高中英语巩固练习 Unit 3 A taste of English humour单元语言点

巩固练习
根据中文或首字母提示，填写所缺单词的适当形式。

1.By the end of February schools are opened t________ the country.
2.He is a f________ as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
3.If we work with a strong will, we can o________ any difficulty, no matter how great it is.
4.He had great d________ in getting the work done within a week.
5.They sent the enemy ship to the b________ of the sea.
6.I’m so full that I couldn’t eat another m________.
7.Hundreds of people leave their villages hoping to gain their f________ in cities.
8. A m________ country is one in which there are many mountains .
9.I found it ________ (令人惊讶的) that the young player beat the chess master in the game.
10.I still remember her ________ (特别的) way of smiling.
11.My family ________ (款待) him as an honored guest.
12.Elizabeth Fry helped to improve prison conditions and gave the ________ (无家可归的)
work and education.
13.After graduating from Peking University, he was ________ (幸运的) in having a good job.
14.I lived in an area of ________ (显著的) natural beauty.
15.A million dollars is a v________ amount of money.
选词填空
请从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语，并用其正确形式填空。

1. She is ________ her job at the moment.
2. We shouldn’t be unhappy about being ________ — many families are much worse off than we are.
3. It’s easy to ________ my car from others in the parking place; it has an advertisement of Toshiba TV on the back of it.
4. Several months ago Harbin ________ its water supply for four days because of pollution fear in Songhua River, which is Harbin’s main water source.
5. She has ________ some thirty films in all her life.
6. The boy rode very fast and ________ an old man.
7. She ________ into the room not wanting to wake the baby.
8. Anyone who likes watching people suffer is ________.
9. These cars are ________ and must be replaced.
10. When water ________, it changes into steam.
11. Do everything step by step, and don’t bite off more than you can ________.
12. His boss was out on business and couldn’t e back in time, so ________ him to call off th e
meeting.
13. (2016 福建师大附中期末) Lang Ya Bang was a big TV hit last year, which was
_______________ by both audience and critics.
14. The ________ of the ship made many people seasick.
15. In a low voice, she ________ to me that someone was sliding into the room.
16.There is no ________ in going by boat when the plane is just as cheap and much quicker.
翻译下列句子。

1. 我不能想像如果遭受暴风雪围困，生活会是什么样子的。

(be caught in)
___________________________________________________________________________
2. 尽管这部电影投资很大，却不受欢迎，这使得导演大吃一惊。

(astonish)
___________________________________________________________________________
3. 成千上万的人去淘金，然而，没有人是足够幸运的。

(in search of)
___________________________________________________________________________
4. 有手机的人们觉得无论走到哪里，和朋友们联系起来都很方便。

(feel it convenient)
___________________________________________________________________________
5. 他仍然清晰地记得地震发生时那可怕的一幕，好像就在昨天发生似的。

(as if)
___________________________________________________________________________
6. 他把自己刚写完的小说读了一遍，对自己很满意。

(be content with)
___________________________________________________________________________
7. 他津津有味的嚼着每一口，好像从来没有吃过这么香的饭。

(mouthful)
___________________________________________________________________________
8. 卓别林，最滑稽的喜剧演员之一，是第一个给电影配上声音的。

(the first one to)
___________________________________________________________________________
9. 早在第二部电影的时候，他就已经形成了自己独特的表演风格，并且很快闻名全球。

(particular)
___________________________________________________________________________
10. 我现在好多了，只是有时候还有些咳嗽。

