選修8　Units 1～2

　　.單項填空

　　1．—I just can't stop worrying about the result of the job interview.

　　—________.There's nothing you can do now but wait.A．Relax

　　B．Go aheadC．Go for it

　　D．Good luck

　　解析　該題考查考生對對話及情景的理解以及對選項中動詞短語的掌握情況。由對話內容可知一方對于面試結果表示擔憂；另一方安慰其耐心等待。故A項為正確答案。A項是用于緩解對方壓力；B項用以同意對方的建議或鼓勵對方去做“開始吧，去做吧”；C項“不要猶豫不決，要全力以赴”；D項用于預祝對方好運“祝你好運”。

　　答案　A

　　2．By the new law，drinking driver should be________because many accidents are caused.

　　A．fined

　　B．punished

　　C．praised

　　D．awarded

　　解析　句意：根據新的法律，酒駕應該受到懲罰，因為很多事故都是因此而發生的。考查動詞的辨析。fine意為“罰款”；punish意為“懲罰”；praise意為“表彰”；award意為“獲獎”，根據句意答案選B項。

　　答案　B

　　3．They used scientific________to do a lot of researches on that subject.

　　A．way

　　B．method

　　C．means

　　D．manner

　　解析　way是表示“方式，方法”的最一般用語；method側重指系統的、科學的方法；means指為達到某種目的或目標而使用的方法、手段或途徑；manner多指人的特殊行事方式或處理問題的特殊方法。

　　答案　B

　　4．It is________that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.

　　A．obviously

　　B．apparent

　　C．possibly

　　D．apparently

　　解析　答案　B

　　5．After he took the serious situation________consideration，he made up his mind to look into the matter________person.

　　A．into；in

　　B．to；byC．through；under

　　D．by；into

　　解析　答案　A

　　6．The master was very angry and had all the men________before him.

　　A．brought

　　B．be broughtC．to be brought

　　D．being brought

　　解析　答案　A

　　7．Evidence has been piled up________specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as five months old.

　　A．what

　　B．which

　　C．whose

　　D．that

　　解析　答案　D

　　8．I am________your suggestion________we should spend more time on this project.

　　A．in favour of；which

　　B．in honor of；that

　　C．in favour of；that

　　D．in honor of；which

　　解析　句意：我很贊成你的建議那就是我們應該在這個工程上花費更多的時間。in favour of贊成；in honor of...向……表示敬意；為紀念……。第二個空為that引導的同位語從句。

　　答案　C

　　9．Clinical evidence began to________，suggesting that the new drugs had a wider range of useful activities than had been predicted from experiments in animals.

　　A．operate

　　B．strengthenC．approve

　　D．accumulate

　　解析　句意：臨床證據在不斷增加，表明這種新藥的用途比先前根據動物實驗所預測的用途更廣泛。考查動詞辨析，四個動詞的主要含義：A.“操作”；B.“加強，強化”；C.“贊成，同意”；D.“積累，聚積”。從語境的“更廣泛的用途”判斷選D，表示證據在不斷積累/增加。

　　答案　D

　　10．—Can I get you some salad?

　　—________.

　　A．That's very kind of you

　　B．With pleasure

　　C．You can，please

　　D．Thank you for the salad

　　解析　對別人提供的服務表示感謝用Thank you或That's very nice/kind of you.回答。

　　答案　A

　　11．It suddenly________to me that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.

　　A． appealed

　　B．occurred

　　C．belonged

　　D．referred

　　解析　occur to sb某人想到……。句意：我突然想到有個更簡單的方法來處理這個問題。appeal to(對某人)有吸引力；belong to屬于；refer to談到，參考。

　　答案　B

　　12．If you master reading skills，you can read faster and understand more of________you read.

　　A．how

　　B．what

　　C．when

　　D．which

　　解析　what引導賓語從句，作介詞of的賓語，并且在賓語從句中作read的賓語，表示“所……的”。句意：要是你掌握了閱讀技巧，你就能讀得更快，對你所讀的內容理解得更多。

　　答案　B

　　13．—I hate________when you speak to me like that.

　　—Sorry.It won't happen again.

　　A．one

　　B．you

　　C．them

　　D．it

　　解析　這是it作形式賓語的一種特殊用法。少數動詞如like，love，enjoy，hate，appreciate等后接賓語從句，必須先由it擔任形式賓語，再接從句。

　　答案　D

　　14．She was on a diet，but she couldn't________eating sweet food.Consequently，her weight was gained again.

　　A．remove

　　B．resist

　　C．reject

　　D．object

　　解析　句意表示“她抵制不了吃甜食的誘惑”。resist doing sth意為“抵抗做某事”。

　　答案　B

　　15．The new classroom will be constructed this year，and a firm from Korea has been chosen to________the work.

