Unit 2 课下能力提升(五)
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．—Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
—Yes. I've never been to ________ one before.
A．a more excited B．the most excited
C．a more exciting D．the most exciting
2．Some people believe ________ has happened before or is happening now will repeat itself
in the future.
A．whatever B．whenever
C．wherever D．however
3．The old workers are doing their best to pass ________ their techniques to the younger
generation.
A．off B．on
C．away D．through
4．—I'd like a wakeup call at 7：00 am, please!
—OK, ________.
A．help yourself
B．you'll certainly make it
C．just do what you like
D．I'll make sure you get one
5．There is a party tonight ________ our new president and I am ________ to be invited.
A．in honour; honoured
B．in honour of; of great honour
C．in great honour; in honour of
D．in honour of; honoured
6．________ with what his students had done, the teacher praised them.
A．Delightful B．Delighting
C．Delighted D．To be delighted
7．It was at 5 o'clock ________ the visitors finally arrived at Pudong International Airport.
A．when B．that
C．before D．after
8．I was so angry that I ________ on him.
A．hung down B．hung up
C．hung on D．hung back
9．We had an anxious couple of weeks ________ for the results of the experiment.
A．wait B．to be waiting
C．waited D．waiting
10．It was ________ he came back from Africa that year ________ he met the girl he would
like to marry.
A．when; then B．not; until
C．not until; that D．only; when
Ⅱ.完形填空
Another Monday slowly dragged on as I sat in class waiting for that final bell to ring. __1__
was over, and the next couple hours were a blur (朦胧状态) as I __2__ until 5：50 pm to drive to
my second home: my dance studio. As I walked up the stairs, I heard a __3__ voice yell,“Pull out
the barres (扶手杆)！” It was a strict voice, __4__ the person behind it was a kind teacher, friend
and role model. I've been __5__ to many influential people. My dance teacher, Yvonne Hassett,
has had the greatest impact on me and also contains multiple essential __6__.
Throughout the past six years, Yvonne has greatly enhanced (提高) my __7__. I've received
various corrections from Yvonne. I don't take those corrections as a __8__ thing; I take them as
constructive criticism to become better at what I do. When I first started __9__ at Absolute Dance,
I had a lack of confidence. Yvonne helped me become a __10__ individual both in and out of the
__11__. Yvonne is a person who has __12__ me to reach my highest potential each day.
She has always been the person I go to for __13__. In addition, she takes on a motherly role
and is __14__ my second mother. We __15__ say that we are her __16__ since she has none of her
own. Yvonne always puts others before herself. Even though she has her own __17__，she always
puts it on hold to help us with anything.
Spending so much of my time with Yvonne has had a great influence on me. Ever since I
__18__ her, I have become confident that I can __19__ anything I do later in life. I'll take the
qualities and advice Yvonne has given me and use it to keep __20__ as a person.
1．A.School B．The past
C．Time D．The noise
2．A.watched B．waited
C．arrived D．slept
3．A.pitiful B．nervous
C．hopeful D．familiar
4．A.unless B．though
C．but D．or
5．A.compared B．added
C．given D．exposed
6．A.qualities B．services
C．tools D．roles
7．A.status B．confidence
C．energy D．appearance
8．A.bad B．great
C．new D．popular
9．A.reading B．fighting
C．singing D．dancing
10．A.kind B．curious
C．strong D．polite
11．A.office B．studio
C．home D．cinema
12．A.promised B．permitted
C．forbidden D．pushed
13．A.safety B．equality
C．guidance D．respect
14．A.surprisingly B．basically
C．fortunately D．gradually
15．A.jokingly B．never
C．strangely D．seldom
16．A.assistants B．children
C．fans D．companions
17．A.education B．history
C．life D．marriage
18．A.left B．praised
C．judged D．met
19．A.come across B．succeed in
C．rely on D．laugh at
20．A.smiling B．writing
C．growing D．listening
Ⅲ.阅读理解
The recent publication of autobiographies by two of Britain's greatest scientists, biologist
Richard Dawkins and physicist Stephan Hawking, is a wonderful opportunity to compare and
contrast these two remarkable men.Surprisingly, they have rather more in common than we think.
