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Unit 1 Getting along with others 一、阅读理解。Its an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My wife says no because we have no savings to save us. I say you only live once and we work hard and whats the point if you cant go on holiday. The joy of a recession (不景气) means no argument next year we just wont go.Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A YouGov survey of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples.Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money may be different things to men and women. People can say the same things about money but have different ideas of what its for, he explains. Theyll say its to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them. He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that theyve achieved something. The biggest problem is that couples assume each other know whats going on with their finances, but they dont. There seems to be more of a taboo (禁忌) about talking about money than about death. But you both need to know what youre doing, whos paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship, you dont have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it.1. What does the author say about going on holiday in Paragraph 1?A. It will cost them too much money.B. Few people can afford it without working hard.C. It makes all the hard work worthwhile.D. It is the chief cause of family quarrels.2. According to the text, what does Kim Stephenson believe?A. Money is often a symbol of a persons status.B. Money means a great deal to both men and women.C. Men and women spend money on different things.D. Men and women view money in different ways.3. The author suggests that couples should_.A. put their money together instead of keeping it separatelyB. discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationshipC. make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgetsD. avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic【文章大意】文章通过度假的问题引入话题，男人和女人对钱的看法是不一样的，夫妻应该就钱的问题多进行讨论，这样可以建立健康的关系。1. C【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段第四句I say you only live once and we work hard and whats the point if you cant go on holiday.可知，我们的努力工作是值得去度假的，故选C。3. B【解析】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后一句In a healthy relationship, you dont have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it.可知，作者认为夫妻应该就钱的问题多讨论，这样可以建立健康的关系，故选B。二、单项选择1.Surely the most _ thing would be not to believe these ridiculous lies.A. abstract B. diverse C. sensible D. sensitive【答案】C【解析】abstract 抽象的；diverse 多种多样的；sensible 明智的，通情达理的；sensitive 敏感的。句意：最明智的办法无疑是不要相信这些无稽的谎言。2.Now that the banks are back on their feet, we expect extraordinary _ from them to help rebuild the economy.A. mitment B. appointment C. instrument D. requirement【答案】A【解析】 mitment 承诺， 许诺； appointment 任命，约会，职务，职位；instrument 仪器，乐器；requirement要求。句意：现在，银行业恢复了往日的神采，我们希望银行能够做出重大承诺来帮助重振国家的经济。3.He will be generous and merciful to his opponents, as well as to those who are weaker than himself.A. ambitious B. cautious C. merciful D. punctual【答案】B【解析】ambitious 有野心的；cautious 谨慎的；merciful 仁慈的；punctual 守时的。句意：对待弱小者，他宽厚大方、仁慈善良，即便对他的对手也是如此。