　　A．assign

　　B．provide

　　C．undertake

　　D．settle

　　解析　assign分配；provide提供；settle定居；undertake承擔，符合句意。

　　答案　C

　　.閱讀理解

　　Should you stay at home to look after your child，or return to work?

　　Maybe you don't have the option. Combining work and motherhood is an issue faced by increasing numbers of women every day.

　　New research for the Institute for Economic and Social Research could solve this quandary once and for all. In short, it concludes that going back to work after the birth of a child can have a negative impact on the child's development—unless you have lots of money.

　　“Growing up in a family in which the mother chooses to work appears to have some adverse consequences for children's welfare，” the research says.

　　However，it adds that extra money brought in by both parents can reduce the negative effect. The negative effect is also less apparent in children of better-educated mothers.

　　The

　　research

　　by

　　John

　　Ermisch

　　and

　　Marco Francesconi is especially downbeat about welfare to work programmes，and especially, the prospects for the children of some single parents.

　　“It is hard to see anything but gloomy (陰暗的) prospects for the children of single parents (who are generally poor) ，” the researchers said. This is because in a common family where both parents work, extra money brought in by the mother's working would compensate for less time spent with the children.

　　In contrast, the researchers said the effects of paternal (父親的) employment were far more modest，but this did not mean that fathers had no role in shaping their children's welfare. Money brought in by the father would be a major resource for helping children develop.

　　The research says, however, that before parents get too carried away by worrying about working, there are more important issues facing a child's development. Parents' personalities and emotional stability，parenting practices，and the friends and networks that children experience while growing up will be much bigger factors than whether their mothers work.

　　1．The extra money brought in by both parents________.

　　A．plays different roles in shaping a child's welfare

　　B．can reduce the negative effect on a child

　　C．has negative effect on a child's development

　　D．may damage the life of children

　　解析　細節理解題。文章第四段第二句說明，父母都工作掙錢可以削減對孩子的負面影響。

　　答案　B

　　2．The researchers would agree that________.

　　A．mothers should keep a balance between work and family life

　　B．the more money mothers make, the worse their children will be

　　C．mothers should make as much money as they can

　　D．it would be better for mothers to be with children at home

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章第三段最后說明，母親在外工作可能會對孩子的發展產生消極的影響，因此研究者應該贊成母親在家照顧孩子。

　　答案　D

　　3．We can conclude from the passage that________.

　　A．it doesn't matter how much money a father brings home

　　B．education is the only factor in shaping a child's welfare

　　C．money made by mothers can also contribute to a child's well-being

　　D．mothers' income can have a deeper effect on a child's development

　　解析　推理判斷題。由文章倒數第三段最后可知，母親掙的錢也可以彌補因為跟孩子待在一起的時間少而造成的缺憾。

　　答案　C

　　4．What can we learn from the last paragraph?

　　A．Whether mothers work is not worth considering

　　B．The research shows family stability is important.

　　C．Parents should stop worrying about working.

　　D．More important factors are involved in a child's development.

　　解析　細節理解題。文章最后一段說明，有很多其他更重要的因素影響著孩子的成長，母親是否工作不是最重要的因素。

　　答案　D

　　5．The underlined word “quandary” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.

　　A．difficulty

　　B．achievement

　　C．disease

　　D．tendency

　　解析　詞義猜測題。由文章前兩段可知，母親很難在工作和家庭之間做出抉擇，而新研究或許可以解決這一難題，故difficulty意思最符合。

　　答案　A

　　.寫作

　　假如你是李明，最近你的朋友張華因考試不利情緒低落，學習消極應付。請你用英語給他寫一封e-mail勸慰他，鼓勵他努力學習，并結合自身實際，提出應采取的積極態度和應對方法。

　　詞數：120～150。

　　Dear Zhang Hua，

　　I'm sorry to hear that_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours ever，

　　Li Ming

　　【參考范文】

　　Dear_Zhang_Hua，

　　I'm_sorry_to_hear_that you didn't do well in your last exam.You are not the only one who seems to try his best but ends up with a failure in exams.Quite a number of students feel the same way as you and they tend to lose their confidence and don't want to study hard any longer.I'm sure you know that it's unwise to do so because you might be left far behind.

　　I was once in the same situation as yours.Failure is the mother of success.In face of failure，what we need to do is to calm down and reflect our learning methods and make some possible changes or to ask the teachers for advice.Anyway，Rome is not built in a day.Only by sticking to studying persistently can we make progress step by step till success.I truly hope I can be of some help to you.

