Unit 3 Our Hobbies
综合能力演练
【巩固练习】
I. 单项选择。
1. I _______ a museum with my friends at this time yesterday.
A. am visiting B. was visiting C. visited D. will visit
2. He is _______ small _______ to school.
A. too; to go B. can’t; go C. too; go D. so; to go
3. You are right. We all agree _______ you.
A.to B. for C. of D. with
4. It was raining hard _______ I got up this morning.
A. if B. when C. after D. until
5. Han Wenda is very funny and he often makes his classmates _______.
A. laughing B. laugh C. to laugh D. laughs
6. —Could you _______ me your bike, please?
—Sorry, I’m using it. You can _______ Jack’s.
A. borrow; lent B. borrowed; lend
C. borrow; lend D. lend; borrow
7. —You look very sad. What’s wrong?
—Don’t worry. There is _______.
A. something serious B. serious something
C. nothing serious D. serious nothing
8. Maria didn’t hear me. She _______ with Betty.
A. talks B. is talking C. talked D. was talking
9. —Is Kangkang good at English?
—Sure. He _______ a lot of time on it every day.
A. uses B. costs C. spends D. pays
10. I feel tired, but I don’t want to stop _______.
A. work B. to work C. works D. working
[真题链接]
1.My brother likes painting.It’s one of _________ hobbies.
A.my B.her C.his D.your
2. —Did you watch the football match on TV last night?
—I wanted to, but my mother her favorite TV programme.
A. watches B. watched C. was watching D. had watched
3. —How do you like the fish I cooked for you?
—I haven’t had it yet. However, it ________ good.
A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. feels
II. 完形填空。
It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still 1 on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.
Suddenly the ice 2 . One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted,“Help! Help!”They didn’t know 3 to do. The two Canadian women heard 4 and skated over to get the boy out of the water.
The ice was 5 . The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to
6 the little boy. They knew they must be 7 . If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.
Many people ran over to 8 them. Some of them had ropes and poles. A young man jumped into the water to save the 9 people.
The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn’t feel well. She was sent to the 10 at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was saved.
1. A. boating B. skating C. planting D. swimming
2. A. broke B. shone C. closed D. flew
3. A. who B. when C. what D. where
4. A. one B. him C. them D. her
5. A. big B. small C. thick D. thin
6. A. save B. wake C. see D. tell
7. A. slow B. quick C. sorry D. wrong
8. A. play B. shout C. push D. help
9. A. two B. three C. four D. five
10. A. hospital B. school C. library D. garden
III. 阅读理解。
A
When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn’t anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. He was sad most of the time.
Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way so it took her a long time to get there. She bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,“Today is your birthday, so we’re going to have a party.”She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.
“A book!”Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,“Thank you, Mom.”
1. Abraham Lincoln’s father was a _______.
A. farmer B. soldier C. worker D. teacher
2. Abraham Lincoln couldn’t go to school because _______.
A. his family had no money B. his mother wanted to teach him herself
C. he didn’t like school D. there was no school near his home
3. On the farm most of the time little Lincoln was _______.
A. happy B. unhappy
C. worried D. angry
4. It took Mrs. Lincoln _______ to make a trip to the town.
A. a whole day B. a quarter of a day
C. three hours D. two days
5. What was the present for Abraham’s birthday?
A. A mooncake. B. A new book.
C. An old book. D. A school bag.
B
Tomorrow is Garfield’s birthday. He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978. Garfield is well known all over the world. Lots of Garfield books have been turned into 26 languages. Garfield products are sold in 69 countries.
Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana. He grew up on a farm where his dad raised cows. Jim and his brother Dave helped with the farm work. They had 25 cats. Their room always made sure there was plenty of food for the cats.
As a boy, Jim was in poor health. When he had to spend time resting, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them funny.
After college Jim worked a few years at an advertising company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats. He thought that was strange since the world is full of cat lovers.
He remembered the 25 farm cats he grew up with. They gave him ideas for a cat comic strip. In the comic strip. Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.
Jim Davis has received many awards for his work. Twice he was given the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award. He has won four Emmys(艾美奖)and other honors.
6. How old was Jim when Garfield first appeared in a comic strip?
A. 33. B. 26. C. 25. D. 24.
7. Who does the underlined word “He” refer to in the fifth paragraph?
A. Jim. B. Jon. C. Dave. D. Garfield.
8. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jim Davis created Garfield with the help of his brother.
