高中英语 素能提升演练(十) Unit5 新人教版必修2

素能提升演练（十）

必修2  Unit 5

Ⅰ. 单词拼写

1. It’s not a good idea to discipline the class by giving them _____ (额外的) homework.

2. His research _______（形成）the basis of his new book.

3. He has ______ (赚) a lot of money this month by working on a part-time job.

4. I hear the concert will be _________ (广播) live on TV tomorrow evening.

5. Applying for jobs can be a long and _______ (痛苦的)process.

6. She is in a relaxed, ________ (自信的)mood.

7. He ________ (表演) quite successfully on the stage last night.

8. The toys are ________ (有吸引力的) to children due to the appearance.

9. He gave a ________ (幽默的)account of their trip to Spain.

10. She ________ (假装) that she likes them so that she can get their help.

Ⅱ. 完成句子

1. With _______________________, they both have to work very hard. (support)

有这么多孩子要养，他们俩不得不辛勤工作。

2. The little girl ____________________ and even didn’t raise her head when her mother entered the room. (pretend)

这个小女孩假装在读书，她妈妈走进房间时她连头都没抬。

3. Not until Tom told me what was happening did I realize that _________________

_______. (play)

直到汤姆告诉我所发生的事时，我才知道我正在被人戏弄。

4. There are two buildings, _______________ stands nearly two hundred feet high.  (larger)

有两幢楼，较大一些的那个有将近二百英尺高。

5. They ________________ the partnership.（break）

他们决定解除合作关系。

6. You may ______________ he will be successful one day. (rely)

你可以确信早晚他会成功的。

7. It was because I _________________________ that I caused the argument.  (familiar)

是因为我不熟悉当地的法律才引起的这次争论。

8. Only after the result of the competition was announced over the loudspeaker ____________________________________. (burst)

只有当广播里宣布竞赛结果之后，同学们才欢呼起来。

9. It was __________________ that they came up with a good suggestion. (midnight)

直到半夜他们才提出一条好的建议。

10. He is said to be working in a very famous company, so he must _________________.（earn）

据说他在一个著名的公司上班，所以他肯定挣钱很多。

Ⅲ. 完形填空

A little girl wanted to become a great pianist，but all she could play on the piano was the simple little tune，“Chopsticks”. No matter how hard she tried，that was the  1      she could do. Her parents decided after some time to arrange for a great pianist to teach her to play properly. Of course，the little girl was    2    .

When the little girl and her parents arrived at the pianist’s house for the first lesson，they were led by a servant into the living room, where they saw a beautiful concert grand    3    . Immediately，the little girl    4    over to the piano and began playing“Chopsticks”. Her parents felt    5    of their daughter’s behaviour and started cross the room to tell her to stop. However，as she played，the pianist    6      the room and     7     the little girl to continue.

The pianist then took a    8    on the piano bench next to the little girl，listening to her play. After a moment he began to play along with her，adding some basic tones. The little girl     9    to play “Chopsticks”. The parents couldn’t believe their    10    . They were hearing a beautiful piece of music，played by their daughter and the pianist，and    11    enough, the central theme of it was still“Chopsticks”.

At times you may feel like you’re a(n)    12    that you will never accomplish great things. But think of that little girl. All she could play was“Chopsticks”. Nobody wanted to hear“Chopsticks”. It was an embarrassment to her parents and    13    to everyone else. Yet the musician encouraged her to keep on playing.

We were born with gifts and    14    . Sure，compared to some people’s abilities，our gifts and talents may seem like“Chopsticks”—not very original and not very spectacular. But keep on playing and make some room on the piano     15   for our pianists.

1. A. best    B. worst     C. hardest    D. easiest

2. A. pleasing   B. sorry   C. worried    D. delighted

3. A. violin   B. bench   C. room     D. piano

4. A. walked   B. went   C. rushed     D. moved

5. A. ashamed        B. frightened

C. pleased         D. excited

6. A. left    B. entered   C. cleaned    D. locked

7. A. told         B. encouraged

C. advised         D. forbade

8. A. book    B. cup    C. step     D. seat

9. A. stopped        B. improved

C. continued        D. repeated

10. A. daughter  B. eyes    C. pianist    D. ears

11. A. amazingly       B. sadly

C. happily         D. disappointingly

12. A. somebody       B. nobody

C. anybody         D. everybody

13. A. tiring        B. pleasant

C. annoying         D. surprising

14. A. abilities        B. advantages

C. talents          D. goods

15. A. piece   B. music   C. table    D. bench

Ⅳ. 语法填空

Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.     1     these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop    2     (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

It    3    (say) that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help his rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about      4      day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

One day, he came up with an idea     5     he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

He was very tired    6     doing this for a whole day,    7     he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”    8     (high).

His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in    9   natural course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often    10    (result) in the contrary to our intention.

Ⅴ. 阅读理解

Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to a survey by The Guardian newspaper.

Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor. ” he said.

Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) culture” that is to blame. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn’t because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is. ” she wrote.

It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Strenger, of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷). ”

“As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are comparing ourselves with the most ‘important’ people in the world and finding ourselves wanting, ” he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media.

The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called“active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledge through life. ”

“The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement, ” he said.

