高考英語(yǔ)一輪復(fù)習(xí)練習(xí)題Unit2TheUnitedKingdom含解析新人教必修50922195

1、The United Kingdom李仕才 一、閱讀理解 閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、 B、 C 和 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is n

2、ear a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness（ 荒野 ）. But go

3、ld was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundre

4、ds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche（雪崩 ） once closedthe path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for

5、 gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappoin

6、ted people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City its present p

7、opulation is 762.1. What attracted the early settlers to New York City?頁(yè) 1 第A. Its business culture.B. Its small population.C. Its geographical position. D. Its favourable climate.2. What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?A. Two-thirds of them stayed there. B. One out of five p

8、eople got rich. C. Almost everyone gave up.D. Half of them died.3. What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson? A. They found the city too crowded.B. They wanted to try their luck elsewhere.C. They wereD. They wereunable to stand the winter.short of food.4. What is the text mainly about

9、?A. The rise and fall of a city.B. The gold rush in Canada.C. Journeys into the wilderness.D. Tourism in Dawson.【話題解讀】這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了Dawson這座城市的發(fā)展原因、過(guò)程與現(xiàn)狀。2.B【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句Of the first 20,000 people who dugfor gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest oftheir lives

10、. 可知，在最初挖黃金的兩萬(wàn)人中有4000人變富有，所以是五分之一的人變富了，故B正確。3.B【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中 and when they heard there were new golddiscoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come.可知，人們離開(kāi)Dawson的主要原因是聽(tīng)說(shuō)在Alaska發(fā)現(xiàn)了黃金，也就是他們要去別的地方尋找發(fā)財(cái)?shù)臋C(jī)會(huì)。故B正確。4.A【解析】主旨大意題。第一段簡(jiǎn)要介紹城市發(fā)展的原因，引出Dawson這一城市的興起，第二段介紹了該城市興起的原因，第三段介

11、紹人們選擇離開(kāi)該城市的原因及現(xiàn)在的狀況，所以全文圍繞Dawson這個(gè)城市的發(fā)展起伏。故A正確。二、教材與語(yǔ)法填空根據(jù)教材課文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入 1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。The United Kingdom 1. (consist) of England, Wales, Scotland and NorthernIreland. England is the largest and for 2. (convenient) it is divided roughly into three zones. London is the centre of national governme

12、nt and its administration, 3. its fine museums, art collections and the oldest port.Why did only Northern Ireland join England? In 4. early twentieth century.the English government tried to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland 5.(connect) without conflict. However, the southern part of Ireland

13、 was unwilling andbroke away 6. (form) its own government. To 7. (they) credit, thecountries do work together in the currency, international relations and so on, butthey still have very different 8. (institution).9. is a pity that in England the industrial cities do not attract visitors.People can g

14、o to the older but small towns 10. (build) by the Romans for historical architecture and to the countryside for great scenery as well.答案：1.consists 2.convenience 3.with 4.the 5. connected6.to form 7.their 8.institutions 9, It 10.built三、完形填空閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)An 18-year-old st

15、udent at Stanford University was struggling to pay his fees.Not1 .He and a friend decidedknowing where to turn for money, he came up with a bright to host a musical concert on campus to _2_ money for their education.They_3_ out to the great pianist Ignacy J. Paderewski.His manager_4_ aguaranteed fee

16、 of$2,000 for the piano recital（獨(dú)奏會(huì)）.A deal was_5_ and the boysbegan to work to make the concert a _6_.The big day arrived.But _7_, they had not managed to sell enough tickets.Thetotal _8_ was only $1,600.Disappointed , they went to Paderewski and explained theirplight（ 困境）.They gave him the entire

17、$1,600, plus a _9_ for the balance$400.Theypromised to honor the check at the _10_ possible.Paderewski tore up the check , _11 the$1,600 and told the two boys to keep the money they needed for the fees.The boys were_12_, and thanked him heartedly.It was a small act of _13_.But it clearly marked out

18、Paderewski _14_ a great human being._15_ should he help two people he did not even know? We all _16_ situationslike these in our lives.And_17_ of us only think“ If I help them , what will happento me?” The truly _18_ people think, “If I don't help them , what will happento them ? ” They don'

