高中英语 素能提升演练(七) Unit2 新人教版必修2

素能提升演练（七）

必修2  Unit 2

Ⅰ. 单词拼写

1. We will all have a course in _______ (古代的) history this term.

2. Can I have a ________ (自愿者) to wash the dishes?

3. Electric lights have ________ (取代)candles.

4. They’ve been very ______ (迅速的)to deny these rumors.

5. We attended a dinner party _______（做东，招待）by the president of the company.

6. If you want to sell your product, you must ________（做广告）it.

7. He made a _______（定期的）visit to his parents.

8. The _____（基本的） theme of these stories never varies.

9. My sister bought this T-shirt at such a low price. She was really good at ________ (讨价还价).

10. He ________ (应受) to lose the game because he never trained hard.

Ⅱ. 完成句子

1. I ______________________ take part in the competition if I don’t show my permit to the guards. (allow)

如果我不向保卫人员出示我的通行证，我就不被允许参加这次竞赛。

2. The five rings on the Olympic flag ____________________________________ ______ are blue, yellow, black, green and red. (stand)

代表着五大洲的奥运会会旗上的五环是蓝、黄、黑、绿和红色的。

3. The small window _________________________.（admit）

那个小窗户只能透进一点光线。

4. It was in the church __________________, representing their new start of life. (marry)

他们是在教堂结的婚，代表他们新生活的开始。

5. The report that the young man will be in charge of the company _______________

______________________________. (deserve)

有关那位年轻人将要负责这个公司的报告值得认真考虑。

6. He ___________________ his wife:He will look after the children and his wife will cook.（bargain）

他和妻子达成一项协议：他照看孩子，妻子做饭。

7. A group of villagers surrounded the building, _________________ a young boy was standing. (top)

许多村民围着这幢楼，楼顶上站着一个小男孩。

8. As is well known to all, the 2012 Summer Olympics ______________ in London, the capital city of England. (host)

众所周知，2012夏季奥运会在英国首都——伦敦举办。

9. My father bought me a cellphone for my birthday, __________________________

after being used for three days. (charge)

我生日那天父亲给买了部手机，用三天就得充电。

10. As a matter of fact, getting rid of a bad habit is ____________________ forming a good one. (effort)

事实上，摆脱坏习惯和养成好习惯一样费劲。

Ⅲ. 阅读理解

(A)

When most people turn 21, they spend too much time partying and having fun. But when Adele turned 21, she did something completely different.

After going through a tough breakup(分手), the British singer turned her pain into glory and recorded one of the most moving albums of the year.

The album, 21, which was released in January, has already hit the charts in 14 countries, according to the Billboard magazine.

It also noted that Adele made history as the first artist since the Beatles to have two top five singles and two top five albums in the charts at the same time (Adele’s first album, 19, was released in 2008. Each album is named for her age when she wrote it).

Now, after touring around the world for almost a year, the DVD of her live concert, released on November 29, is Adele’s latest work.

Having topped the pre-order list of Amazon. com for over a month already, this one seems set to stay on top for a while.

Born in north London, Adele sang her way up honestly: In 2006, she was signed by England’s XL Recordings on the strength of (基于)a three-song demo(样本唱片) a friend of hers had posted on MySpace; within two years she had won the BRIT Awards ‘Critics’ Choice prize and been tipped by the BBC as the “Sound of 2008”.

In 2009 she got the best new artist Grammy Award, and went on a world tour in support of the album 19 with a sold-out show in Los Angeles.

According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup.

That’s probably what has made the singer’s success-that emotional certitude(确信), according to Dickins. 

“The key to great singers is believing every single word they sing, ” he said. “And I think you believe every word that comes out of Adele’s mouth. You can feel her life force through her voice. ”

1. When she wrote album 19, she is at the age of ________.

A. 21    B. 18     C. 20     D. 19

2. How many awards did Adele get?

A. One.    B. Two.     C. Three.     D. Four.

3. The underlined word“released”can be best replaced by ________.

A. recorded        B. came out

C. sold          D. written

4. In Adele’s opinion, where does her inspiration of music mainly come from?

A. Emotional certitude.      B. One single breakup.

C. A three-song demo.      D. A world tour.

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Adele went smooth in her career.

B. 21 was the most moving album of the year.

C. Her DVD topped the pre-order list of Amazon. com for only a month.

D. She went on a world tour in support of the album 21.

6. 请用30个左右的词概括文章大意

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(B)

In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.

One morning I got into three different taxis and announced: “Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison. ” Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. “Yeah, I shot a man in Reno, ” I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver: “Reno? That is in Nevada? ”

Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. “This is America, ” a Haitian driver said. “One door is closed. Another is open. ” He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house: “If you do something silly and they put you away, you cannot look for another job. ” A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope: he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge, a $20 trip. “Why do you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job. ”

One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried hailing a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.

“Is anyone following us? ”

“No, ” said the driver, looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me.

