Ⅰ.多項(xiàng)選擇

　　1．(2024·湖北襄樊四中期中考試)A well-written composition ________ a good choice of words and clear organization among other things.

　　A．calls on

　　B．calls for

　　C．calls up

　　D．calls off

　　[解析]call for 需要。call on 號(hào)召，拜訪某人；call up 使回憶起；call off 取消。

　　[答案]B

　　2．People who can't ________ between colours are said to be colour-blind.

　　A．separate

　　B．disguise

　　C．distinguish

　　D．divide

　　[解析]distinguish 區(qū)分，辨別；separate 分離，分開(kāi)；disguise 偽裝，遮掩；divide 劃分，分隔。句意：不能辨別顏色的人被稱(chēng)為色盲。

　　[答案]C

　　3．George ________ the good chance to present his proposal to the director and at last it was adopted.

　　A．realized

　　B．seized

　　C．delivered

　　D．released

　　[解析]考查動(dòng)詞詞義。句意：George 抓住那個(gè)好機(jī)會(huì)向主管提出自己的建議，最后建議被采納了。seize“抓住(時(shí)機(jī))”與后面的賓語(yǔ) chance 吻合。

　　[答案]B

　　4．These old women are fond of bargains, that's why they were so easily ________.

　　A．taken in

　　B．taken up

　　C．taken on

　　D．taken off

　　[解析]句意：這些老太太們喜歡便宜貨，那就是她們?nèi)菀资茯_的原因。take sb.in 欺騙某人；take up 從事，占有(時(shí)間、空間)；take on 雇用，顯現(xiàn)；take off 起飛，脫掉。

　　[答案]A

　　5．Many were killed in the coal accident; ________， 23 lost their lives.

　　A．to be exact

　　B．on the contrary

　　C．in particular

　　D．to be honest

　　[解析]考查插入語(yǔ)。to be exact 確切地；on the contrary 相反地；in particular 特別地，尤其；to be honest 誠(chéng)實(shí)，實(shí)事求是，老實(shí)說(shuō)。由句意可知，A項(xiàng)正確。

　　[答案]A

　　6．—Sorry, I have to ________ now.It's time for class.

　　—OK, I'll call back later.

　　A．hang up

　　B．break up

　　C．give up

　　D．hold up

　　[解析]考查“動(dòng)詞＋副詞”構(gòu)成的短語(yǔ)。hang up 掛斷電話；break up 分解；give up 放棄；hold up 耽擱，中斷。由句意可知應(yīng)選A。

　　[答案]A

　　7．The rescuers ________ to work as soon as they arrived at the spot of the accident.

　　A．set out

　　B．set off

　　C．set up

　　D．set in

　　[解析]考查詞組辨析。set out to do sth.開(kāi)始做某事；set off 出發(fā)，動(dòng)身；set up 建立，設(shè)立；set in 以……為背景。句意：救援人員一到事故現(xiàn)場(chǎng)就開(kāi)始工作起來(lái)。

　　[答案]A

　　8．The ________ situation is serious, which calls for a competent leader to decide on its fate.

　　A．innocent

　　B．dynamic

　　C．merciful

　　D．current

　　[解析]current 現(xiàn)在的，目前的。innocent 無(wú)辜的；dynamic 充滿(mǎn)活力的；merciful 仁慈的。

　　[答案]D

　　9．(2024·江蘇啟東中學(xué)期中)A ________ identification card is required when you purchase foreign money from the Bank of China.

　　A．valid

　　B．fruitful

　　C．beneficial

　　D．effective

　　[解析]valid 有效力的。fruitful 有成果的；beneficial 有益的；effective 有效的。

　　[答案]A

　　10．(2011·吉林模擬)—Listen, there is some strange noise.This machine must be ________.

　　—I think so.You must have it checked.

　　A．out of order

　　B．out of date

　　C．out of sight

　　D．out of control

　　[解析]out of order 出故障了，可根據(jù)“你必須讓人檢查一下”判斷。out of control 失去控制；out of date 過(guò)時(shí)；out of sight 看不見(jiàn)。

　　[答案]A

　?、?閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2011·四川高考)The multi-million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB) will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization (數(shù)字化) of everyday life.

