Unit 5 Art world
一、选择题
1.I recognized you ________I saw you at the airport.
A.the moment B.while C.after D.once
2.________he exercises every day________he is very healthy.
A.Because; so B.Because; through
C.Because;/ D.Though;/
3.The English party started ________an English song and________a well-known piano music.
A.with, ended up with B.for, ended up
C.for, ended up with D.with, ended up
4.He got ________with playing chess.
A.bored B.boring C.bores D.bore
5.We prefer ________ some shopping to ________ camping since the weather isn’t lovely.
A.do; going B.doing; go
C.do; go D.doing; going
6.It’s a________place. I can hardly hear you.
A.noisy B.noise C.noising D.noisily
7.________you've got a chance,you might as well make full use of it.
A.Now that B.After C.Although D.As soon as
8.No matter________,he is always with his family at weekends.
A.how busy is he B.how busy he is
C.how busy to he D.how he is busy
9. — I think milk is good ________us.
— Yes, I agree ________ you.
A.for; with B.about; in C.at; of D.for; about
10.I'll help you with your study________you don't do well in it.
A.so B.until C.since D.though
11.It's necessary for you ________with foreingers in English.
A.to practise to communicate
B.to practising communicate
C.to practise communicating
D.to practising communicating
12.He found it difficult to read, ________ his eyesight was beginning to fail.
A.and B.for C.but D.or
13.________John was watching TV,his wife was cooking.
A.As B.As soon as C.While D.Till
14.HongKong is ________to be a good place for eating today.
A.known to be B.known for
C.known D.know
15.We were told that we should follow the main road ________we reached the central railway station.
A.whenever B.until C.while D.wherever
二、翻译
16.选择做某事
17.高度赞扬
18.给某人免费的票
19.拉小提琴
20.跑向某人
21.交通繁忙
22.上气不接下气
23.对某人开放
24.匆忙跑进
25.过了一会儿
三、阅读理解
William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.
He was born in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.
At twenty-eight, he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He made almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.
At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left the genius (天才) to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
26.Shakespeare wrote many famous plays except .
A.Hamlet B.Macbeth
C.Romeo and Juliet D.Man and Superman
27.Shakespeare decided to be an actor in .
A.1578 B.1582 C.1599 D.1616
28.In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon .
A.with his wife B.with his daughter
C.with his wife and children D.Alone
29.Shakespeare got much money from .
A.writing B.plays C.acting D.Retirement
30.According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE
A.Shakespeare had two children.
B.Shakespeare wrote both plays and poems.
C.Shakespeare left his money to the Globe Theatre.
D.Shakespeare wrote plays in English and some other languages.
"God made the world,but the Dutch made Holland."True to this saying,the people of the Netherlands are again"making"their land.
About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920's:
transforming the Zyuder Zee,an inlet of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake.By stages,550,000 acres of land will serve several
purposes:industrial,recreational,military,and agricultural.Fed by the river Yssel,the remaining water basin Lake Yssel,about 300,000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination (盐化作用).Excess water will drain through sluices into the sea.
As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam,rising twenty﹣five feet above sea level,closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee.Then the experimental polder of a hundred acres preceded the first and smallest of the main polders fifty thousand acres that became dry land in 1930.The fifth and largest polder 150,000 acres will be the last of the Zuider Zee works.
Farmers for the new polder come from every province.The Eastern Flevoland polder,completed in 1957,became farmland for many from the province of Zealand which was badly hit by the disastrous floods of 1953.
31.This article gives a present﹣day example of how .
A.salty soils are desalinated
B.the Netherlands has increased its land area
C.irrigation systems are built
D.dams are constructed
32.The period taken for the Zuider Zee project is .
A.from 1900 up to 1960
B.from the 1920 till about 1980
C.from 1930 to 1957
D.less than fifty years
33.The Zuider Zee will be replaced by .
A.550,000 acres of land
B.300,000 acres of fresh water
C.both A and B
D.Neither A nor B
34.The article gives a measurement for the .
A.height of the barrier dam
B.width of the barrier dam
C.width of the road along the dam
D.height above sea level of the area on the land side of dam
35.Implied but not stated:
A.The first step in the project was a barrier dam.
B.The polder recipe was first used in this century.
C.Half of the Netherlands is below sea level.
D.There is more than one method of fighting salination.
