2013届新课标高三英语一轮复习课时跟踪检测50(B8Unit 2)Ⅰ.单项填空1．You are really very kind. I'll never forget the ________ you have done for me.A．favour B．deedC．help D．good答案与解析：A句意：你真好，我永远忘不了你帮我的忙。do sb. a favour或do a favour for sb.“帮某人一个忙”，因此选A项。2．Good technique in medicine means less pain and fewer deaths. ________ it is our duty to master it.A．Altogether B．ThereforeC．Otherwise D．However答案与解析：B考查副词辨析。句意：医学上好的技术意味着更少的疼痛和更少的死亡，因此掌握它是我们的职责。altogether“总共”；therefore“因此”；otherwise“否则”；however“然而”。这里是因果关系，故选B项。3．Premier Wen Jiabao said that if we worked hard and ________ optimistic, we were ________ win the war against the swine flu.A．were; bounding B．were; bound toC．was; bounding to D．had; bounded to答案与解析：B句意：温家宝总理说，如果我们努力工作并保持乐观，就一定能赢得抗击猪流感的战役。worked hard和were optimistic并列；be bound to“一定会，很可能会”，为固定用法。4．The more care you put into the project at hand, the more it will ________.A．go off B．turn upC．pay off D．come up答案与解析：C句意：越小心处理手上的项目，成果就会越大。go off“入睡；变质”；turn up“出现”；pay off“成功，还清债务”；come up“被提及”。故选C项。5．—People stopped using their cars and started using public transport during the Beijing 2008 Olympics.—________. In China's big cities, the roads are always too crowded.A．All right B．ExactlyC．Go ahead D．Fine答案与解析：B考查交际用语。句意：——在2008年北京奥运会期间，人们停止使用汽车，开始使用公共交通。——的确如此。在中国的大城市里，道路总是相当拥挤。exactly在这里表示对前一句话的赞同，意为“确实如此”。6．You don't have to be angry. He ________ wanted to know the truth.A．nearly B．hardlyC．merely D．mostly答案与解析：C句意：你不必生气，他只不过是想知道真相。merely“仅仅，只不过”，符合句意。nearly“几乎”；hardly“几乎不”；mostly“大部分”。7．—I have mended that cup for you.—Thanks, but you needn't have ________. I bought a new one this morning.A．helped B．requiredC．wasted D．bothered答案与解析：D由“我”今早刚买了一个新的杯子可知“我”认为对方没必要修理打破的那个。bother to do sth.“麻烦做某事”，符合句意。8．Most businessmen are more interested in the ________ success of their products than their educational values.A．commercial B．culturalC．classical D．criminal答案与解析：A句意：大部分商人比其产品所带来的教育价值而言更注重其产品所带来的商业利益。commercial“商业的”，商人们追求商品的商业利益这是常识。cultural“文化的”；classical“古典的；经典的”；criminal“犯罪的；刑事的”。9．—How do Canadians like to be called?—Most of them don't object ________ them their first names.A．that you call B．for callingC．to your calling D．to call答案与解析：Cobject to意为“反对”，to为介词，故C项正确。10．With less traffic and fewer factories, the air of the suburbs is much cleaner than ________ of the city.A．those B．oneC．that D．it答案与解析：C句意：较少的车辆和工厂使得郊区的空气比市区的干净了很多。句中的that指代前文中出现过的名词the air。11．Though they don't live in the same city now, he manages to be informed ________ how Tony is getting along.A．at one time B．for a timeC．at no time D．from time to time答案与解析：D句意：虽然他们现在不住在同一个城市，但他设法不时地得知托尼的情况。from time to time“不时地；偶尔”，相当于sometimes。at one time“曾经；一度”；for a time“暂时；一度”；at no time“绝不”。12．I ________it to my teacher to take a betterpaid post if I can get one.A．owe B．belongC．give D．donate答案与解析：A句意：如果我能得到较好的职位，我应感激我的老师。owe... to...“受……恩惠，感激……”，符合句意要求。13．I didn't mean ________ anything, but those apples looked so good that I couldn't resist ________ one.A．to eat; trying B．to eat; to tryC．eating; trying D．eating; to try答案与解析：Amean to do sth.“打算做某事”；resist (doing) sth.“忍不住做某事”。14．We tried ________ to persuade him to stay home, but at last, he went to the construction site in spite of his bad illness.A．in effect B．in vainC．in fact D．in addition答案与解析：B句意：我们极力劝说他呆在家里，但都是徒劳，尽管他生着重病，最后还是去了工地。in vain“徒劳地，白费力气”。15．Don't let yourself be ________ by a small failure in the experiment, try again.A．cast away B．cast downC．cast aside D．cast out答案与解析：Bcast down“毁掉；沮丧，不愉快”；cast away“丢弃”；cast aside“舍弃”；cast out“赶出，逐出”。Ⅱ.阅读理解A As a young man，Al was a skilled artist，a potter (陶工). He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his elder son developed a serious stomachache. Thinking it was only some common disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But it was actually acute appendicitis (急性阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health deteriorated (恶化) under the burden of his guilt. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his sixyearold younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle，and he turned to alcohol to help him cope. In time Al became an alcoholic (酒鬼)． As the alcoholism progressed，Al began to lose everything he possessed—his home, his land and his art objects. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room. When I heard of Al's death，I reacted with the same disdain (蔑视) the world shows for one who ends his life with nothing to show for it. “What a complete failure！” I thought. “What a totally wasted life！” As time went by, I began to reevaluate my earlier judgment. I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie. He has grown into one of the kindest, most caring and most loving men I have ever known. I watched Emie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and consideration had to come from somewhere. I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my courage to ask him. “I'm really puzzled by something，” I said. “I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person？” Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, “Al came into my room every night，gave me a kiss and said ‘I love you，son’ until I left home at 18.” Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind and loving father, and he was one of the finest men I have ever known.
