高中英语必修1-Unit5单元训练及解析Word版

1、Unit 5 (时间：45分钟满分：60分).单项填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)1Why haven't you bought any butter?I _to, but I forgot about it.Ameant BlikedCwanted Dexpected答案A考查动词词义的辨析。mean to do sth打算干某事；而meant to do sth 则表示本来打算干而没有干。答语为省略句，补充完整为I meant to buy some butter，but.。句意：你为什么没有买黄油？我本来打算买的，但我忘了。2Madam Curie，_to scient

2、ific research, was_the Nobel Prize twice.Adevoted herself; awardedBdevoted; rewardedCwho devoted ; awardedDdevoted; awarded答案D分析句子结构可知，第一空应为非谓语形式，devote to (doing)sth常在句子中作状语，其现在分词形式应为devoting sth/oneself to ；第二空考查动词的辨析，reward奖励；给以报酬；award 授予。句意：居里夫人由于献身科学研究而被两次授予诺贝尔奖。3It has been universally acknow

3、ledged that the whole world is_stage, and all the men and women are merely_players.(2012·江苏普通高校招生预测金卷)Athe; the Ba; theCa; / Dthe; /答案C考查冠词的用法。stage 舞台，此处表示泛指概念，应用不定冠词；players表演者，为复数名词表达泛指概念，不加冠词。句意：人们普遍认为世界就是一个大舞台，而所有的人就是这个舞台上的表演者。4It is reported that the_in Libya is hotting up.Astrength Bviol

4、ence Cpower Dactivity答案B考查名词词义的辨析。strength力量；力气； violence 暴力；暴行； power权力； activity活动。由语境可知，B项正确。句意：据报道，利比亚的暴力行为在激化。5Considering his health, I advise him to_an hour or two each day to work out.(2012·浙江学军中学三模)Aset about Bset offCset up Dset aside答案D考查动词短语的辨析。set about 着手；开始；set off 出发；动身；set up 成

5、立；建立； set aside留出；暂时不考虑。句意：考虑到他的健康状况，我建议他每天抽出一到两个小时来锻炼。6Through the reform, the economic situation of China_much better than it used to be.Aturned into Bturned offCturned to Dturned out 答案D考查动词短语的辨析。turn into变成；turn of关上； turn to 转向；向求助；turn out 结果是；证明是。由语境可知D项正确。句意：通过改革，中国的经济状况比过去好多了。7If they_what

6、I was saying, they'd know what I was talking about.(2012·安徽蚌埠二中高三质检)Atook the trouble to listen toBhad trouble listening toCtake the trouble to listen toDhave trouble listening to答案A考查短语及动词时态的辨析及应用。take the trouble to do sth不辞劳苦干某事；have trouble (in)doing sth做有困难。由句子中的was saying及was talking

7、about可知，空格处应用一般过去式。句意：如果他们不嫌麻烦听听我说的话的话，他们就会知道我在谈论什么了。8The course normally attracts 20 students per year, _up to half will be from abroad.(2012·海淀区高三查漏补缺试题)Ain which Bfor whomCwith which Dof whom答案D考查非限制性定语从句。表示“中的一部分”应用介词of，且先行词为students，故引导词用whom。句意：通常情况下这门课程每年吸引20名学生，其中多达一半来自海外。9I can still r

8、ecall those days of military training(军训)_we repeated the simple and boring “At ease” and “Attention”(2012·山东威海市高三模拟)Awhich Bwhen Cwhere DThat答案B考查定语从句的用法。先行词为days 且从句中缺少状语，故用when引导。句意：我还记得我们军训的日子，那时候我们重复做简单又乏味的“稍息”和“立正”动作。10In time we reached a stage_we had more young readers than old ones.Awh

9、ere Bhow Cwho Dwhat答案A考查定语从句的用法。先行词为stage，意为“阶段”，且从句中缺少状语，故用where引导。句意：很快我们就达到了这样一个阶段，此时我们的年轻读者要多于老读者。.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)ATim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New Yorkhe in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us，” Tim would s

10、ay. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton's foundation (基金会) that mailed a bo

11、ok every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's hometown of Sevier, Tennessee.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire，”Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk as a reminder.Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on t

12、he desk, Tim clicked on imagination library aaa. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look­see. “We didn't wan

13、t to give the children rubbish，” says Linda.The booksreviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board membersincluded classics such as Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series.Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Famil

14、y Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area.Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I've never heard of .”The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 chil

15、dren. “Some people sit there and wait to die，” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”【解题导语】 一次大病之后，作为教师的Tim Richter开始重新思考生命的意义，最后他决定学习他人在有生之年发挥余热，于是创办了一个基金会，给孩子们免费送去高质量的图书。11What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?AHis health problem.BHis love for te

