外研版高中英语选修八复习模块能力检测：Module2TheRenaissance().docx

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2012届英语复习模块能力检测：Module2 The Renaissance（外研版选修8）
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. The advertising campaign didn’t have much effect (影响) on sales.
2. Most people said that pay was their main motivation (动机)for working.
3. On behalf (代表)of our school I would like to thank you all.
4. The symptoms the doctor told us yesterday was really disturbing (令人不安的).
5. Were it not for music, life would be dull (枯燥的）.
6. At Christmas people appealed (恳请)to us for the poor.
7. A passerby (过路人)told us the news that our team had won the game.
8. The outcome (结果)of the discussion was not what he expected.
9. As a professional（职业）basketball player, Yao Ming spends most of time training on the playground.
10. Whoever lets out the confidential (机密的)document will be punished.
Ⅱ. 句型转换
1. To our surprise, he wasn’t affected by the sad news.
→To our surprise, the sad news had no effect on him.
2. You should seek advice from your teacher on this matter.
→You can turn to your teacher for advice on this matter.
3. Why should I take the blame for his mistakes?
→Why am I to blame for his mistakes?
4. It is believed that he has been working hard.
→He is believed to have been working hard .
5. Do you know what caused his failure in the game?
→Do you know what led to his failure in the game?
Ⅲ. 语法和词汇知识
1. Peter will _____ his job as the manager of the finance department next week.
A. set out
B. take out
C. take up
D. set up
【解析】选C。

考查动词短语辨析。

句意：下周彼得将开始他作为金融部门经理的工作。

A项“开始着手做”，B项“拿出来”，C项“开始从事”，D项“创建，树立”。

从句意可知选C。

Rosa ______ the company from her father and managed to keep it going in a new way.
A. took in
B. took up
C. took away
D. took over
【解析】选D。

take in“吸收”；take up“拿起；占据；从事”；take away“拿走，带走”；take over“接管”。

由句意可知罗莎从父亲那里接管了那家公司，因此D项为正确选项。

2. The film star has asked _____ but the journalists just keep following him wherever he goes.
［2010杭州模拟］
A. to be left alone
B. left alone
C. to leave alone
D. being left
【解析】选A。

ask to do sth. 要求去做某事，先排除B、D两项，leave sb. alone让某人单独相处，放任自流，在此处用被动语态，因此选A。

—Any suggestion?
—You’d better ____ the last sentence as it is rather misleading.
—Sounds reasonable. Then could you ____ a good ending to it?
A. put out; increase
B. leave out; add
C. pick out; find
D. knock out; choose
【解析】选B。

句意为：“还有建议吗？”“你最好删去最后一个句子，因为太容易误导了。

”“听起来有道理，那么你能加上一个好的结尾吗？”put out 熄灭；leave out删掉；pick out 挑出；knock out 敲出。

根据句意选B项。

3. We said we’d give her another chance, and we must _____ our promise.
A. appeal to
B. stick to
C. lead to
D. owe to
【解析】选B。

考查动词短语辨析。

句意为：我们说过我们将再给她一次机会，我们必须信守诺言。

appeal to 吸引，呼吁；lead to 导致；owe to 归功于；stick to 信守，坚持；符合句意。

4. I have kept the photo ______I can always see it, as it reminds me of the days when I studied in Britain. ［2010温州模拟］
A. at which
B. when
C. where
D. at the place
【解析】选C。

考查where引导的状语从句。

句意：我把照片放在了我总是能看到的地方，因为它能使我想起我在英国学习的日子。

此处where引导地点状语从句，如果D项at the place后加where构成定语从句也对。

He has something inside that makes him a star—and I think that’s _____ his confidence comes from.
A. how
B. when
C. where
D. which
【解析】选C。

根据comes from可以得知，该句表示“自信心的来源之地”，所以用where。

how表示方式；when表示时间，与题意不符；which从语法到意义都不合适。

5. There is a feeling in him that he’ll be chosen to attend the London Olympic Games _______ his country.
A. in order that
B. on behalf of
C. in favor of
D. in case of
【解析】选B。

句意：他有一个感觉那就是他要被选中代表他的国家去参加伦敦奥运会。

表示“代表”之意用on behalf of，A项表目的，C项表支持，D项“以防”。

所以选B。

6. We all feel it is Jack as well as his wife that _____ for their son’s bad performance at school.
A. are to blame
B. is to be blamed
C. are to be blamed
D. is to blame
【解析】选D。

