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Unit 4 Pygmalion一、阅读理解。Bees play a vital role in the world. Unfortunately, bees are dying by the second. The main purpose of bees is to make honey. Honey, shockingly, does not exist for human consumption; it is essential to the insects. Honeybees store honey in their hives(蜂箱) in order for the bees to have energy for their flight muscles and for heating the hives during the winter period. They collect pollen(花粉) which supplies protein for young bees to grow.According to National Honey Board, the increased production and quality of agricultural crops as a result of honeybee pollination are valued at more than $14.6 billion per year. These insects are responsible for over 70 of the fruits and vegetables we eat today, including apples, grapes, coffee, beans, and broccoli.So if they are so valuable to agriculture, why do they keep dying off? A key suspect seems to be pesticides(农药). Honeybees who are exposed to pesticides result in the damage to their neurological(神经系统的) functions, specifically memory or behavior. And thats why the majority of worker bees disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. There are several other causes of the decline of bees, including the destruction of natural habitats, like woodlands, forests, and other habitats for bees. Climate change is also a factor in the decline of the wild bee population. Actually, there are a variety of methods to help the bee population grow. One way is to start your own organic garden by planting beefriendly plants. Pesticides are used in both industrial practices and even in your home, so it is best to find organic seeds and weed killers.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。蜜蜂在生物世界里起着重要的作用，但是由于农药的滥用，蜜蜂正在大批死亡。本文给出了增加蜜蜂数量的方法和建议。1Why do honeybees store honey in their hives?ATo provide enough honey for humans to consume.BTo draw protein out of honey for young bees.CTo help attract other insects and make hives stronger.DTo strengthen bee muscles and heat hives in winter.D解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句“Honeybees store honey in their hives(蜂箱) in order for the bees to have energy for their flight muscles and for heating the hives during the winter period.”可知，蜜蜂储藏蜂蜜是为了增强飞行肌肉的力量，在冬天为蜂箱加热，故D项正确。2Apples and beans are mentioned in the third paragraph to show that Abees supply human beings with basic foodBbees mainly live on these agricultural cropsCbees are of great importance to fruits and vegetablesDbees can bring in more money for farmers every yearC解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的“These insects are responsible for over 70 of the fruits and vegetables we eat today, including apples, grapes, coffee, beans, and broccoli.”可知，该段提及苹果和豆类旨在说明蜜蜂对水果和蔬菜的重要作用，故C项正确。3What is most likely to cause the worker bees to leave their hives behind?AThe lack of food.BThe abuse of pesticides.CThe fighting among bees.DThe destruction of the habitats.B解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的“Honeybees who are exposed to pesticides.And thats why the majority of worker bees disappear”可知，农药的滥用导致了工蜂离开蜂箱，故B项正确。4What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?AAnother way to save bees.BOther tips for choosing seeds.CMore methods to plant green organic fruits.DCauses of the decline in the wild bee population.A解析：推理判断题。根据第五段的第一、二句“Actually, there are a variety of methods to help the bee population grow. One way is to start your own organic garden by planting beefriendly plants.”可知，该段主要介绍了帮助蜜蜂增加数量的方法之一：种植对蜜蜂无害的植物。据此可以推断，下文将介绍其他的帮助增加蜜蜂数量的方法，故A项正确。二、单句语法填空1We had no _ (hesitate) in helping the sufferers when the terrible earthquake hit the country.答案：hesitationhave no hesitation in doing . “毫不犹豫地做”。2_ (classify) so many books in libraries usually takes them lots of time.答案：Classifying句子中缺少主语，且指一般性情况，故应填动名词classifying，在句中作主语。