高一英语能力提升练习一(Unit 1 Good friends)
§1.1单项填空
1.—What has Tom been doing recently?
—I don’t know,__________ care.
A.nor I do B.nor do I
C.neither am D.neither I am
【解析】 neither和nor后接助动词和主语，表示“他不……”。此题的动词是care,故应用助动词do形式。
【答案】 B
2.Those relatives were __________ people.After a few days,I was getting __________ and homesick.
A.boring;boring B.bored;bored
C.bored;boring D.boring;bored
【解析】 boring“令人厌烦的，令人乏味的”；bored “感到厌烦，觉得乏味”。
【答案】 D
3.—David has made great progress recently.
—__________,and __________.
A.So he has;so you have
B.So he has;so have you
C.So has he;so have you
D.So has he;so you have
【解析】 “so+助动词+主语”表示“某人也……”；“so+主语+助动词”则表示“某人的确做了某事”。
【答案】 B
4.After graduation from college,he began to wander from city to city,__________ a suitable job.
A.hunting for B.taking on
C.looking after D.bringing up
【解析】 hunt for“寻找”；take on“雇用”；look after“照顾”；bring up“培养，抚养”。
【答案】 A
5.In such dry weather,the flowers will have to be watered if they __________.
A.have survived B.are to survive
C.would survive D.will survive
【解析】 if引导的条件状语从句中不能用将来时态，但可用be+不定式形式。
【答案】 B
6.Football,or __________ soccer in Britain,is the most popular sport in the world.
A.called B.it is called
C.what is called D.something calls
【解析】 or后是一名词性从句，要用what引导。
【答案】 C
7.How does it __________ that he is so badly off when he earns quite a good salary?
A.come out B.come up
C.come along D.come about
【解析】 come about意为“发生”，常用于疑问句，表示惊奇。句中的badly off是一短语，意为“贫穷的”。
【答案】 D
8.We haven’t got enough books for everyone to have one:some of you will have to __________.
A.spare B.save
C.share D.enjoy
【解析】 “有些人要合用一本书”。share“共用，共有，分享”。
【答案】 C
9.—I missed the first part of the film.It was really a pity.
—You __________ home half an hour earlier.
A.should have left B.must have left
C.should leave D.must leave
【解析】 should have done表示“本来该做而没做……”，而must have done则意为“一定做了某事”，表推测。
【答案】 A
10.Jaures is an honest man;I say it,__________ I have opposed him.
A.as if B.so that
C.even though D.while
【解析】 “即使我一直反对他，但我仍认为Jaures是个诚实的人”。“即便”用even though来表达。
【答案】 C
11.Mrs.White has a hard time because she has six children __________.
A.look after B.to be looked after
C.to look after D.looking after
【解析】 “她有六个孩子要照顾”。句中的has当“有”讲，后面应用不定式作定语修饰children。
【答案】 C
12.If we say someone is smart,we mean that he is __________ in mind and action.
A.quick B.fast C.soon D.rapid
【解析】 表示头脑反应快，行动敏捷，应用quick。
【答案】 A
13.The Polar Bears love to swim year-round;they find it __________ and relaxing.
A.a fun B.fun C.funny D.funs
【解析】 fun是不可数名词，意为“有趣，乐趣”；funny是形容词，意为“可笑的，奇怪的”。
【答案】 B
14.I had been working a couple of months __________ I had a letter from Geiwen.
A.when B.until C.that D.while
【解析】 表示“正……，突然……”时，常用when。
【答案】 A
15.—I suppose she is 30 years of age.
—__________
A.You guess it!
B.You guessed it!
C.You’re guessing it!
D.You’ll guess it!
【解析】 “你猜对了”。表此意时，英语可以用You guessed it.也可用You’ve guessed it.
【答案】 B
§1.2 完形填空
A high school history teacher once told us,“If you make one close friend in school,you will be most fortunate.A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.” 1 teaches that he was right.Good friendship is just not easily 2 .