句意为：我们都感觉应该对他们的儿子在学校的恶劣表现承担责任的是杰克和他的妻子。

as well as连接两名词充当主语成分，谓语动词的单复数和最前面的主语保持一致；be to blame“应受到责备”，常用主动形式表示被动含义，故D项正确。

7. We are seeking _____ a solution to the problem.
A. to
B. for
C. of
D. in
【解析】选B。

句意：我们正寻找解决这个问题的方法。

seek后可用to do sth. 或for sth. ，空后是名词，因此选B项。

8. Although this medicine can cure you ______your illness, it will have a bad effect ________you.
A. for; in
B. for; on
C. of; at
D. of; on
【解析】选D。

cure sb. of sth. 意思是“治愈某人的疾病”，have an effect on为固定搭配，意思是“对……有影响”。

9. His deeds _____the others to make more efforts to help those in trouble.
A. permitted
B. inspired
C. allowed
D. promised
【解析】选B。

句意为：他的事迹激励着其他人在帮助困境中的人方面做出更大的努力。

A、C表示允许某人去做某事。

promise sb. to do sth. 是答应某人去做某事。

inspire sb. to do sth. 是激励某人去做某事。

10. —Shall we go to the bookstore or have dinner?
— ______________ .
A. It doesn’t matter
B. It’s up to you
C. Don’t mention it
D. That’s all right
【解析】选B。

句意：——我们是去书店还是去吃饭？——由你来定。

A、D是当对方道歉时的答语，C 是对方表示感谢时的答语，It’s up to you“由你来定”是固定短语，因此选B。

11. We ______ him of letting out the secret.
A. thought
B. supposed
C. suspected
D. considered
【解析】选C。

句意为：我们怀疑是他泄露了这个秘密。

think“认为”，搭配错误；suppose“假设”；consider sb. /sth. as/to be“认为……是……”；suspect sb. of doing“怀疑某人做某事”，符合题意，因此选C。

12. This problem may _____ more serious ones if ______ unsolved.
A. lead to; left
B. lead to; keeping
C. lead in; remained
D. lead in; making
【解析】选A。

考查lead to及非谓语动词。

句意为：这个问题若被留下未解决的话，会导致一些更严重的问题。

lead to导致，引起；left是if it is left的省略。

remain也表示留下，但它为连系动词，不能用于被动语态。

13. —In recent years, _____ problem of global warming has been very serious.
—That’s right. People are facing ______ number of natural disasters now.
A. /; a
B. a; the
C. the; a
D. a; a
【解析】选C。

problem后有定语修饰为特指；第二个空为a number of“许多”，固定短语。

故选C。

14. He has reckoned _____ the time needed for repairing the bike.
A. on
B. in
C. of
D. as
【解析】选B。

句意：他已经把修自行车的时间计算进去了。

reckon on指望，依靠。

reckon in 把……计算在内，符合题意，因此选B。

15. —Do you mind _______ alone at home?
—No, but I want a good book _______ .
A. leaving; to read
B. to be left; reading
C. to leave; reading
D. being left; to read
【解析】选D。

句意为：——把你单独留在家里你介意吗？——不，但我想读一本好书。

由mind（介意）后加v. -ing形式可排除B、C两项, leave（留下）与you之间为动宾关系，故应用被动形式，排除A项。

Ⅳ. 阅读理解
Imagine a man who cannot read or write. Now imagine that same
man creating a brand new alphabet from scratch(从零开始). It sounds next to
impossible, doesn’t it? Yet that is exactly what one man did—a man named
Sequoyah.
Born around 1770 in Tennessee, Sequoyah was a Cherokee. Like
other Native Americans of that time, he could neither read nor write. He couldn’t
help noticing, though, how
white people wrote to one another on sheets of paper. They often used these
“talking leaves”, as some Native Americans called them, to communicate.
Back then, the Cherokee had no way to write down words in their own language. Sequoyah believed it was important for the Cherokee to have a system of writing. So, in 1809, he set out to create an alphabet that the Cherokee could use to do just that.
Sequoyah started by drawing pictures, with each one representing a different word or idea. He soon realized that writing sentences using pictures would be much too difficult.
There were too many words. No one would ever be able to remember so many pictures.
Sequoyah decided to try a different approach. He began to develop symbols to stand for the sounds，or syllables, which made up words. Twelve years later, he completed a system of writing with 86 different symbols. Each one stood for a different syllable in the Cherokee language. The symbols could easily be put together to form words. Soon thousands of Cherokee were able to read and write in their own language. Sequoyah’s work did not end there, however. He helped
to establish a print shop and began publishing a bilingual(双语的)newspaper in both Cherokee and English. The shop also printed books translated from English into Cherokee. In later years, Sequoyah also became a political leader among the Cherokee.
Sequoyah died in 1843, but many Cherokee of today still use the alphabet he invented. Thanks to
him，the Cherokee now have a written history that will never be forgotten. In honor of his achievements, Sequoyah’s name was given to the giant redwood trees of California and the Sequoia National Park. The name of Sequoyah will never be forgotten either.
1. Sequoyah is best remembered for _____ .
A. not being able to read or write
B. being raised as a Cherokee
C. drawing pictures to represent words or ideas
D. inventing a written language for the Cherokee
【解析】选D。

