人教高中英语选修8-Unit 1~2课时练习及解析

1 人教版高中英语 选修八 Unit 1~2 课时练习

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．The city was badly destroyed by an earthquake，and it took years to ________.

A．take everything back to live

B．have everything back to life

C．let everything back to live

D．bring everything back to life

解析：bring sth. back to life“使……恢复生气，使……恢复正常”。

答案：D

2．—What was the speaker saying?

—Sorry，I was so tired that I couldn't ________ what she was saying.

A．take up B．take in

C．take on D．take away

解析：根据答语“不好意思，我刚才太累了，没听懂她在说什么”，take in符合句意。take in在此意为“理解，领会，明白”。take up“从事，占掉(空间、时间)”；take on“呈现(面貌等)”；take away“拿走”。

答案：B

3．I've tried very hard to improve my English.But by no means ________ with my progress.

A．the teacher is not satisfied

B．is the teacher not satisfied

C．the teacher is satisfied

D．is the teacher satisfied

解析：by no means位于句首时，句子要用倒装语序，排除A、C两项；由but可知后一句表示否定，排除B项。

答案：D

4．Many students strongly objected to ________ school at weekends.

A．attend B．attending

C．attended D．having attended

解析：句意：许多学生强烈反对周末上课。object to...短语中to是介词，后接名词或动名词作宾语，故排除A、C两项；此处不强调完成，故排除D项。 2 答案：B

5．As far as I am concerned，what he made in his speech is just a(n) ________，nothing serious.

A．choice B．excuse

C．statement D．slip

解析：句意：在我看来，他在演讲中所犯的只是一个小错误，没什么大惊小怪的。slip在此意为“疏忽，差错”，符合句意。

答案：D

6．Don't worry，because the boss has ________ to pay off the rest of the wages next month.

A．undertaken B．admitted

C．refused D．disagreed

解析：由前面的信息可知答案为A项；undertake to do sth.“答应做某事”。

答案：A

7．Even though her talent was ________ to everyone who heard her sing，life got in the way of

her dreams.

A．apparent B．abundant

C．absurb D．academic

解析：句意：虽然每一个听过她唱歌的人都知道她才华出众，但生活却阻碍了她梦想的实现。apparent在此意为“明显的，显而易见的”，符合句意。abundant“丰富的，充裕的”；absurd“荒谬的，可笑的”；academic“学校的，学院的，学术的”。

答案：A

8．(2012年安徽蚌埠质检)My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ________

it.

A．in honour of B．in memory of

C．in favour of D．in search of

解析：while“然而”，表示转折、对比，against表示“反对”。故选用in favour of“赞成”。in honour of“为了向……表示敬意”；in memory of“为纪念”；in search of“寻找”。A、B、D三项均不合题意。

答案：C

9．—Do you all feel like going out tonight?

—________.Everything depends on you.

A．I'm easy B．No，I don't 3 C．No problem D．Forget it

解析：句意：——今晚你们都想出去吗？——我随便。一切由你们决定。I'm easy意为“我随便，我好办，我无所谓”，表示接受对方提出的任何建议，符合Everything depends

on you这一语境。

答案：A

10．After questioning the man for six hours，the police ________ the information they wanted.

A．seized B．recovered

C．appealed D．obtained

解析：句意：警察审问了这男人6个小时后，才得到了他们想要的信息。seize“抓住”；recover“恢复”；appeal“呼吁，控诉”；obtain“得到，获得”。D项符合句意。

答案：D

11．________ fails to recognize that is bound to make serious mistakes.

A．Whomever B．Whoever

C．Whatever D．Whichever

解析：句意：任何没有认识到那一点的人都注定要犯严重的错误。whoever在这里相当于anyone who，在主语从句中作主语。

答案：B

12．He hoped the audience was satisfied and the performers' efforts ________.

A．pay off B．were paid off

C．paid off D．have paid off

解析：句意：他希望表演能让观众满意，表演者的付出能得到回报。pay off作“得到回报，得到好结果”讲时，通常不用于被动语态。

答案：C

13．Every means ________ tried out，but they can't find a solution to the problem.

A．is B．has been

C．are D．have been

解析：means“方法”，其单复数形式相同，句中means前有every修饰，是单数名词，谓语动词也应用单数形式；根据句意知应用现在完成时。

答案：B

14．—What do you know from the signpost? 4 —It ________ the direction to London from here.

A．announces B．explains

C．points D．indicates

解析：announce“宣布”；explain“解释”；point(to)“指向”；indicate“标示”。答句句意：它标示了从这里去伦敦的方向。

答案：D

15．John was ________ to learn the news that he was rejected by the committee.

A．cast down B．cast off

C．cast about D．cast away

解析：cast down“使沮丧”；cast off“扔掉”；cast about“设法寻找”；cast away“扔掉，抛弃”。句意：约翰听到被委员会拒绝的消息非常沮丧。根据句意选A项。

答案：A

Ⅱ.阅读理解

(2012年云南模拟)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A

(Reuters)President Barack Obama－bolstered(加强)by a stronger economic outlook and

recent job growth－would win in a matchup against the two leading Republican presidential

candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich，a poll on Monday showed.

A Washington Post-ABC News survey of 1,000 adults found that，for the first time，Obama's prospects have brightened against his potential rivals as his overall job approval

rating climbed on his handling of the slowly recovering economy.

If the election were held now，Obama would win 51 percent of the vote compared to 45

percent for Romney，the former Massachusetts governor and current Republican

frontrunner，according to the poll.He would win with 54 percent compared to 43 percent for

Gingrich，the former speaker of the House of Representatives who has vowed to continue

seeking his party's nomination.

The poll，conducted by telephone from February 1 through February 4，showed Obama