　　Yours_ever，

　　Li_Ming

　　選修8　Units 1～2

　　.單項填空

　　1．—I just can't stop worrying about the result of the job interview.

　　—________.There's nothing you can do now but wait.A．Relax

　　B．Go aheadC．Go for it

　　D．Good luck

　　解析　該題考查考生對對話及情景的理解以及對選項中動詞短語的掌握情況。由對話內容可知一方對于面試結果表示擔憂；另一方安慰其耐心等待。故A項為正確答案。A項是用于緩解對方壓力；B項用以同意對方的建議或鼓勵對方去做“開始吧，去做吧”；C項“不要猶豫不決，要全力以赴”；D項用于預祝對方好運“祝你好運”。

　　答案　A

　　2．By the new law，drinking driver should be________because many accidents are caused.

　　A．fined

　　B．punished

　　C．praised

　　D．awarded

　　解析　句意：根據新的法律，酒駕應該受到懲罰，因為很多事故都是因此而發生的。考查動詞的辨析。fine意為“罰款”；punish意為“懲罰”；praise意為“表彰”；award意為“獲獎”，根據句意答案選B項。

　　答案　B

　　3．They used scientific________to do a lot of researches on that subject.

　　A．way

　　B．method

　　C．means

　　D．manner

　　解析　way是表示“方式，方法”的最一般用語；method側重指系統的、科學的方法；means指為達到某種目的或目標而使用的方法、手段或途徑；manner多指人的特殊行事方式或處理問題的特殊方法。

　　答案　B

　　4．It is________that he has been addicted to the drugs and has difficulty quitting it.

　　A．obviously

　　B．apparent

　　C．possibly

　　D．apparently

　　解析　答案　B

　　5．After he took the serious situation________consideration，he made up his mind to look into the matter________person.

　　A．into；in

　　B．to；byC．through；under

　　D．by；into

　　解析　答案　A

　　6．The master was very angry and had all the men________before him.

　　A．brought

　　B．be broughtC．to be brought

　　D．being brought

　　解析　答案　A

　　7．Evidence has been piled up________specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as five months old.

　　A．what

　　B．which

　　C．whose

　　D．that

　　解析　答案　D

　　8．I am________your suggestion________we should spend more time on this project.

　　A．in favour of；which

　　B．in honor of；that

　　C．in favour of；that

　　D．in honor of；which

　　解析　句意：我很贊成你的建議那就是我們應該在這個工程上花費更多的時間。in favour of贊成；in honor of...向……表示敬意；為紀念……。第二個空為that引導的同位語從句。

　　答案　C

　　9．Clinical evidence began to________，suggesting that the new drugs had a wider range of useful activities than had been predicted from experiments in animals.

　　A．operate

　　B．strengthenC．approve

　　D．accumulate

　　解析　句意：臨床證據在不斷增加，表明這種新藥的用途比先前根據動物實驗所預測的用途更廣泛。考查動詞辨析，四個動詞的主要含義：A.“操作”；B.“加強，強化”；C.“贊成，同意”；D.“積累，聚積”。從語境的“更廣泛的用途”判斷選D，表示證據在不斷積累/增加。

　　答案　D

　　10．—Can I get you some salad?

　　—________.

　　A．That's very kind of you

　　B．With pleasure

　　C．You can，please

　　D．Thank you for the salad

　　解析　對別人提供的服務表示感謝用Thank you或That's very nice/kind of you.回答。

　　答案　A

　　11．It suddenly________to me that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.

　　A． appealed

　　B．occurred

　　C．belonged

　　D．referred

　　解析　occur to sb某人想到……。句意：我突然想到有個更簡單的方法來處理這個問題。appeal to(對某人)有吸引力；belong to屬于；refer to談到，參考。

　　答案　B

　　12．If you master reading skills，you can read faster and understand more of________you read.

　　A．how

　　B．what

　　C．when

　　D．which

　　解析　what引導賓語從句，作介詞of的賓語，并且在賓語從句中作read的賓語，表示“所……的”。句意：要是你掌握了閱讀技巧，你就能讀得更快，對你所讀的內容理解得更多。

　　答案　B

　　13．—I hate________when you speak to me like that.

　　—Sorry.It won't happen again.

　　A．one

　　B．you

　　C．them

　　D．it

　　解析　這是it作形式賓語的一種特殊用法。少數動詞如like，love，enjoy，hate，appreciate等后接賓語從句，必須先由it擔任形式賓語，再接從句。

　　答案　D

　　14．She was on a diet，but she couldn't________eating sweet food.Consequently，her weight was gained again.

　　A．remove

　　B．resist

　　C．reject

　　D．object

　　解析　句意表示“她抵制不了吃甜食的誘惑”。resist doing sth意為“抵抗做某事”。

　　答案　B

　　15．The new classroom will be constructed this year，and a firm from Korea has been chosen to________the work.

