高二英语下册单元课时质量测试题18.docVIP

(选修八·Unit 5) Ⅰ.单项填空 1．—Why dont you do some shopping in the second-hand store? —Well，the goods there are ________，but ________. A．more expensive; worse B．more expensive; not as bad C．cheaper; good enough D．cheaper; not as good 答案与解析：D　考查形容词的用法。由语境结合常识可知，和新货比起来，二手店里的货物价格便宜，但是质量不如新货好。很显现这是把两种店里的货从价格和质量方面进行了比较，后面省略比较状语。 2．He has a terrible toothache.So his mother has to________all his food for him. A．cut out　　　　　　　B．cut off C．cut up D．cut away 答案与解析：C　cut up 切碎。句意：因为他牙痛的要命，所以他母亲不得不为他将所有的食物切碎。cut out 切掉，停止；cut off 切断；cut away 切掉，砍掉，均不符合句意。 3．There is not much time left，but________we must get there in time. A．somehow B．somewhat C．however D．anyway 答案与解析：D　anyway“不管怎样”。句意：剩下的时间不多了，但是不管怎样，我们必须按时到达那里。somehow“不知怎么地”；somewhat“有点”；however“然而”。 4．As time goes by，the________between the various classes of society are not so sharply marked as they used to be. A．divisions B．gaps C．separations D．intervals 答案与解析：A　division“区分”。句意：随着时间的推移，现在社会上各阶层的区分不像过去那样明显了。gap“隔阂”；separation“分开；分离”；interval“间隔”。 5．Its reported that thousands of people are going back to school online for career________or just for fun. A．development B．advancement C．promotion D．relief 答案与解析：B　advancement“进步，提高”，此处表示为了改进工作，很多人上网校。development当“经济、社会等的发展”讲；promotion“晋升；推广”；relief“(痛苦，负担等的)缓和”。 6．To our________，computers，far from getting rid of jobs，can create employment. A．anxiety B．relief C．view D．judgment 答案与解析：B　to ones relief使某人欣慰的是。根据句意，空白处应填入一个名词构成表示“使我们感到放心”之意的介词短语。anxiety意为“焦虑”；view意为“观点”；judgment意为“判断”。句意：使我们欣慰的是，电脑完全不是消除工作，而能创造工作。 7．Not having enough to eat，many died from________in the search for the new land. A．hungry B．thirst C．strategy D．starvation 答案与解析：D　根据not having enough to eat可知许多人死于饥饿，可排除B、C项；A项hungry为形容词，所以选D项。 8．________his wifes strong objection，the husband insisted on putting all the money they had into the stock market，which almost drove her crazy. A．Regardless of B．In relation to C．On behalf of