高中英语 选修 6Units 1～2
(时间：40分钟 满分：50分)
Ⅰ.单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
1．David had prepared carefully for the chemistry exam，so that he could be sure of passing it at her first ________ .
A．purpose B．desire C．wish D．attempt
答案 D [名词辨析。作了充分的准备，这样“他就可以完全有把握在第一次参加时就可以通过。”attempt表示“尝试”的意思。]
2．—How did you ________ the old valuable house?
—It used to be ________ my uncle.He left it to me in his will.
A．take possession of; in possession of
B．take the possessionof; in the possession of
C．take possession of; in the possession of
D．take the possession of; in possession of
答案 C [take possession of“拥有”为固定短语；第二空的主语为it即the house，所以使用表示被动的in the possession of。]
3．It's the sort of work that ________ a high level of concentration.
A．calls for B．makes up C．lies in D．stands for
答案 A [call for意为“需要”；make up意为“组成；打扮；编造”等；lie in意为“在于”；stand for意为“代表、支持”。根据句意应选A。]
4．Teaching as a career ________ to many people because of the long holidays.
A．attracts B．calls C．appeals D．pulls
答案 C [appeal to“对某人有吸引力”。其他动词不能和to构成短语。句意：教师因为有长假期，教学作为一项职业对许多人有吸引力。]
5．Considering the advantages of the method，they decided to ________ it.
A．arrange B．possess C．adopt D．attach
答案 C [句意：考虑到这个方法的优势后，他们决定采用它。adopt“采用”，符合句意。arrange安排；possess拥有；attach附上。]
6．Nowadays，it's still very difficult to ________ exactly when earthquakes will happen.
A．inform B．predict C．prove D．guide
答案 B [句意：目前准确地预报何时发生地震还是很困难的。predict预报；inform告知；prove证明；guide指导。]
7．—John always thinks of others instead of himself.
—So he does.It is________of him to offer help to others.
A．aggressive B．ridiculous
C．typical D．conventional
答案 C [be typical of sb to do sth的意思为：某人爱做某事。]
8．The idea seems fine but we need to________in practice.
A．try it out B．try out it
C．try it on D．try on it
答案 A [从语境分析，此处表示“经过实践试验”sort of things什么意思的意思。注意out为副词，所以代词it应该放在中间。]
9．He accidently ________ he had quarreled with his wife and he hadn't returned home for several weeks.
A．put forward B．made out
C．came up D．let out
答案 D [考查短语动词。“他无意间流露出他和妻子吵架了，已经几个星期没有回家了。”短语let out的意思为“泄漏；让……出去”。]
10．One reason ________he told me for his being late is ________he didn't catch the early bus.
A．that；why B．why；because
C．why；that D．that；that
答案 D [本题考查名词性从句的引导词的用法。第一个空用that引导定语从句；第二个空用that引导表语从句，表示事实。注意句型The 表示的是“……的原因”。]
11．When he woke up，he realized that the things he had dreamed about could not ________ have happened.
A．possibly B．certainly C．likely D．surely
答案 A [possibly是副词，而likely通常用作形容词。possibly表示的可能性不是很大。likely用作形容词时，一般用人作主语(可能性与possible差不多)。如：He is likely to come.＝It is possible that he will come.而不能说成：It is likely that he will come.]
12．—Mr Smith is no longer the man who he used to be.
—So he is.Success and wealth have ________ his character.
A．trained B．translated
C．transported D．transformed
答案 D [句意：是的，成功和财富已经改变了他的性格。]
13．I shook hands and ________ a few words with the manager.
A．talked B．exchanged
C．turned D．expressed
答案 B [句意：我和经理握了握手交谈了几句话。exchange a few words with sb.“和某人交谈”的意思。]
14．I was so excited at the news that I could hardly ________ my feelings in words.
A．carry B．convey
C．transmit D．communicate
答案 B [句意：听到这个消息我很激动，以至于几乎不能用语言表达我的感情了。convey传递，表达。]
15．Don't get off the bus ________ it is stopping.
A．until B．before C．while D．after
答案 C [while表示“在……期间”。如果使用before，则后面使用一般现在时态。]
Ⅱ.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
Whenever people ask me why I like ice creams in summer so much，I always respond that when I am eating ice creams I feel a child again.I __16__ my first ice cream in Argentina when I was four years old.Since then I have always __17__ eating ice creams.My favorite flavors were caramel and banana splits.__18__ of them were popular then，and they are __19__ the most popular flavors in Argentina today.When the ice cream truck came to our town，all my __20__ and I ran to be the first to __21__ an ice cream cone because the first one always got the largest __22__.To be the first and get the biggest ice cream was a pleasant __23__.
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