高三英语复习题Unit 3 Australia

I．单词拼写

1. He said he was dying of ______(渴) . 答案: thirst

2.They invented a ______(奇特) shaped piece of wood for hunting. 答案: curiously 3. After several years of work, he became more and more _______(有经验) at teaching. 答案: experienced

4. Put on the sun hat, please, or you will get _______(晒伤). 答案: sunburnt 5. We never thought the climb was so ______(劳累) . 答案: tiring 6. They demand more v ______ in their food. 答案: variety

7. You will r _______ your prospects if you continue to be so foolish. 答案: ruin 8. Smoking c ______ great harm to health. 答案: causes

9. The proud man said he would rather s ______ than beg for food. 答案: starve

10. The land should be s _______ equally among the peasants. 答案: shared

II.Language points focus quiz

1. Mary is to impatient to be _____ for the work of a nurse. A. fit B. unfit C. fit to D. fitting 2. ____ this way, these temples look even more beautiful. A. Being rebuilt B. Having built C. Rebuilding D. Having been built 3. Suddenly there appeared a young man ____ in white. A. to dress B. dressed C. wearing D. worn 4. -- What a lovely boy! Won't you go out with them?

-- No, I'm going to have my car ___ go out doing nothing. A. fix up rather than B. fixed up rather than

C. to fix up more than D. to be fixed up rather than

5. Helen ___ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband ____ home. A. had left; cross B. left; had come C. had left; came D. had left; would come

6. --You haven't been to Beijing , haven't you? -- ___. How I wish to go there! A. Yes, I have B. Yes, I haven't C. No, I have D. No, I haven't

7. For mile around me there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant or tree ____. A. in sight B. on earth C. at a distance d. in place 8. Sarah hopes to become a friend of ___ shares her interests. A. anyone B. whomever C. whoever D. no matter who 9. --The paint on the door is still wet.

-- Yeah. Let's put up a notice, saying \"_____\".

A. Keep up B. Keep away c. Keep out D. keep from

10. ____ allow the vegetables to go gad, the farmer sold them at half price. A. In order to B. Instead of C. Rather than D. In case 11. It is ____my power ____this now.

A. among；doing B. beyond；to do C. of；like D. to；to doing 12. We put a fence ____the sheep to keep the wolf_____. A. round...in B. around...out C. over...out D. on...in 13. I didn't hear the phone. I ____ asleep.

A. must be B. must have been C. should be D. should have been (Keys: ADBBC DACBC BBB) III．高考试题精选

1. The hero of the story is an artist in his________. A. thirtieth B. thirty C. thirty 8 D. thirties

[解析]在某人30多岁的时候，用基数词的复数形式表示。 答案: D 2. John was so sleepy that he could hardly keep his eyes ______.

A. open B. to be opened C. to open D. opening

[解析] 作keep的宾语补足语，表状态用形容词或过去分词；当既有过去分词，又有相应的形容词时，补语用形容词。 答案: A

3. Readers can _______ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word. A. get over B. get in C. get along D. get through

[解析] get along well = make good progress (in reading)表顺利地进行（读）下；而get through= reach the end of。 答案: C

4. I remember ______ this used to be a quiet village. A. when B. where C. how D. what

[解析] when引导宾语从句，when = at what time; C、D 项，应为how quiet a village, what a quiet village。答案: A

5. If you go to Xi' an, you will find the palaces there more magnificent than commonly _______.

A. supposing B. supposed C. to suppose D. suppose

[解析] than- cl.省去they (the palaces) are,因the palaces是more magnificent 的逻辑主语，可视为主语相同，且有be，故可省。答案: B

6. If you are _______ about Australian cities, just read the book written by Dr. Johnson. A. interested B. anxious C. upset D. curious

[解析] curious about sth. = interested in sth. 答案: D 7. _____._ much advice I gave him, he did exactly what he wanted to do. A. How B. Whatever C. However D. No matter

[解析] however同形容词或副词连用 no matter how 引导一个让步状语从句。 答案: C

8. He ran towards the seaside and ______ into the water. A. dived B. sank C. headed D. bathed

[解析] dive into the water = jump head first into the water 跳入水中; sink in water 沉没水下；bathe in the sea 在海中沐浴，bathe oneself in water 把自己泡在水里。 答案: A