　　Set to open in 2024，the￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

　　As digital media(媒介) is important to its_idea,_the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

　　Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people，more effectively.”

　　The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

　　Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual (虛擬的) LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

　　Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects.Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project.It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development.And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.

　　Gambles says：“Technology will enable us to make the library's content and services open to citizens as never before.”

　　1．The underlined part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of ________.

　　A．the equipment

　　B．the project

　　C．the digital media

　　D．the physical library

　　2．While visiting the Virtual LoB the public can ________.

　　A．get a general idea of the LoB

　　B．meet many world-famous experts

　　C．learn how to put up a library building

　　D．understand how the specialists work on the project

　　3．Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

　　A．a(chǎn)，b，d

　　B．a(chǎn)，c，e

　　C．b，c，d

　　D．b，d，e

　　4．The text is most probably taken from ________.

　　A．a(chǎn) computer book

　　B．a(chǎn) library guide

　　C．a(chǎn) project handbook

　　D．a(chǎn) newspaper report

　　答案與解析

　　[語(yǔ)篇解讀]'本文為說(shuō)明文。介紹了造價(jià)幾百萬(wàn)英鎊的新白金漢宮圖書(shū)館的設(shè)計(jì)理念以及給公眾提供的服務(wù)項(xiàng)目，讓人們感受到日常生活數(shù)字化的城市就在眼前。

　　1．B'猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)第三段第一句話的句意：由于電子媒介對(duì)工程設(shè)計(jì)理念的重要性，所以該工程已經(jīng)給當(dāng)?shù)卦S多小的研究新科技的新公司提供了機(jī)會(huì)，得出正確答案為B項(xiàng)。

　　2．A'細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段的信息可知，在圖書(shū)館竣工之前，人們可以在線訪問(wèn)虛擬的新圖書(shū)館。人們不僅可以了解到圖書(shū)館的相關(guān)信息而且還讓那些建造圖書(shū)館的人理解它的建造和其運(yùn)作方式。公眾了解到的是A項(xiàng)，C和D項(xiàng)是建造圖書(shū)館的人了解到的，所以被排除。B項(xiàng)未提及。

　　3．A'細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的第一句話中的“it is about giving people the right tools for learning”可知a正確；由第四段第一句話中的“which can be used through many different ways”可知b正確；由倒數(shù)第二段的最后一句話“...in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.”可知d正確。

　　4．D'推理判斷題。通篇文章是在介紹數(shù)字化的圖書(shū)館 LoB 這個(gè)新項(xiàng)目，在建成之前讓公眾對(duì)此有所了解，所以短文最有可能取材于報(bào)紙上的資訊報(bào)道，故選D項(xiàng)。

　　B

　　(2010·安徽高考)

　　Have you ever wondered?

　　1.Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east？ It can take five hours to go west-east from New York ?NY? to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY.The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon known as the jet?噴射? stream.The jet stream is a very high altitude wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic.The planes moving at a constant air speed thus go faster in the west-east direction when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite direction.

　　2.What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off？ Supposing we could magically turn off gravity.Would buildings and other structures ?建筑物? float away？ What happened would depend on how strongly the things were attached to the Earth.The Earth is moving at quite a speed，moving at over a thousand miles per hour.If you turn something around your head on a string?細(xì)繩?， it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string.Then it flies off in a straight line.‘Switching off’ gravity would be like letting go of the string.Things not attached to the Earth would fly off in a straight line.People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling.Most things outside would fly off into space.

　　1．What information can we get from the first passage?

　　A．It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.

　　B．Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.

　　C．It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.

　　D．The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.

　　2．The word“shoot”underlined in the 2nd passage probably means“________”．

　　A．send for

　　B．move quickly

　　C．come out

　　D．grow quickly

　　3．It can be inferred that without gravity________.

