units910savingtheearthfrighteningnature 。单项填空 1。inrecentyearsmuchmorestresshasbeenputdevelopingthestudents’ productiveskills。 aoverbintocwithdon 解析:putstresson是固定搭配,意为强调。 答案:d 2thegovernmentdeclaredthatitwouldanendtosomeunfairpoliciesthenext month。 amakebbringctakedput 解析:putanendto是固定搭配,意为结束;终结。 答案:d 3iftheworldbecomeslessunfairandifpeoplegetbettereducation,muchofthepoverty canbe。 awipedoutbcleanedoutcworkedoutdleftout 解析:wipeout消灭;消除。 答案:a 4wemustn’ttakeanyactionrightnow。iadvisetillpropertime。 atowaitbtobewaitingcwaitingdhavingwaited 解析:advise后常接动名词作宾语。 答案:c 5sheneverwentagain,toapologize。 aorsheeverwrotebnordidshewrite cnorsheeverwrotedordidshewrite 解析:否定副词nor或neither放在句首,句子要部分倒装。 答案:b 6ifthereweretrafficonthestreets,deathswouldbecaused。 aless;lessbfewer;fewer cless;fewerdfewer;less 解析:traffic是不可数名词,应用less修饰;deaths是复数名词,要用fewer修饰。 答案:c 7wewereatworkintheworkshopwhen,allofsudden,thelightswent out。 a;bthe;c;adthe;the 解析:atwork在工作;allofasudden突然。 答案:c 8sheglancedaboutnowandthentomakesureshewasnotbeingfollowed。 asothatbasthoughcevenifdincase 解析:题意是她不时地环顾四周,似乎是想确定有没有被人跟踪。 答案:b 9wemustgettotheairportinhalfanhour。pleaseorderacarreadyatonce。 amakebmadectomakedmaking 解析:ordersb。todosth。或ordersth。(tobe)done。是惯用法。 答案:b 10whenyouarereadingfast,youreyeswillbeoneortwowordgroupsaheadof yourmindistakingin。 aothersbtheothersconedtheone 解析:此处用替代词theone代指你的大脑所吸收的那个wordgroup。 答案:d 。完形填空 now,mrs。virginiadeviewsaid,smiling,wearegoingtodiscoverourprofessions。theclassseemedtobegreatlysurprised。ourprofessions?wewereonly13and14yearsold!theteachermustbe1。yes,youwillallbesearchingforyourfuture2。eachofyouwillhaveto3someoneinyourfield,plusgiveanoralreport。 eachdayinherclass,virginiadeviewremindedusaboutthis。finally,i4printjournalism。thismeantihadtogotointerviewatrueshy;bluenewspaperreporter。iwasextremelynervous。isatdowninfrontofhim5abletospeak。helookedatmeandsaid,didyoubringapencilorpen?ishookmyhead。howaboutsome6?ishookmyheadagain。 finally,ithoughtherealizediwas7,andigotmyfirstbigtipasa8。never,nevergoanywherewithoutapenandpaper。youneverknowwhatyou’ll9into。afterafewdays,igavemyoralreporttotallyfrommemoryinclass。igotanaontheentireproject。 yearslater,iwasincollegelookingaroundforanewcareer,butwithnosuccess。theni10virginiadeviewandmydesire,at13tobeajournalist。andicalledmyparents。theydidn’t11me。theyjustremindedmehow12thefieldwasandhowihadrunawayfromcompetitionallmylife。thiswastrue。butjournalismdidsomethingtome;itwasinmy13。anditgavemethefreedomtogouptototalstrangersandaskwhatwas14。 forthepastfiftyyears,i’vehadthemostsatisfyingreportingcareer,15storiesfrommurderstoairplane16andfinallychoosingmystrongestarea。wheniwenttopickupmyphoneoneday,anincrediblewaveofmemories17meandirealizedthathaditnotbeen18virginiadeview,iwouldnotbesittingatthatdesk。 iget19allthetime:howdidyoupickjournalism? well,yousee,therewasthisteacher。。。ialwaysstartout。ijustwishicould20her。 1a。cautiousbmadcoptimisticdenthusiastic 答案:b 2a。universitiesbfamiliescprofessionsdlives 答案:c 3a。interviewbdescribecadmiredface 答案:a 4a。consideredbrejectedcexpecteddpicked 答案:d 5a。