選修9

　　Unit 4

　　Exploring plants

　　能力演練

　　一、語法填空 

　　閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當的詞或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。

　　Poor student behaviour seems to be an

　　1

　　(increase)widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.

　　In many countries,the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with

　　2

　　children.These children are often spoilt,not in terms of love and attention because

　　3

　　(work)parents do not have the time for this,

　　4

　　in more material ways.They are allowed to have

　　5

　　they want,regardless of price,and to behave as they please.This means that the children grow up

　　6

　　consideration for others and without any understanding of

　　7

　　their standard of living comes from.

　　When they get to school age they have not learnt any selfcontrol or discipline.Teachers continually complain

　　8

　　this problem and measures

　　9

　　(take)to combat the situation.But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families,

　　10

　　need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.

　　二、完形填空

　　閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1~15各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

　　Once there was a group of men—a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks,doing a timber(木料)job in a jungle.

　　This young man was very

　　1

　　.He always continued to work through his break time and

　　2

　　that those old folks were wasting time,having to break several times a day to drink and chat.As time went by,this young man noticed that

　　3

　　he worked through break time and hardly took a rest,those old folks were chopping the same

　　4

　　of trees as he did and sometimes did more.It was as if they worked through the break time as he did.So he

　　5

　　to work harder the next day.Unfortunately the

　　6

　　were even worse.

　　One day,one of the old folks

　　7

　　him for a drink during their break time.That young man refused and said that he had no

　　8

　　time!Then the old man smiled and said,“It is just a waste of effort to

　　9

　　chopping trees without resharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will

　　10

　　or be so tired as you have spent too much energy.”

　　Suddenly the young man

　　11

　　that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat,they were

　　12

　　resharpening their axes at the same time!And that,s how they could

　　13

　　faster than him,yet spending less time!

　　What we need is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability

　　14

　　.Only then can we have more time to do other things.Otherwise we will always keep saying...I have no

　　15

　　!

　　1.A.weak

　　B.clever

　　C.hardworking

　　D.goodlooking

　　2.A.admired

　　B.complained

　　C.reminded

　　D.predicted

　　3.A.even though

　　B.only if

　　C.because

　　D.unless

　　4.A.weight

　　B.height

　　C.amount

　　D.price

　　5.A.failed

　　B.pretended

　　C.agreed

　　D.decided

　　6.A.marks

　　B.results

　　C.effects

　　D.conditions

　　7.A.invited

　　B.blamed

　　C.thanked

　　D.forgave

　　8.A.wrong

　　B.valuable

　　C.extra

　　D.exact

　　9.A.mind

　　B.avoid

　　C.practice

　　D.keep

　　10.A.speed up

　　B.give up

　　C.watch out

　　D.turn out

　　11.A.warned

　　B.expected

　　C.realized

　　D.announced

　　12.A.also

　　B.hardly

　　C.seldom

　　D.never

　　13.A.talk

　　B.chop

　　C.walk

　　D.climb

　　14.A.quickly

　　B.curiously

　　C.seriously

　　D.intelligently

　　15.A.time

　　B.tool

　　C.job

　　D.patience

　　三、閱讀理解

　　專題訓練（十）

　　信息匹配

　　請閱讀下列應用文及相關信息，按照要求匹配信息。請閱讀下列應用文：

　　Desmond,Carls,Russel,Malcolm,Warren正計劃買一輛小車。閱讀他們的情況和下面六種小車的介紹（選項A．B．C．D．E．F），選出符合各自需求的最佳選項（選項中有一項是多余選項）。

　　1．Desmond is a young and promising athlete．Having won a champion in an important international game,he decides to buy a car to develop a brighter future．Of course,the car must be extremely fast and is especially fit for him,a sportsman．

　　2．Carls has just been admitted to a famous university hundreds of kilometers away from her hometown and has been permitted to buy a car．As a young girl,she certainly put safety factors above all．

　　3．〖WTHZ〗Russel〖WT〗,a farmer in a mountainous area,is growing hundreds of acres of crops．To transport his goods to town timely,he wants to buy a car．He hopes the car will run very fast and,first of all,must meet the natural conditions．

　　4．Fighting in the commercial circle(商界)and getting a great success,Malcolm makes a fortune．With an aggressive ambition,he decides to buy a luxury car to develop an even brighter future．

　　5．Warren is a merchant traveling to different parts of the country in any weather situation,good or bad．He expects to have a satisfactory car to make his career better．

　　A Provided by an advanced – design Triton engine,with a perfect cooling system,and plenty of pulling power．Passenger safety is excellently strengthened by the Second Generation double airbags and side door intrusion beams．Luxury packages with deluxe accommodation(良好的空間)

