高中习题 英语课时作业40.doc

选修八·Unit 5 Ⅰ.单项填空 1．—Why dont you do some shopping in the second-hand store? —Well，the goods there are ________，but ________. A．more expensive; worse B．more expensive; not as bad C．cheaper; good enough D．cheaper; not as good 答案与解析：D　考查形容词的用法。由语境结合常识可知，和新货比起来，二手店里的货物价格便宜，但是质量不如新货好。很显现这是把两种店里的货从价格和质量方面进行了比较，后面省略比较状语。 2．He has a terrible toothache.So his mother has to________all his food for him. A．cut out B．cut off C．cut up D．cut away 答案与解析：C　cut up 切碎。句意：因为他牙痛的要命，所以他母亲不得不为他将所有的食物切碎。cut out 切掉，停止；cut off 切断；cut away 切掉，砍掉，均不符合句意。 3．There is not much time left，but________we must get there in time. A．somehow B．somewhat C．however D．anyway 答案与解析：D　anyway“不管怎样”。句意：剩下的时间不多了，但是不管怎样，我们必须按时到达那里。somehow“不知怎么地”；somewhat“有点”；however“然而”。 4．As time goes by，the________between the various classes of society are not so sharply marked as they used to be. A．divisions B．gaps C．separations D．intervals 答案与解析：A　division“区分”。句意：随着时间的推移，现在社会上各阶层的区分不像过去那样明显了。gap“隔阂”；separation“分开；分离”；interval“间隔”。 5．Its reported that thousands of people are going back to school online for career________or just for fun. A．development B．advancement C．promotion D．relief 答案与解析：B　advancement“进步，提高”，此处表示为了改进工作，很多人上网校。development当“经济、社会等的发展”讲；promotion“晋升；推广”；relief“ 痛苦，负担等的 缓和”。 6．To our________，computers，far from getting rid of jobs，can create employment. A．anxiety B．relief C．view D．judgment 答案与解析：B　to ones relief使某人欣慰的是。根据句意，空白处应填入一个名词构成表示“使我们感到放心”之意的介词短语。anxiety意为“焦虑”；view意为“观点”；judgment意为“判断”。句意：使我们欣慰的是，电脑完全不是消除工作，而能创造工作。 7．Not having enough to eat，many died from________in the search for the new land. A．hungry B．thirst C．strategy D．starvation 答案与解析：D　根据not having enough to eat可知许多人死于饥饿，可排除B、C项；A项hungry为形容词，所以选D项。 8．________his wifes strong objection，the husband insisted on putting all the money they had into the stock market，which almost drove her crazy. A．Regardless of B．In relation to C．On behalf of D．In memory of 答案与解析：A　regardless of“不管，不顾”。 9．She tried to explain what had happened but he_____