2013-2014学年度北师大版英语Unit8Adventure（课时作业）.doc

第  PAGE 11 页 共  NUMPAGES 11 页 课时作业（八） Ⅰ.单项填空 1. Obviously, we were ________ by the black stones people used to burn for fuel. A. confirmed B. confused C. controlled D. convinced 答案 B 解析 考查动词辨析。句意：很明显,我们不明白为什么人们用黑色的石头作燃料。confirm“证实;证明”; confuse“使困惑”; control“控制”; convince“说服;使相信”。[来源:学科网ZXXK] 2. Nowadays people have to pass ________ tests for professional certificates so that they can be qualified for a well-paid job. A. unusual B. original C. various D. unique 答案 C 解析 考查形容词辨析。句意：现在人们为了拿到专业证书必须通过各种考试,以便他们能胜任一份高薪的工作。unusual“不同寻常的”; original“原始的”; various“各种各样的”; unique“唯一的”。 3. The new apartment built a few months ago is large enough to ________ over two hundred people. A. live B. offer C. include D. accommodate 答案 D 解析 考查动词辨析。句意：几个月前竣工的新寓所足够大以至于能容纳200多人。live“生活”; offer“(主动)提供”; include“包括”; accommodate“容纳”。根据句意选D。 4. How can you ________ and do nothing while I am in great trouble? A. stand for B. stand by C. stand out D. stand up 答案 B 解析 考查stand构成的短语辨析。句意：在我有大麻烦的时候,你怎么可以袖手旁观,什么都不做呢?stand for“代表;拥护”; stand by“坚持某种说法;袖手旁观;支持”; stand out“突出;显眼;杰出”; stand up“站立;起立”。故选B。 5. My mother always gets a bit ________ if we don’t arrive when I say we will. A. anxious B. ashamed C. weak D. patient 答案 A 解析 考查形容词辨析。句意：如果我们没能如我说的那样如期到达,我母亲总是有点担忧。anxious“担忧的”; ashamed“羞愧的”; weak“虚弱的”; patient“有耐心的”。根据句意选A。 6. There ________ quantities of apples in the basket and there was ________ milk in the bottle.[来源:学科网ZXXK] A. were; a number of B. was; quantities of C. was; a good many D. were; a quantity of 答案 D[来源:学科网ZXXK][来源:Zxxk.Com] 解析 句意：在篮子里有许多苹果,瓶子里有许多牛奶。当“quantities of+名词”作主语时,谓语动词常用复数;而a number of只能修饰可数名词复数; a good many只能修饰可数名词复数。 7. ________ a more comfortable life, the poor couple worked hard and took on more part-time jobs. A. Aiming at B. Adding to[来源:学科网ZXXK] C. Relating to D. Taking advantage of[来源:学#科#网]