人教版高中英语选修六Unit1SectionⅢ课时跟踪检测

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．I am wondering how the words were (雕刻) into the stones.

答案：carved

2．They are to put on an (展览) of French paintings next week.

答案：exhibition

3．I am excited at the thought of meeting a famous (学者) from Beijing.

答案：scholar

4．Don’t forget to put your (签名) on each of the checks.

答案：signature

5．Xu Beihong has a great influence on (当代的) Chinese painting.

答案：contemporary

6．The history student hoped to compare the (文明) of ancient China and Egypt.

答案：civilization

7．His approach has won him a (名声) as a tough manager.

答案：reputation

8．Many elderly people expressed a strong (偏爱) to live in their own homes.

答案：preference

Ⅱ.单项填空

1．The observer’s statement about the accident was very ________；we knew almost everything about it now.

A．specific B．especial

C．particular D．special

解析：选A。句意：目击者对于这次事故描述得非常具体，我们现在几乎了解了全部情况。specific“具体的”；especial“特殊的；特别的”；particular“特殊的”，强调个性；special“特殊的；专门的”，强调目的性。

2．Employees who have worked here for many years will be given ________ over newcomers.

A．preference B．prejudice

C．promise D．experience

解析：选A。句意：与初来乍到者不同，那些工作多年的雇员将得到优待。preference“偏爱”；prejudice“偏见”；promise“许诺”；experience“经验”。

3．Unless your father comes to pick you up ________，I won’t let you go.

A．in time B．in addition

C．in place D．in the flesh

解析：选D。in the flesh“本人”；in time“及时”；in addition“另外”；in place“在适当的地方”。句意：除非你爸爸亲自来接你，否则我不会让你走。

4．As a public ________，Yao Ming knows what to do in face of this kind of thing.

A．character B．figure

C．statue D．opinion

解析：选B。句意：姚明作为公众人物，知道面对这种事情应该怎么做。character“小说或影视中的人物”；figure“人物”；statue“雕像”；opinion“观点；评价”。

5．(2010·安徽高考)— How did you like Nick’s performance last night?

— To be honest, his singing didn’t ________ to me much.

A．appeal B．belong

C．refer D．occur

解析：选A。考查动词辨析。答语的意思是：老实说，他的歌唱不太吸引我。appeal to“吸引”，符合句意。belong to“属于”；refer to“暗指；提到；查阅”；occur to“被想起”。

6．Some people think that watching violence on TV is one of the major causes of ________ behaviour and crime in society.

A．childish B．artificial

C．aggressive D．heroic

解析：选C。考查形容词辨析。句意：一些人认为在电视上看暴力片是目前社会上有好斗和犯罪行为的主要原因之一。aggressive“好斗的”；childish“孩子气的”；artificial“假的”；heroic“英雄的”。

7．It took ________ building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains, too.

A．other than B．more than

C．rather than D．less than

解析：选B。考查短语辨析。句意：要建造这些节省能源的房子需要的不仅仅是建筑材

料，还需要智慧。more than“不仅仅”，符合题意。other than“除了”；rather than“而不是”；less than“不足；少于”。

8．A car crashed into a tree beside the road, ________ two people in the car.

A．killed B．killing

C．kills D．to kill

解析：选B。句意：一辆小汽车撞到路旁边的一棵树上，结果造成车上两人死亡。现在分词作状语表示自然而然的结果。

9．I would walk to school every day ________ ride a bicycle.

A．rather than B．more than

C．other than D．less than

解析：选A。句意：我宁愿每天走路上学也不愿骑自行车。would do ... rather than do ...“宁愿做某事而不愿做某事”。

10．(2010·江苏高考)The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good ________.

A．expectation B．reputation

C．contribution D．civilization

解析：选B。考查名词辨析。句意：这名医生治疗心脏病医术高超，而且从不收病人的礼物，所以享有良好的名誉。reputation“名誉；声望”，符合句意。expectation“期望”；contribution“贡献”；civilization“文明”，都不符合语意。

Ⅲ.完形填空

Vincent Van Gogh is often remembered as the painter who cut off

his ear in a fit of passion. He was a lonely man who often __1__ without

food in order to buy paints, a man with few friends and a __2__ temper.

Van Gogh’s strong emotions not only __3__ his life, but his paintings.

Many of Van Gogh’s paintings were __4__ by warm, yellow

sunlight because he loved how it could __5__ the world in different ways. His painting Sunflo w ers, for example, is __6__ yellows and browns. These colors give the painting a __7__ of warmth. However, the sunflowers are __8__ dead and dying.

The result is a painting that __9__ the warmth of life that Van Gogh loved with the feelings of __10__ that were all around him. It is a painting that is warm, beautiful and sad, all at the same time Van Gogh’s most famous painting, The Starry Night, __11__ this mixture of joy and sadness one step __12__. It is a landscape full of deep __13__ and shadows which