“Let’s go across the park, ” I said. “I just robbed the bank there. I got $25, 000. ”

“$25, 000? ” he asked.

“Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it? ”

“No, man, I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too. ”

As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.

“Hey, there’s another bank, ” I said, “Could you wait here a minute while I go inside? ”

“No, I can’t wait. Pay me now. ” His reluctance may have had something to do with money— taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low — but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.

7. From the Ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer that ________.

A. he showed no concern to the killing

B. he was afraid of the author

C. he looked down upon the author

D. he thought the author was crazy

8. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge？

A. Because he didn’t want to help the author get over his career crisis.

B. Because he wanted to go home and relax.

C. Because it was far away from his home.

D. Because he suspected that the author was going to commit suicide(自杀).

9. What is author’s interpretation of the driver’s unwillingness to wait outside the Chemical Bank？

A. The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.

B. The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.

C. The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.

D. The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.

10. Which of the following statements is TRUE about New York taxi drivers？

A. They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.

B. They refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.

C. They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.

D. They work only for money.

11. What does the passage mainly discuss？

A. How to make taxi riders comfortable.

B. How to deal with taxi riders.

C. The attitudes of taxi drivers towards the taxi riders having personal trouble.

D. The attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders.

答案解析

Ⅰ. 1. ancient   2. volunteer   3. replaced   4. swift

5. hosted   6. advertise   7. regular   8. basic

9. bargaining   10. deserved

Ⅱ. 1. will not be allowed to

2. which stand for/standing for the five continents

3. admits very little light

4. that they got married

5. deserves to be carefully considered/deserves carefully considering

6. made a bargain with

7. on the top of which

8. was hosted

9. which needs to be charged/needs charging

10. as much an effort as

Ⅲ.

大多数人21岁时可能还在整日找乐，虚度光阴(frig around)。而英国歌手阿黛尔21岁时却做了完全不同的事情。她几乎是在一年之内便横扫了全球各大音乐榜单并斩获多项大奖，下面让我们一同走近这个用灵魂歌唱的歌手。

1. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章第四段Each album is named for her age when she wrote it. “每张专辑都以她创作专辑时的年龄命名”可知正确选项为D。

2.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第七、八段可知，英国歌手阿黛尔获得了the BRIT Awards ‘Critics’ Choice prize全英音乐大奖中的“乐评人奖”、 “Sound of 2008” (2008年度之音)、 the best new artist Grammy Award格莱美最佳新人奖。

3.【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据文章第三段可知release意为“发行”。come out出版，发行；record录制；sell卖，销售；write写。故选B。

4. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段According to Adele herself, much of the inspiration of her music comes from one single breakup. “据阿黛尔本人表示，她的音乐灵感大多来自于一次分手事件。”可知B为正确选项。

5.【解析】选A。根据文章第七段Born in north London, Adele sang her way up honestly“出生在伦敦北部的阿黛尔的确一路高歌猛进”可知A正确。根据第二段recorded one of the most moving albums of the year. 可知B错误。根据第六段“这张DVD在亚马逊网站预定榜单上高居榜首超过一个月之久，似乎短时间内它还不会让位。”可知C错误。根据文章第八段“2009年，她获得了格莱美最佳新人奖，并进行全球巡演宣传她的专辑《19》，其中洛杉矶站的演唱会门票销售一空。”可知D错误。

6. The famous British singer Adele became very successful when she turned 21, and she has a special understand about the songs she sings, perhaps it’s because she went through the breakup.

7.【解析】选 A。推理判断题。从第二段最后一句可知这个司机只问了一个与杀人这件事无关的问题, 由此可以推出, 司机对此事毫不关心, 态度冷淡。

8.【解析】选D。推理判断题。本题的解题关键在于了解在美国, 高耸的大桥通常是人们自杀的场所。根据这个背景知识（失业）, 再结合第三段中的“a chance to profit from my loss of hope”和这位巴基斯坦司机说的话可推断出司机以为作者要到华盛顿桥去自杀。

9.【解析】选B。细节理解题。本题考查对复杂句的理解。答案可以在文章的最后一句话中找到, 第二个破折号后面but引出的内容才是作者对司机不愿等人的理解, 即甚至抢银行的人也不能指望得到无条件的支持。

10.【解析】选 C。细节理解题。答案可从第三段第一句话中找到，C项是该句的同义替换。A项中的“do whatever you want to”过于绝对；B项不符合逻辑, 因为司机不可能先问乘客是否要自杀再决定是否让这个乘客坐车；巴基斯坦司机的例子表明司机不都是为了钱，因此D项不正确。

11.【解析】选C。主旨大意题。文章开篇第一句话就是整篇文章的主题句, 接下来的各段内容都是围绕此主题展开的，只有C项最能概括文章大意。本题最具干扰性的是D, 事实上, 该选项中的troublesome意为“烦人的”，而不是“陷入麻烦的”。因此不能用该词形容文中的乘客, 故排除D。