2014届高三英语大一轮复习 Book 3 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note单元知识对点练(含解析) 新人教版

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．Since the new rules began to work, we students have been________to have one hour for exercise every day.

A．promised B．agreed C．permitted D．admitted

答案 C

解析permit许可，允许，符合句意。promise允诺；agree 同意；admit承认。2．You can’t judge a person by his dressing because not all who are________are beggars，some even are millionaires.

A．in rags B．in short

C．in public D．in black

答案 A

解析考查固定短语。从题干中的some even are millionaires可推知前半句的意思是：你不能根据穿着来判断一个人，因为不是所有衣衫褴褛的人都是乞丐。in rags衣衫褴褛；in short总之；in public公开地；in black穿着黑色衣服。

3．Nobody can________his strange behavior those days.

A．account for B．ask for

C．call for D．stand for

答案 A

解析考查短语辨析。account for解释，说明……的原因；ask for请求，要求；call for要求，需要；stand for代表，象征，表示。

4．I spent almost an hour to persuade him and at last I lost________.

A．devotion B．belief C．patience D．balance

答案 C

解析devotion热爱；belief信任；patience耐心，忍耐；balance平衡，天平。5．—How do you find the new book by J．K.Rowling?

—________.I guess she is out of her talent.

A．Very interesting B．By accident

C．Very boring D．In the library

答案 C

解析考查情景对话。句意为：——你认为J.K.Rowling写得新书怎么样？——很枯燥。

我想她已江郎才尽了。

6．________any other species，human populations are shaped by the usual forces of natural selection，like famine，disease or climate.

A．Compared with B．As with

C．As for D．In addition to

答案 B

解析考查介词短语辨析。句意为：与其他的物种一样，人类人口是由自然选择，如饥荒，疾病或气候形成的。as for关于；in addition to另外；compared with与……

相比。as with与……一样；就……来说，符合题意，故选B。

7．If you don’t like the drink you ________，just leave it and try a different one.

(2011·大纲全国Ⅱ，9) A．ordered B．are ordering

C．will order D．had ordered

答案 A

解析句意为：如果你不喜欢你点的饮料，就别喝了，再换一种。由情境可知饮料是刚才点的，故用一般过去时。

8．—Most people believe that difficult situations can often________the best in a person.

—I can’t agree more.

A．bring out B．bring up

C．bring about D．bring in

答案 A

解析考查短语辨析。bring out使显现，使表现出。句意为：——绝大部分人认为，困境能够促使一个人显出最优秀的一面。——我非常同意你的观点。bring up养育；

bring about使发生，致使；bring in生产，挣得，介绍，引进。

9．As his best friend，I can make accurate guesses about ________ he will do or think.

A．what B．which C．whom D．that

答案 A

解析介词about后的宾语从句中缺少连接词，从句中的谓语动词do和think又缺少宾语，所以只有A项符合题意。

10．There are ________ products to be sold in the factory store.Which of the following is not correct?

A．a large number of B．quantities of

C．a large amount of D．a great many

答案 C

解析四个选项中只有a large amount of不修饰可数名词。

11．Sometimes she’d ask the driver to stop in front of a particular building，and would sit ________ into the distance，saying nothing.

A．staring B．glaring

C．watching D．noticing

答案 A

解析句意为：有时她会让司机停在某一幢大楼前，而且总是坐在那里凝视着远方，什么也不说。stare在此为不及物动词，意为“凝视”；stare into the distance意为“凝视着远方”。

12．Jenny was holidaying with her family in the countryside________she was bitten on the leg by a dog.

A．while B．as C．when D．before

答案 C

解析be doing...when...正在……突然……。

13．Success in life doesn’t happen________.It’s the result of devoting your time and en ergy to what you’ve set out to do.

A．by force B．by design

C．by accident D．by choice

答案 C

解析考查介词短语辨析。句意为：人生的成功不是偶然而至的，它是将时间与精力投入到你决心要做的事情之后的结果。by force用武力；by design故意地；by accident 偶然地；by choice出于选择。从语意判断选C。

14．The police quickly________the criminal in the crowd.

A．realized B．knew C．spotted D．stared

答案 C

解析考查动词词义辨析。句意为：警察很快在人群中认出来犯罪分子。realize意识到；know认识，知道；spot发现，认出；stare凝视。

15．The professor built a glass wall，________he could observe what was going on inside.

A．in which B．where

C．from which D．through which