Unit 3　The world of colours and light

　　時間：30分鐘

　　Ⅰ.單項填空

　　1．The theory he stuck to ______ to be right later.

　　A．prove

　　B．proved

　　C．proving D．proves

　　答案　B　[本題中he stuck to為定語從句，要填的選項為句中真正的謂語動詞，根據句意應為B項。句意為“他一直信奉的理論后來被證明是正確的”。]

　　2．—Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

　　—No，it's out of ______.

　　A．range

　　B．reach

　　C．control

　　D．distance

　　答案　A　[句意：你能射到樹上的那只鳥嗎？不能，它在射程之外。out of range在射程外，符合句意；out of reach夠不到；out of control失控，故選A。]

　　3．Only under special circumstances ______ to take those rests.

　　A．are freshmen permitted

　　B．freshmen are permitted

　　C．permitted are freshmen D．are permitted freshmen

　　答案　A　[“only＋介詞短語”置于句首，句子應用部分倒裝，故選A。]

　　4．The boy has an amazing appetite ______ American country music.

　　A．to

　　B．on

　　C．with

　　D．for

　　答案　D　[have an appetite for...為固定詞組，其含義為“喜歡……”]

　　5．More than one hundred and fifty teachers are working hard in our school，______ ages twenty-three ______ forty-five.

　　A．which，range to，between

　　B．whose，range from，to

　　C．that，range for，and

　　D．it，range with，to

　　答案　B　[第一個空whose修飾ages并且引導非限制性定語從句；第二、三空考查range from...to...結構的用法。]

　　6．Usually children under six are not ______ to school except those of extraordinary intelligence.

　　A．permitted

　　B．admitted

　　C．accepted

　　D．received

　　答案　B　[be admitted to...意思是“被錄取，被準許進入”，符合題意。]

　　7．The organization ______ food and blankets among the people in the area hit heavily by snowstorms.

　　A．provided

　　B．calculated

　　C．distributed

　　D．contributed

　　答案　C　[distribute的意思為“分發”，符合題意。]

　　8．________had he received the telegram ______ he started off at once.

　　A．Never，that

　　B．Hardly，that

　　C．Hardly，when

　　D．No sooner，when

　　答案　C　[句意：他一接到電話馬上就出發了。沒有never...that與hardly...that結構，而no sooner應與than連用，故應選擇C項。]

　　9．After winning the first prize，the boy ______ himself ______ pleasure.

　　A．abandoned，in

　　B．was abandoned，to

　　C．abandoned，to

　　D．abandoned，on

　　答案　C　[abandon oneself to...為固定短語，意為“沉湎于，放縱”。句意：獲得一等獎后，那個男孩兒喜不自禁。]

　　10．The theme of the painting is too ______ for the audience to understand.

　　A．realistic

　　B．abstract

　　C．truly

　　D．clearly

　　答案　B　[abstract抽象的，深奧的。根據句子結構和意思選B。句意：繪畫的主題太抽象，觀眾不能看懂。]

　　11．No sooner ______ than it began to rain heavily.

　　A．the game began

　　B．has the game begun

　　C．did the game begin

　　D．had the game begun

　　答案　D　[本題為no sooner...than...結構，no sooner位于句首，句子一般采用部分倒裝結構。然后根據時態判斷，應用過去完成時，故應選D。]

　　12．Not until the teacher came in ______ what I had said.

　　A．they did believe

　　B．they believed

　　C．didn't they believe

　　D．did they believe

　　答案　D　[本題為not...until...結構，not until同時提前，句子要用部分倒裝形式，故選D。]

　　13．The secretary worked late into the night，______ a long speech for the president.

　　A．to prepare B．preparing

　　C．prepared

　　D．was preparing

　　答案　B　[本題是用現在分詞短語作伴隨狀語，用來對謂語的動作加以說明。]

　　14．Finding her car stolen，______.

　　A．a policeman was asked to help

　　B．the area was searched thoroughly

　　C．it was looked for everyone

　　D．she hurried to a policeman for help

　　答案　D　[find動作應該由人來發出，所以句子的主語應該指人，A、D兩項主語都是人，根據句意可知，應選D。此句可以轉換成：When she found her car stolen，she hurried to a policeman for help.]

　　15．—Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?

　　—I don't know，______.

　　A．nor don't I care

　　B．nor do I care

　　C．I don't care neither

　　D．I don't care also

　　答案　B　[由選項可知此處為補充說明“我也不關心”，用nor開頭，因此句子應倒裝。]

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　Are you feeling blue？An American study suggests that being surrounded by happy friends and neighbors could have more of an effect on your happiness than money.That is the finding of researchers from Harvard University and the University of California at San Diego.