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a 3 friendship to develop.However,there can be no disagreement on the 4 for each of us to think carefully about the 5 of friendship we want.
To most of us,friendships are 6 very important,but we need to have clear in our 7 the kinds of friendship we want.Are they to be close or 8 at arm’s length?Do we want to share ourselves or do we want to walk on the 9 ?For some people,many friendships on the surface are 10 enough and that’s all right.But at some point, 11 to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations.The 12 of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the 13 way to deepen friendships.But it must be undertaken(进行)slowly and 14 only if there are signs of interest and action in return.
What are some of the 15 of friendship?The greatest is the attraction to expect too much time.Another “ 16 difficulty”is the selfishness to take actions too soon.Deep relationships
17 one“possesses”the other,including his time and attention. 18 ,friendships in return.In other words,you must give as much as you take. 19 there is a question of taking care of them. 20 you spend reasonable time together,talking on the phone,writing letters,doing things together,friendships will die away.
1.A.Knowledge B.Practice
C.Experience D.Success
【解析】 经验可以证明该历史老师说的话是正确的。
【答案】 C
2.A.understood B.formed
C.realized D.produced
【解析】 从上下文可知，真诚的友谊是不容易建立起来的。
【答案】 B
3.A.true B.common
C.short D.whole
【解析】 在一处地方呆得时间较短时，是不大可能与别人发展起来真挚的友谊的。
【答案】 A
4.A.hope B.difference
C.need D.courage
【解析】 no disagreement为双重否定，此句意是人们都认为我们每一个人都有必要认真考虑我们需要什么样的友谊。
【答案】 C
5.A.kind B.length
C.warmth D.value
【答案】 A
6.A.made B.considered
C.explained D.reminded
【答案】 B
7.A.hearts B.thoughts
C.actions D.minds
【解析】 have…in one’s mind“想到，想清楚”。
【答案】 D
8.A.remained B.left
C.kept D.stayed
【解析】 keep…at arm’s length“保持一定的距离”；此处用了被动语态。
【答案】 C
9.A.mud B.surface
C.ice D.feet
【解析】 根据下一句可知答案。
【答案】 B
10.A.long B.easy
C.quite D.not
【解析】 “对于某些人来说，与人保持表面的友谊足够了。”
【答案】 C
11.A.it needs B.we need
C.one needs D.they need
【解析】 根据句子结构和句意可知答案。
【答案】 B
12.A.spreading B.sharing
C.seeking D.showing
【解析】 句意是“与人分享自己的经历，包括眼泪和噩梦才最有可能加深友谊”。
【答案】 B
13.A.easiest B.latest
C.worst D.surest
【答案】 D
14.A.watched over B.turned away
C.broken down D.carried on
【解析】 carry on“继续，进行下去”。
【答案】 D
15.A.difficulties B.differences
C.advantages D.types
【答案】 A
16.A.actual B.rough
C.upset D.major
【答案】 D
17.A.require B.request
C.depend D.suggest
【解析】 require“需要”。
【答案】 A
18.A.Surprisingly B.Fortunately
C.Similarly D.Frequently
【解析】 similarly“同样地”。
【答案】 C
19.A.Finally B.Gradually
C.Obviously D.Curiously
【解析】 最后一段列举了发展友谊的几个困难，由文中的“the greatest”“another”两个信息词可推断此处用finally最佳。
【答案】 A
20.A.Though B.Unless
C.Since D.When
【答案】 B
§1.3 阅读理解
A
Going back as far as I can remember as a child in an Indian area,I had no senses of knowing about the other people around me except that we were all somehow equal…There was only one class.Nobody was interested in getting on top of anybody else.
You could see it in our games.Nobody organized them.There weren’t any competitive sports.But we took part in lots of activities and we were organized,but not in the sense that there were wars of finding out who had won and who had lost.We played balls like everyone else,but no one kept scores.Even if we did formally take part in the games we played,no one was a winner though someone may have won.It was only at that moment.If you beat someone by pulling a bow and arrow and shooting the arrow further,it didn’t mean you were better in any why.It just meant that at that particular time the arrow went further;maybe it was just the way you let the bow go.These kinds of things are very important to me and that is why I am talking about them.
