2012高考英语一轮复习 Unit6 Life in the future限时提能精练 大纲人教版

1、限时提能精练二十八Unit 6Life in the future(限时30分钟).词汇知识1We need some extra helpers if we're going to get all these sandwiches made _ for lunch.Ain timeBin storeCin order Din surprise解析：如果我们打算午饭时能及时做好这些三明治，还需要增加一些帮手。in time for及时赶上。答案：A2Since young backpackers set the new _， now people of all ages have be

2、en looking for cheap ways to travel around Southeast Asia.Arecord BdateCexample Dtrend解析：自从年轻的背包旅行者开创了时尚之风后，现在各个年龄段的人都一直在寻求廉价的旅游方式周游东南亚。set the new trend开创新风尚。答案：D3Although they were once good friends, there is now great _ between them.Arelation BdistanceCconnection Dfeeling解析：虽然他们曾经是好朋友，但现在他们已经疏远了。

3、distance疏远；距离。答案：B4The problem of unemployment is the most serious of those _ the government has to deal.Awith which Bwith whomCwho Dwhich解析：失业问题是政府必须处理问题中的重中之重。分析句子结构可知，the government has to deal应为定语从句，those指代诸多的问题，故关系词应用which, deal with处理，故选A。答案：A5I don't like much _ music. Instead I like clas

4、sical music, jazz, and folk.Acontemporary BtemporaryCcompulsory Dcontradictory解析：我不太喜欢当代音乐。相反，我喜欢古典音乐、爵士乐和民乐。contemporary当代的。temporary暂时的；compulsory强制性的；contradictory自相矛盾的。答案：A6Have you finished reading the book?No. I _ my bike the whole afternoon yesterday.Aam repairing Bhad repairedCwas repairing

5、Dwill repair解析：根据the whole afternoon yesterday可知，昨天一整个下午我都在修理自行车，表示过去某段时间内正在进行的动作，故用过去进行时态。答案：C7It's ten o'clock. Jim may not come._. He promised that he would meet us outside the station.AI'm afraid so BI expect soCI don't mind DI don't think so解析：根据He promised that he would mee

6、t us outside the station可知，答话人并不认同吉姆可能不来的观点，故I don't think so符合题意。答案：D8The Federal Reserve Bank_that the economy will grow by 2% this year.Aforecasts BpredictsCinforms Dtells解析：考查动词辨析。forecast指的是专业人员的“预报”。predict侧重个人的“预言，预测”；inform“告知，通知”；tell“讲述”。答案：A9The faces of four famous American president

7、 on Mount Rushmore can be seen from a _ of 60 miles.Alength BdistanceCway Dspace解析：考查名词辨析。句意：拉什莫尔山上的四位著名的美国总统的面像在60英里远的地方就可以看到。from a distance of意为“从远的地方”。length一般指较短的长度；way指抽象的路或方向；space意为“空间”。答案：B10Please state clearly what it _ and how it is constructed.Ais made up Bis made up ofCis consisted of

8、Dis consisted in解析：请清楚地陈述它由什么构成以及它是如何建成的。be made up of与consist of意义相同，但consist不能用被动语态。consist in意为“主要是，主要在于”。答案：B11The guide _ the place on a map that we will visit.Adesigns BindicatesCpoints Dprints解析：导游在地图上指出我们要参观的地方。indicate指示，指出；design设计；point意为“指，指向”，但后接宾语时，通常加介词at或to；print“印刷，印制”。答案：B12Since w

9、e can't find a bigger apartment, we'll have to _ what we have.Ahope for the best Bmake room forCmake the best of Dlay our hope on解析：由于我们不能找到更大一点的公寓，我们不得不充分利用我们现有的。A项意为“向最好处想”，其后不再接宾语；B项意为“为腾地方”；D项意为“寄希望于”。make the best of意为“充分利用”，符合题意。答案：C13(2008·福建)In spite of repeated wrongs done to h

10、im, he looks _ to people greeting him.Afriendly BlivelyCworried Dcold解析：in spite of是解题的关键词，“尽管反复被冤枉，他看起来还是”，由此排除C、D两项；friendly友好的；lively活泼的，表示他自己的情况，并不涉及“people greeting him”。答案：A14I really find it hard to accept our children's favorite or music or clothing.Let's face it; there may be _as lo