　　Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler studied the emoti-onal health of more than four thousand seven hundred people.They used information from the Framingham Heart Study. That study began sixty years ago in the American community of Framingham ，Massachusetts.It was started to learn more about the risks of heart attack and stroke.For the new study，the researchers examined the emotions of the men and women in the Framingham Heart Study.The information was gathered from 1983 to 2003.

　　The researchers found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves.That means that happiness spreads，or has a contagious effect，among people.And，the smaller the physical distance between friends，the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness.For example，a person was twenty percent more likely to feel happy if his/her friend living within one and a half kilometers was also happy.Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by thirty-four percent.The effects of friends' happiness lasted for up to a year.

　　Another finding was that people who worked together or were married did not have as much of an effect on happiness levels as friends did.The researchers said this was often true among friends of the same sex.

　　A report on the findings was published this month in the British Medical Journal.America's National Institute on Aging helped to pay for the study.Some researchers who were not involved with the study questioned its findings.They said the results could be disputed(爭議) unless a separate study showed similar findings.

　　【語篇解讀】 這是一篇說明文。本文主要向我們介紹了兩位科學家的一項研究發現——快樂可以感染人，擁有快樂的朋友就會擁有快樂。

　　1．What does this text mainly tell us?

　　A．How to live a happy life?

　　B. One's happiness influences others.

　　C．How to keep emotions healthy?

　　D．A scientific experiment.

　　答案　B　[主旨大意題。綜合本文的內容我們可以看出，本文主要向我們介紹了兩位科學家的一項研究發現——快樂可以感染人，擁有快樂的朋友就會擁有快樂。據此，我們可以確定本題的答案是B。]

　　2．From this text we know that ________.

　　A．Nicholas and James based their findings on the study of a medical research

　　B．Nicholas and James have been doing their research for more than twenty years

　　C．a person with a happy friend has more chance of feeling blue

　　D．a happy person is more likely to suffer from heart attack

　　答案　A　[事實細節題。根據第二段中的“They used information from the Framingham Heart Study.”我們可以知道，這兩位專家的理論是建立在他人的研究基礎之上的。]

　　3．The underlined word “contagious” in the third paragraph means ________.

　　A．contacting

　　B．embarrassing

　　C．spreading D．frightening

　　答案　C　[詞義猜測題。根據畫線單詞前面的并列連詞or我們可以推測contagious的意思與“spreading”接近。]

　　4．According to this text，which of the following four persons may have a larger effect on Mrs. Smith's happiness?

　　A．Mr. Green，Smith's former classmate.

　　B．Mr. Thomas，Smith's colleague.

　　C．A friend in another city.

　　D．A happy single lady next door.

　　答案　D　[推理判斷題。根據第三段和第四段的內容可知，一位近距離的、快樂的、異性的朋友最有可能給我們帶來快樂。據此，我們可以推測，本題的答案應是D。]

　　B

　　Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it ，and to go into their offices or schools every day by train，car or bus，even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

　　One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent.With the same money，one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

　　Then，in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town.Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses，one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings，one can enjoy the fresh，clean air of the country.If one likes gardens，one can spend one's free time digging，planting，watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden.Then，when the flowers and vegetables come up，one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　Some people，however，take no interest in country things：for them，happiness lies in the town，with its cinemas and theatres，beautiful shops and busy streets，dance-halls and restaurants.Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks') visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want：the_rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

　　【語篇導讀】本文介紹在倫敦工作的人對是在市里居住還是在鄉下居住的問題所持的不同看法和態度。

　　5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.

　　B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country.

　　C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London，some people who work in London prefer to live inside London.

　　D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London，many people who work in London prefer to live outside London.

　　答案　B　[推理判斷題。根據文章內容：雖然有很多人喜歡鄉村生活，但文章最后提到也有些人喜歡城市生活，從而可推知此題答案為B項。]

　　6．One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

　　A．getting a small flat with a garden

　　B．having a small flat with a garden

　　C．renting a small flat without a garden

　　D．buying a small flat without a garden

　　答案　C　[細節理解題。根據文章第二段第二、三句可推知此題答案為C項。]

　　7．When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up，those ________ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　A．who live in the country

　　B．who have spent time working in the garden

　　C．who have a garden of their own

　　D．who have been digging，planting and watering

　　答案　B　[推理判斷題。根據文章第三段最后兩句可知：要是他喜歡花園，他就可以自由地在花園里挖土、種植、澆水等，當鮮花和蔬菜生長起來的時候，他就得到了與大自然分享秘密的獎賞，所以選B項。]

　　8．People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that________if they had to live it outside London.

　　A．their life was meaningless

　　B．their life was invaluable

　　C．they didn't deserve a happy life

　　D．they were not worthy of their happy life

　　答案　A　[推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段第二句“Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.”可推知此題答案為A項。]

　　Unit 3　The world of colours and light

　　時間：30分鐘

　　Ⅰ.單項填空

　　1．The theory he stuck to ______ to be right later.