19、t do it _19_ something in return.They do it _20_ they feelit's the right thing to do.1. A.time B.taskC. ideaD.decision2. A.receiveB.raiseC. borrowD.donate3. A.reachedB.turnedC. pointedD.called4. A.increasedB.coveredC. consideredD.demanded5. A.rejectedB.struckC. canceledD.attracted6. A.successB.c

20、areerC. backgroundD.performance7. A.uncertainlyB.unbelievablyC. unfortunatelyD.undoubtedly8. A.costB.billC. collection 1D.allowance頁(yè)4第9. A.benefitB.profitC. chargeD.check10. A.soonestB.latestC longest D11 A.took BCdepositedD12 A.pleasedBCfrightenedD13 A.devotionBCsympathyD14 A.likeBC as D15 A.HowBC

21、When D16 A.come acrossC adapt to D17 A.bothBC noneD18 A.ableBC greatD19 A.taking BC offeringD20 A.because BC beforeD farthest counted returned surprised interested kindness teamwork for to WhereWhyB deal with think of fewmost rich famous expecting preparing though so【解題導(dǎo)語(yǔ)】 兩個(gè)大學(xué)生本想通過(guò)組織一場(chǎng)音樂(lè)會(huì)賺取學(xué)費(fèi)， 可是音樂(lè)

22、會(huì)并不成功， 但善良的受邀鋼琴家的大方舉動(dòng)卻給他們解了圍。1 C 根據(jù)設(shè)空后的 He and a friend decided to host a musical concert.可知，他和朋友決定舉辦一場(chǎng)音樂(lè)會(huì)以籌集學(xué)費(fèi)，這是他的想法(idea) 。故選 C 項(xiàng)。2 B 根據(jù)上文中的 Not knowing where to turn for money 可知，由于學(xué)費(fèi)不夠，他和朋友決定舉辦音樂(lè)會(huì)來(lái)籌集學(xué)費(fèi)。 receive 意為 “收到” ； raise 意為 “籌集” ； borrow 意為 “借” ； donate 意為“捐獻(xiàn)” 。故選 B 項(xiàng)。3 . A reach out to 意

23、為"表示對(duì)感興趣；表示愿意提供援助"；turn out 意為"證明是；結(jié)果是” ； point out 意為“指出” ； call out 意為“大聲呼叫；呼喊” 。根據(jù)第二段可知，他們 開(kāi)音樂(lè)會(huì)要邀請(qǐng)著名的鋼琴家，說(shuō)明他們對(duì)這位鋼琴家有興趣。故選 A 頁(yè) 5 第項(xiàng)。測(cè)訓(xùn)診斷：本題考生易誤選 B 項(xiàng)?？忌装裻urn to “求助于”和turn out to “證明是；結(jié)果是"以及reach out to"表示對(duì)感興趣"混淆。4 D 根據(jù)設(shè)空后的 a guaranteed fee 可知，鋼琴家的經(jīng)紀(jì)人要求(demanded) 他們付

24、2,000 美元的保證金。 故選 D 項(xiàng)。 increase 意為 “增加” ； cover 意為 “覆蓋； 遮蔽； 包括； 報(bào)道” ； consider 意為“考慮；細(xì)想；認(rèn)為” 。5 B 根據(jù)設(shè)空后的 began to work 可知，他們之間達(dá)成了協(xié)議。 strike a deal 意為“達(dá)成協(xié)議” ； reject 意為“拒絕” ； cancel 意為“取消” ； attract 意為“吸引” 。故選 B 項(xiàng)。6 A 他們達(dá)成了協(xié)議，并且為了音樂(lè)會(huì)的成功舉辦，他們開(kāi)始積極籌備。故選 A 項(xiàng)。 success意為“成功的事” ， career 意為“職業(yè)；事業(yè)” ； background

25、 意為“背景；出身” ； performance意為“表演；演出；表現(xiàn)” 。7 C 根據(jù)前文可知他們達(dá)成了協(xié)議，再根據(jù)設(shè)空后的 had not managed to sell enoughtickets 可知，他們并沒(méi)有賣出足夠的票，這又t他們來(lái)說(shuō)是不幸的。故選C項(xiàng)。8 C 根據(jù)設(shè)空后的 $1,600 以及下文的 $400 可知，此處指他們總的籌款為 1,600 美元。 cost 意 為“花費(fèi)；成本；代價(jià)” ； bill 意為“賬單” ； collection 意為“籌集的錢；收藏品” ； allowance 意為“津貼；補(bǔ)貼” 。9 D 根據(jù)下文的 They promised to hono