B. Garfield products are available in all countries of the world.
C. The cats his family raised made no contributions to his creation.
D. There were few comic strips about cats until Jim crated Garfield.
9. The writer’s main purpose of writing the passage is _________.
A. to tell us to watch more comic strips
B. to show us how to become a cartoonist
C. to introduce some information about Jim Davis
D. to prove Garfield the most popular cartoon character
答案与解析:
Ⅰ. 单项选择。
1. B。由at this time yesterday 时间状语可知,动作或事件是持续地发生在过去的某一个确切时间内。此类情况要用过去进行时态来表示。
2. A。考查固定搭配too … to … “太……而不能……”。
3. D。考查固定搭配agree with sb. 其他介词不能用在此处。
4. B。根据题意“一个动作发生时,另一个动作正在进行”可知when为正确答案。其他答案不能表示主句在进行的状态。
5. B。make作使役动词时,后面接不带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语。
6. D。borrow表示“借进”,lend表示“借出”。根据题意选D。
7. C。由Don’t worry,可反推“病情不是很严重”,而且修饰不定代词的形容词必须后置,可排除A、B和D。
8. D。由第一句话可知,后面要用过去的时态,可排除A、B,根据语境可知,只能用过去进行时态,可排除C。
9. C。spend ... on表示“在某方面花时间(金钱)”;而pay表示“给……付款”;cost的主语一般是物,而不是人;use在这里不能与on搭配。根据题意选C。
10. D。stop to do sth. 指的是“停下来,去做另一件事情”,stop doing sth. 是指“把正在做的事情停下来”,根据句意不能选B,A、C均不能与stop搭配故选D。
[真题链接]
1. C。考查代词的用法。由“My brother likes painting.”可知,绘画是“我”哥哥的爱好之一。his意为“他的”,符合题意。故选C。
2. C。句意:—昨晚你在电视上看足球比赛了吗?—我想看,但我的母亲在看她最喜欢的电视节目。根据句意可知是描述过去某个时间正在进行的动作,应该用过去进行时,故选C。
3. A。本句意为:——你喜欢我为你做的鱼吗?——我还没有吃,但是它闻起来很不错。smells闻起来; tastes尝起来; sounds听起来; feels感觉;故答案选A。
II. 完形填空。
1. B。根据上下文情节及“on the ice”可知,只能选B。
2. A。从下文“one of the boys fell into the water”可知冰“破”了。
3. C。do是及物动词,能与之搭配的宾语只能是疑问代词,而who用在这里又不妥。故选C。
4. C。因为听见的是孩子们的呼救声只能选复数人称代词宾格。
5. D。从下文很容易推出是由冰“薄”造成的。
6. A。用挽救save才能表现此时那两个加拿大人在水中的情景,B、C、D都不能表现出救小孩的情景。
7. B。从下文的情景,可推出只有quick“快”才能符合题意。
8. D。从故事后面的情节,可反推出许多人都跑来施救。
9. B。因为落水的小孩和施救的两个加拿大人都在水中。
10. A。只能将她送往医院,与school,library和garden无关。
III. 阅读理解。
A篇
1. A。从 “... he had to help his father look after their farm. ”可知他爸爸是一个农夫(farmer)。
2. D。虽然他家确实没有很多钱,但他不能上学的主要原因是他家附近没有学校。
3. B。从“He was sad most of the time. ”可知,因为sad的意思是unhappy。
4. A。他妈妈很早起床到镇上去给他买东西,回家已是当天晚上。
5. C。因为他妈妈知道他最喜欢的礼物是书,而不是其他物品,根据本文最后一段可知是An old book(一本旧书)。
B篇
6. A。由第一段的第二句话“He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19, 1978”,以及第二段的第二句话“Jim was born on July 28, 1945 in Indiana”可知当Garfield第一次出现的时候,Jim是33岁(1978-1945)。
7. D。由“Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.”可知此处的He表示的是“Garfield”;故答案选D。
8. D。由倒数第三段的倒数第二句话“Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats.”很少有关于“猫”的动画片;可知答案D正确。
9. C。阅读本文可知作者的主要目的是来介绍关于Jim Davis的一些信息,故答案C正确。