　　A．prove

　　B．proved

　　C．proving D．proves

　　答案　B　[本題中he stuck to為定語從句，要填的選項為句中真正的謂語動詞，根據句意應為B項。句意為“他一直信奉的理論后來被證明是正確的”。]

　　2．—Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

　　—No，it's out of ______.

　　A．range

　　B．reach

　　C．control

　　D．distance

　　答案　A　[句意：你能射到樹上的那只鳥嗎？不能，它在射程之外。out of range在射程外，符合句意；out of reach夠不到；out of control失控，故選A。]

　　3．Only under special circumstances ______ to take those rests.

　　A．are freshmen permitted

　　B．freshmen are permitted

　　C．permitted are freshmen D．are permitted freshmen

　　答案　A　[“only＋介詞短語”置于句首，句子應用部分倒裝，故選A。]

　　4．The boy has an amazing appetite ______ American country music.

　　A．to

　　B．on

　　C．with

　　D．for

　　答案　D　[have an appetite for...為固定詞組，其含義為“喜歡……”]

　　5．More than one hundred and fifty teachers are working hard in our school，______ ages twenty-three ______ forty-five.

　　A．which，range to，between

　　B．whose，range from，to

　　C．that，range for，and

　　D．it，range with，to

　　答案　B　[第一個空whose修飾ages并且引導非限制性定語從句；第二、三空考查range from...to...結構的用法。]

　　6．Usually children under six are not ______ to school except those of extraordinary intelligence.

　　A．permitted

　　B．admitted

　　C．accepted

　　D．received

　　答案　B　[be admitted to...意思是“被錄取，被準許進入”，符合題意。]

　　7．The organization ______ food and blankets among the people in the area hit heavily by snowstorms.

　　A．provided

　　B．calculated

　　C．distributed

　　D．contributed

　　答案　C　[distribute的意思為“分發”，符合題意。]

　　8．________had he received the telegram ______ he started off at once.

　　A．Never，that

　　B．Hardly，that

　　C．Hardly，when

　　D．No sooner，when

　　答案　C　[句意：他一接到電話馬上就出發了。沒有never...that與hardly...that結構，而no sooner應與than連用，故應選擇C項。]

　　9．After winning the first prize，the boy ______ himself ______ pleasure.

　　A．abandoned，in

　　B．was abandoned，to

　　C．abandoned，to

　　D．abandoned，on

　　答案　C　[abandon oneself to...為固定短語，意為“沉湎于，放縱”。句意：獲得一等獎后，那個男孩兒喜不自禁。]

　　10．The theme of the painting is too ______ for the audience to understand.

　　A．realistic

　　B．abstract

　　C．truly

　　D．clearly

　　答案　B　[abstract抽象的，深奧的。根據句子結構和意思選B。句意：繪畫的主題太抽象，觀眾不能看懂。]

　　11．No sooner ______ than it began to rain heavily.

　　A．the game began

　　B．has the game begun

　　C．did the game begin

　　D．had the game begun

　　答案　D　[本題為no sooner...than...結構，no sooner位于句首，句子一般采用部分倒裝結構。然后根據時態判斷，應用過去完成時，故應選D。]

　　12．Not until the teacher came in ______ what I had said.

　　A．they did believe

　　B．they believed

　　C．didn't they believe

　　D．did they believe

　　答案　D　[本題為not...until...結構，not until同時提前，句子要用部分倒裝形式，故選D。]

　　13．The secretary worked late into the night，______ a long speech for the president.

　　A．to prepare B．preparing

　　C．prepared

　　D．was preparing

　　答案　B　[本題是用現在分詞短語作伴隨狀語，用來對謂語的動作加以說明。]

　　14．Finding her car stolen，______.

　　A．a policeman was asked to help

　　B．the area was searched thoroughly

　　C．it was looked for everyone

　　D．she hurried to a policeman for help

　　答案　D　[find動作應該由人來發出，所以句子的主語應該指人，A、D兩項主語都是人，根據句意可知，應選D。此句可以轉換成：When she found her car stolen，she hurried to a policeman for help.]

　　15．—Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?

　　—I don't know，______.

　　A．nor don't I care

　　B．nor do I care

　　C．I don't care neither

　　D．I don't care also

　　答案　B　[由選項可知此處為補充說明“我也不關心”，用nor開頭，因此句子應倒裝。]

　　Ⅱ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　Are you feeling blue？An American study suggests that being surrounded by happy friends and neighbors could have more of an effect on your happiness than money.That is the finding of researchers from Harvard University and the University of California at San Diego.