四、书面表达
36.以"The art form I like best"为题写一篇关于你最喜欢的艺术形式的文章,艺术形式不限,如:画画,剪纸,乐器等,字数不少于90词.可用下列表达:
I have a real gift for …; I became interested in…when I was; I once did not like …because…;
I forgot…until..; Since then,I have been crazy about…I enjoy myself…every time…
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参考答案:
1.A
【详解】句意:在机场我一看到你就认出你来了。
考查连词。the moment立刻,马上;一…就;while当…的时候(两件事情同时发生);after在…之后;once一旦(还没发生)。结合语境“在机场我……看到你……认出你来了”。即一……就……。故选A。
2.C
【详解】句意:因为他每天锻炼,所以他非常健康。
考查连词。because因为;so因此;through穿过;though尽管。根据he exercises every day他每天锻炼,he is very healthy他非常健康。前后是一种因果关系,同时because和so不能同时连用,故选C。
3.A
【详解】句意:英语晚会以一首英文歌曲开始,以一首著名的钢琴曲结束。
考查介词辨析和动词短语。with用;for为了;end up with以……结束;end up结束。第一处构成start with短语,意为“以……开始”;第二空后有宾语a well-known piano music,表示“以……结束”,构成ended up with短语。故选A。
4.A
【详解】句意:他厌烦下国际象棋了。
考查形容词辨析。bored无聊的、厌烦的,其主语或所修饰的名词通常是人;boring无聊的、令人厌烦的,其主语或所修饰的名词通常是物;bores使厌烦,第三人称单数形式;bore动词原形。根据“He got…with playing chess.”可知,get是系动词,后接形容词作表语,此处的形容词修饰人,表示人的感受,所以应用bored,故选A。
5.D
【详解】句意:天气不太好,我们宁愿去购物也不愿去野营。
考查prefer的用法。prefer doing to doing宁愿做某事也不愿做某事。故选D。
6.A
【详解】句意:它是一个吵闹的地方,我几乎听不见你说话。
考查词汇辨析。noisy形容词,表示“吵闹的;嘈杂的”;noise名词,表示“声音;响声;噪音”;也可作动词,表示“谣传;哄传”;noisily副词,表示“大声”。这里修饰名词应该用形容词形式noisy,吵闹的。故选A。
7.A
【详解】句意:既然你已经得到一个机会,你也可以充分利用它。
考查连词辨析。Now that既然;After在……之后;Although虽然、尽管;As soon as一……就……。might as well +do sth.“倒不如……”;根据句意可知,此处表达为“既然”,故选A。
8.B
【详解】句意:不论他多忙,他周末总是和家人在一起。
考查No matter引导的让步状语从句。状语从句用陈述句语序,故排除AD。题中表达的是客观事实,要用一般现在时态,即how+adj.+主语+be。故选B。
9.A
【详解】句意:——我认为牛奶对我们有好处。——是的。我同意你的说法。
考查介词及固定搭配。be good for对……有好处;agree with sb.同意某人。故选A。
10.C
【详解】既然你不擅长学习,我将帮助你。
考查连词。so因此;until直到;since既然;though尽管。根据I'll help you with your study和you don't do well in it.之间的关系,应该使用“since”。故选C。
11.C
【详解】句意:练习与外国人用英语交流是必要的。
考查形式主语结构和非谓语。it is+形容词+for sb to do sth.意为“对某人来说做某事是……”,此处不定式做真正的主语。因此B,D不正确。practise doing sth“练习做某事”。A不正确。故选C。
12.B
【详解】句意:他觉得阅读是困难的,因为他的视力开始差了。
考查连词辨析。and和,表并列;for因为,表原因;but但是,表转折;or或者,表选择。“his eyesight was beginning to fail”是“He found it difficult to read”的原因,所以用for连接,故选B。
13.C
【详解】句意:当约翰在看电视时,他的妻子在做饭。
考查连词辨析。As由于,引导时间状语从句,从句一般不用进行时;As soon as一……就……,主句用一般将来时态,从句用一般现在时态;While当……时候,表示两个动作同时进行;Till直到,是指直到某一特定事件发生的时候,而在那个时刻之后,该事情或状况仍将持续。根据句意可知,当约翰看电视时他的妻子同时也在做饭,所以用while,故选C。
14.C
【详解】句意:众所周知,香港现今是一个吃饭的好地方。
考查被动语态。“be known to be”意为“成为……所熟知”;“be known for”意为“因为……而著名”;“known”意为“知道”,根据is,构成被动;“know”意为“知道”,根据is,可知D项是错误的。根据不定式to be可知,A,B不正确。故选C。
15.B
【详解】句意:我们被告知我们应该沿着主干道直到我们走到中心火车站。
考查连词辨析。whenever 无论什么时候;until直到……; while当…..时候; wherever无论哪里;结合语境可知,此处指“直到走到中心火车站”;故选B。
16.choose to do sth. 17.speak highly of 18.give sb. free tickets 19.play the violin 20.run to sb. 21.too much traffic 22.out of breath 23.be open to sb. 24.hurry into 25.after a while
【分析】16.choose to do sth.“选择做某事”,后跟不定式作宾语。故填choose to do sth.。
17.speak highly of“高度赞扬”,highly副词修饰动词,表示程度。故填speak highly of。
18.give sb. sth.“给某人某物”,free“免费的”,形容词修饰名词作定语。故填give sb. free tickets。
19.play the violin“拉小提琴”,西洋乐器前要用定冠词the修饰。故填play the violin。
20.run to sb.“跑向某人”,to表示方向,意为“朝向”,故填run to sb.。
21.too much“太多”,修饰不可数名词,故填too much traffic。
22.out of breath“上气不接下气”,介宾短语。故填out of breath。
23.be open to sb.“对某人开放”,此处open作表语。故填be open to sb.。
24.hurry into“匆忙跑进”,动词短语。故填hurry into。
