高三英语学生暑假自主学习讲义（八）

1、高三英语学生暑假自主学习讲义（八） 高三英语学生暑假自主学习讲义（八） 【基础知识训练】 一、根据汉语意思或首字母提示用本单元单词的适当形式填空。 1. not all advertisements provide us with true information. now and then we should exercise good judgment to tell what is _（可靠的）. 2. some people consider that cloning human embryos with the _（意图）of destroying them shows no res

2、pect for human life. 3. safety taken into consideration, mary?s parents hesitated to give p_ for her driving alone when she was in senior high school. 4. he lacks sound j_, which means he doesn?t exactly know what is right or wrong. 5. his father wanted him to follow in his f_, but he was determined

3、 to do something else with his life. 6. in this book, adam smith?s emphasis that the _（无形的） hand usually leads markets to allocate resources efficiently. 7. i?m planning to hold a party in the open air, but i can give no _（保证）because it depends on the weather. 8. while this kind of humor may sound c

4、ruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have a_ for or admire the person being made fun of. 9. the restaurant offers a wide v_ of dishes, from asian to western food. 10. parents should encourage their children to p_ in after-school activities in order to improve themselves.

5、 二、用所给动词的适当形式填空。 1. the play _（play）next month aims mainly to reflect the local culture. 2. rainforests _（cut）and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the future. 3. _（determine）to get a ticket for the concert, george has been standing in a queue for two hours. 4. - i th

6、ink the waiter has forgotten us. we _（wait）here for an hour! - i think you?re right. he probably thinks we have already ordered our food. 5. _（avoid）being affected, the students insist that he _（be）separated from his desk mate, who is very naughty. 6. china _（see）a sharp increase in the number of ag

7、ed people over the past decade. 7. _（take）good care of, the old man is living a happy life. 8. don?t bother to look for the dictionary. it _（turn up）somewhere some day. 9. who will you have _（translate）the article into japanese? 10. had jack received six more votes in the election last week, he _（be

8、）the chairman of the students? union now. 三、用方框里所给的短语的适当形式填空。 as to, point out, open up, use up, in favor of, toy with, bel resources one day. 3. anyone who _the law will pay dearly for his stupid behavior sooner or later. 4. as a senior high student, the only thing you should do is to _mastering as

9、 much knowledge as you can. 5. could you care to _ the civil war taking place in that african country? 6. tickets for the concert given by lang lang are _ at the box office. let?s hurry to queue up. 7. many countries _ building the nuclear power and germany has announce that it will close down all t

10、he stations by xxxx年轻人玩弄他女儿的感情。（toy with） 5 这样不得人心的政策是很难推行下去的。（push ahead with） 【综合能力提升】 一、单项填空 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的a、b、c、d、四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 1. -i?m really mad at what jack said about my job yesterday. -_! he was just kidding. a. take your time b. lighten up c. take it easy d. not at all 2. he got into the

11、 old truck and off _to one of the far corners of the farm to fix the fences. a. did they rush b. they did rush c. they rushed d. rushed they 3. while i treasure my job as a sales manager, i never expected promoting a new product would _so much work. a. request b. involve c. appoint d. classify 4. to

12、m is clever at numbers and i think he will _ an excellent accountant. a. make b. turn c. appear d. grow 5. we enjoy much convenience of shopping online, but there is a danger _we could become victims of fraud. a. what b. it c. that d. whether 6. as we?re three goals already down in the first period,

13、 the team needs to be encouraged to play more _. a. offensively b. smoothly c. tentatively d. thoroughly 7. -business computing has been changing rapidly. -i can?t agree more. by the year 2020 it will have changed _recognition. a. beneath b. beyond c. before d. below 8. -john, what do you think of t

14、he book red sorghum clan by mo yan? -you simply _read it, for it was written in an unconventional way. a. shall b. can c. must d. will 9. entertainment jobs are another category, included _are singers, actors and musicians. a. in them b. in that c. in which d. in it 10. _at the very beginning, the f

