选修8各单元词汇检测练习

日期:2008-06-10  作者:浙江平湖中学 张强
新课标高二选修8各单元单词(短语)检测 Unit <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />1 A land of diversity 一、请根据各句上下文的意义,选择正确的单词填入空白处。 第一组:strait, hire, apparent, seagull, racial, nationality, bakery, slavery, slip, majority, applicant, ferry 1 It is _________ from her accent that she is from the north of China. 2 China is a big country with 56 __________. 3 The Taiwan _________ separates Taiwan from the mainland. 4 Did I call you Richard? Sorry, Robert, just a __________ of the tongue. 5 They have appealed for an end to the __________ discrimination in aspects such as employment. 6 It was time to end the _________ and set slaves free. 7 You can buy newly-made cakes from across the __________. 8 There were more than 50 ___________ for the job, but only 10 were employed. 9 The __________ of representatives are in favor of the plan, only a few are against it. 10 There is no bridge over the river between the primary school and the village. So those children need to be __________ to and from school. 11 He was ________ three years ago and he is content with the job in the company.       12 A _________ is a seabird with long wings and usually with white or black feathers.      第二组:swap, cattle, socialist, mixture, means, immigration, insert, indicate, percentage, luggage, aircraft, react
      13 China is a __________ country with the Chinese Communist Party ruling. 14 Over the past years, there has been a big rise in __________ to the USA.
      15 __________ coins into the slot and press for a ticket. 16 We own a big farm, where sheep and _________ are kept. 17 What _________ of the population in China are farmers? 18 Some people can _________ badly to seafood, such as shrimps. 19 Research __________ that eating habits are related to health. 20 An __________ carrier is a large ship that carries planes which use it as a base to land on and take off from. 21 His telephone is out of service. Is there any other __________ of contacting him? 22 I’ve finished this magazine. Can I _________ with you? 23 Water is a _________ of hydrogen and oxygen.
      24 After getting off the train, I asked Peter to stay with our __________ while I found a taxi.
      二、把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处(留意所填短语的形式变化):
      
by means of make a life occur to team up with mark out take in a great/good many

      1 Our trip __________ a visit to the old temple built in the Ming Dynasty.
      2 It never __________ me to ask him for help. 3 I got to know Jack years ago and now we __________ each other quite well. 4 Thoughts are expressed ___________ words. 5 ___________ workers joined in the general strike last week. They wanted higher wages. 6 The old man used to ___________ by selling newspapers. 7 We _________ a tennis court on the lawn. Unit 2 Cloning 一、请根据各句上下文的意义,选择正确的单词填入空白处。 第一组:clone, arbitrary, moral, merely, resist, decoration, assumption, commercial, differ, straightforward, regulation, disturbing, media 1 It is impossible to make _________ about how people feel about the new law. 2 It is very _________ to think that a fierce tiger that escaped from a zoo wandered about. 3 Dolly, the _________ sheep, lived for only six years. 4 All the new employees are asked to learn about the rules and _________ of the company and they must obey them. 5 Never draw an __________ conclusion before you think carefully. 6 American English __________slightly from British English in vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. 7 The bank strongly __________ cutting down interest rates. 8 The __________ covered Hu Jintao’s visit to Hong Kong in honor of the 10th anniversary celebrations since its return to China. 9 Huaqiangbei and Dongmen are both the ___________ heart of Shenzhen City. 10 He is _________ a boy of five, but he can speak very good English. 11 That some evil leaders hoped to clone themselves raised some _________ questions among the world. 12 I like to make friends with those _________ people. I hate those who are dishonest.       13 Christmas is drawing near. Let’s go and buy some __________ to make our house and Christmas tree more beautiful.
      第二组:breakthrough, obtain, argument, forbid, reasonable, ceiling, accumulate, undertake, zebra, bother, retire, procedure
      14 Xiao Lin likes to spend all his time playing online computer games at a net bar. Now his mother _________ him to go to visit any net bar. 15 Your application must go through a few __________ before it is finally approved. 16 We had an __________ with the waiter about the bill because we thought he overcharged us. 17 He was fortunate to have _________ a big fortune by investing wisely in the stock market. 18 Professor Wang works very hard, for he both teaches and __________ research. 19 His explanation was not _________, so all of us didn’t accept it. 20 The electric fan is hanging from the _________ of the room. 21 After years of hard work the five doctors achieved a ________ in cancer treatment. 22 My father is currently 59 years old and will __________ from work next year. 23 By reading this book I am sure that you will __________ a lot of information about Britain. 24 Sorry to _________ you, but there is a call for you on line two.       25 A _______ is an African wild animal like a horse with black and white lines on its body.
      二、把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处(留意所填短语的形式变化):
      
be cast down object to in favour of be bound to (do) from time to time bring back to life pay off

