2020人教版英语必修4 Unit 3 Section 1

Unit 3 Section Ⅰ

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．My friend knows where he can pick up a good used car at a reasonable price. 解析：句意：我的朋友知道在哪里买到价格公道而质量尚好的旧车。pick up“(便宜地)买到”。

2．Up to now, the program has saved (save) thousands of children who would otherwise have died.

解析：考查时态。句意：直到现在，这个项目已经救了几千孩子，不然的话，这些孩子会死亡。up to now表示“直到现在”，句中谓语动词往往用现在完成时态。

3． As was expected, only five people turned up at the party， which disappointed the hostess very much.

解析：句意：正如所预料的，只有5个人参加了那次聚会，这使女主人非常失望。as引导非限制性定语从句，位置比较灵活，表示在意料之中，意为“正如，正像”；which引导非限制性定语从句，表示在意料之外。

4．Two middleaged passengers fell into the sea. Unfortunately (fortunate)，neither of them could swim.

解析：句意：两个中年乘客掉入海中，不幸的是，他们两个都不会游泳。从neither of them could swim判断，可知应该是“不幸的是”。

5．He often listens to music in his spare time to entertain himself . 解析：句意为“他经常在空闲时间听音乐来愉悦自己”。

6．Jack was a failure as a leader, but he achieved great success in writing.

解析：考查抽象名词及抽象名词具体化。句意：杰克作为一个领导来说是一位失败者，但是在写作方面他取得了巨大的成功。failure[U]失败；[C]失败者，失败的人或物。

7．The worker had a finger cut off by the machine he was operating.

解析：句意：这个工人的一个手指头被他开的机器切断了。cut off“中断；切断”。 8．—Can you lend me some money?

—I am worse (bad) off than you.You know I live from hand to mouth.

解析：句意：——你能借给我点钱吗？——我比你情况还糟，你知道我现在仅够糊口。badly off“穷的，境况不好”，比较级形式worse off“情况更糟”。

9．—Is he really content with the low pay? —Of course not.He wants to get some extra pay.

解析：句意：——他真对这份低工资满意吗？——当然不。他想得到额外报酬。be content with“对……满意”。

10．It's easy to pick out the boy who will meet you at the airport because he is rather tall. 解析：句意：你很容易认出在车站接你的男孩，因为他相当高。pick out“挑出；辨别出”。 Ⅱ.完成句子

1．He usually contents himself with a film every weekend to relax himself. 为了放松，每个周末他通常用一部电影来满足自己。 2．I am astonished to meet you here. 在这儿遇见你，我感到惊讶。

3．We are convinced that we will win the game. 我们相信我们会赢得比赛。

4． As he knows ，he will get the chance to work in that company. 正如他知道的，他会得到一个在那家公司工作的机会。 5． With a lot to do ，she is busy every day. 有很多事要做，她终日忙碌。

6． A small round pink table stands against the wall of the room. 一张粉色的小圆桌子靠墙放着。

7．But fortunately, his blind uncle, who was badly off ，adopted him. 但是幸运的是，他被贫穷且看不见的叔叔收养了。

8．He often goes to the countryside for fishing in his spare time to entertain himself . 在业余时间，他经常到乡下钓鱼以自娱。 Ⅲ.阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

After a year at sea,16－year－old Laura Dekker can finally say，“Mission accomplished！” Last month，she finished a daring trip around the world aboard her 38－foot boat，Guppy.Dekker，who is from the Netherlands，traveled more than 30,000 miles all by herself.She is the youngest person ever to sail around the globe alone.

Dekker had wanted to take on this challenge when she was even younger.She first tried to set sail at the age of 13，but a court in the Netherlands stopped her.They said that she was too young to make such a risky trip by herself.But Dekker insisted she had the navigation skills and patience of an adult sailor.

She finally took off on August 21,2010.During her trip，Dekker battled loneliness，storms，and worries about pirates.But she also got to surf and scuba dive，and started a new hobby: playing the flute.Although Dekker didn't spend all of her time at sea—she stopped at ports along the way—she did spend her 16th birthday on the open ocean.To celebrate，she ate doughnuts for breakfast.