11、ng as there are teenagers.Aemergencies BtrendsCpaces Dschedules答案：B15Mr. Li，a famous educator, stated that many_must be made to the education system.Adevelopments BreorganizationsCtransformations Dreforms答案：D.易错纠误16Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains _ whether t

12、hey will enjoy it.Ato see Bto be seenCseeing Dseen解析：it remains to be seen“仍需要看”。答案：B17The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain _ as the plane was making a landing.Aseat BseatingCseated Dto be seating解析：remain充当连系动词，seat本身为及物动词，常用于be seated表示状态。答案：C18It is a good plan in theory, but it

13、_ to be seen if it works in practice.Awaits BstaysCstands Dremains解析：考查动词辨析。remain to be done“有待于”，因为it是动作的承受者，所以用了动词不定式的被动语态。答案：D19It was already past midnight and only three young men _ in the teahouse.Aleft BremainedCdelayed Ddeserted解析：句意：早已过了半夜，仅有3位年轻人还留在茶房。remain作系动词可跟名词、介词短语、现在分词、过去分词、不定式的被动式

14、作表语。答案：B20It remains _ whether Jim will be fit enough to play in the finals.Aseen Bto be seenCseeing Dto see解析：本题中it是形式主语，真正的主语是whether所引导的主语从句。另外，remain接不定式作表语，表示将来的动作，结果是被观察的，所以要用to be seen形式。答案：B.阅读理解A(2010·江苏南京一模)Nineteen­year­old Christopher Paolini has always loved adventure boo

15、ks. In fact, he plotted out his first book, Eragon, when he was just fifteen! Eragon is selling more copies than most of the Harry Potter books. A reporter from Whoys News talked to this young author about his books and how he ended up being one of the best­selling authors of all time !Reporter

16、 ：_Christopher Paolini (CP)：I love fantasy. I love the sense of awe and wonder that you always get at the end of a great book or movie. Eragon was an attempt to express that. When I was about twelve, I read a book called Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. It's about a young boy who went into a mys

17、terious shop and bought a dragon egg that ends up hatching. It stuck in my head. Eragon was an attempt to see what I could do with the idea myself. Reporter：Where else do you get your ideas?CP: I'm definitely influenced by authors who have a fairly inventive use of language, imaginative worlds a

18、nd a sense of wonder­authors who write about things that other people don't.Reporter：What was the hardest thing about writing Eragon? CP: Probably the editing because I wasn't used to it. It was a kind of shock doing it. But also I was having to learn a huge amount about grammar and com

19、mas and other things I'd never paid much attention to before. I'd say that editing and writing are pretty much equal in difficulty. My raw writing is a lot more professional now than it ever was before because of everything I learned through the editing process.Reporter：how do you avoid beco

20、ming frustrated with the writing process? CP: Write about what you enjoy the most or what touches you the most; otherwise you'll never be able to survive a book­length project. Reporter：Anything else you'd like to share with our readers?CP: Before I wrote Eragon, I spent an entire month

21、 plotting out the entire story so I wasn't writing blindly. That helps. I really poured my heart and soul into it. It's not just an adventurestory：it is about Eragon trying to work out who we are, why we are here and how we can live honorably.21The reporter's first question is most likel

22、y to be“_”AWhat's the most interesting thing about Eragon?BWhat inspired you to write Eragon?CHow has your writing improved after Eragon?DHow long did it take you to write Eragon ?答案：B22What does the underlined word that refer to in the third paragraph? AA story.BThe sense of awe and wonder.CAn

23、idea.DA great book or movie.答案：B23What does Paolini find as difficult as writing?APlotting out the story.BGrammar and commas.CThe editing process.DThe creative use of language.答案：C24Which of the following BEST indicates Paolini devoted himself completely to writing Eragon?A“Write about what you enjoy the most or what touches you the most.”B“Eragon was an attempt to see what I could do with the idea myself.”C“I spent an entire month plotting out the entire story. ”D“I really poured my heart and soul into it. ”答案：DB(2011·北京丰台模拟)Thanks a Million, DadWhat caused the author' s