确。
4. What would be the best title for the text? A. All for a Nap B. Just for a Rest C. A Special Sleep Pattern D. Taking Naps in Warmer Climate
【解析】选A。标题归纳题。通读全文可知本文主要讲述的是人们累了或者是在夏天的午后都会休息或睡觉, 小睡对人们的身体有好处。故选A。
Ⅱ. 完形填空
I was watching a TV series one night when I took in one scene. A man was seeking his community votes, and people mostly wanted to know why they should give him their 1 . He took them to his house and on every mirror in his house was the word “Faith” pasted(粘贴). People raised lots of 2 to find out why the word was pasted on his mirrors. He said, “My dad often 3 me to believe that as long as you have 4 , you should have faith. Every time you look into the mirror, you’re looking at yourself and see ‘Faith’. ”
The 5 I learned from this is simple—faith is a living thing and in the same way we’re all 6 given 24 hours a day and we’re all given the same measure of faith. Faith keeps us going when things get 7 ! Why is some people’s faith stronger than that of others? Exercise! If we choose to exercise our faith, it will grow; but if we choose not to, it remains weak. Some people might 8 that they don’t have faith, but we all practice faith every day even if we don’t 9 it was faith. Daily tasks, such as studying, investing or reaching for a dream, take faith.
Faith 10 hearing and doing. I made a decision yesterday—to stop reading the newspaper full of too much sad and 11 news. Why? Because I 12 there was a drop of my mental state after reading the newspapers.
Faith, when it’s put to 13 , becomes a beautiful thing. It lifts your mental state to a higher place that 14 you to raise yourself up and declare, “Yes, I can. ” So make the decision today to strengthen your faith by 15 it.
【文章大意】本文是议论文, 讨论的是我们每个人都要有信念, 而且要不断练习, 从而增强我们的信念。
1. A. support C. pity
B. instruction D. information
【解析】选A。根据上文 “seeking his community votes. . . ”可知, 人们想知道为什么要给予他支持。
2. A. voices B. questions C. rules D. standards
【解析】选B。根据下文 “. . . why the word was pasted on his mirrors” 可知此处表示人们提出问题(raise questions)想了解实情。
3. A. teaches
B. permits
C. forces
D. promises
【解析】选A。本句表示父亲教给我人生的道理(teach sb. to do sth. ) 4. A. friendship B. breath
C. wealth
D. success
【解析】选B。根据上下文可知, 把Faith 这个词贴在镜子上是为了每次照镜子时都能看到它, 这说明父亲让他相信信念非常重要, 只要活着, 我们就要有信仰。have breath 表示 “活着”。
5. A. lesson B. view C. choice
D. example
【解析】选A。破折号后的内容是作者从父亲所说的话中学到的经验(lesson)。 6. A. extremely B. freelyC. equally
D. frequently
【解析】选C。根据下文 “24 hours a day”判断, 我们每个人的一天同样(equally)都是24小时。
7. A. strange
B. different C. funny
D. rough
【解析】选D。根据常识可知, 当事情变得艰难时(get rough), 更能显出信念的作用。
8. A. argue
B. realize D. predict
C. understand
【解析】选A。作者认为有些人可能会有不同意见, 他们也许会争辩(argue)说, 他们没有信念。
9. A. agree C. admire
B. appreciate D. acknowledge
【解析】选D。联系上文可知, 作者对这些人的驳斥: 我们每天都在践行它,
即使我们不承认(acknowledge)那就是信念。
10. A. dreams of B. comes from C. feels like
D. keeps on
【解析】选B。此空表示信念来自(comes from)你所听和所做的事。 11. A. various
B. genuine
C. latest D. negative
【解析】选D。联系上下文可知, 此处所需词汇应与sad 意义相近, 表示 “悲伤和负面的消息”。
12. A. heard B. noticed
C. declared D. explained
【解析】选B。读了那样的内容, 作者应该 “注意到”了自己情绪的低落。 13. A. checkB. list
C. work D. sleep
【解析】选C。践行信念时, 它会变成一个美好的东西。Put. . . to work 表示 “践行, 使起作用”。
14. A. warns
B. causes
C. orders
D. forbids
【解析】选B。联系前文可知, 信念能把你的精神状态提升到更高的高度, 促使你提升自我, 并宣称: “是的, 我能行”。
15. A. exercising C. obtaining
B. forming
D. thinking
【解析】选A。根据第二段的 “If we choose to exercise our faith, it will. . . ”可知此处应该选exercising。
Ⅲ. 语法填空
An American boy went 1. ________(miss) three days ago, 2. received people’s great interest. Several people gave different descriptions of his
3.
