【三维设计】高考英语总复习 三关测试 Unit 12 Fact and fantasy 2(模拟题为例)

【三维设计】2014届高考英语总复习三关测试 Unit 12 Fact and fantasy 2（2013年模拟题为例）
1．set out动身；出发；开始；着手；布置；安排
[教材P11原句]Dr Aronnax，his servant and a Canadian whale hunter set out to find the monster.
Aronnax博士及其仆人和一位加拿大捕鲸人动身去寻找怪兽。

①When you set out to do something different, there's no end in sight. (2012·四川高考阅读C)
当你着手去做不同的事情时，那看起来没完没了。

②A medical team has set out for Indonesia to help those victims of the disaster.
一个医疗队已赶赴印度尼西亚去帮助那些灾民。

③He set_about helping homeless women and children to a place of safety.
他着手帮助把无家可归的妇女和儿童送到安全的地区。

④I try to set_aside a few minutes each day to do some exercises.
我每天尽量腾出一些时间锻炼一下身体。

2．throw light upon/on阐明某事；使某事显得非常清楚
[教材P15原句]I read all the books I could find that threw light upon these matters.
我读了所有我能找到的、能说明这些事情的书籍。

①But there was nothing to throw light on the connection between the two men.
但没有什么东西能使人了解这两人之间的关系。

②The new facts threw_some_light_on the case.
新证据使得这个案子有了点眉目。

新证据最近才为人所知。

④In_light_of this situation，we must now set out to solve these problems.
鉴于这种情况，我们必须从现在开始着手解决这些问题。

Ⅰ.选词填空
throw light on，call off，turn out，go aboard，apply to，hesitate about
1．The results of this research can __________________ new development in technology.
答案：be applied to
2．As soon as we __________________，our ship left the port.
答案：went aboard
3．The learned scholar ________________________ the question raised by the audience of how life began.
答案：threw light on
4．Obviously，he's very disappointed at the way things have ____________.
答案：turned out
5．—Are you sure that we are going to a picnic tomorrow?
—Yes.But should it rain，we would have to ____________ the picnic.
答案：call off
6．She's still __________________ sending her son to college.
答案：hesitating about
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．(2013·嘉兴模拟)Jane was unhappy because the news about the earthquake striking her country ________ an attack of homesickness.
A．set for B．set out
C．set about D．set off
解析：考查动词短语辨析。

句意：简很不高兴，因为关于她的国家地震的消息引起了她的思乡情。

set off“(使)开始，引起”，符合句意。

set out“动身，出发，着手”；set
about“开始做”。

答案：D
2．(2013·陕西师大附中模拟)These scientific discoveries may ________ light on the origin of the universe.
A．cost B．throw
C．carry D．share
解析：考查词义辨析。

句意：这些科学发现或许会揭秘宇宙的起源。

throw light on“阐明某事”，为固定搭配。

答案：B
3．For the Turner sisters and their classmates, taking a part­time job might________their time for study.
A．cut off B．cut into
C．cut down D．cut away
解析：考查动词短语辨析。

cut off“切断；切掉；剪下”；cut into“侵犯；打断”；cut down“削减；删节”；cut away“切掉；砍掉”。

答案：C。