2013年高考总复习英语必修一Unit4知能演练轻巧夺冠

1、.单项填空Excuse me，could you tell me where I could make a call?Sorry，Im a stranger here._AThanks a lotBThanks anywayCThats a pity DIm sorry to hear that解析：选B。考查交际用语。根据语意“对不起，我不是本地人。但还是要谢谢你。”可知选B项。Will you help me to look for an important file I left in my office this morning immediately you _？Aarrived B

2、arriveCwill arrive Dwould arrive解析：选B。考查时态。语意：你能一到办公室就帮我找一下我早上落在办公室的重要文件吗？immediately在此处作连词，引导时间状语从句，其后的时态应该用一般现在时代替一般将来时。据此选B项。Make sure youve got the keys，cell phones and _ before you leave home.Anothing BanythingCeverything Dsomething解析：选C。考查代词。从语意可知，离家前要确保一切都带上了，所以用everything表示“所有东西”。Being able

3、to speak another language fluently could be a great _ when you are looking for a job.Aadvantage BchanceCassistance Dimportance解析：选A。考查名词辨析。从语意“能够流利地讲一门外语在找工作时是一种优势。”可知选A项advantage“优势”。B项表示“机会”；C项表示“帮助，援助”；D项表示“重要性”，都与语意不符。Is there an express to Beijing tonight?There _ be，but youd better call the boo

4、king office to make sure.Acan BmightCwill Dmust解析：选B。考查情态动词。根据“你最好给订票处打电话确认一下”可知，此处表示“较小的可能性”，用might。can表示“可能(指逻辑上的可能性)”，will表示“要，会”；must表示“务必，一定”，都与语意不符。The film is _ presentday superhero fiction.Aweaving around Bwoven aroundCweaved out Dwoven out解析：选B。weave sth.around/out of.表示“根据而写成或编成某(故事类)事物”。T

5、he latest results are _ our earlier findings.1 / 7Ain keeping to Bin its keeping toCin its keeping with Din keeping with解析：选D。A be in keeping with B表示“A与B相协调/一致”。in sb.s keeping表示“由某人照料”。I _ Paul as soon as I met him，and we had fun together.Atook over Btook upCtook on Dtook to解析：选D。根据后句的have fun tog

6、ether说明我喜欢Paul，take to表示“喜欢上”，而take over“接管”；take up“占据，开始从事某事”；take on“呈现”，均不符合语境。Shes not very good at _ her views，so its difficult to communicate with her.Aputting across Bputting downCputting back Dputting forward解析：选A。句意：她不太善于表达自己的观点，所以与她交流是很难的。put across使被理解；put down写下，放下；put back延期；put forwar

7、d提出。The band have just _ their second album.Abrought up Bbrought outCbrought in Dbeen brought out解析：选B。句意：这个乐队刚刚推出了他们的第二张专辑。bring out生产，出版；bring up提出，扶养；bring in引进，赚取。.完形填空(2012原创题)Autumn Leaves Show Their True ColorsAs days grow shorter and nights grow cooler in Boulder，Colorado，the green leaves of

8、 summer have been putting on party colors.Some do have their theories about the autumnal_1_of the color of the tree leaves.“Ive heard that the reason_2_the leaves change throughout the seasons is that God likes to see different colors all over the world，”says one girl，“so that he can_3_ what season

9、it is.”“_4_legend，”says a woman，“three hunters and their dog chased the Great Bear into the sky，slaughtered(屠杀)it and its blood _5_onto the leaves，turning them red.”Dave Sutherland，a naturalist with Boulder Mountain Parks，_6_the explanation he heard in childhood.“My mom told me it was because at nig

10、ht，_7_everybodys asleep the fairies come out and _8_ them.”It turns out the scientific explanation for_9_ leaves change color is almost as magical as artistic fairies.The story begins in summer，when leaves are green_10_a pigment(色素) known as chlorophyll(叶绿素)It captures just the right color from the

11、suns light，to power the_11_ known as photosynthesis(光合作用)“_12_the chlorophyll is grabbing that sunlight，its_13_ water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air and energy from the sunlight and shoving it together to make sugar，” Sutherland says.That helps the tree blossom and grow.As the days _1

12、4_shorter in autumn，leaves_15_making chlorophyll，revealing a dazzling secret.“Green leaves are yellow.You _16_ dont see the yellow，”Sutherland says.“The yellow pigments are there_17_，hidden beneath the mask of_18_Theyre just waiting for a/an _19_for the chlorophyll to start breaking down_20_the yell

13、ow color can start shining through.”A.transformationBconsistenceCacceleration Dinvention解析：选A。由首段内容可知，此处表示“秋天树叶颜色的变化”；故用transformation表示“改变”之意。而consistence是“一致性”，acceleration是“加速”，invention是“发明”。A.how BwhyCas Dfor 解析：选B。先行词是the reason，故用why引导定语从句，why在定语从句中作状语。A.speak BtellCsay Dforetell 解析：选B。“这样上帝就

14、会识别现在是什么季节了。” tell是“识别，判断”之意；符合语境。A.According to BBecause ofCAs a result of DIn view of解析：选A。“根据流传”，according to是“根据”之意，符合语境。而because of是“因为”，相当于as a result of；in view of 是“鉴于，考虑到”。A.flowed BdrippedCrushed Dsprayed解析：选B。drip是“滴落”，此处表示“血液滴到树叶上”。而flow是“流淌”，多与介词down连用，表示“沿着流淌”；rush是“急奔；急冲”；spray是“喷洒”。A

