【高效课堂】2011高考总复习英语 课堂45分钟课时高效精练 模块9Unit4 Behind beliefs 译林牛津版

1、模块9Unit 4 Behind beliefs. 单词拼写1. It is reported that smoking m the risk of cancer.2. Islam and Buddhism are two of the important r of the world.3. It is a that she has no intention of changing her mind. 4. She always has a sleepy (表情).5. Health is very important, and it is not worth (牺牲) your health

2、 for the job. 用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空base.on/apparent/assuch/sharpen/associate .with1. It soon become _ that our opponents were too strong for us.2. I wouldnt want to _ McKeys project.3. All judgements should _ facts.4. I need to _ my Spanish before I go on vocation.5. Wealth, _ , doesnt matter. 翻译句子1. 他

3、总是把他的卧室收拾得干干净净。（keep+O.+adj.）_2. 无论什么时候你都可以在我的饭店免费吃饭。(whenever)_3. 说话声不要那么大，可能会被人听到的。(overheard)_4. 小说中的主人公以一名英雄被形象地展现出来。(present .as)_5. 他问了一些与我的计划有关的问题。(relative)_. Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one answer that best comple

4、tes the sentence.1. The boy was a (n)_ to his family and his parents had to turn to the government for help.A. hopeB. burdenC. agentD. luck2. All of the examples_ on this web page are used frequently in oral and written English.A. to listB. to be listedC. listedD. listing3. _ are you to leave the ho

5、use. Which is NOT right?A. Under no circumstancesB. On no considerationC. In no caseD. In no time 4. I'd like to work with_ is honest and easy to get on with. (2006·山东模拟题)A. whoB. whoeverC. whomeverD. no matter who5. Jack wasted most of time playing computer games when he was young, but lat

6、er he_ his ways and became a famous painter.A. fixedB. mendedC. foundD. repaired6. By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we_ it.A. polishB. makeC. doD. treasure7. It was_ to everyone that he was seriously ill, because he was looking pale all day.A. vagueB. apparentC. deliberateD. loose8. A

7、small car is big enough for a family of three_ you need more space for baggage.A. onceB. becauseC. ifD. unless9. The Chinese people illuminated every part of the country _ National Day.A. in favour ofB. in honour ofC. in celebration ofD. in memory of10. The professor can hardly find sufficient groun

8、ds_ his argument in favour of the new theory.A. which to base onB. on which to baseC. to base on whichD. which to be based on. Directions: Read the following passage. The passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.

9、Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.Believe it or not, optical illusion (错觉) can cut highway crashes.Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. But stripes, called chevron

10、s (人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.Now the American Automobile Association Foundation (基金会) for Traffic Safety in Washington D. Cis planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the foundation w

11、ill paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.Excessive (too great) speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accident

12、s, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (danger) are the greatest curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic

13、often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway

14、 speed and the number of traffic accidents.1. The passage mainly discusses_ .A. a new way of highway speed controlB. a new pattern for painting highwaysC. a new way of training driversD. a new type of optical illusion2. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that_ .A. they should avoid

15、 speed-related hazardsB. they are driving in the wrong lane C. they should slow down their speedD. they are coming near to the speed limit3. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former_ .A. can keep drivers awakeB. can cut road accidents in half C. will look more attr

16、activeD. will have a longer effect on drivers4. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to_ .A. try out the Japanese method in certain areas B. change the road signs across the country C. replace straight, horizontal bars with chevronsD. repeat the Japanese road patte

17、rns. Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia(痴呆) in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones , U.S. researchers reported on

18、Thursday.Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer's(老人痴呆症). University of Richmond psy

19、chology professor Craig Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.“Our research shows that the hormones of pregnancy(怀孕) are protecting the brain, including estrogen(雌激素), which we know has many neuroprotective (保护神经的) effects,” Kinsley said.“It's rat data but humans are mammals j

20、ust like these animals are mammals,” he added in a telephone interview. “They go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimer's and other forms of agerelated brain dec

21、line.“When people think about pregnancy, they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down,” said Kinsley, who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida.“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain. If you l

22、ook at female animals who have never gone through pregnancy, they act differently toward young. But if she goes through pregnancy, she will sacrifice her life for her infantthat is a great change in her behavior that showed in genetic alterations(改变) to the brain.”1. What can protect the brain of a

23、woman according to the passage? (no more than 4 words）_2. How do scientists know “Motherhood may make women smarter”? (no more than 8 words）_3. “It's rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals.” What does the sentence suggest? (no more than 13 words）_4. What is the main

24、idea of this passage? (no more than 10 words）_. Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese. 调查显示，近几年我国中学生的健康状况不容乐观,近视眼、肥胖和体质弱等情况比较普遍。请分析造成此状况的原因及其危害，并提出改进措施。注意:1. 词数不少于120个；2. 参考词汇:近视的adj. near-sighted肥胖n. obesity肥胖的adj. overweight_参考答案Unit 4 Behind

25、 beliefs基础操练. 1. multiplies 2.religions 3. apparent4. expression 5. sacrificing . 1. apparent 2. be associated with3. be based on 4. sharpen 5. as such. 1. He always keeps his bedroom clean. 2. You can eat food free in my restaurant whenever you like. 3. Don't talk so loud; you may be overheard.

26、 4. The main character in the novel is presented vividly as a hero.5. He asked me some questions relative to my plan.提升练习. 1. 解析：选B。burden在这里意为“沉重的负担”。句意为：这个男孩成了家人的负担，他们的父母不得不向政府求助。2. 解析：选C。过去分词短语作定语，修饰examples。3. 解析：选D。in no time意为“立刻，马上”，与句意不符。其他三项都有“决不，在任何情况下都不”的意思。4. 解析：选B。whoever引导名词性从句作with的宾语

27、。5. 解析：选B。mend ones ways 意为“改邪归正,改过自新,改正不良行为”。6. 解析：选A。polish意为“提高、改进”。7. 解析：选B。apparent意为“明显的、显而易见的”。8. 解析：选D。unless是连词，意为“除非，如果不”，引导条件状语从句。句意为：一辆小汽车对一个三口之家已经足够大了，除非你需要更多的空间放行李。9. 解析：选C。in celebration of意为“庆祝、祝贺”。句意为：全国各地到处灯火辉煌庆祝国庆。10. 解析：选B。句意为：那位教授几乎不能找到充足的理由为他的新理论提供依据。根据句意，选B。. 1. 解析：选A。主旨大意题。通读

28、全文，我们可以知道，在高速公路上画各种线是为了让司机意识到车速过快，从而达到控制车速的目的。2. 解析：选C。细节理解题。由第二段“But stripes, called chevrons (人字形), painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down”可知，C项正确。3. 解析：选D。推理判断题。由最后两段对比可知，人字形线比直线、平等线对控制车速有更长久的影响。4. 解析：选A。细节理解题。 根据第三段“t

29、he foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes”可知，他们在精心挑选的几条路上试验日本的模式。. 1. The hormones of pregnancy.2. By testing memory and skills on rats.3. The results of the experiments on rats go for humans. / Humans and rats have lots of similarities. / The results of experiments on the rats are much the sam