英语复习练习：选修unit4

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精Ⅰ。完形填空(建议用时17′)［2016·西安高新一中模拟]Imaginewakingupinahospitalbed.Andtheentireleftsideofyourbodyisn'tmovable。Thiswasthe__1__Ifoundmyselfinaftermycarcrash。I__2__soseverelyformyheadandneckweretwisted(扭曲)toonesideandstuckinthatdisturbing__3__.Theprognosis（预断）formy__4__wasnotgood。Thedoctortoldmyfamily，“I__5__tosaythis,buthe’llbeluckytosurvivethenext48hours。”__6__asmyfamilywasatthenews,theonethingthathadbeenholdingthemtogetherwasthe__7__thatwiththepropermedicaltreatment,Icouldrecover。Thedoctor’sprognosishitthemlikeahammer，__8__anyhope。The__9__thatImightdietouchedeachofthemdeeply。Forthenexttwodays，myparentskeptwaitingoutsidemyroom。Theycould__10__eatorsleep。Thedoctor'sprognosis__11__heavilyontheirhearts.Yetwitheachpassinghourtheybecameslightlymorehopefulthatmychancesof__12__werealittlebitbetter。Withthe__13__48hourspassing，althoughIwasonce__14__tothelimitofmylife,I__15__toquitmylife,sotheyfeltsomewhat__16__.Maybethedoctorhadmadea(n）__17__。Afterall,doctorsaren’tnecessarilyright.Bitbybit,hopebegantoreturntothem.__18__，theystillhadnoideawhatthefutureheldforme.Mysurvivalsurprisedeveryone.Itwouldnothavebeen__19__ifnotformydeterminationnottoquitmylife。__20__willalwayshappenaroundyouaslongasyoudon'tgiveup.这是一篇记叙文。作者在一次车祸中险些丧生,医生认为作者只能活48个小时,作者却让周围的人看到了奇迹，作者把这归功于他的坚定意志。并且告诉大家只要我们不放弃，奇迹在任何时候都会出现。1．A。despair B．situationC．place D．pain答案：B上文提到作者醒来在医院躺着,并且一半身体不能移动，这是作者出车祸后发现自己的一种处境(situation）。2．A。choked B．trembledC．enjoyed D．suffered答案:D根据上文的描述可知,作者遭受（suffered)了巨大的痛苦。3．A。position B．actionC．behavior D．height答案：A由上文作者的头和脖子被扭到了一边可知，这里是指处于一种令人不安的姿势（position）。4．A。spirit B．disabilityC．recovery D．treatment答案:C由下文提及的作者只能幸运地活48小时可知，医生对作者康复（recovery）的预断是不乐观的。5．A。regret B．decideC．tend D．wish答案：A下文是提及不好的事情，所以这里是遗憾（regret)地去说这件事情。6．A.Impatient B．AngryC．Confused D．Upset答案：D尽管家人听到这个消息是伤心的（upset），但是他们还是抱有一丝希望。7．A。desire B．intentionC．hope D．lie答案：C通过恰当的医治，作者可能会康复是家人对作者的一丝希望（hope)。8．A。offering B．destroyingC．raising D．abandoning答案：B医生的预断就像锤子一样击打着我的家人,摧毁(destroy)了他们的希望.9．A.exception B．choiceC．fact D．acceptance答案：C由上文可知，我可能会因车祸丧生的事实(fact)深深地触动了家中的每个人。10．A.barely B．graduallyC．hopelessly D．slightly答案：A接下来的两天，父母一直等在门外，很少（barely）吃饭和睡觉。11．A.reacted B．weighedC．froze D．expanded答案：B医生对作者病情的预断让作者的家人感到心碎。12．A。promotion B．escapeC．improvement D．survival答案：D根据下文提到的作者活了下来可知,这里是家人对作者的存活（survival）抱有希望.13．A。convincing B．disappointingC．exciting D．frightening答案：D医生估计作者只能活48小时,所以这48小时是令人害怕的(frightening)。14．A.directed B．pushedC．ordered D．guided答案：B根据上文描述的作者病情很严重可知,虽然作者被推（pushed）到了生命的边缘，但是作者拒绝放弃生命.15．A。refused B．pretendedC．struggled D．attempted答案：A作者意志坚定，拒绝(refused)放弃生命。16．A。confident B．satisfiedC．relieved D．stressful答案：C作者度过了48小时,家人看到了希望，所以感到宽慰（relieved)。17．A。joke B．guessC．apology D．mistake答案:D由上文医生说作者只能活48小时可知，医生犯了一个错误（mistake）。空后的Afterall，doctorsaren’tnecessarilyright也有提示。18．A.However B．ThereforeC．Instead D．Besides答案:A虽然看到了希望，但他们不知道我的未来会怎么样,前后构成转折关系,故用但是(however）.19．A.alarming B．possibleC．reasonable D．pessimistic答案：B如果不是作者顽强地不放弃生命，作者的存活是不可能（notpossible)的(前文提到:医生也曾预测作者只能活48小时)。20．A.Accidents B．CoincidencesC．Miracles D．Successes答案:C只要不放弃，奇迹(miracles)就会发生在我们身上.一个医生预测只能活48小时的车祸伤员，竟凭着顽强的意志活了下来,堪称奇迹.Ⅱ。阅读理解（建议用时16′)A［2016·育才高三联考]WinterbeginsinthenorthonDecember22nd.Peopleandanimalshavebeendoingwhattheyalwaysdotoprepareforthecoldmonths.Squirrels，forexample，havebeenbusygatheringeq\a\vs4\al(W1)nutsfromtrees。