高考英语 板块 Unit Festivals课下作业复习(详细解析)

复习板块四 Unit 14 Festivals Ⅰ.多项选择

1．Reality is not the way you wish things to be，nor the way they appear to be， ________ the way they actually are.

A．as B．or C．but D．and

解析：句意：现实不是你所希望的样子，也不是表面看上去的那个样子，而是实 际存在的东西。not...but...“不是……而是……”。

答案：C

2．He stepped on my foot ________，not ________，which made me very angry.

A．by chance；on purpose B．on purpose；by chance C．by purpose；by chance D．for purpose；by chance

解析：on purpose故意地；by chance偶尔，碰巧。句意：他故意踩了我的脚，不 是碰巧的，这令我非常生气。

答案：B

3．Noise is unpleasant，________ when you are trying to sleep.

A．extremely B．naturally C．fortunately D．especially

解析：句意：噪音令你不愉快，尤其是当你想睡觉时。 答案：D

4．—Was your sister glad when she saw you?

—Of course she was.Her face ________ when she saw me coming. A．set up B．lit up C．fired up D．cleared up

解析：light up“容光焕发”。set up建起；fire up激起热情；clear up清理。

答案：B

5．We agreed to the plan of constructing a nuclear power plan ________ but there were several details we needed to have a further discussion.

A．in common B．in principle C．in all D．in return

解析：考查介词短语辨析。in common共同；in principle原则上；in all总共；in return作为回报。

答案：B

6．They were completely ________ by the story he made up，because the students are too young and have no social experience.

A．taken up B．taken in C．taken off D．taken out

解析：take in“欺骗”。而take up“拿起”；take off“脱下”；take out“拿 出”，均不符合语境。

答案：B

7．All the candidates were ________ the street to be named after a great man ________ his great contributions to the city.

A．in honor of；in favor of B．in praise of；in favor of

C．in favor of；in honor of D．in praise of；in need of

解析：in favor of赞成；in honor of为了纪念。句意：所有的候选人都赞成以伟人 的名字命名那条街道以纪念他对这个城市所做的贡献。

答案：C

8．When they heard the good news，all of the people in the city held a great party to ________ their victory.

A．celebrate B．memorize

C．congratulate D．receive

解析：celebrate victory“庆祝胜利”。memorize记住；congratulate宾语往往

是人。 答案：A

9．It was not until later afternoon that he began to solve the ________ problem.

A．common B．major C．general D．minor

解析：major大的，主要的。句意：直到下午稍晚的时候他才开始解决主要

问题。 答案：B

10．The governor's refusal to apply the law brought him into ________ with the federal government.

A．conflict B．touch C．contact D．agreement

解析：考查名词辨析。句意：应用法律遭到的拒绝导致了他与联邦 之间的冲突。conflict冲突；touch接触；contact联络；

agreement同意。

答案：A Ⅱ.阅读理解 A

(2010·北京市四月模拟)ARLANDA，Sweden (Reuters Life！)—Many people hate the idea of having to sleep on a plane.But Swedish

entrepreneur Oscar Dios thinks they can be persuaded otherwise and he has created a new kind of hostel to prove it.

Dios says it is the world's first jumbo jet hostel，and actual jet plane at Sweden's main airport outside Stockholm which has been changed into a 25­room

guesthouse that sleeps as many as 72 people.

“I learned about this plane that was standing deserted at Arlanda airport and I've been trying the concept of hostels in many different houses and buildings，”he told Reuters，“I thought，‘Why not a plane？’”

Jumbo Hostels opened for business on Thursday，giving customers the chance to check in and sleep in a room that can best be described as comfortable.

“The most challenging part with this project is trying to build something inside a metal hull—it's just really，really tight.”

The jet，which was originally produced for Singapore Airlines，was taken out of service in 2002.It is held on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in steel cradles.

One feature of the hostel is its price—a room starts at 350 Swedish

crowns (about $ 41)，which is a lot less than hotel rooms outside of major airports.

Another feature is that customers can get married on the wing of the plane and stay in the plane's more luxurious honeymoon suite (套房)．

Instead of walking down the aisle in the church，lovebirds can take what Jumbo Hostels calls the “wing walk，”where they can be joined in great happiness at the wing tip.The hostel has someone ready to perform the ceremony.

