高中英语人教版 (新课标)选修7&8Unit 1 A land of diversity课时练习

选修8  Unit 1A land of diversity

Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．Actually，these ________(申请人)can only apply for the positions as a conductor.

2．It ________(发生)to him that he had left the bag on the train.

3．The new research ________(预示着)that the seagulls staying here come from Spain.

4．My father ________(雇佣)three men to help him with the harvest last summer.

5．Voters always ________(竞选)those who represent their needs.

6．The ________(大多数)of the young people who are from Italy are learning Chinese in our school.

7．Only a small ________(百分比)of the countries are thankful for our assistance.

8． ________(显然地)，many Chinese women are interested in Korean movies.

9．Hardly had we put down our ________(行李)and sat down when the train started off.

10．She had looked everywhere for her children，but they were ________(到处都无)to be found，which made her very worried.

答案

1．applicants　2.occurred　3.indicates　4.hired　5.elect 6．majority　

7.percentage　8.Apparently  9．luggage/baggage　10.nowhere

Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1．I was ________ (thank) to see they had all arrived safely.

2．________ (slavery) used to be sold from Africa to the new world.

3．At the meeting, young people were in the ________ (major)．

4．The ________ (discover) that her husband was unfaithful to her was a shock awakening.

5．She will probably be late but she will come ________ (eventual)．

6．The ________ (nation) of the minority groups in that country is still an issue.

7．As the wages were low, there were few ________ (apply) for the job.

8．________ (apparent) they are getting divorce soon.

9．Faced with such situation, she felt a strange ________ (mix) of excitement and fear.

10．The  ________ (immigrate) of the birds is a mystery to us.

答案

1．thankful　2. Slaves　3.majority　4.discovery　5.eventually 6．Nationality

　7.applicants　8.Apparently　9.mixture  10．immigration

Ⅲ.单句语法填空

1．He was the first person ________ (put) forward a good solution to the problem.

2．Since the 1980s, people from Africa ________ (live) in California.

3．________ is believed that he was the first to grow such vegetables.

4．The club ________ (consist) of five women and ten men attracted the old people.

5．In recent years, we ________ (plant) a great many trees.

6．He pretended ________ (be) dead when the bear came near.

7．He felt like ________ (walk) in the warm sunshine.

8．The fact ________ he failed the exam disappointed his parents.

9．California has the second ________ (large) Jewish population in the United States.

10．________ occurred to me that I had left my handbag on the taxi.

答案与解析

6．to be　pretend后跟不定式形式。

7．walking　feel like后跟动名词形式作宾语。

8．that　that引导同位语从句，无意义，也不充当任何句子成分。

9．largest　序数词后用形容词的最高级形式。

10．It　it作形式主语，代替that从句。

Ⅳ.课文语法填空

On the next day, I teamed __1__ with a couple, Peter and Terri from my hotel and hired a car. We spent all day driving around the city. There's a great drive __2__ (mark) out for tourists. It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It's a 79 km round­trip taking __3__ all the famous spots. We stopped many times to admire the view and take photographs. Now we have a really good idea of __4__ the city's like.

In the evening, I went to Chinatown with them. Chinese immigrants __5__ (settle) in this area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are __6__ (decorate) to look like old buildings in southern China. There are some interesting temples here, and a number of markets and a great many __7__ (restaurant). Also there are art galleries and a museum __8__ (contain) documents, photographs and all sorts __9__ objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but it's closed in the evening. We will go back during the day. After __10__ (have) a delicious meal, we walked down the hill to our hotel.

答案

1．up　2.marked　3.in　4.what　5.settled　6.decorated

7．restaurants　8.containing　9.of　10.having

V.阅读理解

San Francisco's Chinatown is the biggest and oldest one in the country. It's the third most visited tourist destination in the city. It's also the city's most densely populated neighbourhood. So why are businesses in Chinatown struggling?