　　A．assign

　　B．provide

　　C．undertake

　　D．settle

　　解析　assign分配；provide提供；settle定居；undertake承擔，符合句意。

　　答案　C

　　.閱讀理解

　　Should you stay at home to look after your child，or return to work?

　　Maybe you don't have the option. Combining work and motherhood is an issue faced by increasing numbers of women every day.

　　New research for the Institute for Economic and Social Research could solve this quandary once and for all. In short, it concludes that going back to work after the birth of a child can have a negative impact on the child's development—unless you have lots of money.

　　“Growing up in a family in which the mother chooses to work appears to have some adverse consequences for children's welfare，” the research says.

　　However，it adds that extra money brought in by both parents can reduce the negative effect. The negative effect is also less apparent in children of better-educated mothers.

　　The

　　research

　　by

　　John

　　Ermisch

　　and

　　Marco Francesconi is especially downbeat about welfare to work programmes，and especially, the prospects for the children of some single parents.

　　“It is hard to see anything but gloomy (陰暗的) prospects for the children of single parents (who are generally poor) ，” the researchers said. This is because in a common family where both parents work, extra money brought in by the mother's working would compensate for less time spent with the children.

　　In contrast, the researchers said the effects of paternal (父親的) employment were far more modest，but this did not mean that fathers had no role in shaping their children's welfare. Money brought in by the father would be a major resource for helping children develop.

　　The research says, however, that before parents get too carried away by worrying about working, there are more important issues facing a child's development. Parents' personalities and emotional stability，parenting practices，and the friends and networks that children experience while growing up will be much bigger factors than whether their mothers work.

　　1．The extra money brought in by both parents________.

　　A．plays different roles in shaping a child's welfare

　　B．can reduce the negative effect on a child

　　C．has negative effect on a child's development

　　D．may damage the life of children

　　解析　細節理解題。文章第四段第二句說明，父母都工作掙錢可以削減對孩子的負面影響。

　　答案　B

　　2．The researchers would agree that________.

　　A．mothers should keep a balance between work and family life

　　B．the more money mothers make, the worse their children will be

　　C．mothers should make as much money as they can

　　D．it would be better for mothers to be with children at home

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章第三段最后說明，母親在外工作可能會對孩子的發展產生消極的影響，因此研究者應該贊成母親在家照顧孩子。

　　答案　D

　　3．We can conclude from the passage that________.

　　A．it doesn't matter how much money a father brings home

　　B．education is the only factor in shaping a child's welfare

　　C．money made by mothers can also contribute to a child's well-being

　　D．mothers' income can have a deeper effect on a child's development

　　解析　推理判斷題。由文章倒數第三段最后可知，母親掙的錢也可以彌補因為跟孩子待在一起的時間少而造成的缺憾。

　　答案　C

　　4．What can we learn from the last paragraph?

　　A．Whether mothers work is not worth considering

　　B．The research shows family stability is important.

　　C．Parents should stop worrying about working.

　　D．More important factors are involved in a child's development.

　　解析　細節理解題。文章最后一段說明，有很多其他更重要的因素影響著孩子的成長，母親是否工作不是最重要的因素。

　　答案　D

　　5．The underlined word “quandary” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________.

　　A．difficulty

　　B．achievement

　　C．disease

　　D．tendency

　　解析　詞義猜測題。由文章前兩段可知，母親很難在工作和家庭之間做出抉擇，而新研究或許可以解決這一難題，故difficulty意思最符合。

　　答案　A

　　.寫作

　　假如你是李明，最近你的朋友張華因考試不利情緒低落，學習消極應付。請你用英語給他寫一封e-mail勸慰他，鼓勵他努力學習，并結合自身實際，提出應采取的積極態度和應對方法。

　　詞數：120～150。

　　Dear Zhang Hua，

　　I'm sorry to hear that_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours ever，

　　Li Ming

　　【參考范文】

　　Dear_Zhang_Hua，

　　I'm_sorry_to_hear_that you didn't do well in your last exam.You are not the only one who seems to try his best but ends up with a failure in exams.Quite a number of students feel the same way as you and they tend to lose their confidence and don't want to study hard any longer.I'm sure you know that it's unwise to do so because you might be left far behind.

　　I was once in the same situation as yours.Failure is the mother of success.In face of failure，what we need to do is to calm down and reflect our learning methods and make some possible changes or to ask the teachers for advice.Anyway，Rome is not built in a day.Only by sticking to studying persistently can we make progress step by step till success.I truly hope I can be of some help to you.

　　Yours_ever，

　　Li_Ming