2012届高三英语一轮复习选修8Unit2(人教版新课标).docVIP

Unit 2　Cloning Ⅰ.多项选择 1．After questioning the man for six hours，the police________ the information they wanted. A．seized　　　　　　　　B．recovered C．appealed D．obtained 解析：选D。句意：警察审问了这个男人6个小时后才得到了他们想要的信息。seize抓住； recover恢复；appeal呼吁，控诉；obtain得到，使用范围较广。 2．John was________to learn the news that he was rejected by the committee. A．cast down B．cast off C．cast about D．cast away 解析：选A。考查动词短语辨析。cast down使沮丧；cast off扔掉；cast about设法寻找；cast away扔掉；抛弃。 3．I__________it to my teacher to take a better－paid post if I can get one. A．owe B．belong C．give D．donate 解析：选A。句意：如果我能得到较好的职位，我应感激我的老师。owe...to...受……恩惠，感激……，符合语意要求。 4．—What you’ve said sounds __________，but can we really solve the problem in that way? —It is worth a try. A．absurd B．awesome C．reasonable D．shallow 解析：选C。reasonable意为“合理的，讲道理的”。句意：“你讲的听起来有道理，但我们真的能用那种方式解决这个问题吗？”“值得一试。”absurd意为“荒缪的，可笑的”；awesome意为“使人敬畏的，令人畏惧的”；shallow意为“浅的，肤浅的”。 5．Linda didn’t get there on time because of the bad weather.What’s more，her car was in poor __________. A．position B．condition C．situation D．direction 解析：选B。in poor condition意为“状况很坏”。句意：由于天气恶劣，加之车况也不好，琳达没能按时赶到那里。 6．As is known to us all，children in our country have the right of receiving __________ education by law. A．traditional B．commercial C．cultural D．compulsory 解析：选D。考查形容词辨析。compulsory意为“义务的，强制的”，compulsory education意为“义务教育”。句意：众所周知，我国儿童有依法享有接受义务教育的权利。 7．After the war，the people in that small country were working hard to __________ their country back to life. A．bring B．take C．carry D．fetch 解析：选A。短语bring back to life意为“使复苏，使复活”。句意：战后，那个小国家的人民致力于使国家复苏。 8．(2010年湖北省八校联考)The car factory has produced a new car of high quality；its only ________________ is that it uses a lot of petrol. A．advantage B．drawback C．mistake D．profit 解析：选B。考查名词词义辨析。句意：这家汽车工厂推出了一款高质量的新车，其唯一的缺陷是耗油最大。四个名词的主要含义为：A“优点，有利条件(因素)”，B“缺点，不利条件”，C“错误”，D“利润”。句中提到高油耗，显然这里说的是其缺陷，因此选B。 9．(2010年湖北省八校联考)As long as we persist in spreading scientific knowledge among the masses，all the strange beliefs are __________ to go out of our