细节判断题。

从文中最后一段我们可看出Sequoyah最突出的贡献是曾为切罗基语发明音节文字。

2. What does “talking leaves” in Paragraph 2 refer to according to the passage?
A. Leaves with words on them.
B. Sheets of paper with words on them.
C. Leaves which can communicate ideas.
D. Paper which can make sounds.
【解析】选B。

细节理解题。

由第二段的white people wrote to one another. . . to communicate可知，talking leaves指的是“写着字的纸张”。

3. The passage revealed that reading and writing became possible for the Cherokee in the year ______ .
A. 1809
B. 1821
C. 1843
D. 1770
【解析】选B。

细节推断题。

文章第三段提及在1809年Sequoyah开始创建字母表, 第四段接着讲述他试图用图画来表示各个单词或者想法，结果意识到这不太现实——那么多单词需要那么多图画表示，没有人记得住。

第五段围绕他采用符号来表示音节展开，提到12年后，他设计完成了有86个不同符号的书写系统，从而实现了the Cherokee读写的梦想。

1809年的12年后是1821年, 故选B。

4. Which did Sequoyah do just after he completed the set of symbols for the Cherokee language?
A. He translated some books from English into Cherokee.
B. He began growing giant redwood trees.
C. He helped to start a printing press and a newspaper.
D. He became a political leader.
【解析】选C。

细节判断题。

由倒数第二段可知，Sequoyah在完成切罗基语音节文字之后，帮着建了一个印刷厂，并开始出版一份双语报纸(切罗基语和英语)。

5. What did the people of the United States do to honor Sequoyah?
A. They built a national park for him.
B. They planted a big redwood tree for him.
C. They improved the system of writing he had invented.
D. They named the giant redwood trees and a national park after him.
【解析】选D。

细节判断题。

由最后一段的“In honor of his achievements. . . ”可知，为了纪念他的成就，加利福尼亚的红杉林和Sequoia国家公园都以他来命名。

Ⅴ. 阅读表达
Jiuzhaigou is a very beautiful place. It is in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Region in Sichuan Province. Jiuzhaigou is a valley. It is more than 40 kilometers long. The green and golden trees, the lofty（高耸的）and multi-shaped mountains and the clear and colorful waters form the unique beauty of Jiuzhaigou. The water of Jiuzhaigou is the soul of the beauty. There are more than 100 lakes of different shapes in the valley. These lakes have wonderful colors. They are called “haizi”, which means son of the sea. It is these
beautiful lakes that make Jiuzhaigou a fantastic place. Between the forests and the lakes, there are nine Tibetan villages. The name Jiuzhaigou means Nine Village Valley.
Jiuzhaigou was discovered because of a panda rescue program. The pandas were once endangered because the bamboo there was blooming. When people came to rescue the pandas, they were surprised by the beauty of Jiuzhaigou. After that, Jiuzhaigou became a protected scenic area.
In China, there is a saying which goes like this: No mountain is worth seeing after you have seen Mount Huang
and no other body of water will attract you after you have visited Jiuzhaigou. The beauty of Jiuzhaigou cannot be described with mere words. The best way to enjoy this fairyland is to go there. See you in Jiuzhaigou.
1. What is the best title for the passage? （no more than 10 words）
The Jiuzhaigou Valley
2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
These beautiful lakes make Jiuzhaigou a fantastic place.
It is these beautiful lakes that make Jiuzhaigou a fantastic place .
3. How was the Jiuzhaigou Valley discovered? (no more than 12 words)
Jiuzhaigou was discovered because of a panda rescue program .
4. What does the name Jiuzhaigou mean? (no more than 8 words)
The name Jiuzhaigou means Nine Village Valley .
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.
当人们到这里拯救大熊猫的时候，九寨沟的美景使他们感到震惊。

Common Progress
Please Criticize。