Unit 4 Astronomy：the science of the stars Section Ⅱ Learning about Language 课时精练（人教版必修3，课标通用）
Ⅰ.短语填空
1．____________ cars while crossing the road.
2．A fire ____________ in the neighborhood last night.
3．____________！The news isn't too bad.
4．____________you have finished your work, you'd better have a rest.
5．You'd better ____________ what the teacher said and then do that.
答案 1.Watch out for 2.broke out 3.Cheer up 4.Now that 5.get the hang of
Ⅱ.单项填空
1．My uncle's house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice ________ expensive.
A．as B．so C．too D．very
答案 A [考查倍数的表达法。该题采用了“倍数＋as＋adj./adv.＋as”这一结构，expensive后面省略了上句相同的部分as ours，所以答案为A。]
2．The police often warn us to ________ the thieves in our neighborhood.
A．find out B．look out
C．point out D．watch out for
答案 D [考查动词短语。句意：警察经常提醒我们提防社区里面的盗贼。watch out for...“小心……；提防……”，符合题意。find out“找出；查明”；look out“小心；注意”，后面不能直接跟宾语；point out“指出”。]
3．The computer ________ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internert.
A．broke down B．broke out
C．broke up D．broke in
答案 A [考查动词短语。句意：他在网上查询信息时，电脑突然崩溃了。根据语境“突然；查询信息”可知答案。]
4．He has ________ letters to answer and has to work from morning to night.
A．much B．a great deal of
C．masses of D．the number of
答案 C [考查修饰名词表“大量”的词的辨析。masses of相当于plenty of，意为“许多；大量”。A、B两项用于修饰不可数名词；the number of意为“……的数目”，与题意不符。]
5．________ we failed this time, we should draw some useful lessons from it.
A．Now that B．As soon as
C．When D．After
答案 A [考查连词。句意：既然我们这次失败了，我们就应当从中吸取一些教训。now that引导原因状语从句，意为“既然；由于”。as soon as“一……就”；when“当……时”；after“在……之后”。]
6．—John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.
—Oh，________！
A．cheer up B．well done
C．go ahead D．congratulations
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答案 D [考查交际用语。——我和约翰下个月将庆祝第四十个结婚纪念日。——奥，祝贺你。根据语境“结婚庆祝”推知“祝贺”。]
7．The whole family had almost given up hope, but the little boy finally ________.
A．pulled out B．pulled through
C．pulled up D．pulled over
答案 B [考查动词短语。句意：全家人几乎都放弃了希望，但这个小男孩最终恢复了健康。pull through“恢复健康”，符合题意。pull out “拔出；抽出；驶出”；pull up “停下；停车”；pull over“将……开到路边”。]
8．I'd appreciate ________ if you would like to teach me how to use the computer.
A．that B．it C．this D．you
答案 B [考查形式宾语。此处动词appreciate后面的it做形式宾语，代替 if从句。]
9．The police all felt ________ after a whole week searching for the lost child in the forest.
A．abandoned B．exhausted
C．frightened D．relaxed
答案 B [考查形容词。根据语境“一周都在寻找失踪儿童”推知“精疲力竭”，exhausted意思为“感到精疲力竭的”符合题意。]
10．________ these animals! They could be terrified should there be a sudden loud noise.
A．Watch out B．Watch out for
C．Watching out for D．Watching
答案 B [考查动词短语。句意：当心这些动物！如果突然有大的噪音他们可能很害怕。根据语境“动物；害怕的”可知答案。]
Ⅲ.完成句子
1．明天是否要开这个会还没定下来。
It ________ ________ ________ ________ the meeting will be held tomorrow.
2．1938年，他正在上大学，这时战争爆发了。
In 1938, he was attending university ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
3．据说那条狗有时咬人，所以你应该当心它。
It is said that the dog sometimes bites people, so you ________ ________ ________ ________ it.
4．这根线是那根线的3倍长。
This line is three times ________ ________ ________ that one.
5．她很幸运，有一些朋友帮助她。
She was fortunate ________ ________ she had friends to help her.
答案 1.hasn't been decided whether 2.when the war broke out 3.should watch out for 4.as long as 5.in that
Ⅳ.完形填空
He was a friend of my mother's. They __1__ together in the anthropology(人类学) department at Rice University. This was __2__ the late 1970s. He must have been in his early 30s. He had __3__ been an academic, and he had just __4__ some degree or other, and I think he was not quite __5__ what he wanted to do next. She suggested that he __6__ teaching at the middle school where her __7__ were students. My brothers and I had to stop __8__ him Harold and switch to Mr. Burris.
He was __9__ like our other teachers. For one thing, he was a man. The only man in the school who did not teach P．E. Also, he __10__ a computer. I think he built it himself. His __11__ was neat but somehow exotic(独特的). He __12__ lively and seriously, and he pointed his __13__ at us a lot. It was immediately __14__ that the range of his knowledge went far beyond anything we were ever going to __15__ on in class. He invented games for us. In the fall, we were each __16__ countries
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that we represented in an international __17__ market. Wars were declared. Mineral deposits were __18__. Fortunes were made and lost. In the spring, he put up a __19__ on which he had pasted a hundred faces __20__ out of newspapers and magazines.
