2020-2021学年Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations课后练习题

这是一份2020-2021学年Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations课后练习题，共10页。试卷主要包含了 B， 【解析】选G， 【解析】选A， A等内容，欢迎下载使用。

Welcme t the pumpkin weigh-ff at Half Mn Bay (半月湾), Califrnia. The event has always been very ppular amng mst pumpkin grwers. Thusands f peple line up alng the city’s High Street and watch the prud pumpkin wners frm acrss the cuntry. Each pumpkin is carefully picked up by frklifts (叉式升降机) and placed n a digital weighing scale.
Organizers are ffering $30, 000 in ttal prize mney fr a new recrd pumpkin entering Half Mn Bay. But in rder t receive the “New Recrd Prize”, the grwer will have t bring a pumpkin heavier than the 2, 624-pund ne grwn by Mathias Willemijns in 2017. If the heaviest pumpkin in the cntest is unable t surpass (超过) the recrd, its wner will receive $6 fr every pund it weighs.
When: Mnday, Octber 9, 2018. Weighing will begin at 7 am and will end at 11 am. Grwers will start lining the street as daylight breaks by 7 am.
Where: I. D. E. S. Grunds, 735 Main Street, Half Mn Bay, Califrnia.
Prize Mney:
New Recrd Pumpkin: $30, 000 (in ttal)
1st Place: $6 per pund
2nd Place: $2, 000
3rd Place: $1, 500
4th Place: $1, 000
5th～10th Place: $500 each
11th～20th Place: $100 each
Special Prizes: $500 fr the mst beautiful pumpkin, judged by the audience (clr, shape and size).
The tp five pumpkins will be n display fr the thusands f visitrs t Half Mn Bay’s famus Art and Pumpkin Festival that will take place n Octber 14—15, 2018.
【语篇概述】本文属于应用说明文。文章介绍了加利福尼亚的南瓜节。
1. Hw much will the grwer receive if he/she brings the heaviest pumpkin weighing 2600 punds?
A. $2, 000. B. $15, 600.
C. $30, 000. D. $30, 500.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段可知, 组织者提供了30 000美元的奖金作为一个南瓜进入半月湾的新纪录。但是要想获得“新纪录奖”, 种植者要带来超过在2017年种植的2 624磅重的南瓜。如果比赛中最重的南瓜不能超过这个纪录, 它的主人只能得到每磅6美元的钱。而如果一个人带来重2 600磅重的南瓜, 没有超过2 624磅, 所以只能得到每磅6美元的钱。2 600×6=15 600, 故选B项。
2. Wh will decide n the mst beautiful pumpkin?
A. The grwers. B. The art judges.
C. The rganizers. D. The audience present.
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“Special Prizes: $500 fr the mst beautiful pumpkin, judged by the audience (clr, shape and size)”可知由观众来判断, 故选D项。
3. What is the purpse f the passage?
A. T intrduce a ppular festival.
B. T infrm the prize fr a cmpetitin.
C. T explain hw t grw huge pumpkins.
D. T attract mre peple t grw pumpkins.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。通读全文可知, 本文主要介绍了加利福尼亚的南瓜节。B和D项是南瓜节的一个细节, C项文章没有涉及, 所以A项符合题意。
Ⅱ. 阅读填句
Christmas can easily becme an expensive time f a year. Frm gifts t decrating, the mney spent n the celebratin adds up quickly. But there’s n reasn t cmpletely break the bank. 1
Make a budget(预算). Set the amunt yu’re willing t spend fr the hliday, including gift giving, decrating and travel. 2 And if yu can keep t yur budget, yu’ll lead an easy life in the fllwing weeks and mnths.
Start shpping fr Christmas decratins early. Stres have sales fr decratins between Hallween and Thanksgiving. 3 Better yet, g shpping fr next year’s decratins the day after Christmas. Yu can buy many things at very lw prices right after Christmas.
Shp fr gifts all year rund. Whenever yu’re ut shpping, keep an eye ut fr great Christmas presents. 4 Shpping early can prevent yu frm spending mre mney than yu can affrd. And if yu spend little here and there thrughut the year, Christmas will have a much smaller influence n yur wallet in December.
Cut dwn yur gift giving. Smetimes yu just can’t affrd t get smething fr everyne. Remve the peple frm yur list whm yu rarely speak with. 5 The peple yu d chse t buy fr dn’t need smething expensive. Keep in mind that it’s the thught that is mre imprtant.