　　B Was it wind？Or was it fear？Chances are the both．Equipped with the first four – cam 32 – valve V8 engine offered in a sport – utility(實用)vehicle．An advanced source of power generating 320 Ib – ft of twisting force and 230 horsepower．

　　C A spirited package that takes the zoom – zoom(疾行聲)ethos into the mainstream(主流社會)．An aggressive,confident look,one thats backed by impressive dynamics．Engaging all the senses in the driving experience．Bottom line:If youre in the market for a(seda)

　　D Style quality and high technology are the ingredients(要素)which have enabled Maserati to create some of the fastest and most advanced road cars in the world．

　　It,s one thing to climb a Mountain．It,s quite another look good doing it．

　　E 302–hp best–in–classV8

　　3rd – row seating．And available climate –controlled front seats．The new Lincoln Aviator．Like Navigator,just smaller,Proof that magnificence comes in all size．

　　F The cars with shapes we,d seen only in our dreams．The land – based rocket ships．With cockpits(駕駛座)full of computers and video screens．The cars that are invisible to the wind．Where are the cars we were promised?

　　計劃買車的人

　　供選擇的汽車

　　1．Desmond

　　A

　　2．Carls

　　B

　　3．Russel

　　C

　　4．Malcolm

　　D

　　5．Warren

　　E

　　F

　　參考答案

　　一、

　　1.解析：副詞修飾過去分詞widespread，increase的副詞是increasingly。

　　答案：increasingly

　　2.解析：從句意得知出生率降低，家庭的人口減少。

　　答案：fewer

　　3.解析：working：有工作的。

　　答案：working

　　4.解析：not...but...是固定搭配，意為“不是……而是……”。

　　答案：but

　　5.解析：從句意得知，無論他們想要什么，父母就給什么。

　　答案：whatever

　　6.解析：從上下文得知，這樣的孩子不考慮別人。

　　答案：without

　　7.解析：來自哪里，用where。

　　答案：where

　　8.解析：complain about抱怨,投訴

　　答案：about

　　9.解析：take要做謂語，從句意得知是“應該采取措施”。

　　答案：should be taken

　　10.解析：who 指代families，引導非限定性定語從句。

　　答案：who

　　二、

　　分析：

　　本文是一篇哲理性記敘文。通過一個年輕人與一伙老年人在叢林中砍樹的故事闡明了一個道理：磨刀不誤砍柴工。

　　1.解析：從下文中年輕人從來都不休息的事實可知：他是一個極其“勤勞的（hardworking）”人。

　　答案：C

　　2.解析：在他看來，那些老人經常浪費時間，一天當中要休息好幾次去閑聊，這一切都讓他看不慣，因此他總是“抱怨（complained）”。

　　答案：B

　　3.解析：從邏輯上來判斷：“盡管（even though）”他辛勤勞作，但那些老人砍的樹跟他一樣多，有時比他砍得還多。

　　答案：A

　　4.解析：根據事實可知：老人們砍的樹跟他的“數量同樣多（same amount）”。

　　答案：C

　　5.解析：于是他“決定（decided）”第二天更加辛苦地勞作。

　　答案：D

　　6.解析：不幸的是，第二天的“結果（results）”更糟糕。

　　答案：B

　　7.解析：本空后for a drink提示：其中一位老人“邀請（invited）”他一起喝一杯休息一會。

　　答案：A

　　8.解析：他以自己沒有“多余的（extra）”時間來休息為借口“拒絕了（refused）”他的邀請。

　　答案：C

　　9.解析：不磨斧子而“連續（keep）”砍樹就是在做低效率的事。

　　答案：D

　　10.解析：如果繼續這樣不休息地勞作，用不了多久你就會支持不住而“放棄（give up）”。

　　答案：B

　　11.解析：聽到老人的話，年輕人突然“明白了（realized）”這個道理。

　　答案：C

　　12.解析：他發現他們在休息時，同時“也（also）”在磨自己的斧子。

　　答案：A

　　13.解析：他終于明白他們“砍（chop）”樹比他快的原因了。

　　答案：B

　　14.解析：把這兩者“巧妙地（intelligently）”結合起來。

　　答案：D

　　15.解析：否則的話，我們總會低效率地忙個不停，說自己沒有“時間（time）”。

　　答案：A

　　三、

　　1~5 BADFE 

　　選修9

　　Unit 4

　　Exploring plants

　　能力演練

　　一、語法填空 

　　閱讀下面短文，按照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當的詞或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空。

　　Poor student behaviour seems to be an

　　1

　　(increase)widespread problem and I think that modern lifestyles are probably responsible for this.

