XX届高二英语下学期期末复习（选修8 unit 1）
1. is there any m_____________ of contacting him?
2. statistics ______________(表明) that the world population has doubled.
3. it was becoming _____________(明显的) to me that she didn’t like me.
4. he didn’t take much l_____________ for his journey.
5. i was one of the a____________ for the job.
6. reagan was e___________ as the thirty-second president of the united states.
7. it never o___________ to her that he should refuse such a good chance.
8. they __________(插入) a tube in his mouth to help him breathe.
9. he has twenty head of ____________(牛) on his farm.
10. an increasing _______________(比例) of the population own their own house.
二.单选：
11. george washington was born in 1732 in a rich family in _______ is now the state of virginia.
a. which b. where c. that d. what
12. pudong developmental zone is no longer a rural area ________ it used to be.
a. what b. where c. despite d. there
13. it is _______ that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.
a. obviously b. apparently c. possibly d. likely
14. eventually he gave in to the wish of the ________.
a. most b. majority c. average d. common
15. they _______ tom to record the hit single.
a. kept up with b. caught up with
c. put up with d. teamed up with
16. he‘d _________a volleyball court on the beach with stick.
a. turned out b. marked out c. made out d. broken out
17. i’m told that you are going to canada to have a three month further study. don’t let such a good chance to improve your english _____ through your fingers.
a. ski b. spreads c. slips d. skip
18. students sometimes support themselves by _______ of part- time jobs.
a. ways b. help c. means d. assistance
19. didn’t it ever ________to you that one day you wouldn’t be fired because of your carelessness?
a. dream b. occur c. expect d. happen
20. the reason why i didn’t go to france was __________ a new job.
a. because i got b. because of getting c. i go d. that i got
21. i feel it an honour __________ to speak here.
a. to ask b. asking c. to be asked d. asked
22. choosing the right dictionary depends on ________ you want to use it for.
a. what b. why c. how d. whether
23. could i speak to _________ is in charge of international sale, please?
a. anyone b. someone c. whoever d. no matter who
24. you can only be sure of _______ you have at present; you cannot be sure of something ______ you might get in the future.
a. that; what b. what; / c. which; that d. /; that
25. --i will ask our physics teacher to explain newton’s second law of motion she taught us yesterday.
-- that’s just _______ most of the students have doubt.
a. what b. why c. how d. where
三.阅读
on september 22, 1986, jay brunkella, a police officer in the rogers park district in chicago, was shot during a drug arrest and died. shortly afterwards, fellow officer ken knapcik, a 20-year veteran（老警官）of the force, returned home after work to find a note from his 15 year old daughter on the dining table.
dad—this poem came directly from my heart. i love you so much! it scares and amazes me that you go out every day and risk everything to provide us with all that we have. i wrote this to express how much i love you and how much lost i’d be without you ---laura. ps: hey, let’s be careful out there.
titled the ultimate cop, laura’s poem was dedicated “to all the cops in the world who have daughters who love them with all their hearts. and especially to my dad”. it was about a police officer’s daughter who sees on the night time news that her father has been shot. part of poem: “daddy, my daddy, can you hear me cry? oh, god, i need my daddy, please don’t let him die.”
ken knapcik stood alone as he read the poem. “it took me several minutes,” he said. “i’d get through part of it and have to stop before i could go on. i was weeping. she had never told me she was scared.” he took the poem to work the next day and showed it to his fellow officers. i’ve never seen so many grown men cry. some couldn’t finish it.”
knapcik keeps laura’s poem in the pocket of his police jacket. he takes it with him every time he leaves the house for a new shift. “i don’t want to be out there without it,” he said. “i’ll probably carry it with me forever.”
