2016届高考英语一轮复习Unit1Thewrittenword单元检测(选修8)

1 The written word 单元检测

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．(2014·安徽师大附中模拟)This is the best way they have thought of ________ the

________ miners.

A．rescuing; burying B．to rescue; buried

C．to rescue; burying D．rescuing; buried

2．(2014·徐州高三模拟)The new mayor, who adored________ to the volleyball match,

didn't approve________ the new building plans at the meeting.

A．going; of discussing B．going; to discuss

C．to go; of discussing D．to go; discussing

3．(2014·合肥八中模拟)Hearing the ________ cry for help, out rushed the brave young

man without wearing his coat in such cold weather.

A．curious B．gentle

C．rigid D．desperate

4．(2014·乌鲁木齐诊断测验三)—Jane, I was told that you were going to speak at the

meeting yesterday!

—Yeah, I ________ to, but time did not permit.

A．have intended B．was intending

C．intended D．had intended

5．(2014·江苏大丰高级中学模拟)Since you can't make the class ________ what you say

in English, you can make yourself ________ in Chinese.

A．understand; understand

B．understand; understood

C．to understand; understand

D．understand; to be understood

6．(2014·江南十校高三摸底)—Is it necessary to look up every new word when I come across

it in reading?

—No.You ________， because you are likely to guess the meaning from the context.

A．can't B．mustn't

C．don't have to D．ought not to

7．(2014·苏、锡、常、镇四市二调)—You really appreciate Justin Bieber's performances,

don't you?

— ________. I just like his soft voice.

A．Not exactly B．Don't mention it 2 C．Not a little D．That's for sure

8．(2014·南通高三检测)Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards again this year, and

his performances always ________ the expectation of most audience.

A．put up with B．end up with

C．live up to D．add up to

9．In the shop the boy resisted ________， so his mother had to give in and bought him

a toy.

A．carrying off B．being carried off

C．to carry off D．to be carry off

10．(2014·常州高三模拟)To tell the truth, I would rather I________the pain instead

of you. You don't know how worried I was.

A．took B．had taken

C．have taken D．should have taken

11．(2014·湖南十二校联考)Mrs. Smith managed to settle the quarrel between Michael and

Allen without hurting the feelings of________.

A．neither B．none

C．either D．both

12．(2014·安徽望江二中模拟)It's________ shame to cheat at an examination, for you

have________ reputation for being honest.

A．a; / B．/; /

C．a; a D．/; a

13．(2014·吉林重点中学适应考试)I am heavily ________ at the moment, but I hope to be

out of it when I get paid.

A．in debt B．in trouble

C．in vain D．in danger

14．(2014·江苏潼阳中学模拟)The popular cartoon Mulan is a(n) ________ of a Chinese

poem for children.

A．imagination B．plot

C．story D．adaptation

15．Charles did what he could ________ the servant, although he himself was in danger.

A．rescue B．rescued

C．to rescue D．rescuing

3 Ⅱ.完形填空

(2014·蚌埠质检)

I had a bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book.I just

wanted to see how it ended

__1__ I was still in the middle of it.This habit

__2__ first my mom, then my friends, and __3__ even my own

daughter.Often my

__4__ wouldn't be limited just to the books I read but

also to what others were

__5__ as well.Then one day my daughter told me in

anger, “Dad, please just read a book one __6__ at a time like everyone else！”

At times I didn't __7__ this bad habit to just books either.I also tried to skip ahead

in my own life and __8__ out what to do months or even years from now __9__ enjoying each

day at present.Although I knew that the __10__ of my life wasn't done yet and that I had

many pages __11__ to go, I still couldn't control my burning desire to write the __12__

of it halfway through.Time and again, I would __13__jump ahead and try to solve every

potential problem before it happened.Life, __14__， doesn't work like that.It loves to

__15__ us, and you never know what new problems, changes or opportunities each new day

will __16__.

Recently when I found myself living in the __17__ again, I felt a voice that gently

told me I needed to “live one day at a time”．When I heard those words, I

__18__， turned

the book of my life back to the __19__ page, and thanked God for today.

Each of us has to

__20__ the book of life line by line, moment by moment and trust that

our story will be brought to its perfect end.

1.A.since B．for

C．while D．because

2．A.confused B．annoyed

C．delighted D．embarrassed

3．ually B．obviously

C．accidentally D．finally

4．A.impatience B．misunderstanding

C．disappointment D．disagreement

5．A.saying B．reading

C．doing D．watching

6．A.page B．copy

C．chapter D．edition

7．A.contribute B．devote