式。故填are。
9. tool 考查名词的数。句意：它们只是用来装东西的工具，并不会改变生活。根据句意及空前的are可知，这里用名词复数形式，故填 tools。
10. to enjoy 考查非谓语动词。句意：有时，因为只关心杯子，我们没能享受咖啡。fail to do sth.未能做某事，没能做某事。故填 to enjoy。
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