3Generally _ (speak), youths of eighteen are too young for such work.答案：speakinggenerally speaking “一般来说”。4What you said has led to the _(mistake) belief that smoking is not harmful.答案：mistaken修饰名词belief应用形容词，故填mistaken “错误的”。5The school makes it clear that essays from online should not be passed off _being written by the students.答案：aspass . off as . “把看作或冒充成”。6_if we invited them to e here for a party instead?答案：What固定句式what if “倘使/如果将会怎样？”。7Parents should teach their children to behave _(proper) in public.答案：properly此处应用副词来修饰动词behave, 故填properly。8They made rude _(remark) about her appearance.答案：remarksmake remarks/a remark about . “对发表评论”。9The information you gathered is _ great help to me.答案：of“of抽象名词”相当于其对应的形容词，of great helpvery helpful “非常有帮助”。10_(take) according to the instructions, the medicine has no side effect.答案：Taken所给动词与其逻辑主语medicine之间为被动关系，故用过去分词作状语。三、完形填空。My daughter(now 18)was born with a hemangioma tumor(血管瘤)by her eye.At first it was small, and hardly _1_.After five months，it became the _2_ of a coin._3_ I took her out，people could not _4_ their ments to themselves.“Who hit her？”，“Is that a bug bite？” I never could think of a(n) _5_ response for these people.I was _6_ to be kind and understanding，and assumed that other people had also been taught these _7_.One day I was at the _8_，with my 3yearold son，my daughter，and at this time pregnant with my third child.A woman _9_ me，I thought here we go _10_.She said that God must not have wanted my daughter to _11_ him，as he left her with a _12_.She went on to say that _13_ with these kisses were always surrounded by angels.I was astonished.What a _14_，more loving approach to someone with a problem!My daughter will _15_ this year from High School.She is beautiful.Her early years were spent in and out of _16_.Finally the tumor was removed，because it _17_ her vision.It is not noticeable _18_ in the bright sun.She spent this year as the dance scholar for our school.She danced for 4 years on our dancedrill team.She had _19_ many scholarships.Her life is wonderful.The woman in the mall made me a better parent.Perhaps，this _20_ will help make someone else a better parent，too.1A.noticeableBbearableCrecognized Daccepted2A.colour BweightCsize Dwidth3A.One day BEvery timeCLater DRecently4A.make BhelpCtell Dhold5A.exact BappropriateCrude Dpractical6A.learned BbroughtCconsidered Dtaught7A.qualities BprinciplesCquestions Dopinions8A.party BofficeCmall Dmeeting9A.approached BsawCappreciated Dcalled10A.now BlaterCagain Dquickly11A.understand BleaveChate Dremember12A.scar BkissCmark Dsign13A.mothers BgodsCfaces Dbabies14A.stranger BclevererCkinder Dhappier15A.develop BsucceedCgraduate Dimprove16A.hospitals BschoolsCillness Dsight17A.blocked BstoppedCinjured Ddeepened18A.despite BexceptCalthough Dbecause19A.given BprovedCleft Dreceived20A.lesson BstoryCadventure Dtumor【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。一个陌生人的暖心话语使作者在女儿的问题上成为了更好的家长，她希望这个故事能够使其他的父母也成为更好的家长。1A考查形容词辨析。根据前面的“At first it was small”可知，此处应指血管瘤刚开始很小，几乎不能被注意到。A项意为“明显的”，符合语境。B项意为“可忍受的”；C项意为“公认的，经过验证的”；D项意为“可接受的”，均与语境不符。故选A项。2C考查名词辨析。上文提到，刚开始，血管瘤很小，几乎不能被注意到；由“After five months”可知，此处与上文形成对比，指五个月后，血管瘤长到硬币那样大。C项意为“大小，尺寸”，符合语境。A项意为“颜色”；B项意为“重量”；D项意为“宽度”，均与语境不符。故选C项。3B考查状语从句。根据语境可知，此处指每次“我”带她出去玩的时候；分析句子结构可知，空格处引导时间状语从句，every time意为“每当的时候”，可引导时间状语从句，符合题意，而其他三项无此用法。故选B项。4D考查动词辨析。根据语境可知，此处指人们看到“我”的女儿总是无法停下他们的评论。D项意为“停下”，符合语境。故选D项。5B考查形容词辨析。由语境可知，此处指“我”从没想出一个适当的回应给这些人。B项意为“适当的”，符合语境。A项意为“精确的”；C项意为“粗鲁的”；D项意为“实用的”，均与语境不符。故选B项。6D考查动词辨析。根据下文“assumed that other people had also been taught these”中的“taught”可知，“我”被教导要善良，要体谅别人，所以“我”认为其他人也被这样教导。故选D项。7A考查名词辨析。根据上文中的“kind and understanding”可知，此处指他们也被教导这样的品质。A项意为“品质”，符合语境。B项意为“原则”；C项意为“问题”；D项意为“观点”，均与语境不符。故选A项。8C考查名词辨析。根据最后一段倒数第二句“The woman in the mall made me a better parent.”中的“mall”可知，此处指一天怀孕的“我”带着女儿和3岁的儿子在商场买东西。