選修8-Unit1課時練習答案及解析

1、精選優(yōu)質文檔-傾情為你奉上Unit 1Learning about Language. 完形填空I once heard someone say, “We dont remember days; we remember moments. ”1, as the pace of life is getting2, we often forget to enjoy small pleasures while we make big plans. In the3to become better or best, we sometimes4moments that can provide pleasur

2、e in life. If we5long enough to enjoy, we will realize these moments are the essence(本質)of life. I love fishing, 6for a kind of large-mouth fish. Three years ago, I was watching television late one night when I7wanted to go fishing in the lake behind my house. My wife thought I was8because it was al

3、most midnight! I9that I was fine and that I just wanted to have some fun. I walked out to a warm summer breeze and10the starry sky and the breathtaking full moon. I allowed my11to soak in every secondthe sweet smell of flowers, the sound of every frog, the moons12in the water. It was a perfect night

4、. After13across a small field, I took out a flashlight and selected a lure(魚餌). On my first cast, I got a large-mouth fish weighing over five pounds, one of the14I had ever caught. I15released it back into the water and continued my midnight16. During the next two hours, I17seventeen fish, all betwe

5、en two and five pounds. Although Ive fished for almost fifty years, no fishing memory can18that warm summer night. But that night provided19a fishing memory. It was a life memory. It provided me with a snapshot of what life could be like if I just20to enjoy the moments. 【文章大意】作者一次午夜釣魚的經歷使他對人生有了新的感悟。

6、如果我們能讓生活節(jié)奏慢一點, 我們可以享受更多的快樂。1. A. BesidesB. OtherwiseC. HoweverD. Moreover【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。上一句說我們記住的是瞬間, 但下一句中又說我們常常忘記這樣做。故此處用However表轉折。2. A. fasterB. dullerC. lighterD. easier【解析】選A。生活常識題。隨著我們生活節(jié)奏的加快, 我們經常忘記去享受生活中小小的快樂。3. A. abilityB. raceC. chanceD. duty【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。根據better or best可知此處用race“競爭”。4. A.

7、 look forward toB. get tired ofC. pay attention toD. lose sight of【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。在我們競相追求卓越的過程中, 有時我們忽視了生活中那些能帶來快樂的時刻。與上文中的forget to enjoy small pleasures相呼應。5. A. stopB. sleepC. waitD. wake【解析】選A。詞語辨析題。如果我們駐足下來欣賞, 我們就會意識到這些時刻就是我們生活中的精華。6. A. exactlyB. reallyC. especiallyD. honestly【解析】選C。邏輯推理題。我喜歡釣魚,

8、尤其喜歡釣一種大嘴巴魚。7. A. normallyB. suddenlyC. frequentlyD. constantly【解析】選B。邏輯推理題。因為當時我正在看電視, 所以我想要去釣魚這個想法是很突然的, 并不是事先想好的。8. A. confidentB. interestedC. crazyD. ambitious【解析】選C。生活常識題。根據句中的it was almost midnight, 可知我妻子認為我瘋了。9. A. explainedB. hopedC. agreedD. warned【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。妻子認為我瘋了, 我向她解釋這么做的原因。10. A. t

9、alked aboutB. looked forC. watched overD. looked up at【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。根據the starry sky and the breathtaking full moon可知是往天上看。11. A. thoughtsB. sensesC. memoriesD. dreams【解析】選B。詞匯復現題。下文中the sweet smell, the sound. . . 都是指“感官”, 故此處填senses。12. A. energyB. sizeC. reflectionD. mystery【解析】選C。生活常識題。月亮反射在水面, 所

10、以出現了倒影。13. A. walkingB. pointingC. drivingD. swimming【解析】選A。詞語辨析題。我走過一小片田地, 拿出手電筒, 放上一個魚餌。14. A. youngestB. oldestC. longestD. largest【解析】選D。邏輯推理題。根據句中的weighing over five pounds可知這是我釣過的最大的魚之一。15. A. curiouslyB. gentlyC. personallyD. nearly【解析】選B。生活常識題。為了保證魚的安全, 此處只能是輕輕地把它放回水里。16. A. researchB. searc

