Unit 4 Making the news Grammar课时作业
Ⅰ.单项填空
1．The winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature，Mo Yan，said he did not have high________ of winning. Actually，he thought he had a slim chance to win. A．assumptions C．satisfactions 答案 B
解析 句意为：2012年诺贝尔文学奖的获得者莫言说他对得奖的期望不高。实际上，他认为他得奖的可能性不大。expectation期望，符合句意。assumption假设，假定；satisfaction满足，满意；impression印象。
2．Some schools will have to make________ in agreement with the national soccer reform. A．judgments C．comments 答案 B
解析 句意为：为了与国家足球改革相一致，一些学校将不得不做出调整。judgment判断；adjustment调整，适应；comment评论；achievement成果，成就。故选B项。 3．They were taken to the police station as they had entered the area without________. A．permit C．permission 答案 C
解析 “未经许可”可以表达为：without permission；without a permit；without being permitted，故C项正确。
4．—The football game last night was so wonderful. —Oh，what a pity！If only I________ earlier! A．was told C．am told 答案 D
解析 考查虚拟语气。句意为：——昨晚的足球赛非常精彩。——哎哟，真遗憾！要是我早
B．would be told D．had been told B．permitted D．a permission B．adjustments D．achievements B．expectations D．impressions
点被告知就好了！if only表示“要是……就好了”，从句使用虚拟语气。根据语境可知，此处表示与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，因此该句谓语动词应使用过去完成时，故选D。 5．It is said that body language ________ 55 percent of a first impression while what you say just 7 percent. A．lies in C．consists of 答案 B
解析 考查动词短语辨析。句意为：据说肢体语言占第一印象的55%，而你说的话只占7%。lie in在于；account for(数量上、比例上)占；consist of由……组成(或构成)；go with与……相配(或协调、和谐)。
6．Peter will________ his post as the head of the travel agency at the end of next month. A．take up B．put up C．add up D．break up 答案 A
解析 句意为：彼得将会于下个月底就任他旅游公司负责人的职位。take up开始从事，符合句意。put up张贴，举起，建造；add up合计；break up打碎，解散，结束，分手。 7．Do you know the difficulty he，an elderly person of no family，had ________ five orphans at school? A．keeping C．having kept 答案 A
解析 句意为：你知道他这样一个孤寡老人供五个孤儿上学的困难吗？have difficulty (in) doing sth.是固定句型，意为“做某事有困难”。本句是这个句型的变形，故选A。
8．Many experts have put forward a series of problems about the people’s livelihood，________ the government will undertake necessary surveys. A．based on which C．based on that 答案 A
解析 考查定语从句。句意为：关于人民的生计，许多专家已提出了一系列问题，基于这些问题，政府将着手进行必要的调查。先行词是problems，确定是定语从句，排除B项；on是介词，排除C项；两个句子由逗号连接，排除D项。从句还原为：the government will undertake
B．basing on what D．basing on them B．to keep D．to have kept B．accounts for D．goes with
necessary surveys (which is) based on the problems。
9．The first time you take part in a race，________is very normal to feel tense. A．which B．what C．that D．it 答案 D
解析 考查it的用法。句意为：第一次参加比赛，你感到紧张是很正常的。it在此作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式to feel tense。
10．I haven’t decided on the menu yet，let alone ________ the food. A．buying B．to buy C．bought D．buy 答案 C
解析 句意为：我还没决定吃什么菜呢，更不必说买食物了。let alone意为“更别提，更不用说”，后跟与前面部分相对应的谓语或名词。这里前面部分是完成时态，所以用过去分词。 11．I wouldn’t pursue my writing career now if I________ myself as weak in writing when I was young. A．defined C．would define 答案 D
解析 考查虚拟语气。句意为：在我年轻的时候，如果我认定自己在写作方面薄弱的话，我现在就不会追求我的写作生涯了。根据时间状语可知，if从句是与过去事实相反的假设，谓语用had done。
12．Let’s hold a party to________ your birthday and at the same time ________you on your passing the driving test. A．congratulate；celebrate C．celebrate；congratulate 答案 C
解析 句意为：让我们举办一个聚会庆祝你的生日，同时祝贺你通过了驾照考试。celebrate sth.庆祝某事；congratulate sb. on祝贺某人……。故C项正确。
13．He found it very difficult to speak________，for his lips trembled and refused to form the words. A．plainly
B．closely
B．celebrate；celebrate D．congratulate；congratulate B．should define D．had defined
C．firmly 答案 A
D．frequently
解析 因为他的嘴唇在颤抖，所以他无法清楚地说出话来。plainly清晰地，符合句意。closely紧密地，严密地；firmly坚定地；frequently频繁地。
14．Many restaurant workers are accustomed ________tips on to-go orders，so even if you give only a couple of dollars，I’m sure it will be appreciated. A．to receive C．to receiving 答案 C
解析 be accustomed to习惯于……，其中to是介词，后应跟名词或动名词作宾语，故可排除A、B项；由语境可知是习惯于“接受”小费，故选C。 15．—Helen is going to Manchester for further education next month. —I’m ________because I have to stay at home and work. A．green with envy C．tickled pink 答案 A
解析 句意为：——海伦下个月去曼彻斯特进修。——我真的很羡慕，因为我必须待在家里工作。green with envy羡慕，嫉妒；white as a sheet苍白如纸；tickled pink非常高兴；black and blue青一块，紫一块。 Ⅱ.阅读理解
When Vivaan was born，my journey as a parent began. The first year was spent worrying about every small thing and at times taking a perfectly healthy baby to a surprised doctor. I enjoyed the attention of onlookers who stopped to admire my son’s chub by cheeks. Things changed around the time he completed fifteen months，when there seemed to be early signs of different behavior，which could be easily ignored as growing pains—lacking social interaction，not responding to his name，etc. However，a chance of meeting with a friend forced us to go to a specialist. After multiple visits to various doctors and scores of questionnaires，Vivaan was diagnosed with autism(自闭症)—at that moment we weren’t aware of what hit us.
Since that day，our lives have revolved around Vivaan’s condition. From visiting many doctors to reading every possible book on autism，I’ve probably researched more about autism
B．white as a sheet D．black and blue B．to not receive D．to not receiving
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