选修8 Unit 2 Cloning练习含答案

Unit 2Cloning

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．In this lecture，I can only give you a purely______view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.

A．private B．personal

C．unique D．different

解析考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在这次演讲中，关于我们怎样尽情生活我只能给你(们)纯粹的个人观点，并就未来提一些建议。private“个人的，私人的；私有的，私立的”；

personal“(意见或感觉)个人的，自己的；私密的，隐私的”；unique“(某个地方或情况)下独一无二的，仅有的，唯一的；独特的”；different“不同的”。根据词义及语境判断，personal正确。

答案B

2．Dad is used to smoking and drinking. There’s no chance ____ I’m able to talk him into _____.

A．whether；giving it up

B．of whether；giving them up

C．that；getting rid of them

D．which；stopping it

解析There’s no chance that...没有可能……。

答案C

3．He’s ______ to fail the exam if he doesn’t do any revision.

A．difficult B．fair

C．bound D．absurd

解析be bound to do“一定做某事”。句意：如果他一点也不复习，他一定会考不及格的。

答案C

4．My sister was against my suggestion while my brother was ______ it.

A．in favour of B．in memory of

C．in honour of D．in search of

解析in favour of赞成，支持；in memory of纪念；in honour of为了对……表示敬意；

in search of寻找。

答案A

5．I am______your suggestion______we should spend more time on this project.

A．in favour of；which B．in honor of；that

C．in favour of；that D．in honor of；which

解析句意：我很赞成你的建议那就是我们应该在这个工程上花费更多的时间。in favour of赞成；in honor of向……表示敬意；为纪念……。第二个空为that引导的同位语从句。

答案C

6．He couldn’t resist ______ his new car.

A．to show on B．showing on

C．to show off D．showing off

解析can’t resist doing sth.禁不住做某事；show off炫耀。

答案D

7．Though a teenager，Fred could resist______what to do and what not to do.

A．to be told B．having told

C．being told D．to have been told

解析resist doing抵制干某事，别人告诉他应做什么，不做什么，所以用被动。

答案C

8．The thirty-storey building is one of the most challenging engineering projects they have ever______.

A．undergone B．overtaken

C．understood D．undertaken

解析undertake“负责，从事”。句意：那座30层的大楼是他们负责的最有挑战性的工程之一。

答案D

9．You’ve done so much work—you ______ pass the exam.

A．are likely to B．have to

C．can D．are bound to

解析句意：你已下了这么多功夫了，你一定能通过考试。be bound to do一定能做……。

答案D

10．Don’t ______your father about it now；he is very tired.

A．care B．bother

C．set D．get

解析bother sb.about...麻烦某人……。句意：现在不要拿这个去麻烦你父亲，他很累了。

答案B

11．There is a board by the road，which ________“Parking ______！”

A．writes；forbidding B．reading；forbidding

C．says；forbidden D．saying；forbidden

解析第一空意为“牌子上写着”，可用says或reads，因为是从句的谓语动词，不用reading 或saying，第二空是forbid parking的变化形式，因为两者之间为动宾关系，所以应是Parking forbidden！＝No parking！禁止停车！

答案C

12．—Li Feng won the first prize in the national English competition.

—Oh，really？I’m glad that her efforts at last______.

A．worked out B．got back

C．paid off D．turned out

解析下句意为“我很高兴她的努力最终有了好结果。”pay off(指冒风险的政策、做法等)带来好结果，成功，行得通。又如：The gamble paid off.赌赢了。

答案C

13．He was in poor health，so the doctor ______him to drink wine.

A．hoped B．demanded

C．forbade D．prevented

解析句意：由于身体差，医生禁止他喝酒。用forbid符合句意。

答案C

14．—Believe me，all your efforts will______some day.

—Thanks for your encouragement.

A．pay back B．pay down

C．pay off D．pay up

解析句意：——请相信我，你所有的努力总有一天会得到回报的。——谢谢你的鼓励。

pay back还钱；报复；pay down付现金；pay off得到回报；pay up全部付清。

答案C

15．—How do Canadians like to be called?

—Most of them don’t object ______ them by their first names.

A．that you call B．for calling