【步步高】2015高中英语外研版(通用)【WORD题库】：选修7 Module 5 Ethnic Culture.docVIP

Module 5　Ethnic Culture Ⅰ.单项填空 1．—Rosie was late for work this morning. —________？As far as I know，she is fairly punctual. A．Why not B．So what C．How come D．How about 答案　C　[How come常用于口语中，表示惊讶，意为“怎么回事”。Why not表示对他人所说的或建议做出肯定反应或表示同意，意为“为什么不”；So what意为“那又怎么样”；How about意为“……怎么样呢”。根据答语后句“据我所知，她相当守时”可知应答者对罗茜上班迟到感到惊讶，故选C项。] 2．The town has________population of about 10,000 and 80% of________population are farmers. A．a；the B．a；a C．the；the D．the；a 答案　A　[考查冠词用法。have a population of...意为“有……人口”；第二空表特指“这些人口”中的80%。句意为：这个镇大约有一万人口，其中百分之八十是农民。] 3．—Will you please tell us how you can seize the robbers? —I will spend a whole week ________in your room to wait for their coming. A．locking B．to lock C．locked D．being locked 答案　C　[考查过去分词短语作状语。根据句意“把自己锁在你的屋子里度过一周的时间”，即lock myself in your room，lock与主语I之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词作状语，表示方式。] 4．Don’t forget to________the windows before going to bed.There’s going to be a storm tonight. A．clean B．keep C．adjust D．fasten 答案　D　[考查动词辨析。根据第二个句子“今晚将有暴风雨”可知此处表示要关好窗户，因此用fasten，意为“闩住，关上”。] 5．The number of students in our class_____more than 70 and the majority of them______from the countryside. A．is；is B．is；are C．are；is D．are；are 答案　B　[the number of...……的数量，作主语时谓语动词用单数；the majority of...……的大部分，后跟可数名词复数形式时，谓语动词用复数，故B项正确。] 6．The boy knocked down by the car stood up all by himself，________unhurt. A．apparently B．abnormally C．unfortunately D．generally 答案　A　[apparently显然；abnormally异常地；不正常地；unfortunately不幸地；generally一般地。句意为：那个被车撞倒的男孩自己站了起来，显然没有受伤。] 7．The________hills around remind the villagers of the importance of protecting the environment. A．blank B．bare C．vacant D．empty 答案　B　[句意为：周围光秃的山提醒村民们保护环境的重要性。blank意为“空白的”；bare意为“赤裸的，光秃的”；vacant意为“空着的，未被占用的”；empty意为“空的；没人居住的”。由句意可知B项正确。] 8．It is said that people are________likely to tell lies over the phone as they are in emails. A．as twice B．twice as C．twice more D．twice than 答案　B　[考查倍数表达法。句意为：据说人们在电话中撒谎的可能性是在电子邮件中的两倍。此处是“倍数词＋as＋形容词/副词＋as”结构。] 9．The air of hills is cooler than ________of plains. A．tha