Unit5Canada—“TheTrueNorth”Ⅰ.单项填空1．—Youseemedtobeverysurprisedatthenewsthathewon.—Notexactly.Itwashiscourage________hisskill________reallystruckme.A．aswellas;thatB．otherthan;thatC．ratherthan;whichD．and;which解析考查短语辨析和固定句式。otherthan除了；不同于；aswellas与……一样；也；ratherthan而不是。Itwas...that...构成强调句式。答案B2．Thegovernmenthastakenmeasuresto________thehighpricesofdailygoodstokeepthemarketstable.A．takedownB．bringdownC．handdownD．teardown解析考查动词短语辨析。A项“取下；写下；拆除”；B项“击落；降低(价格等)”；C项“传递”；D项“拆除；弄倒”。答案B3．ItwasMrZhangthathelpedusoutofthetrouble.Withouthishelp,we________itsoeasily.A．can'tmanageB．mustn'thavemanagedC．couldn'thavemanagedD．couldn'tmanage解析考查虚拟语气。句意：是张先生帮我们摆脱了困境。要是没有他的帮助，我们就不可能这么轻易完成。答案C4．WhenIstudyEnglish,Iliketoputmydictionary________myreachsothatIcanrefertoitwhennecessary.A．outofB．beyondC．withinD．in解析考查介词搭配。withinone'sreach在某人能够得着的地方或范围内。句意：当我学习英语时，我喜欢把字典放在能够得着的地方以便需要时随时查阅。答案C5．The________lookonhisfacetoldusthattheboywas________ofwhathehadseen.A．terrified；terrifiedB．terrified；terrifyingC．terrifying；terrifiedD．terrifying；terrifying解析句意为：男孩脸上恐惧的表情告诉我们他害怕看到的一切。因“激动、吃惊、害怕”等呈现的面部表情，发出的声音，应用过去分词修饰，故第一个空用terrified；第二个空用terrified做表语，强调小男孩的状态；beterrifiedof...“害怕……”，为固定搭配。答案A6．Withalotofdifficultproblems________，themanagerfeltlikeacatonhotbricks.A．settlingB．tosettleC．beingsettledD．settled解析句意：因为有许多难题要解决，经理感觉像热锅上的蚂蚁。“with＋宾语＋todo”结构作状语表将来，实际上此题中的with结构就相当于withalotofdifficultproblemsforhimtosettle，所以尽管settle和problems之间是被动关系，仍用主动形式。答案B7．________byallhisgrandchildren，theoldmanwasdelighted.A．SurroundedB．SurroundingC．TobesurroundedD．Tobesurrounding解析surround与theoldman之间为逻辑上的动宾关系的，所以此题应用surround的过去分词作状语。答案A8．Hespentatleastasmuchtimereadingasyou________onlineyesterday.A．hadtochatB．dochattingC．hadchattedD．didchatting解析此句补充完整为：Hespentatleastasmuchtimereadingasyouspentchattingonlineyesterday.因为前面已出现了一次youspent...，为了避免重复，所以用did代替；spend的用法是：spendtime(in)doingsth，所以选用D项。答案D9．Theywerepoor，butthey______acomputerfortheirson.A．managedbuyingB．triedbuyingC．managedtobuyD．triedtobuy解析考查manage的用法。managetodosth.意为“设法完成某事”，相当于succeedindoingsth.；而trytodosth.意为“努力做某事”，但不一定成功。答案C10．Growingcoindoesn'tneed________growingrice.A．asmuchwaterB．muchaswaterC．asmuchwaterasD．asmuchaswater解析asmuchas经常与不可数名词连用，一般来说名词要放在much的后面。答案C11．Thecity，________bymountainsandlakes，issobeautifulthattheyhavedecidedtostaythereforanothertwoweeks.A．stoodB．connectedC．blockedD．surrounded解析句意为：这座城市被群山湖水环绕着，显得如此美丽，以至于他们决定再待两个星期。surround意思是“包围，环绕”，这里用的是其过去分词形式。connect连接；block阻挡，挡住，在意思上与语境不符。若把A项stood改为standing则可选。答案D12．—Peter，wheredidyouguysgoforthesummervacation?—We________busywithourworkformonths，sowewenttothebeachtorelaxourselves.A．wereB．havebeenC．hadbe...