Most striking is the similarity in their backgrounds.They were born in the early 1940s to
middle class families — not wealthy but comfortably off, with a strong commitment to
academic excellence and public service.Both families were keen to send their boys to Oxford
University — and both succeeded, Dawkins studying zoology and Hawking physics.
Neither man has a very positive view of his early university 1ife.Hawking describes the
attitude at Oxford in the 1950s and 1960s as very antiwork, “You were supposed to either be
brilliant without effort or fail.Hard work was looked down upon by students and we all pretended
that nothing was worth making an effort for.” He estimates that he studied for no more than an
hour a day as an undergraduate student (本科生)．
Undergraduate life was somewhat more rewarding for Dawkins.Like Hawking, he wasn't
particularly hardworking and never attended his lectures.But he found Oxford's system of weekly
essaybased lessons with an academic tutor useful, “It was really only the tutorial system that
educated me.”
For both men, scientific life really got going as postgraduates after 1962.Dawkins, who
remained at Oxford, describes brilliantly the academic competition among the postgraduate
students, which he believed helped push him to develop the ideas that formed the basis of his most
famous book, The Selfish Gene.This volume transformed scientific thinking about Darwinian
evolution.
Hawking, on the other hand, moved to Cambridge University after graduation, where his
research into the universe would eventually make him the most famous physicist since Albert
Einstein.He writes movingly about the disease which progressively crippled his entire body,
leaving him unable to move and only able to communicate using a computer controlled by his
eyes.Although communication is slow — he can write only 3 words a minute using the machine
— his illness has not affected his mind or his research on spacetime and the origins of the
universe.
Each book is recommended individually as a personal introduction to an important scientific
thinker.Read together, they provide a superb background to the academic and social climate of
postwar British research.
1．Which of the following describes a similarity in Hawking's and Dawkins' backgrounds?
A．They were both from wealthy families.
B．They studied the same subject in university.
C．They graduated from the same secondary school.
D．They both came from families that valued good education.
2．Why did Hawking study very little as an undergraduate student?
A．He preferred doing his own research and experiments.
B．Students considered it inappropriate to study too much.
C．The materials discussed in lectures were very easy for him.
D．He was more interested in making friends with his classmates.
3．What can we reasonably infer about the two scientists from the passage?
A．Dawkins worked much harder than Hawking as an undergraduate.
B．Hawking is more respected by the scientific community.
C．They knew each other during their studies at Oxford.
D．Hawking has experienced more physical difficulties.
4．What is the function of the last paragraph?
A．To state which book the writer prefers.
B．To recommend the reviewed books to readers.
C．To summarize the achievements of the two scientists.
D．To suggest the order in which the books should be read.
课下能力提升(五)
Ⅰ.1.解析：选 C 句意：“你在晚会上玩得愉快吗？”“是的，以前我从未参加过比这更
激动人心的聚会。”由句意可知这里是隐含式比较级：以往经历过的任何一次与这一次晚会
相比，故选 C。
2．解析：选 A 考查名词性从句。句意：一些人认为：不管是以前发生的还是现在发生
的事情都会在将来重现。此处“________ has happened before or is happening now”是主语从
句，且从句中缺少主语，故排除 B、C、D 三项。只有 A 项正确。
3．解析：选 B 句意：老员工在尽力把他们的技术传给年轻一代。pass off “逐渐消失，
对……不予理睬”；pass on“往下传”；pass away “去世”； pass through “穿过，通过，
经历”。
4．解析：选 D 考查交际用语。A 项“别客气，请自便”；B 项“你一定会成功”；C 项
“做你喜欢的”；D 项“我保证你会有一个的”。句间：“请在 7 点钟给我打个电话把我叫醒。”
“好的，我保证你会接到电话的。”
5．解析：选 D 句意：今晚有一个欢迎我们新董事长的聚会，我很荣幸地收到了邀请。
第一个空用 in honour of 表示“向……表示敬意”；be/feel honoured“感到荣幸”。
6．解析：选 C 句意：因为对学生们所做的事情感到满意，老师表扬了他们。此处用形
容词短语 delighted with what his students had done 作原因状语。
7．解析：选 B 考查强调句式。句意：参观者最后在 5 点钟到达了浦东国际机场。分
析句子结构可知本句为强调结构，强调的是时间状语，故只能用 that。
8．解析：选 B 考查 hang 的短语辨析。句意：我太生气了，以至于我挂掉了他的电话。
hang down“下垂，低下头”；hang on “紧紧握住，坚持下去，(打电话)不挂断”；hang back
“犹豫，退缩”；hang up“挂，吊，拖延，终止，挂断电话”。故选 B。
9．解析：选 D we 与 wait 之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故用 wait 的现在分词形式作伴随
状语，故选 D。
10．解析：选 C 句意：直到那年他从非洲回来，他才遇到他想娶的女孩。It was not until ...
