【人教新课标】2012届高三英语一轮复习精品同步练习：必修4 Unit 2 Working the land

Unit 2 Working the land

Ⅰ.多项选择

1．Practising Chinese kung fu can not only__________one’s strength，but also develop one’s character.

A．bring up B．take up

C．build up D．pull up

解析：选C。句意：练中国功夫不仅能增强人的力量，还能培养人的性格。build up one’s strength为固定短语，意为“增强某人的力量”。

2．Congratulations！It seemed that our boss was __________ with your work today.

A．dishonest B．confused

C．satisfied D．disturbed

解析：选C。根据Congratulations！可知句意为：老板对你的工作感到满意。be satisfied with对……感到满意。

3．It was obvious that the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen became the __________ of media attention.

A．discovery B．focus

C．summary D．comment

解析：选B。句意：很明显，哥本哈根气候变化会议成为媒体关注的焦点。focus中心点，焦点。discovery发现；summary总结，摘要；comment评论，议论。

4．It is __________ ill health that she is now not so active in the movement.

A．instead of B．in place of

C．thanks to D．in face of

解析：选C。考查短语辨析。thanks to因为，由于。此句用了强调句型It is...that...，强调thanks to ill health。instead of代替，而不是……；in place of代替，取代；in face of面对。

5．Progress so far has been very good.We are ________ confident that the work will be completed on time.

A．otherwise B．therefore

C．however D．somehow

解析：选B。考查副词辨析。therefore因此，所以。otherwise否则，要不然；however

然而，可是；somehow以……方式，不知怎么地。

6．The __________ of the passengers survived in the traffic accident except a woman and two children.

A．quantity B．variety

C．number D．majority

解析：选D。考查名词词义辨析。语境表示大多数乘客都幸免于难，因此用the majority of；A项表示“数量”；B项表示“多样”；C项搭配表示“……的数目”。

7．Leaders of many countries have been trying to __________ what it is that makes China develop so fast.

A．carry out B．figure out

C．watch out D．make out

解析：选B。考查动词短语辨析。figure out算出；理解；想出，符合题意。

8．People should open the window in the morning to make air __________ in order to keep the indoor air fresh.

A．spread B．remove

C．float D．circulate

解析：选D。考查动词词义辨析。circulate表示“(空气、液体等的)流通”。spread 传播；remove去掉；float漂浮。句意：为了室内空气清新，人们应该在早晨打开窗子让空气流通。

9．The population of Africa is __________ so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole world.

A．expanding B．stretching

C．extending D．spreading

解析：选A。考查动词词义辨析。expand不仅指尺寸的增加，还可指范围和体积的扩大。stretch一般指由曲变直、由短变长的伸展；extend指空间范围的扩大或长宽的向外延伸，也可指时间的延长；spread一般指向四面八方扩大或传播。

10．At times the balance in nature is __________，resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.

A．confused B．puzzled

C．disturbed D．troubled

解析：选C。考查动词词义辨析。句意：有时候自然界的平衡受到了扰乱，导致了很多未能预见的后果。confused和puzzled表示“困惑不解的，迷惑的”；troubled表示“麻烦的，不安的”；而disturbed表示“扰乱的，干扰的”。

Ⅱ.完成句子

1．The manager has made a command that the club ________________(配备)complete amusement facilities which will give you endless enjoyment.(equip) 解析：考查虚拟语气。此处demand引导同位语从句，从句结构要用“(should) ＋动词原形”。

答案：(should)be equipped with

2．I would rather I ________________ (没有看)the football match last night with my friends.Otherwise，I would have finished my paperwork by now.(watch) 解析：考查虚拟语气。Would rather sb. had done sth.意为“真宁愿做了某事该有多好啊”。

答案：not have watched

3．To my complete shock，I was consistently one of the last ________________(被邀请的)．(invite)

解析：序数词或由序数词修饰的名词作主语时，习惯于用动词不定式。

答案：to be invited

4．The house rent is expensive.I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying ________________(三倍多)．(as)

解析：考查倍数与省略。“三倍”可表达为three times as much as，本句是一种省略表达。

答案：three times as much

5．—Robert is indeed a wise man.

—Oh，yes.How often I have regretted ______________________(没有听他的建议)！(take)

解析：考查非谓语动词。regret doing/having done意为“后悔做某事”。

答案：not taking his advice

6．My hope is that by the time next year I ______________________(体重减轻10公斤)．(reduce)