(at times)
___________________________________________________________________________
单项选择
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. — I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.
— ________ You looked tired last time I saw you.
A. You’d better not.
B. Why not travel abroad?
C. I am glad you did.
D. Sounds like a good idea.
2. (2016 福建师大附中期末) Sam _____ some knowledge of the puter just by watching others
working on it.
A. picked up
B. looked up
C. brought up
D. set up
3. My aunt always loses her way when she is out by herself because she has no ________ of direction.
A. sense
B. feeling
C. touch
D. scene
4. Good friends as we are, I still find her difficult to understand ________.
A. at times
B. at a time
C. at one time
D. at the time
5. — Did you see the boys yesterday afternoon?
— Yes. I saw them ________ the fence when I passed.
A. climb
B. climbed
C. to climb
D. climbing
6. — You are late again, Tom?
— Sorry, but I got ________ a heavy traffic jam.
A. caught in
B. taken in
C. put off
D. held by
7. As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ________ failure, so their marriage
ended in ________ failure.
A. /; /
B. /; a
C. a; a
D. a; /
8. If he shouldn’t have been so ________ about his food, he would be healthier now.
A. special
B. curious
C. particular
D. anxious
9. — Do you want anything else for your birthday?
—Nothing else. I’m very ________ with what you’ve bought me.
A. satisfying
B. disappointed
C. content
D. honest
10. — How are the things in your village?
— Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are ________ now than before.
A. well off
B. better off
C. badly off
D. worse off
11. — Can you tell us what is important to a businessman?
— ________ information.
A. Collect
B. Collected
C. Having collected
D. Collecting
12. In order not to let the others hear what he said, he ________ the news to me.
A. shouted
B. told
C. whispered
D. said
13. The country itself didn’t have enough gas because of the w ar, so the government decided to
________ its gas supplies to other countries.
A. hid away
B. cut off
C. insist on
D. break up
14. — What have you done with your arm?
— A little boy ________ my bike and knocked me off it.
A. knocked into
B. came into
C. got into
D. broke into
15. Our teacher looked here and there on our playground ________ looking for something.
A. even though
B. even if
C. as if
D. only if
16. —How could you _______ my sister so easily in the crowd?（2015 北京二十四中学期中）
—Because she stood out in her red dress.
A. pick up
B. pick out
C. take up
D. take out
17.（2015 北京二十四中学期中）Our teacher looked here and there on our playground ______
looking for something.
A. even though
B. even if
C. as if
D. only if
18. (2015 浙江镇海中学期中) My uncle hasn’t been able to give up smoking, but at least he has
______.
A. cut out
B. cut down
C. cut up
D. cut off
答案解析：
单词拼写
1. throughout
2. failure
3. overe
4. difficulty
5. bottom
6. mouthful
7. fortune
8. mountainous
9. astonishing 10. particular 11. entertained 12. homeless 13. fortunate 14. outstanding 15. vast
选词填空
1. content with
2. badly off
3. pick out
4. cut off
5. starred in
6. knocked into
7. slid
8. cruel
9. worn-out 10. boils
11. chew 12. directed 13. highly thought of 14. swing 15. whispered 16. sense
翻译
1. I can’t imagine what our life will be like if we are caught in a snowstorm.
2. It astonished the director that the film wasn’t well received though it cost much.
3. Thousands of people rushed there in search of gold but none of them were fortunate enough.
4. The people with mobile phones feel it convenient to keep in touch with their friends wherever
they go.
5. He still remembers clearly the frightening scene at the time of earthquake as if it happened
yesterday.
6. He read through his newly-finished story and was content with himself.
7. He ate every mouthful with great enjoyment. It seemed that he had never had a more delicious
dinner.
8. Charlie Chaplin, one of the finniest edy actors, was the first one to add sound to films.
9. As early as his second film, he had developed his particular manner of acting, which soon
became famous in the world.
10. I am much better now. Only a little cough at times.
单项选择
1. C。

根据第二个人说的“我上次见到你时你看上去很累”来判断，第一个说话者需要好好休
息，而第一个人说“got plenty of rest”，所以答语应为“我很高兴你得到了充足的休息”。

2. A。

句意：山姆只是看着别人使用计算机就学会了一些计算机知识。

pick up 捡起，偶然
学会；look up 向上看，查阅；bring up 养大，养育，吐出；set up 搭起，建立。

根据句意，选A。

3. A。

have no sense of direction是习惯用法，指没有方向感。

4. A。

句意为：就像我们这样的好朋友，我____ 仍然很难理解她。

这里表达的是偶然的情
况，所以选at times，意为“有时候”。

at a time意为“每次；逐一；依次”；at one time 意为“同时；曾经”；at the time意为“在那时”。

5. D。

根据“when I passed”来判断，这里说的是正在发生的情况，see sb doing sth指“看到某
人正在做某事”。

see sb. do sth.指“看见某人做了某事”，看到事件的过程。

6. A。

be / get caught in是固定搭配，指“突然碰上；突然遭受”，多用于被动结构。

7. D。

failure表示“失败的人或事”时，是可数名词；表示“失败”时，是不可数名词。

第一空
指“失败者”，所以用a；第二空指“以失败告终”，所以不加冠词。

8. C。

be particular about意为“对……挑剔”；be curious about意为“对……好奇”；special意
为“特别的；特殊的”；anxious意为“担忧的；焦急的”。

根据句意选C。

9. C。

be content with意为“对……感到满意”，相当于be satisfied with；be disappointed at指
“对……感到失望”；be honest with指“对……说老实话”。

10. B。

根据前面的“引进了现代化的耕种方法”来判断，村民的生活比以前“更富裕了”，所以
用well off的比较级better off。

worse off是badly off的比较级。

11. D。

根据上面的问句可知，是对主语的提问，所以用collecting information作主语，后面
省略了is important to a businessman。

12. C。

为了不让别人听到，只好“小声把消息告诉了我”，所以用whisper，指“耳语；低声说”。

其他选项不合句意。

13. B。

根据句意，因战争而导致煤气不足，所以应该是切断对国外的供应。

cut off its gas
supplies指“切断煤气的供应”。

hide away意为“隐藏；藏起”；insist on意为“坚决要求”；
break up意为“打碎；分裂”。

14. A。

knock into意为“撞上；撞见”；break into意为“闯入”。

15. C。

根据前面的looked here and there判断，我们的老师“好像”在找东西，所以用as if。

16. B。

句意：你是怎样在人群中那么容易地认出我妹妹的？pick out 意为“选出，挑出，辨认出”，符合题意；pick up 捡起，偶然学到/染上，派车去接；take up 开始从事，占用；take out 去除，带……出去。

17. C。

句意：我们老师在操场上这儿看看，那儿看看，好像在找什么东西。

根据句意，选C。

as if 好像；even though/ even if 即使；only if 只有当……。

18. B。

句意：我叔叔还不能戒烟，但是至少已经减少吸烟的量了。

根据句意，选B。

cut out 剪下，删除，戒掉；cut down 减少，削减；cut up 切碎；cut off 切掉；停止；切断。