that ...构成强调句型，故选 C 项。
Ⅱ.语篇解读：本文为夹叙夹议文，题材为日常生活类。我的舞蹈老师不仅教给了我跳
舞技巧，而且对我的成长之路有着很大的影响。
1．解析：选 A 由上句的“sat in class waiting for that final bell”可知，铃声响了，上课
时间(School)结束了。
2．解析：选 B 由本空后“5：50 pm to drive to my second home”可知，放学了，我还
得再等(waited)几个小时才能去舞蹈房。
3．解析：选 D 由第 7 空前的“six years”可知，我已经跟她学了 6 年舞蹈，所以对她的
声音很熟悉(familiar)。
4．解析：选 C 由本空前后的“strict”和“kind”可知，她的声音很严厉，但(but)在严厉的
声音后是一位亲切的老师、朋友和楷模。
5．解析：选 D 由下句的“has had the greatest impact on me”可知，我曾经接触过(exposed)
许多对我有影响的人。
6．解析：选 A 由下文她对我的教诲可知，她的身上拥有许多优良的品质(qualities)。另，
文章最后一句的“qualities”有提示。
7．解析：选 B 第 9 空后的“confidence”有提示。6 年来，她极大地提高了我的自信心
(confidence)。
8．解析：选 A 由本空前的“corrections”和下句的“constructive criticism to become better”
可知，我没有把她对我的纠正当作是一件坏(bad)事。
9．解析：选 D 由本空后的“Absolute Dance”可知，在第一次开始跳舞(dancing)时，我
非常不自信。
10．解析：选 C 与上句的“a lack of confidence”构成呼应。她帮助我成为了一个坚强的
(strong)人，不管是在舞蹈房(studio)里还是在舞蹈房外。
11．解析：选 B 参考上题解析。另，第 2 空后的“dance studio”有提示。
12．解析：选 D 由上句的“helped”和本空后的“potential”可知，她推动着(pushed)我每天
发挥最大的潜能。
13．解析：选 C 由上文的“corrections”和文章最后一句的“advice”可知，我总是向她寻
求指导(guidance)。
14．解析：选 B 由本空前的“motherly role”可知，她承担起了一个妈妈的角色，基本上
(basically)她就是我的第二个妈妈。
15．解析：选 A 由本空后我们的看法可知，我们开玩笑地(jokingly)说我们都是她的孩
子(children)。
16．解析：选 B 参考上题解析。另，由上句的“second mother”可推知。
17．解析：选 C 由上两句她的处世态度可知，虽然她有自己的生活(life)，但她总是先
人后己。
18．解析：选 D 由上文的 Yvonne 对我的帮助以及本空后的“I have become confident”
可知，自从我第一次遇到了(met)她，我便相信自己能做成(succeed in)日后生活中的任何事情。
19．解析：选 B 参考上题解析。
20．解析：选 C 由上文她对我的教诲和帮助可知，我将带着这些品质和建议继续成长
(growing)。
Ⅲ.
1．解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Both families were keen to send their boys
to Oxford University — and both succeeded”可知，两个家庭都非常重视孩子的教育。
2．解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Hard work was looked down upon by students
and we all pretended that nothing was worth making an effort for.”可知，B 项正确。
3．解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第六段中的“He writes movingly about the disease which
progressively crippled his entire body, leaving him unable to move and only able to communicate
using a computer controlled by his eyes.”可以推断，霍金经历的身体痛苦要比达尔文多。
4．解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Read together, they provide a superb
background to the academic and social climate of postwar British research.”可知，作者是在向读
者推荐这两本书。
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