      1 During my stay in Japan my sister visited me ___________.
      2 I __________ to know that she failed in the final exam. 3 All your efforts will ___________. Just keep it up! 4 All those present at the meeting __________ the plan. 5 He has made full preparations for the exam. He __________ succeed. 6 Are there anyone __________ human cloning?
      7 I think some day dinosaurs may be ___________ through cloning.
      Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
      一、请根据各句上下文的意义,选择正确的单词填入空白处。
      第一组:discovery, criteria, dot, passive, patent, current, monitor, straw, tap, distinguish
      1 The countryside is _________ with small villages.
      2 I have bought a new PC with a 17 inch colour _________.       3 The __________ of a child’s body in the river shocked the community.
      4 Remember to turn off the _________ after you wash.
      5 Insert a drinking __________ here and you will suck the milk out.
      6 The new regulation played a __________ but not active role in the reform of the factory.
      7 He made a new invention and applied for a _________.
      8 I am interested in ________ affairs so I surf the internet to read the latest news every day.
      9 What __________ do you think can assess a student’s ability?
      10 Liu Xiang has __________ himself as an athlete.
      第二组:perfume, valid, stable, helicopter, practical, power, application, product, file, triangle
      11 The __________ landed on the roof of the building to save those trapped in the big fire.
      12 My passport is __________ for only one month. I must renew it.
      13 The new _________ gained great success after it was introduced to the market. 14 Please draw a right-angled __________ with a set square(三角尺).
      15 If you want to be a member of our club, please fill in an _________ form first.
      16 __________ is one of the great four inventions in ancient China.
      17 After three days of treatment the patient’s condition is very __________.
      18 Every __________ on the same disk must have a different name.
      19 In that cosmetics section you can buy expensive well-known French _________.
      20 From a _________ point of view, this is not a good place to live in.
      第三组:refrigerator, committee, bear, forehead, version, court, abrupt, convenient, jam, mess, expectation
      21 A special _________ was set up to look into that matter.
      22 The weather here is changeable. Sometimes it has an _________ change in temperature.
      23 Would you like to play tennis with me? I have already booked a tennis _________.
      24 The temperature here is always below zero degrees. I cannot really __________ living in such cold weather!
      25 It is very _________ from here to downtown. There are many buses running along this street.
      26 The Chinese _________ of Harry Porter is due for publication this September.
      27 I was late because I was held up in a traffic __________.
      28 __________ of life for both men and women has improved greatly in China in the past 20 years.
      29 Put the ice creams in the __________. Or they will melt very soon.
      30 Your room is in a _________. Why not put things in place?
      31 I felt my son’s _________ and thought he must be running a fever.
      二、把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处(留意所填短语的形式变化):
      
call up now and then in case dive into set out to (do) get through in truth hang on out of order ring back ring off set about

