[精品]新人教版选修8高中英语Unit 1~2过关习题及答案

人教版高中英语选修八 Unit 1~2 过关习题
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The city was badly destroyed by an earthquake，and it took years to ________.
A．take everything back to live
B．have everything back to life
C．let everything back to live
D．bring everything back to life
解析：bring sth. back t o life“使……恢复生气，使……恢复正常”。

答案：D
2．—What was the speaker saying?
—Sorry，I was so tired that I couldn't ________ what she was saying.
A．take up B．take in
C．take on D．take away
解析：根据答语“不好意思，我刚才太累了，没听懂她在说什么”，take in符合句意。

take in在此意为“理解，领会，明白”。

take up“从事，占掉(空间、时间)”；take on“呈现(面貌等)”；take away“拿走”。

答案：B
3．I've tried very hard to improve my English.But by no means ________ with my progress.
A．the teacher is not satisfied
B．is the teacher not satisfied
C．the teacher is satisfied
D．is the teacher satisfied
解析：by no means位于句首时，句子要用倒装语序，排除A、C 两项；由but可知后一句表示否定，排除B项。

答案：D
4．Many students strongly objected to ________ school at weekends.
A．attend B．attending
C．attended D．having attended
解析：句意：许多学生强烈反对周末上课。

object to...短语中to是介词，后接名词或动名词作宾语，故排除A、C两项；此处不强调完成，故排除D项。

答案：B
5．As far as I am concerned，what he made in his speech is just a(n) ________，nothing serious.
A．choice B．excuse
C．statement D．slip
解析：句意：在我看来，他在演讲中所犯的只是一个小错误，没什么大惊小怪的。

slip在此意为“疏忽，差错”，符合句意。

答案：D
6．Don't worry，because the boss has ________ to pay off the rest of the wages next month.
A．undertaken B．admitted
C．refused D．disagreed
解析：由前面的信息可知答案为A项；undertake to do sth.“答应做某事”。

答案：A
7．Even though her talent was ________ to everyone who heard her sing，life got in the way of her dreams.
A．apparent B．abundant
C．absurb D．academic
解析：句意：虽然每一个听过她唱歌的人都知道她才华出众，但生活却阻碍了她梦想的实现。

apparent在此意为“明显的，显而易见的”，符合句意。

abundant“丰富的，充裕的”；absurd“荒谬的，可笑的”；academic“学校的，学院的，学术的”。

答案：A
8．(2012年安徽蚌埠质检)My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ________ it.
A．in honour of B．in memory of
C．in favour of D．in search of 解析：while“然而”，表示转折、对比，against表示“反对”。

故选用in favour of“赞成”。

in honour of“为了向……表示敬意”；in memory of“为纪念”；in search of“寻找”。

A、
B、D三项均不合题意。

答案：C
9．—Do you all feel like going out tonight?
—________.Everything depends on you.
A．I'm easy B．No，I don't
C．No problem D．Forget it
解析：句意：——今晚你们都想出去吗？——我随便。

一切由你们决定。

I'm easy意为“我随便，我好办，我无所谓”，表示接受对方提出的任何建议，符合Everything depends on you这一语境。

答案：A
10．After questioning the man for six hours，the police ________ the information they wanted.
A．seized B．recovered
C．appealed D．obtained
解析：句意：警察审问了这男人6个小时后，才得到了他们想要的信息。

seize“抓住”；recover“恢复”；appeal“呼吁，控诉”；obtain“得到，获得”。

D项符合句意。

答案：D
11．________ fails to recognize that is bound to make serious mistakes.
A．Whomever B．Whoever
C．Whatever D．Whichever
解析：句意：任何没有认识到那一点的人都注定要犯严重的错误。

whoever在这里相当于anyone who，在主语从句中作主语。

答案：B
12．He hoped the audience was satisfi ed and the performers' efforts ________.
A．pay off B．were paid off C．paid off D．have paid off
解析：句意：他希望表演能让观众满意，表演者的付出能得到回
报。

pay off作“得到回报，得到好结果”讲时，通常不用于被动语态。

答案：C
13．Every means ________ tried out，but they can't find a solution to the problem.
A．is B．has been
C．are D．have been
解析：means“方法”，其单复数形式相同，句中means前有every 修饰，是单数名词，谓语动词也应用单数形式；根据句意知应用现在完成时。

答案：B
14．—What do you know from the signpost?
—It ________ the direction to London from here.
A．announces B．explains
C．points D．indicates
解析：announce“宣布”；explain“解释”；point(to)“指向”；
indicate“标示”。

答句句意：它标示了从这里去伦敦的方向。

答案：D
15．John was ________ to learn the news that he was rejected by the committee.
A．cast down B．cast off
C．cast about D．cast away
解析：cast down“使沮丧”；cast off“扔掉”；cast about“设法寻找”；cast away“扔掉，抛弃”。

