Module4-7复习课件（外研版选修7).pptVIP

12. Some people fear that ____air pollution may bring about changes in ______ weather around the world. ［2009江西，25］ A. /; the B. the; / C. an; the D. the; a 【解析】选A。考查冠词用法。句意为：一些人担心空气污染可能会引起世界气候的变化。pollution是不可数名词，air pollution是泛指，所以不用冠词；后一个空格处特指全世界的天气，用定冠词the。 13. It is reported that the floods have left about ______ people homeless. ［2007浙江，2］ A. two thousand B. two-thousands C. two thousands D. two thousands of 【解析】选A。hundred, thousand, million等前面有具体的数字表达具体的数量时，这些词不用复数，后面不加of; 运用复数时，后面加of则表示概数。 1. ______ A/H1N1 influenza cases accounted for 89. 4% of all flu cases reported in _______ mainland of China last week, almost 3 points higher than the figure of the previous week. ［2010杭州模拟］ A．The; the B．/; / C．An; the D．The; / 【解析】选A。考查冠词的用法。第一空用the, 特指甲型H1N1流感病例，第二空用the, 因为后有限制性定语of China。 2. A lack of ______of cultural differences to local customs can create problems. A. existence B. revolution C. awareness D. evidence 【解析】选C。句意为：缺乏地方习俗之间存在文化差异的意识可能会引发问题。awareness意识；existence存在；revolution革命；evidence证据。 3. All these people are now making an active _____ to improve our environment. ［2010金华模拟］ A．effect B．effort C．decision D．affect 【解析】选B。考查名词辨析。句意：现在所有人都积极努力改善我们的环境。make an effort to do sth. 努力做某事。effect效果；decision决定；affect是动词，意为“影响”。 4. Exploring_____ space is exciting, yet dangerous. There is ______ need for both robots and humans for space exploration. ［2010南昌模拟］ A. the; a B. a; a C. /; a D. /; the 【解析】选C。该题考查冠词的用法。本题中space是不可数名词，此前不可加冠词；need是可数名词，此处表示泛指，所以要用不定冠词。因此该题最佳答案是C。 5. —It seems that Westerners seldom give their friends financial help. —Maybe. For them ____friendship is mostly ____ matter of providing emotional support and spending time together. A. /；the B. the; a C. /；a D. a; the 【解析】选C。考查冠词。第一空是泛指，表示“友谊”，前面不用冠词；第二空a matter of表示“一件……的事情，关于……”，是特定