高中英语(外研版)必修1：Unit 3 Section Ⅳ Cultural Corner

Section ⅣCultural Corner姓名：________测试时间：45分钟本卷总分：50分自评或老师评分：________ 基础训练Ⅰ.选择方框内的词，并用其适当形式完成下列句子bore，noise，ceremony，souvenir，track，colour，vacuum1. I bought a few ________ for my colleagues back at the office to remember my visit to London.2．A black horse was on the inside ________ at the start of the race.3．He found the match ________ and stopped watching it any longer.4．The opening ________ of the Olympic Games is often grand.5．A ________ cleaner is a handy household tool.6．We can see wildflowers blooming ________ along its shores of the lake in spring.7．It was so ________ in the room that I couldn't catch a world at all.答案：1. souvenirs2.track3.boring4.ceremony5．vacuum 6.colorful7.noisyⅡ.选择方框内的短语，并用其适当形式完成下列句子错误!1．Light travels ________ 300,000 km per second.2．I remember seeing the ocean ________at the age of six.3．This guide book is ________ so you had better buy a new one.4．The teacher asked the students to practise the dialogue ________ after they read by themselves.5．Parents are supposed to tell their kids not to ______ fire or anything dangerous.6．Tom works much harder than ________ the students, which makes him the top one in his class.7．As we grow up, we find that it is difficult to be honest ________. Sometimes we'll have to tell lies.8．In English, I ________ listening than speaking now, so I decide to practise spoken English as much as possible.答案：1. at a speed of2.for the first time3．out of date 4.in pairs 5.play with6．the rest of7.all the time8.am better at语篇提能Ⅰ.完形填空It was Tom's first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey, on London's Underground Railway. And against his friends'__1__ he was determined to travel __2__.He entered the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon. This is a __3__ time to travel in London, __4__ crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He __5__to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his __6__ came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the ticket seller. __7__，he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the __8__，he also found the right platform. It was __9__ tight with people. He did not __10__ to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in abetter __11__ to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was __12__ forward onto the train by the __13__ of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the __14__ of the stations where the train __15__，but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth __16__ along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling __17__ that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never __18__. He explained his __19__ to a man who was standing on the platform. With a __20__ on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction.1．A.thought B. adviceC．relation D．favor2．A.alone B．abroadC．along D．away3．A.short B．certainC．possible D．bad4．A.for B．andC．so D．but5．A.planned B．hadC．happened D．hoped6．A.luck B．timeC．chance D．turn7．A.Thus B．InsteadC．Therefore D．However8．A.question B．wayC．place D．condition9．A.packed B．caughtC．covered D. seized10．A.manage B．tryC．agree D．expect11．A.situation B．stateC．position D．seat12．A.fought B．sweptC．drawn D．brought13．A.speed B．supportC．strike D．push14．A.signs B．pointsC．names D．numbers15．A.left B．stoppedC．started D．moved16．A.part B．pauseC．stop D．arrival17．A.glad B．sickC．sorry D．tired18．A.heard of B．talked aboutC．thought of D．arrived at19．A.result B．mistakeC．difficulty D．ticket20．A.joke B．smileC．surprise D．pity答案：本文讲述了Tom第一次到英格兰，不听朋友的建议，独自外出，结果把坐车的方向弄反了，以致到错了地方。

1．解析：against one's advice意为“违背别人的建议”。

答案：B2．解析：通过下文得知他是一人出来，故用alone。

答案：A3．解析：下面讲到人多为患，所以用“bad”。

答案：D4．解析：for表原因，用以解释“bad time”。

答案：A5．解析：要排长队购票是不以他的意志为转移的，他是“不得不”排队。

答案：B6．解析：turn表示“轮次”。

答案：D7．解析：售票员听不懂他的话，他却把票买成了，前后句显然有“转折”关系。

答案：D8．解析：问路一般用“ask the way”。

答案：B9．解析：be packed with＝be crowded with。

正因为人拥挤，才没上得了第一趟火车。

答案：A10．解析：manage to do表示“设法得以做成某事”。

答案：A11．解析：因为是在拥挤的站台上，显然获得的是一个稍好些的站的“位置”。

答案：C12．解析：从“from behind”来看，他是被人推向前的，sweep在此意为“猛推”。

答案：B13．解析：push与sweep同义。

答案：D14．解析：看不清的应是“站名”。

答案：C15．解析：站就是火车“停靠”的地方。

答案：B16．解析：这里的stop与station同义。

答案：C17．解析：觉得旅行如此轻松，心情当然是“高兴的”。

答案：A18．解析：hear of意为“听说过”是最佳答案。

答案：A19．解析：这里的difficulty指他当时的一种迷茫。

答案：C20．解析：听说Tom乘车的方向完全反了，那人的第一反应应是觉得好笑。

答案：BⅡ.语法填空It was Friday morning and a young businessman finally decided to ask his boss for a raise.Before __1__(leave) for work, he told his wife __2__ he was about to do. All day long he felt nervous.Finally, in the late afternoon, he summoned(鼓起) the courage to approach his employer, and __3__ his delight, the boss agreed to the raise.The happy husband arrived home and was surprised__4__(see) a beautiful table set with their best china and lighted candles. __5__(smell) the sweetness of a festival meal, he figured that someone from the office had called his wife and told her about the raise.Finding her in the kitchen, he __6__ (eager) shared the details of his good news. They embraced (拥抱) and danced around the room before sitting down to the wonderful meal his wife __7__(prepare)．Next to his plate he found an artistically lettered note that read, “__8__ (congratulate), darling. I knew yo u'd get the raise. This dinner is to show you how much I love you. ”Later on his way to the kitchen to help his wife serve dessert, he noticed that __9__ second card had fallen from her pocket. Picking __10__ up, he read, “Don't worry about not getti ng the raise. You deserve it anyway. This dinner is to show you how much I love you.”1．________ 2.________ 3.________4．________ 5.________ 6.________7．________8.________9.________10．________答案：真正的爱情是什么？是相互包容、理解和关怀。