2014届高三英语一轮复习 Book 4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour强化练习 新人教版.docVIP

Unit 3　A taste of English humour Ⅰ.单项填空 1．They were pretty poor but most of their friends were even________. A．richer B．badly off C．worse off D．well off 答案　C 解析　考查形容词及短语辨析。句意为：他们相当穷，但是他们朋友中的大多数的境况甚至更差。由语境可知C项正确。 2．—Credit cards are________useful when traveling. —True.They save us the trouble of taking too much cash. A．particularly B．partly C．exactly D．gradually 答案　A 解析　考查副词辨析。修饰形容词useful，表示程度，所以用particularly，意思是“尤其”。分句句意为：当你外出旅游的时候，信用卡尤其有用。partly部分地；exactly精确地；gradually慢慢地。 3．One learns a language by making mistakes and________them. A．corrects B．correct C．to correct D．correcting 答案　D 解析　并列结构，making与correcting并列。 4．My wife________them as honored guests. A．entertained B．interested C．amused D．encouraged 答案　A 解析　句意为：我妻子把他们当作尊贵的客人招待。entertain...as...把……当……招待。 5．________I had done it, I knew I had made a mistake. A．Hardly B．Directly C．Mostly D．Nearly 答案　B 解析　directly 用作连词，相当于as soon as“一……就……”。句意为：我一做完就知道自己犯了一个错误。 6．________of the truth of the reports, he told his colleagues about it. A．Convincing B．Convinced C．To convince D．Having convinced 答案　B 解析　be convinced of...确信……。句意为：他相信报道的真实性，所以他跟同事说了。 7．Mary felt________from the outside world, since she lacked an Internet connection and couldn’t receive any e-mail. A．cut down B．cut in C．cut off D．cut out 答案　C 解析　cut off切断，断绝，主要指切断供应和与外界的联系。句意为：由于玛丽连接不了因特网，不能接收邮件，她感到与世隔绝。 8．The students all wear the same uniform，so it’s hard for me to ________ my son among them. A．bring out B．pick out C．pick up D．bring up 答案　B 解析　句意为：学生们都穿着同样的校服。因此，对我来说在他们当中认出我儿子有点儿难。pick out辨认出，挑选出，符合句意。bring out拿出，阐明；pick up捡起来，接收，学会；bring up教育，培养，抚养。 9．The book describes the way of life of the ________ people of Mexico. A．general B．normal C．ordinary D．usual 答案　C 解析　句意为：这本书描述了墨西哥普通人的生活方式。general强调全体概念，意为“一般的，普通的”；normal指标准等“正常的，通常的”；usual指时间“往常的，平常的”。根据句意，只有ordinary“普通的，平凡的”适合。 10．I was late，but ________ the meeting hadn’t begun. A．normally B．unfortunately C．finally D．fortunately 答案　D 解析　句意为：我迟到了，不过幸运的是会议还没开始。normally正常地；unfortunat