　　A．buildings and other structures would float away

　　B．trees and buildings would not so easily fly off

　　C．something around your head would not float away

　　D．everything outside buildings would fly off into space

　　4．Where can we most probably read this text?

　　A．In a research paper.

　　B．In a short story.

　　C．In a travel magazine.

　　D．In a student's book.

　　答案與解析

　　[語(yǔ)篇解讀]　本文是一篇科普文，作者向我們解釋了兩種自然現(xiàn)象：1.飛機(jī)向西飛行比向東飛行時(shí)間長(zhǎng)的原因；2.如果地球引力突然消失將會(huì)出現(xiàn)的結(jié)果。

　　1．A　推理判斷題。由第一段最后兩句可知噴射氣流穿過(guò)大西洋時(shí)總是從西吹向東，因此飛機(jī)順風(fēng)飛行比逆風(fēng)飛行速度快，故推出噴射氣流影響飛行速度，故選A。B和第一段最后一句矛盾，句中的slower應(yīng)該寫(xiě)成faster；C和第一段第一句意思相反，句中的more應(yīng)該是less；D中的from the east to the west應(yīng)該是from the west to the east，故排除。

　　2．B　猜測(cè)詞義題。由本詞后的upwards at a great speed可知shoot在此的意思應(yīng)是“move quickly(快速移動(dòng))”。send for派人去請(qǐng)；come out出來(lái)；grow quickly快速生長(zhǎng)。

　　3．B　推理判斷題。由第二段第三句可知地球引力消失對(duì)物體的影響大小取決于物體本身對(duì)地球的依附強(qiáng)度。所以可推出B(樹(shù)和建筑物不會(huì)容易地飄走)。而A、C和D太絕對(duì)，故排除。

　　4．D　推理判斷題。由常識(shí)可知，本文是一篇科普文，介紹了一些科學(xué)知識(shí)，所以D(學(xué)生課本)比較合適。而A中的research paper意為“研究論文”；B中的a short story意為“短篇故事”；C中的travel magazine意為“旅游雜志”。

　?、?完成句子

　　1．________excellently won great cheers.(dive)

　　她精彩的跳水贏得了巨大的喝彩。

　　2．What I did first was to see if there were any products that might help me，but________powers .(seem)

　　我首先做的是看看是否有能幫助我的產(chǎn)品，但是似乎只有美容粉。

　　3．Only after you have experienced a lot________.(bear)

　　只有經(jīng)歷過(guò)許多以后你才能忍受指責(zé)。

　　4．At the age of two，children show signs of ability________.(distinguish)

　　在兩歲時(shí)，兒童顯示出明辨是非的跡象。

　　5．________the criteria that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel.(strict)

　　標(biāo)準(zhǔn)如此嚴(yán)格，除非真正是新穎的思想，否則很難被接受。

　　6．Mr Smith________dealing with air pollution.(set)

　　史密斯先生已著手寫(xiě)一篇關(guān)于空氣污染的報(bào)道。

　　7．I don't want to go out tonight________.(case)

　　今晚我不想出去，萬(wàn)一叔叔打電話。

　　8．Nobody knows exactly________the Chinese football team enters the final stage of the World Cup.(before)

　　沒(méi)有人確切地知道再過(guò)多少年中國(guó)足球隊(duì)才能進(jìn)入世界杯的決賽。

　　9．You know it takes courage and determination to keep going towards your goal________.(time)

　　每次失敗你都要明白，你需要勇氣和決心繼續(xù)朝著目標(biāo)前進(jìn)。

　　10．________，the beauty of Mount Tai will be lasting in my mind.(once)

　　一旦看見(jiàn)，泰山的美會(huì)一直在我腦海里縈繞。

　　答案

　　1．Her diving into water

　　2．there only seemed to be

　　3．can you bear being blamed

　　4．to distinguish right from wrong

　　5．So strict are

　　6．set about writing a report/set out to write a report

　　7．in case my uncle calls/rings me up

　　8．how many years it will be before

　　9．each/every time you fail

　　10．Once (it is) seen