Well,scientistshavebeenbusygatheringinformationaboutwhatthesquirrelsdowiththefoodtheycollect.TheyexamineddifferencesbetweenredsquirrelsandgraysquirrelsintheAmericanstateofIndiana。Thescientistswantedtoknowhowthesedifferencescouldaffecteq\a\vs4\al（W2）thegrowthofblackwalnuttrees.Theblackwalnutisthenutofchoiceforbothkindsofsquirrels.Theblackwalnuttreeisalsoacentraleq\a\vs4\al(W3）partofsomehardwoodforests.RobSwihartofPurdueUniversitydidthestudywithJakeGoheen，aformerPurduestudentnowattheUniversityofNewMexico.Thetworesearchersestimatethatseveraltimesasmanywalnutsgrowwhengatheredbygraysquirrelsascomparedtoredsquirrels。Graysquirrelsandredsquirrelsdonotstorenutsandseedsinthesameway.Graysquirrelsburynutsoneatatimeinanumberofeq\a\vs4\al(P1)places.Buttheyseldomrememberwheretheyburiedeverynut.Sosomenutsremainintheground.Conditionsarerightforthemtodevelopandgrowinthefollowingspring.Redsquirrels,however，storelargegroupsofnutsaboveground。ProfessorSwihartcalls“death_traps_for_seeds”．Graysquirrelsarenativetoeq\a\vs4\al（P2）Indiana。ButProfessorSwihartsaystheirnumbersbegantodecreaseeq\a\vs4\al（W4）asmoreforestswerecutforagriculture。eq\a\vs4\al（S)Redsquirrelsbegantospreadthroughthestateduringthepastcentury.Theresearcherssayredsquirrelsarenativetoforeststhatstaygreenallyear,unlikewalnuttrees.Theysaythecleaningofforestlandforagriculturehashelpedredsquirrelsinvadeeq\a\vs4\al（W5)Indiana.JakeGoheencallsthemasignofanenvironmentalproblemmorethanacause.本文为科普文,分析的是两种不同类型的松鼠为过冬储备食物的种类不同的原因，以及松鼠对这些植物的影响。1．ThestudydonebyRobSwihartandJakeGoheenisto________。A．findoutthelivingconditionsforsquirrelsB．dosomethingtogetridofsquirrelsC．learnsquirrels'influenceonblackwalnuttreesD．savetheforestsintheAmericanstateofIndiana答案:C细节理解题。根据第二段“Thescientistswantedtoknowhowthesedifferencescouldaffectthegrowthofblackwalnuttrees。"可知。2．Thedifferencebetweengraysquirrelsandredsquirrelsmainlyliesin________。A．thewaytheygatherthewalnutB．theplacetheystorethewalnutsC．thenumberofthenutstheycancollectD．thefactthatthegraysquirrelshaveabadmemory答案：B细节理解题。根据第三段“Graysquirrelsandredsquirrelsdonotstorenutsandseedsinthesameway。”可知。3．WhenProfessorSwihartsays“deathtrapsforseeds"，heactuallymeansthat________.A．nutsabovethegroundwillnotdevelopintoplantsB．redsquirrelseatmorenutsthangraysquirrelsC．graysquirrelsandredsquirrelswillhaveseverefightsD．seedscanbetrapsforotheranimalsintheforest答案：A句意猜测题.根据第三段倒数第二句“Redsquirrels，however,storelargegroupsofnutsaboveground。"可知答案.4．Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingisTRUE？A．Graysquirrelsdomoreharmtotheforestthanredsquirrels。B．Redsquirrelsandgraysquirrelshavehelpedthespreadofwalnuttrees.C．Thecleaningofforestlandbenefitsgraysquirrelsdirectly。D．Humanbeingsshouldbearsomeresponsibilityforthedecreasingnumberofgraysquirrels.答案：D细节理解题。利用排除法,根据第四段“.。。asmoreforestswerecutforagriculture.”可知D项正确，A项未比较过；B项应是Graysquirrels有助于walnuttree的传播;C项“directly”描述错误。eq\a\vs4\al(W重点词汇）1．gathervt.收集；集合2.affectvt。影响3．centraladj.中心的；中央的4．decreasen．/vt。减少；降低5．invadevt。侵略eq\a\vs4\al（P重点短语)1．anumberof许多的；大量的2．benativeto源于……；原产于……eq\a\vs4\al（S句式仿写）原文：ButProfessorSwihartsaystheirnumbersbegantodecreaseasmoreforestswerecutforagriculture。（as引导时间状语从句）译文：但是Swihart教授说随着更多的森林为了农耕被砍伐，它们（松鼠)的数量开始下降。仿写：Thebookexplainshowanimalsandplantsdevelopas_the_environment_changes。