1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Growing pains 一、阅读理解。 It has always been thought that alcohol causes people to put on weight because it contains a lot of sugar, but new research suggests a glass a day cold form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight; thos
2、e who drink in moderation can actually lose weight. A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, Light to moderate alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than promote, weight gain. The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol rese
3、arch reviewed the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that data do not clearly indicate if moderate drinking increases weight. Boston Universitys Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms(生物学机制 ) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly unders
4、tood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes(糖尿病 ), which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even very obese people may be at lower risk of diabetes if they are moderate drinkers. The group says alc
5、ohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards assessing the roles of different types of alcoholic drink
6、s, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight. For now there is little evidence that consuming small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases ones risk of becoming obese. Whats more, a study three years ago suggested
7、that resveratrol, a compound present in grapes and red wine destroys fat cells. 1.The passage is mainly for those_. A. who produce wine 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B. who have a drinking habit C. who go on a diet D. who are eager to lose weight 2.The underlined phrase in moderation in the first paragraph means _.
8、 A. excitedly B. carefully C. frequently D. properly 3.What can we learn from the passage? A. Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight. B. Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat. C. The research found moderate drinking has a strong protective effect. D. T
9、he specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear. 4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? A. How to do some easy experiments. B. How to reduce the calories contained in wine. C. How to prove the finding mentioned above. D. How to make wine in a hea
10、lthy way. 【文章大意】文章讲述了饮酒和健康的关系，告诉我们适量葡萄酒还会减肥。 1.B【解析】推理判断题。文章讲述了饮酒和健康的关系，比如和肥胖、疾病等的关系。所以说是写给有 喝酒习惯的人的，故选 B。 2.D【解析】猜测词义题。与上句形成对比，此处指适量饮酒的人事实上能减肥， moderation适度与 D 项同义，故选 D。 4.C【解析】推理判断题。文章最后讲到葡萄酒和红酒混合会破坏肥胖细胞，所以下文会证明这一观点， 故选 C。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 二、单项选择 1. It angered me that a neighbour accused me _ kicking
11、 her pet. Oh, you had the right to defend yourself _ her accusation. A. of; against B. for; from C. against; for D. for; against 【答案】 A 2.The officer _ that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa. A. resisted B. insisted C. diseased D. assisted 【答案】 B 【解析 】句意：这位官员坚持认定 Mi
12、chael 没有按照正确的程序申请签证。 insisted“坚持认定 /说” 3.What worried the mother most was _ the Internet after class in this school. A. her sons not forbidding surfing B. her sons not being forbidden to surf C. her sons being not forbidden to surf D. her sons having not forbidden surfing 【答案】 B 【解析】 forbid 常用于 forb
13、id sb.to do sth.结构。动词 ing 形式的否定形式是在其前加 not。句意：让这位母亲最为担忧的是，在这所学校她的儿子下课后没有被禁止上网。 4.And _,he must review what he has studied at least three times. A. not at all B. in all C. at the last moment D. last but not least 【答案】 D 【解析】 last but not least 最后也是相当重要的就是 。句意： 最后也是相当重要的就是 ，他必须把念过的书至少复习三遍 。 5.If I had
14、 known my life was going to _ like this, I would have let them kill me. A. find out B. turn out C. give out D. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 work out 【答案】 B 【解析】 find out 查明； turn out 证明是； give out 分发，公布，发出； work out 计算出，制定，锻炼。 turn out that/(to be)+名词，意为 “ 结果是，证明是 ” ， like 前省略了 to be。故选 B。句意：如果我早知道我的生活会变成这样，我宁愿让他们
15、杀了我。 6.If you do fall out of the boat, your life jacket will help you to _ until we can find you out. A. stay up B. come up C. make up D. stand up 【答案】 A 【解祈】 句意：如果你从船上掉下去的话，你的救生衣会帮你不下沉，直到我们找到你。stay up 不倒，不沉 ，熬夜 ； come up 走过来； make up 编造，组成； stand up 起立。故选 A。 7.The man put down the phone with a long
16、 face, obviously _ about the information he received. A. content B. amazed C. happy D. upset 【答案】 D 【解析】与 with a long face 照应，此处应用 upset。 be upset about sth.是固定搭配。句意：那个人拉 下 脸 把 电话放下，显然他对接到的消息很失望。 8.Many people with lofty ideals gave their lives in _ of freedom. A. protection B. guard C. defence D. f
17、avor 【答案】 C 【解析】 in defence of 为保卫 ， 为 捍卫， 为 ? 而辩护 。句意：许多许多仁人志士为了捍卫自由而献出了他们的生命 。 9.That car accident _ all his life. After that he was limited to a wheelchair. A. damaged B. destroyed C. harmed D. ruined 【答案】 D 【解析】 damage 损坏 (程度较轻 )； destroy 严重损坏 (程度较重，多指事物的损坏 )； harm对 ? 有害； ruin 毁灭。此处应是交通事故。故选 D。句
18、意：这次交通事故毁了他的一生，在那之后，他就被限制在了轮椅上 (他不得不坐着轮椅 )。 10.Just like a voyage at sea, our life journey, whose days are _, is full of difficulties. A. limited B. gone C. exhausted D. experienced 【 精品教育资源文库 】 【答案】 A 【解析】 句意：我们生命旅程的日子是有限的，正像一次海上航行，充满了艰辛。 limit“ 限制 ” ，符合句意。 11.Teenage is an especially important st
19、age for us, where we are _ to go all out to improve ourselves because anything can happen. A. known B. supposed C. thought D. considered 【答案】 B 12.As you _ this book, you will find that each of the millions of people who _ World War II had a different experience. A. look through, put through B. see
20、through, pushed through C. go through, lived through D. carry through, broke through 【答案】 C 【解析】 look through 看透，仔细查看，浏览，翻阅，温习； put through 完成， (电话用语 )拨通，使穿过 see through 看透，识破，支持 (某人 )到底； push through 促成，完成，穿过，挤过； go through 通过，浏览，仔细检查，审查，履行，忍受，经历； live through度过 ， 经历 ； carry through 坚持到底，进行到底，贯彻，完成
21、； break through突围，冲跨，克服，挤过去。 句意：当你通 读这本书的时候，你将会发现成千上万的经历过 (度过 )二战的每个人都有 着 不同的经历。 13. Whom would you rather _ with you to the library? Of course, Mary. A. went B. have go C. have gone D. go 【答案】 B 14.Its over three years since the release of animation Frozen, but the icy queen and her frozen empire are still staying put in the spotlight, as if the movie 【 精品教育资源文库 】 _ only last month. A. were released B. had been released C. was released D. would have been released 【答案】 B 【解析】考查虚拟语气。与过去事实相反的虚拟。句意： 冰雪奇缘上
