2014届高三一轮复习英语新课标 题库精选强化练习：Book8 Unit1《A land of diversity》含解析.docVIP

Unit 1　A land of diversity .单项填空 1．Some researchers point out that________daydreaming is___ _____means of relaxation. A．the; a　　　　　　　　 B．不填； the C．a; the D．不填； a 答案 D　考查冠词。句意：一些研究者指出做白日梦是一种放松方式。第一空daydreaming是专有名词，不加冠词；第二空a means of relaxation“一种休闲方式”。 2．He didnt________what I said because his mind was on something else. A．hold on B．catch on C．take in D．get over 答案 C　考查动词短语。句意：他不知道我说了什么，因为他的心思在别的地方。take in“理解，领会，记住”。3．Environmental groups intend to____the pressure until the government changes the law. A．keep up B．make up C．pick up D．bring up 答案 A　考查动词短语。keep up“保持，继续”；make up“弥补；组成；化妆”；pick up“捡起，获得”；bring up“养育，教育”。根据题意正确答案应该为A。4．After suffering a heart attack, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead, ________a tragic end to the worlds most popular entertainer.A．marking B．to mark C．marked D．having marked 答案 A　考查非谓语动词作结果状语。句意：心脏停止跳动后，杰克逊被宣布死亡，标志着这位世界顶级音乐天王的悲剧结局。由句意可知，此处表示顺理成章的结果，因此用动词的-ing形式。5．Maybe you have been to many famous restaurants, but nowhere else________on such nice ducks. A．you can feast B．can you taste C．you can taste D．can you feast 答案 D　考查倒装。nowhere等否定副词放在句首，主句用部分倒装；feast on“尽情享用(美味佳肴)”。6．All over the world there seems________people out of work nowadays. A．to have a great many B．to be a great many C．to have a great many of D．to be a good many of 答案 B　这里构成there seems to be结构。表示“许多，大量”时，可以用a good/great many，但后面不能用of。句意：全世界现在似乎有许多人失业了。7．Look! There are________grazing over there. A．two cattles B．two head of cattles C．two cattle D．two heads of cattle 答案 C　cattle是单复数同形的名词，表示多数时直接在前面加数词。8．—So you missed the meeting. —________.I got there five minutes before it finished. A．Not at all B．Not exactly C．Not especially D．Not really 答案 B　“你错过了开会”，而从答语中的“我在会议结束前五分钟到会场”，可以看出答话者认为对方讲话不够确切，毕竟答语者参加了会议，只不过迟到而已。9．________of children in our class have brown eyes; only three have blue eyes. A．None B．The most C．The majority D．Every 答案 C　the majority of＋名词意为“……的大多数”。句意：我们班大多数孩子是棕色眼睛，只有三个是蓝眼睛。most当“大多数”讲时，通常无冠词，of后的名词一般有限定词。1