牛津英语module1 unit1 exercise1

宜兴市和桥高级中学高一年级课堂同步练习

Module 1 Unit 1 Exercise 1 (Welcome & Reading)

第一部分：单项填空

1. It was a long time since the girl last saw her parents, no wonder she was not _____ excited when they came.

A. much

B. greatly

C. a little

D. a bit

2. Your bed needs _____, I’m afraid.

A. to clean

B. cleaning

C. being cleaned

D. clean

3. _____ it is to skate on real ice!

A. What fun

B. What a fun

C. How a fun

D. What funs

4. He will stay here for _____ and then will go to Hong Kong.

A. some time

B. some times

C. sometimes

D. sometime

5. —Tomorrow I will have an important examination.

—I _____ you success.

A. hope

B. wish

C. hope for

D. wish for

6. She seems never to be tired; she has many ways to make herself _____.

A. relaxed

B. relaxing

C. worried

D. worrying

7. Mr. Smith as well as his wife and daughter, _____ to their school twice.

A. have gone

B. has gone

C. have been

D. has been

8. I’m lucky to have got two tickets _____. Are you _____ to go to the concert with me?

A. freely; free

B. for free; freely

C. freely; for free

D. for free; free

9. —I’m sorry to have troubled you.

—_____.

A. Not to mention

B. Don’t mention it

C. All right.

D. With pleasure.

10. It’s a pity that you missed _____ the chance to go abroad for further education.

A. to give

B. to be given

C. giving

D. being given

11. He is a man of _______ and he had a lot of interesting _______ in his life.

A. much experience, experiences

B. many experiences, experience

C. much experience, experience

D. many experiences, experiences

12. There _____ a tall tree in front of the building over there, didn’t there?

A. was

B. would be

C. must be

D. used to be

13. Do be careful next time, _____?

A. will you

B. do you

C. don’t you

D. aren’t you

14. You must officially ____ any course you are not attending.

A. fall

B. drop

C. learn

D. join

15. There’s about 400mm rain fall in this area a year _____

A. on average

B. in average

C. of average

D. for average

第二部分：完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of 16_

would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their 17 , the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was 18_ , Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you 19 from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog 20 they have four. We have a pool that _21_to the middle of our garden and they have a creek（小溪）that has 22 end. We have imported lanterns(灯笼)in our garden and they have the 23 at night. Our patio（院子）reaches to the front yard and they have the 24 horizon（地平线）. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have 25 that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve _26 . We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have 27 around our property（财产）to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

With this the boy's father was 28 .

Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how 29 we are."

Too many times we 30 what we have and concentrate on（把注意力集中在）what we don't have. What is one person's 31 object is another's prize possession. It is all 32 on one's perspective（观点）. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave 33 for all the bounty （恩赐）we have, instead of worrying about wanting 34 . Take joy in all you have, 35 your friends.

16. A. which B. that C. what D. how

17. A. trip B. tour C. visit D. travel

18. A. terrible B. disappointing C. excited D. great

19. A. expect B. regret C. keep D. learn

20. A. but B. and C. yet D. then

21. A. reaches B. gets C. arrives D. spreads

22. A. not B. no C. an D. the

23. A. dark B. darkness C. stars D. day

24. A. beautiful B. full C. longer D. whole

25. A. a sky B. a road C. fields D. earth

26. A. others B. the others C. the rest D. themselves

27. A. dogs B. walls C. guards D. servants

28. A. disappointed B. sorry C. silent D. speechless

29. A. poor B. rich C. weak D. happy

30. A. miss B. forget C. remember D. consider

31. A. valuable B. useful C. priceless D. worthless

32. A. based B. concentrated C. looked D. laid

33. A. love B. regret C. thanks D. interest

34. A. everything B. nothing C. more D. less

35. A. especially B. specially C. included D. except

第三部分：阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

A

The children rise at about 7 AM on school days and later on weekends, to start the day. The counselor(辅导员) is available to help the children with dressing, calming any anxieties, or planning the day ahead. Breakfast is at 8:30 AM in the dining room. The school day begins at 9 AM.

Students eat lunch with their classmates in the dining room at noon. At 3 PM each group returns to their dormitory(宿舍) and meets with at least one counselor for a light snack(点心) while discussing the day's events and plans for the rest of the day. The day is planned to suit the individual(个人的) needs of each child. The activities in which the children engage(从事) are widely varied and may be indoors or outdoors, quiet or active, in the dormitory, in one of the recreational areas, or off school grounds. Students periodically(定时地) go on an outing alone with a counselor or with their group and there are several hobby groups and planned activities in which the children join depending on their interests and talents. Some of the group activities include gardening, drama, art, ceramics, dance and movement, basketball, softball, volleyball, and music lessons. Dinner is at 5:45 PM. Evening activities are generally quieter, to help students wind down for the night. Students have an evening snack between 8:30 and 9:30 PM and lights go out at 9:30 or 10:00 PM. A trained residential counselor is in the dormitory at all times while children are present. Since some counselors live at the Orthogenic School, if an emergency(紧急情况) occurs during the night, there are extra adults readily available to help.

