高中英语精选精练Module8Unit2Theuniversallanguage基础知识译林牛津版选修8

模块八Unit 2 基础知识精选精练

一， 单选。

1. ---- What attracted you to our university?

---- You have a great basketball team and I can _____ for it. A. look out B. carry out C. try out D. work out

2. The little child _____ go out alone at night, so he ____ walk in the dark that night. A. doesn’t dare to; dared not to B. daren’t to; didn’t dare to C. doesn’t dare to; dare not D. daren’t; dared not

3. He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ____ a native speaker.

A. more fluent than B. so fluently as C. much fluently than D. as fluent as

4. When he applied for a(n) _____ in the office of the local newspaper, he was told to see the manager.

A. affection B. profession C. position D. location

5. The French Revolution was successful in _____ society of inequality, which had a great effect on many other countries, particularly ______ in Europe.

A. freeing; ones B. ridding; those C. ridding; the one D. freeing; that

6. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by the police ___. A. not to B. not to do C. not do D. do not

7.--- I didn’t apologize to him for being unable to inform him of the change in the plan. ---- But you __________.

A. have to B. must have C. ought to have D. should

8. One of the sides of the board should be painted yellow, and _______.

A. the other white B. the other is white C. another white D. another is white 9. I would have paid a visit to you _______ possible.

A. would it be B. should it have been C. if it were D. had it been

10. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _____ against the local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.

A. counter B. reform C. protest D. contradict

11. _____ against twice, so Men’s Clothes Department is trying hard to clean itself up. A. Because it has been complained B. Having been complained C. Because of having been complained D. It has been complained 12. --- How is everything going on with you in Europe? ---- Quite well. Not so smoothly as I hoped, ______. A. though B. instead C. too D. either 13. --- Is this the first time you ____ Shanghai?

---- No. But the first time I _____ here, the city wasn’t so beautiful. A. visit; have come B. have visited; have come C. have visited; came D. visit; came

14. ---- How long will you graduate from senior middle school? ----- It will be less than one year ____ I graduate. A. when B. since C. that D. before 15. ----- We didn’t find Smith attending the lecture.

----- No one ______ him about _____ a lecture the following day.

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A. had told; there being B. told; there was C. had told; there to be D. told; there to be 16.---- Why are you so nervous?

----- My computer broke down and my essay __________ since. A. had been left unfinished B. has left to finish C. was left to finish D. has been left unfinished

17. The climate here is quite pleasant, the temperature rarely, _____, reaching 30C in summer. A. if any B. if so C. if ever D. if not 18. ---- How was your job interview?

----- Oh, I couldn’t feel _____. I hardly found proper answers to most of the questions they asked.

A. better B. worse C. easier D. happier

19. By 2025, when the number of consumers worldwide has reached 4.2 billion, people with high income will be, for the first time, more than ____ struggling to meet basic needs. A. ones B. those C. that D. one

20. ---- What bad luck! I had a cut in salary yesterday.

----- _________. I warned you not to be late and inefficient repeatedly but you ignore it. A. By all means B. Take it easy C. Never mind D. You asked for it 二，单词拼写。

1. The film “Birdman” is being ___________(挑选演员) in both the US and Britain. 2. I hope you can submit your term papers before the __________(最后期限).

3. These habits are both ____________(普遍的) among mankind and peculiar to individuals. 4. I don’t know who’s more ____________(固执), you or your grandmother ---neither of you

will compromise.

5. We cannot ______________(谴责) him without factual evidence.

6. ________________(失业) is so damaging both to individuals and to communities. 7. Most men ________________(追求) wealth, which doesn’t mean they are happy.

8. He had a _________________(趋势) to shrink up whenever attention was focused on his girl

friend.

9. There has been a __________________(逐渐的) increase in the number of families owning

refrigerators and cars.

10. Do you think the new rose has taken _____________(根) when spring approaches?

11. She d__________________ to have lunch with her friends, saying that she wasn’t feeling

well.

12. Those prisoners are dreaming of l_____________ back to society since freedom is very

valuable.

13. When the doctor stuck the needle into her arm, the child s____________ blue murder. 14. They switched from set speeches to a question-and-answer f_____________ when the assembly

came to an end. 15. There was a deep-rooted racial p_______________ long before the two countries became rivals

and went to war.

16. Distrusting women, he remained a b________________ all his life.

17. These truths were by no means e______________ when Galileo first suggested them.

18. These latest developments have created a great d____________ for home computers during

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the Information Age.

19. Something that is d_______________ makes you feel worried or upset.

20. He was s_______________ with sudden chest pains when he ran along the 800-metre track. 三， 短语填空。（用下面的短语的适当形式填空，每个短语只能用一次）

transform----into spring up break a promise fall in love with split up ask for one’s hand in marriage participate in condemn---to take on break down

a) Those who decide _________________ teaching as a career need lots of patience.

b) In the world today, there ________ fewer and fewer men _____________ death for murder. c) We positively _____________________ the performance match last month.

d) Jack was very nervous right before he _______________ Julie’s

____________________________.

e) For art and craft lessons the class _______________________ into small groups.

f) They _____________________ each other at first sight and in a short time they got married. g) Many high-rise buildings _____________________ all over the city every since the 2010

World Expo in Shanghai with the theme “ Beijing City, Better Life”.

h) He had to pause from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, because the

air-conditioning system _____________________.

i) But in case you ____________________, at least admit it openly and attempt to keep your

other promises. j) Our city ____________________________ an advanced industrial city in the past 10 years----

periods of resource economy globalization and intellectual economy globalization.

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答案：

一．单项选择

1-5 CDBCB 6-10 ACADC 11-15 DACDA 16-20 DCBBD 二、单词拼写

1.cast 2.deadline 3.universal 4.stubborn 5.condemn 6.Unemployment 7.seek 8.tendency 9.gradual 10.root

11.declined 12.liberty 13.screamed 14.format 15.prejudice 16.bachelor 17.evident 18.demand 19.disgusting 20.seized 三．短语填空

1.to take on 2.are;condemned to 3.participated in 4.asked for;hand in marriage 5.was\\is split up 6.fell in love with 7.have sprung up 8.(had) sprung up 9.break a promise 10.has been transformed into

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