units1516thenecklacescientistsatwork 。单项填空 1icanneverforgetoneafternoontenyearsagoyoucametomyhouseandhelpedmeoutoftrouble。 awhilebwhencthatdwhere 答案:b 2morenaturalresourcesshouldbeuseoftomeettheincreasingneedofenergy。 aputbbroughtctakendmade 解析:此是makeuseof短语的被动语态形式。 答案:d 3itoldyouthatyoushouldn’twasteyourtimeplayingfootballalldaylong,? adidn’tibdidicshouldyoudshouldn’tyou 解析:反意疑问句通常要与主句的主语和谓语一致。此句意为我没告诉过你吗? 答案:a 4thismaterial,sobecarefulwhenyouwearit。 aistorneasilybistorneasyctearseasilydtearseasy 解析:tear破裂,撕破,可用作不及物动词,后跟一副词,表示某东西的特性。 答案:c 5existedacertaindoubtamongtheworkersastothenecessityofthework。 aitbtherecwhatdthat 解析:表示对有疑虑要用thereisexistsadoubt句式。 答案:b 6ittookmaryalongtimetoanewdressatthestore。 apickupbpickoutctakeupdtakeout 解析:pickup捡起;pickout挑出;takeup从事于;takeout拿出。 答案:b 7thesecolorswon’tifexposedtothesun。 alastbholdckeepdinsist 解析:last作不及物动词,意为持续,耐久。其他三个词均无此用法。 答案:a 8therewerealsoagunandathinpieceofropewiththeendinacircle。 abeingtiedbtyingctobetieddtied 解析:with后可接复合结构,且end与tie是被动关系,故用过去分词。 答案:d 9alineoffortswasbuiltalongthebordertothecountryagainstattack。 apreventbsupportcprotectdcontrol 解析:protect。。。fromagainst。。。保护免于。 答案:c 10acupofhotmilkonacoldnightis。 arealcomfortbarealcomfortcrealcomfortsdrealcomfortable 解析:comfort多作不可数名词,但当给予慰藉的东西,令人舒服的事物解时,是可 数名词。 答案:b 。完形填空 whatseparatesmefromeveryoneelse?thedifferenceisnotwhatclothesiwearorthemusicilistento,butwhatifeel1。eversinceiwasyoung,ihavelovedprofessionalwrestling。asigrewolder,myfriends2meforfollowingwhatwascalledaman’ssoapopera。3,iputmyloveforwrestlingontheshelf。itwasnotuntilfreshmanyearthati4iwasn’tbeingmyself。 thatyear,itriedmanynewthingsandactivities。inmytown,footballwasthesport,soidecidedtoplayfootball,5itmightgivemeahead6inpopularity。eightathletes。7,therewerefourteenofusleft。istuckitoutnotbecauseilikedit,butbecauseiamnotaquitter。thatlongseasontaughtmea(n)8:iwasn’tafootballplayer。moreimportantly,ittaughtmetobe9。 afterthatseason,i10backtobeingawrestlingfan。knownsaying:don’tdreamit。beit。whenireadthis,myfrienddanandihadthe11idea。 whatifwebuildawrestlingring?weasked。thefollowingweekend,wemetathishouse。wesawour12inapileinhisbackyard。weworkedfromdawntodusktobuildourgreatproject。ourhardworkpaid13。wehadarealring。wedecidedtoholdaneventwepracticedforhours,tryingto14everyaspect(方面)ofourwrestlingability。thedatewasmay24th。tooursurprise,aboutonehundredfriendsandfansshowedupto15us。itwasthemostimportantnightofmylifeanda16success。sincethattime,wehaveheldfiveshowswithasmanyastwohundredandfiftypeopletrainingout。we17tolivethisdream。weaccomplishedwhatwesetouttodo。 asmysenioryearwindsdown,i’llrememberallofmyhighschoolmemories。but18willstickoutmostisthememorythatididsomethingi19,despitewhateveryonesaidorthought。iachievedthe20。。。ilivedmydream。 1a。outsidebinsidecbehinddbeside 答案:b 2a。laughedatbtalkedaboutclistenedtodcalledon 答案:a 3a。thenbbutcanddso 答案:d 4。a。admittedbnoticedcrealizedddeclared 答案:c 5a。thinkingbfindingcrememberingdguessing 答案:a 6a。