But in some respects，this hostel remains a plane—most customers

have to share the jet's nine bathrooms and the staff only wear air host and hostess outfits.The only room that has its own bathroom is the honeymoon suite.

1．One of the features of the plane hostel is that ________. A．customers can sleep in comfortable rooms B．air hostesses can offer good service C．the staff can have a “wing walk”

D．a wedding ceremony can be held on the wing

解析：细节理解题。结合倒数第三段和倒数第二段中的内容可知可以在机翼上举 行婚礼仪式。

答案：D

2．The underlined word “tight” means ________. A．crowded B．tense C．small D．full

解析：猜测词义题。画线词所在语境为：这项工程中最困难的部分是设法在一个 金属机身内建东西，机身本身非常小。由此可推知此处tight意为“狭小”，选 C。

答案：C

3．The purpose of the passage is to ________. A．introduce a new kind of hostel B．prove people can sleep on a plane

C．describe a wonderful place for weddings

D．call on people to make use of the deserted things

解析：主旨大意题。本文是一篇趣味报道，第一段是文章的中心段，由此可判断 本文的中心话题是介绍用喷气式飞机改造而成的新型旅馆。

答案：A B

(2010·湖北八校联考Ⅱ)“Primary school children are abandoning books for computer games，as parents struggle to find the right balance between play， homework，reading and electronic entertainment at home，”Ed Balls，the Education Secretary，said yesterday.

Mr.Balls called on parents to cut down on the amount of time they let their children play computer games and urged them to spend at least ten minutes a night reading bedtime stories.

He added that a recent consultation by his department had found a huge groundswell of concern among parents about how best to regulate their children's computer play.“Across the country we should be getting our kids to play computer games a bit less and to read a bit more，” he said.

His comments followed the publication of a major international comparison of reading among ten­year­olds which showed that England

had fallen from third to fifteenth position in the past five years.Scotland fell from fourteenth to twenty­first place in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study，run by Boston College in Massachusetts.Russian children came top in the study.

The literacy report for England，produced for the Government by

the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)，found that 22 percent of English children spent five hours or more playing computer or video games on a normal school day，with 37 percent spending more than three hours.This was exceeded only by the US and seven other countries.

The report also found a clear association between the number of books at home and reading attainment.The 23 percent of children with 200 or more books at home had significantly higher reading scores than the 10 percent with ten or fewer books.

4．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Playing computer games too much can greatly affect children's learning grades.

B．Parents are urged to make children play computer games less and read more

C．Ten­year­old children in different countries spend different amount of time on reading.

D．It is necessary for children today to find a balance between playing and learning.

解析：主旨大意题。本文主要讲的是Ed Balls呼吁父母们加强对孩子的

管束，让 他们减少玩电脑游戏的时间，多读书。 答案：B

5．According to the passage，________ spend the most time on reading. A．the Russian children B．the American children C．the English children D．the Scottish children

解析：事实细节题。由第四段最后一句话“Russian children came top in the study.”可知，答案为A。

答案：A

6．What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．How children perform at reading tests is mainly determined by

the number of books they have at home. B．Children should keep at least ten books at home in order to

get good reading scores.

C．The number of books children have at home is obviously related to their reading tests.

D．Only the children who have more than 200 books at home can perform well at reading tests.

解析：事实细节题。最后一段说，该报告还发现，家庭藏书的多少与孩子的阅读 量有很明显的联系，家中有200本以上书籍的孩子比家里只有10本或者更少书籍 的孩子的阅读分数更高。

答案：C

7．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．busy parents today are to blame for causing reduced reading time for their children

B．parents haven't found a proper way to regulate their children's computer play

C．children in developed countries show less interest in reading D．all the parents spend less than 10 minutes reading bedtime stories to their children

解析：推理判断题。第三段说，最近的一次咨询活动发现，父母十分关注该如何 控制孩子们玩电脑游戏的时间，由此判断选B。文章没有提到

这个现象的责任在 谁(A项错)，也没有说孩子阅读量的大小与国家经济发展的关系(C项错)，D项与 第二段的叙述不符。

答案：B