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素能提升演练（二十四）

选修8 Unit 24

Ⅰ. 单词拼写

1. She is a _______ (志愿的)worker at the hospital.

2. He made several _______ (调整) to the plan.

3. I don’t want to become a _______ (负担)to my children when I am old.

4. He _______ (存储)his money in the bank for old age.

5. We were being driven to despair by our _______ (积累)debts.

6. He _______ (辞职)his position as chairman of the committee yesterday.

7. There are some _______ (空置的)offices on the third floor.

8. This is a good district with _______ (大量的)fish and rice.

9. Barack Hussein Obama was the first black to be _______ (选举)as President of the US.

10. They _______ (着手做)planting trees in the desert.

Ⅱ. 单项填空

1. In this spending circle, on the one hand, we _______ possessions but never feel like we have enough.

A. accumulate B. calculate

C. appoint D. estimate

2. _______, we should remember that “being” and “doing” are much more important than “having”.

A. First of all B. Above all

C. All in all D. All the same

3. Experts insist that steps _______ now to prepare for the future.

A. will be taken B. shall be taken

C. are taken D. be taken

4. ［2012蚌埠模拟］—How do you like your college life?

—Terrible. Not only _______ less spare time, but _______ myself even busier than before.

A. do I enjoy; do I find B. I enjoy; I find

C. do I enjoy; I find D. I enjoy; do I find

5. ［2012合肥模拟］The landlady had a few _______ rooms to rent to the students.

A. blank B. vacant C. hollow D. free

6. ［2012太原模拟］A fierce fire broke out there last night. _______, most of the building was burnt to the ground.

A. As a matter of fact B. As result

C. As consequence D. Consequently

7. ［2012嘉兴模拟］She went through a period of emotional _______ after her company fell into ruins and she finally decided to find a new job.

A. control B. adjustment

C. outburst D. improvement

8. ［2012泉州模拟］The new law to punish the drunk driver will come into _______ on the day it passes.

A．existence B．use C．service D．effect

9. There are many bad customs and laws that ought to be _______.

A. stopped B. rid

C. abolished D. published

10. Miss Anne has just got her salary raised, so her decision to _______ was a great surprise to everyone.

A. dismiss B. resign

C. retire D. fire

11. —The chairman was _______ by secret ballot.

—It is said that he was forced to resign within three months of his election.

A. elected B. selected

C. picked D. asked

12. The chemical industry _______ most responsibility for the local pollution accidents.

A. concerns B. tolerates

C. undertakes D. ignores

13. Bernard Madoff was _______ to 150 years in prison for the fraud.

A. judged B. accused

C. charged D. sentenced

14. The rent is reasonable, and _______, the location is perfect.

A. moreover B. therefore

C. meanwhile D. otherwise

15. Before the invention of refrigeration, the _______ of fish and meat was a thorny problem.

A. keeping B. maintaining

C. protection D. preservation

Ⅲ. 课文填词

Many of us in developed societies are trapped in a spending circle. We work hard so that we can earn more money. When we have more money, we spend more and 1. _______ we spend more, we have to work even harder. But strangely enough, the more money we earn, 2. _______ less often we see it. Instead, we start putting our 3. _______ (签名) on credit cards and 4. s money we don’t even have. Besides, we’re all taxpayers so the more we earn the more tax we have to pay to those 5. _______ govern us. Thus, the circle goes round and round and gets more and more complicated.

In this spending circle, on the one hand, we 6. _______ (积累) possessions but never feel like we have enough. On the other hand, we work towards the 7. _______ (所有权) of bigger and better houses and cars and never have time to enjoy 8. _______. Instead, they feel like a 9. b because every month we have to hand over most of the money we earn to pay 10. _______ them. And the result of all this? Not increased happiness, but stress and less free time to be ourselves and enjoy being with our friends and families.

Ⅳ. 完形填空

［2012扬州模拟］

A couple of years ago, I went to a lady’s house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I 1 that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning 2 the wall. Being a piano music lover and 3 , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been 4 lessons at age 54! I told her that it was very 5 that she was pursuing (追求) her passion to play the piano.

Then she asked me 6 question. “I have been playing for 8 years now, ” I answered.

“Then you must play a song for me before you leave, ” she 7 . I thought she was joking and I simply smiled. At the end of the deal of the vitamins, she 8 me of our musical “ 9 ”. She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room, 10 asked me to play a song for her. I thought 11 and decided to play David Lantz’s “Return to the Heart”, since she had so much passion for 12 , and it was my soul-searching song.

I played the song to the best of my ability, and with my emotions 13 into it as possible. She loved it. 14 I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, “Young man! ”

I turned around. And there was an old lady 15 one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to come out to 16 you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it’s very hard for me to 17 my bed, but your music made me feel good”, she said. With that, she turned around and walked 18 back to her room.

I was deeply 19 by her appreciation and felt a deeper understanding of the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one’s 20 for peace and joy.

1. A. observed B. watched

C. noticed D. caught

2. A. on B. at C. over D. against

3. A. player B. teacher C. composer D. starter

4. A. giving B. attending C. teaching D. reviewing

5. A. interesting B. wonderful

C. moved D. impressive

6. A. another B. a different

C. the same D. other

7. A. advised B. ordered

C. demanded D. requested

8. A. warned B. reminded

C. asked D. required

9. A. course B. task

C. discussion D. deal

10. A. and B. but

C. as a result D. what’s more

11. A. for the moment B. at the moment

C. for a moment D. at a moment

12. A. music B. songs

C. the piano D. vitamins

13. A. dropping B. falling

C. pouring D. running

14. A. Since B. As C. While D. Because

15. A. taking B. making C. having D. giving

16. A. thank B. praise

C. admire D. owe

17. A. get on B. get up

C. get off D. get down

18. A. quietly B. calmly C. happily D. slowly

19. A. shocked B. touched

C. delighted D. disturbed

20. A. world B. heart C. brains D. dreams

Ⅴ. 阅读理解

If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have had the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech “Information Age” demands people who are flexible and who have good communication skills.

There are many social science majors in large companies who fill important positions. For example, a number of research studies found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited for change, which is the leading feature (特点) of the kind of high speed, high-pressure, high-tech world we now live in.

Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many companies had filled a large percentage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates. The study also showed that the most sought-after quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as “very important” by 92 percent of the companies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offered a wide variety of positions.

Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don’ t regret their choice of study.

1. By saying that “you may have had the last laugh” in the first paragraph, the author means that you may have _______.

A. shared the jokes with computer majors

B. earned as much as computer majors

C. found jobs more easily than computer majors

D. stopped joking about computer majors

2. Compared with graduates of other subjects, social science graduates _______.

A. are ready to change when situations change

B. bear better ability to deal with difficulties

C. are equally good at computer skills

D. are likely to give others pressure

3. The underlined word “land” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

A. keep for some time B. successfully get

C. immediately start D. lose regretfully

4. According to the text, what has made it easy for social science graduates to find jobs?

A. Willingness to take low-paid jobs.

B. Readiness to gain high-tech knowledge.

C. Skills in expressing themselves.

D. Part-time work experience.

答案解析

Ⅰ. 1. voluntary 2. adjustments 3. burden 4. deposits

5. accumulating 6. resigned 7. vacant 8. abundant

9. elected 10. undertook

Ⅱ. 1.【解析】选A。考查动词辨析。句意：在这个消费圈里，一方面，我们积累财产，但是从不觉得够用。accumulate积累；calculate计算；appoint任命，委派；e