Making the news一、閱讀理解。Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods). GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms (有機體), which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to chemicals to create a nonspecific but stable change. For many people, the hightech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical, health and safety problems. Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.In fact, GM foods are already very much a part of our lives. They were first put on the market in 1996. A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U. S. last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture. More than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the US this year.The genetic genie is out of the bottle.However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing. In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs. In developing countries desperate to feed fastgrowing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing. Last year the worlds population reached 6 billion. The UN states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy. About 400 million women of childbearing age don t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defeats.As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values. Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops. Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by crop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.1.The passage mainly talks about_.A. the worlds food problemB. the development in biotechC. the genetically modified foods D. the way to solve food shortages2.According to the passage, GM foods_.A. will replace naturally grown foodsB. are far better than naturally grown foodsC. may help to solve the problem of poor nutritionD. can cause serious trouble in developing countries3.The underlined sentence “The genetic genie is out of the bottle.” in Paragraph 2 probablymeans that_.A.GM foods are available everywhereB. the technology in producing GM foods is advancedC. genetic technology may have uncontrollable powersD. genetic technology has e out of laboratories into markets4.Whats the writers attitude towards GM foods?A. Enthusiastic.B. Cautious.C. Disapproving.D. Unbelievable.【文章大意】本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了轉基因食品及其對人類生活的影響。1.C 【解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內容，特別是第一段中的“Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods).”可知，本文主要介紹的是轉基因食品。2.C 【解析】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values.”可知，轉基因食品有助于解決營養(yǎng)不良問題。4.B 【解析】觀點態(tài)度題。根據(jù)第三段中的“However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing.”可知，作者認為轉基因食品進入市場前需要嚴格的檢測，由此可見作者對轉基因食品的態(tài)度是謹慎的。二、單句語法填空1It is necessary that we keep the young generation (inform) of the current affairs.答案：informed2A man helping an old lady who fell on the floor to get up on a bus ended up (accuse) of causing her injury.答案：being accused3Dont defend him any more. Its obvious that he (deliberate) destroyed the fence of the garden even without apology.答案：deliberately4 (acquire) a good knowledge of English, he gave up his job and went to study in an English school.答案：To acquire5It is every citizens demand that the murderer who killed three children (punish)答案：(should) be punished6The teacher will put forward a variety of questions, (depend) on your different answers.答案：depending7The diligent man is (achieve) his goal, because he spares no effort to do the best for every detail.答案：to achieve8(2018銀川質檢)My parents didnt approve my leaving school this year and I had to accept it.答案：of9You should get down to your study from now on. Please concentrate what is of great importance for your future development.答案：on10What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You are supposed (be) asleep.答案：to be三、完形填空。One morning Maila woke up with a start.She had had a vivid _1_ of a lonely child with huge big tired eyes praying for love and crying out“Find me！”Maila was one of those people who used all her free time to help others and did it all in quiet，_2_ bragging (自夸)about it.But its hard to keep an angel a secret _3_she would have wanted to do her helping _4_ raising attention to herself.Soon word _5_，bringing even more people in need of help to her attention.Although she was _6_ to people in distress(困苦)，she was shaken by the dream.She _7_ to find the lonely child of her dream.And so she started _8_.She drove to every local hospital and institution where there were children.Maila felt _9_ because she had no idea what the child would look like.All she could do was to _10_ her feelings.She did this for weeks.She was not going to_11_ her search.Then one day she decided to visit an institution for _12_ handicapped(殘疾的)children.This institution _13_ children that were so badly handicapped they could not be taken care of at home.Many of the children had been _14_ as babies.There were stories of _15_ who never told their new husbands they had had a handicapped child.She walked into one room after another.And then she saw the tired _16_ she had been looking for.They belonged to a girl who could not _17_.She looked at Maila with such longing in her eyes Maila _18_ her immediately.