【名师一号】2019高考英语(人教版)一轮课时检测47 选修8 unit 1 a land of diversity

47选修八Unit 1 A land of diversity

课时跟踪检测○

(计时：35分钟)

Ⅰ.词汇知识

1．(2018·山东潍坊3月模拟)— Will the fine weather ________？

— I am afraid not. The weatherman says it's going to rain.

A. stay up

B. keep up

C. come on

D. move on

答案与解析 B stay up“熬夜”；keep up“保持；维持；继续”；come on“加油；进展”；move on“继续迁移”。问句句意：这种好天气会继续吗？故选B项。

2．(2018·黄冈4月模拟)On the annual International Volunteer Day, the world ________ the work of millions of people who give their time to help others.

A. abolishes

B. accompanies

C. acknowledges

D. assesses

答案与解析 C 句意：在一年一度的国际志愿者日，世界对数百万志愿者的工作表示感谢，他们奉献自己的时间帮助别人。abolish“废止”；accompany“陪伴”；acknowledge“感谢”；assess“评估”。根据句意可知选C项。

3．While living in this beautiful small town, Mr. Green, who went in for literature so much, wrote ________ wonderful poems.

A. a great many of

B. a good many

C. a good deal

D. a great deal of

答案与解析 B 句意：当在这个美丽的小镇居住时，酷爱文学的格林先生写了很多绝妙的诗歌。a good many“许多；很多”，其后直接跟可数名词复数。a great many of后接可数名词复数时，名词前通常应有限定词； a good deal后不可接名词； a great deal of后应接不可数名词。

4．(2018·文德书院)Many students listened to the lecture, but I wondered how much they ________.

A. took out

B. took up

C. took off

D. took in

答案与解析 D take in“理解”，符合句意。take out“拿出；取出”；take up“占据；拿起”； take off“摘掉；起飞”。

5．On completing the courses, the teacher will have earned the qualification to ________ a teaching license in Thailand.

A. apply for

B. take over

C. turn away

D. work out

答案与解析 A 句意：完成课程，老师就将有资格在泰国申请教学资格证了。apply for“申请”； take over“接管”；turn away“拒绝”；work out“制定出；计算出”。根据句意应该选A项。

Ⅱ.单句语法填空

6．I often go to the market with my friends ________ I can buy whatever I want.

答案与解析where/in which 先行词是the market, where/in which引导定语从句，并在从句中作状语。

7．________ she couldn't understand was ________ fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lesson.

答案与解析What; why 句意：她不能理解的是为什么越来越少的学生对她的课感兴趣。what为连接代词，引导主语从句；第二空why引导表语从句。

8．________ there are living creatures in the outer space as those on Earth hasn't been proved until now.

答案与解析Whether 句意：外太空是否有像地球上一样的生物直到现在还未被证实。分析句子结构和句意，不难发现whether最合适。

9．Now our school is four times ________ it was twenty years ago.

答案与解析what 句意：现在我们学校是二十年前的四倍大。空处引导表语从句，且在从句中作表语，再分析句意可知，应填what。

10．This house is conveniently situated but the trouble is ________ it is too small for my large family.

答案与解析that 句意：这幢房子地理位置方便，但麻烦的是它对我的大家庭来说太小了。从句的句意和结构都完整，所以填that。

Ⅲ.语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Hostess: Good evening, and welcome to this week's Business World, the program for and about business people. Tonight, we have Mr. Steven Kayne, __11__ has just taken over and established bicycle shop. Tell us, Mr. Kayne, what made you want to run your own store?

Kayne: Well, I always loved __12__ (race) bikes and fixing them. When I was working full­time as a salesman for a big company, I seldom had time __13__ (enjoy) my hobby. I knew then that as soon as I had enough money to get my own business __14__ (go), I would do it. Now my time is my own. I open the store I want and leave when I want.

Hostess: You mean you don't keep regular hours?

Kayne: Well, the sign on my store __15__ (say) the hours are ten to six, but if business is __16__ (slow) than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.

Hostess: Have you hired any __17__ (employ) to work with you yet?

Kayne: Yeah, a couple of friends of mine who love biking as much __18__ I do. They help me out a few days __19__ week. It's great because we play cards or just sit around and talk __20__ there are no customers.

Hostess: Thank you, Mr. Kayne. We wish you success in your new business.

答案11.who 12.racing 13.to enjoy 14.going

15．says 16.slower 17.employees 18.as 19.a

20．when

Ⅳ.阅读理解

A