15、inancial crisis was getting worse and worse in america. a. not dealt with properly b. not dealing with properly c. not having dealt with properly d. not being dealt with properly 11. -will you attend jim?s birthday party? -i will if i am invited _he is the last person i want to see. a. because b. un

16、less c. though d. as 12. -how long have you been here, susan? -only about five minutes. alisa _here with me. a. has walked b. walk c. had walked d. walked 13. _more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves with a higher education. a. compete b. being competed c. to compete d. c

17、ompeting 14. -mum, where is my ball? i remember i put it here yesterday. -you _it in the wrong place. a. must put b. might put c. should have put d. might have put 15. -so, jessica, i?ve been told that you are a novelist? -far from it. i am just going to try writing to _. a. get the picture b. kill

18、the fatted calf c. face the music d. get my feet wet 二、完形填空 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 every saturday and sunday morning, my father would throw his bike in the trunk of his car and explore new areas to ride. i was always 1 by this. what satisfaction did his bike provide him? it?s 2 a bi

19、ke, right? that all 3 when i started riding my bike in our garage, which hadn?t been touched for nearly three years. i had been annoying my parents to help me 4 a bike for college. scared but 5 , i decided to try riding it. i mean, wasn?t it supposed to be 6 ? alas, it was not 7 ., i spent five or t

20、en minutes riding around, doing small turns or practicing shifting gears（换挡）. then i practised in the street. the greatest moment of it all is 8 my father was there with me, every step of the way. he ran up and down the street making sure my 9 wasn?t due to a negative result. i?ll never forget those

21、 moments. who says 10 with your parents end before college? then, college came. the look on my father?s face was 11 when he showed me how to lock my bike. over various methods of communication, my father 12 ask: ?did you ride your bike today? 13 , for almost two months, my answer was no. why? i was

22、hesitant（迟疑的）. 14 was not on my schedule. but then, with a kick of confidence, i 15 my bike in september. all i kept thinking was that my father and mother would be 16 of me! even if it was doing something as small as riding my bike! now, all i want to do is ride my bike! there are 17 no words to de

23、scribe the rush you get while riding your bike. to 18 myself, i set goals. it feels unbelievable to know that you hit your goals. the next time you are 19 with emotions, ride a bike. the best part of my cycling experience is that 20 you fall, you pick yourself back up. it?s as simple as that. 1. a.

24、inspired b. confused c. embarrassed d. upset 2. a. merely b. actually c. exactly d. probably 3. a. improved b. arose c. worked d. changed 4. a. equip b. repair c. purchase d. ride 5. a. anxious b. curious c. serious d. cautious 6. a. easy b. boring c. dangerous d. awkward 7. a. in fact b. at last c.

25、 in all d. at first 8. a. where b. what c. when d. whether 9. a. screaming b. laughing c. talking d. whispering 10. a. conflicts b. memories c. talks d. holidays 11. a. annoyed b. strange c. priceless d. determined 12. a. could b. must c. should d. would 13. a. unfortunately b. occasionally c. gener

26、ally d. happily 14. a. traveling b. failing c. shopping d. driving 15. a. put away b. picked up c. searched for d. got on 16. a. ashamed b. tired c. proud d. nervous 17. a. absolutely b. occasionally c. frequently d. eventually 18. a. persuade b. enjoy c. protect d. challenge 19. a. impressed b. cho

27、ked c. bored d. moved 20. a. because b. though c. once d. unless 三、阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 a one baobab tree in south africa is so large that a popular pub has been established inside its trunk. many local cultures consider baobab trees to be sacred （神圣的）. others use them for th

28、eir nutritious fruits, eatable leaves and beautiful flowers. but the size has not necessarily protected them. according to research published in biological conservation, two of madagascar?s baobab tree species will lose much of their available habitat in the next 70 years. one species may not surviv

29、e to the next century. madagascar is home to seven of the world?s eight baobab species, six of which can be found nowhere else. the studyby scientists from the french agricultural research center ciradrelied on satellite images and field work to develop population estimates and distribution models f