11、hC. adventureD. plan【解析】選C。生活常識題。因為是午夜釣魚, 所以是一次不尋常的冒險經歷。17. A. noticedB. helpedC. hurtD. caught【解析】選D。詞語搭配題。作者是在釣魚, 所以應該是抓到17條魚。18. A. topB. affectC. attractD. change【解析】選A。邏輯推理題。但是, 沒有哪次釣魚的經歷能比得上那次午夜釣魚。top表示“超過, 勝過”。19. A. less thanB. more thanC. rather thanD. nothing but【解析】選B。生活常識題。根據下文中的It was a

12、 life memory. 可知那個夜晚不僅僅是一次難忘的關于釣魚的記憶。20. A. looked downB. sat downC. slowed downD. calmed down【解析】選C。詞語辨析題。如果我們能放慢腳步來享受瞬間, 我們會對生活有不同的感悟。與第一段相呼應。. 閱讀理解Astonishingly, 26 million Britons will be obese by 2030, placing a huge pressure on health services, according to studies published on Friday highligh

13、ting the growing global obesity problem. Based on present trend, obesity rates in Britain will rise from 26 percent to 4148 percent in men, and from 26 percent to 3543 percent in women over the next two decades. By 2030, as many as 11 million more British adults will be obese and 3. 3 million of the

14、m will be aged over 60. The resulting cost burden on health services could be as much as2 billion per year, according to the research published in The Lancet medical journal. In the US the prediction is even worse, with 5051 percent of American men and 4552 percent of American women expected to be o

15、bese by 2030, adding as many as 65 million to the countrys population of obese adults. The study, led by Claire Wang of Columbia University in New York and Klim McPherson of Oxford University, says that medical costs will surge, given obesitys links with diabetes, cancer, heart disease and strokes.

16、“The combined medical costs associated with treatment for these preventable diseases are estimated to increase by $4866 billion per year in the US and by1. 92 billion per year in the UK by 2030, ”it says. McPherson said politicians are shying away from settling the problem for fear of being criticiz

17、ed. “I think they do get it but they dont know what to do with it, and they dont think its their responsibility, ”he said. Today, around 1. 5 billion adults are overweight and a further 0. 5 billion obese, with 170 million children classified as overweight or obese. Dealing with obesity takes up bet

18、ween two and six percent of healthcare costs in many countries. In the study, the researchers traced the problem to the 1970s and 80s, and related it to a rise in food consumption and a more sedentary(久坐的)lifestyle. 【文章大意】最新研究發(fā)現英國和美國的肥胖人口在接下來二十年將增至新高, 為醫(yī)療保健事業(yè)帶來更大的壓力。1. What can be learned from Parag

19、raph 1? A. 26 million Britons are suffering from obesity nowadays. B. Obesity rates in British women and men are the same nowadays. C. By 2030, about eleven million adults will be obese in Britain. D. Most obese people will be aged over 60 by 2030. 【解析】選B。細節(jié)理解題。從第一段的“obesity rates in Britain will ri

20、se from 26 percent to 4148 percent in men, and from 26 percent to 3543 percent in women over the next two decades. ”可知B項正確。more用于數詞后，表示數量的增加，即表示在原有基礎上又增加了若干數量。因為another與數詞搭配時，總是要放在數詞之前。下面我們來看看這兩個結構的用法：一、“數詞+more”的用法Three more of the missing climbers have been found. 失蹤的登山者又找到了3個。How many more stamps

21、 do you want?Four more please. 你還要多少張郵票?請再給4張。If he had received six more votes, he would be our chairman now. 如果他多得六票，現在就是我們的主席了。二、“another+數詞”的用法I shall stay another five months. 我將再待五個月。They drove for another three hours. 他們又行駛了3個小時。The strike may last another six weeks. 罷工可能還要持續(xù)六個禮拜。China picked

22、 up another ten gold medals. 中國又獲得了10枚金牌。The last time we talked he said he needed another two days. 上次我們談話時他說他還需要兩天。2. The underlined word “surge” in Paragraph 4 probably means“”. A. appear suddenlyB. increase quicklyC. refuse bravelyD. develop independently【解析】選B。詞義猜測題。從第五段的描述可知肥胖人口的增加會導致醫(yī)療費用上升, 故這個詞應是“增加”的意思。3. In McPhersons opinion, politicians. A. are more likely to be obeseB. have nothing to do with the