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素能提升演练（十六）

选修6 Unit 16

Ⅰ. 单词拼写

1. Thanks to science we have learned to tell the difference between ______ (幻想) and reality.

2. It is _______ (不正常的) for a man to walk in his sleep.

3. The swimming club is open to families in the neighborhood without _______ (限制).

4. Urban inhabitants have to live with the _______ (特有的)noises of cities.

5. Don’ t let one failure _______ (使气馁) you, and try again.

6. Few people realized the _______ (重要性) of the discovery.

7. Would you care to comment upon any _______ (令人头痛的，麻烦的)students in your class?

8. It looked as if her situation was becoming _______ (无法忍受的).

9. I have the bicycle now but my sister was the ______ (原先的)owner.

10. We are _______ (特别地)grateful to him for his timely help.

Ⅱ. 单项填空

1. ［2012 兰州模拟］_______, his suggestion is not useful, though it sounds very interesting．

A．Generally speaking B．To be honest

C．In particular D．On the contrary

2. ［2012 三明模拟］—Do you think he will come to my birthday party?

—_______.

—That’s good. Everybody’s expecting him.

A. You can count on it

B. I don’t know for sure

C. You can believe him

D. It depends

3. The first decade in the 21st century _______ the rapid rise of China as a world economic power.

A. witness B. has witnessed

C. will witness D. have witnessed

4. The project to be accomplished by the end of 2013 will _______ the city’s telephone network to cover 2, 000, 000 users.

A. expand B. express

C. explode D. explore

5. —My son has got a straight A in all his final exams.

—What a _______ boy! Congratulations!

A. promising B. predictable

C. eager D. curious

6. —Have you _______ some new ideas?

—Yeah. I’ll tell you later.

A. come across B. put off

C. come up with D. put up with

7. Scientists tell us to _______ drinks with caffeine and not to read scary books before bedtime to make our dreams sweeter.

A. abandon B. avoid C. escape D. drop

8. As soon as she heard the _______ news of his death, she _______ tears.

A. shocked; burst out B. shocking; burst into

C. shocked; burst into D. shocking; burst out

9. It _______ me that I should treat myself a dinner after such an exhausting examination.

A. happened B. struck

C. occurred D. took

10. You look happy every day but I really wonder how you _______ their endless quarrel.

A. look down upon B. put up with

C. keep up with D. look forward to

11. In the US，usually the kids are encouraged to take part in community service _______ the voluntary spirit can take root in their minds from childhood.

A. only if B. now that

C. so that D. when

12. Seeing my old friends after 20 years, I felt as if my heart would _______ joy.

A. burst by B. burst with

C. bursting by D. bursting with

13. —Why are you so late?

—The bus was _______ for an hour because a tree had fallen across the road.

A. held out B. held on

C. held back D. held up

14. —How was your weekend, Bella?

—Awful! That was the first time I _______ alone at home, bored to death.

A. had been left B. has been left

C. had left D. has left

15. With the mid-term examination approaching, students should _______ to stay energetic.

A. work out B. pull out

C. give out D. figure out

Ⅲ. 课文填词

Pompeii is an 1. a city which is like a “time capsule” 2. _______ (保存) a frozen moment in history. The city has been found after it was buried under the

3. _______ for more than 1, 600 years. Before the eruption 4. o , it had been a booming Roman city with temples, markets, restaurants and theatres. Now if you walk into the city, you can find the ancient architecture, statues, 5. _______ (装饰) walls and authentic objects 6. _______ (特征) of the time. Certainly, you also find the impressions in the ash 7. _______ showed the exact 8. s of the bodies of people who had died in Pompeii. Today, 9. t of tourists and hundreds of scientists visit Pompeii every year to learn more 10. _______ the ancient world.

Ⅳ. 完形填空

［2012泰州模拟］

I always long for romantic moments, like a little girl longing for candies. However, my husband is my complete 1 . His inability to bring romantic moments into our life has made me get tired of our 2 . One day, I finally told him that I wanted a divorce.

“Why? ” he asked, 3 .

“I am tired; there are no 4 for everything in the world! ” I answered.