　　In many countries,the birth rate is decreasing so that families are smaller with

　　2

　　children.These children are often spoilt,not in terms of love and attention because

　　3

　　(work)parents do not have the time for this,

　　4

　　in more material ways.They are allowed to have

　　5

　　they want,regardless of price,and to behave as they please.This means that the children grow up

　　6

　　consideration for others and without any understanding of

　　7

　　their standard of living comes from.

　　When they get to school age they have not learnt any selfcontrol or discipline.Teachers continually complain

　　8

　　this problem and measures

　　9

　　(take)to combat the situation.But I think the situation to the problem lies with the families,

　　10

　　need to be more aware of the future consequences of spoiling their children.

　　二、完形填空

　　閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1~15各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

　　Once there was a group of men—a young hot-blooded man and a big number of old folks,doing a timber(木料)job in a jungle.

　　This young man was very

　　1

　　.He always continued to work through his break time and

　　2

　　that those old folks were wasting time,having to break several times a day to drink and chat.As time went by,this young man noticed that

　　3

　　he worked through break time and hardly took a rest,those old folks were chopping the same

　　4

　　of trees as he did and sometimes did more.It was as if they worked through the break time as he did.So he

　　5

　　to work harder the next day.Unfortunately the

　　6

　　were even worse.

　　One day,one of the old folks

　　7

　　him for a drink during their break time.That young man refused and said that he had no

　　8

　　time!Then the old man smiled and said,“It is just a waste of effort to

　　9

　　chopping trees without resharpening your axe(斧子).Sooner or later you will

　　10

　　or be so tired as you have spent too much energy.”

　　Suddenly the young man

　　11

　　that actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat,they were

　　12

　　resharpening their axes at the same time!And that,s how they could

　　13

　　faster than him,yet spending less time!

　　What we need is efficiency by making use of our skill and ability

　　14

　　.Only then can we have more time to do other things.Otherwise we will always keep saying...I have no

　　15

　　!

　　1.A.weak

　　B.clever

　　C.hardworking

　　D.goodlooking

　　2.A.admired

　　B.complained

　　C.reminded

　　D.predicted

　　3.A.even though

　　B.only if

　　C.because

　　D.unless

　　4.A.weight

　　B.height

　　C.amount

　　D.price

　　5.A.failed

　　B.pretended

　　C.agreed

　　D.decided

　　6.A.marks

　　B.results

　　C.effects

　　D.conditions

　　7.A.invited

　　B.blamed

　　C.thanked

　　D.forgave

　　8.A.wrong

　　B.valuable

　　C.extra

　　D.exact

　　9.A.mind

　　B.avoid

　　C.practice

　　D.keep

　　10.A.speed up

　　B.give up

　　C.watch out

　　D.turn out

　　11.A.warned

　　B.expected

　　C.realized

　　D.announced

　　12.A.also

　　B.hardly

　　C.seldom

　　D.never

　　13.A.talk

　　B.chop

　　C.walk

　　D.climb

　　14.A.quickly

　　B.curiously

　　C.seriously

　　D.intelligently

　　15.A.time

　　B.tool

　　C.job

　　D.patience

　　三、閱讀理解

　　專題訓練（十）

　　信息匹配

　　請閱讀下列應用文及相關信息，按照要求匹配信息。請閱讀下列應用文：

　　Desmond,Carls,Russel,Malcolm,Warren正計劃買一輛小車。閱讀他們的情況和下面六種小車的介紹（選項A．B．C．D．E．F），選出符合各自需求的最佳選項（選項中有一項是多余選項）。

　　1．Desmond is a young and promising athlete．Having won a champion in an important international game,he decides to buy a car to develop a brighter future．Of course,the car must be extremely fast and is especially fit for him,a sportsman．

　　2．Carls has just been admitted to a famous university hundreds of kilometers away from her hometown and has been permitted to buy a car．As a young girl,she certainly put safety factors above all．

　　3．〖WTHZ〗Russel〖WT〗,a farmer in a mountainous area,is growing hundreds of acres of crops．To transport his goods to town timely,he wants to buy a car．He hopes the car will run very fast and,first of all,must meet the natural conditions．

　　4．Fighting in the commercial circle(商界)and getting a great success,Malcolm makes a fortune．With an aggressive ambition,he decides to buy a luxury car to develop an even brighter future．

　　5．Warren is a merchant traveling to different parts of the country in any weather situation,good or bad．He expects to have a satisfactory car to make his career better．