4._ the terrorist attack that happened in the city on March 1, the spokesman said that all suspects responsible for it would be severely punished.A. In harmony with B. In connection with C. In addition to D. In regard to【答案】D【解析】句意：关于 3 月 1 日发生在该市的恐怖袭击，这位发言人说所有对这个罪行负责的嫌疑犯都会受到严厉的惩罚。 根据句意可知， 用 in regard to“关于”。in harmony with 与和谐； in connection with 和有关(相关)；in addition to 除以外(还)。5.You can rely on _ she will e to your help. She is honest and kind-hearted.A. it that B. it C. that D. that it【答案】A【解析】句型：rely on it that.指望。句意：你可以指望他来帮助你。她诚实心地善良。6.I dont suppose they will e if it rains, _?A. do I B. doesnt it C. will it D. will they【答案】D【解析】否定的转移，反义疑问句跟宾语从句中的谓语一致。句意：我认为如果下雨他们是不会来的, 是吗？7._ can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction.A. Nobody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Everybody【答案】A【解析】Nobody can help but do sth.=cant help but do sth.=cant help doing sth.，意为“忍不住做某事，情不自禁做某事”。句意：没有人能够忍住不为科幻小说带给我们的科幻世界着迷。8.In order to lose weight, the young lady prefers _ regularly rather than _ expensive weight-losing pills.A. to work out, to take B. working out, taking C. to work out, take D. to working out, taking【答案】C【解析】句型：prefer to do A rather than do B。句意：为了减肥，年轻女性更倾向于规律性地做运动而不是去吃昂贵的减肥药。hang out 闲逛；9.We would rather our daughter _ at home with us, but it is her choice, and she is not achild any longer.A. would stay B. has stayed C. stayed D. stay【答案】C【解析】would rather 后面的从句要使用虚拟语气，如果从句表示与现在将来相反，所以使用一般过去时，如果与过去相反，要使用过去完成时。句意：我们宁愿我们的女儿待在家里，但是这是她的选择，她已经不再是孩子了。根据句意可知是与现在事实相反，所以使用一般过去时。10.What made your skin look so terrible?_ to the sunlight for a long time.A. Because it was exposed B. After being exposedC. Being exposed D. Exposed【答案】C【解析】句意：什么使你的皮肤看起来如此糟糕呢？可知是对主语进行提问。答语为：长时间暴露于阳光下使我的皮肤看起来如此糟糕。be exposed to 暴露于，所以用动名词做主语，省略了重复的部分。11.Did you turn off the lights before you left the puter room?Oh, I forget _ them off. Ill go to do it.A. having been turned B. to turn C. to have turned D. turning【答案】B【解析】forget to do sth.“忘记要做某事”；forget doing sth.“忘记做过某事”。根据答语可知，没有做关灯这个动作，故应该用不定式，排除 B、D；A 项是完成式的被动式，这儿“turn”还没有发生，更不是被动。故选 B。注意 forget turning=forget to have turned。句意： “你离开电脑室前关灯了吗？”“噢，我忘记关了。我现在就去关。 ”12.Its quite hot today. Do you feel like _ for a swim?A. to go B. going C go D. having gone【答案】B【解析】feel like doing sth.想要做某事。动词短语 feel like 后面只能接动名词做宾语。句意：今天很热，你想要去游泳吗？D 项表示的是已经完成的动作。13.Young people may risk _ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.A. to go B. to have gone C. going D. having gone【答案】C【解析】risk doing sth.意为“冒险做某事” 。句意：年轻人如果每天都置身于非常吵闹的音乐声中，他们的耳朵可能有失聪的危险。14.After receiving the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Anne Benedict went on _ all the people who had helped in her career.A. to thank B. thanking C. having thanked D. to have thanked【答案】A【解析】go on to do 接着做不同的事情。句意：在获得奥斯卡最佳女配角奖后，安妮本尼迪克特接着感谢在她演艺生涯中所有帮助过她的人。15.What is the best way you can imagine _ the overuse of water in our school?A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. reduce【答案】B【解析】you can imagine 是定语从句，way to do 做某事的方法。句意：你能想象出的最好的、解决我校过度用水的办法是什么？三、完形填空。We rarely get a chance to see pure care and love for those who need it most. And this story will _1_ serve to remind us there is still lots of good in the world and that we are responsible for _2_ that goodness.Ms Noriza, 49 years old, was walking in the street when she smelt a(an) _3_ smell .She noticed many people were holding their _4_ and hurried by. Looking around, she found an old man in a wheelchair vomiting(呕吐)and his clothes were made _5_.