hardlybnearlycnaturallydeagerly 答案:a 6a。preparationsbnewspaperscdrinkdpaper 答案:d 7a。reliablebgratefulcterrifieddamazed 答案:c 8a。studentbjournalistccandidatedwriter 答案:b 9a。lookbturncbreakdrun 答案:d 10a。calledbrememberedcrecognizeddevaluated 答案:b 11a。answerburgecstopdpersuade 答案:c 12a。funnybcompetitivecordinarydmysterious 答案:b 13a。bloodbbodyclifedopinion 答案:a 14a。cominginbcomingoutcgoingupdgoingon 答案:d 15a。creatingbrecallingccoveringdwriting 答案:c 16a。flightsbcrashescbudgetsdschedules 答案:b 17a。hitbcaughtcimpresseddseized 答案:a 18a。forbwithcofdto 答案:a 19a。hurtbrealizedcadjusteddasked 答案:d 20a。respectbsupportcthankdenvy 答案:c 。阅读理解 lifeonshy;linecanbeamuchricherexperiencewhenyouaren’trestrictedtojustwrittenwordsandstillpictures。evenifyou’renewtothenet,you’veprobablyheardaboutmultimediaonshy;lineshy;listeningtoaudio,watchinganimationsandvideos,evenplayinginthreeshy;dimensionalspace。soundandmovementmakeinformationcomealive。 toexperienceit,you’llneedspecialpiecesofsoftwarecalledplugshy;ins。thetermplugshy;inreferstoasmall,addshy;onpieceofsoftwarewhichextendsthecapabilitiesofyourwebbrowser,likenetscapenavigatorormicrosoftexplorer,turningyourcomputerintoaradioortv。 whenyouarriveatawebpagewhichcontainsafilerequiringaplugshy;inwhichyoudon’thave,youwillusuallyreceiveamessageaskingifyouwanttogetitbydownloadingitandinstallingitintoyourcomputer。mostofthetime,theinstallationwillbeautomatic。 occasionally,you’llrunintoadownloadedfilewhichneedstobedecompressedorunshy;zippedbeforeinstallation。onceinstalled,plugshy;insrunautomatically,withoutyouhavingtodoanything。 manymultimediacontrolsstillneedtobeobtainedfromthedeveloperbutareinstalledautomatically。 shockwaveisagoodexampleofthis。allyouneedtodoisgotothemacromediasiteandclickonthelinktoinstalltheactivexcontrol。theresthappensautomatically。thenexttimeyougotoashockedwebsite,theshockwavecontrolloadsandplaysthemovie。 mostplugshy;insandcontrolscanbedownloadedforfreeontheinternet,althoughnotallwillworkwitheverysystem。someofthem,forinstance,onlyworkwithwindows95。 1plugshy;inscanhelpustodoallofthefollowingexcept。 alisteningtomusic bwatchinganimationsandvideos cplayingthreeshy;dimensionedgames dsearchingforinformationonthenet 解析:细节判断题。由第一段第二句可知。 答案:d 2thecorrectexplanationaboutplugshy;inis。 aaradioortvconnectedwithacomputer basmall,addshy;onpieceofhardwarewhichimprovesyourwebbrowser casmall,addshy;onpieceofsoftwarewhichcanturnyourcomputerintoaradioortv dasmall,addshy;onpieceofsoftwarelikenetscapenavigatorormicrosoftexplorer 解析:细节理解题。由第二段可知。 答案:c 3whenwegotoashockedwebsiteasecondtime,。 aweshouldgotothemacromediasiteandclickonthelinktoinstalltheactivexcontrol btheshockwavecontrolloadsitselfandplaysthemovieforus cwewillbeaskedwhethertodownloadtheshockwavecontrolornot dwehavetobuytheshockwavecontrolandloadit 解析:细节理解题。由倒数第二段最后一句可知。 答案:b 4mostofthetime,howcanwegetaplugshy;inbeforeautomaticinstallation? awehavetobuyitfromthedeveloper。 bwehavetoborrowitfromthedeveloper。 cwehavetorentitfromthedeveloper。 dwecanobtainfromthedeveloperwithoutpaying。 解析:细节理解题。由最后一段第一句可知。 答案:d