26、r the check at the possible.可知，因?yàn)樗麄儾](méi)有籌到足夠的錢，所以又寫(xiě)了 400 美元的支票作為欠款。故選 D 項(xiàng)。10 A 他們承諾盡快(soonest) 承兌支票，故選 A 項(xiàng)。11 D 根據(jù)空前的 Paderewski tore up the check 及空后的 told the two boys to keep the money they needed for the fees 可知，鋼琴家撕毀了支票，并且還把1,600 美元還給了(returned) 他們讓他們當(dāng)做學(xué)費(fèi)。故選 D 項(xiàng)。12 B 根據(jù)上文可知，他們本來(lái)是承諾了要給鋼琴家2,000 美元，

27、 但卻沒(méi)有籌夠錢， 而鋼琴家又把錢還給了他們， 因此， 他們非常驚訝 (surprised) 而且非常感激。 故選 B 項(xiàng)。 pleased 意為 “高興的；快樂(lè)的；滿意的” ； frightened 意為“害怕的” ； interested 意為“感興趣的” 。13 B 根據(jù)上文可知，鋼琴家沒(méi)有要保證金，而且把錢給了兩個(gè)大學(xué)生充當(dāng)學(xué)費(fèi)，因此這是一個(gè)善舉。 devotion 意為“獻(xiàn)身；貢獻(xiàn)” ； kindness 意為“善良” ； sympathy 意為“同情” ； teamwork 意為“團(tuán)隊(duì)合作” 。故選 B 項(xiàng)。14 . C鋼琴家的善舉使得他更顯人的偉大之處。mark.out as意為

28、“使看上去脫穎而出成為”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選 C項(xiàng)。15 D 根據(jù)下文可知，每個(gè)人都遇到過(guò)幫與不幫別人的問(wèn)題，由此可推測(cè)，本句應(yīng)是探討幫助別人的原因。故選 D 項(xiàng)。16 A 根據(jù)下文 And of us only think “ If I help them, what will happento me ？”可知，我們都曾遇到過(guò)類似的情況。 come across 意為“偶遇；邂逅” ，符合語(yǔ)境。故選 A 項(xiàng)。 deal with 意為“處理；處置” ； adapt to 意為“適應(yīng)” ； think of 意為“想起；想到”17 D 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，此處應(yīng)指我們大多數(shù)，故選 D 項(xiàng)。18 C 根據(jù)

29、上句可知， 大多數(shù)人是在想幫助別人對(duì)自己的影響， 而偉大的人卻想如果不幫助別人對(duì)他人有什么影響。great意為“偉大的”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選 C項(xiàng)。19 B 根據(jù)上文的“ If I don't help them, what will happen to them ？”可知，他們是在考慮別人，不求(expecting) 回報(bào)。故選 B項(xiàng)。20 A 根據(jù)最后一段可知，偉大的人不求回報(bào)地去幫助別人，他們之所以這么做，是因?yàn)樗麄兏杏X(jué)這是正確的事情。因此，設(shè)空處表原因，引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句。故選 A 項(xiàng)。四、教材與話題寫(xiě)作(I )用本單元所學(xué)知識(shí)完成下列句子。1眾所周知，英國(guó)由英格蘭、威爾士、蘇格蘭和

30、北愛(ài)爾蘭四個(gè)國(guó)家組成。英格蘭是四個(gè)國(guó)家中最大的一個(gè)。 (consist of)答案： As we all know, the UK consists of four countries England, Wales, Scoltlandand Northern Ireland. England is the largest one of the four countries.2英國(guó)位于歐洲西北部，英吉利海峽(the English Channel) 把它與歐洲大陸分開(kāi)。 (separate)答案： The UK lies in the northwest of Europe and it is separated from Europe by theEnglish Channel.3它的首都倫敦是歐洲最大和最具國(guó)際特色的城市。(international)答案： Its capital London is Europe's largest and most international city.4在那里有很多旅游景點(diǎn)，每年吸引著來(lái)自世界各地的游客。(tour