Unit 1 A land of diversity
Ⅰ.多项选择
1．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：选D。考查名词辨析。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。
2．Even though her talent was __________ to everyone who heard her sing，life got in the way of her dreams.
A．apparent B．abundant
C．absurd D．academic
解析：选A。考查形容词辨析。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。
3．(2011年周口检测)It has just __________ to me that there is still another possibility to ensure an immediate delivery of the goods.
A．come B．occurred
C．happened D．struck
解析：选B。考查动词辨析。句意：我刚才突然想起还有另一个确保这批货物迅速交货的可能的办法。It occurs to sb.that...是固定句型，意思是“某人突然想到……”。
4．(2011年锦州质检)The agreement indicates that the two companies will __________ with each other again.
A．team up B．turn up
C．look up D．pick up
解析：选A。考查动词和短语辨析。A项表示“与……合作”，符合句意，。B项表示“出现；到达”；C项表示“向上看；查寻”；D项表示“捡起，接收”，均不合题意。
5．You have only written one bestselling novel.If you do not continue working hard，will you plan to ________ it for the rest of your life?
A．live in B．live on
C．live out D．live with
解析：选B。本题考查动词短语live on的用法。live on“以……为主食，靠……为生；继续活着；继续存在”。根据句意，“你只写了一本畅销书，你打算后半生靠这本书生活吗？”选B。
6．People in this village get together every year to __________ the old tradition and enjoy themselves as their ancestors did.
A．make up B．put up
C．keep up D．set up
解析：选C。keep up意为“沿袭(风俗、传统等)，维持，坚持”。句意：这个村子里的人每年都要聚会来沿袭这古老的传统，并像他们的祖先一样尽情地欢乐。make up组成，构成，弥补；put up提出，建起；set up创立，建立。
7．A recent survey __________ that the majority of people are worried about the present high price of apartments in cities.
A．indicates B．includes
C．imagines D．improves
解析：选A。本题考查动词indicate的用法。indicate“指出；象征；显示”。根据句意，“根据最近的一项调查表明，大部分人对目前的房价过高感到忧虑”。
8．—How can we get to the camping site nearly one hundred miles away？If only we had a car!
—Why not consider __________ a car to get there and letting Jim take us back in his jeep?
A．hiring B．firing
C．stealing D．picking
解析：选A。本题考查动词hire的用法。hire“雇请；出租；受雇”；fire“解雇，开除”。根据上文句意，说话人说要是我们有辆车去露营地就好了，听话人回答，为什么不考虑雇一辆车去那呢？故选A。
9．—How did you make so rapid progress in your English？Do you have any secrets?
—No.Only __________ hard working.
A．in terms of B．in honor of
C．by means of D．on behalf of
解析：选C。本题考查介词短语by means of的用法。by means of“用；以；依靠”。根据上文句意，答话人是通过勤奋才在英语方面取得很快进步的，故选C。
10．Less than twenty percent of the employees in their company are women. That is to say，men are in the __________.
A．majority B．activity
C．possibility D．minority
解析：选A。考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们公司的雇工中，女士不足20%，也就是说，男士占了大多数。majority意为“多数”，符合句意表达。
Ⅱ.完成句子
1．The majority of students were in favour of the suggestion that they ________________(出去野餐)the next day.(go)
解析：考查同位语从句。suggestion后的同位语从句要用“should＋动词原形”结构，should可以省略。
答案：(should)go out for a picnic
2．The possibility ________________(她可能会出错)never occurred to her.(go)
解析：考查同位语从句。本题是possibility引导的同位语从句，“出错”应表达为go wrong ，据此可知答案。
答案：that she might go wrong
3．Chinese mothers try to do everything for their children；that’s ________________(他们的错误所在)．(mistaken)
解析：考查表语从句。根据语境可知要用where引导此表语从句。
答案：where they are mistaken
4．Mr. Smith has such a strange way of teaching ________________(没人能适应)it at the beginning of his class.(use)
解析：考查状语从句。由句式结构可知本句是so...that句型，“适应”应表达为get used to，据此可知答案。
答案：that no one can get used to
5．________________(我突然想到)that we could use a computer to do the job.(occur)
解析：考查it作形式主语的用法。sth. occur to sb.意为“某人突然想到某事”，本句中it用作形式主语。
答案：It suddenly occurred to me
6．He preferred to go into business alone rather than ______________(与任何其他人合伙)．(team)
解析：考查习惯搭配。prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.是一个固定句型，意为“宁愿做……而不愿做……”。
答案：team up with anyone else
7．Could you show me the computer you want ____________________(要修理的)．(have)
解析：考查定语从句和have sth.done结构。本题中have的宾语由先行词computer充当，关系代词that/ which在结构中被省略了。
答案：to have repaired
8．For me I have tried my best，but by no means ________________(妈妈满意)with my progress.(satisfy)
解析：考查倒装。by no means置于句首，句子部分倒装。
答案：has mother been satisfied
9．This scientist is known to ________________(一直研究)this problem for about ten years.(work)
解析：考查不定式的时态和语态。由句意可知，已经研究了十年，而且还将继续下去，所以用现在完成进行体。
答案：have been working on
10．Is this the reason ________________(她解释的)in the report for her success in the job？(explain)
解析：考查定语从句。the reason后的定语从句缺少宾语，因此用that或which来指代。
答案：(that/ which)she explained
Ⅲ.阅读理解
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Few people would question the value of taking part in sports for young people.With proper training, supervision, protective equipment and techniques, and a proper emphasis on winning, sports can develop a healthy body and spirit and a life－long interest in being active and fit.Without such measures, childhood sports can lead to injuries and even paralysis or death.