9. Old McDonald gave up smoking for a while, but soon _______ to his old :ways.

A. returned B. returns C. was returning D. had returned

[解析] 本题应抓住关键词but, 由此得知这儿是前后两个紧密连接的动作，时态上应保持一致，前面是一般过去时，后文也应用一般过去时。 答案: A

10. These houses are sold at such a low price _______ people expected. A. like B. as C. that D. which

[解析] 在such…that…和such…as…结构中，that引导结果状语从句，而as引导定语从句。that在结果状语从句中只起引导作用，不作句子成分；as在定语从句中既起引导作用，又要作句子成分。在本题里，关系代as作及物动词expected的宾语。 答案: B

四、完型填空

As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.

May be it was the strange 1 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so much. There was never total 3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 4 clothes hung over a chair take on the 5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 7 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 8 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would 9 very still so that the “enemy ” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 10 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home –- that was no 11 . After school, 12 , when all the buses were 13 up along the street, I was afraid that I’d get on the wrong one and be taken to some 14 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t 15 the leaders out of my sight. Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others. Being popular was so important to me 18 , and the fear of not being liked was a 19 one.

One of the processes of growing up is being able to 20 and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.

1. A. way B. time C. place D. reason

2. A. wounded B. destroyed C. surprised d. frightened 3. A. quietness B. darkness c. emptiness D. loneliness 4. A. got B. forced C. made D. caused 5. A. spirit B. height C. body D. shape 6. A. eye B. window C. mouth D. door 7. A. breath b. wind C. air D. sound

8. A. belief B. feeling C. imagination D. doubt 9. A. lay B. hide C. rest D. lie

10. A. especially B> simply C. probably D. directly 11. A. discussion B. problem C. joke d. matter 12. A. though B. yet C. although D. still 13. A. called B. backed C. lined D. packed 14. A. old B. crowded C. poor D. unfamiliar 15. A. leave b. let C. order d. send 16. A. above B. in C. of D. at

17. A. protected B. guided C. believed D. accepted 18. A. then B. there C. once D. anyway

19. A. strict B. powerful C. heavy d. right

20. A. realize B. remember C. recognize D. recover (Keys: ADBCD ABCDA BACDB CDABC ) 阅读理解

Australia, the last continent, was discovered by ships belonging to some European nations in the seventeenth century. These nations were less interested in changing it into a colony than in exploring it. As in the early history of the United States, it was the English who set up the settlements in Australia. This history and the geography of these two British colonies have some other things in common as well.

Australia and the United States are about the same in size, and their western lands are both not rich in soil. It was the eastern coast of Australia and America that the English first settled, and both colonies soon began to develop towards the west. However, this westward movement took place more because the English were searching for better land than because the population was increasing. Settlements of the western part of both countries developed quickly after gold was discovered in America in 1849 and in Australia two years later.

Although the development of these two countries has a lot in common, there are some striking differences as well. The United States gained its independence from England by revolution while Australia won its independence without having to go to war. Australia, unlike the United States, was firstly turned into a colony by English prisoners and its economic development was in wheat growing and sheep raising. By 1922, for example, Australia had fifteen times more sheep than it had people, or almost half as many sheep as there are people today in the United States. Yet. in spite of these and other main differences, Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world. 1. Who turned Australia into a colony？

A. Britain. B. Several European countries. C. The United States of America. D. None of the above.

2. In the early history of America and Australia, both colonies developed towards the west firstly for the reason that ____.

A. the population was increasing rapidly in the east B. the English thought there might be richer land there

C. gold was discovered there D. fewer people lived there 3. In the early 1920s, ____.

A. Australia had one fifteenth as many people as sheep

B. there were more sheep in Australia than in the United States

C. the population in Australia was greater than that of the United States D. the United States had twice as many sheep as people 4. Australia, unlike the United States, ____. A. won its independence by peaceful means

B. did not discover gold until the late 1840s

C. was the last and biggest continent to be discovered D. was not rich in gold in its western part

5. The last sentence in the last paragraph“…Australia and the United States have more in common with each other than either one has with most of the rest of the world”means“____”.

