英语选择性必修 第一册Unit 1 People of Achievement一课一练

UNIT 1　Period Two

基础练

Ⅰ.单句语法填空

1．In ________(conclude)，parents have to change some of their beliefs about how children should be raised.

2．The award-winning________ (novel) often has three or four books on the go at once.

3．I prefer to live in that house，________ windows face the sea.

4．You were right to do what you did，under the ________(circumstance).

5．The writer wrote many novels，________ are popular among the young people.

6．The captain ________(chart) this area out and it was quite safe to sail in it.

【答案】1．conclusion　2．novelist

3．whose　4．circumstances　5．which

6．charted

Ⅱ.请在横线上填上合适的关系词

1．The film brought the hours back to me ________ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.

2．Tom was late for school again and again，________ made his teacher very angry.

3．This is the same dictionary ________ I lost last week.

4．The old man，________ we will visit tomorrow，was ever a hero.

5．Last Sunday they reached Nanjing，________ a conference was to be held.

【答案】1．when　2．which　3．as/that

4．whom/who　5．where

Ⅲ.将下面的句子合并成一个复合句

1．I’ve never heard of the people and things. You talked about them just now.

______________________________________________________________

2．You are asking a question. The question is the only one that hasn’t been answered.

______________________________________________________________

3．We visited the museum last Sunday. The museum is being decorated now.

______________________________________________________________

4．I often go hiking with my friends at the weekend. It brings great pleasure to me.

______________________________________________________________

5．I wish to thank Professor Smith. Without Smith’s help I would never have got this opportunity.

______________________________________________________________

【答案】

1．I’ve never heard of the people and things that you talked about just now.

2．The question you are asking is the only one that hasn’t been answered.

3．The museum (that/which) we visited last Sunday is being decorated now.

4．I often go hiking with my friends at the weekend，which brings great pleasure to me.

5．I wish to thank Professor Smith，without whose help I would never have got this opportunity.

Ⅳ.完成句子

1．They all agreed to this，and ____________.

他们全都同意了这个主意，于是历险就这样开始了。

2．________________ she ought to make a new plan.

她突然想起她应当拟一个新计划。

3．There lives an old man near the school，____________________________________．

学校附近住着一位老人，他的儿子在国外工作。

4．During travelling，one can meet various people，__________________________．

在旅游期间，旅游者可以见到形形色色的人，并和他们结交新朋友。

5．Mr White，______________________，is a famous scientist.

怀特先生是一位著名的科学家，我从他身上学到了很多东西。

【答案】

1．that was how their adventures began

2．It struck her that

3．whose son is working abroad

4．with whom they can make new friends

5．from whom I’ve learned a lot

提升练

阅读理解

When it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States，Grandma Moses should be mentioned，although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself，“I would never sit back in a rocking chair，waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more active old age.

She was born on a farm in New York State，one of five boys and five girls. At 12 she left home and was in domestic service until at 27 she married Thomas Moses，the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives，first in Virginia and then in New York State，at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children，of whom five survived； her husband died in 1927．

Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oil painting in old age because her hands became too stiff to sew and she still wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought all that she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death，she produced 1,600 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long，with a wonderful sense of colour and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty，and then I paint it，” she said.

1．What can we learn about Grandma Moses?

A．She stopped painting in her late seventies.

B．She still led an active life when she was old.

C．Her marriage life was not happy.

D．She painted in oils as a child.

2．What did Grandma Moses spend most of her life doing?

A．Embroidering. B．Farming.

C．Nursing. D．Painting.

3．What does the underlined word “portrayals” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Directions. B．Stages.

C．Surveys. D．Descriptions.

4．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Grandma Moses: the Best Woman Painter

B．Grandma Moses and Her Farm Life

C．Grandma Moses and Her Exhibition

D．Grandma Moses: A Famous Woman Painter of 20th Century

【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文，讲述了20世纪美国著名的画家Grandma Moses的生平，介绍了她的作品和创作风格。

1．B　细节理解题。根据第一段的最后 “No one could have had a more active old age(没有人的晚年能过得比Grandma Moses更积极).”可知，关于Grandma Moses我们能知道的是，她年老时仍然过着积极的生活。故选B。

2．B　细节理解题。根据第二段的 “They farmed most of their lives，first in Virginia and then in New York State，at Eagle Bridge(他们一生大部分时间都在耕种，先是在弗吉尼亚，然后是在纽约州的鹰桥).”可知，Grandma Moses一生中绝大部分时间都在务农。故选B。

3．D　词义猜测题。根据第三段中的 “Between the 1930s and her death，she produced 1,600 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long，with a wonderful sense of colour and form(从20世纪30年代到去世，她创作了1 600幅画：仔细而生动的描绘她所熟知很久的乡村生活，是色彩和形式感的奇妙结合).”可知，画线词意为是对其画作的解读，画作反映其长期生活的乡村生活，所以画线词意为“描述”。故选D。

4．D　主旨大意题。根据文章开头 “When it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States，Grandma Moses should be mentioned，although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies (当谈到美国最著名的20世纪画家，Grandma Moses应该被提及，虽然她直到七十多岁才开始绘画).”可知，文章要介绍的是20世纪美国著名的画家Grandma Moses，这是一篇人物传记类记叙文，文章标题要反映文章主旨，选项D：Grandma Moses：20世纪著名的女画家，为短文最佳标题。故选D。

阅读加油站

embroidery n．刺绣

stiff adj.僵硬的

sit back 休息；不采取行动

in her late seventies 在她七十多岁的时候

hired hand 雇工；雇员

pass the time 打发时间；消磨时光

domestic service (大宅内佣人做的)家务； 家政服务；国内航线

No one could have had a more active old age.没有人可能有比这更积极的晚年(生活)了。

Grandma Moses (Grandma Moses，1860年9月7日—1961年12月13日)是一位美国女画家，本名安娜·玛丽·罗伯森·摩西(Anna Mary Robertson Moses)。摩西奶奶常被当作自学成才、大器晚成的代表。她出生农场，从未接受过正规的艺术训练。她七十多岁时因关节炎放弃刺绣开始绘画。作品主要描绘的是农场景色以及她的生活，喜作全景风景风俗画。在二十多年的绘画生涯中，她共创作了1 600幅作品。