He kept 5 , seeming to be in deep thought, with a lighted cigarette in his hand. Finally he asked, “What can I do to change your 6 ? ”

Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered, “Let’s say, I want a flower on a mountain cliff and picking the flower will cause your 7 . Will you do it for me? ”

He answered, “I will give you my answer tomorrow. ”

I 8 the next morning, finding a piece of paper on the dining table, which read: “My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please allow me to 9 . ”

My feeling of disappointment only 10 , but I continued reading:

“You always leave the 11 keys behind, so I have to save my legs to 12 home to open the door for you. You always like to stay indoors and I 13 that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories. You always stare 14 the computer and that will do nothing 15 for your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow 16 , I can help to clip your nails. Thus, my dear, 17 I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die. ”

My tears fell on the 18 and I continued reading:

“Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are 19 , please open the front door for I am standing outside 20 your favorite bread and fresh milk. ”

Love, not words, wins arguments.

1. A. supporter B. opposite

C. follower D. advocate

2. A. marriage B. connection

C. career D. future

3. A. annoyed B. shocked

C. frightened D. amused

4. A. results B. signs C. causes D. reasons

5. A. easy B. normal C. silent D. calm

6. A. habit B. feeling C. attitude D. mind

7. A. death B. injury C. happiness D. trouble

8. A. hurried up B. looked up

C. woke up D. went up

9. A. love B. explain C. stay D. change

10. A. arose B. disappeared

C. reduced D. increased

11. A. car B. office C. bicycle D. house

12. A. leave B. walk C. rush D. get

13. A. worry B. think C. believe D. remind

14. A. at B. to C. on D. in

15. A. bad B. good C. terrible D. important

16. A. weak B. ill C. old D. close

17. A. unless B. if C. since D. because

18. A. photos B. flowers C. floor D. letter

19. A. hungry B. thirsty C. satisfied D. regretted

20. A. buying B. bringing C. heating D. catching

Ⅴ. 阅读理解

They say money doesn’t grow on trees. But it certainly appears to do so on the mysterious coin-studded trunks around the UK’s woodland. The strange phenomenon of old trees with coins embedded(镶嵌) all over their bark has been spotted on trails from the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.

The coins are usually knocked into the trunks of the trees using stones by passers-by, who hope it will bring them good fortune.

These fascinating spots often have coins from centuries ago buried deep in their bark. The tradition of making offerings to spirits of trees dates back hundreds of years, but this combination of the man-made and the natural is far more rare.

It used to be believed that spirits lived in trees, and they were often decorated with sweets and gifts—as is still done today on Christmas. The act reminds us of tossing money into ponds for good luck, or the trend for couples to attach “love padlocks” to bridges and fences to symbolize lasting romance.

There are seven tree trunks with coins pushed into them in the unique village of Portmeirion, in Wales.

Meurig Jones, a manager at the tourist destination, told the BBC: “We had no idea why it was being done when we first noticed the tree trunks were being filled with coins. ” He also said, “I did some detective work and discovered that trees were sometimes used as ‘wishing trees’. In Britain it dates back to the 1700s—there is one tree in Scotland somewhere which apparently has a coin stuck into it. ”

He said that a sick person could press a coin into a tree and his illness would go away. “If someone then takes the coin out though, it’s said he then becomes ill. We haven’t announced it at all, it’s just happened, ” he added. “It’s quite amazing really. ”

1. What is the best title of the passage?

A. How to get good luck in Britain?

B. A fantastic way to recover from disease.

C. Who says money doesn’t grow on trees?

D. Can the trees really bring you good luck?

2. The passers-by knocked coins into the trunks of the trees to _______.

A. get more money back

B. ensure the trees are theirs

C. attract the spirits of the trees

D. pray for good luck

3. Which method of blessing is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Decorating fences with sweets.

B. Pressing a coin into a tree.

C. Throwing money into ponds.

D. Attaching “love padlocks”.

4. From this passage we can learn that _______.

A. seeing trees with coins in them is quite common in the UK

B. Jones understood why there were coins on trees from the start

C. Jones believes the wishing trees can bring people’s illness away

D. if someone takes the coin out, he also can get good luck soon

答案解析

Ⅰ. 1. fantasy 2. abnormal 3. restriction 4. characteristic

5. discourage 6. significance/importance 7. troublesome

8. unbearable 9. original 10. particularly

Ⅱ. 1.【解析】选B。 考查短语辨析。句意：说实话，他的建议用处不大，尽管听起来挺有趣。to be honest 说实话；generally speaking 一般说来；in particular 尤其；特别；on the contrary 相反地。

2.【解析】选A。句意：——你认为他会来参加我的生日宴会吗？——尽管放心好了