Units 34 课 下 作 业.单项填空1Many people believe that hunger is only a problem in the developing countries._ ，it is a problem all over the world.AFor one thing BIn addition CAs well DOn the contrary答案D句意：很多人认为饥饿只是发展中国家的问题。相反，这是全世界的问题。for one thing“首先，其一(用来列举理由)”；in addition“另外，除此之外”；as well“还”；on the contrary“正相反”。2Two victims of the car accident，who have gone _ from their loss of blood，have been sent to hospital.Afascinated Bawkward Cunconscious Daware答案C句意：在交通事故中因失血过多而失去知觉的两名伤者被送进了医院。unconscious意为“失去知觉的”，符合题意。fascinated着迷的，被深深吸引的；awkward尴尬的，拙笨的；aware有意识的。3It is by no means clear _ the president can do to end the strike.Ahow Bwhich Cthat Dwhat答案D句中it是形式主语，主语从句中缺少do的宾语，故选择what作为主语从句的引导词且充当从句中谓语动词do的宾语。4The two young men were desperately fighting each other，with both their noses and mouths _Abeing bled Bto bleedCbleeding Dbled答案Cbleed流血，此题用现在分词表示正在进行的动作，且宾语和补足语之间存在主动关系。5_ he was the last man I wanted to see，I did all in my power to help him.AAs BNow that CWhile DHowever答案C句意：尽管他是我最不想见的人，但是我尽我所能去帮助他。此处while表示“尽管”，符合逻辑。6It was _ of them to have sent the old people and children to safety in case the flood destroyed their village.Atolerant Bconsiderate Ctypical Dcompulsory答案B句意：他们把老年人和孩子送到安全的地方以防万一洪水毁坏村庄的做法是很周到的。tolerant忍受的；considerate体贴的，周到的；typical典型的；compulsory义务的。7We should consider the students request _ the school library provide more books on popular science.Athat Bwhen Cwhich Dwhere答案A句意：我们应该考虑学生提出的让学校图书馆增加关于通俗科学的书籍的要求。request后的同位语从句说明其内容，that不作句子成分。8Ive decided not to go to my sisters wedding.Youre not going？_？ASo what BWhy botherCAnd how DHow come答案D句意：“我已经决定不去参加我妹妹的婚礼了。”“你不去了？为什么？”So what那又怎么样呢；Why bother何苦呢；And how确实，那还用说；How come怎么会，为什么。根据语境可知，应选D。9It is said that the caf being built near the post office _mainly to the workers from the factory across the road.Acaters BservesCcontributes Dsupplies答案A句意：据说邮局附近正在建的咖啡馆主要是满足路对面的工厂工人的需要。cater to“迎合，满足需要”；serve“服务”；contribute“有助于”；supply“提供”。10We cant _ our fate.Instead，we should take a positive attitude to the present situation.Asubmit to Bcorrespond to Csubscribe to Dcompromise to答案A句意：我们不能屈服于命运，而应该以一种积极的态度应对目前的局面。submit to“服从于，屈服于”，符合题意。correspond to“与一致，与相当；通信”；subscribe to“同意，订阅”；compromise常与with连用，表示“与妥协”。.完形填空I was in a hotel ballroom in Washington, back in 2004, to cover the National Spelling Bee (全国拼字比赛)One of the 265 kids was Akshay Buddiga, a 13yearold from Colorado Springs.His brother had_1_ the bee two years before, and Akshay wanted to _2_ his brothers success.You could learn at Harvard University all day and _3_ hear the words used in the National Spelling Bee.These words live in the _4_ corners of dictionaries.Each speller steps up to the microphone, and the official pronouncer _5_ a word.If the speller gets it right, theres a moment of _6_，then three magic words: that is _7_Akshays moment came in round six.His word was alopecoid, meaning “like a fox”He _8_the word, but there was a problem.In his head, he saw two _9_spellings and he couldnt decide which was right.He had two minutes to _10_the word.He asked to hear the word again, trying to _11_between the two versions in his head.He jammed his hands in his pockets.Without knowing it, he stood so straight that he _12_his knees.He started to feel _13_He crashed to the stage so _14_that his feet flew into the air.The audience made this sound：ohhhhhhOHHHHHHHohhhhhhh.An official said，“_15_the clock.”The room went _16_except for the clickclickclick of the photographers cameras.Akshay raised his head, looking around the room for a few seconds.Then he got up.“Take a _17_，” one official said.Akshay didnt.He went straight to the microphone and said, “ALOPECOID.”The official didnt leave room for the silence.She spoke _18_，“Thats correct.”Akshay ended up finishing second.He later said a lot was going through his mind when he was _19_there.“Mostly, all the work that Id done，”he added.As he walked to the microphone, he decided he didnt care if he made a mistake.He was going to _20_himself.He was correct.【语篇解读】本文是记叙文。13岁的Akshay Buddiga参加全国拼字比赛时摔倒在地，但是他站起来以后继续参赛，最终以第二名胜出。1A.won BenteredCcovered Djudged答案A根据下文的his brothers success可知，Akshay的哥哥参加过两次拼字比赛，均“赢得(won)”了比赛。2A.enjoy BmeasureCmatch Dcelebrate答案C既然Akshay来参加比赛，肯定是希望能获得和哥哥一样好的成绩。match在此意为“与某人相匹敌”。3A.stillBnever CalsoDeven答案B4A.lower BtightCdark Dopposite答案C根据下文出现的单词可知，拼字比赛中考查的单词都很生僻，即便天天待在哈佛大学，也“从不会(never)”听说这些单词。这些单词只会出现在字典“黑暗的(dark)”角落里。5A.chooses