1. Nowadays, young people in Britain want to _______.

A. choose jobs based on interests

B. become famous

C. be teacher, banker and doctor

D. earn more money

2. According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety?

A. Choices of future careers.

B. Access to the global network.

C. Bad influences of celebrities.

D. Endless comparison with others.

3. Which of the following is TRUE of Dr Carlo Strenger?

A. He is a newspaper reporter.

B. He is the spokesman of teenagers.

C. He tells success stories on TV.

D. He is against ranking people according to wealth.

4. Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should _______.

A. seek active self-acceptance

B. stick to their own dreams

C. make great achievements

D. search for the secret of wealth

5. The text is mainly written to _______.

A. talk about job choices

B. analyse a social phenomenon

C. encourage celebrity culture

D. introduce three famous people

6. 请用30个左右的词概括文章大意

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答案解析

Ⅰ. 1. extra   2. formed   3. earned   4. broadcast

5. painful   6. confident   7. performed   8. attractive

9. humorous   10. pretends

Ⅱ. 1. so many children to support

2. pretended to be reading

3. I was being played jokes on

4. the larger of which

5. decided to break up

6. rely on it that

7. was not familiar with the local laws

8. did the students burst into cheers

9. not until midnight

10. earn a lot of money

Ⅲ. 1.【解析】选A。no matter how引导的是让步状语从句，后面应该是和前面相反的意思，所以选best。

2.【解析】选D。自己弹得不好，现在有高人指点，小女孩肯定“高兴”了，所以选delighted。

3.【解析】选D。根据后文的“the piano”可以得出答案。

4.【解析】选C。小女孩见到好钢琴，急切地去弹，所以用rushed。其他词均不能表达小女孩的急切心情。

5.【解析】选A。小女孩的父母知道自己孩子的钢琴水平，极力要阻止她弹，怕她被笑话，所以当时很尴尬，因此选ashamed。

6.【解析】选B。他们是由仆人领进来的，在小女孩弹钢琴时，音乐家进来了，所以选entered。

7.【解析】选B。根据后面“Yet the musician encouraged her to keep on playing. ”可知，音乐家鼓励小女孩弹钢琴，所以选encouraged。

8.【解析】选D。take a seat意为“坐下”，根据后面的on the piano bench可以推出钢琴家在小女孩旁边坐了下来，所以选seat。

9.【解析】选C。因为他们一起弹奏，所以小女孩应该是继续弹，因此选continued。

10.【解析】选D。根据后文“They were hearing a beautiful piece of music. . . ”，可知小女孩的父母简直不敢相信他们的耳朵，说明小女孩和钢琴家一起弹得太好了。

11.【解析】选A。小女孩仍然弹奏原来的那首曲子“Chopsticks”，但是曲子听起来很优美，这很令人吃惊，所以选amazingly。

12.【解析】选B。根据后面的句子“you will never accomplish great things”可以看出你什么都做不好。nobody意为“小人物，无足轻重的人”。

13.【解析】选C。根据文章的描述，小女孩的钢琴弹得很糟糕，所以选annoying。tiring意为“令人疲倦的”。

14.【解析】选C。根据后面的句子“our gifts and talents may seem like‘Chopsticks’”可以得出答案。

15.【解析】选D。从上文可知钢琴家“took a  8  on the piano bench next to the little girl”，所以这里要选bench。

Ⅳ.

本文是故事记叙文，通过“拔苗助长”的故事，说明了“欲速则不达”的道理。

1.【解析】Behind / In  介词短语缺少介词，behind/in these proverbs在这些谚语背后/里。

2.【解析】to help  不定式短语作目的状语。

3.【解析】is said  It’s said that据说，为固定搭配。

4. 【解析】this/it  填入介词宾语，指示代词指代上文was very anxious to help his rice crop grow up quickly这件事。

5.【解析】that  前后都是主谓结构填连词，that引导同位语从句说明idea的具体内容，在从句中不作成分。

6.【解析】after/from  介词词语作状语，做完这件事后很疲倦，而不是当作动词词语，be tired from doing因……而疲倦，由后面的从句得知“乐此不疲”。

7.【解析】but  前后都是主谓结构填连词，并列连词but表转折。

8.【解析】higher  形容词、副词考查比较等级，过去与以前是两者之间比较，用比较级。

9.【解析】their  指代前面的“things”。

10.【解析】results  考查主谓一致。单个动名词短语作主语，谓语用单数。

Ⅴ. 1.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句可知，现在的英国年轻人想出名，故选B。

2.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句及第四段的第一句可知，Emma Brockes认为名人的负面影响增加了焦虑程度。

3.【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段的最后一句可知Dr Carlo Strenger反对根据财富评价人。

4.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段的最后一句话可知选A。

5.【解析】选B。作者意图题。本文描述了这样一个社会现象——现在英国的年轻人根据拥有财富的多少和知名度来评价他人和自己，并分析了这种现象产生的原因，提出了解决办法，故B项能较好地概括本文的写作目的。

6. The passage mainly tells us about a social phenomenon in Britain. 25 years ago, the dream careers were teacher, banker and doctor, but now they are sports star, pop star and actor. This is because of the change in people’s views of life.