Unit 1 Cultural relics
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The necklace the woman bought is________，because it is made of glass.
A．priceless B．worthwhile
C．valuable D．worthless
答案D[考查形容词词义辨析。priceless无价的；值钱的；worthwhile 值得花(时间、钱等)；valuable 有价值的；worthless 没用的；无价值的。由从句内容可知，the necklace不值钱。句意：那位女士买的项链不值钱，因为那是用玻璃做的。]
2．____makes the peasant worker proud is______he has set up a new bridge for the villagers.
A．What; that B．What; because
C．That; what D．That; because
答案A[考查名词性从句。________makes the peasant worker proud是主语从句部分，该部分缺少主语，因此选起双重作用的what；第二空________he has set up a new bridge for the villagers是表语从句部分，该部分不缺少主干成分，且句意完整，因此选只起连接作用的that。] 3．—How do you find the match between Spain and Switzerland?
—________Powerful Spain lost the game by 0－1.
A．I watched it on TV. B．It's amazing!
C．You guessed it! D．Congratulations!
答案B[考查情景交际。由答语可知，答话人认为很不可思议。It's amazing！太不可思议了！句意：——你认为西班牙和瑞士的比赛怎么样？——太不可思议了！实力很强的西班牙队以0：1输了。]
4．—Why not meet Diana today?
—I am sorry to tell you that she has been________from our company.
A．removed B．rolled
C．explored D．interrupted
答案A[句意：“今天为何没见Diana？”“很遗憾地告诉你，她已经被公司开除了。”remove“使离去；把……免职；撤去”。再如：He was removed from the post. 他被解雇了。]
5．With your brother's help, I've made great progress in English and I really want to do something for him________.
A．in turn B．by turns
C．in return D．in answer
答案C[考查介词短语的辨析。in turn 反过来，反之；by turns 轮流；in return 作为
回报；in answer无此搭配形式。句意：在你哥哥的帮助下，我的英语取得了很大进步，因此我很想做点事情来报答他。]
6．The news was so________that all of us were________at it.
A．amazing; amazed B．amazed; amazing
C．amazing; amazing D．amazed; amazed
答案：A考查现在分词和过去分词的区别。该句意为消息令人惊讶(amazing)，我们对此深感惊讶(amazed)。
7．At that time, his country was________Japan, so hearing from him was extremely difficult.
A．at war with B．at the war with
C．at war against D．during the war with
答案A[考查固定短语的用法。be at war with意为“与……交战”，war前为零冠词，故排除B，D；介词应该用with，故排除C。]
8．—How do you find the British Museum?
—Great! It's________worth________.
A．very; visiting
B．well; a visit
C．quite; being visited
D．very much; visiting
答案B[考查短语的搭配。worth的修饰语常用well；worth后可接名词或动名词。句意：——你觉得大英博物馆怎么样？——好极了！它很值得一看。]
9．—Jenny took the 8：00 bus to Guangzhou this morning.
—Really? She________the 9：00 train. It's much more comfortable and safer to travel by train.
A．could have taken B．should take
C．must have taken D．can take
答案A[考查情态动词的用法。上句表示珍妮已乘坐8点的汽车去广州了。答句意思是：她本可以坐9点的火车去，坐火车舒服得多，安全得多。“情态动词could ＋完成式”表示“本来可以”，而实际上并没有那么做。]
10．—Did Peter fix the computer himself?
—He________，because he doesn't know much about computers.
A．has it fixed B．had fixed it
C．had it fixed D．fixed it
答案C[考查句型的用法。由语境可知，彼得应该是找人修的电脑，故用句型have sth done，意为“ 让别人干某事”。句意：——彼得是自己修的电脑吗？——他让别人修的，因为他对电脑了解的并不多。]
11．—I regret to say that I________have shouted at you the other day.