　　A Provided by an advanced – design Triton engine,with a perfect cooling system,and plenty of pulling power．Passenger safety is excellently strengthened by the Second Generation double airbags and side door intrusion beams．Luxury packages with deluxe accommodation(良好的空間)

　　B Was it wind？Or was it fear？Chances are the both．Equipped with the first four – cam 32 – valve V8 engine offered in a sport – utility(實用)vehicle．An advanced source of power generating 320 Ib – ft of twisting force and 230 horsepower．

　　C A spirited package that takes the zoom – zoom(疾行聲)ethos into the mainstream(主流社會)．An aggressive,confident look,one thats backed by impressive dynamics．Engaging all the senses in the driving experience．Bottom line:If youre in the market for a(seda)

　　D Style quality and high technology are the ingredients(要素)which have enabled Maserati to create some of the fastest and most advanced road cars in the world．

　　It,s one thing to climb a Mountain．It,s quite another look good doing it．

　　E 302–hp best–in–classV8

　　3rd – row seating．And available climate –controlled front seats．The new Lincoln Aviator．Like Navigator,just smaller,Proof that magnificence comes in all size．

　　F The cars with shapes we,d seen only in our dreams．The land – based rocket ships．With cockpits(駕駛座)full of computers and video screens．The cars that are invisible to the wind．Where are the cars we were promised?

　　計劃買車的人

　　供選擇的汽車

　　1．Desmond

　　A

　　2．Carls

　　B

　　3．Russel

　　C

　　4．Malcolm

　　D

　　5．Warren

　　E

　　F

　　參考答案

　　一、

　　1.解析：副詞修飾過去分詞widespread，increase的副詞是increasingly。

　　答案：increasingly

　　2.解析：從句意得知出生率降低，家庭的人口減少。

　　答案：fewer

　　3.解析：working：有工作的。

　　答案：working

　　4.解析：not...but...是固定搭配，意為“不是……而是……”。

　　答案：but

　　5.解析：從句意得知，無論他們想要什么，父母就給什么。

　　答案：whatever

　　6.解析：從上下文得知，這樣的孩子不考慮別人。

　　答案：without

　　7.解析：來自哪里，用where。

　　答案：where

　　8.解析：complain about抱怨,投訴

　　答案：about

　　9.解析：take要做謂語，從句意得知是“應該采取措施”。

　　答案：should be taken

　　10.解析：who 指代families，引導非限定性定語從句。

　　答案：who

　　二、

　　分析：

　　本文是一篇哲理性記敘文。通過一個年輕人與一伙老年人在叢林中砍樹的故事闡明了一個道理：磨刀不誤砍柴工。

　　1.解析：從下文中年輕人從來都不休息的事實可知：他是一個極其“勤勞的（hardworking）”人。

　　答案：C

　　2.解析：在他看來，那些老人經常浪費時間，一天當中要休息好幾次去閑聊，這一切都讓他看不慣，因此他總是“抱怨（complained）”。

　　答案：B

　　3.解析：從邏輯上來判斷：“盡管（even though）”他辛勤勞作，但那些老人砍的樹跟他一樣多，有時比他砍得還多。

　　答案：A

　　4.解析：根據事實可知：老人們砍的樹跟他的“數量同樣多（same amount）”。

　　答案：C

　　5.解析：于是他“決定（decided）”第二天更加辛苦地勞作。

　　答案：D

　　6.解析：不幸的是，第二天的“結果（results）”更糟糕。

　　答案：B

　　7.解析：本空后for a drink提示：其中一位老人“邀請（invited）”他一起喝一杯休息一會。

　　答案：A

　　8.解析：他以自己沒有“多余的（extra）”時間來休息為借口“拒絕了（refused）”他的邀請。

　　答案：C

　　9.解析：不磨斧子而“連續（keep）”砍樹就是在做低效率的事。

　　答案：D

　　10.解析：如果繼續這樣不休息地勞作，用不了多久你就會支持不住而“放棄（give up）”。

　　答案：B

　　11.解析：聽到老人的話，年輕人突然“明白了（realized）”這個道理。

　　答案：C

　　12.解析：他發現他們在休息時，同時“也（also）”在磨自己的斧子。

　　答案：A

　　13.解析：他終于明白他們“砍（chop）”樹比他快的原因了。

　　答案：B

　　14.解析：把這兩者“巧妙地（intelligently）”結合起來。

　　答案：D

　　15.解析：否則的話，我們總會低效率地忙個不停，說自己沒有“時間（time）”。

　　答案：A

　　三、

　　1~5 BADFE 