句意：约翰听到被委员会拒绝的消息非常沮丧。

根据句意选A项。

答案：A
Ⅱ.阅读理解
(2012年云南模拟)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A
(Reuters)President Barack Obama－bolstered(加强)by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth－would win in a matchup against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich，a poll on Monday showed.
A Washington Post­ABC News survey of 1,000 adults fou nd that，for the first time，Obama's prospects have brightened against his potential rivals as his overall job approval rating climbed on his handling of the slowly recovering economy.
If the election were held now，Obama would win 51 percent of the vote compared to 45 percent for Romney，the former Massachusetts governor and current Republican frontrunner，according to the poll.He would win with 54 percent compared to 43 percent for Gingrich，the former speaker of the House of Representatives who has vowed to continue seeking his party's nomination.
The poll，conducted by telephone from February 1 through February 4，showed Obama won higher marks than Romney when it comes to protecting the middle class and taxes.Those polled also said they trusted Obama more to handle international affairs
and terrorism.
But Obama and Romney tied(不分胜负)when it came to creating jobs and more of those surveyed said they trusted Romney to handle the economy and the federa l budget deficit(赤字)．
In a statement，the Romney campaign's polling strategist，Neil Newhouse，said the survey was flawed and“introduced specific negative information about Governor Romney immediately prior to ask ing the ballot matchup against President Obama”．
The president's job approval rating rose to 50 percent，according to the survey，which has a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
When asked if Obama deserved a second term as president,49 percent said yes and 49 percent said no.
In an NBC interview on Sunday，Obama said he deserved another term when Americans vote in November.A jobs report on Friday showed the U．S.economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January.The unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 8.3 percent，its lowest level in three years.
【语篇解读】本文是一篇新闻报道，文章主要是关于在总统大选中奥巴马及其他竞选人的优势和不足。

16．Who is better concerning protecting the middle class and taxes?
A．Newt Gingrich B．Neil Newhouse
C．Mitt Romney D．Barack Obama
解析：细节理解题。

根据第四段第一句可知，在保护中产阶级和税收方面，更多人相信Obama。

答案：D
17．In which aspect did Obama and Romney tie?
A．Creating jobs.
B．Improving the economy.
C．Handling the federal budget deficit.
D．Handling international affairs and terrorism.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第五段可知，在创造就业机会方面，Obama 和Romney打成了平手。

答案：A
18．What is the percentage of Americans who support President Obama's re­election in the survey?
A．51% B．54%
C．43% D．49%
解析：细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段可知，有百分之四十九的人支持总统Obama连任。

答案：D
19．What can we learn from Neil Newhous e's words?
A．The survey was unfair to Romney.
B．The survey was against Obama.
C．The survey had negative effect on people's voting.
D．The survey was made in a rush.
解析：推理判断题。

根据倒数第四段可知，Neil Newhouse 批评
这个调查有失偏颇，对Romney是不公平的。

答案：A
20．According to the last paragraph，which of the following is true?
A．Obama is self­confident in re­election.
B．The U．S.created jobs at the fastest pace than other countries.
C．The unemployment rate is the lowest on record.
D．Americans vote for president in January.
解析：细节理解题。

根据最后一段可知，Obama非常自信，认为自己理应连任。

答案：A
B
(2012年黄冈市高三质检)A pioneering headteacher is calling
for all high schools to follow his lead and start classes at 11 am，
allowing teenagers two hours extra in bed.
Dr. Paul Kelley，head of Monkseaton Community High School in North Tyneside，said it would mean the end of sleeping in lessons
before lunch，after experiments showed teenagers could have different body clocks from adults and younger children.
Russell Foster，an Oxford professor of neuroscience(神经系统科学)，tested the memory of 200 Monkseaton pupils at 9 am
and 2 pm using pairs of words，and discovered a 9% improvement in the afternoon.Students correctly identified 51% of word pairs in the later session，compared with 42% in the morning.Tayler McCullough,15，one of the test subjects，said the majority of students would welcome the extra hours in be d.“I'm extremely hard to get up in the morning.One or two people like to get to school early，but most of us would be up for going in later.I'm sure it would make a big difference to our learning ability.”
Kelley is adamant that a change of school timetable will have a meaningful effect on exam performance.He wants his school's governors to approve his plan and put the new timetable in place before the opening of Monkseaton's new school building，the most technologically advanced in the country，in September.
Kelley hopes his latest idea will be just as successful.“We have to be practical.But this proves that，by starting later，children's learning improves，as does their health.”
Foster said，“This is preliminary(初步的) data，but what's exciting is that it matches more detailed studies carried out in Canada and the US.Teenagers get up late not because they are lazy but because they are biologically programmed to do so.”
【语篇解读】经过研究发现学生在下午的记忆效果更好，因而一位高中校长呼吁高中学校更改作息时间表，认为这样更加符合青少年的生物钟。

21．How many professors are mentioned in the passage?
A．One. B．Two.
C．Three. D．Four.
解析：细节理解题。

文章中只提到一个教授，此人是牛津大学的Russell Foster。

答案：A
22．According to Russell Foster's research，________.
A．the students tested had very good memories
B．the students tested did better jobs in the afternoon C．42% of the students tested could do very good jobs
D．51% of the students tested could master 9% of words 解析：细节理解题。

根据第三段第一句的内容可知他的研究表明被测试的学生在下午的表现更好。

答案：B
23．What does the underlined word “adamant” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A．Angry. B．Absorbed.
C．Adaptable. D．Determined.
解析：猜测词义题。

根据第二段中Kelley所持的观点以及第三段中的测验结果和被测验对象所说的话可推测Kelley“坚定不移”
地认为学校时间表的变化能对考试表现产生有意义的影响。

前三项分别表示“生气的”“全神贯注的”“能适应的”，均不符合语境。

答案：D
24．Foster's opinion on teenagers' getting up late is that ________.
A．teenagers are practical
B．teenagers are lazy­bones
C．it's based on their body development
D．it's good for their learning and health
解析：细节理解题。

根据最后一段最后一句的内容可知他认为青少年晚起是由他们身体的发展所决定的。

答案：C。