英语8人教新课件unit85练习.docx

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英语8人教新课件unit85练习

英语8人教新课件unit8-5练习

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．________（不知怎么地）thethieveshadmanagedtogetinthroughatinybathroomwindow.

2．Themayor________（称赞）thefireman'sbraveryinhisspeech.

3．Passengerswereaskedto________（确认）theirownsuitcasesbeforetheywereputontheplane.

4．________（原始）peoplelivedincavesandtheyoftenhadtogohungry.

5．Afterafewyearsofpractice,hebecamevery________（熟练的）atdrawing.

6．Yournamehasbeend________fromthelist.

7．Don'thurry.Wehavea________time.

8．Theresultsofthissurveycanbedividedintothreemainc________.

9．Hea________hisspeed,hopingtocatchupwithalltheotherathletesaheadofhim.

10．Millionsofpeoplewillfaces________nextyearasaresultofthedrought.

答案：

1.Somehow　2.applauded　3.identify　4.Primitive

5．skillful　6.deleted　7.ample　8.categories　9.accelerates

10．starvation

Ⅱ.完成句子

1．Wheneverweareintrouble,wemust________________（向前看）andencourageourselves.

2．Thisjobisopentoall，________________（不管）previousexperience.

3．Thehistoryofthiscountrycan______________________（追溯到）theStoneAge.

4．________________（要是……就好了）wecouldhaveadayofftomorrow.

5．________________（假定）thetaskisfinished,wherecanwehaveaholiday?

答案：

1.lookahead　2.regardlessof　3.datebackto/datefrom

4．Ifonly　5.Assumingthat

Ⅲ.单项填空

1．Moreattentionistobepaidtoenergyexplorationtofind________energy.

A．traditional　　　　　　　B．alternative

C．availableD．inexpensive

答案：

B　考查形容词。

句意：

为了找到可替代能源，人们将投入更多的注意力进行能源勘探。

alternativeenergy“替代能源”。

2．—Isyourhusbandgoodatcleaninguptheroom?

—Notvery,butwhenit________cooking,heismuchbetterthanIam.

A．talksaboutB．refersto

C．comestoD．dealswith

答案：

C　考查句式。

whenitcomestodoingsth.“当谈论到做某事时”。

3．—Anyinformationaboutyourson?

—No，ifonlyI________thosetoughwordstohim.

A．didn'tsayB．hadn'tsaid

C．shouldn'thavesaidD．couldn'thavesaid

答案：

B　考查虚拟语气。

ifonly引导从句应该使用虚拟语气。

再由句意“要是我还没有对他说那些强硬的话该多好啊”可知，表示与过去的事实相反，因此用过去完成时。

4．Theagentwas________forcarryingafalsepassport.

A．arrestedB．accused

C．chargedD．suspected

答案：

A　考查动词辨析。

accuse,suspect常与of连用；charge常与with连用，而arrest则与for连用。

5．Ihadgivenuphopeofgoingtocollege________wordcamethatIhadbeenadmittedtoafamousBritishUniversity.

A．whileB．when

C．sothatD．until

答案：

B　haddone...when...“刚刚……突然”。

6．—DidyoumeetwiththefamousspaceheroYangLiwei?

—________Ihadcomehereearlier.

A．IfonlyB．Ifnot

C．ButforD．Forfear

答案：

A　后句意为：

要是我早来这里就好了！

ifonly“要是……就好了。

”

7．Alllivingorganisms（有机物），________theiruniqueidentity,havebiological,chemicalandphysicalcharacteristicsincommon.

A．asaconsequenceofB．forthesakeof

C．intermsofD．regardlessof

答案：

D　regardlessof“不管；不顾”。

8．—MayItakeactiontohelpthosepeoplewhosevillagehasbeen________bytheflood?

—________.

A．cutoff;Byallmeans

B．cutup;Bynomeans

C．cutdown;Nothingcanbebetter

D．cutacross;Noproblem

答案：

A　句意：

“我可以采取行动帮助那些村庄被洪水切断的人吗？

”“当然可以。

”cutoff“切断”，byallmeans“当然可以”。

9．________thatyouarechosentobeavolunteerattheLondonOlympicGames,whatwillyoudo?