In this week's paper, I outline some of the reasons for why Chinatown's crowded streets and busy shops might be declining. Underneath the surface, Chinatown is falling. And the city, local organizations and businesses are trying to figure out what they can do to turn things around.

While numbers of people visit Chinatown, they don't stay long and they don't spend a lot of money.  And beyond annual festivals，like Chinese New Year,  this month's Moon Festival and last month's Sunday Streets—which drew about 15，000 to 20，000 people—the neighbourhood has a hard time attracting locals.

Can you remember the last time you went to Chinatown？If you can't, you're not alone. Locals told me that Chinatown doesn't have much to offer them—that the stores are all the same. There are some good eating joints, people said, but they don't know how to find them. Some people even told me that they sometimes go to extreme measures to avoid the neighbourhood altogether. But when asked if they would like to see Chinatown gone, the answer was always a strong no.

Locals are hopeful that things will get better and traffic will increase when the Central Subway is complete. And if new shops or restaurants don't make their way into Chinatown, the same problem of attracting locals will exist.

The Chinatown's not going to die. The dragon still has some fire in its belly. And many people are rooting for positive changes. The question is, how does Chinatown change without losing the very importance of what makes it unique?

1．Which can we know about Chinatown according to the passage?

A．Businesses in Chinatown are going well.

B．Local people like going shopping there.

C．A great number of people visit it every year.

D．No period has seen a more prosperous Chinatown.

2．According to the locals we can know that ________．

A．Chinatown doesn't love to offer them assistance

B．shops in Chinatown lack their own characteristics

C．it is hard to buy quality goods at proper prices

D．they feel annoyed to see so many familiar faces

3．What is the author's attitude towards Chinatown?

A．Negative.  B．Sympathy.

C．Hopeful.  D．Indifferent.

4．It can be inferred from the passage that ________．

A． the Central Subway is under construction

B．Chinatown has to make way for subway

C．many restaurants have been closed down

D．the locals hope Chinatown will be extinct

答案与解析：

【文章大意】 文章介绍了圣弗朗西斯科唐人街是北美洲最古老的唐人街，亚洲以外最大的华人社区。但是近几年一直状况不佳，这种低迷的状况令华人和当地人感到担心。

1．C　细节理解题。由文中第一段的前两句“San Francisco's Chinatown is the biggest and oldest one in the country. It's the third most visited tourist destination in the city.”可知，唐人街仍是客流量很大的地方。故选C项。

2．B　细节理解题。由文中的“Locals told me that Chinatown doesn't have much to offer them—that the stores are all the same.”可知，当地人认为唐人街不能满足他们的需要，故选B项。

Ⅱ.完形填空

This year John was overjoyed by the Christmas season. He was becoming a   __5__．He knew soon he would be old enough to  __6__  the orphanage(孤儿院). He was   __7__  by this expectation. He would save his orange, the Christmas gift, until his  __8__  in July. If he  __9__  it very carefully, he might be able to eat on his birthday.

Christmas day finally came. Entering the big dining hall, John could smell the  __10__  aroma(香味) of meat. Because of his excitement, he lost his footing, causing a   __11__．Immediately the master  __12__，  “John, leave the hall and there'll be no  __13__  for you this year.” John's heart broke  __14__．Tears in eyes, he turned and went swiftly back to the cold room, so that the children would not see his  __15__．

Later he heard the door open and some children entered. Little Elizabeth  __16__ a piece of rag.“Here John，” she said.“This is for you.” John was  __17__  by her innocence as he  __18__  the bulge(鼓胀) in her hand. Lifting back the edges of the rag, he saw a big juicy orange all peeled and quartered…and then he  __19__  what they had done. Each had  __20__  their own orange by sharing quarter and had created a big beautiful orange for him.

John never forgot the love and sharing his friends had shown him that Christmas day. John's beginning was a poor existence; __21__，his growth to manhood was  __22__  by wealth and success. __23__  that day, every year he would send oranges to children in orphanages. His desire was that no child would ever spend Christmas without a(n)  __24__  Christmas fruit!