25.after a while“过了一会儿”,做时间状语。故填after a while。
26.D 27.A 28.D 29.C 30.B
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。短文作者主要讲述了莎士比亚的简短、辉煌的一生。介绍了他的人生经历,家庭情况以及留给后人的伟大作品。
26.细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth.”他的一些最著名的戏剧是《哈姆雷特》《罗密欧与朱丽叶》和《麦克白》。可知莎士比亚的作品不包含Man and Superman。故选D。
27.推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen.”当他在十四岁完成学业时,决定成为一名演员。结合第四段第二句“He died at the age of fifty-two in 1616.”他于1616年去世,享年52岁,由此可推出他出生于1564年。所以他想成为一名演员是在1578年(1564+14=1578)。故选A。
28.细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句和第三句“In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind.”1585年,莎士比亚离开了他的家乡,他的妻子和孩子们被留下。所以他是孤身离开家乡的。故选D。
29.细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句“But he made a lot of money from acting.”但是他从表演中赚了很多钱。故选C。
30.判断正误题。根据第二段第六句和第七句“Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins.”可知他有三个孩子,A错误;根据第一段第一句“William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems.”可知B正确;根据第四段第三句“He left his money to his family.”可知C错误;根据第四段倒数第二句“You still see his plays in English and in many other languages.”是说我们今天可以看到被翻译成英语和其他的一些语言的他的作品,而不是说他用英语和许多其他语言写了很多作品,D项理解错误。故选B。
31.D 32.B 33.C 34.D 35.A
【分析】文章由"上帝创造世界,但是荷兰人创造了荷兰"引出荷兰人民花费了大量的时间和超凡的智慧建造了伟大的大坝工程,使得大海的入口成为了具有多种用途的土地和淡水湖.新生的土地吸引了来自各省的农民,在1953年还经历了灾难性的大洪灾.
31.细节理解题,根据About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920's:transforming the Zyuder Zee,an inlet of the North Sea into dry land and a freshwater lake.大约在1980年,荷兰将完成一个从20世纪20年代开始的项目:把北海的入口Zyuder Zee转变为干燥的陆地和一个淡水湖,加上As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam,rising twenty﹣five feet above sea level,closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee.当一个19英里长的大坝屏障作为工程第一站,大坝高于海平面25英尺,来关闭通往须德海的入口,可知这讲述的是大坝的建造,故选D.
32.细节理解题,根据About 1980 the Netherlands will complete a project begun in the 1920's大约在1980年,荷兰将完成一个从20世纪20年代开始的项目,可知从1920年开始,大约1980年完工,故选B.
33.细节理解题,根据550,000 acres of land will serve several purposes…550000英亩的土地将服务于多方面的目的…,结合about 300,000 acres will irrigate the surrounding land and help in the fight against salination (盐化作用)大约将灌溉300000英亩周围的土地,帮助对抗盐化,故选C.
34.细节理解题,根据As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam,rising twenty﹣five feet above sea level,closed the entrance to the Zuider Zee作为第一站,一座19英里长的拦水坝,海平面上升25英尺,关闭了Zuider Zee的入口,故选D.
35.细节理解题,根据As the first stop a nineteen﹣mile﹣long barrier dam,可知工程第一部是修建一个拦水坝,故选A.
36.Art is full of beauty.Art has many kinds of forms.The art form I like best is music.I have a real gift for music.But I once did not like music because I couldn't find the beauty of music.I became interested in music when I was 6 years old.I'll never forget my first music lesson.My music teacher,Mrs.Green gave me a wonderful music lesson.She let me sing a song before the class,and I did very well.Since then,I have been crazy about music.I enjoy myself every time I have a music lesson.
【详解】本文属于话题作文,描述最喜欢的艺术形式。根据要表达的内容确定并准确运用时态,上下文意思连贯,符合逻辑,可适当增加内容。
【亮点说明】这是一篇优秀的作文,很好的完成了试题规定的任务,语言表达符合英语习惯,准确运用时态、主谓一致,特别适用一些亮点词句,如like best,because,became interested in,wonderful,before 以及Since then等。
增强逻辑关系,增加上下文意思连贯,用词准确,句子通顺,行文连贯。
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