A．AssumedB．Assuming

C．ToassumeD．Tobeassumed

答案：

B　本题考查assume的非谓语形式，因为与句子主语之间是主动关系所以选B。

10．Theyareclosefriendsandtheirfriendship________collegedays.

A．datesbacktoB．datesback

C．datestoD．datesbackfrom

答案：

A　datebackto＝datefrom“始于；追溯到……”。

11．Theschoolmaster________thegirl'sbraveryinhisopeningspeech.

A．applaudedB．appeared

C．apologizedD．clapped

答案：

A　applaud除了表示“鼓掌”之外，还可以表示“赞赏”。

appear“出现”；apologize“道歉”；clap“拍手”。

12．Friendshavetroubleremembering________thatKevinDurantdidforfun,otherthanbasketball.

A．whereitwasB．whatitwas

C．howitwasD．whyitwas

答案：

B　考查强调句型。

句意：

朋友们在纳闷除了篮球，KevinDurant做什么有趣。

remember后接宾语从句，宾语从句应用陈述语气。

“做什么”应用what，故选B项。

13．—Ihavegotaheadache.

—Nowonder.You________infrontofthatcomputertoolong.

A．workB．areworking

C．havebeenworkingD．worked

答案：

C　本题考查动词的时态。

由Ihavegotaheadache现在完成时形式可知用现在完成进行时表示“从过去开始持续至今日还会进行下去”，体现过去开始的动作一直持续到现在或可能还要持续下去。

14．Hehurriedtothebookingofficeonly________thatalltheticketshadbeensoldout.

A．totellB．tobetold

C．tellingD．told

答案：

B　onlytodo表示“意想不到的结果”，表示出乎意料。

15．Thefirmwassuccessfullyrunand________，heowedhissuccesstothesupportofhisfriends.

A．lookingbackB．lookedback

C．tolookbackD．whenlookedback

答案：

A　考查非谓语动词。

and连接的是heowedhissuccesstothesupportofhisfriends，因此选lookingback表时间。

句意：

公司经营得很好，回首过去，他把它归功于朋友的支持。

Ⅳ.阅读理解

A

（2010·鄂州市高三摸底考试）

“Around500,000yearsago,atthePekingManSiteatZhoukoudianinBeijing'ssuburbanFangshandistrict,whichisabout50kmfromthecityofBeijing,therelivedearlyhumanbeings，”saysaChinahistorytextbook.

Thetextbooknowhastoberevised.NewdatingtechniquessuggesttheremainsofPekingMan—foundinthe1920s—areover200,000yearsolderthanpreviouslythought.What'simportantaboutthatdate,about770,000yearsago,isthatthiswasaniceageonEarth.

OverEarth'slonghistory,therehavebeenanumberoftimeswheniceandsnowcoveredalargepartofitssurface.Suchperiodsareknownasiceages.

Earthisinaniceagenow.Itstartedabout2millionyearsago.Despitethemanywarmperiodssincethen,scientistsregardthewholetimeasoneiceagebecauseofthecontinuousexistenceofatleastonelargeicesheet—theoneoverAntarctica.

ThenewdiscoverywasmadebyChineseandUSscientists.ItsuggestsPekingManisprobablyouroldestcoldweatherhumanbeing,saidDarrylGranger,anatmosphericscientistatPurdueUniversitywhoseresearchappearsinThursday'seditionofthejournalNature.

TheaverageyearlytemperatureatthetimeinthatpartofChinawasaroundthefreezingmark,butitwastoodryforanicesheet,Grangersaid.

Thisraisesaquestion.HowdidPekingMansurvivethecoldweather?

RickPotts,aSmithsonianInstitutionhumanoriginsexpertwhowasn'tinvolvedintheresearch,raisedthreepossibilities：

First,fire.EarlyfindingsshowedsignsofafireinPekingMan'scave.Buttherehasbeendebateaboutwhetherthefirewasaccidentalorcontrolled.

Second,fur.ThereisnoevidencethatPekingManusedsimpletoolstomakemoreformfittingclothes.It'smorelikelyheworeanimalfur.

Lastly,hemayhavedevelopedgraduallytohandlethecold.PekingManmayhaveexperiencedphysiologicalchangesthatallowedmorebloodtoflowtohishandsandlegs,Pottssaid.“Peopleingeneralwholiveincolderclimatestendtobeshorterandwider，”heexplained.