“There you are！”she said.“I finally found you！” And the girls eyes were so full of _19_ no one dared to doubt they were _20_ to find each other.All the love she could not express with her words was written in her eyes.1A.story BdreamCreport Daccount2A.sometimes BoftenCalways Dnever3A.now that Bin caseCeven though Das if4A.by BforCwithout Ddespite5A.ended BfailedChelped Dspread6A.addicted BusedCdevoted Dopposed7A.decided BagreedCforgot Dpretended8A.plaining BsearchingCvolunteering Dchanging9A.confident BterrifiedCexcited Dawkward10A.express BtrustCignore Dcontrol11A.give up Bcarry onCfocus on Ddepend on12A.slightly BrarelyCseverely Dmainly13A.interested BhousedCcured Drecorded14A.educated BstarvedCabused Dabandoned15A.mothers BfriendsCparents Dnurses16A.children BpatientsCeyes Dlegs17A.speak BhearCsee Dwalk18A.believed BforgaveCsuspected Drecognized19A.surprise BjoyCscare Dstress20A.allowed BforcedCdetermined Dmeant【解題導語】本文是一篇記敘文。Maila總是默默無聞地幫助別人，本文講述了她尋找她睡夢中出現(xiàn)的女孩的故事。1B考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)第三段中的“find the lonely child of her dream”可知，Maila是在夢中見到那個孩子的。dream意為“夢，夢想”，符合語境。故選B。2D考查副詞辨析。根據(jù)上文中的“did it all in quiet”可知，Maila 做好事的時候非常低調，從不自夸。never意為“從不，從未，絕不”，符合語境。故選D。3C考查連詞短語辨析。now that意為“既然，由于”；in case意為“以防，以防萬一”； even though意為“即使”；as if意為“似乎，好像”。根據(jù)空格前的“its hard to keep an angel a secret”可知，保守秘密是很難的，即使Maila不想引起別人的注意。故選C。4C考查介詞辨析。由上文可知，Maila想要默默地幫助別人，所以不想引起別人的注意。without意為“沒有”，符合語境。故選C。5D考查動詞辨析。end意為“結束”；fail意為“失敗”；help意為“幫助”；spread意為“傳播，擴散”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指她樂于助人的事跡傳播開來，使她注意到更多需要她幫助的人。故選D。6B考查動詞短語辨析。四個選項皆可與be和to構成短語：be addicted to意為“對上癮”； be used to意為“習慣/適應于”；be devoted to意為“奉獻/投身于”；be opposed to意為“反對”。句意為：盡管她已經習慣了那些受苦的人們，但那個夢令她很震驚。故選B。7A考查動詞辨析。decide意為“決定”；agree意為“同意”；forget意為“遺忘”；pretend意為“假裝”。由下文中的“And so she started _.She drove to every local hospital.there were children.”可知，Maila決定找到她夢中那個孤獨的孩子。故選A。8B考查動詞辨析。plain意為“抱怨”；search意為“尋找，搜尋”；volunteer意為“自愿(做某事)”；change意為“改變”。根據(jù)下文中的“She drove to every local hospital and institution”可知，她是在一些可能的地方尋找那個夢中的孩子。故選B。9D考查形容詞辨析。confident意為“充滿信心的”；terrified意為“感到害怕的”；excited意為“興奮的”；awkward意為“難對付的，難處理的”。由下文中的“because she had no idea what the child would look like”可知，因為Maila連她自己要找的孩子長什么樣都不清楚，所以很難辦。故選D。10B考查動詞辨析。express意為“表達”；trust意為“信任，相信”；ignore意為“忽視，忽略”；control意為“控制”。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指因為不知道孩子長什么樣，她只能跟著感覺走，只能相信感覺。故選B。11A考查動詞短語辨析。give up意為“放棄”；carry on意為“繼續(xù)”；focus on意為“專注，聚焦”；depend on意為“依靠，取決于”。由下文“one day she decided to visit”可知，Maila不打算放棄尋找。故選A。12C考查副詞辨析。slightly意為“輕微地”；rarely意為“稀有地，稀少地”；severely意為“嚴格地，嚴重地”；mainly意為“主要地”。根據(jù)下文“children that were so badly handicapped”可知，此處指她決定去看望一些嚴重殘疾的孩子。故選C。13B考查動詞辨析。interest意為“使感興趣”；house意為“讓居住，給提供住處”；cure意為“治療”；record意為“記錄”。句意為：這個機構給那些嚴重殘疾、在家不能被照顧的孩子提供住宿。故選B。14D考查動詞辨析。educate意為“教育，培養(yǎng)”；starve意為“挨餓”；abuse意為“濫用，虐待”；abandon意為“遺棄，放棄”。由下文中的“who never told their new husbands they had had a handicapped child”可知，此處指那些孩子當中有很多都是在嬰兒時期被遺棄的。故選D。15A考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)空格后的“who never told their new husbands they had had a handicapped child”可知，那些遺棄殘疾孩子的媽媽們不會跟她們的再婚丈夫提及這些事。mother意為“母親，媽媽”，符合語境。故選A。16C考查名詞辨析。根據(jù)第一段中的“a lonely child with huge big tired eyes”可知，此處指她看到了那雙她想尋找的疲憊的眼睛。eyes意為“眼睛”，符合語境。故選C。17A考查動詞辨析。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句“All the love she could not express with her words was written in her eyes.”可知，雖然這個孩子無法說話，但是她的眼睛會“說話”。speak意為“說，講”，符合語境。故選A。18D考查動詞辨析。believe意為“相信，信任”；forgive意為“饒恕，原諒”；suspect意為“懷疑”；recognize意為“認出”。由下文中的“I finally found you！”可知，Maila立刻認出了那個出現(xiàn)在她夢中的孩子。故選D。19B考查名詞辨析。surprise意為“驚奇”；joy意為“快樂”；scare意為“恐懼”；stress意為“壓力”。根據(jù)第一段可知，那個夢中的小女孩渴望得到愛并日夜祈禱讓人找到她，故此處指小女孩看到Maila非常高興。故選B。20D考查動詞辨析。句意為：那個孩子眼睛里的快樂讓人相信她們注定會找到彼此。be meant to do意為“注定做”，符合語境。故選D。四、單句改錯1I can think of many cases that the media have a strong effect on young men. 答案：that where2Youd better put on a thick sweater in case of it snows. 答案：去掉of3They decided to go on holiday for a week because all the tasks have been fulfilled ahead of the time. 答案：去掉time前的the4You can depend on that he will e to help you when needed. 答案：on后加it5(江西卷)Never before she seen anybody who can play tennis as well as Robert. 答案：在before后加has五、單元語法倒裝句1(2018廣東執(zhí)信中學期中)So difficult I find it to work out the problem that I decided to ask Tom for advice.答案：did2(2018安徽安慶四校聯(lián)考)How was the weather then?Hardly I stepped off the plane when it started to rain.答案：had3(2018北京海淀區(qū)一模)Hard it is, the Chinese government is determined to open up the new Silk Road.答案：as/though4(2018湖南益陽箴言中學模擬)In front of our school (stand) a tower on whose top we can have a clear view of the lake.答案：stands5At the top of the hill (lie) an old cottage which has a wonderful view of the whole city.答案：lies