高考英语 Unit 2 The Olympic Games练习题 新人教版必修2(1)

Unit 2 The Olympic Games

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．I had no choice but________the window.

A．admit breaking B．to admit breaking

C．admit to have broken D．to admit to break

解析 have no choice but to do“别无选择，只好”；admit doing sth“承认干过某事”。句意：我别无选择只得承认自己打破窗户的事。

答案 B

2． Teachers have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their

professional___.

A．consequence B．independence

C．competence D．intelligence

解析 考查名词辨析。句意：教师必须不断地更新自己的知识来保持专业技能水平。professional competence专业技能，符合句意。consequence后果，推论；independence独立；intelligence智力，均不符合题意。

答案 C

3．The patient is supposed to go to the hospital for________checks.

A．common B．normal C．regular D．usual

解析 句意：那位病人应定期到医院去做检查。regular意为“定期的；有规律的”，符合题意。

答案 C

4．Passengers are permitted______only one piece of hand luggage onto the plane.

A．to carry B．carrying

C．to be carried D．being carried

解析 考查非谓语动词作主语补足语。句意：旅客被允许只带一件手提行李登机。permit

sb.to do sth.允许某人做某事，其被动语态为：sb.be permitted to do sth.某人被允许做某事，所以A项正确。注意permit的另一用法：permit doing sth.允许做某事。

答案 A

5．Pieces of exciting news came to the city________.

A．step by step B．little by little

C．side by side D．one after another

解析 one after another意为“一个接一个地”；step by step“一步一步地”；little

by little“逐渐地”；side by side“肩并肩地”。根据题意选D项。

答案 D

6．Bill wasn’t happy about the delay of the report by Jason，and______.

A．I was neither B．neither was I

C．I was either D．either was I

解析 句意：比尔对贾森做报告推迟这件事表示不高兴，我也不高兴。根据题意可知，我也不(高兴)，neither/nor＋系动词/助动词/情态动词＋sb.表示某人也不(同意或赞成上文的观点)，易把either看作neither，无either was I句式，故B项正确。

答案 B

7．—I want to know why they were late.

—They________the train. A．can have missed B．could miss

C．might miss D．must have missed

解析 must have done sth意为“肯定已经做了某事”，表示对过去情况的肯定推测。

答案 D

8．Customers are asked to make sure that they________the right change before leaving

the shop.

A．will give B．have been given

C．have given D．will be given

解析 give后接双宾语，the right change作直接宾语，customers作间接宾语，所以当customers作主语时，其谓语动词要用被动语态。根据题意，故选B。

答案 B

9．Do you________that he enjoys living there and he will bring us good?

A．doubted B．make sure

C．make sense D．felt like

解析 句意：你确信他喜欢住在这里，而且能给我们带来好处吗？doubt表示“怀疑”；make

sure表示“确信”；make sense表示“有意义，有道理”；feel like表示“喜欢”。根据句意，故选B。

答案 B

10．The director had her assistant______some hot dogs for the meeting.

A．picked up B．picks up

C．pick up D．picking up

解析 句意：主任让她的助手为会议买了些热狗(香肠面包)。have的用法：①have sb.do sth.让某人干某事。②have sth.done使/让某事由别人去做(叫/让某人做某事)。③have

sb./sth.doing使/让某人/物持续地做某事。

答案 C

11．The flowers were so lovely that they________in no time.

A．sold B．had been sold

C．were sold D．would sell

解析 根据主句所提供的时态信息The flowers were so lovely可判断出从句也应该用一般过去时，表示过去发生的动作或存在的状态。再根据The flowers与sell之间为动宾关系，故用被动语态。

答案 C

12．The car began to________the moment the vehicle got into the highway.

A．take up B．give up

C．make up D．pick up

解析 take up开始从事；give up放弃；make up编造；弥补；pick up拾起；恢复(健康)；开始加速。句意：车一进入高速就开始加速。

答案 D

13．—It often rains in that area.Please take an umbrella with you.

—______.

A．Well，it just depends B．All right，go ahead

C．Yes，take one with me D．OK，just in case

解析 句意：——那个地区经常下雨。请随身带把雨伞吧。——好，以防万一。in case以防万一；it just depends看情况；All right，go ahead行，请吧(用以回应对方的请求)；C项不符合英语表达习惯。

答案 D

14．The old man would sell his car for 2,000 dollars，but the young lady________1.5

thousand dollars.

A．offered B．sold C．asked D．charged

解析 考查动词词义的辨析。offer出价；报价，符合语境。句意：那位老人要2 000元卖这辆车，但那位年轻的女士只出价1 500元。

答案 A

15．Some people like to do the shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up

wonderful___in the market.

A．batteries B．baskets

C．balloons D．bargains

解析 考查名词词义的辨析。battery电池；basket篮子；balloon气球；bargain便宜货；讨价还价。

答案 D

Ⅱ.阅读理解

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For thousands of years，man has enjoyed the taste of apples.Apples，which are about

85 percent of water，grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest

areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China，France and the

United States.

There are various kinds of apples.But a very few make up the majority of those grown

for sale.The three most common kinds grown in the United States are Delicious，Golden Delicious，and McIntosh.

Apples are different in colour，size and taste.The colour of the skin may be red，green，or yellow.They have various sizes，with Delicious apples being among the

largest.The taste may be sweet or tart.Generally，sweet apples are eaten fresh while

tart apples are used to make apple sauce.

Apple trees may grow as tall as twelve metres.They do best in areas that have very

cold winters.Although no fruit is yielded during the winter，this cold periold is

good for the tree.

1．It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are________.