A. Send them simple cards instead.
B. This budget is perfect fr many peple.
C. Once yu have a budget set, keep t it.
D. And it’s after Thanksgiving that the prices begin t g up.
E. Christmas is knwn as the seasn f giving, sharing and receiving.
F. There are ways t celebrate well and spend wisely at the same time.
G. It desn’t matter when yu get the gift, whether it’s January r June.
【语篇概述】在过圣诞节的时候, 人们往往会花很多钱, 那么怎样才能减少圣诞节的花销呢? 本文给出了一些有用的建议, 你不妨试一试。
1. 【解析】选F。根据空前的But there’s n reasn t cmpletely break the bank. 以及下文内容可知, 这有一些方法既可以帮你节省钱同时也能让你好好庆祝圣诞节, 故选F。
2. 【解析】选C。根据空后的And if yu can keep t yur budget, yu’ll lead an easy life in the fllwing weeks and mnths. 可知, 一旦你制定了预算, 就要遵守你的预算, 故选C。
3. 【解析】选D。根据空前的Thanksgiving可知, 过了感恩节后价格开始上升, 故选D。
4. 【解析】选G。根据空前的Whenever yu’re ut shpping, keep an eye ut fr great Christmas presents. 可知, 不管你什么时候出去购物都注意看看圣诞节礼物, 不管一月还是六月, 你什么时候买礼物都没有关系, 故选G。
5. 【解析】选A。根据空前的Remve the peple frm yur list whm yu rarely speak with. 可知, 把那些你很少说话的人从你的名单里移出去, 不用给他们买礼物, 只需要给他们一些卡片就行, 故选A。
Ⅲ. 完形填空
I had a bad habit f skipping t the last pages f a bk. I just wanted t see hw it 1 while I was still in the middle f it. This habit 2 first my mm, then my friends, and finally even my wn daughter. Often my 3 wuldn’t be limited just t the bks I read but als t what thers were 4 as well. Then ne day my daughter tld me in anger, “Dad, please just read a bk ne page at a time like everyne else! ”
At times I didn’t 5 this bad habit t just bks either. I als tried t skip ahead in my wn life and 6 ut what t d mnths and even years frm nw 7 enjying each day at present. Althugh I knew that the 8 f my life wasn’t dne yet and that I had many pages left t g. I still culdn’t cntrl my burning desire t write the 9 f it half way thrugh. Time and again, I wuld 10 jump ahead and try t slve every ptential (潜在的) prblem befre it happened. Life, 11 , desn’t wrk like that. It lves t 12 us, and yu never knw what new prblems, changes r pprtunities each new day will bring.
Recently when I fund myself living in the 13 again, I felt a vice that gently tld me I needed t “live ne day at a time. ” When I heard thse wrds, I 14 , turned the bk f my life back t the 15 page, and thanked Gd fr tday.
Each f us has t write the bk f life line by line, mment by mment and trust that ur stry will be brught t its perfect end.
【语篇概述】本文作者喜欢在读书读到一半时就先看故事的结局, 后来发展到其他事也这样没耐心。这让家人和朋友们, 甚至女儿都很不高兴, 女儿认为书应该从头到尾去读, 正如人生一样过好当下。
1. A. changed B. started C. ended D. cntinued
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。根据下文middle可知, 句意应为: 当一本书读到一半时, 我就想知道结局是怎么样的, 故选C。
2. A. cnfusedB. annyed
C. delightedD. embarrassed
【解析】选B。词汇复现题。cnfuse使困惑; anny使恼怒; delight使高兴; embarrass使尴尬。根据下文“Then ne day my daughter tld me in anger”可知, 我的这个坏习惯激怒了(annyed)很多人, 故选B。
3. A. impatienceB. misunderstanding
C. disappintmentD. disagreement
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。impatience没耐心; misunderstanding误解; disappintment失望; disagreement不同意。我的没耐心不仅限于我自己读的书, 对他人读的书也是很急于知道故事的结局, 故选A。
4. A. saying B. reading C. ding D. watching
【解析】选B。背景常识题。本段讲的都是读书的事情, 根据这个背景可知, 此处应该是读书, 读书用动词read, 故选B。
5. A. cntribute B. devte C. apply D. limit
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。cntribute贡献于; devte奉献于; apply申请, 应用; limit限制。根据下句的“I als tried t skip ahead in my wn life”可知, 作者的坏习惯不仅限于看书方面, 也体现在他的生活上, 故选D。
6. A. try B. figure C. let D. turn
【解析】选B。固定搭配题。try ut试验, 测试; figure ut弄懂, 搞清楚; let ut 泄露; turn ut 结果是。我总是想要看到未来几个月甚至几年以后的事, 而没有享受现在的生活, 故选B。
7. A. n the part fB. ther than
C. instead fD. n the basis f
【解析】选C。短语辨析题。n the part f就……而言; ther than除了, 不同于; instead f代替, 而不是; n the basis f根据。联系上下文可知此处为转折关系。故选C。
8. A. bk B. river C. picture D. play