“Nobody was helping him even though he looked so _6_,” Ms Noriza explained. She found some people were not only not doing something about it, but were plaining. The _7_ was more than she could bear. _8_, she went up to help.She went and bought a pair of shorts and a T-shirt in a nearby store and helped the old man get _9_.After that, she _10_ him back to his flat before she went to work. There was kindness shown by some other _11_, including Mr Goh. He was so _12_ by what Ms Noriza had done that he got his friend to _13_ the press of this story.“Her _14_ towards a stranger moved me. It was _15_ and plete kindness,” said Mr Goh.Sometimes we are so focused on conflicts, arguments and all sorts of _16_ things that we forget that the world is what it is because of us. If we want to see a society full of love, we should deliver that _17_ through our actions and our lives.So next time we are given this priceless _18_ to touch someone elses life, let us _19_ the moment and do something good, not just for the society, but for our _20_ as well.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了 Ms Noriza 在大街上帮助素不相识的老人的事情。通过本文作者呼吁人们要相信善良，秉承善良，传播善良，让社会变得更加美好。1. A. approximately B. hopefully C. finally D. merely【答案】B【解析】A. approximately 大约；B. hopefully 有希望地；C. finally 最后；D. merely 仅仅；在文章末段作者发表了自己的感慨，由此判断作者讲述这个故事的目的是希望人们能够把善良的美德传播开来，故选 B。2. A. spreading B. enlarging C. extending D. stretching【答案】A【解析】A. spread 伸开，传播：一般指向四面八方扩大传播的范围，如传播(疾病)，散布(信息)，火势蔓延；B. enlarge 扩大：多指具体物品如相片的放大。也可指扩大视野，增长知识；C. extend 伸出，延伸：指空间范围的扩大，以及长度、宽度的朝外延伸，也可指时间的延长；D. stretch 伸展，拉长：一般指由曲变直、由短变长的伸展，不是加长。从文章最后两段内容可知作者希望人们用善良来驱逐冷漠，用道德来传递温暖，鼓励人们亲身去做，而不局限于仅仅去发现或者表扬善良的行为，故选 A。3. A. strong B. troublesome C. damp D. unpleasant【答案】D【解析】 A. strong 强壮的， 强烈的； B. troublesome 麻烦的， 讨厌的， 棘手的； C. damp 潮湿的； D. unpleasant不愉快的。 根据下文内容可知 Ms Noriza 闻到的是老人的呕吐物的味道， 当然不会好闻， 故选 D。4. A. ears B. eyes C. noses D. mouths【答案】C【解析】A. ears 耳朵；B. eyes 眼睛；C. noses 鼻子；D. mouths 嘴巴。从当时的情景可知老人的呕吐物发出难闻的味道，路过的人都捂着鼻子，选 C。5. A. wet B. dirty C. wrinkled D. broken【答案】B【解析】A. wet 潮湿的；B. dirty 脏的；C. wrinkled 有褶皱的；D. broken 破损的。根据语境可知坐在轮椅上的老人呕吐时把衣服弄脏了，选 B。6. A. pitiful B. desperate C. hopeless D. urgent【答案】A【解析】A. pitiful 可怜的；B. desperate 绝望的；C. hopeless 没希望的；D. urgent 急迫的，紧要的。在此Ms Noriza 指老人的状况令人同情，选 A。7. A. action B. smell C. word D. sight【答案】D【解析】A. action 行动；B. smell 味道；C. word 单词；D. sight 情景。上文 Ms Noriza 描述了当时的情景，她对没人帮助老人的这种情形看不下去了，选 D。8. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Otherwise【答案】C【解析】A. However 然而；B. Besides 此外；C. Therefore 因此；D. Otherwise 否则。从语境可知此处表示因果关系，故选 C。9. A. cleaned B. dressed C. changed D. sheltered【答案】C【解析】A. cleaned 清洁；B. dressed 打扮；C. changed 换；D. sheltered 庇护，保护。根据上文可知老人把衣服弄脏了，而且 Ms Noriza 给他买了新衣服，由此判断她帮他换上干净的衣服，getchanged“换衣服”，选 C。10. A. acpanied B. ordered C. satisfied D. invited【答案】A【解析】A. acpanied 陪伴；A. ordered 命令；C. satisfied 使满意；D. invited 邀请。从常识和语境可知善良的 Ms Noriza 先陪伴老人回家，然后去上班，选 A。11. A. customers B. passers-by C. assistants D. salesmen【答案】B【解析】A. customers 顾客；B. passers-by 过路人；C. assistants 助理，助手；D. salesmen 销售员。从上文中的 “She noticed many people were holding their _4_ and hurried by”.可知 Ms Noriza 只是在大街上路过的人，所以选 B。12. A. attracted B. encouraged C. inspired D. touched【答案】D【解析】A. attracted 吸引；B. encouraged 鼓励；C. inspired 激励；D. touched 触动。