26. laura wrote the poem ____________.
a. in memory of her father who was shot in the drug arrest
b. to show her great sorrow in losing her father
c. to show her respect to all the cops who lost their lives
d. to tell officer ken knapcik how much she loved him
27. all the officers cried because ____________.
a. jay brunkella was shot and died
b. they were greatly touched by the poem
c. the poem was so sad that they couldn’t hold back their tears
d. they thought of their dangerous life
28. knapcik keeps laura’s poem in his pocket ______________.
a. to treasure her daughter’s love and to value his own life
b. to keep it from getting lost
c. because he can’t go out without it
d. to mourn over the death of officer jay brunkella
29. which of the following is the best title for the passage?
a. poem for a cop b. an officer’s death
c. a cop’s daughter d. love my job, love my daughter
四.完形填空：
with the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters.they get to be the beloved（心爱的）__30__child.but they may not realize that they will have to “__31__” the love as their__32__ones grow old.they will have to__33_lots of old people—their parents, grandparents, their_ 34 _parents and grandparents.china is becoming__35_ country.
according to the united nations, an aging society refers to one 36 10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. according to 37 from the ministry of civil affairs, by , chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation’s total population. the 38 for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.
in china, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”.but this__39__is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young chinese on the road__40__better paying jobs.they are leaving their parents__41_.now many families are looking more to the government than to their__42__for support when they’re old.china has increased its basic social security（基本社会保险）plan which is__43__protecting those__44__, including the old, the disabled and others.these programs are now broad, __45_they are still not highly developed.
as more people grow__46__, china will have fewer working people, __47__will slow down economic growth.according to a november 26 report in the economic information daily, an expert said china should __48__its people to have more than one child in the future__49_china should keep its labor population and total population size stable（稳定的）.
30.a.only b.lonely c.friendly d.heartily
31.a.take up b.take back c.pay back d.pay for
32.a.hated b.loved c.tired d.hearted
33.a.care for b.bring up c.look for d.pay attention to
34.a.daughter’s or son’s b.niece’s or nephew’s
c.wife’s or husband’s d.aunt’s or uncle’s
35.a.an old b.an aging c.a developing d.a developed
36.a.where b.when c.which d.that
37.a.an article b.an email c.a magazine d.a report
38.a.conclusion b.character c.figure d.survey
39.a.tradition b.opinion c. saying d.way
40.a.in favor of b.in search of c.in the way of d.in the face of
41.a.out b.off c.ahead d.behind
42.a.friends b.relatives c.parents d.children
43.a.an act b.a case c.a program d.a plan
44.a.in danger b.in need c.in desperate d.in disaster
45.a.but b.or c.and d.so
46.a.strong b.realistic c.rich d.old
47.a.as b.which c.what d.that
48.a.forbid b.promise c. encourage d.order
49.a.so that b.though c.even if d.because
五.短文改错：
one evening two young men were walking in the street.
they tried to find a chance to steal everything. the clock 50. __________
strikes twelve. most people were in bed. quickly they came 51. __________
to a house so it seemed that everyone in the house had fallen 52. __________
sleeping. standing at the front gate, one man said in english to 53. __________
the other at a low voice, “you wait here. i will go around to 54. __________
the front door and then get into the house.” suddenly out 55. __________
of the house ran a dog, barking at them. the two men were 56. __________
very afraid and ran away as fast as possibly. they didn’t stop 57. __________
until they had got to a lonely place. one man said to the other 58. __________
in surprise, “it’s too bad. i had thought that the dog could 59. __________
understand english.”
参考答案：
单词：1.means 2.indicate 3.apparent 4.luggage 5.applicants
6.elected 7.occurred 8.inserted 9.cattle 10.percentage
单选：11-25 dadbd bccbd cacbd 阅读：dbaa
完形：30-34 acbac 35--39 badca 40--44 bddcb 45--49 adbcd
改错：50.everything—something 51.strikes---struck 52.so — and 53.sleeping—asleep 54.at—in 55.front—back 56.√ 57.possibly—possible 58.去掉had 59.had—hadn’t/had 后边加not
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