　　Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler studied the emoti-onal health of more than four thousand seven hundred people.They used information from the Framingham Heart Study. That study began sixty years ago in the American community of Framingham ，Massachusetts.It was started to learn more about the risks of heart attack and stroke.For the new study，the researchers examined the emotions of the men and women in the Framingham Heart Study.The information was gathered from 1983 to 2003.

　　The researchers found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves.That means that happiness spreads，or has a contagious effect，among people.And，the smaller the physical distance between friends，the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness.For example，a person was twenty percent more likely to feel happy if his/her friend living within one and a half kilometers was also happy.Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by thirty-four percent.The effects of friends' happiness lasted for up to a year.

　　Another finding was that people who worked together or were married did not have as much of an effect on happiness levels as friends did.The researchers said this was often true among friends of the same sex.

　　A report on the findings was published this month in the British Medical Journal.America's National Institute on Aging helped to pay for the study.Some researchers who were not involved with the study questioned its findings.They said the results could be disputed(爭議) unless a separate study showed similar findings.

　　【語篇解讀】 這是一篇說明文。本文主要向我們介紹了兩位科學家的一項研究發現——快樂可以感染人，擁有快樂的朋友就會擁有快樂。

　　1．What does this text mainly tell us?

　　A．How to live a happy life?

　　B. One's happiness influences others.

　　C．How to keep emotions healthy?

　　D．A scientific experiment.

　　答案　B　[主旨大意題。綜合本文的內容我們可以看出，本文主要向我們介紹了兩位科學家的一項研究發現——快樂可以感染人，擁有快樂的朋友就會擁有快樂。據此，我們可以確定本題的答案是B。]

　　2．From this text we know that ________.

　　A．Nicholas and James based their findings on the study of a medical research

　　B．Nicholas and James have been doing their research for more than twenty years

　　C．a person with a happy friend has more chance of feeling blue

　　D．a happy person is more likely to suffer from heart attack

　　答案　A　[事實細節題。根據第二段中的“They used information from the Framingham Heart Study.”我們可以知道，這兩位專家的理論是建立在他人的研究基礎之上的。]

　　3．The underlined word “contagious” in the third paragraph means ________.

　　A．contacting

　　B．embarrassing

　　C．spreading D．frightening

　　答案　C　[詞義猜測題。根據畫線單詞前面的并列連詞or我們可以推測contagious的意思與“spreading”接近。]

　　4．According to this text，which of the following four persons may have a larger effect on Mrs. Smith's happiness?

　　A．Mr. Green，Smith's former classmate.

　　B．Mr. Thomas，Smith's colleague.

　　C．A friend in another city.

　　D．A happy single lady next door.

　　答案　D　[推理判斷題。根據第三段和第四段的內容可知，一位近距離的、快樂的、異性的朋友最有可能給我們帶來快樂。據此，我們可以推測，本題的答案應是D。]

　　B

　　Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it ，and to go into their offices or schools every day by train，car or bus，even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.

　　One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper.Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent.With the same money，one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one's own.

　　Then，in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town.Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses，one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings，one can enjoy the fresh，clean air of the country.If one likes gardens，one can spend one's free time digging，planting，watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden.Then，when the flowers and vegetables come up，one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　Some people，however，take no interest in country things：for them，happiness lies in the town，with its cinemas and theatres，beautiful shops and busy streets，dance-halls and restaurants.Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight's (two weeks') visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want：the_rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.

　　【語篇導讀】本文介紹在倫敦工作的人對是在市里居住還是在鄉下居住的問題所持的不同看法和態度。

　　5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.

　　B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country.

　　C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London，some people who work in London prefer to live inside London.

　　D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London，many people who work in London prefer to live outside London.

　　答案　B　[推理判斷題。根據文章內容：雖然有很多人喜歡鄉村生活，但文章最后提到也有些人喜歡城市生活，從而可推知此題答案為B項。]

　　6．One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

　　A．getting a small flat with a garden

　　B．having a small flat with a garden

　　C．renting a small flat without a garden

　　D．buying a small flat without a garden

　　答案　C　[細節理解題。根據文章第二段第二、三句可推知此題答案為C項。]

　　7．When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up，those ________ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.

　　A．who live in the country

　　B．who have spent time working in the garden

　　C．who have a garden of their own

　　D．who have been digging，planting and watering

　　答案　B　[推理判斷題。根據文章第三段最后兩句可知：要是他喜歡花園，他就可以自由地在花園里挖土、種植、澆水等，當鮮花和蔬菜生長起來的時候，他就得到了與大自然分享秘密的獎賞，所以選B項。]

　　8．People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that________if they had to live it outside London.

　　A．their life was meaningless

　　B．their life was invaluable

　　C．they didn't deserve a happy life

　　D．they were not worthy of their happy life

　　答案　A　[推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段第二句“Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London.”可推知此題答案為A項。]