36. The whole text mainly give us an introduction to _____.

A. a typical(典型的) day of a school

B. some activities of the children at school

C. the way the school educates the students

D. the success the school has made in the past years

37. The underlined word “varied” means _____.

A. of many kinds

B. of great use

C. of great help

D. of great importance

38. Children join in all kinds of activities according to _____.

A. their counselors

B. their parents

C. the weather

D. their interests or talents

39. When at school, children are cared for _____.

A. from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

B. from 7 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

B. the whole day D. half a day

B

Queen Victoria was monarch(统治者)of Great Britain from 1837 until her death in 1901. This period is often called the Victorian Age.

Queen Victoria was a stern and serious woman. One reason she was so serious was that she had suffered a great loss. When she was twenty years old, she married a German prince named Albert. Victoria and Albert were deeply in love, and their marriage was extremely happy. In 1861, after they had been married for twenty-one years, Albert died, leaving Queen Victoria heartbroken. For the rest of her life, the lonely Victoria mourned his loss. It was customary in those days for a widow to dress in black for a short time after the death of her husband. But Queen Victoria dressed in black for forty years. And for forty years, as another sign of her grief, she wrote her letters on white paper edged in black.

Even before Prince Albert died, Queen Victoria was known as a very serious woman. She had a strong sense of duty and worked very hard at all her ta sks. In her diary she wrote, “I love to be employed; I hate to be idle.” She never forgot that she was Bri tain’s queen and always acted with great dignity. Victoria had high ideals and moral standards that sometimes made her seem stuffy(保守的). She was also very sure of herself. She always thought that she was right, and she expected everyone to agree with her.

40. Which of the following statements about Queen Victoria is NOT true according to the passage?

A. She had great confidence in herself.

B. She ruled Great Britain for sixty-four years.

C. She enjoyed her marriage to a German prince.

D. She became a serious woman after her beloved husband died.

41. Queen Victoria wrote her letters on white paper edged in black because ______.

A. she was a very stern woman

B. black was her favorite color

C. that was one way to show her feeling of sadness

D. it was a custom among monarchs of Great Britain

42. All of the following characteristics EXCEPT ______ can be used to properly describe Queen Victoria.

A. moral

B. lonely

C. hardworking

D. idle

43. The underlined word “mourned” in paragrap h 2 probably means ______.

A. felt sad or sorrowful in a social situation

B. expressed publicly one’s sadness because of someone’s death

C. checked regularly in order to find out what was happening

D. feel or express deep regret for

C

A man once s aid how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers, “Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back.”

“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

“Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The offer man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it wi ll receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street.”

“Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of very importance. Let us try for your umbrella again. and i f it fails, I'll buy you anew one.”

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to N o. 10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had nines fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

44. The result of the first advertisement was that ______.

A. the man got his umbrella back

B. the man wasted some money advertising

C. nobody found the missing umbrella

D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the Church

45. “If it fails, I’ll buy you a new one .” suggested that____.

A. he was quite sure of success

B. he was not sure whether he would get the umbrella hack

C. he was rich enough to afford a new umbrella

D. he did not know what to do

46. This is a story about _____.

A. a useless advertisement

B. how to make an effective(有效) advertisement

C. how the man lost and found his umbrella

D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

D

Going to the beach is many American’s favorite activity. They went swimming in the ocean without giving a thought to what was underwater. But those days are long gone. In the summer of 1988, many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage（废料）from hospitals was found in the water. The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood, and people were afraid they might get AIDS from the blood. At some beaches, sewage（下水道）was found in the water. Americans were shocked by this state of affairs. People didn’t think of the underwater garbage because it was out of sight.

Some of the most polluted waters still look beautiful. San Francisco Bay is a good example of a beautiful bay that’s full of chemicals. Scientists discovered pollution in some lakes and rivers when they found fish with rotting skin. People are told not to eat too much fish because of pollution. Most American cities put their garbage in the ground. But New York and a few other cities put their garbage in the ocean. Boston Harbor is so polluted that scientists say it won’t recover until the next century. The government has ordered the city to build a sewage treatment plant, Cleaning up oceans won’t be easy, but people can no longer ignore（忽视）this challenge.