One of the very important things was the relationship we had with our families.We didn’t always live at home.We lived wherever we happened to be at that particular time when it got dark.If you were two or three miles away from home,then that was where you slept.
1.According to the write __________.
A.all the people were kind and equal in different activities
B.all the people quarreled with each other in every fightings
C.people often took part in different fightings
D.every child tired to climb the top of all the activities
【解析】 从第一段可以看出，作者生活的地方人都是平等的（equal），且无人争强好胜，故人都和气（kind）。
【答案】 A
2.The underlined word“competitive”means __________.
A.united B.breaking
C.common D.fighting
【解析】 通过后来对运动、游戏的描述，知它不是为争输赢而进行的，即非竞争性的。
【答案】 D
3.From the passage,we can infer that __________.
A.they pretended to lose when they could win the games
B.they didn’t think it was very important who was the winner among their activities
C.they didn’t hold any activities which could produce winners or losers
D.they thought it was a good idea that no one could win in their activities
【解析】 可以从第二段推断出。无人关心输赢，大家只注视当时的活动、感觉。
【答案】 B
4.In their area,it was said that __________.
A.people could spend their nights anywhere whether it was their home or not
B.people only served their friends to spend their nights at home
C.people had to return to their home to spend their nights whether they were far away or not
D.strange people had to spend their nights in the field when it got dark
【解析】 可从文章最后一句话推测出。
【答案】 A
B
Betty and Harold have been married for years.But one thing still puzzles(困扰)old Harold.How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking,go out to a ballgame,come back three and a half hours later,and they’re still sitting on the sofa?Talking?
What in the world,Harold wonders,do they have to talk about?
Betty shrugs,Talk?We’re friends.
Researching this result called friendship,psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men.No matter what their age,their job,their sex,the results were completely clear:women have more friendships than men,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable.”
More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed would not name a best friend.Those who could were likely to name a woman.Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend,and almost always it was a woman.More married men than women named their wife／husband as a best friend,most trusted person,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机)“Most women,”says Rubin,“identified(认定)at least one, usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a trouble moment,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
“In general,”writes Rubin in her new book,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.”For the most part,Rubin says,interactions(交往)between men are emotionally controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior.”
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,”Rubin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage,it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on a sofa.”
1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that__________.
A.he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband
B.women have so much to share
C.women show little interest in ballgames
D.he finds his wife difficult to talk to
【解析】 这是一个细节题。从第一段可知，使Harold迷茫不解的是当他出外打球三个半小时后，发现妻子和她的朋友仍然坐在沙发上交谈。他不明白为什么女人会有那么多互相分享的东西。
【答案】 B
2.Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to__________.
A.a male friend B.a female friend
C.her parents D.her husband
【解析】 这是一道细节题。从短文的最后一句话Whereas a woman’s closed female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage…可以看出，当一个女人发生感情危机时，她常常把这件事告诉自己的女性朋友。
【答案】 B
3.According to the text,which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?
A.Ending his marriage without good reason.
B.Spending too much time with his friends.
C.Complaining about his marriage trouble.
D.Going out to ballgames too often.
【解析】 这是一道细节题。从短文的最后一句话it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.可知，在一般情况下，男人不向自己的朋友抱怨自己的婚姻危机。
【答案】 C
4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?
A.Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.
B.Women are more serious than men about marriage.
C.Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.
D.Women depend on others in making decisions.
【解析】 这是一道细节题。从最后一段第一句话“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings.” 可知，男人几乎不和自己的朋友分享自己的内心世界。
【答案】 A
5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around__________.