5．A.father  B．master   

C．man  D．soldier

6．A.leave      B．assist   

C．rebuild  D．escape

7．A.disappointed  B．excited   

C．annoyed   D．embarrassed

8．A.graduation   B．anniversary   

C．wedding  D．birthday

9．A.polished    B．hid   

C．preserved   D．planted

10．A.awful    B．strange   

C．sour    D．unusual

11．A.disturbance  B．praise   

C．loss       D．misunderstanding   

12．A.whistled     B．shouted   

C．whispered  D．sighed

13．A.friend      B．toy   

C．prize      D．orange

14．A.quietly     B．slowly   

C．violently  D．narrowly

15．A.delight      B．sorrow   

C．excitement  D．surprise

16．A.helped out   B．picked out   

C．held out    D．tried out

17．A.touched    B．puzzled   

C．shocked   D．amazed

18．A.pointed to     B．stuck to   

C．searched for  D．reached for

19．A.wondered    B．realized   

C．analysed    D．ignored

20．A.collected    B．kept   

C．sacrificed  D．picked

21．A.however    B．besides   

C．instead    D．therefore

22．A.replied     B．returned   

C．reacted    D．rewarded

23．A.In search of   B．In memory of   

C．In favour of  D．In honour of

24．A.common      B．expensive   

C．special      D．large

答案与解析：

8．D　根据第一段最后一句中的“…he might be able to eat it on his birthday.”可知，约翰想把他的橘子留到七月过生日的时候再吃。故选D项。

9．C　从圣诞节到7月有半年多的时间，因此要精心地保存橘子。preserve“保存”，符合语境。

10．D　第二段第三句中的his excitement说明约翰闻到了不同寻常的肉香味。故选D项。

11．A　由第二段中的“…he lost his footing…”可知，约翰跌倒了，造成了一阵混乱(disturbance)。

12．B　第二段中的“‘…leave the hall and there'll be no…for you this year.”表明，当时院长毫不客气地冲约翰大喊(shouted)。

13．D　根据第一段中的“He would save his orange, the Christmas gift…”可知D项正确。

14．C　约翰听了院长的话后，顿时感到心碎了。violently “猛烈地，剧烈地”，用于形容约翰伤心的程度。

15．B　由第二段中的tears in eyes可知当时约翰很悲伤。故选B项。

16．C　第三段中的“Lifting back the edges of the rag…”表明，小伊丽莎白拿着(held out)一小块布。

17．A　约翰被小伊丽莎白的天真感动了。touched“受感动的”，符合语境。

18．D　这里指约翰伸手去拿(reached for)那块布。

19．B　打开布包之后，约翰意识到了他的伙伴们所做的事。

语法填空

Dear Diary，

Sorry I didn't write last night! It was such a busy day, and I was 25.________ tired to write anything.

I was right about Sarah not being OK. Yesterday, she 26.________(bare) spoke to me, and anything she did say was a yes or no. I 27.________(try) so hard to get her to cheer up, but of course she just kept saying, “I'm fine.” Ugh! I wish she 28.________ honest with me! I'm always honest with her! It's not fair!

Jane also seemed mad all day 29.________ she could tell that Sarah was not really being nice to her. I hate 30.________(be) in the middle of all of this. What am I 31.________(suppose) to do? Sarah's been my friend since forever, and Jane is my new friend, and I don't want to hurt 32.________ feelings! But I think that Jane is right about Sarah. I'm worried that she was saying mean(刻薄的) things 33.________ Sarah to our other friends when she didn't know the truth, but I don't want to tell her that to her face.

I wish things were simple like 34.________ were in elementary school.

答案：.25.too　26.barely　27. tried　28.would be/had been/were

29．because　30.being/to be　31.supposed　32.anyone's

33．about　34.they