【语篇大意】 本文是一篇记叙文，作者介绍了与妈妈曾经在一起做研究工作后来成为自己老师的Burris先生的情况。
1．A.worked B．studied
C．lived D．taught
答案 B [联系下文．..some degree or other 可知作者的妈妈与作者提到的Mr. Burris一起在Rice University的人类学院“做研究”，由下文．..academic以及此人成为作者的老师也可以推出此处意思为“做研究”，还没有工作。]
2．A.in B．on C．by D．beyond
答案 A [此处意思“在20世纪70年代晚期”，这种表达习惯用介词in。]
3．A.never B．usually
C．always D．seldom
答案 C [联系上文与作者妈妈在一起做研究工作以及下文．..some degree or other 和what he wanted to do next.可知此人“一直”在做研究，不知道以后具体做什么，故是一名“学者”，答案C“总是；老是”合适。]
4．A.won B．got C．gained D．finished
答案 D [联系此处．..some degree or other以及上文“一直从事研究”可知这是他“完成”的学业，故答案D“完成”符合句意。]
5．A.sure B．excellent
C．outstanding D．strong
答案 A [联系下文what he wanted to do next. She suggested...可知此人不十分“确定”他下一步要做的事情，故作者妈妈建议他做老师。]
6．A.fellow B．consider
C．imagine D．select
答案 B [此处作者妈妈建议他当中学的老师，故此处对别人的建议进行“考虑”符合句意。另外teaching为动名词，consider作为“考虑”的意思符合，但C项意思“想象”，显然与句意不吻合。]
7．A.husband B．wife C．sons D．daughters
答案 C [联系下文My brothers and I had to stop...可知作者与brothers都是这所学校的学生，从作者妈妈的角度应该是她“儿子”在的学校，符合此处语境。]
8．A.asking B．demanding
C．missing D．calling
答案 D [联系下文switch to Mr. Burris可知此处为停止“称呼”他为Harold而变为Burris先生。]
9．A.something B．nothing
C．anything D．everything
答案 B [联系下文The only man in the school who did not teach P．E.可知作者所在的学校男老师都教体育，从作者的角度他不如其他老师，故nothing like意思“不如……”符合句意。A项意思“有点像”；C项意思“多少有点像”。]
10．A.had B．bought C．sold D．made
答案 A [联系下文I think he built it himself.“我认为他自己组装的”可知此人“有”一台电脑。]
11．A.house B．office
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C．handwriting D．lecture
答案 C [联系此处neat“工整的”，“独特的”可知这四个选项中只有C项“书法；字体”符合此处句意，故答案C合适。]
12．A.spoke B．acted
C．behaved D．talked
答案 A [联系生活经验，既然是老师，上文提到了书法，下文提到了his knowledge，故此处应该是“讲课”的情景描述，答案A合适。C意思“举止”与讲课语境不吻合。]
13．A.fist B．head C．finger D．toes
答案 C [联系此处point—at按照生活经验可知老师讲课时用“手指”指着……说符合句意，故答案C合适。A项意思“拳头”，D项意思“脚趾”不吻合。 ]
14．A.available B．valuable
C．clear D．apparent
答案 D [联系上文此人的“学识”以及此处range of his knowledge went far beyond anything—可知他的知识面广，一讲课“显然”就是作者这些知识超出了这些孩子所接触到的，故答案D“显然易见”合适。]
15．A.come B．take
C．touch D．put
答案 C [联系上文此人的“学识”，肯定讲的东西作者以及同学都是没有“接触”的，故答案C合适。]
16．A.assigned B．traveled
C．moved D．settled
答案 A [联系下文represented“代表；代理”可知此处意思“委派”，作者和同学们都被委派到每个国家从事国际贸易。]
17．A.communication B．trade
C．business D．bargain
答案 B [联系此处国际、市场可知此处意思“贸易”，故答案B合适。C项意思“生意；业务”。]
18．A.invented B．found
C．discovered D．seen
答案 C [联系此处Mineral deposits“地下矿藏”，推出“发现”，故答案C合适。]
19．A.notice B．board C．poster D．paper
答案 C [联系下文．..pasted a hundred faces粘贴数百的脸部在……，可知此人张贴的是“海报” ，故答案C合适。]
20．A.pulled B．ran C．piled D．cut
答案 D [联系此处out of newspapers and magazines. 可知此人黏贴到海报上的数百脸是从报纸和杂志上“剪”下来的，故答案D合适。 ]
Ⅴ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
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Have you ever heard from the saying：All work and no play make Jack a dull boy？What this means is that if you study all the times you will become a boring person.You must go out and have a fun with your friends，otherwise you will lose him.No one wants to be friends with someone only talk about work and study.Perhaps you have a confidence problem.Please try remember what the work you do is for yourself but no one else.You do not have to compete with your classmates.No one could be happier in studying seven days and seven nights in a week.
答案
Have you ever heard the saying：All work and no play Jack a dull boy？What this means is that if you study all the you will become a boring person.You must go out and have fun with you friends，otherwise you will lose .No one wants to be friends with someone only about work and study.Perhaps you have a confidence problem.Please try remember the work you do is for yourself but no one else.You do not have to compete with your classmates.No one be in studying seven days and seven nights in a week.
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