A.happy and successful marriages
B.friendships of men and women
C.emotional problems in marriage
D.interactions between men and women
【解析】 这是一道概括题。通读全文可以得出结论，心理学家Rubin的研究中心是有关男人和女人的朋友关系。
【答案】 B
C
In the past,when people had problems,they went to their families or friends to get advice.Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows,TV programmes and telephone hot lines,too.A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers.Most hot lines are completely anonymous—callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers.Most hot lines are usually free,too.Callers do not have to pay for the advice or the phone calls—even if the calls are long distance(距离).At some hot lines,the advisers are volunteers(志愿者).Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work.Usually the advisers are full-job people with years of education and experience,but sometimes,the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line.All the advisers listen to people and help them solve(解决)their problems.
1.A hot line is a telephone line .
A.that is hot
B.through which people get advice
C.whose number no one knows
D.through which callers take a short class
【解析】 理解“hot line”时不能单凭字义，英语中有许多词像“Green House”发生了转义，不指“绿房子”，而意为“温室”。“hot line”就像我们常说的“热线电话”，是专门为人排忧解难、提供建议的。
【答案】 B
2.When people call the hot line advisers,they .
A.often give their names and telephone numbers
B.generally have to pay for the long distance calls
C.usually pay nothing for most of the calls and advice
D.always try to get in touch with the volunteer advisers
【解析】 文章“anonymous”一词对同学们来说可能陌生，但看了破折号后的解释应明白意为“匿名的，不留名的”。所以A项不对。热线电话是一种服务性组织，因此通常是不计费的。
【答案】 C
3.The advisers working at hot lines .
A.are not all paid
B.are all volunteers
C.all have years of education and experience
D.have all been trained for a short time
【解析】 文中有“some…others”结构，表明并非所有的咨询员都是志愿者，C、D两项都是一方面的，不可以偏概全，故选A项。
【答案】 A
4.How do the hot line advisers work?
A.They do what the calls tell them to do.
B.They listen to the callers and take their advice.
C.They give the callers advice.
D.They go to the callers’ houses to help them.
【答案】 C
5.The writer of the article seems to think that _______________.
A.with hot lines people won’t get advice from their families or friends
B.hot lines help the callers a lot
C.people had better pay for the advice and phone calls
D.the hot line advisers will solve all of the callers’ problems
【答案】 B
§1.4短文改错
I have arrived in Britain three months now. I find 1.__________
some customs(习惯) new and interested. 2.__________
People here do not shake hands as more as 3.__________
we do in China. During the first a few weeks, 4.__________
I was often surprising because people didn’t 5.__________
put out their hand when I met them. Men 6.__________
raise their hats to women but do not to 7.__________
each other. When you go to a friends’ house 8.__________
for a meal, it’s not the custom say 9.__________
“Thank you” at end of the meal like in China. 10.__________
【答案】
1.arrived→been 2.interested→interesting
3.more→much 4.去掉a
5.surprising→surprised 6.hand→hands
7.√ 8.friends’→friend’s
9.say前加to 10.end前加the
§1.5书面表达
山东济宁育才中学的迟拯打算去英国学习，但他不知道英国中学的情况及入学条件。因此他想给英国一所中学去信咨询。请以迟拯的名义用英语写一封咨询信。英国中学地址：South High School,66 Cambridge Street,London w38 England.咨询内容：能否得到在英入学的指导；像他这样的17岁中学生能否赴英就读；若能去，入哪种学校最合适；在英中学毕业后能否继续上大学。
1.书信格式规范，语句流畅，语法正确，不要逐句将内容要点译为英语。
2.80词左右，写信日期：2003年9月4日。
【参考答案】
The Yu Cai Middle School
Jining Shandong,China
Sept 4th,2003
Dear sir,
I’d like to study in Britain,but I know very little about the opportunity and conditions there.I’d be very grateful if you would be so kind as to give me advice about that.In particular,what are the chances of my being admitted to a school there at the age of 17?What sort of schools are suitable?And would I be able to go on to study in a university there after finishing middle school?Thank you very much for your kind consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Chi Zheng