30、or three baobab species. all three trees are currently listed as endangered on the iucn red list. the study suggests that two of the species should now be reclassified as seriously endangered. one of those species, a. perrieri, had the lowest current population, with just 99 trees observed during te

31、n years of field study. the researchers estimate that climate change will decrease the habitat of this species from about 21000 square kilometers today to just over 6500 square kilometers in 2080. the second species, a. suarezensis, had a higher estimated current population of 15000 trees but a far

32、smaller distribution area of just 1200 square kilometers. based on climate change models, the researchers estimated that the distribution of this species will cover just 17 square kilometers by 2050 and could face potential extinction by 2080. the one bright sl as the researchers point out, there?s

33、nowhere left for the baobabs to go. many baobab trees currently are in protected area networks （pans） established to preserve madagascar?s biodiversity, but the areas outside many pans have been almost completely changed to agriculture or cattle feeding areas, leaving no room for the trees to expand

34、 their distribution. the researchers wrote that the existing pan system in madagascar “is not likely to be effective for biodiversity conservation in the future” because the pans will not always contain the ecological features necessary for the survival of the species that live inside them today. th

35、ey suggest that the pan system will need to be adapted. 1. according to the text, baobab trees _. a. don?t bear fruits b. can only be seen in africa c. are treated with respect in madagascar d. have about a dozen species 2. it can be inferred from ciran?s study that _. a. it?s not easy to estimate b

36、aobab trees? population b. the iucn red list needs to be adjusted c. satellite images are not totally reliable d. field work plays a great role in saving baobab trees 3. of the three baobab species researched by cirad, _. a. a.perrieri had the smallest distribution area b. all of them currently are

37、in pans c. a. grandidieri is the least endangered species d. a.suarezensis is likely to disappear in 2050 4. what is the best title for the text? a. there is an amazing big tree species in south africa b. climate change could wipe out baobab trees in madagascar. c. expanding baobab trees? distributi

38、on is an urgent task. d. more efforts should be made to protect native wildlife. b eddie mckay, a once-forgotten pilot, is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in canada. it all started when graham broad, a professor at the university of western ontario, found mckay?s name in a

39、 footnote in a book about university history. mckay was included in a list of university alumni（校友）who had served during the first world war, but his name was unfamiliar to broad, a specialist in military history. out of curiosity, broad spent hours at the local archives（档案馆）in a fruitless search fo

40、r information on mckay. tired and discouraged, he finally gave up. on his way out, broad?s glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. his eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. as he read the words beside the picture, he experienced a thril

41、ling realization.” after looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said broad. excited by the find, broad asked his students to continue his search. they combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. gradually, a picture came into view. captain alfre

42、d edwin mckay joined the british royal flying corps in 1916. he downed ten enemy planes, outlived his entire squadron（中队）as a wwi flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in england, then returned to the front, where he was eventually shot down over belgium and killed in december 1917. but ther

43、e?s more to his story. “for a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says broad. “he was credited with downing oswald boclcke, the most famous german pilot at the time.” yet, in a letter home, mckay refused to take credit, saying that boelcke had actually crashed int

44、o another german plane. mckay?s war records were destroyed during a world war ii air bombing on london-an explanation for why he was all but forgotten. but now, thanks to the efforts of broad and his students, a marker in mckay?s memory was placed on the university grounds in november 2007. “i found

45、 my eyes filling with tears as i read the word ?deceased（?阵亡） next to his name,” said corey everrett, a student who found a picture of mckay in his uniform. “this was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead of finishing his time at western, he chose to

46、fight and die for his country.” 5. what made professor broad continue his search for more information on mckay? a. a uniform of mckay. b. a footnote about mckay. c. a book on mckay. d. a picture of mckay. 6. what did the students find out about mckay? a. he trained pilots for some time. b. he lived longer than other pilots. c. he died in the second world war. d. he was downed