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Unit 1 Women of achievement
Ⅰ.单项填空
1.Although it was really a difficult task, he decided to try his best to________success.
A.challenge
B.host
C.approve
D.achieve
答案 D [考查动词词义辨析。challenge挑战;host主持;做东;approve赞成;赞同;achieve达到;取得。句意:尽管这是一项很艰巨的任务,他还是决定要尽量取得成功。]
2.She is already 18 years old, but she________as if she were still a little girl.
A.believes
B.behaves
C.directs
D.declares
答案 B [考查动词词义辨析。believe相信;behave表现;行动;direct指导;导演;declare宣布;声明。句意:她已经18岁了,但她还是表现得像个小女孩。]
3.The moonlight was quite bright, and about fifteen yards up the road there was a deep________thrown by a tree.
A.shade
B.shadow
C.shelter
D.reflection
答案 B [考查名词词义辨析。shade阴凉处;shadow阴影;影子;shelter隐蔽处;避难所;reflection映像;倒影。由句意“月亮非常明亮,一棵树在路上投下了一个长达十五码的深深的树影。”可知,此处是指由事物所形成的“阴影;影子”,故应选B项。]
4.The scientist________the movement of that object for many years and predicted that it would return every 76 years.
A.observed
B.recorded
C.learnt
D.found
答案 A [考查动词词义辨析。observe观察;record记录;录音;learn学习;find发现。句意:科学家观察该物体的运动有好多年,预言它会每隔76年返回一次。可知应选A项。]
5.The students________about the question whether the Senior 3 students should have their PE class or not.
A.argued
B.fought
C.told
D.inspired
答案 A [考查动词词义辨析。argue争论;辩论;fight战斗;打仗;tell告诉;讲述;inspire鼓励;激励。句意:同学们就高三学生是否应该上体育课这一问题展开了争论。]
6.We have to learn to live with all kinds of pressure at times although we are leading a________life in modern society.
A.competitive
B.comfortable
C.stressful
D.miserable
答案 B [考查形容词词义辨析。competitive竞争(性)的;好竞争的;comfortable舒适的;安逸的;stressful有压力的;miserable痛苦的;极小的。句意:在现代社会里,尽管我们过着舒适的日子,但有时我们也不得不学会应对各种各样的压力。]
7.Out________,still discussing the fashion show with great interest.
A.walked a crowd of young girls
B.did a crowd of young girls walk
C.were walking a crowd of young girls
D.a crowd of young girls were walking
答案 A [考查倒装结构。当out, in, away, there, here等副词位于句首时,且主句为名词时,常构成全部倒装。该句的正常语序是:a crowd of young girls walked out, ...。]
8.We should not________and laugh at those who have no homes to shelter from the