2013高考英语一轮复习课时知能训练： Inventors and

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高考英语一轮复习课时知能训练：选修八 Unit 3 Inventors and inventions

Ⅰ.完形填空

(2012•潮州模拟)There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time.One of them is to walk around it，guide-book in hand.Of course，we may __1__ with our guide-books the history and __2__developments of a town and get to know them.But then，if we __3__ our time and stay in a town for a while，we may get to know it better.When we __4__ it as a whole，we begin to have some __5__，which even the best guide-books do not answer.Why is the town just like this，this shape，this plan，this size? Why do its streets __6__in this particular way，and not in any __7__ way?

Here even the best guide-book __8__ us.One can't find in it the information about how a town has developed to the __9__ appearance.It may not describe the original __10__ of a town.However，one may get some ideas of what it __11__look like by walking around the town.One can also imagine how the town was first planned and built.Then one can learn more about in what direction the town __12__ to develop.

What is the __13__ of studying towns in this way？For me，it is __14__ that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one's own eyes.A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive than just reading about it in a __15__.

【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文，介绍了了解一个城镇的不同的方法。作者提出亲自到城镇里转一转要比拿一本旅行指南好。

1．A.write　　　　　　　B．tell

C．study       D．remember

【解析】　考查动词辨析。句意：当然，我们可以用旅行指南去研究一个城镇的历史以及它独特的发展状况，然后慢慢了解它。根据第三段第一句中的“...of studying towns...”可知，C项正确。

【答案】　C

2．A.swift       B．similar

C．separate      D．special

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3．A.take       B．treasure

C．put        D．limit

【解析】　考查动词辨析。句意：不过，如果我们花时间在城里待一会儿，我们就可以更好地了解它。take意为“花费”，符合文意。

【答案】　A

4．A.look after     B．look at

C．look for      D．look up

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5．A.ideas     B．opinions

C．feelings      D．questions

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6．A.open      B．run

C．begin      D．move

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7．A.one      B．more

C．other      D．such

【解析】　考查形容词辨析。other意为“其他的”。句意：为什么街道以这种独特的方式延伸，而不是任何其他方式？故C项符合文意。

【答案】　C

8．A.fails      B．tricks

C．helps      D．satisfies

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9．A.old      B．normal

C．first      D．present

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10．A.capital     B．meaning

C．design      D．change

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11．A.used to      B．seemed to

C．had to      D．happened to

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12．A.stops  B．appears

C．starts  D．continues

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13．A.point      B．view

C．problem      D．difficulty

【解析】　考查名词辨析。上文讲述了了解城镇的方式，再由下文中的“one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one's own eyes”可知，我们这么做的意义，故选A项，构成what is the point of doing sth.结构，意为“做某事有何意义”。

【答案】　A

14．A.simply      B．nearly

C．generally      D．hardly

【解析】　考查副词辨析。句意：对于我来讲，亲眼看一看城镇仅会让一个人获得更多的快乐。simply意为“仅仅，只不过”，符合文意。

【答案】　A

15．A.magazine     B．guide-book

C．newspaper      D．fiction

【解析】　考查名词辨析。句意：亲自去城里转一转会帮助你更好地了解为什么它如此吸引人，比只读旅行指南要好得多。故B项正确。

【答案】　B

Ⅱ.语法填空

He is the man who for many people has been a role model.Now your biggest hero deserves a special day when you can express your thanks and let him know 1.________ important he is to you.

The third Sunday of June—which 2.________(fall) on June 19 this year—is Father's Day.

The idea of Father's Day came from  3.________American woman called Sonora Smart Dodd in 1909.Dodd wanted a special day 4.________(honor)her father.He raised six children by 5.________after his wife died.Dodd thought there needed to be a day to honor loving dads.

The first Father's Day 6.________(celebrate) on June 19,1910.In 1924，US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a 7.________(nation) Father's Day.Finally，in 1966，President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June 8.________Father's Day.

Here are some ways to show your love and respect：

*Send him a greeting card.Fathers prefer cards 9.________ are not too emotional.So choose one that will make him laugh.

*If he has a computer，cover his desktop 10.________words like “I love you Dad”．

*A small present，such as a framed photo of your family，can make him feel like a king.

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