But Dekker didn't sail into the record books.Guinness World Records and the World Sailing Speed Record Council no longer recognize records for“youngest” sailors.They dropped the category in 2009 to discourage children from attempting such dangerous feats(壮举)．But that didn't stop Dekker，who was born on a yacht (大游艇) during a seven－year world voyage undertaken by her parents.

Dekker doesn't mind that she won't hold an official record.She says it was a personal goal，and she is happy she achieved it.

“I am not disappointed at all that Guinness World Records won't recognize my attempt，” Dekker wrote on her website，“I did not start on my trip to achieve any record... I did it just for myself.”

文章大意：本文是记叙文。主要介绍了16岁的少女Laura Dekker独自完成了一次环球航行的壮举。

1．Dekker wasn't allowed to sail at the age of 13 because A . A．people were concerned about her safety B．she didn't learn the sailing skills well C．she had to continue her study at school D．she didn't have enough patience for long trips

解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第二、第三句“She first tried to set sail at the age of 13，but a court in the Netherlands stopped her.They said that she was too young to make such a risky trip by herself.”可知，人们担心她的安全，所以阻止了她冒险。故选A。

2．What does the underlined word“accomplished” in Paragraph 1 mean？ B A．Failed. C．Continued.

B．Finished. D．Started.

解析：词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“After a year at sea,16－year－old Laura Dekker can finally say，‘Mission accomplished！’ Last month，she finished a daring trip around the world”可推断，画线词和“finish”意思相近。accomplish“完成”。故选B项。

3．In 2009 records for youngest sailors were canceled in order to D . A．set a higher sailing standard for teen sailors B．stop children entering Guinness World Records C．encourage parents to sail with their children D．prevent children making dangerous attempts

解析：细节理解题。根据第四段倒数第二句“They dropped the category in 2009 to discourage children from attempting such dangerous feats(壮举)．”可知，他们取消这一类别的目的是阻止孩子们冒险。故选D。

4．What could be the best title for this passage？ C

A．A New Guinness World Record in Sailing B．A New Sailing Standard for Teen Sailors C．A Teen Girl Sailing Alone Around the World D．The Youngest Sailor in Guinness World Records

解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了16岁的少女Laura Dekker独自环球航行的经历。故选C项。

B

Taylor Swift added another great honor this year—the first－ever Taylor Swift Award—at the 64th yearly BMI Pop Awards.

Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills，California，the ceremony honored the writers and publishers of the most－performed pop songs during the past year.The Taylor Swift Award was a recognition(认可)of both Swift's musical influence and creative gift.

In her acceptance speech，Swift said that she was happy to get the award named after her.“It is really a relief that BMI decided to give me the Taylor Swift Award，because if they had chosen somebody else to give it to，I'd be like kind of angry about it.” the singer joked.

This eponymous(同名的)award marked only the second time in BMI's history that the organization has presented an award in an artist's name.Michael Jackson，a legendary(传奇的)artist，was the first to get that honor in 1990.

“Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in US.She has shown pop culture through her songs，” said Barbara Cane，BMI's Vice President of Writer/ Publisher Relations，“She has had a deep influence，not only musically，but also through her personal belief and commitment to create a standard that values and respects music for everyone.We felt it suitable to award Taylor with an honor that is an special as she is.”

Swift also claimed four of the year's most－performed songs to earn the honor of Pop Songwriter of the Year.

文章大意：这是一篇新闻报道。本文讲述的是歌手Taylor Swift今年又获得了另一项殊荣——第64届年度BMI流行奖。文章介绍了其他人对她的音乐的高度评价。

5．What do we know about the Taylor Swift Award？ C A．The Taylor Swift Award can only be given to Taylor Swift herself. B．The Taylor Swift Award is the only one that is named after an artist's name. C．Taylor's creativity in music is one of the reasons that helps her get the award. D．Barbara Cane decided to give the award to Taylor this year.

解析：推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“The Taylor Swift Award was a recognition(认可) of both Swift's musical influence and creative gift.Taylor Swift奖是对Swift音乐影响力和创造性