      1 It turned out that the newcomer was __________ a spy.
      2 I won’t __________ my brother unless something unexpected happens.
      3 Please __________. I will go and get her.
      4 Our freezer is __________ again. We’d better buy a new one instead of repairing it.
      5 Last winter that writer __________ writing a new long novel.
      6 The police __________ investigate the cause of the fire.
      7 Please take your credit card with you _________your money is not enough.
      8 He is not here right now; will you please __________ later?
      9 She _________ her bag and took out a few coins.       10 The line is engaged; I cannot _________ to his office.
      11 I must _________ now because I will go to a meeting.
      12 ___________, I visit my grandpa and grandma in the country.
      Unit 4 Pygmalion
      一、请根据各句上下文的意义,选择正确的单词填入空白处。
      第一组:mistaken, sob, brilliant, compromise, plot, disgusting, status, bathtub, adaptation, superior
      1 At first neither of the two sides would give in but after lengthy talks they reached a __________.
      2 Over the years women want to be given equal _________ and pay with men.
      3 I thought I saw someone I knew, but actually I was _________.
      4 This film is an __________ of a famous writer’s works and it is well received.
      5 A __________ is a container that you put water in and then you get into to wash your whole body.
      6 Although I disagree with him, yet I cannot speak out, for he is my immediate __________.
      7 She has one of the most __________ minds in her country.
      8 They were put into prison because they were accused of __________ against the state.
      9 Listen! I hear a baby _________ in the next room.
      10 I think it is very __________ that some people show off themselves in public.
      第二组:pence, classify, pronunciation, hesitate, alphabet, betray, overlook, antique, dismiss, uncomfortable
      11 Mary’s ___________ is the best in our class. She speaks very standard English.
      12 The books are often ___________ according to subject.
      13 Since it was a well-paid job I didn’t _________ for a moment about taking it.
      14 She was terrified of saying something that would make her _________ herself.
      15 –How much altogether? – Fifty ________, please.
      16 Looking into the matter, the police _________ an important fact.
      17 From across the street there is an _________ shop, where you can see very old but often valuable objects.       18 School is _________. The students will enjoy a two-month summer holiday.
      19 The chair is so hard that it feels _________ to sit on.
      20 The English vocabulary is arranged in the order of __________.
      第三组:classic, pronounce, condemn, musical, outcome, nail, troublesome, fortune, effective, ambassador
      21 My daughter is very __________. She can play quiet a few instruments.
      22 A high school diploma (文凭) __________ him to work in a factory with a low pay.
      23 The film Casablanca is really a __________ among the many foreign films.
      24 President _________ the country to be in a state of war.
      25 He graduated from a foreign affairs university and worked as the British __________ to the United Nations.
      26 His son is addicted to computer games and cannot get rid of them. It is really a __________ problem for him.
      27 This kind of new drug is very __________ against cancer but a little expensive.
      28 Please bring me a hammer and I will _________ the painting up.
      29 She is hoping her US performance will be the first step on the road to fame and _________.
      30 The negotiation is still on. We are waiting for the final __________.
      二、把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处(留意所填短语的形式变化):
      
pass…off as make one’s acquaintance(make the acquaintance of sb.) in amazement generally speaking in terms of show…in the other day take away fade out in need of

      1 It was a bad year for films, __________ both quantity and quality.      2 He escaped by __________ himself _________ a guard.
      3 Peter, please _________ the man at the door ________.
      4 It was in London that I ____________ Jones, who was an electrical engineer.
      5 I don’t know who has ____________ my dictionary.
      6 I happened to have read this story in a magazine ___________.
      7 ___________, girls are more careful than boys.
      8 Our school is badly ___________ two teachers of English.
      9 ___________ the music at the end of the scene.
      10 I looked at him ___________.
      Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors
      一、请根据各句上下文的意义,选择正确的单词填入空白处。
      第一组:patient, systematic, applaud, accuracy, alternative, punctuation, tentative, division, yogurt, affection, preserve, analysis, skilful, radioactive, botany
      1 A river forms the ________ between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
      2 Our troops made a ________ plan to attack the enemy, which was well prepared and organized. Finally it worked out quite well.
      3 This is a 14th century house, which is perfectly ________ and visited by lots of people.
      4 We had no ________ but to wait for the rain to stop.
      5 I have lived in New York for years and have a great _________ for it.
      6 Some kids prefer ________ to pure milk.
      7 _________ is the scientific study of plants and their structure.
      8 I made a _________ arrangement to see him on Friday and I would let him know if any change.
      9 She works as a teacher at a kindergarten. She is very _________ with those children.
      10 Only those __________ teachers are qualified to teach Senior 3 students.       11 Radium(镭) discovered by Madame Curie is a kind of _________ element.
      12 Your blood samples(样本) are sent to the lab for _________ to see if you have got infected with AIDS.
      13 He kicked the ball with great ________ and scored a goal.
      14 _________ marks in English are not completely the same as those in Chinese.
      15 My speech was so exciting that all the audience began to _________.
      第二组:somehow, interrupt, primitive, relief, dizzy, ample, specific, arrest, assume, significance, category, sharpen, accelerate
      16 Those money was collected for a _________ purpose, that is, to sponsor those poor children living in the remote mountain villages.
      17 Please don’t _________while we are talking.
      18 The central government decided to raise interest rate, for inflations continued to __________.
      19 The results of the survey can be divided into three main _________.
      20 Let us _________ that the plan succeeds. Then what would you do next?
      21 Don’t look at him. He did so in order to __________ others’ attention.
      22 The meeting is of such great _________ that I have to attend it.
      23 My knife is blunt. It needs _________.
      24 Climbing to such a height makes me feel _________.
      25 Don’t be worried. We have _________ glasses for all the guests.
      26 News of their safety came as a great _________ to us all.
      27 __________, I don’t feel that I can trust him.
      28 There still existed a few __________ tribes in that African country.
      二、把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处(留意所填短语的形式变化):
      