UnlikethetimesofPekingMan,todaytheglobaltemperatureisrisingduetothegreenhouseeffect.Inthefuture,couldhumansdeveloptohandlethewarmthjustasPekingMandidtofightthecold?

文章大意：

最新研究发现北京人的年代应该是处于冰河世纪，比我们原先的估计早二十万年。

1．Accordingtothenewresearch,PekingManactuallydatesbackto________.

A．around500,000yearsago

B．over200,000yearsago

C．about770,000yearsago

D．about2millionyearsago

答案：

C　细节理解题。

由第二段最后一句话“What'simportantaboutthatdate,about770,000yearsago,isthatthiswasaniceageonEarth.”可知。

2．Whatisthemostimportantstandardforscientiststodecideaniceage?

A．Theweatherconditions.

B．Thecontinuousexistenceofanylargeicesheets.

C．Theaverageyearlytemperature.

D．Thelongperiodofsnowfall.

答案：

B　推理判断题。

由第四段第三句话“...scientistsregardthewholetimeasoneiceagebecauseofthecontinuousexistenceofatleastonelargeicesheet—theoneoverAntarctica.”可知。

3．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEofPekingMan?

A．Heistheoldesthumanbeing.

B．Heusedfiretokeepwarm.

C．Heworeformfittingclothesmadefromfurwithsimpletools.

D．Hemighthavebeenshorterandwiderthanpreviouslythought.

答案：

D　推理判断题。

由倒数第二段“Peopleingeneralwholiveincolderclimatestendtobeshorterandwider”可推知，北京人可能比我们原先预计的要矮胖，这样才能与当时的气候相适应。

4．Thepassagecanprobablybefoundin________.

A．ahistorytextbook

B．ascientificmagazine

C．aresearchreport

D．anentertainmentnewspaper

答案：

B　推理判断题。

由全文文章大意可推知。

B

Anthropologistsarescientiststhatstudypeoplewhooftenlivedhundredsoreventhousandsofyearsago.Itemsthosemen,women,andchildrenleftbehindwhentheydied—everythingfromclothingtojewelryandtools—tellsanthropologistsalot.Andsometimeseventheirwordssurvive.

ExpertsbelievethatadiscoveryinMexicoistheoldestexampleofwritingeverfoundinAmerica.Thepeoplewhocreateditprobablylived3000yearsago,longbeforeChristopherColumbusarrivedintheNewWorld.

Workersdigginginarockminehappenedtonoticeastoneblockwithmarkscarvedontoitssurface.TheyfoundthelargepieceofstonenearthecityofCascajal,Mexico,whichwasoncethecapitalofanancientpeoplecalledtheOlmec.

“TherearesignsontheblockthatseemtoshowobjectsusedbytheOlmecduringtheirreligiousceremonies，”saysDrStephenHouston,ofBrownUniversityintheUS.“ThereisasignthatlooksverysimilartoaknifeandanotherthatlookslikethechairofaKing，”heexplains.

Houston,anexpertonthewritingsystemsofancientcultures,saysthediscoveryisexcitingbecause“itmakesclearthattheOlmeccouldreadandwrite.Itislikehearingvoicesfromthepast.”

Butexpertsdon'tknowexactlywhatthewritingsays.FindingotherexamplesofOlmecwritingcouldhelpdecipher_the_puzzle.

“Wecouldhavewholesetsofancientwritingwhichwillbasicallymakeancientpeoplespeaktousdirectly，”saysHouston.“Therearemanypuzzlestobesolved,andthisisjustoneofthem.”

文章大意：

前不久专家在墨西哥发现了刻在石块上的一种古老的文字，可能是一个叫Olmec的古老民族遗留下来的。

但是由于样本太少，目前还无法识别文字表示的内容。

5．Accordingtothepassage,whatitemsdoscientistsoftenusetolearnmoreaboutthepast?

A.Clothingandjewelry.

B.Booksandstones.

C.Knivesandchairs.

D.Itemsancientpeopleleft.

答案：

D　细节理解题。

根据第一段第二句可得知，过去遗留下来的东西可以作为借鉴。