A. The United States and Australia do not have any main differences

B. The United States and Australia have much more in common than they have with other countries

C. The United States and Australia have nothing in common with the rest of the world D. In common with the rest of the world, the United States and Australia have a lot

of differences Answer：ABAAB 五、典型例题

例1 The salesman scolded the girl caught and let her off. A. to have stolen B. to be stealing C. to steal D. stealing

分析 本题考查的目标是看学生是否掌握catch sb. doing这一结构，caught在这里是过去分词做后置定语，相当于the girl who was caught stealing. 例：

The farmer caught a man stealing his apples. 或A man was caught stealing apples. 那个农民发现一个人正在偷他的苹果。 答案选D。

例2 Rather than on a crowded bus, he always prefers a bicycle.

A. ride, ride B. riding, to ride

C. ride, to ride D. to ride, riding

分析 该题考查目标是看学生是否掌握了prefer to do A rather than do B. (宁愿做某事而不愿做…)尽管把主句放在后边，答案仍是C。答案选C。

例3 单项选择：

The reading room is the classroom.

A. two times as big as B. twice bigger as C. twice as big than D. twice as big as

分析 此题中正确答案是D（twice as big as）, 表示“某物是某物几倍大”可用“…time as big as…” 或者”…times bigger than …”结构，而“两倍”要用twice 而不用two times, 所以其他选项均为错误。如：He has worked twice as long as I have. 他工作的时间是我的两倍。 例4．When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door “Sorry to miss you, will call later.”

A. read B. reads C. to read D. reading

本题考查-ing形式作定语。此题中a message 由pinned to the door 说明其位置，

由 “sorry …later”说明内容。因“a message + read”之间建立的是主动的主谓结构，故用-ing形式，选择D项。此题难度较大。

例5．What worried the child most was to visit his mother in the hospital. A. his not allowing B. his not being allowed C. his being not allowed D. having not been allowed

本题考查+ ing 形式的复合结构（亦称主格）作表语及其否定形式。（1）ing形式的复合结构有四种形式：名词+ing形式，名词所有格（’s）+ing形式，代词+ing形式和形容词词性物主代词+ing形式。但充当表语时，只用物主代词+ing形式和名词所有格（’s）+ing形式。（2）非谓语形式的否定，都是在非谓语形式前加not. 在复合结构下，not加在逻辑主语之后，非谓语形式之前。（3）该题应判断用被动语态。故选B。

例6． his work, he went back to work after supper. A. Having not finished B. Not having finished

C. Not finished D. Finishing not 本题考查现在分词的完成式，答案为B。非谓语结构的否定，都是在非谓语结构前加not.

例7．单句改错Having shown around the labs, we are taken to see the library.

将Having shown 改为Having been shown. 主语we 与show之间存在着一种被动关系，因此要用它的被动形式，在having后面加been.

例8．European football is played in 80 countries, it the most popular sport in the world.

A. making B. makes C. made D. to make 本题考查-ing形式作状语。因为题目中有逗号，故不可能选D项，因不定式表目的时其前不用逗号。B、C两项用了限定谓语形式是错误的，因句中没有并列连词，所以make和is played不可能是并列关系。故A为正确答案。此题意为：80个国家都玩欧式足球，这使得欧式足球成为世界上最受欢迎的运动。

例9．单句改错The poor dog starved death.

starved 后加to. 本句意为“可怜的狗饿死了。”to death表示结果，意为“致死”，常与hit, beat, starve, shoot等连用。如：That slave was beaten to death. The old man was starved to death.

例10．单句改错The boy weighed 5 pounds by birth.

将by birth改at birth。 At birth意为“生下来”，by birth表示“天生地，出身。”此句意为“这男孩生下来五磅重。”

例11.Standing on top of the building, ______.

A. the whole city could be seen B. nothing could be seen C. we could see the whole city D. all could be seen

非谓语动词作状语时，它的逻辑主语必须和句子的主语一致，该句的主语应是“人”，“（人）站在楼房顶上”，而A、C、D三项中的逻辑主语都是“物”，只有we符合要求，因此答案是B。 例12.What chance ______ of taking an earlier plane? A. is there B. there is C. it is D. is it

此处chance 表示一种“可能性”，如果把该句变为肯定句，应是：There is (a) chance that we can take an earlier plane. 因此此句话应是there be句型，所以首先排除B、D两项；又因为该句是疑问句，语序应倒装，因此答案是A。