15、.memorizes BremindsCrecalls Dforgets 解析：选C。由后面的语境“.he heard in childhood.”以及“My mom told me it was because at night，”可知，此处是回忆以前的情况；recall是“回忆起；回想起”。而memorize是“记住”，remind是“提醒”，forget是“忘记”。A.then BnowCwhen Dwhich解析：选C。先行词是night，故用when引导定语从句，相当于during which。A.collect BchangeCpaint Dreplace 解析：选C。“当人们睡着

16、时，仙女们会出来而且粉刷它们。”paint 是“粉刷”之意，此处表示改变树叶的颜色。A.why BwhichCthat Dhow 解析：选A。“对于树叶为什么改变颜色的科学解释。” why引导的是介词for的宾语从句，why在从句中作状语。A.as well as Bin addition toCthanks to Das to解析：选C。“因为叶绿素的影响，叶子变为绿色。” thanks to“因为，由于”，符合语境。而as well as “也，和”；in addition to“除了外”；as to“关于，至于”。A.process BfunctionCaction Deffect 解析

17、：选A。“叶绿素吸收太阳的光线从而加速光合作用的过程。” process是“过程”之意，符合语境。而function是“功能”，action是“活动”，effect是“效果；影响”。A.Since BAsCBecause DFor解析：选B。as引导的是时间状语从句，表示“当时候，在期间”，表示与主句动作同时进行。A.pulling BcarryingCsending Dcatching解析：选A。pull是“从中汲取”之意，此处表示“从土壤中汲取水分，从空气中汲取二氧化碳，从阳光中吸收能量。”而carry是“携带”；send是“输送”；catch是“抓住”。A.grow BchangeCla

18、st Ddecrease解析：选A。“随着白天在秋天越来越短，树叶停止进行光合作用”。grow是“变得”，为系动词，后面接形容词作表语。A.stop BcontinueCinsist Dstart解析：选A。由“As the days.shorter in autumn.”可知，叶子应该是停止进行光合作用。A.right BexactlyCjust Dreally解析：选C。“绿色的叶子其实是黄色的，你只是看不见而已。” just是“只是”之意；符合语境。A.in the end Ball in allCall along Dalong with解析：选C。“黄色色素其实一直都是存在在那里的。

19、” all along 是“一直，自始自终” 之意，符合语境。而in the end是“最终”；all in all是“总而言之”；along with是“和一起”。A.pigments BgreenCyellow Dleaves 解析：选B。由上文语境“Green leaves are yellow.”以及“The yellow pigments are there all along，.”可知，“黄色一直存在，只是隐藏在了绿色的面纱下。”A.situation BoccasionCchance Dcase 解析：选C。“它们只是在等叶绿素分解的机会”；chance 是“机会”，后面多接to

20、 do表示“干某事的机会”；而situation是“局势”，occasion是“场合”，case是“情况，案例”。A.but BorCso Dhowever 解析：选C。“叶绿素被分解掉，所以黄色开始闪耀着光亮”；前后表示因果关系，故用so连接并列句。.阅读理解(2012武汉市武昌区调研)Scientists who try to predict earthquakes have gotten some new helpers recentlyanimals.Thats right，animals.Scientists have begun to understand what farmers

21、 have known for thousands of years.Animals often seem to know in advance that an earthquake is coming，and they show their fear by acting in strange ways.Before a Chinese quake in 1975，snakes awoke from their winter sleep early only to freeze to death in the cold air.Cows broke their halters (缰绳) and

22、 tried to escape.Chickens refused to enter their cage.All of this unusual behavior，as well as physical changes in the earth，warned Chinese scientists of the coming quake.They moved people away from the danger zone and saved thousands of lives.One task for scientists today is to learn exactly which t

23、ypes of animal behavior predict quakes.Its not an easy job.First of all，not every animal reacts to the danger of an earthquake.Just before a California quake in 1977，for example，an Arabian horse became very nervous and tried to break out of his enclosure (围栏)The Australian horse next to him，however，

24、remained perfectly calm.Its also difficult at times to tell the difference between normal animal restlessness and “earthquake nerves”A zoo keeper once called earthquake researchers，saying that his cougar had been acting strangely.It turned out that the cat had an upset stomach.A second task for scie

25、ntists is to find out exactly what kind of warnings the animals receive.They know that animals sense far more of the world than humans do.Many animals can see，hear，and smell things that people do not even notice.Some can sense tiny changes in air pressure，gravity，or the magnetism of the earth.This e

26、xtra sense probably helps animals predict quakes.A good example of this occurred with a group of dogs.They were shut in an area that was being shaken by a series of tiny earthquakes.(Several small quakes often come before or after a large one.) Before each quake a low booming sound was heard.Each bo

27、om caused the dogs to bark wildly.Then the dogs began to bark during a silent period.A scientist who was recording quakes looked at his machine.It was acting as though there were a loud noise too.The scientist realized that the dogs had reacted to a booming noise.They also sensed the tiny quakes tha

28、t followed it.The machine recorded both，though humans felt and heard nothing.In this case there was a machine to monitor what the dogs were sensing.Many times，however，our machines record nothing extraordinary，even though animals know a quake is coming.The animals might be sensing something we measur

29、e but do not recognize as a warning.Discovering what animals sense，and learning how they know it is a danger signal，is a job for future scientists.Through the passage the writer hopes to explore_Awhy animals send a danger signal before an earthquakeBhow animals know when an earthquake is comingCwhy animals not humans have a good sense of dangerDhow much animals know about an earthquake解析：选B。作者意图题。文章开门见山地指出科学家们找到了预测地震的帮手动物，下文则详细分析了动物在地震前的异常反应，再结合最后一段中的内容可知作者希望探寻动物如何知道地震将