47. The main idea of the article is that _____.

A. ocean waters around America have become polluted.

B. Americans are bringing too much garbage to the beach.

C. beaches were closed because Americans were shocked.

D. going to the beach is many American’s favorite activity.

48. The oceans are polluted by _____.

A. swimmers, AIDS patients and fish.

B. Boston, San Francisco and New York only.

C. garbage, sewage and medical waste and so on.

D. swimmers and fishes

49. Many polluted waters are beautiful because _____.

A. chemicals can be beautiful.

B. they have been cleaned up.

C. pollution is underwater or hard to see.

D. there are still many fish in them

50. More people can go to the beaches near Boston if _____.

A. the city puts its garbage in the ground

B. a sewage plant is built

C. they don’t eat too much fish

D. they stop polluting the water

Module 1 Unit 1 Exercise 1

答案与简析

单项填空

1. C。not a little：非常；not a bit：一点也不。

2. B。needs cleaning＝need to be cleaned。

3. A。fun做名词时为不可数。

4. A。some time表示“一段时间”。some times有几次；sometimes有时；sometime某个时刻。

5. B。hope与wish都可表示祝愿，前者后接句子，后者后接sb再加名词或形容词。hope for 与wish for都有“希望得到”的意思。

6. A。根据语境，这里应用relaxed（感到轻松的）。

7. D。由twice可判断用have/has been；as well as连接主语时，谓语动词的形式由其前面的主语决定。

8. D。for free：免费；freely：自由地；be free：有空。

9. B。对别人道歉或道谢时可用Don’t mention it；Not to mention：更不用说。

10. D。miss后接动名词，表示被动意义时需用动名词的被动形式。

11. A。experience做不可数名词时意为“经验”，做可数名词时是“经历”的意思。

12. D。由最后的附加问句可判断用used to be。

13. A。祈使句构成的附加问句用don’t you。

14. B。drop含有“放弃”的意思。

15. A。on average是固定搭配，意为“平均”。

完形填空

16．C。what引导的名词性从句做介词of的宾语，what在从句中做主语。

17．A。从下文的答语可知trip是正确答案。

18．D。从下文儿子的回答可知great是正确答案，great有“非常愉快的，令人满意的”的意思。C项excited错，exciting符合比较符合语境。

19．D。父亲询问儿子从这次出行中“了解到”什么。

20．B。这里含有简单的并列关系，用and引导并列句。

21．A。reach可用作不及物动词，后常接介词to，意思是“延伸到”；spread to“传到，波及，蔓延到”，get to“到达”。

22．B。根据语境，这里是“小溪没有尽头”的意思。A项应为not an才合英语表达习惯。23．C。根据语境可知。

24．D。这里只有用“整个的地平线”才能与上文“Our patio reaches to the front yard”相照应，A、B项不合语境，C项不合英语表达习惯。

25．C。农民在田地里种地。

26．A。others表示泛指。

27．B。从“around our property”可判断。

28．D。儿子的一番话让父亲“无言”。

29．A。从上文儿子的陈述可判断，在儿子眼里，“我们是多么穷”。

30．B。根据语境，我们常常“忽略”我们拥有的东西。miss错过、forget忽略、remember 记得、consider考虑，所以B项对。

31．D。worthless（不足道的）符合这里的语境。valuable 、useful 、priceless（极贵重的）均不妥。32．A。“be based on”以…作为根据。

33．C。对别人的恩赐应“感谢”。

34．C。这里表示“（不要）贪多”。

35．A。这里especially（尤其是）符合语境。

阅读理解

36. A。全文主要介绍了the Orthogenic School一天的情况。

37. A。可从前面的修饰语widely以及下文所列举的内容判断划线的单词意为“各种各样的”。

38. D。从文中的“there are … depending on their interests and talents.”可判断。

39. B。从文章最后一句可知，即使夜间发生什么意外，也有大人提供帮助，可见孩子们在学校收到了全天的照顾。

40. D。从最后一节可知道Queen Victoria 在Prince Albert死前就是一个严肃的女人。

41. C。从第二节的最后一句可判断。

42. D。从最后一节可知。

43. B。从上下文可知。

44. B。从第一段最后一句可知道。

45. A。从讲话人所言可知他很自信。

46. B。全文是个幽默故事，两次登载不同内容的广告，取得的效果截然相反。

47. A。全文讲述了美国海域遭受污染的情况。

48. C。通读全文可知C项所提及的正是文中所指出的受污染的渠道。

49. C。从最后一段的开始两句可知。

50. B。从最后一段的最后两句可知。