人教版高中英语选修7同步检测Unit 2 Robots第4课时

Unit 2 第4课时

Ⅰ.单项填空

从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

1．—I'm sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was so tired.

—There is no________for this while you are on duty.

A．reason B．excuse

C．cause D．explanation

答案：B excuse借口；在值班过程中，任何不符合规定的所谓“理由”都是一种“借口”。reason理由；cause原因；explanation解释。

2．Look at the shining stars in the sky. The weather is________to get better tomorrow.

A．obliged B．forced

C．willing D．bound

答案：D be bound to do sth. 意为“肯定会做……”，故选项D符合语境。

3．Most schools nowadays prefer to use continuous________，because it gives a fairer picture of how the student has done during the whole year.

A．assignment B．development

C．appointment D．assessment

答案：D assessment是“评价；评定”的意思。本题题意：现今大多数学校采用连续评估，因为这样能更公平地反映学生一年来的表现。

4．—There is still a copy of the book in the library. Will you go and borrow________？

—No, I'd rather buy________in the bookstore.

A．it; one B．one; one

C．one; it D．it; it

答案：A it指代前面的a copy of the book。one替代名称相同的另一本书。

5．Gun control is a subject________Americans have argued for a long time.

A．of which B．with which

C．about which D．into which

答案：C本题题意：枪支管理是美国人长期争论的一个话题。argue about sth. “争论某事”；argue with sb.“与某人争论”。结合题意可看出应选用介词about与关系代词which搭配。

6．Marconi had a special talent________finding brilliant scientists who were largely self-taught.

A．in B．for

C．to D．with

答案：B have a talent for“在……方面有天赋”，为固定搭配。

7．He teaches her to________all commands and not to mention any problem.

A．obey B．recognize

C．desire D．debate

答案：A本题题意：他教她听从一切命令而不提任何问题。obey“服从；顺从”，符合题意。recognize“认出；辨认出”；desire“渴望；想得到”；debate“争论；辩论”。

8．If you do not make any effect, you are________to fall behind.

A．addicted B．added

C．likely D．bound

答案：D本题题意：如果你不努力，必将落后。be bound to“一定……”，符合题意。be addicted to“对……上瘾；对……入迷”；add to“增加”；be likely to“很可能”。

9．Generally speaking, the female is not junior________the male in wisdom.

A．for B．with

C．to D．than

答案：C be junior to“比……低级”，为固定搭配。

10．A man may________his wife easily in many Moslem(穆斯林的)countries, but a women

cannot.

A．divorce B．divorce from

C．divorce with D．divorced by

答案：A本题题意：在许多穆斯林国家，男人可以随便提出离婚，而女人则不能。divorce“与……离婚”，为及物动词。divorce...from...“使……与……分离”；C、D两项搭配错误。

Ⅱ.完形填空

阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中(1～20)所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Billy, a hard-working student, is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade. He had a part-time job that__1__him up every morning at five o'clock, when most people are still__2__asleep. He is a newspaper boy.

Each morning, Billy leaves the house at 515 to go to the__3__where the newspapers always are. The newspapers were__4__to the corner by truck at midnight. He always takes a wagon to__5__them.

In the winter it is still dark__6__he gets up every day, but during the rest of the year it is__7__. Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his__8__in all kinds of weather. He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be__9__from wind and rain or snow. Sometimes his customers give him tips，__10__him very excited.

Billy earns about $70 per month through hard__11__，and he is saving some of the money to go to__12__，where he has always been longing to go. Besides that, he__13__the rest of the earnings on records and clothes. Once a month, he has to collect the__14__at night since many of them work during the day. That is when he is__15__so that he is full of excitement. Luckily, he gets__16__supported by his family. Sometimes, when Billy is sick, his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him. Once, his father was too__17__to help.

Billy has seventy customers now, but he doesn't feel__18__about the number.

He dreams that he will get__19__customers as possible some day.__20__，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy. He wants to win a trip to Europe, but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.

文章大意：本文为记叙文。十四岁的比利是一个勤奋的男孩，除了在校学习外，他还干了一份送报的兼职工作。他把通过辛勤劳动所挣来的每月七十美元的薪水，存一部分供上大学用，其余的用于购买磁带、衣服等。每月拿到自己用劳动换来的报酬时，他就有一种满足感，令其非常兴奋。

1．A.wakes B．takes

C．gets D．picks

答案：C他有一份使他每天早晨五点起床的兼职工作，那时绝大多数人还在熟睡。get 与副词up搭配时，可以用作不及物动词，表示自己起床，也可以用作及物动词，表示使某人起床。

2．A.sound B．falling

C．fall D．soundly

答案：A表示“熟睡”时，常用的结构有：be fast asleep, be sound asleep或sleep soundly。fall asleep表示入睡的动作，而此处表示的是熟睡的状态，要用be fast/sound asleep，故选A项。

3．A.corner B．street

C．room D．department

答案：A下一句中的to the corner暗示出了此题的答案，每天早晨他去的地方是经常放报纸的那个角落。

4．A.given B．addressed

C．handed D．delivered

答案：D表示送信、送报时，常用动词deliver，属于固定搭配。

5．A.carry B．bring

C．send D．load

答案：A此处表示他用运货车来运送报纸，不强调方向，要用carry，意为“运送”。bring表示“带来”；send表示“寄发或派人送去”；load指往车上面装载货物。