(disappear).
has
His sister, 4. ________(age) nine, says she heard her brother 5. ________(return) home at about 11pm. When she went to bed, she was frightened at lots of strange creatures 6. ________(stand) inside a spaceship outside. She is sure the aliens took her brother.
His parents became worried and called the police when their son didn’t show 7. ________for lunch the next day.
Some people also say that aliens took one of them aboard the UFO so that they could do research on her. 8.
(luck), she returned safely.
When 9. ________(ask) about the possibility that the boy was taken by aliens, the police say 10. ________they haven’t dismissed the idea, they will not give up until they find out what happened.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文, 讲述了一个美国男孩三天前离奇失踪了。对于他的失踪, 人们众说纷纭, 但他的妹妹坚称他是被外星人带走的, 警方已经对此展开调查并表示在查明真相之前不会放弃。
1. 【解析】missing。考查形容词。句意: 一个美国男孩三天前失踪了, 这引起了人们极大的兴趣。go missing表示“失踪、消失”, 故填missing。
2. 【解析】which。考查定语从句。句意: 一个美国男孩三天前失踪了, 这引起了人们极大的兴趣。此处为非限制性定语从句, 关系词指代前面句子的内容, 在从句中作主语, 故填which。
3. 【解析】disappearance。考查名词。句意: 几个人对他的失踪给出了不同的描述。作介词of的宾语用名词, 表示抽象意义, 不可数, 故填disappearance。
4. 【解析】aged。考查非谓语动词。句意: 他9岁的妹妹说她听到她哥哥夜里11点左右回家了。His sister与age之间是逻辑上的动宾关系, 表示被动, 用过去分词作定语, 故填aged。
5. 【解析】return。考查非谓语动词。句意: 他9岁的妹妹说她听到她哥哥夜里11点左右回家了。hear sb. do表示“听到某人做某事”, 此处不表示动作正在进行, 故填return。
6. 【解析】standing。考查非谓语动词。句意: 当她上床睡觉时, 她被外面许多站在飞船里面的奇怪的生物吓坏了。creatures 与stand之间是逻辑上的主谓关系, 表示主动, 用现在分词作定语, 故填standing。
7. 【解析】up。 考查固定搭配。句意: 第二天, 当他们的儿子没有来吃午饭时, 他的父母开始担心起来并报了警。show up表示“现身、出现”, 故填up。
8. 【解析】Luckily。考查副词。句意: 幸运的是, 她安全地回来了。修饰整个句子用副词, 故填Luckily。
9. 【解析】asked。考查状语从句的省略。当被问及男孩被外星人带走的可能性时, 警方表示, 尽管他们还没有排除这个想法, 但是在查明真相之前, 他们
不会放弃。在when引导的时间状语从句中, 当主从句的主语一致时, 从句的主语和be动词可以省略, the police与ask之间是被动关系, 此处省略了they were, 故填asked。
10. 【解析】while/though/although。考查连词。根据上文判断they haven’t dismissed the idea与they will not give up until they find out what happened之间是让步关系, 故填while/though/although。
《Unit 3 Diverse Cultures Discovering Useful Structures》同步练习及答案