故选C项。9A考查动词辨析。根据下文可知，此处指有一个女人向“我”走来。A项意为“靠近”，符合语境。B项意为“看见”；C项意为“欣赏，感激”；D项意为“给打电话”，均与语境不符。故选A项。10C考查副词辨析。根据上文人们看见“我”的女儿就会进行评论可知，此处指“我”想在这里“我们”会再次遭遇同样的经历。故选C项。11B考查动词辨析。根据下文内容可知，此处指那个女人说，上帝一定是不想让“我”的女儿离开他。B项意为“离开”，符合语境。A项意为“理解”；C项意为“憎恨”；D项意为“记得”，均与语境不符。故选B项。12B考查名词辨析。根据下文中的“with these kisses were always surrounded by angels”可知，此处指上帝在“我”女儿的脸上留下了一个吻。B项意为“吻”，符合语境。A项意为“疤痕”；C项意为“标记”；D项意为“迹象”，均与语境不符。故选B项。13D考查名词辨析。根据语境可知，此处指有这样吻痕的孩子会永远被天使围绕着。故选D项。14C考查形容词辨析。根据“more loving”可知，此处指这与那些总是进行评论的人相比是更友善、更有爱意的方式。C项意为“更友善的”，符合语境。A项意为“更奇怪的”；B项意为“更聪明的”；D项意为“更快乐的”，均与语境不符。故选C项。15C考查动词辨析。根据“from High School”可知，此处指“我”的女儿今年会高中毕业。C项意为“毕业”，符合语境。A项意为“发展”；B项意为“成功”；D项意为“改善”，均与语境不符。故选C项。16A考查名词辨析。根据上文内容可知，作者的女儿患有血管瘤；由此可推知，为了看病，女儿早些年一定是进进出出于医院。故选A项。17A考查动词辨析。根据上文中的“Finally the tumor was removed”可知，最后，血管瘤被摘除了，因为它阻碍了她的视力。A项意为“阻碍”，符合语境。B项意为“停止”；C项意为“伤害”；D项意为“加深”，均与语境不符。故选A项。18B考查词义辨析。根据语境可知，此处指现在，如果不是在明亮的阳光下，她那小小的伤疤一点也不明显。B项意为“除了”，符合语境。A项意为“不管”；C项意为“尽管”；D项意为“因为”，均与语境不符。故选B项。19D考查动词辨析。根据空格后的“many scholarships”可知，此处指女儿得到了许多奖学金。D项意为“收到，拿到”，符合语境。A项意为“给”；B项意为“证明”；C项意为“离开”，均与语境不符。故选D项。20B考查名词辨析。纵观全文可知，本文作者叙述的是一个关于自己和女儿的故事。故此处表示，那个在商场里遇到的女人让“我”成为一个称职的家长。或许，这个故事也能够使其他人成为更好的家长。B项意为“故事”，符合语境。A项意为“课，教训”；C项意为“冒险经历”；D项意为“肿瘤”，均与语境不符。故选B项。长难句分析：She said that God must not have wanted my daughter to leave him, as he left her with a kiss.(第二段第一句)分析：本句是复合句。that引导宾语从句，作said的宾语；must not have done表示对过去事实的否定推测，意为“一定不”；as引导原因状语从句。译文：她说上帝一定是舍不得让我的女儿离开他，因为他留给了她一个吻。词汇积累：tumor n瘤pregnant adj.怀孕的vision n视力，视线scholarship n奖学金四、单句改错。1The mistakes in your homework shouldnt be overlooking, or youll keep them forever._答案：overlookingoverlookedoverlook与mistakes之间为逻辑上的动宾关系，故应用被动语态。2In term of education, I first thank all my teachers who have devoted themselves to their profession._答案：termtermsin terms of “就来说；从角度”。3Fortunate, the fire was discovered soon after it had started._答案：FortunateFortunately副词作状语修饰整个句子，故应将fortunate改为fortunately。4The September 11 attack has condemned by the entire international munity._答案：has后加been现在完成时的被动语态的构成：have been过去分词。9.11恐怖袭击应是“被谴责”，故应在has后加been。5When the interview was finished, I was shown in._答案：inoutshow sb. in “带某人进来”；show sb. out“带某人出去”。由句意可知后一短语符合语境。五、短文改错Dear John，Im so pleased to receive your email.I feel exciting to know you dream being a professional football player.I am looking forward to see an international football star，John.Im surely you will succeed.As for me，teaching was my dream job.The reason for this is why I would like to share my knowledges with my students and help them solve problems.Besides，staying with students helps to keep me young.To realize my dream，I have to devote me to my study and enter an normal university.What will you do for your dream and who is your most favorite football player?Yours，Li Hua【答案】Dear John，Im so pleased to receive your email.I feel to know you dream being a professional football player.I am looking forward to an international football star，John.Im you will succeed.As for me，teaching my dream job.The reason for this is I would like to share my with my students and help them solve problems.Besides，staying with students helps to keep me young.To realize my dream，I have to devote to my study and enter normal university.What will you do for your dream and who is your favorite football player?Yours，Li Hua第一处：考查形容词。此处修饰主语“I”，指人，应用excited。第二处：考查固定搭配。dream of/about doing sth.意为“梦想做某事”，为固定搭配。第三处：考查非谓语动词。look forward to doing sth.意为“期望做某事”，为固定用法。第四处：考查形容词。根据“Im”可知，动词be后应接形容词作表语。第五处：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。全文用的是一般现在时；且主语为“teaching”，所以应把was改为is。第六处：考查名词性从句。此处引导表语从句，从句中不缺成分，故用连词that。第七处：考查名词复数。knowledge是不可数名词，没有复数形式。第八处：考查代词。devote oneself to sth.意为“致力于某事”；主语为“I”，所以反身代词应用myself。第九处：考查冠词。normal的读音不以辅音音素开头；且此处泛指进入一所普通的大学。故用不定冠词a。第十处：考查形容词的比较等级。favourite意为“最喜欢的”，无比较等级或最高级形式，所以去掉most。
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