高一习题 英语课时作业4

(必修一·Unit 4)

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．________，the headmaster rose to indicate that the conversation was________.

A．At an end; in an end B．In the end; at an end

C．In an end; at the end D．At an end; in the end

答案与解析：B in the end 意为“最后；终于”，at an end 意为“结束；终结”，常用做表语。

2．After the explosion，the roads are full of ________ people leaving the city.

A．afraid B．frightened

C．frightening D．scary

答案与解析：B frightened“感到害怕的”，常用来修饰人。afraid“害怕的”，多用做表语；frightening“令人害怕的”，常用于修饰事物；scary“吓人的；可怕的”。

3．—I hear they will get married next week.

—________

A．Good luck! B．Congratulations!

C．Oh，really? D．Yes，sir?

答案与解析：C根据语境可知，回应者对此事感到惊讶，故选C项。

4．After ________ in the research for so many years，the scientist succeeded in finding the result at last.

A．buried B．being buried

C．having buried D．having been buried

答案与解析：D介词after之后用动名词形式，排除A项；be buried in 是固定短语，且有时间状语for so many years，故用动名词的完成被动式。

5．Nearly two thirds of the area which ________ desert before ________ by grass now.

A．is; is covered

B．was; has been covered

C．was; have been covered

D．were; has been covered

答案与解析：B由which引导的定语从句修饰area，因有时间状语before用过去时，而分数、百分数作主语时谓语动词的数由of后的名词决定。

6．—I'll be away on a business trip.Would you mind looking after my cat?

—Not at all.________.

A．I have no time B．I'd rather not

C．I'd like it D．I'd be happy to

答案与解析：D考查不定式的省略。I'd be happy to后省略了“look after your cat”。

7．A bomb ________ two buildings and damaged several others.

A．destroyed B．damaged

C．hurt D．injured

答案与解析：A destroy“摧毁”，强调破坏的程度之大不能进行修复。damage指破坏后还可以进行修复；hurt常用于指情感上的伤害；injure常指身体所受到的伤害。

8．Is there any other reader ________ wants to renew his book?

A．who B．whom

C．whose D．which

答案与解析：A先行词reader是表示人的名词；定语从句缺少主语，故用who引导定语从句。

9．—Have you ever been to Rome?

—No，but that's the very city ________ I'd like to visit most.

A．where B．that

C．which D．in which

答案与解析：B当先行词是the very，the only或被其修饰时，定语从句中的关系代词

只能用that。

10．________ from what he did，he isn't a person to depend on.

A．Judge B．Judging

C．Judged D．Judges

答案与解析：B Judging from...“根据……来判断”，属独立结构作状语。

11．Upon graduation from school，how well will you ________ the job that lies ahead?

A．prepare B．prepare for

C．be prepared for D．be preparing

答案与解析：C题意：你一毕业，为摆在你面前的工作做好了多么充分的准备？be prepared for“准备好”，强调状态，符合题意。

12．The movement of the Earth's crust along faults and plate margins sometimes causes ________，which have destroyed many cities and killed millions of people.

A．thunders B．lightenings

C．quakes D．floods

答案与解析：C从题干前半部分“地壳沿着断层和板块边缘的运动有时可导致……”及后半部分产生的后果，可推知空处应为“地震”。A意为“打雷”；B意为“闪电”；D 意为“洪水”。

13．The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ________ pictures of them.

A．many of B．the number of

C．large numbers of D．a large amount of

答案与解析：C large numbers of相当于a large number of，意为“大量的；许多”，修饰可数名词复数。

14．—The exam was easy，wasn't it?

—Yes，but I don't think ________ could pass it.

A．somebody B．anybody

C．nobody D．everybody

答案与解析：D not...everybody为部分否定，意为“并非人人”，与but引导表示转折关系的从句相符。

15．I didn't know anybody at the party，but the hostess came to my ________ by introducing me to a few people.

A．help B．save

C．rescue D．life

答案与解析：C come to one's rescue为固定搭配，意为“帮助某人”。

Ⅱ.阅读理解

“Christmas comes but once a year” is a familiar phrase，and indeed for many people the 25th of December is the highlight of the calendar.

But for one British man once a year is not enough.Andy Park，who is better known by his nickname Mr.Christmas，has celebrated Christmas every single day for the last 14 years.

The 44-year-old electrician claims to have eaten a full roast dinner every day for the last decade and a half，having his way through over 5,000 turkeys,117,000 Brussels sprouts，and around 30,000 roast potatoes in the process.He also sends himself a Christmas card every day and looks forward to opening a present he has bought himself each evening，while watching the Queen's Speech.

Mr.Park estimates (估价) his festive fetish costs him ￡150 (1,570 yuan) a week.This year，however，the divorcee says he is feeling the pinch (拮据) due to the global financial crisis，and is decreasing his celebrations.His Christmas habit is putting a strain on more than just his wallet.Mr.Park was previously warned by his doctor that his Christmas addiction could kill him.His daily over-cost has caused his weight up to 19 stone (121kg)．

“I'll never forget the day it started，” said Mr.Park.“The sun was shining，but I was just feeling fed up and bored，so I went home and put the decorations up.Suddenly I was happy.I thought，this is fun.So I did it again the next day，and the day after that.”