Even in the best conditions, no activity can be risk－free.But most serious hazards are preventable.Cyclists and football players can reduce their risks by wearing helmets；hockey players by wearing masks；basketball and tennis players by wearing eye guards；baseball players by wearing batting helmets.
Besides，risks to individual players can often be found, and thus prevented, through a properly performed medical exam before a child plays.For accidents that may not be preventable, having an emergency plan and first－aid equipment，and someone trained to use the equipment, can be lifesaving.
Still，each year, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than 775,000 children under 14 are treated in emergency rooms for sports injuries, nearly half of them preventable.An estimated 300,000 athletes experience exercise－related head illnesses each year, and almost all of them should have been avoided.
Further，from half to three－fourths of sports－related concussions(脑震荡) are never even diagnosed；the injured are often sent back to play too soon and put at risk of another more serious brain－damaging concussion.To help reduce these risks, the National Center for Sports Safety, with the National Athletic Trainers’Association, offers a three－hour online safety course for coaches for $ 28 at www.SportsSafety.org.
【解题导语】 本文谈的是人们在体育锻炼时存在的一些安全隐患及相关的保护措施。
1．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．All the accidents can be prevented.
B．All the accidents cannot be prevented.
C．Lives can be saved so long as there is proper equipment.
D．Lives cannot be saved even if there is proper equipment.
解析：选B。正误判断题。根据文章第二段前两句可排除A而得出B正确；根据文章第三段内容可知C、D两项说法太绝对。
2．What does the underlined word “hazards”(in Paragraph 2) mean?
A．Mistakes. B．Diseases.
C．Dangers. D．Situations.
解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句的前一句及后面的preventable可推知答案为C。
3．It is implied in the passage that__________.
A．prevention of injuries is not paid enough attention to
B．children under 14 are more easily hurt in sports
C．most head illnesses are related with exercise
D．none of the head illnesses should have happened
解析：选A。推理判断题。由第四段所说的“有超过775,000名孩子因运动受伤，而近一半是可以避免的”“有约300,000名运动员头部受伤，而本来基本上可以全部避免的”可知，人们没有对预防受伤给予足够的重视。
4．What can coaches mainly learn from the online safety course?
A．How to cure brain－damaging concussion.
B．How to diagnose brain－damaging concussion.
C．How to predict the possibility of brain damage.
D．How to deal with the injured properly.
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段所谈内容可知此课程的目的是告诉教练们怎样正确救助(处理)受伤者。
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(2010年湖北八校高三联考)Every people has their own way of saying things，their own special expressions.Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.
Red is a hot color.Americans often use it to express heat.They may say they are red hot about something unfair.When they are red hot they are very angry about something.The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery(炽热的，暴躁的) taste.Fast loud music is popular with many people.They may say the music is red hot，especially the kind called Dixieland jazz.
Pink is a lighter kind of red.People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool color.The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music.Blues is slow，sad and soulful.Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song—Mood Indigo—about the deep blue color，indigo.In the words of the song：“You aren’t blue till you’ve had that Mood Indigo.”Someone who is blue is very sad.
The color green is natural for trees and grass.But it is an unnatural color for humans.A person who has a sick feeling in stomach may say she feels a little green.A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green.
Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has，like a fast new car.That person may say he is green with envy.Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks.Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the paper money.
The color black is used often in expressions.People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day.The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.A blacklist is illegal now.But at one time，some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations.
5. If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping，you may call it ________.
A．a white day B．a black day
C．a red day D．a green day
解析：选B。考查推理判断。最后一段说，人们把什么都不对劲的那一天称为“黑色的日子”，买东西的时候钱包被人偷了，够倒霉的，可谓“黑色的日子”。
6. Suppose Mr.Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink，this means all his children are ________.
A．lucky and wealthy
B．gentle and modest
C．fit and healthy
D．creative and energetic
解析：选C。考查推理判断。从文章第三段对“粉色”的描述可推知当Mr.Brown说他的三个孩子都呈粉色时，意味着他的孩子都很健康。
7. When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband，Jane was really ________.
A．red hot B．green
C．blue D．black
解析：选A。考查推断判断。回到家里，发现丈夫什么事情都没有做，妻子当然十分生气了。
8. In the following paragraph，the writer might tell the reader something about ________.
A. unpopular organizations in the world
B．people’s response towards a black day
C．the influence of the traditional blues
D．more words about a color，such as brown
解析：选D。考查推理判断。文章开头说，美国的很多日常表达都与颜色有关，然后介绍了与red、pink、blue、green、black这些颜色相关的习语，那么下文应该是继续介绍与其他颜色相关的习语。
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