Unit3SectionC课时训练高中英语选修7电子题库

Ⅰ.单项填空1．Thebestmethodto________thisgoalistouniteasmanypeopleaspossible.A．undertakeB．conductC．performD．accomplish解析：选D。undertake从事；conduct管理；perform表演；accomplish完成。根据后面的“目标”可知是“完成”，因此选D。2．Busyastheyare，parentsshould________atleasttwohourseveryweektospendwiththeirchildren.A．setaboutB．setoutC．setasideD．setoff解析：选C。setabout动身(跟动名词)；setout动身(跟不定式)；setaside留出；setoff出发。根据句意可知应该是“留出两个小时给孩子”，因此选C。3．—We’resupposedtobethereat6∶00?—________Iknow.A．AssoonasB．AsfarasC．SolongasD．Aspossibleas解析：选B。本题的语意环境为：问话人对事情不太把握，用了疑问语气，答话人也是在阐述个人观点，asfarasIknow据我所知。4．Mygrandfatherisas________asayoungmanandhatessittingarounddoingnothingallday.A．enthusiasticB．energeticC．talkativeD．sensitive解析：选B。句意：我祖父像年轻人一样精力充沛，憎恨整天坐着什么也不做。enthusiastic表示“热情的”；energetic表示“精力充沛的”；talkative表示“健谈的”；sensitive表示“敏感的”。5．Weprefertodieahero，________liveaslave.A．morethanB．otherthanC．ratherthanD．betterthan解析：选C。句意：宁为英雄而死，不为奴隶而生。ratherthan表示“而不是”。6．________withthesizeofthewholeearth，thebiggestoceandoesnotseembigatall.A．CompareB．WhencomparingC．ComparingD．Whencompared解析：选D。这是一个省略句，省略了thebiggestoceanis，完整的句子是Whenthebiggestoceaniscomparedwiththesizeofthewholeearth...。7．I’dliketoknowhowtsunamis(海啸)________otherwaterwaves.A．differsfromB．isdifferentinC．differfromD．aredifferentfor解析：选C。differ不同于；有区别，常与from连用；再根据“海啸”用的是复数可知应该选C而不是A。different常用于bedifferentfrom。8．________twiceayear，whetheritisacarorabusoratruck，istherulethateverydrivermustobeyinthiscity.A．ExaminingB．ExaminedC．BeingexaminedD．Havingbeenexamined解析：选C。句意：在这个城市，不论是小汽车、公共汽车还是卡车，每年检查两次是每一个司机都必须遵守的规则。examine检查，调查，考试，与其逻辑主语“小汽车、公共汽车、卡车”构成被动关系，故应该选被动形式；又因为做主语，所以要用动名词形式。Ⅱ.阅读理解A课时训练Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearliestpictureswerepaintedbypeoplewhohuntedanimals.Theyusedtopaintpicturesoftheanimalstheywantedtocatchandkill.PicturesofthiskindhavebeenfoundonthewallsofcavesinFranceandSpain.Nooneknowswhytheywerepaintedthere.Perhapsthepaintersthoughtthattheirpictureswouldhelpthemtocatchtheseanimals.Orperhapshumanbeingshavealwayswantedtotellstoriesaccordingtopictures.About5,000yearsagotheEgyptiansandotherpeopleintheNearEastbegantousepicturesasakindofwriting.Theydrewsimplepicturesorsignstorepresentthingsandideas，andalsotorepresentthesoundsoftheirlanguage.Thesignsthesepeopleusedbecameakindofalphabet(字母表)．TheEgyptiansusedtorecordinformationandtotellstoriesbyputtingpicture­writingandpicturestogether.Whenanimportantpersondied，scenesandstoriesfromhislifewerepaintedandcarvedonthewallsoftheplacewherehewasburied.Someofthesepicturesarelikemoderncomicstripstories.IthasbeensaidthatEgyptisthehomeofthecomicstrip.But，fortheEgyptians，picturesstillhadmagicpower.Sotheydidnottrytomaketheirwayofwritingsimple.Theordinarypeoplecouldnotunderstandit.Bytheyear1000BC，peoplewholivedintheareaaroundtheMediterraneanSeahaddevelopedasimplersystemofwriting.Thesignstheyusedwereveryeasytowrite，andtherewerefewerofthemthanintheEgyptiansystem.Thiswasbecauseeachsign，orletter，representedonlyonesoundintheirlanguage.TheGreeksdevelopedthissystemandformedthelettersoftheGreekalphabet.TheRomanscopiedtheidea，andtheRomanalphabetisnowusedallovertheworld.Thesedayswecanwritedownastory，orrecordinformation，withoutusingpictures.Butwestillneedpicturesofallkinds：drawings，photographs，signsanddiagrams.Wefindthemeverywhere：inbooksandnewspapers，inthestreets，andonthewallsoftheplaceswhereweliveandwork.Pictureshelpustounderstandandrememberthingsmoreeasily，andtheycanmakeastorymuchmoreinteresting.1．PicturesofanimalswerepaintedonthewallsofcavesinFranceandSpainbecause________.A．thehunterswantedtoseethepicturesB．thepainterswereanimalloversC．thepainterswantedtoshowimaginationD．thepictureswerethoughttobehelpful解析：选D。细节题。由第一段倒数第二句Perhapsthepaintersthoughtthattheirpictureswouldhelpthemtocatchtheseanimals.可知答案为D项。2．TheGreekalphabetwassimplerthantheEgyptiansystemforallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat________.A．theformerwaseasytowriteB．therewerefewersignsintheformerC．theformerwaseasytopronounceD．eachsignstoodforonlyonesound解析：选C。细节题。由文中分析我们知道，希腊的文字更容易读。3．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?A．TheEgyptiansignslaterbecameaparticularalphabet.B．TheEgyptianslikedtowritecomicstripstories.C．TheRomanalphabetwasdevelopedfromtheEgyptianone.D．TheGreekscopiedtheirwritingsystemfromtheEgyptians.解析：选A。推断题。根据第二、三、四段内容可知A项正确。4．Inthelastparagraph，theauthorthinksthatpictures________.A．shouldbemadecomprehensibleB．shouldbemadeinterestingC．areofmuchuseinourlifeD．aredisappearingfromourlife解析：选C。细节题。从短文的最后一句我们可以得出此答案。BHaveyoueverdreamedofvisitingaplanetintheMilkWay?Whilethetripsoundsexciting，itwouldtakeyearsandyearstoreachyourdestination.Sointhefuture，bedtimeforastronautsmaybemorethanafewhoursofregularshut­eye.Theywouldhavetosleepforyears.Europeanresearchersarenowconductinghibernationexperiments.Thestudymayhelpthemunderstandwhetherhumanscouldeversleepthroughtheyearsitwouldtakeforaspaceflighttodistantplanets.“Iftherewasaneffectivetechnology，itcouldmakedeep­spacetravelareality，”saidMarkAyreoftheEuropeanSpaceAgencylastmonth.What_seems_like_science_fiction_is_not_completely_unlikely.Researchershavebeenableto