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。bk书; river河流; picture图片; play剧。根据空后的“that I had many pages left t g”可知, 这里作者把生活看作一本书, 故选A。
9. A. feelings B. beginning
C. ending D. cmments
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。feeling感觉; beginning开端; ending结局; cmment评价。根据前文可知, 我在看书时总喜欢看到一半就想知道结尾, 而对于自己人生的这本书, 虽然还没有写完, 但我已迫不及待地想要写出结局。故选C。
10. A. cnsciuslyB. strangely
C. flishlyD. critically
【解析】选C。词语辨析题。cnsciusly自觉地; strangely 奇怪地; flishly愚蠢地; critically批评性地。根据下文“Life, ______, desn’t wrk like that. ”可推知, 我总是在每一个潜在的问题还没发生时就尝试解决它, 所以这是愚蠢的, 故选C。
11. A. therwiseB. mrever
C. therefreD. hwever
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。therwise否则; mrever而且; therefre因此; hwever但是。然而人生并不像我们预设的那样, 故选D。
12. A. surprise B. cheat C. satisfy D. frighten
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。surprise使惊讶; cheat欺骗; satisfy使满意; frighten吓唬。从下文中的“yu never knw what new prblems, changes r pprtunities each new day will bring”可知, 生活总是有新问题, 改变或者机会使我们感到很惊讶, 故选A。
13. A. present B. future C. memry D. dream
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。present现在; future未来; memry记忆; dream梦想。根据上文, 我在生活中总是想要搞清楚未来几个月甚至几年的事情, 即生活在“未来”, 故选B。
14. A. cheered B. cried C. lst D. smiled
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。我明白了生活要一天天地过, 所以我笑了, 故选D。
15. A. exciting B. hpeful C. favrite D. right
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。exciting令人激动的; hpeful充满希望的; favrite最喜欢的; right对的。当内心的声音提醒我要过好每一天时, 我把人生的这本书翻回到正确的(right)那一页。故选D。
Ⅳ. 语法填空
There are all kinds f festivals thrughut the wrld. Festivals are held
1. __________ (satisfy) and please the ancestrs, t hnur sme famus peple r imprtant 2. (event), and t express peple’s gratitude t the Gd. Fr example, in India, Octber 2 is 3. natinal festival t hnur Mhandas Gandhi, the leader 4. helped gain India’s 5. (depend) frm Britain. 6. __________(traditin), in China the Spring Festival, which 7. (celebrate) in January r February, is the mst 8. __________(energy) and imprtant because it is a festival that lks frward 9. the cming f spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, peple can get tgether t eat, drink and have fun with each ther, 10. __________(frget) all the daily struggle and demands fr a while.
【语篇概述】本文为说明文, 主要介绍了全世界各国举办节日的目的, 并举例说明。
1. 【解析】t satisfy。考查非谓语动词。根据下文的并列不定式短语t hnur. . . and t express. . . 可知, 空处也应用不定式作目的状语, 故填t satisfy。
2. 【解析】events。考查名词复数。event是可数名词, 且空前有sme限定, 故填复数形式events。
3. 【解析】a。考查冠词。festival是可数名词, 此处表泛指, 且natinal的发音以辅音音素开头, 故填不定冠词a。
4. 【解析】that/wh。考查定语从句。空处引导限制性定语从句, 关系词在从句中作主语, 先行词为the leader, 指人, 故填that/wh。
5. 【解析】independence。考查名词。名词所有格后应接名词; 再根据常识可知, 甘地领导印度人民获得独立, 故填independence(独立)。
6. 【解析】Traditinally。考查副词。空处在句首, 且有逗号隔开, 故填副词Traditinally作状语修饰整个句子。
7. 【解析】is celebrated。考查动词时态、语态和主谓一致。空前是关系代词which, 在从句中作主语, 先行词为the Spring Festival, 谓语应用单数; the Spring Festival与celebrate为动宾关系, 应用被动语态; 此处陈述客观事实, 应用一般现在时, 故填is celebrated。
8. 【解析】energetic。考查形容词。空处在is后作表语, 且与后面的imprtant并列, 故填形容词energetic(充满活力的)。
9. 【解析】t。考查固定搭配。lk frward t sth. 期望某事, 为固定搭配, 故填介词t。
10. 【解析】frgetting。考查非谓语动词。此句的谓语动词是can get, 且空前无连词, 因此空处应用非谓语动词; 主语peple与frget构成主动关系, 故填现在分词frgetting作伴随状语。
完形填空
Recently, I flew t Las Vegas t attend a meeting. As we were abut t arrive, the pilt annunced with aplgy that there wuld be a slight 1 befre setting dwn. High desert winds had 2 the airprt t clse all but ne runway. He said that we wuld be circling the city fr a few minutes waiting t 3 . We were als tld t remain in ur seats meanwhile with ur seat belts fastened 4 there might be a few bumps(颠簸). Well, that few minutes turned int abut fur—five minutes, including a ride that wuld make a rller caster(过山车) 5 by cmparisn.