16、aching.CThe influence of his wife.DThe news from the Web.答案A细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后两句的内容可知，是他的身体健康问题心脏病，才使他认真思考生命的意义。故选A。12What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?AGive out brochures.BDo something similar.CWrite books for childrenDRetire from being a teacher.答案B细节理解题。第二段告诉我们，在Tim手术后

17、不久，他了解到Imagination Library的一些信息后，他说：maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire，也就是B项所说的Do something similar。13According to the text, Dollly Parton is_.Aa well­known surgeonBa mother of a four­year­oldCa singer born in TennesseeDa computer programmer答案C推理判断题。从第二段中“by

18、 Dolly Parton's foundation(基金会)that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's hometown of Sevier”可以看出：他是一名歌手，故选C。14Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?ATo avoid signing up online.BTo meet Dollywood board members.CTo make sure the books were the newest.DTo

19、see if the books were of good quality.答案D细节理解题。文章倒数第三段解释了Richter夫妇去Dollywood的原因：The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters，下文他说的话“We didn't want to give the children rubbish”，也可以说明这一点：看看书的质量好不好。15What can we learn from Tim's words in the last paragraph?AHe needs more money

20、 to help the children.BHe wonders why some people are so busy.CHe tries to save those waiting to die.DHe considers his efforts worthwhile.答案D推理判断题。Tim认为人不应该无所事事等待死神的到来，而应该利用好晚年的时光，使自己忙碌起来，对社会作出应有的贡献，他正是这样做的，由此可以看出，四个选项中D项(认为自己的努力很值得)最能表达这个意思。BA powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Ja

21、pan at 2：46 p. m. local time on March 11th,2011.Japan's Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later.The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world.There are over 4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters(地震烈度测量仪)in place throughout Japan

22、 to measure earthquake activity.These meters provide information with two minutes of an earthquake happening.Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes.There are also concrete sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline.But these measures

23、proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami.Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert in Los Angeles.He says，“Japan is one of those most well­prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning.They had a warning.I think what went wrong is that they had not anticipated the size of th

24、is event.”He says there are two reasons for this.Japan has not had any event anywhere near as big as this one in the last 150 years.And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan.The 9.0­magnitude earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever rec

25、orded worldwide.It was also the worst earthquake ever to hit Japan.The tsunami waves that followed were reported to have reached as high as 13 meters in some areas.Costas Synolakis says Japan's concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves.A tsunami wave can travel as fast as 800 k

26、ilometers per hour.To get to higher ground people would often have to travel for many kilometers.This can take more time than a fast traveling tsunami will permit.This is especially true in cases like Japan，where the center of the earthquake struck so close to the coastline.The tsunami waves followe

27、d almost immediately.Experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these_facts until earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted.【解题导语】 本文是科技文。日本的地震预警系统位居世界前列，能在地震发生后的两分钟内提供信息。三分钟内能够提供有关地震强度和震中的信息。在海啸预警方面，日本是世界上准备工作做得最充分的国家之一，但这次他们没能预测出这次海啸的规模如此之大。16From the second paragraph we can

28、infer that _.AJapan is an island countryBthe center of the earthquake is located in the northeastern coastCthe meters in Japan have dropped behindDmany measures have been carried out to reduce the consequences of earthquakes in Japan答案D推理判断题。A项说法正确，但不是本段的推理；B项不是由第二段推理得出的，是第一段中明示的信息。根据These meters pr

29、ovide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening.Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes.判断，C项推理错误。D项根据所列事实可以判断得出。17The underlined word “anticipated” in the third paragraph probably means “_”Apredicted BmeasuredCcounted Dprev

30、ented答案A猜测词义题。根据第四段和第五段信息可知，日本的海啸预警系统是世界上最好的之一，此次失误在于没有预料到海啸的规模如此大。18The underlined words “these facts” in the last paragraph refer to the following EXCEPT _.Athe concrete sea walls can't control the waveBit is the worst earthquake happening in Japan in the historyCthe speed of the tsunami is fr

31、ightening and quickDthere are many earthquakes in Japan答案D细节认定题。根据文章倒数第二段、倒数第三段内容可知答案为D。19Which may be the best title of this passage?AEarthquakes and tsunamis can be predictedBA 9.0 ­magnitude earthquake hit JapanCJapan's concrete sea wallsDA report about Japan's early warning systems答案D主旨大意题。根据全文内容判断，文章介绍日本拥有世界上最先进的地震、海啸预警系统，但没有预料到这次大地震和海啸如此之猛。20On which column of China Daily can you find the passage?ATechnology BCulture discoveryCTr