根据下文 Mr Goh 说的话 “.towards a stranger moved me”可知他被 Ms Noriza 的行为所感动了，选 D。13. A. warn B. convince C. remind D. inform【答案】D【解析】A. warn 警告；B. convince 使人信服；C. remind 提醒；D. inform 通知。从语境可知 Mr Goh 让他的朋友把 Ms Noriza 的善良行为告诉了媒体，选 D。14. A. politeness B. mitment C. selflessness D. carefulness【答案】C【解析】A. politeness 礼貌；B. mitment 承诺；C. selflessness 无私；D. carefulness 认真。根据故事内容以及后句中的 plete kindness 可知此处 Mr Goh 指 Ms Noriza 对待一个素不相识的人的那份善良和无私，选 C。15. A. pure B. equal C. mon D. unusual【答案】A【解析】A. pure 纯的；B. equal 平等的；C. mon 常见的；D. unusual 不同寻常的。根据 and 连接并列成分前后一致的原则可以判断填 pure，表示不带有其他目的、纯粹的，故选 A。16. A. mental B. negative C. alternative D. practical【答案】B【解析】A. mental 精神的；B. negative 消极的；C. alternative 可供替代的；D. practical 实际的。根据前面列举的名词 conflicts, arguments 可知此处指一些消极、负面的事情，选 B。17. A. motto B. message C. speech D. means【答案】B【解析】A. motto 箴言；B. message 信息；C. speech 演讲；D. means 方法。从 if 从句的内容可知如果人们想要一个充满爱的社会，那么就需要通过我们的行为来传递这种信息，选 B。18. A. gift B. situation C. experience D. opportunity【答案】D【解析】A. gift 天赋；B. situation 情形；C. experience 经历，经验；D. opportunity 机会。在文中作者呼吁人们要在别人需要帮助的时候，伸出援助之手，由此可知此处指当人们遇到这样的事情，即有机会去传递爱心的时候，不要错过这个机会，故选 D。19. A. seize B. find C. acquire D. seek【答案】A【解析】A. seize 抓住；B. find 发现；C. acquire 获得，得到；D. seek 寻求。从上文可知作者希望人们在遇到这类事情的时候， 要利用这种时刻去把美好、 善良传递下去， 希望人们抓住这种机会， 选 A。20. A. memories B. volunteer C. souls D. future【答案】C【解析】A. memories 记忆；B. volunteer 志愿者，志愿；C. souls 灵魂；D. future 未来。俗话说“赠人玫瑰，手留余香”，善意的行为不仅在社会上传播了善良和美好，也会给自己带来快乐，让自己的心灵得到一次洗礼和升华，故选 C。四、七选五。Building Trust in a Relationship AgainTrust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences. 1 Trust is a risk. But you cant be successful when theres a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.Unfortunately, weve all been victims of betrayal. Whether weve been stolen from, lied to, misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply cant trust anymore. 2 Its understandable, but if youre willing to build trust in a relationship again, we have some steps you can take to get you there. 3 Having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best oute would be for your well-being. 4 If youve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But theres a difference between being a victim and living with a victim mentality. At some point in all of our lives, well have our trust tested or violated.You didnt lose everything.Once trust is lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life. 5 Instead, its a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness.A. Learn to really trust yourself.B. It is putting confidence in someone.C. Stop regarding yourself as the victim.D. Remember that you can expect the best in return.E. Theyve been too badly hurt and they cant bear to let it happen again.F. This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships.G. Seeing the positive side of things doesnt mean youre ignoring what happened.【语篇解读】文章主要讲述了人们一旦失去了信任，如何再次建立信任。1.B 【解析】根据上句信任是我们从过去的经历中获取的一种行为和下句信任是一种冒险可知，此空填B，本句是对第一句话的进一步解释：信任是信赖某人。2.E 【解析】上句有时，人们简直无法再信任(别人)了；下句这是可以理解的，由此可推测本句应是解释人们无法信任某人的原因。故填E。3.A 【解析】由下句对自己有信心能帮助你做出更好的选择可知，前一句应是学会真正信任自己，故填A。4.C 【解析】由本段最后一句在我们生活中的某些时候，我们的信任会被检验或打破可知，此处应填C，意为不要认为自己是个受害者。5.G 【解析】副词Instead表示转折。可推测这里应是看到事物积极的一面并不意味着你无视已经发生的事。故填G。
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