这本书解释了随着环境的变化，动植物是如何进化的。B[2016·河南重点中学联考]Aparalysedmanhaswalkedagainthankstoeq\a\vs4\al(P1)anelectronicdevice—aspecialbraincap，whichconnectedhisbrainsignalstoelectrodesattachedeq\a\vs4\al(W1)tohislegs。The26。year。oldmanwasabletocontrolhislegsandcoveralmostfourmetresusinghisownmusclepower。Thisisbelievedtobethefirsttimethatanyonehasusedtheirownmuscles,controlledontheirowneq\a\vs4\al(P2）.Theman，whohasnotbeennamed,lostthepowerofbothlegsafterhisspinalcordwascompletelyseveredinamotorcycleaccidentfiveyearsago.Hisbrainwasstillabletogeneratethethoughtsneededtomovehislegsandhismuscleswerehealthy，butthedamagetohisspinestoppedthebrain'ssignalsfromreachinghismuscles。Toget_roundthis，themanworeacapconnectedwithelectrodesthatcapturedeq\a\vs4\al(W2)hisbrainactivity.Thisinformationwassentwirelesslytoacomputeranddecodedbeforebeingtransmittedtoelectrodesaroundhisknees.Thesestimulatedeq\a\vs4\al（W3)hismuscles，allowinghimtoswinghislegs.Heneededwalkingframeandhispacewasunnatural，buthefeltconfidenteq\a\vs4\al（W4）enoughwhilewalkingtochattotheUSresearcherswhodevelopedthetechnology。Themanhadmonthsoftrainingtore。learntowalk，includingbraintraining,whichinvolvedplayingavideogamewhilewearingthecapandjustbythinkingaboutmovingthemtocontrolthemovementsofacharacteronscreen.Thisfiredupthenecessarypartofhisbraintomovehislegsandmadehimformulatethesortofthoughtshewouldneedtocontrolhisownmovements.Paralysedpeoplehavebeenmadetowalkinthepast，butthisisthefirsttimethepatienthasusedtheirownlegsratherthananexoskeletoneq\a\vs4\al(S）—abattery。poweredframeworkaroundthelimbs。Britishexpertswelcomedthebreakthrougheq\a\vs4\al(W5)butsaidtheworkwasstillataveryearlystage。ResearcherDrZoranNenadicsaidthenewdeviceprovedpromising,buttheysaymanyyearsofworkremains.本文是一篇科技报道.一种新型的设备为瘫痪或不能移动身体某部位的人们带来了福音，但是这项技术还需要一个较为漫长的过程才能最终得以运用。5．Whatdoesthiskindofbraincaphelpaparalysedmantodo？A．Recoverfromtheinjury。 B．Builduphismuscles.C．Gaintheabilitytowalk。 D．Gettheskilltothink.答案：C细节理解题.根据第一段“Aparalysedmanhaswalkedagainthankstoanelectronicdevice—aspecialbraincap"可知，这种帽子有助于瘫痪的残疾人获得控制自己行走的能力。6．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“getround”inParagraph2mean？A．Remove. B．Overcome。C．Gain。 D．Achieve.答案:B词义猜测题。根据第二段画线词的前面“.。.butthedamagetohisspinestoppedthebrain'ssignalsfromreachinghismuscles.”可知，受伤部位阻止了大脑信号的正常传输，下文阐述为了克服这种障碍,瘫痪患者戴上了这种特殊的帽子，目的是为了获得大脑的指令。7．Howdidtheparalysedmancontrolthecharacter’smovementsonscreen?A．Byusinghisownthought.B．Byobeyingtheordersofcomputers.C．Byimitatingthehuman’smovements.D．Bymovingtheirmuscles。答案：A细节理解题。根据第三段“Themanhadmonthsoftrainingtore。learntowalk,includingbraintraining，whichinvolvedplayingavideogamewhilewearingthecapandjustbythinkingaboutmovingthemtocontrolthemovementsofacharacteronscreen。”可知,瘫痪患者运用意念去控制电脑屏幕上人物的活动，因此本题答案为A项.8．Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph？A．Thenewdevicehasbeenusedwidely.B．It'salongwaytoputthenewdevicetouse.C．Expertsaredoubtfulaboutthenewdevice。D．Theideaofthenewdeviceisunrealistic.答案：B推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，专家们认为该技术正处于初级阶段，实验证明这很有希望，但还要研究很多年。因此本题答案为B项。eq\a\vs4\al（W重点词汇）1．attachvt。依附于；系上；贴上2．capturevt。捕抓;夺得3．stimulatevt.刺激4．confidentadj。有信心的；自信的5．breakthroughn.突破eq\a\vs4\al（P重点短语)1．thanksto幸亏;由于2．onone’sown靠某人自己eq\a\vs4\al（S句式仿写)原文:。.。butthisisthefirsttimethepatienthasusedtheirownlegsratherthananexoskeleton（thisis＋序数词