levelbstartcenddpoint 答案:b 7a。attheendbatthebeginningcinreturndononehand 答案:a 8a。artbtruthcfactdlesson 答案:d 9a。oneselfbsomebodycmyselfdnobody 答案:c 10a。gavebwentcputdset 答案:b 11a。originalbperfectcsamedcorrect 答案:c 12a。dreambsuccesscprogressdfuture 答案:a 13a。forboutcoffdback 答案:c 14a。discoverblearncimprovedshow 答案:c 15a。praisebsupportcteachdfollow 答案:b 16a。gradualbcompletecendlessdtimeless 答案:b 17a。hadbbegancpreferreddcontinued 答案:d 18a。whybhowcwhichdwhat 答案:d 19a。lovedbfacedcstudieddneeded 答案:a 20a。taskbstepcgoaldgame 答案:c 。阅读理解 inrecentyearsmanycountriesoftheworldhavebeenfacedwiththeproblemofhowtomaketheirworkersmoreproductive。someexpertsclaimtheansweristomakejobsmorevaried。butdomorevariousjobsleadtogreaterproductivity?therearefactstosuggestthatwhilevarietycertainlymakestheworker’slifemoreenjoyable,itdoesnotactuallymakehimworkharder。asfarasincreasingproductivityisconcerned,thenvarietyisnotanimportantfactor。 otherexpertsfeelthatgivingtheworkerfreedomtodohisjobinhisownwayisimportant,andthereisnodoubtthatthisistrue。theproblemisthatthiskindoffreedomcannoteasilybegiveninthemodernfactorywithitscomplicatedmachinerythatmustbeusedinafixedway。thuswhilefreedomofchoicemaybeimportant,thereisusuallyverylittlethatcanbedonetocreateit。 anotherveryimportantconsiderationishoweachworkercontributestotheproductheismaking。inmostfactoriestheworkerseesonlyonepartoftheproduct。somecarfactoriesarenowexperimentingwithhavingmanysmallproductionlinesratherthanonelargeone,sothateachworkercontributesmoretotheproductionofthecarsonhisline。itwouldseemthatnotonlyisdegreeoftheworker’scontributionanimportantfactor,therefore,butitisalsoonewecandosomethingabout。 towhatdegreedoesmoremoneyleadtogreaterproductivity?theworkersthemselvescertainlythinkthisisimportant。maybetheywantmoremoneyonlybecausetheworktheydoisboring。moneyjustletsthemenjoytheirsparetimemore。asimilarargumentmayexplaindemandsforshorterworkinghours。perhapsifwesucceedinmakingtheirjobsmoreinteresting,theywillneitherwantmoremoney,norwillshorterworkinghoursbesoimportanttothem。 1whichofthefollowingisthebestwaytomakeworkersworkharderaccordingtotheauthor? aincreasingtheirpay。 bgivingthemmoresparetime。 cmakingtheworkitselfmeaningful。 dreplacinglargeproductionlineswithsmallones。 解析:提高生产率可行又有效的方案是让工人意识到自己工作的重要价值;d仅是c中 的一种操作手段。 答案:c 2thereasonwhyaworkercannothavefreedomindoingthejobinhisownwayisthat。 athemachineissobadlyneededthatmoreofitshouldbebought btherearefewproductionlinesinfactories cthebossescancreateverylittlefreedomofchoices dthemachinesmustbeoperatedstrictlyaccordingtoinstructionsandrules 解析:根据文章的第二段中第二、三句话可知答案。 答案:d 3besidesmoney,whatmaymakeworkersworkmoreactively? aextrafreehours。bmorecomfortoflife。 cinterestingjobs。dbetterworkingconditions。 解析:从文章最后一句推出。 答案:c 4thebesttitleforthispassagemaybe。 aproblemsofmodernworkers bmakingjobsmoreinteresting cpushingworkerstoproducemore dhowtoimprovelaborproductivity 解析:作者站在雇主方的立场上为厂家出谋划策,以期在不提高待遇的情况下提高生产 率,因此用push很符合作者的立场。 答案:c