The mvement was s fierce that several passengers felt 6 and had t use airsickness bags. As yu might guess, that’s nt a gd thing t have happened in a narrw space because it nly 7 t increase the discmfrt f the situatin.
Abut twenty minutes int the adventure, the entire airplane became very 8 . There was nw a sense f anxiety and fear that culd be 9 nticed. Every passenger simply held n fr dear life. . . except ne. A baby was having a gd time! With each bump f the 10 ! He wuld let ut a giggle(咯咯的笑)f delight. As I bserved this, I 11 that he didn’t knw he was suppsed t be afraid and wrried abut his 12 . He neither thught abut the past nr abut the future. Thse are what we grwn-ups have learned frm 13 . He was enjying the ride because he had nt yet been taught t fear it. Having understd this, I tk a deep breath and 14 back int my seat, pretending I was really n a rller caster. I smiled fr the rest f the flight. I even 15 t giggle nce r twice, much t the chagrin(懊恼)f the man sitting next t me hlding the airsickness bag.
【语篇概述】本文讲述了作者一次因开会去拉斯维加斯时, 飞机因沙尘暴而延时降落, 在不断延长的等待中, 成年人焦急、害怕, 唯独不知恐惧的婴儿在享受着过山车一样的颠簸。作者深受启发, 体验了一次孩子般的享受。
1. A. mistake B. delay C. change D. wind
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据 “High desert winds. . . t clse all but ne runway”可知, 因沙尘暴关闭所有的跑道, 只留一条, 故应为延时降落, 故选B。
2. A. frcedB. warned
C. sweptD. reminded
【解析】选A。词语辨析题。因为沙尘暴迫使机场关闭跑道。 B意为“警告”; C意为“打扫, 席卷”; D意为“提醒”, 均不符合题意, A意为“逼迫”, 符合句意, 故选A。
3. A. arrive B. enter C. stp D. land
【解析】选D。背景常识题。根据上下文句意可知, 飞机要绕城市盘旋几分钟以便等待着陆, 故选D。
4. A. if B. thugh C. because D. while
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。句意: 我们也被告知在座位上坐好, 系好安全带, 因为飞机可能有些颠簸。此处应为because引导的原因状语从句, 故选C。
5. A. light B. pale C. easy D. quick
【解析】选B。习语搭配题。make. . . pale by cmparisn 固定短语, 表示“使……相形见绌”, 此处用以强调飞机在空中极不稳定, 故选B。
6. A. sick B. nervus C. angry D. afraid
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。句意: 运动如此剧烈使几个旅客感到恶心而不得不用呕吐袋。sick 意为“恶心的”; nervus意为“紧张的”; angry 意为“生气的”; afraid意为“害怕的”, 故选A。
7. A. Happens B. Cntinues C. Fails D. serves
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。在这种情形下本来就很难受, 在飞机上呕吐使得这种难受更加强烈。此处serve意为“起……作用, 用作……”, 故选D。
8. A. quiet B. ht C. dirty D. crwded
【解析】选A。背景常识题。根据后面的 “a sense f anxiety and fear”可知, 人们都很紧张、焦虑, 在这种情形下飞机上的人一定是静悄悄的, 故选A。
9. A. partly B. gradually C. shrtly D. clearly
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。飞机上乘客们的焦躁不安, 应该是能够很明显地被感觉到。clearly表示“明显地”, 符合句意, 故选D。
10. A. seats B. passengers C. flight D. airplane
【解析】选D。词语辨析题。应是飞机的每一次颠簸让孩子体验到坐过山车一样的感受, 孩子发出咯咯的笑声, 故选D。
11. A. realized B. hped C. agreed D. insisted
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。句意: 我意识到孩子不知道他应该害怕和担心。realize表示“意识到”, 符合句意, 故选A。
12. A. health B. safety C. jy D. future
【解析】选B。词语辨析题。句意: 我意识到他不知道他应该为他的安全害怕和担心。health表示“健康”; jy表示“高兴”; future表示“将来”; safety表示“安全”, 符合句意, 故选B。
13. A. teachersB. bks
C. experienceD. practice
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。成人都是从孩子时代过来的, 是成人的亲身经历让他们知道孩子所不知道的害怕和担心。experience表示“经历; 经验”, 符合句意, 故选C。
14. A. sat B. lay C. went D. rde
【解析】选A。习语搭配题。sat back int my seat意为“坐回到我的座位上”, 故选A。
15. A. attemptedB. managed
C. wantedD. decided
【解析】选B。词语辨析题。我甚至咯咯地笑了一两次。作者应该是笑出了声, 才让邻座的手拿呕吐袋的人懊恼。manage t d sth. 固定短语, 表示“设法做成某事”, 故选B。