regardless of cut up look ahead

      1 He went ahead and did it, __________ its consequences.
      2 I ________ the meat on the plate.
      3 _________ and you will enjoy a bright future.
      选修八
      Unit 1
      一 第一组:1 apparent 2 nationalities 3 Strait 4 slip 5 racial 6 slavery 7 bakery 8 applicants 9 majority 10 ferried 11 hired 12 seagull       第二组:13 socialist 14 immigration 15 Insert 16 cattle 17 percentage 18 react 19 indicates 20 aircraft 21 means 22 swap 23 mixture 24 luggage
      二 1 takes in 2 occurs to 3 team up with 4 by means of 5 A good many 6 make a life 7 marked out
      Unit 2
      一 第一组:1 assumptions 2 disturbing 3 cloned 4 regulations 5 arbitrary 6 differs 7 resists 8 media 9 commercial 10 merely 11 moral 12 straightforward 13 decorations
      第二组:14 forbids 15 procedures 16 argument 17 accumulated 18 undertakes 19 reasonable 20 ceiling 21 breakthrough 22 retire 23 obtain 24 bother 25 zebra
      二 1 from time to time 2 was cast down 3 pay off 4 objected to 5 is bound to 6 in favour of 7 brought back to life
      Unit 3
      一 第一组:1 dotted 2 monitor 3 discovery 4 tap 5 straw 6 passive 7 patent 8 current 9 criteria 10 distinguished
      第二组:11 helicopter 12 valid 13 product 14 triangle 15 application 16 Power 17 stable 18 file 19 perfume 20 practical
      第三组:21 committee 22 abrupt 23 court 24 bear 25 convenient 26 version 27 jam 28 Expectation 29 refrigerator 30 mess 31 forehead
      二 1 in truth 2 call up 3 hang on 4 out of order 5 set about 6 set out to 7 in case 8 call back 9 dived into 10 get through 11 ring off 12 Now and then
      Unit 4
      一 第一组:1 compromise 2 status 3 mistaken 4 adaptation 5 bathtub 6 superior 7 brilliant 8 plotting 9 sobbing 10 disgusting
      第二组:11 pronunciation 12 classified 13 hesitate 14 betray 15 pence 16 overlooked 17 antique 18 dismissed 19 uncomfortable 20 alphabet
      第三组:21 musical 22 condemned 23 classic 24 pronounced 25 ambassador 26 troublesome 27 effective 28 nail 29 fortune 30 outcome
      二 1 in terms of 2 passing…off as 3 show..in 4 made the acquaintance of 5 taken away 6 the other day 7 Generally speaking 8 in need of 9 Fade out 10 in amazement
      Unit 5
      一 第一组:1 division 2 systematic 3 preserved 4 alternative 5 affection 6 yogurt 7 Botany 8 tentative 9 patient 10 skilful 11 radioactive 12 analysis 13 accuracy 14 Punctuation 15 applaud
      第二组:16 specific 17 interrupt 18 accelerate 19 categories 20 assume 21 arrest 22 significance 23 sharpening 24 dizzy 25 ample 26 relief 27 Somehow 28 primitive
      二 1 regardless of 2 cut up 3 Look ahead